Whilst most changes are minor, the girl’s summer uniform is completely different with it predominately being blue. Other updates with the uniform will be warmer rugby tops, a soft-shell jacket (replacing the old spray jacket), slight amendments to the kilt and a minor design change with the polo tops.

We believe these changes will support the students to be more comfortable at school. We have long been frustrated that the uniform was not warm enough in winter and these updates will help to address this.

As with any uniform changes there is a 3 year uptake period, so the old uniform is still suitable for any current students until 2021. Samples of the new uniform will be on display in the coming weeks.

Please don't hesitate to contact the school if you have any questions. Indonesian Trip

Welcome back to Mrs Annette Sugiyanto, Mrs Nicola Maher, Mr Josh Baker and the 26 students that have been away for the last 12 days in Yogyakarta. It is great to hear that the group are back in Geelong and have had a wonderful trip experiencing the Indonesian culture and warmer climate associated with this region. Intentions for 2019

If students are not returning to Oberon High School in 2019, can families please contact the school and speak with one of the Assistant Principals in regards to this. RUOK Day

As part of the Student and Staff Wellbeing Program at the school, members of the school community ran a number of activities on Friday 14th October. Mental health and wellbeing of our school community members is essential to ensure that our students are able to achieve their potential in all aspects of their schooling. Mock Interviews

On Tuesday 18th September, our Year 9 students had the opportunity to undertake Career mock interviews with Deakin University Education students. Speaking with a number of students involved, they found the interviews a great learning experience. As part of the preparation prior to the interviews, students had developed resumes in their English classes. Thank you to Mrs Kaye Barry who organised the day. Year 12 Celebration Day

A reminder to Parents/Guardians of our Year 12 students that the Celebration Day and Final Assembly will be held on Tuesday 23rd October. The Assembly will begin at approximately 10.40am and parents are encouraged to join us for some lunch afterwards. I encourage you to put this date into your calendar.

As this is the last Newsletter for the Term, I wish everyone a safe Term

break and look forward to seeing all students returning in Term 4

Tim McMahon

Staff Retirement After a long association with the school highly respected teacher Sharon Jimmink-Scott has indicated that she will be retiring, with Friday 21st September being her last day at school. Sharon has worked at Oberon since January 2005 and as well as teaching English, Humanities, VCAL and Japanese she has also held a number of leadership positions including Year Level Manager and Literacy Coach. I would like to thank Sharon for her service to State School education and her contribution to Oberon High School. Sharon throughout her career has had a great rapport with students allowing her to have a positive impact on not only their education but also their personal wellbeing. On behalf of the school community I wish Sharon well in retirement. Interim Reports All Students/Parents should have been able to access the Interim Reports on the School Portal from Thursday 20th September. Parents and students will have the opportunity to further discuss their academic progress at Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences which are being held on Thursday 11th October, running from 12 pm - 7.30pm. There are no classes on this day, however students are expected to attend the conferences with their parents. Bookings for the conferences can be made via the School Portal. If Parents are unable to make the interviews but still would like to speak to the Teachers, I encourage you to ring the school to make an appointment for early Term 4. School for Student Leadership 2019 – China We have been informed that the school has been allocated six places for Year 9 students 2019 to attend the DET School for Student Leadership. Our students have been allocated Term 4. As part of this placement, three boys and three girls will be involved in an international expedition of 6 weeks in China, based at Utahloy International School as part of the Victorian Young Leaders to China Program. We expect there will be significant interest from our current Year 8 students to be allocated a place, consequently we will hold an information session, outlining the trip and selection process during Term 4. This will be the second time we are able to offer this opportunity to our students, with six of our Year 9 students heading to China in Term 4 this year.

Uniform change As mentioned in previous Newsletters, Oberon will be updating our school uniform and changing suppliers from 11th October, 2018. Our new uniform supplier PSW, has been wonderful to work with and pleasingly the cost of new items has reduced.

