23 November 2017

Newsletter Articles

Key Dates

Friday 24 November – Saturday 25 November – Cattle Handlers (Deloraine Show).
Friday 1 December – Devonport Show Day.
Monday 4 December: North West High Schools Sports Association Inter High Athletics.
Monday 4 December – School Association Special Meeting (7pm).
Tuesday 5 December – Orientation Day.
Thursday 7 December – Arts Concert Evening (7pm).
Friday 8 December – Saturday 9 December – Cattle Handlers (Circular Head Show).
Friday 8 December – Year 10 First Aid Training.
Tuesday 12 December – Presentation Day Awards Assembly (11.30am).
Wednesday 13 December – Cattle Handlers Dinner.
Thursday 14 December – Year 10 Celebration Dinner.
Thursday 14 December – Picnic K-6.
Friday 15 December – Last day Year 11/12.
Tuesday 19 December – Railton End of Year Assembly (2pm).
Wednesday 20 December – Picnic: The Bluff, Devonport Years 7 – 10.
Wednesday 20 December – Christmas Assembly P – 6.
Thursday 21 December – Year 10 Assembly.
Thursday 21 December – Last day of term (students).

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents,

School Show

This year we were again fortunate with the weather, with the show proceeding in good conditions, our students performed very well, experiencing success in both cattle handling and junior judging competitions.

Congratulations to all of our students that prepared cattle and competed on the day. We had many individual class winners in handling competitions, continuing the success from recent shows across the state.

Thank you to all of our sponsors, judges and volunteers for making our School Show so successful. A particular thank you to Mr Skirving, Mr Barber, Steph McNab and the Show Committee for their tireless work leading up to the event.

Detailed results are included in this newsletter.

Cattle Handlers Team: Back Row (L to R): Tahli Kuipers, Jordan Burr, Tony Temple, Nicholas McCarthy, Catie Loane, Shania Grundy. Middle Row (L to R): Amy Rouse, James Currie, Lillian Rockliff, Billie Chatterton, Jaiden Gleeson, Ethan East. Front Row (L to R): Tayhia Jones-Webb, Bethany Southerwood, Danniel Currie, Alannah East.

Athletics Carnival

Last Friday we held our annual athletics carnival, with 77% of our student population attending and participating enthusiastically in the day. Students across all years were willing to have a go and do their best with the objective being to have fun and add to the point’s tally of their house. The winning house and secondary track and field champions will be announced at an assembly later in the term.

Thank you to all staff for their support of the day, and particularly to our Health and Physical Education staff, Mr Hays, Mrs van Tienen and Miss Langmaid for their organisation and preparation of students leading up to the carnival and to Mr Von Stieglitz for the work behind the scenes in preparing the grounds and tracks.

Presentation Day Assembly

Tuesday 12 December parents and community members are invited to attend our Presentation Day Assembly. The assembly will commence at 11.30 am in the Recreation and Related Arts Building.

Student Achievements

Last Tuesday afternoon the NAPLAN Celebration Event was hosted by the Learning Services Northern Region held at the Penguin District School. At this event Lillian Rockliff was recognised for achieving in the top 1% of NAPLAN results as well as the top result in NAPLAN testing for the Sheffield School. Congratulations Lillian!

Congratulations to Ethan Tirant who continues to build on previous successes within the boxing ring by winning the Male Rising Star award at the IGA/The Advocate Junior Sport Awards recently. Ethan has a terrific future ahead in the sport with his next target being to put himself in a position to qualify for the 2020 Youth Commonwealth Games.

RON DALY
PRINCIPAL

Arts Concert Evening

Assemblies – Awards

P-6 Class Awards – 22 November 2017

7-10 Class Awards – 22 November 2017

Celebration Evening – Year 10

Cooking with Kids

Junior Cattle Handlers Show

Show Results – Beef Ring A

Jordan Burr, Champion (Beef) and Mrs Stewart and her son.

Show Results – Dairy Ring B

Show Results – Hoof and Hook

Railton Canteen

At Railton we are lucky to have a canteen that operates every Tuesday. This is completely run by a group of wonderful volunteers, who we would like to thank for all the work they do to ensure this service happens at our school. With some of our volunteers finishing this year (as their children move to the Sheffield Campus) we are looking forward to inviting new people to help in this area. It could be that you help out weekly or only every couple of weeks. If you can help out as a canteen volunteer in 2018 please see the office at Railton, Miss Pearce or Mrs Last.

We offer Breakfast Club every morning. This provides students with toast or a warm milo to give them energy for the day. We are able to offer this due to volunteers. If you are able to help out in 2018, either one day a week or fortnightly please contact us.

As with all volunteers at schools, you will require a Working with Vulnerable People Card. Staff at the office can assist you completing the online application if needed.

Railton Kindergarten 2018

We will be conducting two orientation session at the Railton Campus, for those students who will be attending Kindergarten at Railton in 2018. These will be held in the Kindergarten/Prep room between 12.00-12.30pm on Thursday, 30 November and Thursday, 7 December. New students will have the opportunity to meet the current Kindergarten students and familiarise themselves with the environment. On Thursday, 7 December parents will be invited to attend an Information Session about the start of Kindergarten. This will be held during LiL (between 11.30 - 12.00) and followed by the orientation session in the Kindergarten room. We look forward to seeing people at these sessions!

Railton Swimming Pool

School Association

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

A special meeting of the School Association has been called for 4 December at 7.00pm in the Year 11 and 12 room at the Sheffield School.

The motion to be tabled is to approve the adoption of the New Model Constitution as prepared by the Education Department.

All members of the School Association are cordially invited to attend.

Community Notices

Asbestos Awareness Month

NOvember is National Asbestos Awareness Month. Australian homeowners, renovators, tradies and handymen need to ‘Get to kNOw Asbestos this NOvember’ by visiting asbestosawareness.com.au to learn how to protect themselves, families and co-workers from exposure to dangerous asbestos fibres.

Many wrongly believe ONLY fibro homes contain asbestos. Asbestos products can be found in ANY Australian home built or renovated before 1987, even brick, weatherboard and clad homes.

Lurking in garages, kitchens, bathrooms, laundries, walls, eaves, fences and under wall and floor coverings: it could be anywhere! Don’t play renovation roulette!

When it comes to asbestos, Go Slow! Asbestos - it’s a NO GO!

Visit the following link to learn what you need to know!

Bus Route 95 – Merseylink

(Sheffield/Railton to Latrobe and Devonport)

Crescendo Choir

Defence Force Recruiting

It has been a busy couple of months for Defence Force Recruiting – Hobart with hundreds of applicants interviewing for their dream jobs in the Australian Defence Force (ADF).

In September we ran the Australian Defence Force Careers Expo that had well over 3500 attendees and featured many different pieces of equipment and ADF staff members. It was truly a pleasure to host so many different schools and all the students that attended were excellent.

YOU SESSIONS

YOU Sessions are filling up for the rest of the year, if your child is keen to get their application started before the end of the year we highly encourage them to call 13 19 01 and book in.

INFORMATION SESSIONS

ACCELERATED TRAINING OPTION – ARMY RESERVE

The Accelerated Training Option (ATO) is a program within the Army Reserve that commences in January 2018. The ATO offers three months of continuous employment and is aimed to get an Army Reserve recruit fully trained within the timeframe. Perfect for year 12 graduates!

Available to Army Reserve Infantry Soldiers this is a great opportunity. To learn more please contact their Defence Force Recruiting Careers Counsellors.

Devonport Athletic Club

Learn to Manage Difficult Behaviour in children 2-12 years old

Sheffield Cricket

Splash

Spreyton Scouts