COLLEGE NEWS
Welcome
Welcome to Week 8 of Term 2. This is the last edition for this term.
This fortnight the College welcomed our newest members of the College, our Kindergarten students for 2022 attended their Kindergarten Readiness Conferences.
Next week we will be holding the Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences on Wednesday and Friday. Bookings can be made via Compass. Further details are available on the Deputy Principal's Report page, under the Head of Campus section.
We wish all families a safe and happy holiday break. All students will return to school for Term 3 on Monday 12th July.
Enrolments are open in Kindergarten (limited availability in other year groups)
Enrol Now for Kindergarten 2022!
Places are filling fast for Kindergarten 2022.
TRACers Readiness Conferences have begun, apply now by downloading the Application form below, to be part of Round 2 Conferences.
The Kindergarten Readiness Programme will commence on Tuesday 13th July.
For Junior School and Secondary School Enrolments
If you would like more information about enrolling at the College, enquiries are welcome at any time.
Please contact the Director of Enrolments and Public Relations, Mrs Karen Wilson on 02 69 331811 or via Enrolments@trac.nsw.edu.au
Further details about the Enrolment process and a copy of the Application Form, can be found on our website, by clicking on the link below.
Please note: The College office will be open during the upcoming holidays for all your enrolment enquiries
Casual Teaching Positions at the Junior School
We are looking to expand our team of qualified and experienced Casual Teaching Staff for the Junior School.
A current Working With Children Check is essential.
Please contact Mr Trevor Howard - Deputy Principal, Head of Campus on 02 6933 1811 or send a letter of introduction outlining relevant qualifications and experience along with your CV to: Rebecca Blair - Assistant to the Principal at Rebecca.Blair@trac.nsw.edu.au
Student ID Cards
Example only
The school photos and student ID cards have now been handed out to students. Secondary students are asked to bring their ID cards to school each day, to use for the reasons listed below. Please ensure they are kept in a safe place such as their locker.
The ID cards replace those previously printed by the College Office and are for general use as proof of age. Students are also required to use the ID card when arriving late or leaving early by scanning into the Compass Kiosk in the front office. The Library borrowing system also allows students to scan the cards when they borrow a book or other resources.
Compass - Absence/part day attendance procedures for students
It is imperative that an Attendance note is submitted on the Compass parental portal if a student is away for a full day, arriving late, or leaving early.
Secondary School students who are arriving late or leaving early will be required to report to the College office to sign themselves in/out using their ID cards. Alternatively, a parent can come into the College office to sign a student in late, or pick up early in lieu of a Compass submission.
Junior School parents are required to sign a student in/out at the Junior School Office.
College Offices
As families would be aware, with the opening of the Junior School, the administration now operates from two offices - College Office and Junior School Office.
For all K-12 enrolment enquiries, school fees and account enquiries, signing secondary school students in/out and meetings with Secondary School staff, please report to the College office (located in the front of the College)
For signing in/out Junior School students, meetings with Junior School staff and general enquiries regarding current Junior School students, please report to the Junior School office (located at the Eastern end of the Campus)
OED Kitchen Closed (Week 9)
During next week (Week 9) the Outdoor Education Kitchen will be open in the morning only. It will be closed for recess and lunch.
The OED students are grateful for your continued patronage, and I look forward to the Year 9 OED class joining the kitchen brigade next term.
Students are reminded that it is not acceptable to order food off-site to be delivered to the College via Menulog or any other delivery style providers. If Homerooms are ordering food this needs to be carried out by the Homeroom Mentor or Head of House, who will communicate with the Front Office and follow other College protocols regarding Covid and payment processes.
If parents are delivering food to their child at recess or lunch, they need to do so via the Front Office of either the Junior or Senior schools.
Alex Sarantakos | Head of Operations
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Busabout - Change of Bus Numbers
See below for important information relating to bus changes for students who catch buses from Lake Albert in the morning.
Commencing Tuesday 15th of June 2021, there are changes to the buses some students catch.
The Riverina Anglican College – Change of Bus numbers
MORNINGS
Lake Albert students from Dalkeith Av NEW Bus S150 arriving in Dalkeith Av at 8:10am.
Lake Albert students from Main St NEW Bus S181 arriving in Main St 8:01am.
Midford Uniform Shop - Extended Holiday Trading
The Uniform Shop will close for the upcoming holiday on Thursday 17th June at 12pm and will reopen on the following dates.
Thursday 8th July - Open 10am-2pm
Monday 12th July - Open 8am-12pm
Normal term trading will resume Tuesday 13th July at 8am
The new improved Compass App is here!
Newsfeed Sort Function
Parent/carer users can now sort their newsfeed by ‘most important’ or ‘most recent.’ The default view will place important school posts first, but users can now toggle the feed view to ensure they don't miss a post.
