NEWSLETTER

NEWSLETTER
Educating For Success
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Thurs 23rd March 2017
Mon 27 th March: Interschool Volleyball & Tennis
Wed 29 th March: Interschool Baseball & Softball
Wed 29 th March: Parent Teacher Interviews 4-7pm
IMPORTANT DATES
Fri 31 st March: Last Day of Term One 2.30pm Dismissal
Tues18th April: Term 2 Starts
Principals Report
FAREWELL GIBBO
Gee after all these years we farewell Paul Gibbons from ISC at the end of this term. Gibbo has been a stalwart of our school
community and he is well known and recognised in our school as a community person. There are so many things Gibbo just
does that we will miss in our school community, his teaching of humanities and his caring attitude towards all students and
staff. Gibbo will be sorely missed by us all and we wish him and Rae all the best with their new adventures in Bendigo.
Farewell and good luck Gibbo.
1994 to 2017
SURF CAMP AND MUNGO YOUTH CONFERENCE
This week we have two camps out of the school which are experience polar opposite environments. Our Outdoor kids are at
the surf camp in Torquay learning to surf and experiencing cold weather conditions whilst our Mungo students are camping in
very warm conditions and making presentations at the conference. I thank our staff for their continued commitment to
providing these opportunities for our students.
FRANCE HERE WE COME
During these coming holidays some of our year 10 students and staff are heading to France to do an historical tour and learn
about the landmarks and culture that is France. Our students are a part of a tour group organised by our very own Kara
Taylor and supported by Rebecca McClure. Students and staff from Red Cliffs Secondary College and the Senior College will
also make up the touring party. Kara Taylor won a prise that has allowed this overseas trip to take place. We hope the kids
and staff enjoy the experience and arrive home safely.
EASTER BASKETS
Congratulations to our Student Representative Council who came up with the plan to have vertical groupings (7-10) to plan
and development their groups Easter Baskets that are being raffled. There is much fun and frivolity with many new
relationships being forged. Our SRC Representatives have given up many lunchtimes to plan the 3 sessions and they have
been in charge of the sessions with support from teachers.
SCHOOL COUNCIL
Last night we had our AGM for School Council and I would like to inform you of our College Council for 2017-18.
President – Danielle White Vice President – Fiona Zambelli Treasurer – Rita Valentich
Parent Representatives – Shane Garraway, Fiona Zambelli, Kerry Dutton-Ashcroft, Rita Valentich,
Greg Baker, Danielle White, Sharolyn Morris
Staff Representatives – Karen Francis, Nat Fryar, Rod Matheson and Anne Symes
Others – Helen Harrison (Business Manager), Jo McQuinn (Principal)
HOLIDAY BREAK
Please enjoy the break and the precious time with your children without the school routine. School finishes on Friday 31 st
March at 2.30 pm and resumes for Term 2 on Tuesday 18 th April.
Mrs Jo McQuinn - Principal

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Assistant Principal’s Report
Mungo Youth Project - Kids teaching Kids Conference
This week seven of our Year 8 students are attending and presenting at this exciting biannual conference held on Top Hut Station
which celebrates the Indigenous and European cultural and environmental history and significance of the amazing Lake Mungo
landscape. Our students have been working hard on creating an engaging and interactive workshop which shows the climate
changes that have taken place at Mungo over the last 45,000 years.
Congratulations to
teacher, Rebecca
McClure and students:
Makayla Lia, Latara
Trigg, Tameka Cureen,
Skie Sherwell, Brodie
Williams, Zac Watson
and Connor Stone for
their thorough
preparation in gearing up
for this conference
representing ISC.
History tour of France and the Western Front
The Term 1 holidays will herald an amazing trip that has been offered to our students and extended to students from two other
neighbouring schools, RCSC and MSC, and that is to the Western Front and to historical monuments in France. Accompanying our
students will be Humanities Coordinator, Rebecca McClure and Year 10 Coordinator, Kara Taylor, who 18 months ago attended the
History Teachers' Conference in Melbourne and won first prize which meant up to $400 per student discounted on a history tour.
We will be excited to follow your travels overseas and wish you all wonderful memories and enriching experiences tracing the lives
and the battlefields in France and on the Western front.
Left to Right: Joseph Irvine,
Tim Dutton-Ashcroft, Aleisha Schreiber,
Alec Matthews & Bailey Aitken
Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews
Next Wednesday 29th March, we hold our Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews and invite all parents to sign up on the booking sheet
on Xuno. If this night doesn't suit, please contact your student's respective year level coordinator/s to schedule an alternate meeting
time or feel free to message relevant subject teachers for any other details.

