The St. Arnaud Secondary College

Weekly Newsletter

26th July, 2019 Term 3 Week 2

St. Arnaud Secondary College is a Child Safe School.

Sam Male

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Principal’s Report

Mr. Reynolds’ Farewell After just over eleven and a half years, Mr. Reynolds performed his final teaching duties at the College on Wednesday. Mr Reynolds joined the staff in January of 2008 after undertaking teaching rounds at the Col-lege during 2007. He has been active in a wide range of areas and has undertaken a number of additional re-sponsibilities during his time at St. Arnaud, including a number of Year Level Coordination roles. He has also been instrumental in the College’s participation in the Energy Breakthrough and I must admit that one of the times I saw him most excited was when the new Trisled cart was delivered early last year! Words cannot do eleven years of work justice, but on behalf of the entire College community, I would like to thank Dave for all of his work and commitment to St. Arnaud Secondary College, and wish him all the very best in his new adventure as the (oldest) recruit in this new Metropolitan Fire Brigade Intake. Staffing changes Due to Mr. Reynolds’ departure, and the imminent departure of Mrs. Knight on family leave, we have had to adjust some teaching loads and responsibilities for the remainder of the year. Firstly, I would like to welcome Miss. Casey Bertalli and Miss. India Griffith to our staff for the remainder of the year. It is great to be able to welcome back former students to the College and I am sure that they will both settle very quickly into our routines. Mrs. Reynolds will be at the College full time for the rest of the year and will be taking over re-sponsibility for Year 11 and 12 Coordination. There will be some other class teaching changes which will take effect (hopefully) next week. One-to-One Program Payments It has come to my attention that there are a number of families that have not kept up to date with their pay-ments for the student laptops, despite reminder letters. This program is a great addition to our College and there is no doubt that students have appreciated both the machines and the work that has gone into upgrading our network to ensure a more accessible and reliable internet. The College, through the School Council, has enabled parents to access machines at a much reduced rate, which has been carefully budgeted for. We had a couple of situations where payments were not made and the machines were re-allocated to other students. We certainly do not want to go down the path of having to ask students to return their machines due to missing payments on their agreed plans. Family statements will be sent at the end of this week and we are asking that all families check for any outstanding contributions for their laptops. If you are experiencing difficulty in making the payments, please contact either Mrs. Kerrie Swanton, Business Manager, or myself, at the Col-lege. Lunch at Kara Court

On Tuesday, Abby Needs, Callum Edwards and Mr Lobley joined the residents of Kara Court for lunch. Ab-by and Callum spoke to the residents and the staff about happenings at the College prior to eating with them. I would like to thank Scott Wilson for the invitation, and hope that through discussions, there may be more opportunities for our students to join with the residents. Hearing about the great food that was served will ensure we have a line-up of students wanting to go. Thanks again. State Squash

On Thursday, Mitch Birthisel, Jake Male and Vinnie Saies travelled to Melbourne to compete in the state squash titles, as they have done for the past five years. At the time of writing this report, results were not known, but I am sure they will have done their best and represented the school with pride. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Expressions of interest are still open for the October 16 performance of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with the cost of the ticket and travel being only $90. At this stage we have a number of tickets left and if all of our tickets are not used up, they will be offered to students from the Primary School who are currently on a waiting list. Tony Hand Principal

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Fine Dining at Kara Court

On Tuesday 23rd July, two of our VCE students

attended a lunch engagement at Kara Court Aged

Care. Abby Needs and Callum Edwards

represented the school at the lunch and spoke to

the residents and staff about their school and

other interests. Two students from St. Arnaud

Primary School also attended.

Callum and Abby spoke to a number of residents,

both in the dining room and around the ward.

Both students represented the school admirably,

as could be attested to by the keen interest of the

residents. They discussed their studies, some of

the improvements at the school and their own

focus going forward.

The meal itself was a fine example of the tasty and nutritious fare that Kara Court serves to

the resident. The main course consisted of a lovely chicken parmigiana with a side of jacket

potato, steamed carrot, peas and beans. The chicken was moist and delicious and the

vegetables were cooked to perfection.

For dessert, an amazing apple crumble with both custard and cream left you feeling more than

sated. The residents really seemed to enjoy having young visitors from the schools come in to

see them, and we hope to be able to continue the close relationship between some of the

youngest and oldest members of our community into the future.

Yr. 12 Biology Excursion to Ecolinc - How are species related

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Isabel Hand

Hodges

Stuart Finch

Keegan Amos

Lachlan Gifford

On Monday 22 July, the Year 12 Biology students once again drove down to Ecolinc in Bacchus Marsh to complete their SAC for Outcome 1 on how we can determine how closely related different organisms are and to discover how proteomics is one method for determining evolutionary relatedness. They did this by learning how to compare protein profiles of different ani-mals and predicted evolutionary relatedness of marine animals, which in-cluded an Atlantic Salmon, a Banana Prawn, a Rainbow Trout, Gummy Shark and Scallop. They extracted protein from muscle tissue of the animals and then set up and run polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. After lunch, they analysed the gels and constructed a cladogram showing evolutionary relatedness of the ani-mals. It was determined that the Rainbow Trout and the Atlantic Salmon were the most closely related and the Scallop a very distant ancestor.

