1st and 2nd P-6 Swimming

Program

3rd Prep Rest Day

7-10 Swimming program

4th P-6 Swimming Program

CONTACT

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Email east.loddon.p12

@education.vic.gov.au

Phone 5436 8300

Fax 5436 8321

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COLLEGE COUNCILLORS

Richard Hicks, Darren Welsh

Micheal Lawry, Nathan Twigg

Dustin Pascoe, Steve Leed

Scott Wilkinson, Tom Ferguson,

Jo Rossiter, Sarah Byrne, Nicole

Hocking, Natalie Rose, Lynda

Cartwright, Ben Collins and

Bridget Baker

Welcome Back Everyone!

It was fantastic to see students and staff

back in the college today for the first day of

what is sure to be a terrific year! I have no

doubt at all that the year will be a very busy

one, but I am sure that it will also be a very

productive and memorable one too!

Our tremendous staff were so happy to see

the smiling faces of our students this morn-

ing and the new prep students were impres-

sive with their enthusiasm and confidence

once again.

The college is in a great position again this

year with an increase of around 25 in stu-

dent numbers from Prep to year 12. We now

have enrolment numbers of approx. 250 stu-

dents which is wonderful for our college. In

2021, we have one class at each year level

and two at year 8 due to numbers.

2021 Staffing Update

I am extremely happy with the staffing that

we have been able to secure for 2021 and

believe that we have further strengthened an

already impressive staff once again. We wel-

come Miss Bridie Kennedy into the year 1

classroom, Mrs Kathryn McDiven and Miss

Rhianna Smith into the senior school and

Miss Lisa Mitchell and Mr Justin Coghill onto

our education support staff. We will also

have the expertise of Mrs Dianne Kaplan

every Monday this year in the role of Mental

Health Practitioner.

We will endeavour to introduce new staff to

the school community through this newslet-

ter in the coming weeks.

Online Videos of 2020 End Of Year

Events

As mentioned in the last edition of 2020

newsletters, the college has uploaded a cou-

ple of the key end of year events that com-

munity members were unable to attend in

person.

The End of Year Presentation Assembly can

be found at:

https://youtu.be/NEzuBUeIICs

The Grade 4 and Year 8 Graduation Cere-

mony can be found at:

https://youtu.be/GeKLfPQH1Z0

*** Capital Building Works Update ***

The capital building works program is well

and truly underway at the college with a

huge amount of work taking place across the

school holidays. It was fantastic to see the

level of interest this morning when students

returned to the college for the first time since

our works started. The buildings that had

stood for years between the Administration

block and Junior School were gone!

Equally as impressive as the level of interest

was the way in which students moved on

and got back to the business of learning! Our

students certainly are resilient and the aca-

demic focus on display this morning was

most pleasing.

Steve’s article is continued on the next page.

Building Works photos

What Works Have Actually Taken Place?

- Block B has been entirely demolished. This

consisted of a canteen, Food Tech Room,

Wellbeing Office, Staff Workroom, Library,

VCE Room, Cleaners Storage Space, Multi-

purpose Room and Senior School Office, as

well as a weights room and huge under-

ground water tank.

- A large amount of drainage underground

has been upgraded

- A full fire-services’ upgrade was recently

completed with the school now having

330,000 Litres of water at the entrance to

the college and a new hydrant system

throughout the college grounds.

- UV Water filtration has been upgraded on

drinking water taps, and

- A number of small fixes to pipes, drains

and the like have taken place across college

grounds.

Throughout the remainder of 2021, we will

see the area that has been demolished get

an entire facelift and full rebuild. This will no-

doubt cause small disruptions from time to

time, but we are confident that we be able to

manage this well and we look forward to

seeing a new building within the next 12

months.

Wearing of Masks at School

Staff, along with students who are 12 years

and older have been encouraged to wear

face masks whilst at school if they would like

to, particularly whilst in classrooms. The

college has a great number of disposable

masks in the office for staff and students

who require one.

Group Teacher Allocations

All students and staff are assigned to year

level home groups for the first 12 minutes of

the day Monday—Thursday, and the first 5

minutes of a Friday. Home group teachers

undertake our reading program with their

allotted students and also check on uniform,

notes and the like. They act as a point of

contact for students first thing each day and

are a familiar face and support for students.

