Newcomb Secondary College Newsletter

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TUESDAY 25th August 2015 ISSUE: 26

Coming Events

Wednesday, 26th August Senior Concert Band Tour. Year 10 Outdoor Ed: Burchel Trail.

Thursday, 27th August Senior Concert Band Tour. Girls Go Extreme, P2 to 4. Year Level Assembly.

Friday, 28th August Senior Concert Band Tour. GROW at Gordon.

Thursday, 3rd September Girls Go Extreme. Connect Assembly.

Friday, 4th September GROW at Gordon.

Wednesday, 9th September Year 9 Just Think Forum.

Thursday, 10th September VCE Food Excursion Year Level Assembly.

Friday, 11th September V8 Super Cars Excursion. GROW at Gordon.

Thursday, 17th September Council Meeting. Connect Assembly.

Friday, 18th September End of Term 3, Students finish at 2.30pm.

Pupil Free Day The staff had a very productive day on the pupil free day last Thursday. We spent time analysing College data before discussing progress and the way forward. Our next step in this review year is to draft out our self evaluation report before we have the formal review day in October.

College Council The August Meeting of the Newcomb Secondary College Council took place last Thursday, 20th August. Among the items discussed were the Pathways in Technology (PTech) College and how exciting this new venture is for the students and the College in general. The Council also approved a number of Outdoor Education excursions.

Student Computers As we draw closer to the end of the VCE year I would like to remind all

families of Year 12 students that any school owned computer equipment

MUST be returned to the school before we can exit students.

Many current Year 12 students were issued with a Dell notebook computer

as part of a Federal funding program. The details of equipment are as

follows:

· Dell Inspiron Notebook computer

· Dell Power Adaptor and cord

· Black clamshell hard sided carry case

This equipment needs to be checked and returned to Mr Bath as soon as

possible so that names can be checked off and exits approved. Any student

who still needs to use this computer for school work can still hold onto it for

now as long as Mr Bath is notified and the equipment is brought it for

checking. We will need to add a charge to student accounts for any damaged

or unaccounted for equipment so please start organising this now and let Mr

Bath know if you have any problems.

College Council: Student Leaders: Student Leaders: President: Yvette Ramsay Mitchell Allen Toby France

Vice President: Vidas Kymantas Amanda Clydesdale Bailee Jones

Exec. Officer: Phil Honeywell

81-85 Bellarine Highway Newcomb VIC 3219 Phone: 03 5248 1400 Fax: 03 5248 3523

Email: newcomb.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.newcombsc.vic.edu.au SMS student absences: 0416 907 351

2015 Term Dates Term 3: 13 July to 18 September Term 4: 5 October to 18 December 2016 Term Dates Term 1: 27 January (school teachers start) to 24 March * 28 January (students start) Term 2: 11 April to 24 June Term 3: 11 July to 16 September Term 4: 3 October to 20 December

SCHOOL EXCURSIONS AND REMINDERS Students who don’t attend an excursion are expected to attend school as normal.

Parents are asked to not keep students at home.

Year/Group Excursion Date Cost Permission Slips &

Payment Due

Year 9/10 Outdoor Ed

Brisbane Ranges Enviro Work Wednesday, 26th August $125 (Sem 2

charge) -

Year 9 Just Think Forum, Geelong Football Club Wednesday, 9th September Nil 4th September

Year 12 Food & Tech VCE Exam Preparation, William Angliss

Melbourne Thursday, 10th September $30 -

Various V8 Super Cars ‘Students on Track’ Friday, 11th September $5.00 1st September

VCE Food and Tech Food and Technology VCE Student Day Out Thursday, 10th September $30 -

Year 9/10 Outdoor Ed

Mountain Bike Riding Monday, 14th September $125 (Sem 2

charge) -

Year 9/10 Outdoor Ed

Bushwalking Monday, 12th October, Tuesday, 13th October

Wednesday, 14th October

$125 (Sem 2

charge) -

Year 9/10 Outdoor Ed

Sailing Thursday, 22nd October

Friday, 23rd October

$125 (Sem 2

charge) -

Year 9/10 Outdoor Ed

Canoeing Wednesday, 11th November $125 (Sem 2

charge) -

Year 9/10 Outdoor Ed

Surfing Friday, 21st November $125 (Sem 2

charge) -

Year 9 Year 9 Deakin Camp 12th November, 13th

November Nil -

Senior Concert Band Tour 2015 The Senior Concert Band, together with Mrs Stabryla, Mr Crowther and Mrs Bourke set off on their Senior Concert Band Tour yesterday. They will be visiting Daylesford Monday, Bendigo Tuesday, Ballarat Wednesday and on Thursday Castlemaine.

Facebook As of last week, Newcomb Secondary College has a new official Facebook page. We will be updating it daily to let people know what is happening, and it will regularly have the newsletter and other information shared. Feel free to like the page and you will receive notifications of updates.

Also, we have a Facebook group that is for the buying and selling of second hand uniforms and books. Search for “Newcomb Secondary College Second Hand Uniforms and Books”.

