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Mortlake College Newsletter 10 Hood Ave
Mortlake, Vic, 3272 Ph: 03 5599 2204 Fax: 03 5599 2503
Email: [email protected] Website: www.mortlakep12.vic.edu.au
SMS Mobile: 0427 841 239 (Text Only)
Term 3- Week 10—18th September 2019
Principal’s Report
End of term
On Friday school finishes at 2:30pm and the buses will leave shortly a�er that �me. It is, of course,
‘Footy Colours day’ where students are encouraged to wear an item/items of footy clothing to support
their favourite team and it’s also the day of the annual Grand final Breakfast which will be held in the
undercover area commencing at 8am. It would be great to see lots of families at the breakfast.
Sun Smart policy
Just another reminder that the school’s Sun Smart policy comes into effect from the first day of next
term. Everyone is expected to wear a hat when outside at recess and lunch�me and also during outside
ac�vi�es such as PE. Please ensure that your child has a hat each day and that it is clearly named.
Green bucket hats can be purchased from the school’s uniform shop.
Year 12 Revision
Our Year 12 students will, of course, need to spend some significant �me on holiday homework and revi-
sion work as their final exams are very close at hand. I’m sure they don’t need reminding that they only
have a li4le more than two weeks of classes remaining next term and their first exam is on Wednesday
30 October.
Make Up Parent Teacher Interviews
We have set aside the first Wednesday 9th
October of Term 4 for Parent/Teacher interviews that need to
be made up for Mr Kea�ng and Miss Jus�n. Please log on and book your appointment in the school-
interviews.com.au.
School Uniform – repeat
Have your say about our school uniform. The students have had the opportunity to par�cipate in a stu-
dent focus group, which will con�nue. The student’s priori�es are to have black shorts available for eve-
rybody as part of the new uniform. The students would like to have a mascot and also some changes to
sports uniform. Other sugges�ons have been a school hoodie, a beanie for winter, and a warmer jacket.
Staff and school councillors have had discussions and now it is your turn. Please send any uniform sug-
ges�ons into the school office. However please note we will not be making any major changes to our
uniform at the moment however we are more likely to adopt a few addi�ons that have a focus on inclu-
sivity and that are not cost prohibi�ve. The students will con�nue to meet so please send in you sug-
ges�ons.
MVP’s Mortlake (Most) Valuable Person Awards and
Assemblies
MVP’s Week 10
Miss Allinson, Doris Williamson, Mrs Barr: Being a friendly, caring, empathetic and hardworking
staff member at Mortlake P-12 College. Well done you're your positive attitude and the way in
which you teach at our school. To be successful in life and to work hard for every opportunity
you need to be able to do the ‘little things’ well. Like showing gratitude, empathy and using
your manners. You always do all of these things. Keep having a ‘Red Hot Go’ and remem-
ber to always be a Most Valuable Person.
Blake Toth, Lucy Barry, Ellyse Parker Wood, Ashton Maher: Being a friendly, hardworking
student at Mortlake P-12 College. Well done you're your positive attitude and the way in
which you approach every aspect of attending our
school. To be successful in
life you need to work hard
for every opportunity and
you need to be able to do
the ‘little things.’ Like show-
ing gratitude, empathy and
using your manners. You
always do all of these things.
Keep having a ‘Red Hot Go’
and remember to always be
a Most Valuable Person.
P-4 Concert
Congratula�ons to the P-4 children for a fantas�c performance on Tuesday and I’m sure they will all be very excit-
ed about the evening performance on Wednesday. A big thank you to Mr Gellert for all his hard work coordi-
na�ng the produc�on, the P-4 staff for working so hard preparing the children and to all the parents and other
staff members who have helped in any way. Special thanks to Lyle Russell and Mark Pech who prepared the
great backdrops.
Happy Holidays!
I would just like to wish everyone a very happy and safe holiday period. It has been another successful term and
I’m sure a well-earned break will ensure that everyone returns next term full of energy and enthusiasm.