Important News
NewsFeed posts that are marked as a priority by the school will be highlighted with an ‘important news’ banner so they can’t be missed by parents/carers.
Save Posts
To make posts easy to find we've added a handy bookmark. Parent/carer users can now bookmark any Newsfeed posts they want to to keep for reference, such as upcoming event information that they may need after they have consented. When they no longer need the post they can simply 'unsave'.
Year 9 and 10 Visual Arts Workshop
On Wednesday 9th June, Year 9 & 10 Elective Visual Arts class had a great experience attending a ‘hands on’ practical workshop run by Ms Leona Beeson from S&S Wholesale.
Ms Beeson has had numerous years working with art teachers and students showing her expertise and great knowledge of using art materials and equipment.
Students learnt new skills and experiment with different mediums in readiness for their practical activities throughout this year.
Lindie Mannion | Head of Department - Visual Arts
Holbrook Sheep and Wool Fair
The very young team of Year 7 and Year 8 students recently made their presence known at the Holbrook Sheep and Wool Fair, competing against schools from across the region.
The total ribbon tally included:
12x first place
8x second place
4x third place
Zander and Ebony led the Interbreed Competition on Wednesday 26 May and won Champion Ram and Champion Ewe above all sheep of all breeds entered.
The team, led by Owen and Jimmy then followed up on Thursday 27 May with Reserve Champion Ram and Reserve Champion Ewe in the Poll Dorset competition. In the Junior Judging competitions, the team was very nervous. Congratulations to Zander who, against 76 entrants, won the Meat Breed competition, followed closely by Owen who came third.
We came home with the Most Successful Exhibitor ribbon at the end of the show.
The team worked tirelessly during the show and were continually complimented on their professionalism and showmanship.
Well done to all team members: Owen, Zachary, Anderson, Orlando, Bryce, Zander, Ebony, James and Hamish and a big thank you to Mr Dawson - Head of Agriculture for making this possible.
Principal's Assembly
Congratulations to Year 11 student Michael Woodgate for being awarded a NSW Combined Independent Schools (CIS) medal for sportsmanship at the recent CIS Secondary Boys Hockey Championships. Michael was acknowledged for his fair and honest play. This was a wonderful achievement and Michael received his medal from Principal, Mr Humble at last week's Assembly.
Design Thinking Bootcamp - (For students in Years 9-11)
Expression of interest are welcome. Please email Mr Mannion if you are interested?
CSU is running a free one-day Design Thinking Bootcamp that is taking place, on Tuesday 10th August 2021.
The Design Thinking Bootcamp's purpose is to build skills that will be sought after in the future workforce around a consumer-centred experience incorporating: empathising with the end-user, defining a solution, ideating what that may look like, validating the idea, prototyping and finally pitching.
Tournament of Minds
Tournament of Minds is back and it will be a live competition this year! If you are a creative problem solver who enjoys a challenge and working in a team, then this is the competition for you.
Please view the Head of SWANs page of the College Newsletter for more information.
RSA and RCG for Year 12 students
Reminder to those students wishing to do the upcoming RSA and RCG courses. There is separate enrolment paperwork from Western Riverina Community College out the front of Mrs Knights's office that must be completed and handed in with the permission note and payment slip.
Write a Book in a Day
(For students in Years 5-12)
Finally...it is here again... it is time to WRITE A BOOK IN A DAY!
The exact day is yet to be determined, but it will be a Saturday or Sunday sometime between now and the 31st of August.
If you would like to enter, you will need a team of 5-10.
The divisions are as follows.
Primary School - Years 5-6
Middle Secondary School - Years 7-9
Upper Secondary School - Years 10-12
Open - 18 years and over
Email your expression of interest with your team member names and YOUR TEAM NAME to Mrs Hawke.
If you would like to know more about the event, click below:
More information will be provided in the coming weeks.
Performance opportunities
(for Student in Years 3-12)
We have music performance opportunities at the Junior School Assemblies each Friday.
Each week we require a musical item and someone to lead the anthem. If you would like to share your talent with our Junior School and either lead the anthem or present a musical item, please add your name via the link below.
Clare Brassil | Head of Music Performance K-12
Junior School News
Mr King's Year 5 class were challenged to create chicken coops as a follow-up to their study of chickens and their welfare with Head of Agriculture Mr Dawson's Year 9 Agricultural Technology class and Year 2.
Each coop needed to provide the appropriate conditions to meet the five freedoms of animal welfare requirements. Year 2 and Year 9 were invited to an exhibition of the creative chicken coops and asked to score and vote for each coop.
