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Karadoc Avenue,

Irymple Victoria 3498

Phone: 03 50 245407

www.irysec.vic.edu.au

IMPORTANT DATES

March

Wed 5rd to Fri 7th – Year 7 Camp

Mon 10th – Public Holiday – no

students required at school **

Mon 24th to Thu 27th - Year 9 Out/Ed

Surf Trip

Wed 26th – Interschool Baseball &

Softball

Thu 27th – Interschool Tennis &

Volleyball

Wed 26th to Fri 28th – Mungo Trip

Principal’s Report

Parent / Teacher / Student Interviews

Parents are advised that these will take

place at school on Wednesday 2nd April

between 4:00 and 7:00pm. More

information in our next Newsletter.

No School Insurance

Students and parents are advised that

there is no DEECD insurance for

accidents or thefts at school. There are

insurance companies who provide such

insurance but this is the responsibility of

families and not the school. Should

students bring valuables to school they

should be locked securely in their

lockers or handed in at the general

office for safe keeping during the day.

College Council

Thank you to those parents who have

been appointed to College Council. At

the close of nominations last Friday 28th

February the number of nominations

equalled the number of vacancies. The

next meeting is the AGM on 19th March

followed immediately by general

committee meeting. Our College

Council representatives are:

Parent Representative Ends 2015 Ms Kate Redman Ms Natalie Kiel Mr Craig Thornton To be Coopted for 2014 – Mr Mark Jenkins

Parent Representative Ends 2016

Ms Jo Brinsmead

Ms Sharoyln Morris

Mr Paul Moore

Student of the Month

At our school assembly last Thursday

the following students were recognised

as Students of the Month for February.

These students were recognised by their

teachers for their efforts and

contributions in class. Photos appear on

page 2.

7A – Hazal Bakir

7B – Nikita Anderson & Eden Hopgood

7C – Joshua Fangaloka

7D – Regan Kerslake

7E – Brodie Adams

7F – Kendall McLean

8A – Sam Fangaloka

8B – Jake Lay & Callum Witte

8C – Cooper Kalms

8D – Tarsha Hawley

8E – Izaak Luitjes

8F – Emma Martin & Nicholas Price

9A – Jake Barker, Sophie Buffon &

Phoebe Train

9B – Lewis Fisher

9C – David Calf

9D – Brandon Angelo

9E – Emma Ash, Brooke Tremelling &

Nicholas Zappia

10B – Leigh Ferguson-Dolan, Rhianna

Kelly & Shaina Sandfort

10D – Alexandra Bacon, Mebal Kadian,

Natalie Clifford & Yasmin Williams

10F – Noah Cody

10H – Samantha Leersen, Luise

Koehler & Vincenzo Dichiera

Garry Costello

Principal

March 6th

, 2013

No. 351

House Swimming Sports

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Students of the Month (February)

Assistant Principal’s Report

Ambulance Cover

Parents are reminded that if your child is

injured or seriously unwell, an ambulance will

be called by the school to transport your child

to the hospital. The priority of the school is

gaining the best and quickest treatment for

serious injuries and illnesses. It is important

therefore that you consider private

ambulance insurance, as a single trip by

ambulance can result in a bill of hundreds of

dollars. This cost must be met by the

parents/carers.

Contact Details Update

Another reminder to update your contact

details at the front office as it is essential that

we can contact you at all times. Please check

the additional contacts you have recorded

with the school for your children. These can

often become outdated and change over

time.

Year 7 Camp

75 Year 7’s and 7 staff members headed off to

the Grampians on Wednesday morning for

the annual camp. This is a well-structured,

activity based camp and students thoroughly

enjoy the variety of activities and the chance

to meet other Year 7 students. It gives

teachers and students an opportunity to get

to know each other well. No doubt we will

hear many reports of the fun had when they

return (look out in the next newsletter for a

report and lots of photos).

Whole School Assembly

The first whole school assembly for 2014 was

held last Thursday and our school captains did

an amazing job of leading the assembly. 2014

school leaders were acknowledged including

School Captains, House Captains and Vice

Captains, Peer Mentors, Year 7 Scholarship

Recipients and SRC members. A Tap Dance

group entertained the audience and the

assembly finished with the presentation of

the Student of the Month Awards, (more

pictures on page 6).

Year 8 Team Building Day

On Wednesday 12th March, all Year 8 students

will participate in a double session of activities

to build teamwork. The activities have been

planned by Kate Douglas and Alison Callahan

(Year Level Coordinators) and the School

Nurse, Julia Lohmeyer.

