17 Jun 2010.Pdf - Goroke P-12 College

I hope parents were able to catch the Channel 7 news on Monday evening. It was a
great story about our Advance class and the role that our local policeman Jim Richardson
plays in relating to young people in the West Wimmera Shire. This Shire has one of the
lowest youth crime rates in the State and Jim’s involvement with our school and others within
the region has certainly assisted with that. We saw a great interview from Sean and some
excellent footage of the students in action. Please don’t make any hasty judgements about
their marching ability based on that footage by the way – this was their first session and we
clearly all have a long way to go! Copies are available for any family or student who would like
one.
Exams are over for year 12 but year 11’s are hard at it this week. All year 12 subjects
still require exams at VCE level and it important for our students to practice this type of
assessment in year 11. Reports are also nearly completed and will be handed out on the last
day of school next week. Please remember that although parent teacher meetings are not
scheduled for this term, you are more than welcome to contact the school to arrange for a
meeting with relevant teachers to discuss your child’s report early next term.
Mr Charlton, Mrs Hausler and I attended an Ultranet training activity on Wednesday at
Apsley Primary school. As has been mentioned in previous newsletters, the Ultranet will be
an amazing communications link between home school and student when it finally gets up
and running. Currently, the teacher element is being rolled out and later this year there will be
a state wide professional development day to allow teachers to become more conversant with
the potential of Ultranet. They are looking at introducing students onto the Ultranet later this
year and parents next year some time. We will keep you informed as we hear more news.
School Councillors, please don’t forget that we have a meeting this coming Monday.
We struggled for numbers at the last meeting and we need to ensure that we have a quorum
and sufficient numbers to move and pass items on the agenda.
Thank you to those community members and parents who have responded to the
request for assistance with primary classes if our Stephanie Alexander Kitchen application is
successful. Applications close in 1 week and we will be notified in third term if we are
successful. If you feel you have some knowledge and know-how, either in the kitchen or the
vegetable garden, please contact us if you would like to be involved.
Thursday is Jump Rope For Heart and Healthy Eating Day. Thank you to all students
who have been raising money for the heart foundation as well as keeping themselves fit by
skipping each week this term.
Wednesday was the regional Careers Expo and our senior students had the
opportunity to check out post secondary options for when they leave school and decide on a
future career.
Joy Forbes
For anyone wishing to place a notice in the newsletter, could they please
email it to me by Tuesday 1pm.
My email is:
mulraney.michele.d@edumail.vic.gov.au
Many Thanks, Michele