Year 10 News

Welcome to Term 4! 

We hope that everyone had a lovely break and got an opportunity to either rest or get away and enjoy the spring weather. 

Hats 

Term 1 and Term 4 are the school terms in which students are required to be wearing a hat. Horsham College hats must be worn at recess and lunch times. If you have misplaced your school hat, please ensure that you purchase a new one from the Admin team. Hats are $20 each. 

Phones 

A friendly reminder that students are not to use or have their phones on them during school hours (8.50am – 3.20pm) If students are seen using their phones at school this is an automatic after school detention. 

Please ensure that phones are kept either at home, or in locked school locker. 

Leaving school? 

If your student is leaving school for an early departure, please ensure that this is logged on SEQTA Engage, absence hotline or the student needs to come to school with a note and see a Year Level co-ordinator so that a blue student pass is issued. 

Absences 

Please ensure that if you student is going to be absent from school that this is logged via the Absence hotline or SEQTA. 

Absence Hotline: 5381 7200 

Term 4 Important dates: 

Week 1 – Return to school and hats 

Week 2 – Year 10 study day 

Week 3 – Chaplaincy book fair 

Week 5 – Curriculum day (Monday 4th November student free day & Melbourne Cup Day public holiday Tuesday 5th November) Week 6 – Year 10 Study Day 

Week 9 – Year 10 into Year 11 2025 HeadStart classes 

Week 9 – Friday 6th December last day for Year 10 students 

Values Awards

The below students received the most values awards during the last month of Term 3. They were given a canteen voucher each for their efforts.

Chloe Reinheimer: for meeting all requirements for basketball academy, focusing hard in math, getting all paperwork organised for her work experience and preparing well for her Health CAT.

Zarli Knight: for keeping up to date and achieving great results in General Math, working well and being polite in the study centre, for her hard work in MMM and for getting all of her paperwork organised for her work experience.

Natasha Gillespie: for keeping up to date and achieving great results in General Math and Bakers Shop, and for your commitment to your English studies.

Lauren Clyne: for keeping up to date and achieving great results in General Math, working well in bakers shop and getting all your paperwork organised for your work experience.

Tyran Both: for showing great character and commitment by attending parent teacher interviews, focusing hard in math, and working well in bakers shop. 

Year 10 University Camp

A group of year 10 students had the opportunity to participate in a uni visit camp on the last week of Term 3. They participated in activities at LaTrobe, ACU and Deakin as well as experiencing a taste of university life in student accommodation. They were able to tour the facilities at each of these universities and gained insight into courses, accommodation, life as a university student and the future of work.

It was a beneficial experience for those intending on going down that pathway. Students were impressed by the 3D printing machines and the high voltage lab in the engineering facilities, as well as the earthquake simulations. Cooking for themselves and their room mates was embraced as part of a day in the life of a university student, as well as try some of the culinary options in the Geelong area - trying wasabi for the first time was a significant experience for one of our students.

We are appreciative of the universities that provided the programs and the support to make this a beneficial trip as well as the students who demonstrated our college values in the way that they collaborated with each other throughout the whole experience.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.