Danny Forrest Principal—Mortlake College
Parent Informa5on Night Wednesday 16th October 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. Graeme Good Centre
The focus of the evening will be to explain changes to the school classroom plan in 2020.
Distribute Chromebook informa�on and documents to families regarding the new program in
2020.
DON’T FORGET YOUR
HATS EVERYDAY
DURING TERMS 4 & 1
BIRTHDAYS
Happy Birthday to all students who have birthdays this week and over the holidays
SEPTEMBER
19th--Hayley Mann 20th—Katy Jarvie
21st—Lucas Peart & Thomas Hetherington 24th—Imogen Bray 25th—Logan Bray
27th Leo Slater, Declan Compton-Sheaves & Shakaya McCrae –Wilson
28th—Aaron Medley 29th—Te Whe & Te Reina Smith-Kahukura & Holly Hetherington
30th—Letitia Howat
2019 Prep Enrolments
We are currently taking enrolments for Prep for 2019. Please if you have not already en-
rolled your child, send in the enrolment forms or call into the school for an enrolment
pack. This helps with our classroom planning for 2019
Families are most welcome to call at the school any �me for a tour .
OUT OF UNIFORM DAYS TERM 4 2019
Gold coin dona�on with the money going towards small projects around
the school.
The next date for out of uniform is
Friday 25th of October
LAST DAY TERM 3
FRIDAY 20th SEPTEMBER
SCHOOL FINISHES AT 2.30PM
Grand Final Breakfast: WEAR YOUR FOOTY COLOURS
Friday 20th September 8:00am – 8:55am
$12:00 per family $5:00 per secondary student
$4:00 per primary student
If you can donate any of the following please �ck and write quan�ty.
All dona�ons need to be at school by Wednesday 18th
September.
Thank you
F-4 Team
………………………………………………………………………………………………
Name_________________ No. a4ending_____________
Please fill out & return by Wednesday 18th
September.
Eggs
Juice
Bread
Plain flour
Duck numbers will be on sale at the door of the
evening performance of the P-4 The Gruffalo
GWR ATHLETICS BALLARAT
Congratula�ons to the following students who competed at the Greater Western Region Athle�c Finals
at Ballarat on the 16th
September
Shae DeFrancesco Julia Mann
Jackson Boyden Simon Atkinson
Issac Fowler Holly Fowler
Grace Wareham Claire Mahncke
Tasha Killen Zoee Boyden
Lily Schuuring Elise Killen
Mia Richie Lucy Barry
Hamish Hobbs Taine DeManser
The following students recorded places
Jackson Boyden 1st 100, 200, Triple Jump, 400m, 3
rd Long Jump
Simon Atkinson 3rd
Long Jump
Issac Fowler 3rd
Javelin
Shae DeFrancesco 1st Javelin
Congratula�ons to Shae and Jackson who will now compete at the State Championships in October.
SPORT SPOT
P-12 Sport Dates Term 3 & 4 October 11th Yr 3-6 Regional
Athle�cs
21st Yr 7/8 Cricket in
Warrnambool
22nd Yr 7/9 Basketball
STATE NOMINATIONS/REPRESENTATIVE SPORTS/RESULTS
Informa�on regarding state nomina�ons and other sports can be found on the School Sport Victoria website.
www.ssv.vic.edu.au
CONNECT Parents and students can connect to School sports Victoria via Facebook and Twitter. Just follow the
following links http://www.facebook.com/SchoolSportVictoria https://twitter.com/@SchoolSportVic
Nathan Jones & Val Riordon—Year 7-12 Sports Coordinators
October 25th Yr 5/6 Cricket
November 7th Yr 9/10 Cricket
FOOTBALL
AFL 9s
Morning everyone, last Friday, a
group of 5/6 girls played AFL 9s
Football against other local schools.
