Not for one NUMURKAH SECONDARY COLLEGE
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NUMURKAH
SECONDARY COLLEGE Email: [email protected] www.numurkahsc.vic.edu.au Phone: 58621088 Facebook: Numurkah Secondary College
Not for one—but for all
March 12, 2021
Issue 2021—02
In this issue:
Principal’s Report Dear Parents and Friends,
What a fabulous and vibrant few weeks we have had a school with
students engaged in Outdoor Education camps, Performing Arts
excursions, auditioning for the college musical, attending targeted
wellbeing sessions with external supports, taking part in amazing
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
projects, beginning and continuing literacy intervention programs,
working in the garden and much more.
Next Tuesday evening is the School Council AGM (Annual General
Meeting) – this an open meeting which all members of the College
Community are most welcome to attend. At the AGM we will thank
outgoing School Council Members and welcome new members to
the team.
School Council AGM Tuesday 16
th March 6pm in the College Staffroom.
A light supper will be provided. All welcome.
Objectives of School Council
The objectives of the School Council are set out in the school council’s Constituting Order and section 2.3.4 of
the Education and Training Reform Act and are to:
assist in the efficient governance of the school
ensure that its decisions affecting students of the school are made having regard, as a primary
consideration, to the best interest of the students
enhance the educational opportunities of students at the school
ensure the school and the council complies with any requirements of the Education and Training Reform
Act, the Education and Training Reform Regulations, a Ministerial Order or a direction, guideline or policy
issued under the Education and Training Reform Act
Functions of School Council
The key functions of school council with regard to the school are:
to establish the broad direction and vision of the school within the school's community
to arrange for the supply of:
goods
services
facilities
materials
equipment
other things or matters required for the conduct of the school, including the provision of preschool
programs
to raise funds for school related purposes
to regulate and facilitate the after-hours use of the school premises and grounds
Principal’s Report
Dates to Remember
Outdoor Ed Surf Trip Report
Middle School Drama Excursion
Meals on Wheels
Clean Up Australia Day
Senior School Laptop Requirements
Middle School Textiles
Harmony Week.
Cont.
to exercise a general oversight of the school buildings and grounds and ensure they are kept in good
order and condition
to provide for the cleaning and sanitary services that are necessary for the school
to ensure that all money coming into the hands of the council is expended for proper purposes relating to
the school
to inform itself and take into account any views of the school community for the purpose of making
decisions in regard to the school and the students at the school
to generally stimulate interest in the school in the wider community
to prepare the School Strategic Plan and the Annual Implementation Plan — to be signed by the
President and the Principal
to report annually (the Annual Report) to the school community and to the Department on
the school’s financial activities
the School Strategic Plan, and
any other matters that are determined by the Minister
to manage the hire, licence and shared use of school facilities
to determine the dates for the school’s student-free days
in accordance with the number of student-free days each calendar year specified by the Secretary of
the Department
to perform any other function or duty, or to exercise any power conferred or imposed on the council by or
under:
the Education and Training Reform Act 2006, or
any regulations made under that Act
a Ministerial Order made, or direction issued, by the Minister under the Education and Training Reform
Act.
We’d love to welcome you on Tuesday evening.
Take care and stay safe,
Claire Kelly
Principal
Committee Members
Roger Jones (President), Damien Hipwell (Vice President),
Claire Kelly (Executive Officer), Deanne Dewar, Jacqui Martin, Peter Smyth, Chris Deitch, Kathleen Newby, David Cook, Rebecca Newbery, Kaitlyn Dicker, Jack Millen and Matthew O’Flynn
2021 members: We welcome Peta Russo , Angela Joy, Kelly Bloomfield, Kate Kelly, Charlotte Brown, Dylan Craven and Jazmin Britt plus returning members Roger Jones, Kathleen Newby and Jacqui Martin.
Next meeting: Annual General Meeting 16th March.
MARCH 16 Immunisations Yr’s 7 & 10 16 School Council AGM 19 Psychology Excursion—Melbourne 23 Year 12 PE Excursion METS Biomechanics
APRIL 1 Last day of Term 1 19 First day of Term 2 25 Anzac Day
MAY 10-13 NAPLAN
SCHOOL COUNCIL DATES TO REMEMBER
Follow the Numurkah Secondary College Facebook page
for photos of our students attending excursions, updates,
and fun activities at NSC.
Are you wanting to access back copies of NSC newsletters? Go to the NSC website
OUTDOOR ED. SURF TRIP —TORQUAY
On the 18th and 19th of Feb the Year 10 Outdoor Ed
group set off for their first camp for 2021, a surfing
adventure to the coastal town of Torquay. After a
long bus trip, we headed straight to the Torquay surf
beach for a bite of lunch before heading to the
Australian Surf Museum for a tour, where we learnt
about the history of surfing and checked out some
extremely old and valuable surf boards. After the tour
finished, we hit the surf outlets and hunted for a
bargain or 2 for an hour or so, before we went and
had a look at the iconic Bells Beach. The evening
consisted of heading into Torquay for dinner before
retiring to our tents for the night. An early start had us
hitting the waves at Anglesea at 8am on the Friday,
and all the students did an amazing job working on
their surfing skills. The students did a fantastic job
representing NSC, and I am looking forward to many
awesome trips with these students.
Andrew Nicholls
OE/PE Teacher
Middle School Drama—Excursion Australian Shakespeare Company
"On the 9th of March the Middle School
Drama class went to the Royal Botanical
Gardens and met the great crew and
cast of the Australian Shakespeare
Company. Then we watched the
rehearsal of the Midsummer Night Dream.