SEPTEMBER

Mon 24th - Fri 5th October - SCHOOL HOLIDAYS Sat 29th - Thurs 25th October - German Exchange Students visit

OCTOBER

Mon 8th FIRST DAY OF TERM 4 Thurs 11th Parent Teacher Student Interviews 12 pm - 7 pm by appointment - Student Free Day Year 12 Practice English Exam - COMPULSORY Mon 15th Year 12 German Oral Exam 12 pm - 3 pm - Deakin

University Waterfront Campus Tues 16th Antipodean Parent Meeting 6 pm - 6.45 pm - Auditorium Thurs 18th Intermediate Sport - Basketball, Table Tennis, Cricket Mon 22nd Last Day of Year 12 regular classes School Sport Victoria - Athletics Mon 22nd - Frid 26th Year 9 Rubicon Leadership Camp Tues 23rd Year 12 Celebration Day Wed 24th GEELONG CUP DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY - SCHOOL

CLOSED Year 12 Indonesian Oral Exam 12 pm - 2 pm - Deakin

University Waterfront Campus

Frid 26th Year 7 Sport - Tennis & Cricket Year 12 Practice English Exam Mon 29th Year 7 Immunisations Tues 30th Western Metropolitan Year 7 Basketball Finals Wed 31st Year 8 Sport - Baseball Year 7 Western Metropolitan Year 7 Hockey Finals Wed 31st - Wed 21st November - Year 12 Exams

NOVEMBER

Thurs 1st Year 11 Outdoor Ed overnight hike Sat 3rd - Sat 15th December Victorian Young Leaders to China

Program Mon 5th - Tues 6th Visiting Artist - (To be confirmed) Tues 6th Year 8 Languages Excursion - Melbourne Zoo Wed 7th - Frid 9th Year 8 & 9 Author Presentation Sat 10th Antipodean Training Day - School Gymnasium Tues 13th 7A Christmas Appeal - Casual Dress Day Wed 14th Last day of Year 11 regular classes School Council Meeting Thurs 15th - Tues 20th Year 11 Exams Wed 21st Year 11 Formal

Absence Hotline - 0439 326 767 Issue 14 - Friday 21st September, 2018

12 Pickett Crescent, Belmont, 3216 Ph: 5243 4444 Fax: 5244 2005 Web: www.oberonhs.vic.edu.au Email: oberon.hs@edumail.vic.gov.au

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences will be held on:

Thursday 11th October - 12 Midday - 7.30 pm

Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences can be booked from Thursday 20th September through the “Parent Interviews” tab seen on the left hand side of the Parent Portal. From there select the teacher and choose from one of the available time slots. Please note each time slot only goes for 10 minutes. If you have any issues with logging on please contact the Office staff for help.

Term 3 Reports

In addition to Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences being booked via the Portal, parents will receive Term 3 Reports via the Parent Portal. These will be accessible Thursday 20th September . Again if you have any issues with logging on please contact the Office staff before the end of Term for assistance.

Joshua Baker Assistant Principal

YEAR 7 IMMUNISATIONS

All Year 7 Students

Immunisations for Year 7 students will be held at School on Monday 29th October.

Consent forms should already have been returned.

Year 7 Students:

HPV (Human Papillomavirus)

If parents have any questions about immunisations please contact Barwon Health Immunisation on 42 156 963.

All students and parents are invited to attend this special occasion which we regard as one of the most important events on the School’s Calendar. This ceremony celebrates the achievements of students with awards for Outstanding Academic Achievement and Outstanding Effort or for Citizenship/School Service throughout the year. Top students in Year 12 subjects, all students who achieve over 90% in the VCE score (ATAR) and our Year 12 Dux are also presented.

Students will be notified if they are to receive an award at the ceremony and, clearly, there is an expectation they will attend. All students attending and those receiving awards must be wearing correct school uniform. Awardees will NOT BE presented on stage with their award if they are not in correct school uniform.

Students will be transported from Oberon to the Awards Ceremony by bus on the day. Please note this ceremony will take place at 11.00 am on Tuesday 18th December at Costa Hall.

OBERON AWARDS DAY

PARENT/TEACHER/STUDENT CONFERENCES

OBERON HIGH SCHOOL - NEW UNIFORM - AVAILABLE FROM THURSDAY 11TH OCTOBER, 2018

PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Oberon High School will be closed for the Public Holiday on Geelong Cup Day

Wednesday 24th October Please mark this date in your diary.

Congratulations to the Cast and Crew of the Oberon High School Production

‘The Curse of the Mummy’

POST CARD FROM INDONESIA

Indonesian Study Tour 2018 The Indonesian study tour returns on September 21st. After 2 weeks in Indonesia the 26 students have deepened their understanding of not just the Indonesian language, but also the culture of Indonesia. The students visited a variety of temples, the Sultans palace, rode on becaks and illuminated pedal cars , they bargained, they tasted a huge variety of different Indonesian foods, they visited our Sister School, (where Mr Baker managed to get himself on local tv), learnt Indonesian dances, martial arts and how to make batik, and also visited an Orphanage where they donated the money they raised from fundraising at school. (Special mention to Ruby Winter who managed to raise $300 of the $900 we raised) . The students have had a fantastic trip, and as a group have been great ambassadors for our school. Special thanks goes to Nicola Maher, Gayle Tyson-Whittaker and Josh Baker for giving up their time to assist me in the running of this tour. Bu Sugiyanto

GEELONG VICTORIAN LANGUAGE PERFECT CHAMPIONSHIPS

Congratulations to Joshua Palmer on winning a “spot prize” of $10 in the recent languages competition.

