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Q u ar t e r l y Ne ws le t t e r – J un e 2 0 17
Great South
West Coast
Network of Govern-
It has just ticked over 12 months since the amalgamation of part of the former Corangamite region of Government schools with the Warrnambool Network of Government Schools. We have begun real collaboration as a much larger network of 30 Government Schools meeting regularly with open sharing of our data to identify ways in which to work together for improved student outcomes. Recently, we agreed to use some of our Sponsorship funds to support the Literacy and Numeracy leaders programs to further support best practise in literacy and numeracy across our schools. A big thank you is extended to our Business Sponsors during the past 12 months, Darrian Office Choice and Art Supplies, MSP Photography, Coles Coaches and Jims Test and Tag. These sponsors have provided much needed funds and community connectedness to continue to provide the resourcing for programs to support our young people.
The ambitious targets set by the Education State agenda
of the State Government mean we will have to not only
use best practise but start doing things differently with
more collective purpose and personalised learning if we
are to reach these goals. In this issue you will see
examples of the amazing work happening in our schools,
some during the recent Education Week where schools
opened their doors to show the outstanding teaching and
learning visible. Students today have instant access to
news and information and are learning at an incredible
rate. Harnessing and supporting the technology that
opens the world to our young people is the challenge for
society and for our schools in an era of fake news. Schools
and Teachers continue to be the most important factor in
ensuring our learning community is informed, ready and
able to face the challenges of the present and future.
Warwick Price, Network Executive Member and Principal
of Grasmere Primary School.
Great South
West Coast Network of Government Schools
Allansford Primary School
Brauer College
Camperdown College
Cobden Primary School
Cobden Technical School
Cudgee Primary School
Derrinallum P-12 College
Grasmere Primary School
Hampden Specialist School
Hawkesdale P-12 College
Koroit & District Primary School
Lismore Primary School
Macarthur Primary School
Merrivale Primary School
Mortlake P-12 College
Noorat Primary School
Nullawarre & District Primary School
Panmure Primary School
Port Fairy Consolidated School
Simpson Primary School
Skipton Primary School
Terang College
Timboon P-12 School
Warrnambool College
Warrnambool East Primary School
Warrnambool Primary School
Warrnambool Special Developmental School
Warrnambool West Primary School
Woodford Primary School
Woolsthorpe Primary School
Great South West Coast Network of Government Schools
Every Child, Every Opportunity, To Shine.
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Feature School: Warrnambool Special
Developmental School
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Feature School: Warrnambool East Primary
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Feature School: Koroit & District Primary School
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Education Week celebrations at Camperdown College gave our students the opportunity to share and showcase
many wonderful aspects of the learning experience at the Junior and Senior Campus. A stimulating and varied
program of health promoting activities was on offer and it was a treat for us all to have so many interested and
appreciative visitors attend our Grandparents and Special Friends Open Morning, National Simultaneous Story-
time and the Year 7 Information Night for 2018. Our students were wonderful ambassadors for the College,
welcoming visitors and facilitating activities.
In a P-12 school we relish the opportunity for cross-age learning and mentoring. The introduction of the very
successful Hands on Learning (HOL) Program this year has provided a platform for a select group of Year 7-10
students to apply their skills to projects that are adding value within and beyond our school. Our Senior Campus
HOL team has recently redesigned and rebuilt the Junior Campus sick-bay, and earlier this term made 100
whisper phones and delivered them to their fellow students in Prep – Year 2. The whisper phones will enable
the younger students to better hear themselves when reading aloud, reducing classroom noise and allowing the
students to concentrate on sounds. Our HOL students are enjoying the opportunity to give something to the
younger students in the College and their efforts have been greatly appreciated by Junior Campus students and
staff.
Feature School: Camperdown College
For the past five years, Camperdown College
students have participated in the annual
Victorian State Schools Spectacular, a
performing arts opportunity for Victoria’s
government school students from Prep to Year
12 which sees them working with industry
professionals and developing their creative
skills, discipline, perseverance and confidence
over months of rehearsals. This year our mass
dance team is from the Junior Campus and after
months of school and district rehearsals our
participants are very excited about joining 3000
other students from across the state to perform at
Melbourne’s Hisense Arena on September 16th.
Tickets are on sale through Ticketek now!
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Feature School: Lismore Primary School
Extra-curricular activities
Nurture in nature – environmental science
workshops
Unique digital instruments – Create Arts Victoria pilot project using the polycom
Landcare activities
Cooking and gardening
Library, Visual Arts, PE & Japanese lessons
Education Week activities Golf clinic with Tony Collier.
Our open day attracted many visitors who enjoyed watching lessons in the classroom as well as participating in damper making and a
sing along. A highlight for many of our visitors was the
Master Chef event in which the parents, grandparents and friends competed to cook
the most popular healthy food.
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Students from Skipton
Primary School.
Interschool Fun: Cross Country
Prep students from Camperdown College run their first Cross
Country with their Year 6 Buddies. Charlotte Searle, Charlie
Holswich and Jemma
Parsons from Noorat Primary
School.
Students
from
Noorat
Primary
School.
Year 6 student Yasemin
Yildirim with Foundation
buddy Daisy Hall from
Port Fairy Consolidated
School.
Zoe Vogels and Olivia
Whiting from Simpson
Primary School.
Laura Hoffmann from Woolsthorpe Primary
School.
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Camperdown College Sport Coordinator Warren
Attrill leading Prep students Daniel Stringer-
Donnelly, Charlie Unwin, Tyson Creely, Michael
Benallack and Miller Murphy.
James Beasley, James
Clisby and Indy Tanner
from Warrnambool
Special Developmental
School.
Students from Skipton Primary School.
Tiara Barrett and
Phoebe Stuart from
Woolsthorpe Primary
School.
Will Morrison and
Oscar Hausler from
Hawkesdale P-12
College.
Nate Monaghan and
Elijah Woodhouse from
Grasmere Primary
School.
Georgia Peterson, Rebecca
Nsubuga and Tiffany Dell from
Hawkesdale P – 12 College.
Students from Nullawarre & District Primary
School at the Merri-Cluster Cross Country Day.
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ATTENTION ALL BUSINESSES IN THE GREAT
SOUTH WEST COAST Do you want to reach the local school market with your goods and
services?
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST are being invited from businesses who
wish to participate in BUSINESS SPONSOR PARTNERSHIP with
the Great South West Coast Network of Government Schools
(made up of 30 primary and secondary government schools
within the Great South West Coast district).
Various sponsor partnerships are available.
All funds raised go towards additional educational support services.
Business Partner Testimonial: “The most positive element for us that the [business sponsor]
programme provides is an avenue to build relationships with the local school community.
As a local business we need to demonstrate a commitment that our large corporate
business competitors probably don’t. We see our sponsorship as providing a point of
difference”. Darryl Twycross, Darrian Office Choice and Art Supplies, Warrnambool.
Please phone Warwick Price on 0428 654 253 for more information or visit
www.warrnamboolnetwork.com. Expressions of Interest can be emailed to
[email protected] and must be received by
5 pm on Friday July 28th 2017.
Every Child, Every Opportunity, To Shine
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Please consider supporting our Business Sponsors
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The Great South West Coast Network of
Government Schools’ newsletter is
published in December, March, June and September.
If you are interested in learning more about the Great South West Coast Network of Government Schools or
becoming a business sponsor, please contact Warwick Price on (03) 5565 4253 or
