28thEnd of Term Buses leave

at 2.30pm

15th July Term 3 begins

16th Monsters in My Wardrobe

Incursion

17th Sandhurst Primary Netball

18th State Cross Country

26th Yr 11 English Skills Day

31st P-4 Science Works Excur-

sion

CONTACT

Web eastlodd12.vic.edu.au/

Email east.loddon.p12

@edumail.vic.gov.au

Phone 5436 8300

Fax 5436 8321

Blog http://

stevenleed.edublogs.org/

COLLEGE COUNCILLORS

Richard Hicks, Darren Welsh

Micheal Lawry, Nathan Twigg

Dustin Pascoe, Steve Leed

Scott Wilkinson, Sarah Pilkington,

Jo Rossiter, Jackson Clayton,

Nicole Hocking, Natalie Rose,

Lynda Cartwright, Jessica Demeo,

Stephen Verley

DATE TO REMEMBER: College Production Wednesday 18th September

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Vale—James Cartwright

College staff and students were saddened

to hear of the tragic passing of a much

respected parent of the college last week.

James Cartwright was a terrific supporter

of the college and was a valued member

of our community. Our thoughts are with

Lynda, Jo, Hugh, Ned, family and friends

at this time.

——————————————————— We had a beautiful farewell breakfast for college chaplain Sue Allen yesterday morning, in which we saw the multi-purpose room ‘chock-a-block’ full of stu-dents, staff and wider community members attending to thank Sue for her dedication to the college over the past 12 years. Yr 8 student Makayla S spoke beautifully on behalf of the students, with Margaret S also speaking on behalf of the breakfast program volunteers and Wendy T speak-ing on behalf of college staff. Sue has been a tremendous asset to the college and wider community over the past 12 years and we wish her all of the very best with her future work. Thankyou Sue!!! This week has seen our year 10 and 11 students undertake work experience in Bendigo, Melbourne and surrounding are-as. Reports back so far have been very positive with the students displaying a ter-rific work ethic and also having a great time in the process. We very much appre-ciate the care and generosity of all busi-nesses who have hosted our students and wish to extend thanks to them all.

As part of the first steps of our Capital

Building Works, we are currently complet-

ing documentation around the teaching

and learning at East Loddon. Myself and

Mr Wilkinson met with Bruce Corrie

(Regional Office Rep) and Barry Goode

(Technical Leadership Coach and former

Golden Square Primary Principal) on Mon-

day to take a comprehensive look at the

current layout of our college, with our lead-

ership team also being briefed on the work

that lays ahead. Our actual building works

will begin in September of 2020, with much

discussion, planning and documentation to

be completed between now and then.

These are very exciting times for the col-

lege and as we work our way through the

process, we are very keen to get as much

feedback as possible. At this stage, I am

keen on hearing from the community about

what makes East Loddon P-12 College

unique. Please forward any feedback to

the office or email it to me at

leed.steven.a@edumail.vic.gov.au

A reminder is extended to all of the

2:30pm finish tomorrow for the end of

term. Please adjust all bus pick-up times

by one full hour.

I hope that all students are able to have a

relaxing holiday break and that they return

refreshed and ready for a big term 3. Bring

on the college production!

Take care!

Regards, Steve Leed

Reader’s Notebook

Our reader’s notebooks this

fortnight have focused on the

structure of a story (narrative).

The juniors have been complet-

ing a summary using the

‘Somebody wanted… but… so…

then…’ structure.

Towards middle years, the focus

has been on the setting, problem

& solution. Seniors have put the

storyline on a graph & explained

how the tension develops.

See if your child can summarise

their reading, or a movie, using

these tools.

Literacy & Numeracy in all

classes

As teachers, we often find our

subjects overlapping with others.

This is always a great opportuni-

ty to enhance student learning.

Did you know that our teachers

outline their topics at the begin-

ning of each year so we can look

for ways to work together? For

example, Art often uses books

from English classes as inspira-

tion for their artworks. Geogra-

phy often includes creating tal-

lies, graphs & percentages.

Technology involves a significant

amount of measurement & calcu-

lations.