Junior School Assembly
Head of Junior School, Mrs Chacon presented Rachel (Year 6) the Browning House award for 'demonstrated leadership, generosity and kindness as a member of Browning House'. Congratulations to Rachel.
College Chaplain, Mr Tyndall showed an entertaining pre-recorded video of himself using the travelator at Wagga Marketplace to explain the Ascension of Jesus. This was followed by a performance by all staff and students to the song 'God United', students participated enthusiastically with singing and actions.
To view the video, head to the College Chaplain page of the College Newsletter.
Under 10 Futsal Championships
Year 3 and 4 students participated in the U10 NSW Schools Futsal Championships at Equex recently.
Both Year 4 teams, were winners for the day with the Year 3 girls team achieving runners-up.
Senior School Representative Sport - Online Permission Notes
All Representative Sports Permission Notes will now be distributed to families via the Online Compass Portal.
Once a student is selected into a representative sporting event, they will be added to the specific event on Compass and will need parental consent by approving the digital permission note (you just need to locate the event and click APPROVE!!).
I thank you for your patience as I become familiar with this new system.
Kym Kjaer | Head of Representative Sport
Changes to Excursions Permission Notes
All Permission notes will now be distributed via Compass.
Details were provided to families in Issue 5. Click below to view. Please refer to the Deputy Principals Report in Issue 5.
Senior Academic Support
College Guidance Counsellor, Mr Richardson is pleased to offer Senior Academic Support in Room 31.
Please see the above flyer for session times.
This is a wonderful opportunity for our Year 11 and 12 students to upskill in effective study, learn time management skills, and access space for guided study.
Please note: Attendance for the whole session is not necessary, e.g. if their bus gets here at 8.30am on Tuesdays then a 20 minute attendance would still be valuable.
College Visual Arts Competitions 2021 (Secondary Students)
Calling all creative Secondary students. Would you like to win some great prizes?
This year's theme is 'Animals'.
Two Visual Arts competitions are currently running.
Click below for further details.
College SS Photographic Competition
Submissions Close - Term 3 Week 3.
College SS Visual Arts Competition
Submissions Close - Term 3 Week 3.
Lindie Mannion | Head of Visual Arts
Phone calls to the College
When you call us at the College, you hear a pre-recorded message with menu options. We understand that you might not want to listen to this message every time!
The main information to remember is:
For the Junior School - Press 1
For the main College Office (Senior School)
- Press 2
For the Uniform Shop - Press 3
Term Dates for 2021
Term 2 concludes - Thursday 17 June 2021
Term 3 commences - Monday 12 July 2021
Term 3 concludes - Friday 17 September 2021
Term 4 commences - Tuesday 5 October 2021
Term 4 concludes - Wednesday 8 December 2021
Have you downloaded the Compass Parent Portal?
All families should have received an email inviting you to download the compass School Manager for Parents. This communication platform is a secure site where you can access an array of information about your child/children.
Please contact the College office, if you are yet to receive your login details.
Access to the College
Please view the parking arrangements in the image above if you are not familiar with the parking arrangements in the image
Driving to School - Year 11 and 12
Students in Years 11 and 12 who wish to drive to school, need to ensure the following steps are taken and agreed to before students are permitted to drive to and from the College.
• Complete a 'Driving to School Permission Form' (see attached), and return the signed form to the College Office for processing.
• Taking Passengers - Any student travelling in the car of another student will be required to complete the 'Passenger Permission Form' (see attached), and return the signed form to the College Office for processing.
The College recommends that siblings be permitted and, at most, one other authorised person.
Vehicles must not leave the College during the day without the student/s signing out from the College Office.
Driving to School Forms:
Driving to School Permission Form
College Office
Absence Process
Student absences should be reported to the Compass Parent Portal, preferably by 9am.
Do you need to update your contact details?
Have you moved address or had a change in your family circumstances and need to update your contact details?
If you have changed your contact details recently. We urge you to contact the College office to update your phone numbers and email, so if we need to contact you urgently we can do so.
Please email Office@trac.nsw.edu.au
with your current details or update in the Compass portal.
Medical Action Plans
If your child has a Medical Action Plan please ensure that the College Office has an up-to date copy for the student's file and Sickbay.
If you need more information, please contact the Office on 69 331811 or Office@trac.nsw.edu.au
Long-term Absences
If the student will be absent for more than 2 weeks (10 school days), an application to the Principal is required via the Application for Extended Leave - Vacation/Travel Form prior to departure. Once this document is completed by the Parent/Guardian, please return to the College Office for processing. You will then receive a Certificate of Extended Leave - Vacation/Travel.
Students who will be absent for shorter periods of time (less than 2 weeks) are also required to supply written notification to the College.
All student long-term absences should be reported to the College via email absences@trac.nsw.edu.au.