school captain positions and spoke extremely well. Captains and our

SRC representatives will be announced at a special assembly next

Thursday.

Many thanks for your ongoing support.

Bernie Altmann, Principal

School Meetings

Nov 24th Thursday School Council 7.30 pm

The Rochester Review

Principal’s Report: VET IN SCHOOLS

Congratulations and well done to all our Vocational and Educational

Training (VET) students who made it to the finals of the annual VET in

Schools awards. They were Callum Powell, Cody Bean and Corey West

in Automotive, Noah Vredenburg, Pierce Cail in Building and Construc-

tion, Victoria Hocking in Equine, Ebony Gordon, Gina Spizzica and

Tekyra Shead in Hospitality, Ainsley Barkby in Music, Karlee Newman

in Sport and Recreation and finally Joseph Macague in the School Based

Apprenticeship category. As one of the presenters said on the night

“They are all winners to be selected in the finals”. In particular well done

to Victoria Hocking who won the Equine division and Gina Spizzica

who won the Hospitality category (both for the second year in a row!).

Congratulations to Corey West who won the Automotive category. It

was a great pleasure to be at the awards on Tuesday evening representing

Rochester Secondary College seeing so many fine young men and wom-

en pursuing their ambitions. Many thanks to Mr Colin Huddy who over-

sees this program in our school and does an outstanding job.

KWONG LEE DOW YOUNG SCHOLARS

Each year Year 10 students are invited to apply for a quite prestigious

Melbourne University award-The Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars

Award. Well done to all the very worthy applicants-they were: Emily

Major, Callan Macague, Abbey Gibson, Olivia Dimovski and Annette

Waters. This years winners are Olivia and Annette. This is a tremendous

feather in the girls caps, they should be very proud of their achievements

and we will follow their progress closely.

JUNIOR GIRLS CRICKET

Well done to our girls who travelled all the way to Melton yesterday to

compete against much bigger schools in the finals. They won two match-

es and lost the other to the eventual winners. Well done girls, according

to Mr Harris you represented our school beautifully. Thanks also to Mr

Harris who oversaw this excursion.

JUNIOR SCIENCE EXCURSIONS

Wednesday 17th November Miss McLeod and Mrs Taylor accompanied

most of our Year 7s to Ballarat for the Ed Earth excursion, whilst today

the other Year 7s are with Ms Nichol and Mrs Keenan. Thanks to Miss

McLeod, other staff and all the students who have represented us so

well.

Many thanks to Miss Lean, Mrs Borger, Mrs Bolitho and all staff and

students who attended the 2017 Indonesian trip information evening on

Tuesday night. What a wonderful opportunity for these young people in

March 2017. Many thanks to Miss Lean for all her organisation for this

overseas trip.

Well done to all Year 11s who were involved in the Leadership Training

Day on Monday. Many thanks to Mrs Borger who organised and

oversaw the day and well done to all Year 11s who nominated for

Rochester Secondary College exists to provide quality learning for all in a challenging and nurturing environment.

Volume 573 Issue 1, Thursday 17th November, 2016

www.rochsec.vic.edu.au Phone: 54841 844

Fax 54842 348 rochester.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au

Important Dates

November 2016

18th (Fri) - Year 8 Girls Workshop at RSC

18th –23rd (Fri-Wed) - Year 11 Exams

21st –28th (Mon-Mon) - Year 10 Exams

24th (Thurs) - Year 11 > 12 Orientation Day

25th (Fri) - Year 12 Formal Bendigo 6.30 pm

28th (Mon) - CAS Excursion Bendigo

29th (Tue) - Last Day Year 10 Classes

29th (Tue) - Year 7 Science Excursion Melbourne

30th (Wed) - Peer Support Training

December 2016

1st (Thurs) - Year 10 > 11 Orientation Day

5th –7th (Mon-Wed) - Year 8 Camp

6th (Tue) - Orientation Day Grade 6 Students

Some of the College’s Year 7 students on the Ed Earth

Excursion to Ballarat on Wednesday 16th November.

Around the College

Ph. Anne Budge 0429 845 315

or Maree Macague 5484 2443

Rochester

Secondary College

Parents Club

Helpers are required for

the second hand book

and clothing sale on

Tuesday 6th December.

Help is needed on Mon-

day the 5th at 1.30 pm

and also help required

at the sale for a couple

of hours from 8.30 am

on the Tuesday.

Second Hand Book &

Clothing Sale

If helpers can’t be

found the sale may not

be able to go ahead so

if you are able to give a

hand for a short time

please phone Anne or

Maree.

VET Award Winners 2016

V ET Award winners: Corey West, Victoria Hocking and

Gina Spizzica pictured with our Principal Mr Bernie

Altmann at Moama Bowling club on Tuesday night.

Booklist 2017

E ach student should have received two copies of the

booklist for 2017, one to be retained by you for your

reference and one to be placed with your book suppli-

er. (If you order through J I Office Products a donation is

given back to the College).

