NEWSLETTER Educating For Success 975 Karadoc Avenue Irymple Vic 3498 Ph 03 5024 5407 Fax 03 5024 6631 Website www.irysec.vic.edu.au Parent Portal https://psportal.irysec.vic.edu.au/ Twitter https://twitter.com/irymplesc Facebook www.facebook.com/irymplesc/ Thurs 2 nd November 2017 Tues 14 to Thurs 16 Nov: Yr 9 Outdoor Ed Surf Camp Wed 8 th Nov: Yr 10 Graduation Tickets on Sale Thurs 7 th Dec: Yr 10 Graduation Dinner Principal s Report IMPORTANT DATES Tues 12 th & Wed 13 th Dec: Grade 6 Orientation days WIZARD OF OZ Thanks so much to all those that were able to share the Wizard of Oz performance with our school. It was such a professional production that gave students amazing opportunities. Planning for next year has already started so stay tuned we are very excited as many of the Wizard cast members and back stage crew were year 7 and 8 students so we are really gearing up to extend these students in production. It was also great to have students from Koorlong PS, Mildura South Ps and Nichols Point Primary School in our production thanks Andrea and Danielle for your work in this area. Thanks to all staff, parents and students for their continued commitment to our College. Particular thanks goes to Noeleen Davis for having the foresight, tenacity and passion to do this work and provide opportunities for our students. YEAR 10 GRADUATION DINNER SAVE THE DATE 7 th December at Club Da Vinci. The Grad is for eligible students and parents to celebrate the journey of Secondary College. Academic Awards are presented and students get to perform a formal dance. There are valediction speeches from School Captains and an emotional speech from the Year Level Co-ordinator. It s a brilliant night of celebration with family, friends and staff tickets go on sale at the General office on the 8 th November and more information about the process will go home next week so please keep a look out for this. UNIFORM FOR 2018 Don t forget to pop into WeaR Corporate to order your 2018 uniform we are starting to get excited about this positive change at our school. WORKING WITH OUR FEEDER SCHOOLS This week staff have been participants at a number of meetings that are designed to support transition either into ISC or for our students into Mildura Senior College. Staff have been meeting throughout the year to map curriculum, sharing best practice by visiting classrooms in feeder schools and hosting visitors into our classrooms, sharing data all with the aim to improve student outcomes. This has been a big commitment for our staff and our colleagues from our feeder schools and we look forward to continuing this work in 2018. Mrs Jo McQuinn Principal
PAGE 2 Assistant Principal s Report It s been a very busy two weeks on the ISC calendar with students involvement in: the college s school production showcased in three amazing performances last week at the Mildura Art Centre, participation in a number of sporting competitions from regional sport to district sport, to another visit for some of our Year 10 students to the Clontarf program at Mildura Senior College, to some Yr 8 dance students involved in a flashdance at Irymple Primary School this week. We ve also celebrated students academic achievements at our college assembly. Student Leadership at Irymple Secondary College Congratulations to our Year 9 students who have nominated for College Captains in 2018. This week Loretta Clyne, Kel Horkings, Jo and I interviewed nominated students as one part of the process and were impressed with their ideas for school improvement and student involvement for next year. Our student body will now have the opportunity to further know the nominees when they deliver their speeches over this next week. Peer mentors and House Captains/ Vice Captains are also being finalised over this period as well. Grade 6 Transition Over these two weeks a number of staff will be visiting our feeder primary schools in preparation for Orientation Days on Tuesday 12 th December and Wednesday 13 th December. We will have some exstudents from Year 7 returning to the schools with us and are looking forward to getting to know our prospective students for 2018. Staff inter-collegiate involvement All our staff met at Merbein on Tuesday for our final Mildura Secondary Schools Alliance meeting for the year to share curriculum planning and programs in respective curriculum areas. This program is ongoing with all staff from our school, Mildura Senior College, Chaffey Secondary College and Merbein Secondary College scheduled for regular meetings next year. A further meeting was held with our leadership team, and Yr 7 2018 Coordinators, Kara Taylor and Erin Walsh, with primary school representatives involved in our Year 7 Transition program planning our problems of practice /focus for meetings in 2018. Graduation Ball Tickets will be on sale for eligible Year 10 students as of next Wednesday 8 th November. Ticket prices are $50 and must be paid for at the general office. Our Yr 10 College Captains will also be in the foyer on Monday/Wednesday/Fridays to arrange tables once the tickets have been purchased. The Graduation Ball will be held at Club Da Vinci on Thursday December 7 th starting at 6.30pm. Student arrivals from 6.00pm. Any queries should be directed to either our college captains, office staff, Kara Taylor or Anne Symes. Mrs Anne Symes Assistant Principal
