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7th December, 20167th December, 2016——Issue 18Issue 18

Dear Parents/Carers:

‘Empowering students for learning and life’

As we head into the last two weeks of the school year, our students are finalising assessments, staff are busy writing reports and our senior students are completing their exams and undergoing an orientation program to support them in their transition into their successive school year. Our Year 12 VCE students are awaiting their results which will come out on the 12th of December, and we wish them the very best. SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS On Friday 19th of November, we had the first of our Awards ceremonies. These were our Endeavour Awards and we had the privilege of acknowledging those students who work hard, do their very best, model positive behaviours, support others and participate in a range of activities. We welcomed parents, carers and friends who helped us celebrate our student’s achievements The entertainment by our students showcased the wonderful talent in our school. We were proud of our speakers as they shared their year level’s journey through 2016, which was further demonstrated by the slide show. A special mention must be made of all the staff who diligently and tirelessly worked behind the scenes to organise and create an event celebrating our students’ endeavours. CELEBRATION OF SUCCESS – OUR ANNUAL AWARDS EVENING Next Tuesday evening, 13th December, we will be holding our Awards Evening at Monash University, Frankston. This evening focuses on students who have achieved excellence in the 2016 school year. I look forward to seeing all invited families to this significant evening for our College. KEY DATES: Please note that the summer holiday break commences on Tuesday 20th December and students are expected to return on Tuesday 31st January 2017. We expect all students to be ready and willing to do their very best for the year ahead. Information regarding the book sale and office hours prior to this date are published on our webpage. Please note that the office is closing at 2:30 on Tuesday, 20th December (the last day of the school year) I wish all members of our College community a safe and enjoyable holiday period. Konnie Prades Principal

Year 9 Inquiry Fit for life Advance elective class

The fit for life class this semester has been a great class to teach. I have really enjoyed teaching this group and we have done some great things, learning about health and fitness and sports coaching. Firstly we did a lot of personal training learning about

the fitness industry. This included our gym session and our boot-camp at Mornington. Our final excursion we went to The Melbourne Sports and Aquatic centre and partici-pated in a 2 hour sports session, including basketball, soccer and squash. We then went to the pool for a 2 hour session, riding the flowrider which is an artificial wave, using boards trying to surf. It also included time on the water slide. The students had a great day. Secondly we learnt how to coach sports sessions and then the students coached a sports clinic coaching 5 different sports to a group of 60 grade 5 students at Rangebank primary school. This session went for 1 hour 30 minutes and the fit for life students organised and ran the whole session themselves. All I did there was take photos and annoy the group. The sessions at Rangebank primary school were a huge success and it shows just how well our students at Lyndhurst can represent themselves and our school in such a positive way. I was really pleased with the job they did. The feedback from Rangebank was outstanding, the grade 5 students raved about our students and the activities. The Rangebank teachers thought our students did an amazing job. The students also assisted the staff here at LSC with the running of the tabloid sports sessions for the grade 6 Orientation day. Well done to all the Fit for life students for 2016 on an outstanding year. Mr Tuite

STUDENT FREE DAYS FOR 2017

The following have been listed as Student Free days for Lyndhurst Secondary College:

Monday, May 1st 2017 – Staff Professional Learning Day Friday, June 2nd 2017 – Report Writing Day Monday, November 6th, 2017 – Staff Professional Learning Day

YARD DUTY SUPERVISION

Please be advised that school yard supervision occurs at the following times: Before school, from 8:30am – 8:50am; for the duration of recess and lunchtime; and after school from 3:00pm – 3:20pm (bus stops 3:30pm). Note that on the last day of each term, due to a shortened day, after school supervision begins at 2:30pm (dismissal time). School crossing supervisors are on duty: 8.05am—8.50am and 3.00pm—3.45pm each school day of the year. (2.30pm –3.15pm on shortened days. eg end of term) Please make appropriate arrangements for the care of your son/daughter, outside of these supervised times.

REFERRAL PROGRAM

Raine & Horne Real Estate Agents, Lyndhurst will donate $500 to Lyndhurst Secondary College for every home purchased through their office when you mention this ad, or collect a business card from LSC Reception. Contact Elizabeth Treonze, Director.

Please Note : The Community News is a service L.S.C. provides for the local community. The College can-not and does not endorse what is presented in these advertisements. The College strongly urges readers to use due diligence to establish the quality of the product or service using this newsletter for publicity.

