Keeping In Touch 26th February 2021 - Corryong College
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Keeping In Touch
26th February 2021
Dear Parents and Carers,
Last week we saw our Swimming Carnival take place. At first we were very hesitant, as these events are always a great challenge to
organise. I acknowledge the brilliant work of Warren Sinclair and all the staff that he coordinates to make this day great. With the
uncertainty of Covid guidelines the day before and not knowing if the day would go ahead, we were very relieved we were able to
proceed on the day. Thank you to our students and staff who made this great. Furthermore, I apologise for the haste in which
decisions were made and information shared. The uncertainty and rapid changes around COVID has certainly caused hurdles, but
with your patience and support we have been able to continue events such as this for the benefit of our students.
On Friday we saw a group of
great swimmers heading to the
OM swimming trials, all of
which swam their hardest and
made their college community
proud. Congratulations to our
Cecilia Paton who will represent
the college at the next level.
Well done CC!
We ended this fortnight with a heart warming visit from author Craig Sheather
who presented the story of the Wild family in his recent publication of “Sparky
the Wonder Puppy”. It was a beautiful opportunity shared between the college
foundation to Year 4 students, staff, Shire
representatives, Craig and the Wild family.
Each of our children were gifted a copy of
his delightful story book. The children
were delighted when Sparky himself
joined us all whilst Craig read. This was a
beautiful experience and we would like to
thank Craig for reading “Sparky the
Wonder Puppy” to our children.
School Council elections 2021
Parents elected to Council
There were 2 Parent positions vacant for the 2021 School Council. At the close of nominations 2 parents submitted their completed
nomination forms. I declare these parents duly elected on School council for 2021-2023—(2 years) Congratulations to Mr. Nick
Mason and Mrs Brenda Whitehead for nominating for this important role in the function of the College.
Thank you to Petrina Hewatt who also submitted a nomination form and declare Petrina Hewatt as our Parents Club representative.
I am happy to declare that all Parent positions for 2021-2023 are filled.
DET employee member elected to Council
There is one DET position for the 2021 School council. At the close of nomination no nominations have been received. DET
employee member to be sought out to represent our Council.
2 Student members to be finalised prior to the next Council meeting.
The next School Council meeting will be held on the 22nd March. All community members are invited to attend the AGM and the
First meeting of the 2021 Council meeting.. Location Library - Time 7.00p.m.. Elections of the office bearers and sub committee
will elected and finalised at this meeting.
Last year, unlike others, all families were asked to partake in the Parent Survey. Usually the Department of Education only allows a
small percent of families of which those families are computer generated. 2020 was quite the shocking year for all and we are unsure
if this was the nature of the year, however only 36 families from 160 participated. Nonetheless, we still need to take this feedback on
board. This does not come as a surprise and we must remind ourselves, we are actually one of the most high achieving schools in not
only the region but in the state. The results in data are reflected by a percentage in positive, neutral and negative endorsement
brackets. Our desire is to move the neutral endorsement (those sitting on the fence) to positive endorsement and of course, decrease
the negative endorsement also. Please see the following for the colleges and school council’s areas of improvement. As a team we
work together to create action plans and review progress. There below, also outlines some of those actions already in place.
RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY LEARNING
PO Box 225 Corryong VIC 3707 Tel. (02) 6076 1566 Fax (02) 6076 1650 www.corryong.vic.edu.au corryong.co@education.vic.gov.au
Whilst these results are still in the higher brackets in comparison to other schools, our area of improvement are in the following
areas:
Teacher communication at 48% positive, 15% neutral, 38% negative. End 2020 school council discussed Xuno was not
always sending messages. It has since been re-
viewed.
Non-experience of bullying; 58% positive, 15% neutral, 27% negative. One of the action within our AIP is the
development and implementation of School Wide Positive Behaviour Support where shared understanding is developed
through the college community, matrix of expectations are created across the varying contexts of the college and plans for
explicit teaching of expectation is developed. Staff had their first 2 days training during the last week of 2020. Continuation
of training will continue on the pupil free day 31st March and currently a steering committee is being developed. College
participants to be expanded to include community and students. This also reflects the need for the college as a whole
Corryong community to review our values around respect for diversity of which Respectful Relationships have
re-commenced and being embedded into the curriculum timetable. Other areas are highlighted through this also; resilience
and the understanding of the term bullying which at times, is loosely used without unpacking. The use of social media here
is also crucial, as well as the need for support from home around students not having their mobile phone at school. This is
not to say the need of reviewing creating actions towards improvement is not required.
Stimulating learning environment; 67% positive, 19% neutral, 14% negative. Was this due to remote learning?
Opportunity to seek more information from parents and students. Issues of ‘diverse programs’ addressed with increase VET
teacher. This is a consistent challenge within small schools. ‘Academic standards’ is 73% positive. Faces on the data
continuing – focus on not just lifting lower student but further progressing higher achieving students. Careers introduced to
earlier secondary year levels.
Student motivation and support; positive 67% positive, 17% neutral, 15% negative. Was this due to remote
learning? Opportunity to seek more information from parents and students.
Student agency and voice; 64% positive, 24% neutral, 12% negative. Student Leadership Coordinator extended to
primary year levels; Mr Gavin Heycox as well as the continuation of the work the Mr Warren Sinclair does to ensure the
student leaders in the secondary areas have brilliant connections and role modelling to our younger year groups. Learning
walks recommence with student feedback on teaching and learning through 2021.