PAGE 3 SRC REPORT: We re holding the CUA School Fun-Run as a major fundraising event this year! The event will be held on Friday 24 th November. This is a sponsorship based fundraiser, and we re looking to raise $10,000 for student resources such as new furniture for our soon to be refurbished classrooms at ISC. The CUA School Fun-Run is a healthy fundraiser that we hope you ll get behind. The event sends the right message to students about having fun while getting involved and being active. We re looking for all students to participate and we re organising a great day for our community, so we d love our parents and friends to come down on the afternoon. Keep your eyes peeled for the sponsorship forms which will be sent home with your child. Students who raise $10 or more will receive a reward and just by jumping online, your family has the chance to win a $30,000 Ultimate Family Experience! Thanks for supporting your child s wellbeing and we hope to see you at school for the event. Rebecca McClure and Jacquie Garrigan SPORTS REPORTS: Year 9 & 10 Girls Interschool Cricket Girls Cricket was back in action again on Tuesday 24 th November at Aerodrome Ovals, with I.S.C fielding an excited team ready to take on the competition. The team competed in three pool matches across the day, playing against Merbein, Henderson and Red Cliffs college, with big hopes of making the finals. The team got off to a slow start against Merbein who had a quality state player dominating with bat and ball for them. In our second match the girls asserted their dominance over Henderson and controlled the game from start to finish, only to replicate the same onslaught against Red Cliffs in game three. With two wins under their belt the girls went into the semi-finals against the top placed side from pool A, Trinity college. The girls were hesitant at first but after a quality bowling display from all they restricted their opponents to only 66 runs. The game was in the bag after 5 overs due to some big hitting and clever running between the wickets. ISC entered the grand final as underdogs as they faced Merbein again. Unfortunately things didn t go to plan in the first innings with some wayward bowling and big hitting from Merbein s single dominant player. The girls fought bravely with the bat and made a late charge to almost rope in their opponents. All the girls who competed on the day are to be commended for their efforts and high level of sportsmanship shown. Best players on the day included Chloe Barker, Fiona Henry, Brianna Hibberd and Louisa Stevens. Mr. Hughes Game 1: ISC 5/60 DEF BY Merbein 5/100 Game 2 ISC 5/198 DEF Henderson 9/61 Game 3 ISC 5/141 DEF Red Cliffs 5/65 Semi Final ISC 2/135 DEF Trinity 2/76 Grand Final ISC 5/117 DEF BY Merbein 3/146
PAGE 4 Interschool Basketball Year 7/8 Girls Unfortunately, we did not come away with a win on the day, but they tried their little hearts out all day. They were able to improve each game and played their best game at the end of the day, which was a great high to finish on. Best player for the day was Allysha Hicks. Year 7/8 Boys In a team made up of mostly Year 7, the Interschool Basketball tournament was always going to be about team development. The team should be extremely proud of their efforts as they played throughout the day with great team spirit and determination. After going down narrowly to TLC in a gripping match the boys came out a little flat against Red Cliffs. The team never really got their offense going and were well beaten in the end by a classy outfit. We finished the tournament with a victory over Coomealla in a shortened match. The students are already looking forward to next year as this team shows a lot of potential for the future. Year 9/10 Girls Wow, these girls really came out to play basketball on this day. They played as a team and were able to assist each other throughout the entire day. They were just too strong and won all of their games by at least 20 points. They eventually won their grand final match by 25 points, but it wasn t as easy as they first thought considering they were down at half time. A big thank you to Connor Irwin and Christine Caminitti who coached the girls on the day. Year 9/10 Boys What a great combination of boys, age, height, speed and skill. They worked together as a team, pressing and running fast breaks for the most part of the day. The boys defeated Trinity, Red Cliffs and Merbein to face off against St Joseph s in the Grand Final. We had several parents support from the sideline throughout the day, which was fantastic, as they got to witness their boys fight til the end, to win by a goal just before the siren. They now look forward to playing in Bendigo next Thursday. Girls Basketball Teams Yr 7/8 Above 7 & Yr 9/10 Below Boys Basketball Teams Yr 7/8 Above 7 & Yr 9/10 Below