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Notices

YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE Note the date on your calendar and get organised!

16thto 21st September - last week of Term 3

All Year 10’s are expected to organise their own work

experience during the week of 16th to 21st September. If it is

not possible during this week, then work experience could be

organised during the following two weeks in the holiday period.

We encourage students to search for a much wider experience than their regular

workplace, if they have one, and hope this opportunity allows them to encounter a

workplace that a student may otherwise not have the opportunity to experience.

Dream big!

For further support please contact:

Mrs Jackson, Mrs Reynolds or

Mrs Dean

1:1 Notebook Program – Final balance due now.

Food Technology – Due now

2019 Parent Payments – Due now

A reminder to Families who have signed a Payment Plan that regular payments are required.

***When making payment via BPay please note the receipt number on the returned permission slip.

Absences

Parents are able to record student absences on the Compass Portal. All absences are to be reported to Debbie Hancock, Student Administrator, if they have not been directly recorded by the parent on Compass.

Business Manager – Kerrie Swanton

Student Administrator – Debbie Hancock

Office Hours: 8.30 am – 4.30pm

Phone 03 5495 1811

Email: st.arnaud.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au

OFFICE

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Isabel Hand

Stuart Finch

Keegan Amos

Lachlan Gifford

Notices

SEPEP Reports

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Round 1 Table Tennis Publicity Report

Last week Round 1 was played in the Year 9 SEPEP Table Tennis Tournament.

The match was played between ‘Hats in Lockers’ and ‘Uniform Pass’. The highest point-scorer throughout

the singles games was Jesse Wandel with 27 points. The highest scoring doubles partnership was Ronan and

Jesse with 29 points.

The games played were extremely enthusiastic and competitive, with many ups and downs in each game.

But in the end, one of the teams had more ups and took the win with 12 games – the team ‘Uniform Pass’

came out victorious! Both teams put in a great effort. Some great competitors included Jesse Wandel with

his great returns and Berrie Walsh with her fantastic serving.

Next week, ‘Uniform Pass’ versus ‘Phones in the Tub’, with ‘Hats in Lockers’ acting as the duty team.

Ladder after round 1:

Team Points

1. Uniform Pass 7

2. Phones in the Tub 5

3. Hats in Lockers 3

Sienna Taylor – Publicity Reporter

Round 2 Table Tennis Publicity Report

This week, Round 2 was played in the Year 9 SEPEP table tennis tournament.

The match was played between ‘Phones in the Tub’ and ‘Hats in Lockers’. The highest point scorers

throughout the singles games was Ned Gorrie and Berrie Walsh with 30 and 28 points respectively. The

highest scoring double partnership was Ned and Johanna with 31 points.

This week’s games were played in a good spirit and were encouraged with some interesting music! ‘Phones

in the Tub’ came away with the win but everyone had fun.

Next week, ‘Phones in the Tub’ versus ‘Hats in Lockers’, with ‘Uniform Pass’ acting as the duty team.

Ladder after round 2:

Team Points

1. Phones in the Tub 11

2. Uniform Pass 10

3. Hats in Lockers 8

Ella Darby – Publicity

Reporter

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Careers and Pathways

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Term 3 Semester 2

July Mon 29 Health & Wellbeing Survey Pd 1. Yrs. 7,8,10,11

Tues 30 Year 9 Broader Horizons

August Thursday 1 Mathematics Competition

VSSS Rehearsal

Mon 5 Year 9 Environmental Week

Open Day 2-7pm &

2020 Year 7 Information Night 5-6pm

MIPS Appointments

Thurs 8 Broader Horizons Pd. 1-4

Mon 12

12-16

Broader Horizons

Year 11 in to Year 12 Course Counselling

Wed 14 MIPS Appointments

Mon 19 MIPS Appointments

Year 10 into 11 Course Counselling

Wed 21 NCTTC Orientation Day

Bulldogs Leadership 4.30pm-7.30pm

Year 9 Broader Horizons

Fri 23 Year 8 Mission to Mars & Year 7 Active Girls Brunch

Wed 28 NCD Athletics

Mon 2 Year 9 into 10 Course Counselling

September Tues 3 Year 12 Biology Ecolinc

MIPS Appointments

Wed 4 Year 7 Immunisations

Year 11 O&ED—Earth Ed Excursion Ballarat

Fri 6 MIPS Appointments

Mon 9 MIPS Appointments

Tues 10 Year 12 Biology—Ecolinc

Wed 10-13 VSSS Rehearsals—Melbourne

Mon-Fri 16-20 Year 10 Work Experience

Wed 18 Bulldogs Leadership 4,30-7.30pm

Fri 20 Last Day of Term—2.30pm dismissal

Term 4 Semester 2

October Mon 7 School Resumes

Wed 9 Year 11 Biology Ecolinc

Thurs 10 LMR Aths—Bendigo

Mon 14-18 Year 12 Practice Exam Week

Wed 16 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Thurs 17 St. Arnaud Learning Alliance Fete 6pm

Mon 21 State Athletics Melbourne

Minyip Field & Game

Wed 23 Year 12 Last Day

Fri 25 Children’s Week Event 12pm-2.30pm Year 7-11 SRC