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School Captains and SRC
We have been so proud to witness increased student involvement and say in shaping the running of the SRC and its events this term.
This has culminated in the decision to trial vertical groups for the production of the Easter Baskets this term and resulted in students
getting to know more students in other year levels, working in teams to complete tasks. Well done to the captains for suggesting this
trial and for SRC representatives for running the lesson each time it has been scheduled in preparing the team's project; and further
thanks to our SRC teachers, Jacqui Garrigan and Rebecca McClure who have supported their student team in developing skills to lead
their peers and run team building activities in the vertical groups.
Stationery and Uniform
These term holidays are timely to again stock the pencil cases and purchase any necessary exercise books ready for Term 2. We are
also expecting that all of our students are in full school uniform for Term 2. Lowes are now fully stocked with an array of our
uniform.
And finally.... It's been a busy and productive Term One with all of our staff fully embracing the school's portal to provide timely
feedback on each student's progress this term, recording down key assessment tasks, due dates, written comments and uploading
copies of the task demands and rubrics. Enjoy the term's holiday and I look forward to seeing everyone geared up for another great
term ahead in Term 2.
Mrs Anne Symes
Assistant Principal
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Last Day of Term: 31 st March 2017 2.30pm dismissal
Easter Basket Competition – last day of term
The S.R.C. are once again having our annual Irymple Secondary College Easter Basket Competition where groups compete against
each other to come up with most creative Easter hamper – all in support for Oasis Aged Care.
DETAILS:
The judging of the baskets and drawing of the raffle will take place on Friday 31st March (last day of school). This is a casual dress
day and gold coin donations made on the day will go towards Oasis Aged Care. No thongs or singlets allowed.
Each student will be given a book of 10 raffle tickets to sell to friends and family at $1 each. The raffle book and money ($10) can
be handed in to the front office up until Thursday 30th March. Remember to put your name on the raffle book and to put ticket
holders names and phone numbers on the ticket stub.
We also ask that students bring along a donation to put in their group’s basket in the coming weeks. Donation can be Easter
chocolate, or decorations. Students will be a given a free ticket in to the raffle from their Group Leader once they bring in their
donation for the basket.
PRIZES:
20 amazing baskets to be won!
The Group with the Best Easter Basket will win a pizza lunch
The Group and individual student that sells the most tickets will win a basket of their choice.
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO OASIS AGED CARE IRYMPLE.

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Booking Parent Teacher Interviews
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Parent teacher interviews will be held on Wednesday, 29th of March from 4-7pm. Interview timeslots of 10
minutes will be open for booking from Wednesday, 22 nd of March. Bookings can be made on the parent portal.
To book parent teacher interviews:
1. Login to the parent portal (login screen pictured) at https:// psportal.irysec.vic.edu.au or use the parent and
student portal link on the College Website. You should have already received your unique username and
password. Please contact the College on 50245407 if you experience any issues logging in.
2. Select the Parent Teacher Interviews tab from the School menu, in the top left hand corner.
Parent Teacher
Interview tab
3. Your child’s teachers should automatically be visible. Select the interview times you would like for individual
interviews from the drop down menu
4. Confirmed bookings should now be visible at the top of the page, under the heading ‘Confirmed Bookings’. You
can check your bookings at any time by logging in to the parent portal.
Please contact the College on 50245407 if you require any assistance with booking parent teacher interviews.

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TERM 1 FLO NEWS.
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It has been a very busy time down in the FLO room with lots of activities, learning and creativity happening. We have 41
students in the FLO program who have participated in a whole range of activities over the term. Here is a snippet of
what we have been up to……………..
Making Wooden Planter Boxes – The Year 9’s as part of their Cert II in General Education course have been working on
a project this term which involved making wooden planter boxes out of old pallets. The students had to pull the pallets
apart, remove the nails, plane the wood, cut and measure and then construct the planter box. There was lots of hard
work involved and the students learnt how important it is to work together as a team. We have almost completed one
planter box so far and we hope to keep making more throughout the year to put in our ‘Café’ area and also around the
school.
Dom and Makenzie showing Team
work skills.
Luke and Steve
doing the hard
work of pulling the
pallet apart
Planter Box half finished. Still
to put castors on the bottom
and a coat of varnish.
Spray Can Art –Througout the term all the FLO students in all the year levels have been working on Spray Can Art
murals which we are going to use to put in our ‘Café’ area to decorate the space and make it look really ‘funky’ and
‘cool’ and to brighten up our outdoor area. The students have really enjoyed these projects and the art works are
looking fantastic. Photos of the finished products to come early next term.
Rosie and Tarlissa
spraying a picture of
a milkshake for our
‘Café’ area.
Jayden and Damian
creating a ‘FLO’ sign
to put on our front
door.
Jzarne getting all of
her stencils set up and
getting ready to spray
her next piece of her
pasta dish
Lachy doing a great job
of painting some
undercoat on one of
our wooden outdoor
chairs.