Home Group Teacher Allocations for 2021

are as follows -

Prep - Sandy Lister and Nathan Twigg

Year 1 - Bridie Kennedy, Dean Young,

Kate Duncan and Rosalie Thomson

Year 2 - William Lee and Jessica

Baker

Year 3 - Tamika Colville, Annette Burgstett

and Jenny Tracy

Year 4 - Jackson Clayton, Paula Max-

ted and Belinda McNamara

5/6F - Tom Ferguson, Brenda Drury and

Therese Phillips

5/6K - Phil Kidman and Merryn Arthur

Year 7 - Chelsea Harrington, Daryl

Bunton and Fiona Phelan

Year 8a - Sally Fleming and Racheal

Warren

Year 8b - Kelly Pay, Louise Hocking

and Justin Coghill

Year 9 - Neil Aurisch and Rhianna Smith

Year 10 - Kathryn McDiven and Shane

Rudkins

Year 11 - Rebecca Johns, Eamon

Smith and Lisa Mitchell

Year 12 - Sarah Byrne, Scott Wilkinson

and Wendy Twigg

Thankyou to You All For 2020 Efforts!

I wish to once again express my thanks to

all of those in the college community that

helped our students to get through last

years times of uncertainty with remote and

flexible learning. The students have returned

to school today full of enthusiasm and ready

to learn, and this is a great credit to the fam-

ilies and support networks of each of our

students. We hope that 2021 is a settled

year of education for us all!

I hope that all of our college families were

able to have a lovely break and I look for-

ward to seeing you al throughout the course

of the year.

Take care and stay safe,

Steven Leed—College Principal

AROUND ELP

SPORTS

Swimming Program

Commences next

week:

P-6 Program =

Monday 1st Feb Tuesday 2nd Feb Thursday 4th Feb Monday 8th Feb Tuesday 9th Feb 7-10 Swimming

Program =

Wednesday 3rd Feb Wednesday 10th Feb Tuesday 16th Feb

Students to bring:

bathers, swim top/

rash vest, sunscreen,

towel etc (and goggles

if required)

College Inter-House

Swimming Carnival:

Friday 19th February

Reminder:

Please return the blanket PE/Sport permission form (sent out with the booklist) to the office ASAP! Thanks.

I would like to welcome back our return-

ing students and offer a very special wel-

come to our brand new Prep students! It

has been fantastic to see students catch-

ing up with their friends and settling into

school routines very quickly — well

done.

Prep Timetable

A reminder to Prep parents that

Wednesday is a designated rest day

until the 3rd of March. Keep an eye out

for a letter from

Sandy Lister outlining a date and time for

your child’s Prep entry level testing.

Swimming Program

Next week is the beginning of our swim-

ming program. Please see details about

the

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to the Middle Years for

2021! I hope everyone had a lovely break

over the holidays and is ready to start the

new school year.

The school yard is looking slightly different

to when we left at the end of 2020. Build-

ings are missing and temporary fencing

surrounds the space. How great will this all

look when it is finished!

In 2021, we welcome 10 new students into

the Middle Years as well as the Grade 4’s

from 2020. We also welcome some new

staff in the Middle Years —Rhianna Smith,

Justin Coghill and Lisa Mitchell.

Next week our Year 7 cohort will be head-

ing off to Rubicon Outdoor Adventure

Camp at Nayook. They will spend the

week canoeing, caving, abseiling and

bushwalking. They will also be working on

team-work skills and challenging them-

selves.

I know I am looking forward to camp and

hope all Year 7’s are as well.

Welcome back and all the best for 2021

Wishing everyone has a great start to the

school year.

Congrats to our Year 12 students 2021

Hopefully you found time in the holidays to

read about our awesome VCE results in

2020 in The Age, Bendigo Advertister, the

Herald Sun or maybe the Community

News. Our Year 11 & 12 students studying

a VCE Units 3 & 4 subject last year did

exceptionally well. Collectively our stu-

dents achieved the highest study scores in

the state by comparison to other public

schools. Massive congratulations and well

done to all of our students on their hard

work, dedication and achievements.

VET at Charlton: starts next Thursday

4th of Feb, if you have any questions

please let me know.

Year 10 –12 Elevate Education our date

has been rescheduled due to clashes with

our swim program. Once the new date is

confirmed I will share this with students.

Year 9 & 10 Outdoor Ed Canoe Camp:

Monday 29th to Wednesday 31st of March.

Year 9 & 10 Outdoor Ed Bike Camp:

Thursday 3rd to Friday 4th of June.

East Loddon P-12 Newsletter Issue 01 4th February 2021

Canteen

Fri 5th Mel Primrose

Natalie Rose 2021 February

Mon 8th

Bree Hocking

Mon 15th

Margaret Hocking

Tues 9th

Sue Pickles

Tues 16th

Sue Pickles

Wed 10th Kylie Addlem

Sm Ellis Wed 17th Karen Pascoe

Carly Noble

Thurs 11th Sue Pickles

Thurs 18th Sue Pickles

Fri 12th Lisa Twigg

Miranda Smith Fri 19th P-12 Swimming Carnival

Building Works photos

Building Works

Photos