Principal’s Letter 4th November 2021

Year 12 Exams Our year 12 students have been diligently going through their exams, we are proud of their efforts into this difficult period in their schooling. A big thank you to Casey Gray and Ebony Jennings for the great work in coordinating and supporting our year 12 students through this period. Looking Into 2022 Our school is now preparing the school wide goals for 2022. The two areas we will focus on will be in Student Learning/Catchup and Student Wellbeing. This will include the continuation of our successful tutoring program. Stawell Secondary College will continue to work with the Resilience Project to assess and ensure the right conditions are in place to roll out programs geared to equip our students on how they can best develop their wellbeing skills as they mature into adulthood. The Professional Learning Communities will also feature prominently, with a focus on differentiation and feedback. The school will have Friday, 28 January and Monday, 31 January, 2022 as student free days, as the staff work together to put plans in place to ensure a successful year for your student. Students in Years 7 and 12 will begin on Tuesday 1 February with the rest of the students starting on Wednesday 2 February. We will confirm and update parents on the commencement of the school year dates over the next few weeks. Carlos Lopez

Volume 31 Number 15 Participation ,Aspiration, Inclusion ,Resilience ,Respect,

The school is currently seeking any second hand uniforms that students may have that they have out-grown or if they are finishing their time with the school. Any contribution would be much appreciated

whether it be school tops, dresses, jumpers or the rain jackets.

SECOND HAND UNIFORM DONATIONS

Year 11 Design Briefs in Food Studies

Year 11 students designed a meal solution for a breakfast which could be served in a café or

restaurant. Some choices included pancakes, a ‘Big Breakfast’, smoothie bowl, Spanish eggs, and croissants.

2022 VCE English Students

VCE YEAR 11s 2022 You can purchase the following novels for English second-hand from current

Year 11s: Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

VCE YEAR 12s 2022 You can purchase the following novels for English second-hand from current

Year 12s: Nine Days by Toni Jordan Ransom by David Malouf

Please talk to students from the 2021

cohort to sort out any purchases or keep an eye on the noticeboard outside the

Senior Centre Staff office for potential book sales.

This weekend, five Year 9 Students from Stawell Secondary College will be departing on a five week Alpine School adventure. Lewis Reading, Lincoln Fry, Makala Bassett, Henry Hemley and Cooper McDougall will spend the next five weeks at the School for Student

Leadership in Marlo. Although they will be getting up at around sunrise for five weeks, and wont have their phones until the 11th of December, they will be hiking, canoeing,

adventuring and learning in a way that will increase their leadership capacity for years to come. We wish these 5 students all the best on their Alpine School Adventure, and we

cannot wait to see how they grow and develop as young leaders!

Mr Dalziel’s Year 10 Physical Science class have been very busy since being back on site with school.

They have been building a giant periodic table and have been performing titration experiments.

IMPORTANT DIARY DATES

5/11/2021- Unit 3&4 VCE Specialist Mathematics exam 1 8/11/2021- Unit 3&4 VCE Visual Communication Design exam 8/11/2021- Unit 3&4 VCE Physical Education exam 8/11/2021- Unit 3&4 VCE Specialist Mathematics exam 2 9/11/2021- Unit 3&4 VCE Chemistry exam 9/11/2021- Unit 3&4 VCE Health & Human Development exam 10/11/2021- Unit 3&4 VCE Physics exam 10/11/2021- Unit 3&4 VCE Legal Studies exam 11/11/2021- Unit 3&4 VCE Food Studies exam 12/11/2021- Unit 3&4 VCE Studio Arts exam 15/11/2021- Unit 3&4 Sport & Recreation exam (VCE VET) 15/11/2021- Unit 3&4 VCE Chinese Language, Culture & Society exam 16/11/2021- Unit 3&4 Health (VCE VET) 17/11/2021- Unit 3&4 Community Services (VCE VET)

Good luck to all students preparing for their upcoming examinations!

Book of the Week

Kate In Waiting Author: Becky Albertalli

Anderson likes this boy. Anderson really likes this boy. But I really like this boy, too. And it’s all turning out to be a little more complicated than

I thought it would be. Contrary to popular belief, best friends Kate and Anderson are not

co-dependent. Carpooling to and from theatre rehearsals? Environmentally sound and

efficient. Consulting each other on every single life decision? Basic good

judgement. Pining for the same guys from afar? Shared crushes are more fun

anyway. But when their long-distance crush Matt Olsen shows up at their school, everything goes off-script. Turns out, communal crushes aren’t so fun

when real feelings are involved. This one might even bring the curtains down on Kate and Anderson’s friendship.