Our first game was against St Pats
A, which we lost. The next games
were against Terang A and Terang
B, unfortunately we lost both of these games as well.
A�er the 3 games we had a break. Before we went out on the field, they introduced us
to an AFLW player from the Geelong Football Club, Georgia Clarke, who spoke to us
about her pathway to become an AFLW listed player.
Next the students had a challenge to see who could kick the furthest. We then played
two more games, one against Camperdown which we won by 32 points and the other
one against St Pats which we lost.
Overall the day was a huge success and we all had heaps of fun.
And thanks to Mr Boyden for the day.
By Holly Jones Grade 5
We also had a number of our
year 4s par�cipa�ng last
Thursday, who enjoyed a
great day of football.
Advance Snow Camp On Monday 9
th September ten students from the Advance class travelled over 6 hours to
Mount Buller Resort.
Student experienced one of the best snow condi�ons in recent year and were exposed to
picturesque scenery as well as great food and accommoda�on.
Students had ski lessons Tuesday and Wednesday morning and then were able to prac�ce
their learnt skills in the a�ernoon each day. It was pleasing to see all students display a
high amount of resilience to con�nually improve a�er being challenged on numerous oc-
casions.
A huge thankyou to Ms Elsie O’Neill for coming on camp. Her experience and support on
the slopes was invaluable.
Assembly Awards Monday 16th September
Founda5on/One: Levi Kahukura – for working hard on your narra�ve story
Pippa Noesgaard – for se4ling in well to your new school
Year One/Two: Wynter Bradbury – for wri�ng a really interes�ng narra�ve
Isabella Reichman – for puOng in 100% at our produc�on rehearsals
Year Three/Four B: Blake Murray – for regularly following instruc�ons and
giving his best efforts with wri�ng.
Spurs Lynch – for an incredible understanding of frac�ons in maths
Cooper Edge – for an excellent determina�on to get through the Maths On
Demand test
Year Three/Four C: Eli Bradbury – for your excellent dance moves and lead-
ership for our annual concert songs
Mikaylah McDonald – for persistence in maths – not giving up when it gets
difficult.
Congratula5ons to all of these students.
P-4 PLACE There are s5ll a few
5ckets leF for
tonight's
performance
Produc5on Sneak Peak! Our F-4 Superstars have spent a lot of �me rehearsing for our performance of The
Gruffalo. Our teachers have been working very hard geOng our costumes ready and
we are all very excited to perform for you. See you at the show!
SAME-DAY NOTIFICATION OF UNEXPLAINED STUDENT ABSENCES
FACTSHEETFORPARENTS/CARERS
If your child is sick or absent, you are required to no�fy their school as soon as possible on the day of absence
using one of the following methods:
Online: log the absence directly using your school’s IT plaRorm. (Skoolbag)
Telephone: the school office and let the staff know your child’s name, class, date of absences and rea-
son.
Email: the school and provide the staff with your child’s name, class, date of absences and reason.
No�fying the school of your child’s absence either prior to, or on the day that they will be away, helps
ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and will fulfil your legal responsibility.
Why do I need to no5fy the school if my child is absent? Schools need to know when and why a child is absent and you need to know if your child isn’t at school.
From the end of Term 2 2018, all Victorian government schools are required to contact parents/carers as soon as
prac�cable on the same day of an unexplained student absence. If your child is absent on a par�cular day and you
have not contacted the school to explain why, the absence will be marked as unexplained.
This system also promotes daily school a4endance. Going to school every day is the single most important part of
your child’s educa�on, they learn new things every day – missing school puts them behind.
What is your responsibility?
let the school know in advance of any upcoming absences or let them know in the
morning if your child won’t be at school. In order for schools to implement the same day no�fica�on require-
ment, it’s essen�al that you provide the school with your most up-to-date contact details.
Generally one no�fica�on will be sent per family. Should there be circumstances that require both parents and
carers to be no�fied, please contact the school to make the necessary arrangements.
