St. Arnaud Secondary College

Weekly Newsletter

11th December, 2020 Term 4 Week 10

St. Arnaud Secondary College is a Child Safe School.

Sam Male

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Principal’s Report

Dates and expectations for the rest of the year

Mon 14 & Tues 15 December Year 7 to 9 Activities days

Wed 16, Thur 17 and Fri 18 Dec Interviews by Request

End of Step Up – End of the Year

As this is the last week of formal classes this will also be the last newsletter for 2020. It would be an

understatement to say that 2020 has been a different year – and we encourage everyone to make the

most of the Christmas Break to re-charge your batteries – catch up with family and friends – and most

importantly – Stay Safe.

Thanks Mr. Bretherton

On Tuesday, the staff thanked Mr. Bretherton for his last five weeks at the College as a Pre-Service

Teacher. Mr. Bretherton has worked mainly with the PE Department, with students in junior year

levels. Josh thanked the College for the opportunity and we wish him all the best for the rest of his

studies.

Activities Days

Next Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 December, we have planned two full days of activities to help

celebrate the end of the year for the students. With the current weather forecast, Day One will be at

Lake Wooroonook and the second based at the College. We would like to remind all students who are

attending the Lake Day that they must bring their own lunch – either packed sandwich or the like, or

something to cook on a BBQ. Students will need a towel and a broad brimmed hat and sunscreen.

Students will also be required to bring their lunch with them on Tuesday for their activities. The two

activities days are normal school days in regards to attendance. If students are unable to attend

the activities days, absence notes are still required.

Interviews by Request Days

The last three days of the year have been set aside to allow time for interviews with identified students

to discuss schooling and career pathways. If you are required for an interview you will be contacted

by a Year Level Coordinator or teacher.

Presentation Evening

As you will no doubt be aware, this year’s Presentation Evening will be held on Thursday January

28, 2021. This will allow us to have a ceremony which will acknowledge the achievements of all

students and to formally farewell our Year 12 cohort as a school community. At this stage with the

current restrictions, we are hoping to have the ceremony in the Town Hall. If this is not possible, we

will hold it outdoors under the new basketball cover at school. We will make sure that announcements

are made through Compass, Facebook and our Website.

New Website

If you have not yet had the opportunity, I encourage you to have a look at our newly developed and

upgraded Website. It is much brighter and easier to navigate your way around and is mobile device

friendly. The new website will allow us to provide more up-to-date information about our College.

Farewells

Normally we would do our farewells at Presentation Evening, but as this is not occurring until January

next year, this is the only opportunity we have to publically farewell staff.

Miss. Marcy Britten is returning to Dimboola Memorial Secondary College next year. Marcy came to

the College this year to help fill a part time position to teach Year 12 Psychology and Year 10 English.

With remote and flexible learning, combined with working part-time, we may not have seen Marcy as

much as in a normal year, but we wish her all the very best in her return to her base school.

Mr. Craig Cornwell is taking six months leave at the beginning of next year. We hope he is able to

have an enjoyable break and look forward to seeing him back in Semester 2 next year.

Tony Hand

Principal

Isabel Hand

Hodges

Keegan Amos

Tessa Young Zack Weir

Duncan Jackson

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The G.H. Edwards Library—News

The College would like to thank Assistant Librarians, Caryn Larmour and

Rachel Lloyd for covering and cataloguing over 200 textbooks in readiness

for student hire and borrowing in 2021.

Books that will be hired to students in 2021:

Year 7 - Maths Quest 7, Science Quest 7

Year 8 - Maths Quest 8, Science Quest 8, Oxford Big Ideas Humanities 8

Year 9 – Science Quest 9

Year 10 – Science Quest 10

There are also numerous subject class sets, including English novels, Hu-

manities, Art textbooks that will be borrowed by students from the College

Library at no cost to families.

Hands on Learning

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Last Friday, the Hands on

Learning students were hard at

work renovating the old Staff

Room. This space is to be trans-

formed into a new Conference

Room. The students assisted

Jason Burke refurbish the room

by removing the old carpet.

The students found great pleas-

ure in discovering treasures left

buried under the floorboards.

They found a plethora of items

including old workbooks, shoes,

coke cans, books and assorted craft items. These items will look wonderful

on display in the new Conference Room when it is open. There is still quite a

bit of work to go, but we are hopeful that works will be completed during

Term 1 of 2021.

History Recovered

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The College is presently upgrading what was previously the Library and

then a Staffroom in the 1875 Main Building, and upon removing floorboards

a hoard of past student works and rel-

ics were found.

An English and Mathematics Graph

book and initialled pencil case cover

was discovered belonging to local past

student Len Reid. Len was a student

at St. Arnaud High School in 1962 -

1963, and he was reunited with the

items this week.