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PILATES and FITNESS SESSIONS –We are very lucky to have Mrs. Gail Lever working in our FLO program this year who
has been running Pilates sessions with some of our students. We have only just commenced this program in the last few
weeks but we look forward to more sessions continuing next term and seeing the benefits of these sessions in weeks to
come – great for the body and mind. We are also very lucky to have Andre running some fitness/boxing sessions with
some of or students.
Volunteering at the Animal Shelter – This year we have continued our Volunteer Work at the Animal Shelter. The
animals love the interaction and socialisation with the other animals (and our students. )Our trips to the Animal shelter
are a real highlight of the week for our students. They love that feeling of giving back to the community and it is a ‘win
win’ for everyone.
FOOD HANDLERS AND BARISTA COURSE –
On Monday 20 th March, 14 of our FLO students in Years 9 and 10 particpated in a Food Handlers and Barista Course. This
was a full day of training and the students had to complete a test at the end of the Food Handlers Course to successfully
gain their qualification. We await our results in the next few weeks but I am confident all of our students will pass with
flying colours as they were very attentive, engaged, contributed to discussions and asked lots of interesting questions.
The Barista training is held over two days. We started our traininig on the 20 th and will complete training early net term.
On the first day students are shown how to operate the coffee machine, become familiar with the terminolgy, learn how
to make all of the 12 different types of coffee, how to clean the machine, etc.. The students then spend the next few
weeks ‘honing ‘ their skills before the trainer/assessor comes back to assess them and to find out if they are fully
qualified Barista’s.

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It was a great day of training for all of the students who were thouroughly engaged throughout the entire day. We look
forward to tasting their ‘coffee art’ in the weeks/months to come. Thanks to Anyse Austrem, our trainer from Madec
who kept our students entertained, enthralled and educated throughout the day. It was a lot of fun.
Makenzie looking
very pleased with
her Cappucinno
Dom and Anyse
having a great
time making A
‘Latte’
Some fancy
‘Coffee Art’.
Jakob learning about
the ‘biscuit’ - the
coffee
once it has been
used.
etting all of
Wow - We have been very busy and it is not until I look at these photos that I realise just how busy we have been. It has
been a really short term for our FLO students as the FLO program did not Handlers start until course. week 3 and I am super impressed
with what the students have achieved in just 7 short weeks. I am super excited to see some of our projects come to
completion before the end of this term/early next term and I look forward to posting photos of the finished products on
Facebook and in the next Newsletter.
Have a safe and relaxing holiday break and I look forward to an even better time in the FLO room next term.
Ms. Corless
FLO Coordinator.
Luke (looking
serious) testing
out his skills
Students doing the
theory work for the
Food Handlers
course.

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VicSRC Workshop.
On Tuesday the 7 th of March the School Captains went to Mildura Senior College for the day to attend the VicSRC workshop.
Over the duration of the day we participated in many activities that helped to develop our leadership and teamwork skills.
We worked on effective ways of planning projects and we presented our ideas to the rest of the group. There were
presentations from other schools as well and games throughout the day. There was also a large amount of valuable
information that we gained that we will take back and put into our future endeavours, throughout the year, as your school
captains.
By Edie Hopgood, Will Ubonkit, and Brodie Adams.
France trip 2017.
In less than two weeks 5 teachers and 36 students from ISC, RCSC and MSC will travel to France on the History trip of a
lifetime. This trip came about when Mrs Taylor was drawn as the winner to the major prize at the HTAV’s National History
conference in 2015. Over the last year and a bit Mrs Taylor have worked with teachers from RSC and MSC to build a joint trip
to places of historical significance. Students, and teachers, will travel to Paris and experience The Louvre, The Arc de
Triomphe and The Eiffel Tower among many other areas of interest. We then will make our way out to The Western Front
and visit places of interest from World War 1 and its memorial. Mrs Taylor will herself get to visit two relatives that were
buried in France. Students and teachers have had their final travel briefing and are getting prepared and packed to go. We
would like to thank the Irymple Secondary College leadership team and the Humanities department for supporting this
endeavour as well as the office staff who have helped with all the official documentation. Last of all a big thanks to the
parents who are allowing their young adults to come on this amazing journey with us. It is not just exciting because we get to
go to Dinseyland…..but that is a big part too. If you would like to follow the adventures of the group a Blog has been set up
that you can follow daily. You can find it at http://france2017.global2.vic.edu.au/
Kara Taylor
Yr 10 Coordinator/Irymple Secondary College History teacher, Tour Coordinator & Aspiring Disney Princess.

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CONGRATULATIONS;
Congratulations to Coby Mitchell, of 8B, who has been selected in the Under 14 team for the Victorian Kookaburras junior
baseball team, to travel to America in July this year to participate in a baseball tournament. Coby was chosen from about 40
athletes at a try-out that was conducted recently in Melbourne. This is a tremendous achievement – well done Coby!
LATE ARRIVALS & EARLY DEPARTURES
We understand that occasionally students are late to school or need to leave early for appointments etc.
Parents/Guardians are reminded that a note or phone call to the office approving this is required on every occasion,
otherwise this is marked as an unapproved absence. Students then need to sign in or out on the ipad at the office, where a
SMS is sent to the parents/guardian.
This is our duty of care to each and every student.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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