Mr Phil Honeywell, Principal

Mr Shane Elevato, Assistant Principal

Girls Go Extreme Year 9 Update

The Girls Go Extreme group participated in this week’s topic which focused on body image and self-esteem. Instead of the girls heading out to challenge themselves physically, this week they were challenged on their idea of ‘what is beautiful”. The girls were shown clips and images that proved the use of photo shopping and image modifying in media that they all access regularly. Girls ideas of what is a realistic body frame where challenged and discussed. The session ended with the girls expressing themselves and having a mock fashion parade and titled ”Love yourself just the way you are”.

We are off to Melbourne next week to complete an orienteering course.

Chiara Ercoli Student Wellbeing

Youth Ambassador Program School Captain, Amanda Clydesdale, is raising funds for the Global Volunteer Network Youth Ambassadors program by hosting a movie night at Village Cinema this Saturday, August 29. The night commences at 6PM and will feature a screening of Jake Gyllenhaal’s ‘Southpaw’. Tickets are $25 each, which also includes popcorn and drinks. There are also a range of great raffle prizes on offer, including fitbits and fuel vouchers. Refer to the student notice boards around the school for more information. Come along to support Amanda for this great cause! Thank you!

James Murphy

Year 11 and 12 Team Leader

VSCC Cycling Championships - Ballarat

Ballarat delivered another wet and dreary day for the three Newcomb riders this year. The event is a “criterium” race consisting of between 4 to 6 laps of a 2.4km circuit at Victoria Park, depending on their category. Aiden Q raced in the U15 Novice class and although he did not place, did a great job in his first time race experience, pushing himself to the point of feeling sick after the race. He rode really consistently for his 4 laps despite freezing hands and light but unrelenting rain and now knows what it feels like to work at a high intensity. The feature race for us was the U19 Novice section where Zach W and Jacob R rolled up to the line for a first experience of road racing. Mixed in amongst the “racing” class, the pace was full on from the gun. Zach positioned himself perfectly in the main bunch who were 30 seconds behind first and second. Jacob was in the next main group another 20 seconds back.

After a fast first lap, the boys did a really good job of holding their position, the front placing's not managing to pull away any further. Zach could have ridden all day, but hadn’t experienced a sprint finish and cramped 200m from the end. Jacob also just dropped off the pace in the last lap.

Worth noting….. I didn’t see many other recovering spinal patients racing beside Jacob……. Yeee haaaa!

Mr Unmack

FAMILY ACCOUNTS Thank you to all the families who have paid their family

account up to date.

There are a small number of families still with outstanding

essential charges that are now overdue. Prompt payment

would be much appreciated.

HEAD LICE

We have had a number of Head Lice cases recently.

Please make sure you check hair regularly and if so

treat hair thoroughly before returning to school.

STUDENT ABSENCES Parents and Guardians are required to provide an

explanation for their child’s absences.

This can be done by:

Telephone the College on 5248 1400

Send an SMS text message or reply to our

absence line 0416 907 351. Please put Student Name,

Home Group and Reason for Absence in the text

message.

Write a note in the Student Organiser or a

separate note to present the next morning to the PASS

Booth. Records can then be amended.

In all instances the College requires the following

information:

Child’s name.

Home Group or Year level.

Date absent.

Reason for absence.

Parent/guardian signature (when written).

LATE ARRIVAL

When a student is going to arrive late to school for

any reason please let the school know by phone or

write a note. Those who arrive to class after 8.45am

must receive a Late Pass. If the student has no note,

they will need to go through the same procedure.

Students who regularly arrive late without an

explanation will be referred to their Team Leader.

LEAVE EARLY

If it is unavoidable that a student needs to leave for an

appointment, the student is required to provide a

signed note of explanation to the College office

before school. The student will in turn be issued with

a Leave Pass from the PASSOUTS Desk. This is to be

handed to their teacher at the arranged time of

departure. Appointments, where possible, should be

made outside school hours or on Wednesday

REMINDER TO PLEASE NAME ALL

ITEMS OF UNIFORM

EARN and LEARN Fundraiser

From Wednesday, 15th July to Tuesday, 8th September 2015, when you shop at Woolworths you can collect Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers from the checkout operator or through an online order and place them on a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet. There will be one Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco, and gift cards). Once completed, simply place the Sticker Sheet in the Collection Box, either at Newcomb Secondary College or at your local Woolworths. Or alternatively, hand the stickers to Newcomb Secondary College and we will stick them on the Sticker Sheets for you.

Certificate in Education Support: Integration Aide/Teacher Aide

Nelson Park School, Bell Park 8 Saturdays (9am to 3.30pm)

17th, 24th, 31st October, 7th, 14, 21st, 28 November,

5th December For more information: monash.edu/education/shortcourses

Active Balance Mat Pilates and Yoga is a new studio that has opened at Adaptive Health Centre in Leopold. The studio offers classes each day to help build your strength, flexibility and endurance. Beginners, intermediate and advanced are all welcome.

Introduction offer for all new clients: 2 week unlimited pass for $30.

To accommodate everyone we run 11 classes across the week, Monday to Friday, morning, afternoon and evening. To see our full schedule access our website www.activebalancepilatesyoga.com. If you have any questions regarding our timetable or prices please contact Andrea on 52505902.

FREE STUDENT EXCHANGE INFORMATION

EVENING IN GEELONG Hear from returned students, find out more

about discounts and scholarships available and ask

questions.

Thursday, 20th August - 7.30pm Belmont Library

163 High Street, BELMONT

Visit www.studentexchange.org.au or call 1300 135 331 for more information