Newsletter 28th November 2024


From the Principal

Our brand new Middle Years building now has a very excited group of students working from within. The classrooms are lovely and calm and the new big yard a welcome addition to the previous small yard we had. The staff and students are taking great pride to look after and appreciate our new facility.

Later Years have returned to their former building consolidating their learning for the year over the next few weeks.

Early Years students are working hard in their final weeks and are close to finishing their mural project in art which showcases our school values.

This week was our first day of transition with students in their new groups, we had 4 very excited new preps to welcome to our Terang campus.

Next Thursday 5th December we farewell our years 12’s at our year 12 graduation at the Cobden Golf Club. All 5 of our year 12 students will leave with the completion of their VPC certificate. This group are a very first group to undertake the VPC program and we are very proud of all the hard work they have put into to receive a recognised certificate.

Our final assembly will be at the Terang Campus in the gym on Thursday 12th December at 12pm, everyone is welcome to celebrate the amazing achievements of our students.

Take care

Kylie Carter



Early Years Report





Middle Year Cooking Update

Lisa’s class have enjoyed their first cooking session in the new space…well done!

As the term nears the finish line, it has been great to hear feedback from students about what they have learned and would like to learn in future cooking sessions.




Middle Years Port Fairy Camp 2024

The Middle Years team had a great time on the Port Fairy Camp 2024. Students and staff enjoyed the different activities and it was wonderful to be a part of such a great team effort from start to finish. Well done to all Middle Years members.

My favourite thing was fishing. -Xavier

I liked camp. Fishing was hard until I learnt to cast a line and then I caught a mullet. -Caleb

I caught a fish, played on the swings with Saxon, Ella, Kye, Harper and Jesse. -Abby

At camp I played table tennis with Mckaenzie. -Thomas

I really liked the spaghetti bolognese and the ice cream with chocolate topping. It was yummy. -Ashliegh

I touched an eel at Budj Bim, it was slimy. -Kye

What I liked about camp was fishing because I got a fish for the first time. I called my fish Scary Bob, it was a mullet. -Harper

I liked fishing and it was fun. -Saxon.

On camp my school and I went to Southcombe Lodge. It was so interesting and fun for my first camp ever! - Jessica

 

 



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2024 Graduation

We farewell our years 12’s next Thursday 5th December at Cobden Golf Club. Meals are at menu prices.  Invited guests can order from 6:30pm, formalities start at 7pm. 


2024 Awards

Congratulations to our 2024 Award Recipeints.

INDIVIDUAL STUDENT AWARDS

CatagoryRecipient
VPCRyan Hewitt
LY2Toby Herron
LY1Koda Wright
MY3Miles Rogers
MY2Harper Webber
MY1Mackenzie Gurry
EY3Monica Tokana
EY2Nate Dudman
EY1Dallas King
Principal's AwardIzayah Dixon
EY - ArtAbigail McIntosh
MY - ArtGab Scott
LY - ArtKaleb Whitten
EY AttendanceNate Dudman
MY AttendanceCaleb Rogers
LY AttendanceKayla Foster

COMMUNITY AWARDS

CatagoryRecipient
Communication Enhancement AwardNate Dudman
Jarrod Fryers Memorial AwardBrodie Fleming
Rotary Club of TerangAbigail McIntosh
Rotary Terang Power of Persistance AwardJordyn Pillar
Quota International of CobdenSaxon Rogers
Progressing CobdenZoe Meade
Caltex All RounderConnor McLeod
Rotary Club of CobdenChance Compton
Timboon Action Inc.Connor McLeod


Parents Association

As the year starts drawing to a close it seems that the Parent Association is still going full steam ahead with lots of activities still in the works for this year.

The sports carnival that we ran was successful with lots of ribbons and medals given out and everyone going home with ribbons, certificates and even medals. A big congratulations to Patrick Templeton who took home the medal for Most Points Scored. Well done everyone. We will be running this next year bigger and better. A massive thank you to all the volunteers on the day, we couldn’t have done it without you. It was also lovely to see all the parents there that came to watch.

The cookbooks are at the printers. They look better than we even hoped for. We had a massive response from the community for sponsorship and are very appreciative of this. Thanks to everyone that contributed a recipe, it is evident that the middle years students really love their cooking. These will be on sale for $25.

The School Presentation Day is 12th of December. The Parents Association will be there before and after taking student and family photos. These will be free as a gift to you from the Parents Association. If you would like to book in so that we can have a heads up on who is interested, you can email Kristie on Kristie.simpson@education.vic.gov.au.

The Terang Gala is on the 20th of December starting at 5 pm. We have a stall with sensory items, small Christmas items, stocking fillers and lucky dips with most priced at $1.00.  We have the TP throw to see how good your aim is and Christmas nail art for $4. There are also over 30 prizes to win in the Prize Wheel Raffle with tickets starting as low as 10c for the kids prizes with a maximum of 100 tickets for each prize.

On the 22nd of December we have a BBQ at Bunnings in Warrnambool. If you would be available to help for 1 hour on the day please let us know.

We look forward to seeing you all the Presentation Day.



School Saving Bonus

You will most likely have received an email from the education department about your School Saving Bonus (SSB) recently.  In the email, It will have a code for you to use to login and allocate where you would like your SSB to be used. Its no rush to get on the SSB site and allocate what you would like to have your SSB spent on.  It is for spending on next years goods and activities.  Below are some links and information that will help you when you are ready.

The SSB website login

Here is a how to video.

System guide for parents.




Progressing Cobden



Dates to Remember

Please take a look at our upcoming events.