PAGE 5 Northern Zone Hockey Bendigo It was an early morning start for our hockey teams to make our way to Bendigo to contest the Northern Zone competition. Our boys had their first game against St Arnaud. They played a great team game with the ball moving around the pitch well. By the half time break, the boys were up and setting up well in attack each time the ball came their way. The defence kept the ball out of their zone and the boys ended up with the win. 4 goals to 0. Our girls had the next game. After an unsettled start the girls found their feet and dominated the play keeping the ball up in their attack for most of the game. With some great passing and a strong defensive back line, the girls kept the pressure for both halves with all of our players shinning in their roles on the field. The end score showed their great team game with a 9 to 0 score line. This was their only game so they came away with the win. The boys then had their next game against Crusoe. It was an amazing game to watch with equally amazing skill on both sides. Zac in our goals denied Crusoe time after time much to the disappointment of their coach. With our strong defence, the ball kept being pushed forward and we had just as many shots on goal but with no result. The end score was 0 to 0. This meant that Crusoe won they day as they won on goal difference. On hearing, this our boys did us proud and gave Crusoe a huge round of applause to congratulate them. It was a wonderful display of great sportsmanship. Both teams did our school very proud playing in the spirit of good sports and backing each other up each step of the way. It was a long day and they all got off the bus happy at a great days effort. A big thanks to the parents who had to drop their kids off at 5 in the morning. To Rochelle, a parent, who came to assist me with the two teams on the day. A massive thanks to Steve Morrish for getting us organised. Well done to all our players who played the #TheIrympleWay. The girls are looking forward to the next stage - State Finals. We will keep you updated. Kara Taylor
LMR Table-Tennis Bendigo Thursday 26 th October PAGE 6 Our intermediate boys and girls Table-tennis teams competed in the Loddon Mallee Table-Tennis Championships which were held in Bendigo on Thursday 26 th October with the boys leaving at 5:00am.The girls travelled down with parent, Donna McLean. The boys team consisted of, in seeded order, Damon Morris, Sione Tuimoala, Major Henry and Brodie Adams. The girls team consisted of, also in seeded order, Kate Bennett, Kendall McLean, Chloe Barker and Paige McLean. Both teams only had the 1 game, playing against Girton College Bendigo. The boys team found the going very tough and were convincingly beaten by their opposition, who had 2 state representatives in their team. Scores were: Boys Singles: Damon: 0 games to 3. Scores: 0-11, 4-11 and 5-11. Total 9 points to 33. Sione: 3 games to 0. Scores: 1-11, 1-11 and 1-11. Total 3 points to 33. Major 3 games to 0. Scores: 2-11, 0-11 and 3-11. Total 5 points to 33. Damon: 3 games to 0. Scores: 5-11, 3-11 and 4-11. Total 12 points to 33. Boys Doubles: Damon and Brodie: 0 games to 3. Scores: 4-11, 4-11 and 5-11. Total 13 points to 33. Sione and Major 0 games to 3. Scores: 3-11, 3-1 and 2-11. Total 8 points to 33. Total Score: ISC: 0 0-80 to Girton College: 6-18 - 198 The girls team came out to play and were put under pressure early, with very close games. But our girls came out clear winners on the day, handling the pressure winning 6 rubbers to nil. Scores were: Girls Singles: Kate: 3 games to 2. Scores: 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 8-11 and 11-7. Total 50 points to 44. Kendall: 3 games to 0. Scores: 11-8, 11-7 and 14-12. Total 36 points to 27. Chloe 3 games to 0. Scores: 11-7, 11-5 and 11-8. Total 33 points to 20. Paige: 3 games to 0. Scores: 11-2, 11-6 and 11-4. Total 33 points to 12. Girls Doubles: Kate and Kendall: 3 games to 1. Scores: 11-1, 11-4, 8-11 and 11-7. Total 41 points to 23. Chloe and Paige 3 games to 1. Scores: 12-10, 11-2, 10-12 and 11-3. Total 44 points to 27. Total Score: ISC: 6-18 - 152 to Girton College: 0-4 - 103 As a result of their performances, the girls qualify for the State finals which will be held on Wednesday November 22 nd at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre at Albert Park in Melbourne. We would like to thank both the boys and girls teams for their behaviour and effort throughout the day and congratulate them for their success and wish them best of luck for the State Finals.
Below are photo s of both teams with their respective winning and runners-up pennants. PAGE 7 State Athletic Championships We had a small representation at the SSV (State) Athletics carnival held at the State Athletics Centre at Albert Park in Melbourne Monday October 24 th with 5 competitors attending the meet. We had 2 individual competitors and 1 relay team competing on the day with the results as follows: 15 Yrs Girls 4 X 100m Relay - Chloe Barker, Chloe Milne, Brooke Hards and Annabel Hocking 6 th Annabel Hocking competed in the Girls 15 Yrs Discus and came 7 th. Zach Stainer competed in the Boys 13 Yrs 1500m and was collided with and knocked over in the early stages of the race and tried to continue but unfortunately could not finish the race. Congratulations to all 5 competitors for their effort and behaviour throughout the day. Thanks also to parents Helen Windahl and Chris Van Diik who took Annabel and Zach to the championships. Also thanks to Helen Harrison for assisting me with driving duties in getting the relay team to the championships and back.