If you’d like to know more about

how we aim to work together

across subjects, please contact

me.

Sarah Clare

Curriculum Learning Specialist

Year 11 and 12 Agriculture and Horti-culture community pH soil testing: In term three our VCE Agriculture and Horticulture students will be conducting a community wide soil pH project. Our hope is to visit as many farms as possible over this time to test, assess and map the soil pH across the East Loddon area. We are inviting any interested community mem-bers to please get in touch as we begin to plan this exciting project. Please note, data will remain confidential within the class, unless permission is given for this to be shared. If you are interested in offer-ing your land for this project, contact us as soon as possible via phone or email. Thanks in advance for your support and participation! Sarah Pilkington pilkington.sarah.s@edumail.vic.gov.au

College Production

This year’s production of Alice in Wonderland will be held on Wednesday 18th of September 2019. It will feature a matinee performance and an evening performance on this day (times and other details to come next term). All students from Prep-Year 12 are involved in our college production and will be required at school throughout the school day and will need to return to school for the evening perfor-mance. If your child/ren will not be able to at-tend for unavoidable clashes, please let Ms Harrington know as soon as possible via the college office or email (Harrington.chelsea.l@edumail.vic.gov.au). Students will bring home a costume list for the production on Friday. Should you have difficul-ty providing the items listed for your child/ren, please contact the school as early in Term 3 as possible so that we can ask other families if

they have clothes that could be borrowed. Tomorrow is also an out of uniform day to raise funds for additional costumes and props for the production. Please support our cause by donating a $2 donation per student in exchange for the privilege of wearing casual clothes. This will ensure that families only need to supply ‘the ba-sics’ included in the letter sent home to-morrow.

Weeks such as the last are

not always easy and I’m

sure most of us have spent

at least part of it reflecting

and thinking about topics

other than Maths and Eng-

lish. I’d like to pay special

mention to some people

who have made my last

week more palatable. Some

have even made me laugh.

Ruby G—year 1.. In a sea of

faces not knowing how to

act, Ruby approached me in

the yard to ask if I wanted to

hear her book about mer-

maids. She found us a seat

in the yard and read beauti-

fully, pointing out that it was-

n't her handwriting, ‘it was

typed’. I laughed a lot.

Thanks Ruby!

Paige, Emily and Georgia,-

year 4, see photo above,

(Georgia was hiding) . Of-

ten these girls come in to

my office at recess and

tease me. It’s fun and they

have little respect for me,

but they make me laugh. It

would be nice if they’d clean

my desk though.

Finally to our staff and wider

community at East Loddon.

What a privilege it is to work

at our school in the pad-

dock. You couldn’t hope to

work in a better place.

Vale James Cartwright.

AROUND ELP

SRC Report

SPORTS

7/8 Sport:

On Wednesday 25th June our Year 7/8 Girls travelled into Bendigo to play in the Sandhurst Netball Competi-tion. We had 2 teams entered—a Year 7 team and a Year 8 team. Year 7’s placed 4th Year 8’s placed 5th Thanks to Ms Byrne and Mrs Heaslip for attending as well as Molly M and Brittney B for coaching and umpiring. Upcoming Sports Days: Term 3:

Wednesday 17th July

Primary Netball Day (5/6’s)

Thursday 18th July

State Cross Country Finals

Lions Club Public Speaking

Well done to all of our year 3 and 4 stu-

dents who have participated in public

speaking both at a class level and at a

school level over the past month. Results

from our recent school competition, includ-

ing students heading to the next round are

as follows:

Through to the next round:

Ruby C

Angus A

Chloe T

Runner Up:

Andrew C

Participation:

Miles G

Allira J

Farewell Sue Allen

We farewelled Sue on Wednesday morning in

what we tagged as a big breakfast. The senior

school students will certainly miss your caring,

compassionate nature and the generosity of

your time. We wish you all the best in your

new role.

Year 10 & 11 Work Experience

It’s awesome to think that our Year 10 and 11

students are out and about this week working.,

from teaching students, to fixing starter motors

to assisting less able people and more, I look

forward to hearing more about this next term.