We learnt that they put carpet on the
outdoor stage to reduce slipping over
when it is wet. Then we went to the
Athenaeum Theatre and we met Paul
and he showed us around and back
stage and we learnt that sailors used to
work backstage because ropes are used
for the lights. Then we went to the
costume and props warehouse and were
allowed to put on capes. Kaspa told us
that paints need to be stored in cooler
areas or it goes off, and so does make
up."
Imogen - Year 9 NSC
Hayden Kawau and Bailey Stevenson volunteered for the Meals on Wheels
program to support the vulnerable in our community.
Norma Freeman was grateful for the meal she received.
Meals on Wheels
—giving back to our community
Clean up Australia Day To deal with the growing amount of litter around the school, Year 11 VCAL students took on the
challenge of organising a school event for Clean Up Australia Day on Friday the 5th March. The
Year 11s held a BBQ, offering free sausages in exchange for a bag of rubbish. This encouraged a
terrific turnout, and a combined total of 10kg of trash was collected! Thank you to everyone
who participated! Special thanks to Meat on Melville who sponsored the event.
For more information
about
NSC Athletics Club
please see
Mr. Deitch
or
Miss Bock.
Senior School Laptops: VCE and VCAL Requirements
Students who arrive to class without their laptop will have the following message sent
home via text.
“_________ has left their laptop at home. If possible, we are asking for the Laptop to be
bought to school. Thank you for your support with this.”
The student will be asked to work in the library with alternative work provided to them until
their Laptop can be dropped to school.
Students will not be permitted to leave the school grounds to retrieve a Laptop which has
been left at home.
Students without their Laptop will complete paper and pen based work in the library not
in their VCE or VCAL class.
This work may not always align with their classes work which will result in them needing to
catch up on their classwork in their own time, the work room or after school in the VCAL
catch up session provided Monday afternoons from 3.30 – 4.30 pm or the VCE study
sessions on Monday and Thursday afternoons from 3.30 – 5.00 pm.
Our Senior Students are young adults. It is our obligation to ensure they are taking
responsibility for their own learning and make sure they have the correct equipment to
engage in their classes – which means having their fully charged Laptop at school every
day.
Thank you for your support with this.
Middle School Textiles students have looked at a range of
manufacturing techniques involved in the manufacture of artificial
flowers. They have then learnt dying, shaping and cutting techniques
to produce their own custom flower suitable for a headpiece.
Flowers made included roses, lilies, orchids and a daffodil. They were
able to use traditional French flower making tools as well as
Japanese Sombana tools. Dyes were hand painted and it took some
control to blend colours that they wanted. Students made their own
stamen using a range of techniques. Overall they have done a very
good job for their first ever efforts in flower making and are now
working on completing an evaluation of their work and work
process. Looking forward to seeing the outcomes in the next task
which will involve some Computer Aided Design work in the style of
designer Bisa Butler.
Harmony Week 2021
As part of our Harmony Week celebrations this Wednesday the
NSC canteen will be offering a special of Burgers From Around
The World. These tasty items will be prepared by NSC VET
Hospitality students.
Please order and pay for your at the Canteen before Monday 15th March. All burgers $5.00. Burgers
will be served on Wednesday 17th March for ONE day only.
Ultimate Kangaroo Aussie Burger.
Thai Pork Burger.
Greek Lamb Burger.
Indian Style Pumpkin and Corn Burger.
Mexican Chicken Burger with Corn Salsa and Lime Aioli.
Eat Up Breakfast Program.
NSC Breakfast Program is now running in T1 two mornings
per week. We welcome students to come into T1 for
breakfast from 8.30am.
Dates for up coming
breakfast are:
Friday 12th March
Monday 15th March
Friday 19th March
Monday 22nd March
Thursday 25th March
Cereals, fresh fruit, fruit cups, milk drinks, cereals, toast and cheese toasties are all available.
Students may eat in T1 or grab and go. House captains and staff are volunteering to help so that
everyone has a great start to the day.
KATUNGA FOOTBALL NETBALL CLUB
REGISTRATION NIGHTS / TRAINING DATES / AUSKICK AND NetSetGo.
The Katunga Football Netball Club wishes to advise that our Registration sessions will be held at the following times:-
Thursday 25 February 5:00pm—7:30pm
Sunday 28 February 9:00pm—11:30am
Thursday 4 March 5:00pm—7:30pm
Thursday 18 March 5:00pm—7.30pm
Unfortunately due to excessive numbers, registrations to play netball for 2021 are now closed, unless you have just moved to the area. Netballers are advised that they are still required to attend the registration nights to complete ap-propriate club paperwork and fees.
It’s imperative that all online registrations are completed asap to be covered for insurance and club registrations and payment details to be completed on one of the above session or submitted and paid electronically. Please visit our website www.katungafnc.sportingpulse.net for further information, online registration links, club membership form and payment sheet.
Football Training Seniors – Tuesday and Thursday - 6:15pm start
Thirds – Currently training Thursdays - 5:15pm start
Fourths – Commencing Thursday 4 March at 5:00pm
Fifths – Commencing Thursday 18 March at 5:00pm
Netball Training Seniors – Tuesday and Thursday - 6:00pm start
17/Unders – Tuesday and Thursday - 5:00pm
15/Unders – Tuesday and Thursday - 5:00pm
13/Unders - Tuesday and Thursday - 5:00pm
11/Unders – Commencing Thursday 11 March at 5:00pm
AusKick and NetSetGo will again run this year during Term 2. Details on registering will be available towards the end of Term 1. Please keep an eye on our website, Facebook page or TeamApp.
For further information please contact Rachael Howden on 0400 877 409 or [email protected]