Dear Parents/Carers of Students (Years 7-12), I am writing to inform you that we have received information from Victoria Police about local ‘pop-up’ parties and social gatherings being organised via social media which are unsafe for the young people attending. These parties are being hosted in private homes, abandoned buildings and public halls across south eastern and eastern Melbourne. Victoria Police acknowledges that many young people are also attending safe parties. However, Victoria Police has made a number of recommendations to ensure young people can safely attend local gatherings: Talk to your children and be mindful of where they are; Be vigilant around monitoring all of your child’s social media accounts (consider there

may be multiple accounts) and look online at any events your child wants to attend; Investigate any party your child is attending, and be satisfied of where your child is and

who they are with. If a party location is unknown one or two weeks prior to a party date, this may be of concern.

Underage alcohol drinking and drug use is not recommended. Students with any wellbeing concerns or issues they are encouraged to speak to our well-

being officer.

If you have any information that may assist police, phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

If you are concerned that your child has been the victim of a sexual assault and may require support, please contact Centre Against Sexual Assault on 1800 806 292.

Kind regards,

Konnie Prades Principal

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE

CELEBRATION On Monday 14th November we celebrated the achievements of those students who successfully reached their goal of 15+ books in the Premier’s Reading Challenge. 18 students were celebrated for aiming high with a delicious lunch, certificates from the Premier, and many prizes of books, chocolates and stationary. In total all the students who joined the Premier’s Reading Challenge at Lyndhurst read over 500 books. A fantastic achievement! We cannot stress how important developing a reading habit is and how much it adds to your students’ chances of academic success. We have the best collection of current fiction and invite the whole family to access our collection. Ms. FitzGerald

IN PREPARATION FOR 2017 Enrolments are now being accepted for 2017. Please contact the office for information. For those families moving out of the area or students transitioning to other edu-cation settings or employment and who will not be attending LSC in 2017, please contact Careers Department for transition forms. We ask that all parents and carers ensure that contact details for themselves or emergency contacts are current. Changes may be made on Compass or in writing to the office.

Child Safe Standards:

Our Commitment to child safety

‘Children have the right to be safe and protected whilst in the school environment. Lyndhurst Secondary College champions child safety and has a zero tolerance of child abuse’.

In 2015, the Government released new minimum Child Safe Standards which aim to create child safe cultures and environments in organisations that work with children. In accordance with Child Safe Standards and Ministerial Order No. 870, all personnel of Lyndhurst Secondary College are required to observe child safe principles and expectations for appropriate behaviour towards, and in the company of, children. As part of the child safe compliance process, we are required to communicate and seek feedback from the school community on both the Child Safe Code of Conduct and Policy. You can find the Child Safe Code of Conduct and the Child Safe Policy at www.lyndhurst.vic.edu.au If you wish to provide feedback, please do so in writing and email to lyndhurst.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au All feedback should be received by Monday 16th November 2016.

2017 BOOK LISTS 2017 Booklists and Parent Payments have been distributed to students. Booklists can be submitted online or returned to the school by Tuesday 6th December. Parent payments may be made directly to the school or via the booklists. For copies of the booklist or to lodge online please go to www.campion.com.au

IMPORTANT DATES – TERM 4 2016 / TERM 1 2017

DECEMBER

Wednesday 14th—Friday 16th Yr 8/9 camp

Monday 12th—Tuesday 20th Canteen closed

Monday 12th Integration Excursion to Melbourne Aquarium

Tuesday 13th Presentation Evening

Monday 19th –Tuesday 20th Environmental duites within the College

Tuesday 20th FINAL DAY TERM 4—Dismissal 1.30pm

JANUARY 2017

Tuesday 31st January FIRST DAY TERM 1

CLOSED CAMPUS

A reminder to students that Lyndhurst Secondary College is a ‘closed campus’. This means that all students are to remain on school grounds for the duration of their scheduled school day. Food outlet stores on the highway area are a ‘no go zone’ during school hours. Patronage of the college canteen is encouraged. We thank both students and families for your support in this matter.

LYNDHURST SECONDARY COLLEGE OPENING HOURS DEC 2016 – JAN 2017

OFFICE OPENING HOURS Tuesday 20th December 8.00am – 2.30pm Tuesday 24th January 2.00pm – 6.00pm (Campion Book Collection) Wednesday 25th January closed Thursday 26th January closed Friday 27th January closed Monday 30th January 8.00am – 4.00pm (normal office hours recommence)

UNIFORM & BOOKSHOP HOURS Monday 5th December 8.30am – 4.00pm Tuesday 6th December 12.30pm – 4.00pm Wednesday 7th December 8.30am – 4.00pm Monday 12th December 8.30am – 11.30am Wednesday 13th December 12.30pm – 4.00pm Monday 19th December 8.30am – 11.30am Tuesday 24th January 2.00pm – 6.00pm Monday 30th January 8.30am – 4.00pm February onwards Mon 8.30-11.30, Wed 12.30-4.00

Dear Parents/Carers,

To support our students in the VET in schools (VETiS) and to maximise our student’s at-tendance in the classroom we will be making some changes in 2017 to the timetable. Next year there will no longer be period 0 classes running; the school day will start at 8:50am every day of the school week. Senior school students will still have an early finish on Tuesdays, finishing at lunchtime. There is no change to the finishing times for the other days of the week - students will finish at 3:00 pm.

