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No.11

IMPORTANT DATES

July

Monday 15th Whole School Assembly

Friday 19th Year 9/10 Basketball - Horsham

Monday 22nd VCE OE Camp – Bogong starts

Friday 26th VCE OE Camp – Bogong starts

Casual Clothes day

Term 3 Week 1

New Term

I would like to welcome the whole Murtoa College community to term 3 or semester 2, 2019. It is great to

be back! I am looking forward to working with the community to continue the good work that occurred in

semester 1. The weather has been very cold lately and I would like to encourage families to make sure

students are dressed appropriately for the cold weather. I look forward to the students and staff

continuing the good teaching and learning that goes on at this college.

Piper Dawn Shields

Our college community welcomes the birth of its newest member. Piper Dawn Shields arrived in this

world on Saturday. She weighed in at 5 lbs 5ozs. Both mum, (Mrs Carly Shields) and baby are doing well.

Both mum and dad, (Jack) are over the moon and very excited about becoming parents. We look forward

to meeting Piper.

New Acting Assistant Principal

Part of the college four year strategic plan is leadership development. As such, the college has just

completed the process to appoint an Acting Assistant Principal for the rest of 2019. Mr Shannon Argall’s

appointment to this position will see him commence the role today. He will continue his leading teacher

portfolio of Teaching and Learning and take over the role of student management from Mr Ryan

Metelmann. Mr Metelmann’s portfolio will be revised to include some new initiatives.

Returning Staff

On behalf of the Murtoa college community I would like to welcome back Mr Andrew Smith from 6

months of Long Service Leave. It is good to have him back on the teaching staff at Murtoa College. Mr

Smith will resume teaching Humanities and English in the Year 7-12 area of the college.

Whole School Assembly

Today is the whole school assembly. This will help us to celebrate the highlights of all students and staff

from semester 1. The assembly is in the stadium at the start of the day (9.00am - Period 1) and will run for

about half an hour, finishing at about 9.30am. I would like to invite anyone from the college community to

join us for these celebrations.

State Cross Country Championships

This Thursday Murtoa College will have a team competing at the SSV Cross Country Championships at

Bundoora. Our 12-13 years boys’ team which consists of Connor Weidemann, Wilson Mitchell and Lochie

McConnell will be running on Thursday. The Murtoa College community wishes them the best of luck! We

will celebrate their result when they return.

15th July 2019

No.17

Murtoa College is a child safe school.

The week that was! (Week 10 Term 2)

Careers Expo

Tuesday, June 25 was the Western Victoria Careers Expo day. Our year 10, 11 and 12 cohort attended the Expo at Longerenong

College. The students who attended started the process of ‘life after school’ and where to when it comes to a career. It was a great

way for them to explore endless possibilities of job opportunities. I enjoyed sharing the day with our students and helping them to

start thinking about what is possible after they finish their secondary education. I would like to make a special mention and thank Mr

Andrew Vague who is the chairperson of the expo committee. He was responsible for heading up the group of hardworking staff that

put the day on and made it a great success. Well done Mr Vague!

Reports

Students were given a hard copy of the Accelerus reports on the last day of term 2. These reports are to complement the ongoing

reporting and assessment that occurs on XUNO. Students who were absent on the last day will be followed up this week and their

reports will be sent home with them. If, any parent/guardian has any issue with receiving this report please contact the office so we

can clear up the issue.

SRC – last day of term 2

On the last day of term 2 the SRC ran a casual clothes day with fundraising activities. They collected money for the casual clothes and

ran a barbeque and to raise much needed funds for the SRC. I would like to thank the whole college community for getting behind

their efforts.

Year 7/8 Football and Netball

On Wednesday, June 26 we had most of our year 7/8 cohort of students playing Football or Netball. The students travelled to Horsham

to represent the college at the Black Ranges AFL 9’s and Netball competition. All 4 teams represented the college in a positive manner.

They enjoyed themselves, showed sportsmanship and above all respect for their opponents, officials and staff. The 2 football teams

won all their games and the 2 Netball teams had some wins and losses. Overall, all the students and staff had a great day! Thank you to

Mr Shaun Bray for organising the day and to the following staff who helped Mr Bray by coaching on the day. Mr Shannon Argall, Ms

Judith Rees, Ms Stephanie Searle and Mrs Whitney Kingston.