Len recalls his English teacher was

Miss. Emmett and his Maths Teacher

was Mr. Peter Alexander. Principals

for his time at the High School were

Mr. C. Cornall and Mr. J. Flynn.

Len travelled to the High School each

day on the Coonooer Bridge bus, which

was driven by Mr. Ian Jennings. The

Coonooer Bridge bus run still contin-

ues today, with his children Chris,

Tanya and Simon all travelling on the

same bus to school during their time at the school in the 1990’s.

Len was proud to recall that he was Dux of his 2B Class in 1963 and fin-

ished school in the same year to work on the family farm at Coonooer

Bridge.

Len has had a long-standing association with the College, serving as a

School Councillor, Building & Grounds Committee member and serving on

the Charlton TAFE Board in the 1990’s.

Thanks Josh

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Stuart Finch

Keegan Amos

Over the past 5 weeks Josh Bretherton has been

completing his 3rd year placement at St. Arnaud

Secondary College. Josh is currently completing

his teaching degree at Victoria University and

hails from Brighton in Melbourne, and chose

St. Arnaud as a destination through his connec-

tions with the Jackson family playing hockey

together at MCC. Josh fully immersed himself

within the College, teaching and assisting in

Physical Education, Health and our Hands On

Learning classes. Josh has been an absolute

pleasure to have, and we wish him all the best

for the rest of his course and his future endeav-

ours!

Don’t forget if you missed the VSSS concert on Saturday night on Channel 7

it will also be available for catch-up viewing on the 7plus app and 7plus website –

www.7plus.com.au – website for 30 days from the broadcast date.

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR 2021 Next year, the Performing Arts Unit has decided to once again do a virtual concert

using their studio in Collingwood to film each student individually with the best light-

ing, sound, costumes and cameras in a made for television event.

Each school in Mass Dance will spend one day at the Collingwood studio being filmed.

Choreographers, Deon and Hara will be there to work with individual students so that

they get the best result on film. The students will only have to learn certain pieces of

choreography from 3 songs…. but not the whole song. The end result will once again

be achieved by inserting many squares of video onto a grid to give the effect of a mass

dance. Sounds like a lot of fun! It will be a great opportunity to film in a studio,

something very different for us.

The first rehearsal will be provided online but they are hoping that the second re-

hearsal will be held at each school. We need to know how many St Arnaud students

are interested by 9pm Friday 11th December. If VSSS is something you would like to

be involved in next year please message or call Deb Feeny with your expression of in-

terest on 0429 956275.

Thank you and looking forward to an exciting VSSS in 2021!

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Careers & Pathways

Year 12 Reminders

ATARs and Study Scores - Wednesday 30th December VTAC Change of Course Preferences close – Monday

4th January 2021 VTAC Course Offers - Thursday 14th January 2021

Creating a USI - www.usi.gov.au/your-usi/create-usi Accessing VCE Results and the ATAR -

https://resultsandatar.vic.edu.au

School Holiday Programs NIDA offers school holiday programs for young

people of all ages in creative play, drama, acting on screen, music theatre, singing & acting, public

speaking and more. Victorian Workshops are offered in Melbourne and Geelong.

You can find out what’s on these upcoming holidays and register here:

www.open.nida.edu.au/holiday-classes

Find your dream job!

Not sure what to do when you grow up? Study, work, Grow have put together a stack of handy

job spotlights so you can find all the details in the one place.

Jobs include: Engineer, Zookeeper, Entrepreneur, Registered

Nurse, UX designer + many more.

Visit: https://studyworkgrow.com.au/job-spotlights/

Year 12 Careers Availability

Sue Clay is still available for Career appointments for 2020 Year 12 VCE and VCAL students.

Appointments can be face-to-face, via email, phone or WEBex

If you would like an appointment with Sue please contact her via:

Email: s.clay@ncllen.org.au

Mobile: 0429 426 950

JOB PROFILE MASSAGE THERAPIST

Massage therapists assess and treat the soft tissue of the body for therapeutic purposes.

Duties Include:

Take a case history and assess the client's physical condition

Massage the soft tissues of the human body, such as muscles, tendons and ligaments, to assist healing

Assess and treat specific injuries and other soft tissue dysfunction, and provide rehabilitation advice

Administer treatments to promote relaxation, improve blood circulation and relieve muscle tension

Use a range of techniques to enhance sports performance and prevent injury

Provide advice about stretching exercises and relaxation techniques.

Administering treatments to promote relaxation, improve circulation and relieve muscle tension.

Utilising a range of massage techniques to enhance sports performance and prevent injury.