Bell times for 2017 are attached.

2017 Bell Times

Normal School Day Bell Times **Senior School students finish at lunchtime on Tuesday’s** Warning Bell 8:43:00 AM Period 1 8:50:00 AM Recess 10:02:00 AM Warning Bell 10:20:00 AM Home Group Assembly 10:26:00 AM Period 2 10:31:00 AM Period 3 11:43:00 AM Lunch 12:55:00 PM Warning Bell 1:37:00 PM Home Group Assembly 1:43:00 PM Period 4 1:48:00 PM End of Classes 3:00:00 PM

Assembly Day Bell Times Warning Bell 8:43:00 AM Period 1 8:50:00 AM Recess 9:57:00 AM Warning Bell 10:15:00 AM Assembly 10:21:00 AM Period 2 10:51:00 AM Period 3 11:58:00 AM Lunch 1:05:00 PM Warning Bell 1:47:00 PM Period 4 1:53:00 PM End of Classes 3:00:00 PM Shortened Day Bell Times Warning Bell 8:43:00 AM Period 1 8:50:00 AM Recess 9:55:00 AM Warning Bell 10:13:00 AM Home Group Assembly 10:19:00 AM Period 2 10:24:00 AM Period 3 11:29:00 AM Lunch 12:33:00 PM Warning Bell 1:15:00 PM Home Group Assembly 1:21:00 PM Period 4 1:26:00 PM End of Classes 2:30:00 PM

EARLY LEAVERS PROTOCOL

Our office staff endeavour to provide a service that is efficient, personal and friendly. The demands on our office staff can be extraordinary at peak mes. For this reason we wish to inform parents of the following protocol: STUDENTS WILL ONLY BE COLLECTED FROM CLASS EARLY IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. If students need to leave school early for any reason, they must bring a note with the me they are to leave and signed by a parent.

They show the note to their teacher to leave class, then come to the General Office to sign out.

General Office Hours: 8.00am – 4.00pm

COMPASS NEWS

Compass App for iPhone and Android

Don’t forget to install the free Compass app on your Apple or Android smart phone. This app allows you to check your child’s attendance and provide absence notes electronically, wherever you are. Just search for ‘Compass School Manager’ in the app store.

For step-by-step instructions on attendance please check your News Feed for the “How To” Document.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

INSTAGRAM PAGE

We now have an official Lyndhurst Secondary College Instagram page. Search for lyndhurstsecondarycollege and request to follow us. A great way to keep up to date with the goings on of the College.

UNIFORMS BY DESIGN The College Uniform and Book Shop is open every week of term.

Monday 8.30am – 11.30am Wednesday 12.30pm – 4.00pm New and Second Hand uniform available.

Second Hand books available. Location: Adjacent to B2 near Wentworth Avenue Entrance

Enquiries: Julie – 0417 888 611

ONE MILLION STARS TO END VIOLENCE PROJECT. The Casey Cardinia Libraries are participating in the One Million Stars to End Violence project. This project was initiated by Maryann Talia Pau in response to incidents of violence in our communities. Stars are woven out of ribbon, paper or other materials and each star is a representative of the light we can bring to our communities by ending violence in all its forms. It is an international movement with stars being woven in Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, Europe and the USA. Please see http://www.onemillionstars.net for more information. Casey Cardinia Libraries have registered as a Star Weave Community. This means that we commit to making and collecting 10,000 woven stars before May 2017. As a local community group we would like to extend an invitation for you to join us and help us to reach this goal. To play a part all you have to do is weave some stars and drop them off at one of our libraries. Currently the libraries at Pakenham, Narre Warren, Endeavour Hills, Doveton Library, Hampton Park and the Mobile Library are participating and would be happy to accept your stars. Please see our website www.cclc.vic.gov.au for contact details for each branch. The instructions on how to weave a star can be located on the One Million Stars to End Violence website with a video and printed instructions available. This could be a fun activity to do at the end of the year with students. The stars can be woven in var-ious materials. The website suggests using ribbon, but you can use any materials you have access to, including magazines, newspapers, wrapping paper, fabric or felt, or thick paper. The thick paper is probably easier for children to manipulate. Please contact the library is you have any further questions. We would love you to be involved in this project with us.

Cenza Fulco Acting Customer Services Manager Casey Cardinia Libraries Email: cenza.fulco@cclc.vic.gov.au

Cenza Fulco Acting Customer Services Manager Casey Cardinia Libraries Email: cenza.fulco@cclc.vic.gov.au

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