Address: Smith St, St Arnaud Victoria 3478 Postal Address: PO Box 40, St Arnaud. Vic 3478

Phone: (03)54951811 Fax: (03) 54952308

Website: www.starnaudsc.vic.edu.au Email: st.arnaud.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au

Acting Principal : Vanessa McCormick Acting Assistant Principal: Carmel Young

Issue 15 July 22nd, 2016

Term 3

It has been a very cold and wintery start to the Term. Thank goodness it has been very busy which has kept the students

and staff warm. Last week saw Sam Rice, Tiffany Bussem-Jorgensen and Lochlan Flanagan participate in the State

Cross Country. All three competed very well and tried their very best. On Thursday and Friday last week, 19 Year 10

students participated in the Pre-Driver Ed program in Charlton. From all accounts the students had a great time and

learnt and experienced a range of driving skills and techniques. The Year 8 students went to Charlton this Wednesday

for their NCTTC Orientation day. It is a great opportunity to see what the NCTTC has to offer so that they select their

subjects for next year, as each form group attends the NCTTC for one semester throughout the year.

Course Counselling

Course Counselling has begun. The Year 11s have had their interviews this week and the Year 10s should have booked an

appointment for next week. The Year 9s will have their Course Counselling interviews from Tuesday 9th August to

Thursday 11th August. Letters will be sent home to parents with details and instructions.

Timetable Changes

There have been a number of changes to staffing this term with some class swaps. This has been due to unforeseeable

staff illnesses. The decisions have been made with the best interest of the students in mind, especially the VCE students.

The changes are as follows:

•Miss Lonergan will be picking up Year 12 HHD and Year 11 Psychology until the end of the year.

•Miss Upton (on her return in a number of weeks) will be picking up 7A Science and 9A Science until the end of the

year.

•Yr 12 Food Technology will be assisted by Claire Ison from Wycheproof who will be coming into cook and complete

assessments with the Year 12s until Ms Upton returns.

•Mrs Feeny is still replacing Ms Bachelor for the moment.

Please contact me if you have any concerns.

Reports & Parent Teacher Interviews

Reports have all been posted out to parents. If you have any concerns please contact your child’s Year Level Coordinator

or myself.

Parent Opinion Survey

You may have been randomly selected to complete a Parent Opinion Survey which will be in the mail shortly. Each year

the school conducts an opinion survey of 15 per cent of the school community. Parents are randomly selected to partici-

pate and we use the information to inform and direct our future school planning and improvement. The survey is de-

signed to take no more than 20 minutes to complete and your feedback and opinions play an important role in making our

school the best it can possibly be. Please be assured that your responses are completely confidential. The survey is con-

ducted anonymously and it is important to us that you complete the survey as honestly as possible. I ask you to take the

time to complete the survey as your opinions are important to us and will contribute to the future management and or-

ganisation of our school.

Labelling of school clothes

Please ensure that you name your child’s school clothes, especially jumpers and jackets. We have quite a number of items

in lost property. Also a reminder students are not to wear hoodies during school hours.

Acting Principal : Vanessa McCormick

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Parents’ Club Committee for 2016

President -Leanne Walker

Secretary -Darleen Baldock

Treasurer -Trudi Wallace

New members always welcome. Please contact Darleen dlb1957@bigpond.net.au

Meetings for 2016

Monday September 5th

Monday November 7th

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Calendar 2016

Term 3 Semester 2

July Tuesday 26th NCD Athletics

Thursday 28th Maths Competition

August Mon-Thurs 1-4 Year 10 Snow Camp

Thursday 4th State Squash

Wednesday 10th Interim Reports Distributed

Wednesday 17th State Netball

Thursday 18th NW Zone Shoot-Cohuna

Tuesday 23rd Immunisations Year 7

Wednesday 24th Parent Teacher Interviews 9am—7pm

September Friday 16th End of Term 2.30 Dismissal

Tiffany, Sam and Lochlan run in the State Cross-Country

On Thursday 14th of July, Tiffany Bussem-

Jorgensen, Sam Rice and Lochlan Flanagan trav-

elled down to Bundoora in Melbourne to compete at

the State Cross-Country Championships. The

weather was quite mild which is rare for Bundoora

for this time of year. Tiffany competed in the 15

Years Girls 3km race, there were 84 competitors in

her race. Tiffany ran a great time of 11:45 minutes

and placed 29th overall, which is a tremendous ef-

fort. There were 81 competitors in Sam’s and Loch-

lan’s 16 Years Boys event which was a distance of

5km. Sam ran an excellent race finishing 31st in an

excellent time of 17 minutes and 07 seconds, which

is an exceptional effort. Lochlan also ran well, fin-

ishing in 68th place in a time of 18 minutes and 33

seconds. Congratulations to Tiffany, Sam and

Lochlan on fantastic runs. Sam and Tiffany are

both also going to the USA to run in Nevada in the

school holidays, we wish them all the best! Photo: Sam, Tiffany and Lochlan

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YEAR 9 SEPEP REPORTS SEPEP Round 1