Assessing and treating specific soft tissue dysfunction and providing rehabilitation advice.

Employing other techniques, such as acupressure or Shiatsu, and complementary aids, such as infra-red lamps, wet compresses, ice, essential oils and herbal and mineral therapies, to assist recovery.

Assessing client's physical condition and case history and advising on stretching exercises and relaxation techniques.

Massaging the soft tissues of the body, such as muscles, tendons and ligaments, to assist healing.

Related Courses Include:

Certificate IV Massage Therapy, Diploma of Remedial Massage, Advanced Diploma of Myotherapy, Bachelor of Health Science – Clinical Myotherapy

Future Growth:

Very Strong

For further information visit www.gooduniversitiesguide.com.au/careers-guide/massage-therapist or www.myfuture.edu.au

Mrs Rebecca Reynolds Careers Co-ordinator

Sue Clay Careers and Pathways Email: s.clay@ncllen.org.au

Notices

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Stuart Finch

Keegan Amos

Smile Squad is on the way to our school! All children deserve a healthy smile and the Smile Squad are coming to St. Arnaud Secondary College to help make sure this happens. Smile Squad is a $321.9 million Victorian Government program that provides free dental care to all Victorian public primary and secondary school students. The friendly Smile Squad dental team will visit St. Arnaud Sec-ondary College soon to conduct a free annual dental health ex-amination for every student and provide free follow up treatment as needed.

What do parents need to do? We just need you to provide consent. Please read and sign the consent forms that came home with your child and return them to the classroom teacher. The Smile Squad team will then check your child’s teeth and mouth and show them how to keep their teeth healthy and strong. They will also provide any preventive services you have consented for. If your child needs more treatment, the Smile Squad will contact you. Who is Smile Squad? The bright orange Smile Squad vans are staffed by experienced oral health therapists, dental ther-apists, dental assistants and dentists. They all have lots of experience treating children and a pas-sion for improving their oral health – for life. Learn more about the Smile Squad by visiting www.smilesquad.vic.gov.au or contact the team at smilesquad@dhsv.org.au.

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Isabel Hand

Hodges

Stuart Finch

Keegan Amos

2021 1:1 Notebook Program

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Isabel Hand

Hodges

Stuart Finch

Keegan Amos

ABACUS CALCULATOR ORDERS

Calculator Orders for

St Arnaud Secondary College Students

Please place your order online between: 30th September 2020 – 10th January 2021

*** Please note: Once the portal expires you will need to order directly from the Abacus website and pay a delivery fee of $14.95 (incl. GST). Orders will then be sent to your nominated address via Toll Priority Couriers ***

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Step 1: Go to the Abacus website: http://www.abacuscalculators.com.au

Step 2: Enter the School ID code and type into box as shown on Homepage:

STARNAUDSCI

Please Note: You must do this step first to avoid the

delivery fee. Please do not search for the product before entering the School ID code.

Step 3: Select the product/s you want to order. (Please note: No refunds given on incorrect purchase.)

TI30XBMVIEW Scientific Calculator $ 25.00 (incl. GST)

Step 4: Calculators ordered by the 10th January 2021 will be available for collection from St Arnaud Secondary College in the week beginning 1st February 2021.

If you have any queries, please call 1800 998 424.

Please see conditions below:

TI30XBMVIEW calculators are covered by a 3-year replacement warranty.

Warranty: Please keep a receipt copy as proof of purchase. The student’s name will also be registered at Abacus.

Company Policy: No refunds given on incorrect purchase.

A more economical option for….

YEAR 7 to order (or 8 to 12 wishing to

reorder) a scientific calculator……. See Mrs Jackson for more details.

ABACUS CALCULATOR ORDERS

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Term 4 Semester 2 - 2020

December Mon-Tues 14-15 Activity Day

Fri 18 Last Day of Term 2.30pm dismissal

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Term 1 Semester 1 - 2021

January Wed 27 Staff Resume

Thurs 28 Years 7—12 Begin School due to our

Presentation Evening—Town Hall - 7pm

(Depending on Covid Restrictions)

February Wed 3 Year 9 NCTTC Begins

Thurs 4 VET/VCAL NCTTC Begins

Wed 10 Immunisations Years 7 & 10

Mon-Fri 15-19 Dental Bus Visit

Mon 22 NCD Swimming—St. Arnaud

March Thurs 4 NCD Triathlon—Boort

Mon 8 Labour Day Holiday

Tues 9 Year 7 Summit Camp

Wed 10 Year 7 Summit Camp

Thurs 11 Year 7 Summit Camp

Fri 12 Year 7 Summit Camp

Mon 22 School Photos

April Thurs 1 End of Term 2.30pm Dismissal

Mon 19 School Resumes