Another GREAT Week-4

Dear all,

welcome to week 4.

Some key dates for all parents to be aware of next week

Rhythm Nation/ Performing Arts Carnival Wednesday 15 August

Parent Uniform Forum 6:30pm Thursday 16 August.

Please note that due to statewide industrial action on Wednesday 5 September, Parent/ Teacher/Student interviews have been moved to Thursday 6 September.

We began the week with the wonderful news that our student leadership program had won the

Rehearsals for the Performing Arts Carnival continued throughout the week, as all tribes began gearing up for next weeks event. All bias put aside, my sources tell me that although all Tribes are doing great work, it is Blue ( of course) that are setting the standards. We are all looking forward to this event next week. Vive Le Blue!!!

On Tuesday evening we celebrated the fabulous talents of our music program with our Winter Concert. There was a wonderful array of talent on show, and the audience thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Many students had been rehearsing hard with their instrumental teachers, and as always it was all hands on deck in the Music department to make the evening a stunning success. Well done to all.

Wednesday was a busy day for wellbeing programs.

 22 Year 8 and 10 boys continued with the Martial Arts program. The session focussed on courage- to exercise self control, to stand against peer pressure and to think through decisions.

Year 10 GROWTH was centred around the series ‘Survivor’ and the concepts of having a sense of control and sense of purpose in life. Students were provided with a framework by which to make decisions and challenged to think about what provides their life with meaning.

On Thursday we intended to practise our evacuation drill. Unfortunately the wind and rain meant this has to be delayed until another time.

This week we sent home an invitation to all parents to our Parent Uniform Forum on Thursdasy 16 August

Over a period of time students and staff have been working together to discuss ways we can improve the way students wear their uniforms in line with expectations of our community. We want to work closely with our parent community on this important issue. So that we have representation from all members of our community, we would like to invite parents and guardians to a one hour meeting to discuss the implementation of current uniform policy.

This is not a meeting to review the College uniform. Rather it is an opportunity to influence future directions in relation to the way our students wear their uniform. We have worked consistently with students to continue improving the way they wear their uniform. We have worked closely with the students to ensure they feel an ownership of our uniform policy.

On the pages following this letter, you will see a draft document that has been developed with students and staff. This is only a draft document and will be called our “Uniform and appearance expectations” and is yet to be presented to Council.

Following this consultation with our parents/ guardians, we will be presenting a “Uniform and appearance expectations” policy to College Council for ratification and implementation for 2013.

If you are interested in influencing this document, I look forward to seeing you on 16 August at 6:30pm in H Block.

Some key dates for all parents to be aware of for the remainder of Term 3

Rhythm Nation/ Performing Arts Carnival Wednesday 15 August
Parent Uniform Forum 6:30pm Thursday 16 August.
Book/ Movie Character Dress Up Day Friday 24 August
Well-being Week 30 July to 3 August.
Parent/ Student/ Teacher interviews Thursday 6 September
South Street Music Competitions Wednesday - Friday 5-7 September
College Assembly Tuesday 11 September 9am Gym
Parents Association Sausage Sizzle Sunday 16 September Bunnings Vermont Sth
Curriculum Development Day ( Student free Day) Monday 17 September
End Term 3 Friday 21 September

For all other calendar dates please check our FHC calendar on our website. This can be done by simply clicking on this link.