ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS’ REPORT
Mrs Julie Andrews, Mr Paul Dawson &
Mr Bradley Headlam
Assistant Principals
Uniform
The uniform is being worn well by the majority of the students. We have concerns with students wearing the wrong school shoes with the school uniform. Below are examples of what shoes are acceptable and what shoes are not allowed. Welfare support is continuing to be offered to students who may be having difficulties in obtaining the uniform. Please talk to the student management team if you need support in accessing the uniform.
Year Level Captains
The following students have been chosen to be the Year Level Captains.
These students were nominated by their peers and teachers. The successful Captains were then chosen by their teachers. They will be expected to role model the school values of Respect, Excellence, Achievement and Diversity. The have a very prestigious honour, which comes with much responsibility.
Year 7 Elise Erjavec
Kasey Connor
Year 8 Bella Gilham
Rarlee Bevan
Year 9 Aimee Wookey
Darcy Szakiel
Year 10 Mitch Cazaly
Year 11 Ruby Sanders
Tara Briggs
Karma Grootveld
The Geelong Project - Australian Index of Adolescent Development Survey
North Geelong Secondary College is participating in The Geelong Project (TGP) in 2019. TGP’s focus is to minimise youth homelessness and prevent young people from leaving school early. TGP is unique to Geelong and is now being used interstate and internationally. It is being recognised as the best way to tackle the problem of youth homelessness long term. TGP believes that working early (early intervention) with young people and their families is the best way to solve problems before they become too large. Early Intervention Response Workers from Barwon Child, Youth & Family (BCYF) will be placed at North Geelong Secondary College. They will provide support to assist students to stay at home and remain connected to school.
Students are asked to complete the Australian Index of Adolescent Development (AIAD) survey. The survey asks questions about students’ current circumstances at school, their health and wellbeing, family, friends and the community. Through the survey, students with high risk factors will be identified so that TGP can offer support.
North Geelong College and TGP hope that parents and the community will get behind this effort to provide improved support to students in Geelong schools.
This survey will be conducted in classes on Thursday, 14 March. Opt-out letters have been sent out, if you wish your child to not participate, please return this by Tuesday, 12 March, to the main office.
Pathways Presentation (Middle School)
On the evening of Wednesday, 6 March, 50 parents were treated to a presentation on harm minimisation and support for the transition of their children towards adulthood. The themes conveyed were fantastic and gave parents (and staff) avenues to consider how to enable the children to develop resilience, trust, safe/supported risk taking and how to foster communication throughout this challenging period. The topical challenges discussed included; working alongside young people through social media, bullying, relationships, alcohol/drugs and effective communication. Feedback from parents was positive and thanks goes to Simon Scoullar and the Middle Sub School for organising this presentation.
https://pathwaysfoundation.org.au/
The focus of the first Curriculum Day for 2019 was ‘Reading across the Curriculum’. The guest speaker for the day was Nicole Marie who shared her expertise in developing reading skills for students. Teachers worked in teams on various aspects of the reading process from strategies to access the reading, engagement ideas to encourage students to embrace the written text and strategies to increase critical thinking around the text. Thank you to the teachers who presented the workshops and the Curriculum Leaders for organising the program.
Information Evening/Open Night -
Wednesday, 20 March.
The annual Open Night and Information Evening for prospective students and their families will be held on Wednesday, 20 March, beginning at 6:00 pm in the Gym. There will be a range of presentations about specific programs and an opportunity for self-guided tours around the school. Staff and student leaders will be available to discuss all that NGSC offers.
Athletics Day - 26 March
Students have been learning and practicing track and field skills in preparation for the upcoming Athletics Day. This will be held at Landy Field, Geelong on Tuesday, 26 March from 9:30 am to 2:15 pm. Families are welcome to visit us on the day to support the event.
Parent Teacher Conferences
The opportunity to meet with your child’s teachers will be this term on Wednesday, 3 April, from 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm. A Compass notification will appear when the online booking is open. For parents and carers who are not yet accessing Compass, there will be a paper booking form for their children to use. This form also asks for the language for interpreters to be included in the booking information.
Year 7 Camp Advice For Parents
A reminder to parents and carers of Year 7 Students, to submit all the forms for the upcoming Year 7 Camp to Anglesea.
Camp 1: March 18 to 20
Camp 2: March 20 to 22.
Japan Trip
Photos: Fushimi Inari Shrine - Kyoto and
Shinto Shrine and ‘Floating’ Torii - Miyajima Island
NGSC sent a delegation of three staff, Mr Nick Adamou, Mrs Julie Andrews and Ms Linda Castle, to the city of Osaka in Japan during week 3 of this term. The purpose of the visit was to meet with Principals and key education officials of Izumiotsu City in order to sign a Memorandum of Understanding that links NGSC with four high schools in this city. The staff visited six schools, including Primary Schools, Junior High Schools and the Izumiotsu Senior High School, to see firsthand, the style of education system in Osaka and the way that these schools operate.
We were warmly welcomed at all schools and even had a school lunch at one of the Primary Schools. Two of the days allowed for us to visit culturally significant places (Hiroshima - Memorial Peace Park , Miyajima Island - Shinto Shrine and Torii (pictured), Kyoto - Fushimi Inari shinto shrine (pictured) and Nijo Castle, built in 1603 as the Kyoto residence of the first shogun of the Edo Period. These will be included in future student tours to Japan as part of NGSC’s Languages Exchange program.
An information session to discuss the possibility of a student tour this year will be held on Wednesday, 13 March, between 5:00 and 6:00 pm in the College Library.
School Photos
School photographs were taken by Arthur Reed Photography last week. Students and parents/carers, should be commended on the manner in which the students wore the school uniform and how well they related to the photographers on the day.
Photos will be available soon for ordering online using your child’s individual image code (printed on the forms that went home). Photos will also be supplied for the families who ordered them via the envelope system.
Any concerns or questions are to be directed to Arthur Reed Photography on 5243 4390.
STAR and ACE Programs
After a significant program of numeracy and literacy testing for students in Year 7 through to Year 9, the groupings have been decided for the Achieving Core Education (ACE) Program and the Striving to Achieve Results (STAR) Program. Letters were sent home to selected students’ families to arrange permission for their child to participate. Please ensure these signed forms are returned as soon as possible to the main office. If you have any questions about these programs, please contact your class teacher, Year Level Coordinator, Stan Koullas (Numeracy Leader) or Brad Smallman (Literacy Leader).