GERMAN EXCHANGE STUDENTS ARRIVE SOON

We will welcome the next group of German exchange students and their 3 teachers on Grand Final Day! Oberon will be hosting 12 of the 35 students. Thank you so much to all host families involved. Your assistance is very much appreciated.

The students will be at school and in classes for the first 3 weeks of Term 4. The German students come from our Sister Schools near Marburg in Hessen.

LANGUAGES CORNER

DIRECTIONS DIREKSI die Richtungen ほうこう hookoo

Right Kanan rechts みぎ migi

Left Kiri links ひだり hidari

Turn Belok biegen まがる magaru

Straight ahead Terus geradeaus まっすぐ massugu

Where is Di mana Wo ist …? どこ doko

North Utara Nord きた kita

South Selatan Süd みなみ minami

East Timur Ost ひがし higashi

West Barat West にし nishi

Roundabout Bundaran der Kreisverkehr ロータリー rootarii

Street Jalan die Straße とおり toori

A notice to parents who would like an Oberon High School Magazine for 2017

that the deadline for payment ($20.00) is Friday 20th October, 2017

SCHOOL MAGAZINE PAYMENT DEADLINE

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER - PLEASE MARK IN YOUR DIARY

YEAR 12

Thursday 11th October

Monday 15th October Monday 22nd October Tuesday 23rd October Wednesday 24th October Wednesday 31st October – Friday 21st November Monday 26th November

Friday 14th December

Year 12 Practice English Exam - Library - COMPULSORY - 9 am - 12.15 am

Year 12 German Oral Exam – Deakin Waterfront Last day of Year 12 Classes Year 12 Celebration Day and Final Assembly Year 12 Indonesian Oral Exam – Deakin Waterfront Year 12 Exams - Students will be given their individual timetables Year 12 Valedictory Dinner – 6.30 pm - 11.30 pm - The Pier Year 12 Results

YEAR 11 Wednesday 14th November Thursday 15th November - Tuesday 20th November Wednesday 21st November Friday 23rd November – Tuesday 27th November

Last day of Year 11 classes Year 11 Exams Year 11 Formal – Geelong Football Club Year 11 into 12 VCE 2019 Commencement Program at Oberon (Program compulsory for

all 2018 Year 11 students) Tuesday 27th November is the last day at school for

Year 11 students.

YEAR 10 Friday 30th November Monday 3rd December Tuesday 4th – Thursday 6th December

Last day of Year 10 classes Year 10 Maths and English Exams Year 10 into 11 VCE 2019 Commencement Program at Oberon (Program compulsory for

all 2018 Year 10 students). Thursday 6th December is the last day at school for

Year 10 students.

YEAR 6, 7, 8 & 9 Wednesday 17th October Monday 29th October Tuesday 11th December Wednesday 12th December Wednesday 12th December

Thursday 13th, Friday 14th and Monday 17th December

Year 7, 2019 - Parent Information Night – 6 pm School Auditorium Year 7 Immunisations (current Year 7 students) Year 7 2019 Orientation Program Year 7 2019 Orientation Program Last day of classes for Year 7, 8 & 9 students End of Year Activities for Years 7 - 9 - details will be distributed to students

ALL YEAR LEVELS Wednesday 24th October Tuesday 18th December Wednesday 19th December Thursday 20th December Friday 21st December

GEELONG CUP DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY – SCHOOL CLOSED Oberon Awards Day - Costa Hall 11.00 a.m. All students are expected to attend School Picnic - Staff Professional Learning Program Parent/Teacher Interviews as required by appointment Program provided for those students in attendance LAST DAY OF SCHOOL TERM

COMMENCEMENT DATES FOR EARLY 2019 Friday 25th January Monday 28th January Tuesday 29th January Wednesday 30th January Thursday 31st January Monday 11th February Wednesday 20th March - Friday 22nd March

School Office Open School Office Open Teachers return to school School Office Open Students in Years 7, 11 & 12 commence school Students in Years 8, 9 & 10 commence school. All students now in attendance. School Swimming Sports Year 7 Camp - Anglesea