In 2021, we look forward to returning to our programs that increase student to student, teacher to student and community to
college connectedness as well as getting back to our well developed structures of teaching and learning. On top of this,
continues our teaching and learning improvement actions that are renowned amongst our network schools, our wellbeing
annual action plan that combines internal and external services catered for point of need and our non-stop push to better our
physical educational facilities. These improvements will continue to be presented in the KIT to keep you informed and so
you are aware of opportunities where your skills or experience may be able to assist our continuous improvement cycle.
Wishing you all a great week ahead,
Fran Heath Principal Corryong College.
PO Box 225 Corryong VIC 3707 Tel. (02) 6076 1566 Fax (02) 6076 1650 www.corryong.vic.edu.au corryong.co@education.vic.gov.au
Maths After School Help
When: Every Monday for
3:30pm to 4:30pm
Who: For Students 5 - 10
and VCE if your teacher
is available
Where: In B1
CALENDAR OF EVENTS Term 1, 2021
Mon 1st Tues 2nd Wed 3rd Thurs 4th Fri 5th
Year 7 Tathra Year 7 Tathra Year 7 Tathra Year 7 Tathra
Year 8 Swimming (PE) OM Swimming
Championship
Vet Hospo-Coffee Cart
Year 10 Tomorrow
Man
Mon 8th Tues 9th Wed 10th Thurs 11th Fri 12th
Bogong Camp Bogong Camp Bogong Camp Bogong Camp
Mon 15th Tues 16th Wed 17th Thurs 18th Fri 19th
Bogong Camp Bogong Camp Bogong Camp Bogong Camp Bogong Camp
F-6 Creative Recovery F-6 Creative Recovery
Mon 22nd Tues 23rd Wed 24th Thurs 25th Fri 26th
Outdoor Ed - Cascade Outdoor Ed - Cascade Creative Recovery Vet Hospitality Colac
Bushwalk Bushwalk Year 7-10 Colac
Creative Recovery OM Intermediate
Year 7-10 Senior Sport
Mon 29th Tues 30th Wed 31st Thurs 1st Fri 2nd
OM Junior Sports PUPIL FREE DAY End of Term 2.30pm Good Friday Public
finish Holiday
Year 7/8 Sports
Corryong College Council Meeting Dates
The meetings for Term 1 2021 will be Week 9 22nd March 7-9pm.
Swimming Carnival Results
The reign is over... Mitta has been dethroned and Elliot are our new champions in one of the closest contests in recent
memory. Just 10 pts separated our top two in a dramatic day at the pool, with the final result not being decided until the
final race of the day. Murray came home in 3rd place, with Jeremal finishing in fourth. Congratulations to all our
students, it was an awesome day and while we missed not being able to share it with our wider community, we are
thankful we were able to run our carnival in such beautiful conditions.
Overall Results
Place Team Points
1st Elliot 2128 pts
2nd Mitta 2118 pts
3rd Murray 1624 pts
4th Jeremal 1375 pts
Age Champions
Age Female Male
9 Years Billie Galbraith Joe Mason
Tilly Paton Hamish Paton
10 Years Mabel Edwards Blake Sheather
11 Years Cecilia Paton Chaise Heinjus
12 Years Quinn Galbraith Nate Sheather
13 Years Gemma McNamara Sachin Samwells
14 Years Hayley Whitsed Beau Humphrey
15 Years Jordan Rowlinson Declan Kurnof
Lachlan Nugent
16 Years Elsie Drummond Zac Whitsed
17 Years Ruby Ritchie Ben Hewatt
20 Years Neva Attree Zac Nugent
In case you
were
wondering…..
Year 9 students will sit their Morrisby
tool on April 28th. Students have Information for
been introduced to this job research upcoming work experience is
tool through their Careers Wednesday currently being compiled and will be
class and have had a look at some out by the end of term 1. This is for
practice questions. More info to come all students in Year 10. Typically this
about this at the end of term. is held at the end of term 2, howev-
er some locations and industries will
have limited access due to Covid-19
restrictions. We also encourage
other senior students to arrange
work experience in their relevant
career pathway. Stay tuned…
All students in Year 12 have begun
their talks with Career counsellors
around their pathway choices.
Students in Year 11 will be next!
Corryong College NEW Jacket / Vest Order Form
Parents are now able to place orders for the purchase of the Corryong College puffer jacket and vest. The jackets and vests are an
additional uniform option for students to stay warm this winter. The jackets and vests come in a wide range of sizes.
Type Cost Available Sizes
Kids Puffer Jacket Jacket $55 year 6-8 year 8-10 year 10-12 year 12-14
*Please note there are no vests available in kids sizes.
Type Cost Available Sizes
Vest $55
Women's Puffer Jacket & Vest 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Jacket $65
Vest $55
Men's Puffer Jacket & Vest S M L XL 2XL 3XL 5XL
Jacket $65
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I ___________________________ would like to place an order for the following items (please note payment must be made on the return
of your order form for your order to be processed).
If your child has sufficient funds in their State School Relief Uniform Fund you may select option 1 to purchase the puffer jackets.
Option 1 - I give permission to take the cost of my puffer jacket/vest to come out of my SSR Uniform Fund.
Parent signature ________________________________ Date__________________
Option 2 - I have enclosed or direct deposited the money for my puffer jacket.
Student Name Kids Jacket Women's Women's Men's Jacket Men's Puffer Total
Jacket Vest Vest
$
$
*please indicate your size in the box $
Total $
Orders will be placed on Monday 27th April, therefore this order form is due back no
later than Friday 19th March . (Week 8 Term 1)
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