If ordering through J I Office Products orders need to be re-

turned to the box at the College office foyer no later than Fri-

day December 9th. NO MONEY is to be returned with

this list. The secondhand book/uniform sale will be held

at the Rochester Secondary College on Tuesday 6th De-

cember.

Year 8 Camp

Y ear 8 students should have received a letter, medical

form and an “Expression of Interest” camp form last

week. Could the “Expression of Interest” form please

be returned to the College by tomorrow Friday 18th No-

vember.

Students will experience camping, surfing/swimming and

kayaking. It is an enjoyable camp with wonderful opportuni-

ties. The camp to Anglesea will be held during the week of

December 5th. Total cost of this camp will be $210.

If you require more information contact the College on 5484

1844.

Remembrance Day 2016

J emma McNair and Blake Humbert represented Roches-

ter Secondary College at the Remembrance Day Cere-

mony last Friday. They met with the President, Wing

Commander (rtd) John Glover who spoke of the significance

of the day.

Jemma and Blake also enjoyed meeting Mr. Patrick

O’Shaughnessy and listening to his experiences in the navy,

especially of how he came to be awarded a special medal by

the Russians. Jemma and Blake placed a floral tribute of red

and white roses, which were selected and kindly arranged by

Mrs Watson, from her garden.

Their fellow classmates from the Year 9 Australians at War

class helped to sell items for the Poppy Appeal, which was

much appreciated.

Around the College Lost Property

H ave you lost a Rugby top or a fleecy jumper? We

seem to have a lot of these items in Lost Property,

all unnamed.

Immunisation 2016

T he Campaspe Shire Council Nurses visited our school

during 2016 to provide Boostrix (Diphtheria, Tetanus,

Whooping Cough), HPV and Chicken Pox vaccina-

tions to your students in Year 7.

Any student who was away from school on these days may

obtain these immunisations from the Campaspe Shire Council

at monthly immunisation sessions.

Session times are available from the Campaspe Shire Council

on 1300 666 535.

Year 11 Work Experience

2017

Y ear 10 students earlier this week were handed an ini-

tial survey form about Melbourne Work Experience.

This is due back by Monday 28th November to Mr

Huddy. VCE, VCAL and VET students are strongly encour-

aged to participate in this program. Students are supported

and supervised during this week by staff and employers who

are very welcoming of country students.

Matthew Callaway, Year 11 Coordinator

Earth Ed Excursion Ballarat

R ochester Secondary College Year 7 girls won the

Wind Turbine Challenge at Ed Earth in Ballarat on

Wednesday 16th November.

Around the College SRC Tryouts Day

O n Monday 14th November our College had a record turnout of students wanting a spot on the 2017 Student Repre-

sentative Council Executive, plus nine wonderful ex-students who came along and basically ran the day.

After some ice-breaker activities, the large but very functional group completed a series of games and activities based on lead-

ership and teamwork. Linda Belot made us a truly delicious lunch and then the afternoon was dedicated to SRC-specific train-

ing.

Our College’s Student Representative Council is the voice of all our students; while it can be hard work running events, fund-

raising and pushing for new ways to have students ‘heard’ at our school, this is a really rewarding job to do.

All the best to everyone who applied: as usual, the standard was very high and I look forward to a sensational seventeen!

Strive For Progress, Not Perfection

Around the College CAS Students help at St Josephs PS Cross Country

O n Wednesday, November 16th, a group of Year 10 CAS students walked to St Josephs Primary School where their

Cross Country run was being held.

It was a run along the river which both Primary and Secondary students competed in. Even a couple of parents joined in the

fun. It was a great day and St Joes topped it off by having a post race sausage sizzle.

By Jacob Atley

VACCANCIES:

Cabinet making Apprenticeship – Rochester

A fulltime apprenticeship opportunity is available at a local cabinet maker. He is looking for someone who is mature, has a

good work ethic and is interested in cabinet making as a career. Call John on 0417 559 276 if you are interested.

Electrical Apprenticeship - Expressions of Interest

Anyone interested in possible Electrical Apprenticeship please forward your resume to norleccontracting@bigpond.com . At

present no position is available but they are looking for suitable candidates who are interested in this trade, should a position in

the near future become available. Work experience is available with the possibility of an apprenticeship. The business is locat-

ed at Bamawm so eligible applicants preferably need to have their drivers licence.

SARINA RUSSO APPRENTICESHIPS

Rich River Golf Club – Looking for casual or gap year students. You will need your Responsible Serving of Alcohol (RSA)

Certificate (NSW), or be enrolled in the upcoming course through Bendigo TAFE. A course is running on Thursday December

1st at the Echuca Campus and the cost is $200. Ring 1300 554 248 to register.

Contact Lynda Magill on 0408 056 035 to discuss the above opportunity or any questions about apprenticeships.

MEGT VACANCIES

Check out the website and search for local apprenticeships / jobs at http://www.megt.com.au/jobs.

You can also contact Mahir Ozdilek direct on 0418 630 905 to discuss current and future opportunities.

For further questions about these activities or other careers issues, please contact Colin Huddy, Pathways Coordinator

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