Secondary News

Year 7 Grampians Camp

Our Year 7's are having a wonderful time on camp this week.  They have been doing alot of fun activities, keeping them very busy.  

Their week is coming to an end with their arrival tomorrow afternoon.  

Arrival time is still set for 3:15pm.  Keep an eye on the schools Facebook page and Compass for any updates.

Student of the Month

The following students have been selected as student of the month for April / May.  These students are congratulated on following our values of Respect, Responsibility and Quality. 

As our Year 7 students are on camp they will be awarded with their student of the month next week.

English News

This week we announced the winners of our Write On Persuasive competition from Term One.  Students were required to write a persuasive piece under the theme of Sunraysia.  Each year level had a different prompt and text type to address with the top pieces from each form group progressing to the finals.  Mrs McPhee and Mr Grimmer then judged the final pieces to award first, second and third at each year level.  Our winners received their certificate and their Coles/Myer gift card at our whole school assembly this week.  Each finalist also received a certificate for making to the final round of judging.

We are very excited to announce our winners as listed below.

Our Year 7 winners:

1st  Toby Scutcheon

2nd James Brice and Noah Edgar

3rd Logan Fraser

Our Year 8 winners:

1st Alisa Hobson

2nd Pippa Heeps

3rd Sarsha Chapple 

Our Year 9 winners:

1st Jacob Nowak

2nd Sam Longeri

3rd Edan Crouch 

Our Year 10 winners:

1st Dahlia Robert James

2nd Sierra Taylor

3rd Remi Crozier 

Congratulations to all of our winners and a huge thank you to our esteemed judges Mrs McPhee and Mr Grimmer.  This term our students are completing the narrative round for our Write On competition.  We encourage you to have a chat at home with your child to find out the prompt they are using and how they plan to incorporate this into an engaging narrative.

This term we also had the privilege of seeing five of our Year 10 students participate in the ABC Takeover program finals as our Merbein P-10 winners.  Since last year, Mariah, Ben, Asha, Rhianna and Josephine have been working closely with ABC producers to create a snapshot of life in regional Victoria as young people.  Their unique stories showcases a variety of experiences, skills, talents and strengths  and we are very proud of their efforts.  Their stories can be found on the ABC Takeover website and will be featured on ABC radio and television.  Our winners also attended a week-long summit with ABC facilitators, and winners from other schools from across our district, to develop and then present ideas as to how we can work towards making Mildura a healthy and positive environment for all of our young people.  Each group presented their ideas to a full house at the Mildura Sporting Precinct with local industry and community leaders in attendance to help get their ideas up and running.  Congratulations to Mariah, Ben, Asha, Rhianna and Josephine for representing our College – we are very proud of your efforts, well done.

Finally, just a reminder that your child should be reading at home on a regular basis and revising their units from the SPaG textbook.  Teachers have also been busy providing feedback via Compass for English Learning Tasks so please take the time to read and discuss the feedback with your child as this will help them to make progress with their learning in English.  Please do not hesitate to contact your child’s English teacher via Compass should you have any questions about any Learning Tasks or feedback.

Expressions of Interest - Instrumental Music Lessons

School Uniform

With the mornings becoming cooler, students are expected to wear full winter uniform every day. Students and families are reminded that hoodies are not part of the school's official uniform and cannot be worn at school. Students who are out of uniform must bring a note of explanation including when they will be back in complete uniform. While out of uniform, students must wear alternative clothing that is as close as possible to college uniform (eg. a black or white top).Parents will be contacted if a student is out of uniform without a note.  If the parent/guardian can be contacted the student may be sent home to return in full school uniform or uniform brought to the college to change into. If the parent/guardian cannot be contacted the student will be provided with emergency clothing for that day by the school.A copy of the College’s Uniform Policy is attached. If you have any queries regarding the Uniform Policy contact Mr Morgan on 50252501.

School Phone Policy

Students who choose to bring mobile phones to school must have them switched off and securely stored during school hours in their locker. If students are caught on their phone between 9am-3:17pm the following actions will occur:

1st Offence -phone is confiscated and stored in the main office. Phone will be returned to student at end of the day

2nd Offence- phone is confiscated and stored in the main office. Parent will be required to collect the phone.

3rd Offence- phone is confiscated and stored in the main office. Parent will be required to collect the phone. Student will be required to hand their phone to the front office each morning or leave their phone at home for a period of time determined by the Principal/Assistant Principal

4th Offence- meeting with the Principal and a suspension may be applied.

Parents are reminded to contact the office on 50252501 to pass on messages to students. This is to avoid students using their phones at school and having it confiscated. 

(Parents should not contact their child by phone between school hours of 9am and 3:17pm)

Please contact Mr Morgan if you have any queries regarding the phone policy.

Doctors In Secondary Schools Program

Our Doctors in Secondary Schools program is available for all secondary students to access free (bulk-billed), confidential health care at school. This is a fantastic service which students can access for any of their health care needs including asthma/anaphylaxis plans, catch-up immunisations, mental/emotional health and any other medical concerns no matter how big or small. Students can see the school doctor for any reason that they would see their usual GP.

The rooms will be open every Wednesday during the school term from 9am – 2pm. Students can make appointments by contacting Amy in the general office or they can ask a teacher or wellbeing staff member to make the appointment for them – the only details required to make an appointment will be the student’s name and date of birth.

Parents are welcome to attend appointments if the student wishes.

School Wide Positive Behaviour (SWPB)