What is the school’s responsibility?
The school must no�fy you of an unexplained absence in rela�on to your child as soon as prac�cable on the same
day.
Schools will let you know either by your school’s online communica�ons app, SMS, phone call or email.
Ask your school for a copy of the A!endance Policy which outlines the school’s processes and procedures for
monitoring, recording and following-up of student absences.
PLEASE REMEMER IF YOUR CHILD IS
AWAY FROM SCHOOL TO CONTACT
MORTLAKE COLLEGE
Scholarships There are a number of scholarships you can apply for through VTAC Click here to read about these scholarships.
Others require you to apply directly to tertiary institutions. It is well worth spending some time searching for scholarship opportunities or equally contacting the institution directly. A scholar-ship can help in a number of ways, payment of books, study materials, course fees or other costs associated with tertiary study. There have been several this week that we have been made aware of Newman College Click here for Newman Scholarships Information & Capstone Editing textbook grant. Click here for Capstone Scholarship Information
If students are interested it is well worth the application process.
Scholarships There are a number of scholarships you can apply for through VTAC http://www.vtac.edu.au/scholarships.html
Others require you to apply directly to tertiary institutions. It is well worth spending some time searching for scholarship opportunities or equally contacting the institution directly. A scholar-ship can help in a number of ways, payment of books, study materials, course fees or other costs associated with tertiary study. There have been several this week that we have been made aware of Newman College https://newman.unimelb.edu.au/prospective-students/scholarships-and-bursaries/ & Capstone Editing textbook grant. https://www.capstoneediting.com.au/textbook-grant If students are interested it is well worth the application process.
MORTLAKE JUNIOR TENNIS
Starts Term 4
Thursday Nights straight a�er school
Pennant and/or coaching.
6 week program
$30 pennant fee and
$66 for 6 weeks coach-
ing with Wes Isles.
Names for all the above
need to be sent to Jacinta Wareham
0418 612638 or contact us on The
Mortlake Junior tennis Facebook page.
2019 CALENDAR
WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
10 16
Yr 7-12 GWR
Athle5cs
17
F-4 Produc5on
Ma5nee
18
F-4 Produc5on
Evening Show
19
Yr 8-10 Sex Educa-
5on Day
20
Grand Final
Breakfast
LAST DAY TERM 3
2.30PM FINISH
TERM 3
WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
OCT
7
FIRST DAY TERM 4
8 9 10
I CAN PRO-
GRAM
11
Yr 3-6 Regional
Athle5cs
2 14
15 16 17 18
Yr 7-12 State Ath-
le5cs
3 21
Yr 10 Work
Experience
Yr 7/8 Cricket
W’Bool
F-2 Pet Program
22
Yr 10 Work
Experience
Yr 7-9 Basketball
Fathers &
Friends 6-7pm
23
Yr 10 Work
Experience
Year 12 Last
Day
24
Yr 10 Work
Experience
25
Yr 10 Work
Experience
OUT OF SCHOOL
UNIFORM
4 28
Advance
Excursion
29
School Council
30
English Exam
31
1 NOV
Biology Exam
Further Maths
5 4
Further Maths ex-
am
Advance
Excursion
5 6
Product & De-
sign Exam
History Exam
7
Drama Exam
P.E Exam
9/10 Cricket
8
Health & H.D Exam
LAST DAY UNIT 2
CLASSES
6 11
Agricultural exam
Advance
Excursion
3/4 Camp
Year 11 Exams
12
3/4 Camp
Year 11 Exams
13
3/4 Camp
Year 11 Exams
14
Art Exam
Year 11 Exams
15
Year 12 gradua5on
dinner
Year 11 Exams
7 18
Systems Exam
VCE Headstart
Book Fair
19
VCE Headstart
Book Fair
20
VCE Headstart
Book Fair
21
F-2 sleep over
VCE Headstart
Book Fair
22
VCE Headstart
Book Fair
TERM 4