Tony Goodwin

Principal

F-6 News Upcoming EventsUpcoming EventsUpcoming EventsUpcoming Events

Monday 15th July Start of term 3

Whole school assembly

Thursday 18th July No F-6 Assembly

Thursday 25th July Year 5/6 Assembly

Pie Drive orders and money due

Friday 26th July Casual Dress Day – gold coin donation

Thursday 1st August No F-6 Assembly

Friday 2nd August Playhouse Production: Tortoise and Hare

Wednesday 7th August Alpha Shows Production - Cinderella

Thursday 8th August Year 4/5 Assembly

Pie Drive delivery date

# new items marked in bold

VALUES AWARDS

READING AWARDS

Back: Ayden, Clare, Mikaela

Front: Callum, Tyler, Kobe

Back: Natalie, Mikaela, Ruby, Clare, Lili, Hayley

Middle: Regan, Zac, Alex, Lyla, Liam, Emily

Front: Emily, Braxton, Ellie, Ethan, Pippa

READING AWARDS – continued

PIE DRIVE FUNDRAISER

Pie drive order forms are attached to this newsletter, or can be collected from the front office.

All forms and money need to be returned to the office by Thursday 25th July, week 2 of Term 3.

THEATRE PRODUCTIONS

Early in August, the F-6 students are lucky enough to be the audience for two theatre productions. The NZ Playhouse company will be

producing "The Tortoise and the Hare" at Murtoa College for the students. The following week the F-6 students and staff will travel to

Warracknabeal Town Hall to see the Alpha Show “Cinderella”. Please be aware of these permission forms heading home over the

coming week.

Back: Callum, Tilly, Diesal, Bella, Amy, Ayden, Mason, Kayla

Middle: Tilley, Kobe, Ella, Tyler, Logan, Lilly, Charli

Front: Logan, Emelia, Alex, Harry, Kayne, Jye

Intermediate Football at Dudley Cornell Park. 21/06/19

Year 9 team

Game 1: Murtoa College (4.5.29) defeated by Horsham College (11.5.71)

Game 2: Murtoa College (5.1.31) defeated by Dimboola (13.18.96)

Year 10 team

Murtoa College (3.8.26) defeated by Holy Trinity Lutheran College (7.8.50)

Murtoa College (14.11.95) defeated Edenhope (4.2.26)

The best players for the day were Lachie Weidemann (year 9 team) and Bailey Young (year 10 team)

Intermediate Netball at Horsham City Courts.

Murtoa College entered two teams of even ability to ensure maximum participation.

Murtoa College B (20) defeated by Murtoa College A (26); Murtoa College B (9) defeated by Horsham College (17;) Murtoa College B

(1) defeated by Edenhope College (14); Murtoa College B (1) defeated by Dimboola (16); Murtoa College B (2) defeated by Hopetoun

(23;) Murtoa College A (26) defeated Murtoa College B (20); Murtoa College A (2) defeated by Hopetoun (15); Murtoa College A (17)

defeated by Horsham College (27); Murtoa College A (7) defeated by Edenhope (21); Murtoa College A (9) defeated by Dimboola (29)

Murtoa College A: Molly, Teash, Breanna, Emily, Finley, Alyssa, Bridget

Murtoa College B: Selina, Sim, Bronte, Caitlin, Jade, Annie, Nikita, Gerzy. Thank you to Jessie and Georgia for being team managers and

scoring for the teams.

Creative Opportunities in Murtoa!!! Murtoa's Big Weekend is running a Short Flick Competition - find your guideline information and entry form here!:- https://www.murtoabigweekend.com.au/get-involved PLUS lock Weds 24 July 5-7pm in your calendar to attend a free Creative Information Session for both Film Making (Hannah French) and Projection Mapping/lighting (Dave Jones). At this info session, you can also express an interest to attend free film making and/or lighting Workshops (note limited numbers available) that are running 31 July, 14 & 28 August.