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Term One Reports and

Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews

Interim Reports will be distributed to all

students in Years 7 – 10 on Tuesday 1st April.

On Wednesday 2nd April our school will be

holding its Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews

from 4.00pm – 7.00pm. Please save this date

in your calendar as it is an opportunity to

meet teachers and discuss your child’s

progress over the term. There will be

information on how to book into interview

sessions in the next newsletter.

Dropping Off & Collecting Students

Parents/Guardians, are reminded to drop off

and collect students from the KARADOC

AVENUE CARPARK. This is a much safer

alternative than coming up the main driveway

and it also avoids traffic congestion.

Robyn Blackie & Anne Symes

Assistant Principals

S.A. State Junior Championships

Brodie Jackson, Mebal Kadian and Kelly Rayner went to Adelaide to compete in the State Junior Championship held in Adelaide (28th Feb - 2nd March 2014) Brodie Jackson won a Silver Medal in Long Jump. Kelly Rayner won 2 Bronze Medals in the 400 and 800 metres. Mebal Kadian won 3 Silver Medals in Hammer, Javelin and Discus and 1 Bronze in Shot Put.

Congratulations Brodie , Kelly and Mebal.

Interhouse Swimming Sports

Our inter-house swimming sports

were held at the Irymple Pool on

Wednesday 19th February. This

was a successful day with a good participation

rate, plenty of atmosphere and colour and

some excellent results in the pool. Spectators

were again entertained by the commentary

and wit of Mr Bill Sauer on the microphone

and also had their appetites sated by Gibbo

and his crew on the BBQ.

The result was in the balance for the early

part of the day but in the end Lloyd powered

away comfortably to again claim the title from

Johansen who came 2nd, Middleton 3rd and

Roberts 4th. All fought hard in a 3 way battle

for second and in fact there were only 7

points separating 2nd, 3rd and 4th.

Maths Methods

Year 10 Maths Methods Class

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House Shield results were:

1st Lloyd – 494 points

2nd Johansen - 430 points

3rd Middleton - 426 points

4th Roberts – 423 points

Individual Age Group champions were:

13 Yr Female Champion – Kendall McLean

13 Yr Male Champion – Brodie Adams

14 Yr Female Champion - Aleisha Simpson

14 Yr Male Champion – Brak Zambelli

15 Yr Female Champion – Jess Penna

15 Yr Male Champion – Miller McRae

16Yr Female Champion – Erica Deacon

16 Yr Male Champion – Riley Plummer

Congratulations again to Lloyd House, to all

age group champions and to all students who

swam and had a go. Also a big ‘thank you’ to

all parents and families who came along and

supported the day.

Interschool Swimming Sports

Congratulations to all swimmers

who took part in the interschool

swimming sports last Wednesday

26th February. This year SJC won comfortably

after we were up with them early on the

points board. It was a close tussle between us

and RCSC for 2nd position throughout the day,

with RCSC getting over the line to claim 2nd

place and we finished a close 3rd overall. It

was pleasing to see however that we had

swimmers in all but one event and that

students stepped up and swam in events on

short notice when other swimmers could not

swim in their chosen events. Well done and

thanks to those swimmers.

There were 2 excellent individual results. We

had 1 age group champion on the day, that

being Miller McRae who won the 14 Yrs Boys

AGC – Miller came 1st in Freestyle and

Butterfly and 3rd in Breaststroke.

Our other winner on the day was Kylen Davis

in the 14 Yrs Boys Backstroke.

Thanks to the parents and family members

who came along to support the team on the

day, and once again congratulations to all

swimmers.

We will have 3 swimmers, Miller, Kylen and

Riley Plummer, who will be representing the

college at the Loddon Mallee Region

Swimming at Swan Hill on Tuesday 18th

March. Good luck to those swimmers.

Mr Steve Morrish

Sport Co-ordinator

Information – Individual Athlete Support

Program

Are you a state or national level athlete?

Would you like to be in the Sunraysia

Academy of Sport? Applications for the

Individual Athlete Support program are

currently open and close on Tuesday

March 11th 2014. For an application form

and information sheet please email

Academy Coordinator, Deanna Kennedy on

academy2@malleesportsassembly.org.au

or see your sports coordinator. For all

interested athletes and their parents, an

information session will be held on

Wednesday March 5th

from 6-7pm at

MADEC.

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Details regarding costs, application details

and forms and any other information

regarding the program can be obtained from

Mr Morrish.