ADF Long Tan awards

Year 10 & 12 students are encouraged to see

me in the first week back of term regarding

nominations for this award. The award is de-

signed to recognise students who contribute to

their school and broader community in leader-

ship, team work and selfless actions for oth-

ers.

Year 9 & 10 Bogong Ski Camp

Notices and all information regarding camp

was distributed last week to students. Please

let me know if you have any questions. The

camp will take place August 5th-9th.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Out of uniform

day for all stu-

dents tomorrow.

Students choosing to

wear casual clothes

are required to bring

a $2 donation. Dona-

tions will be put to-

wards purchasing

costumes for the pro-

duction.

Congratulations

to the 7/8 girls at

the netball day on Tuesday. They won five out

of eight games. Also don’t forget tomorrow

will finish earlier and it’s a casual dress day.

Make sure to bring a $2 coin to raise money

for the production. Enjoy the holidays!

By Gemma and Josh.

Attendance Awards

On Friday morning we will have a short as-

sembly where we will celebrate students who

have achieved 100% attendance for Term 2.

Farewell Sue

A big thank you to Sue for her work over the

years as school chaplain. Well done to Ma-

kayla from

Year 8 for

her great

farewell

speech also.

East Loddon P-12 Newsletter Issue 19 27th June 2019

GETTING TO KNOW YOUR STAFF

Fri 28th Miranda Smith

Yoli Humphries 2019 JUNE/ JULY

Mon 15th

Belinda Clymo

Nessie Wiltshire Mon 22nd

Karolyn Campbell

Tues 16th Mel Primrose

Tues 23rd Mel Primrose

Wed 17th Kylie Addlem

Cheryl Green Wed 24th Penny Cockerell

Breanna Hocking

Thurs 18th Mel Primrose

Thurs 25th Mel Primrose

Fri 19th Yoli Humphries

Michelle Balic Fri 26th Michelle Balic

Brian Duffy

Mon 15th July Tues 16th Wed 17th Thurs 18th Fri 19th

Start of Term 3 Monsters In My

Wardrobe Incursion

Mon 22nd Tues 23rd Wed 24th Thurs 25th Fri 26th

Yr 9/10 Football

boys

Yr 9/10 Football

Girls

Yr 11 English

Skills Day

Mon 29th Tues 30th Wed 31st AUGUST

Thurs 1st

Fri 2nd

Sandhurst divi-

sion Girls Foot-

ball

Sandhurst Division

Boys/ mixed foot-

ball

P-4 Science

Works Excursion

Mon 5th Tues 6th Wed 7th Thurs 8th Fri 9th

ODE Ski Camp

begins

ODE Ski Camp

returns

Mr Leed is the principal at East

Loddon. He has always liked work-

ing with students and when he got

offered a job at East Loddon it

really attracted him because it was

prep to 12 .He also liked that it

was in the country and he grew up

in the country not far from East

Loddon. Mr Leed thought he would

come to the school for two years

but he fell in love with the place so

he stayed longer.

Mr Leed attended University at

Bendigo. He said that he wished

he had studied harder because he

enjoyed the University lifestyle.

Mr Leed applied for lots of posi-

tions to extend himself, like lead-

ership and higher positions so he

could better himself. He said he

applied for another Principal posi-

tion but his heart was not in it so

he then applied for the Principal

position at East Loddon because

he loves the school.

Before Mr Leed started teaching

he worked as a wool classer.

When he went overseas he did

lots of other jobs like, security

guard work, he worked on a plan-

tation, he also worked on a golf

course and did lots of other jobs.

He said he didn’t want to do any

teaching because he knew when

he came back to Australia he

would be teaching.

Mr Leed’s passions are his chil-

dren and spending time with them.

Every Saturday he likes mountain

bike riding with his mates, he en-

joys spending time with his friends

and he is very passionate about

people.

Mr Leed’s perfect day is when he is spending time with his daugh-ters on weekends making pan-cakes on a Saturday and croissant on a Sunday, watching them play sport and hanging out with his friends.