The game between the Blue Predators and Banana Bus was a hard fight. The score half way

through the match was 21 to 11 with Banana Bus in the lead. The better players for the first half

were Alex L, Jack D, Tarryn G, Anthony B, and Kacie M. They were selected for their active partic-

ipation, effort and sportsmanship. The final score for the match was Banana Bus taking out the

win with a score of 32 to 16. The noticeable players in the second half were Alex L and Aaron G be-

cause they put in a lot of effort and tried their hardest. The students who showed great improve-

ment and determination throughout the game were Kacie M and Nick F as they became more confi-

dent with their skills and active in the game when their confidence was boosted.

The game between the Black Eyed Ballers and White Donkeys was a challenge for all. The score

half way through the match was 24 to 6 with Black Eyed Ballers getting an early lead. The better

players for the half were Jake H, Jack T, Jarrod P and Nick M. They were selected as they were

putting in the most effort and having the most influence in the game. The final score for the match

was Black Eyed Ballers furthering their lead with a winning score of 56 to 17. The same players

were chosen for the better players of the second half showing they put in 100% effort into the game.

The students who showed great improvement and determination were Ryan T, Sam L and Cindy

W.

SEPEP Round 2

On the top basketball court a match was played between Orange is the new Black and the White

Donkeys. With Jake and Nick playing well for the Donkeys and Charlie and Mitch playing well for

the Orange team, the score was 22 to 10 with the White Donkeys leading at half time. In the second

half, a highlight was Nick scoring a three pointer for the Donkeys. Ryan also played well. The final

score at the end of the game was 43 to 27 with the White Donkeys winning.

On the bottom basketball court a match was played between the Black Eyed Ballers and the Blue

Predators. The score at the end of end half was 30 to 20 with the Black Eyed Ballers leading. Jack

T, Jake M, Tyler B and Kacie Mplayed well in the first half. The final score of the game saw the

Black Eyed Ballers break away and win 76 to 25. Jack T shot a number of three pointers and the

Blue Predators struggled with teammates being off the court for too many fouls.

SEPEP LADDER AFTER ROUNDS 1 & 2

Ladder Points For Agains

t %

Black Eyed Ballers 14 132 42 314%

Yellow Banana Bus 14 32 17 188%

Orange is the new Black 12 27 43 63%

White Donkeys 10 60 83 72%

Blue Predators 8 42 108 39%

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Katharine’s Corner

SPOTLIGHT ON…

Respectful

Relationships Last Friday I attended ‘The Mental Health and Wellbeing of Young People’ conference in Melbourne run by

Generation Next. The day was a long one, with 12 speakers talking about wide ranging issues that affect young

people: racism, digital citizenship, suicide, self-harm, radicalisation, online gaming, bigorexia in boys and resili-

ence…but by far the most influential was titled ‘Teaching boys respectful relationships’ delivered by Dr Justin

Coulson.

Justin introduced the idea of the ‘gender straightjacket’ a belief that boys can get trapped in. This idea is that

boys have to be stable, stoic and independent, they must take risks and be brave, they should be cool and tough-

en up. This idea is perpetuated by our culture. Culture is the cumulative behaviour of a group – and the gender

straight jacket reinforces our culture of masculinity. If boys digress from this boy code, they can be isolated. In

short, boys are told ‘Be a man, don’t be like a girl!’.

Current statistics show that 1 in 3 women aged 15 years and over are the victim of physical or sexual violence –

this is an alarming statistic! So what can we do? Justin outlined 5 areas of our culture that need to change:

1) Entitlement

2) Thinking we are better than others

3) Playing down disrespectful behaviour

4) Thinking it’s okay to be aggressive because he’s a boy

5) Victim blaming.

A big change can be made in just the way we talk about masculinity, for example….

Have you ever thought or said….. What a boy might think…

“Man up!” Men need to be tough

“Stop acting like a girl” I’m too soft, only girls have emotions

“Who wears the pants?” I should be in control of the relationship

“She has you under the thumb” She’s in control of me

“You’re so whipped” I shouldn’t value what my girlfriend wants

to do.

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