Year 10 Maths Gold Textbooks

General Maths students who need a textbook

- please purchase one from the General Office

ASAP. Students can check with their teacher

or the office staff regarding how much they

need to pay.

Mr Steinberg

Maths Co-ordinator

Spadework

Spadework is a hands-on weekly session

where people get together to

learn about gardening by

doing it. We help you set-up

a garden in your backyard or

you can work in the

community garden AND IT’S

FREE!

When: Feb to June each

Wednesday from 10am to

12pm.

Where: East End Community Garden, 8

Dove Place, Mildura

Grow your own fruit and veggies and learn

to cook using your garden produce.

For more information visit:

www.healthytogethermildura.com.au OR

www.facebook.com/HealthyTogetherMildura

Public Holiday

A reminder to parents/guardians that Monday

10th March is a public holiday, therefore NO

STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND

SCHOOL on this day.

Pictures of first College Assembly of the Year

House and Vice Captains

Peer Mentors

Year 9 Dancers

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Mathematics Results – Outstanding (96-100%) and Excellent (86-95%)

*Year 7 (on camp) – results will be in next newsletter

Year 8 (Directed Number) Year 9 Advanced (Surds) Sam Fangaloka Outstanding Jake Barker Outstanding

Tarsha Hawley Outstanding Jessica Bath Outstanding Jordyn Ward Outstanding Peter Callipari Outstanding Brak Zambelli Outstanding Thomas Moore Outstanding Caleb Garraway Excellent John Salatielu Outstanding Tegan Harris Excellent Jordan Buckingham Excellent Simran Kaur Excellent Brooke Graham Excellent Carly Staley-Schreiber Excellent Mitchell Hynoski Excellent Shai-Lee Walker Excellent Kyle Milner Excellent Roy Williams Excellent Phoebe Train Excellent Chloe Niutta Excellent Riley Mathews Excellent Year 10 Advanced (Number Systems)

Daniel Harberger Excellent Alexandra Bacon Outstanding Courtney Ransome Excellent Brodie Jackson Outstanding Isobel North Excellent Concettina Malcotti Excellent Lachlan Op de Coul Excellent Dylan Winslade Excellent Courtney Orwell Excellent Delaney Morvell Excellent Ross Panaretos Excellent Riley Plummer

Year 9 General (Pythagoras)

Year 10 General (Consumer Arithmetic)

Nicholas Zappia Outstanding Samantha Leersen Outstanding Tylar Ginn Outstanding Molly Jenkins Outstanding William Ross Outstanding Jacob Phillips Outstanding

Emily Waters Outstanding Leyla Karabas Outstanding Natasha Watkins Outstanding Bronte Loveridge Outstanding Courtney Close Outstanding Aleisha Harberger Excellent Amielle Bracken Outstanding Lucy-Mae Anderson Excellent Kwan Kinnersly Outstanding Mikaela Milne Excellent Francesco Parisi Outstanding Yasmin Williams Excellent Courtney Rhodes Outstanding Oktay Ozalp Excellent James Standbrook Outstanding Jack Hill Excellent H Josef Gerstenmayer Outstanding Jasmine Kontrec Excellent Tiarne Seaman Outstanding Tenesha Kelly Excellent Tarlia Couzner Outstanding Lachlan Monaghan Excellent Hayden Stone Excellent Jayden Grenfell Excellent Callum Evans Excellent Madlen Fitzgibbon Excellent Tanisha Delcastegne Excellent Lewis Fisher Excellent Cheyne Tricker-Johnson Excellent Ned Watts Excellent Makaela Ietto Excellent Shalailah Carter Excellent Nathan Caminiti Excellent Chloe Richards Excellent Aleisha Simpson Excellent Sophie Buffon Excellent

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Chloe Brown A+ Phil Konstandopoulos A+ Amy Daymond A+ Luise Koehler A+ Tayla Farlie A Ben North A

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Red Cliffs Junior Footballers

2014 Training for Under 13 & 14.5 will

officially commence on the

27/02/2014

Football Training Days and Times

4.30 pm Tuesday

4.30 pm Thursday

Under 10 & 12’s

Commences 20/03/2014

(Thursdays)

at 4.30pm

Where

** Quandong Park Ovals **

Existing, Past and New players

welcome

For more info

Contact 0427 291 669

Registration Day 23/03/2014 between

10.00am and 2.00pm

Irymple Secondary College kindly

acknowledges the following

sponsors

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