College Council

The February meeting of the Newcomb Secondary College Council took place on Thursday evening. Among the items discussed were the start to the school year, the recent lockdown and the progress of our building program. We also approved a number of outdoor education excursions, the Year 7 Beach Days and the Year 7 and 8 camps to Anglesea.

College Council Elections

Nominations for the election of the new College Council close today—Tuesday, 23rd February, 2021 at 4.00pm. A list of candidates, nominators and seconders will be displayed in the Newcomb Secondary College Office by Thursday, 25th February, 2021. If an election is necessary, the appropriate documentation will be distributed to parents and the ballot will close on Tuesday, 9th March, 2021 at 4.00pm

Mr Phil Honeywell, Principal

Mr James Murphy, Assistant Principal

Mr Scott McLeod, Assistant Principal

Newcomb Athletics Carnival

Landy Field, Monday 1 March 2021

Its Athletics season and the big question is can Harrison make it a hat trick of victories? In both 2018 and 2019, they won the overall trophy for best house in athletics. Last year, you will remember that the carnival couldn’t be held due to Covid 19. They didn’t have it their own way though in 2019. Up until the relays, the mighty frogs, Drysdale, were leading.

We would love every student in the school to get involved in this fun day. Yes, many will be exhausted by the end of it, but it will provide you with memories that will last forever.

Don’t forget to dress up in your house colours. Make sure you bring something to eat as there is no canteen this year. Bring either drinks or your drink bottle to fill up during the day.

Some questions that people have been asking: Will Mr Unmack dress in yellow?

Will Mr Murphy tell a joke over the loud hailer, has Mrs Dyer planned some “never seen before” novelty events and what interesting fact has Mr Horsted for us?

Don’t forget to have permission forms submitted via Compass by Thursday 25th February.

The year 9 GROW teaching team spent the afternoon with Elly from the Geelong Tech School learning how to use Tiltbrush VR for their upcoming unit ’Virtual X’. In this unit, students will work in teams to conceptualise, design and produce a virtual exhibit to be included in a public exhibition at ACMI, Federation Square, later in the year. We can’t wait to invite you to the show!

On February the 19th, Sharon and Tim from Values for Life, visited our school to talk to us about identity, acceptance, goals and resilience. To begin with, year nine classes joined together to make one group and was introduced to Tim. Tim summarised what we would be doing throughout the day, and taught us a few new games. Tim spoke to all of us about challenging ourselves and moving past our mistakes.

Then, we split off into two groups - Females and Males to talk about different issues for different genders and breaking down stereotypes. Sharon spoke to the female group, whilst Tim spoke to the male group. Sharon spoke to us about beauty standards that the media portrays to us. She told us, it was okay to be insecure, but we should not worry too much about how we look. She told us now a days, teenage girls are exposed to unrealistic stereotypes and gave us strategies to challenge these. Sharon also talked to us about acceptance, and how our bad days can be made so much worse by the behaviour of others, but we have choices as to how we take this on board.

Hailee Scarlet and Wren

Conveyance Allowance Program

Applications for Term 1 close 12^th March 2021

The conveyance allowance is a form of financial assistance to help families in rural and regional Victoria with the cost of transporting their children to their nearest appropriate school/campus.

To be eligible to claim the Conveyance Allowance, students must:

• attend their nearest government or non-government school/campus appropriate to their year level at which admission is permissible

• be enrolled at a school/campus outside Melbourne’s metropolitan conveyance boundary

• reside 4.8km or more by the shortest practicable route from that school/campus attended

• be of school age (5 to 18 years old at time of application) and reside in Victoria.

Application Process

Step 1 Complete PTV School Student ID and Student Pass Application Form
(including student photographs)

Step 2 Bring completed PTV form to the General Office so that it can be stamped
and signed

Step 3 Take PTV form to nearest manned train station to have card made. Whilst at
the station, purchase either a half-yearly or yearly Myki pass and obtain a
receipt

Step 4 Complete Form 3: Conveyance Allowance application - Public transport travel
and return to the General Office with Myki receipt

Step 5 Reimbursement will be made to families in June and December

Any queries regarding this can be made through Mrs Greenwood at the office 5248 1400.

School Lawyer Information Sheet

GSODA Workshop Flyer

Footy Coaching