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Issue 6 – Term 2 – Week 9 Wednesday , 22 June 2011

The Dolphin

Great Lakes College

A Quality Education in a Modern Learning Environment

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Above photo: Mrs Abha Sahgal with Leadership Students from Tuncurry Junior Campus & Tuncurry Senior Campus. From left; Mrs Abha Sahgal, Rachael Abberton, Rianne De Ridder (exchange student) Sam Clarke, Jack Katen, Dana Fletcher, Liam Bell and Melissa Coote.

School Holidays Commence Monday July, 4th with

students returning to school on Tuesday July, 19th

Mrs Abha Sahgal, Principal of Sanskriti School in New Delhi was a recent guest at Great Lakes College. See full article on page nine and ten.

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COLLEGE NEWS

Principals Report

One of the many showcases the College presents is our College Musical every 2 years. This year the musical “Pippin” will be performed this Thursday 23rd, Friday 24th and Saturday 25th in the evening at Forster Campus. This is an excellent production and staff and students have been working overtime rehearsing, building props, lighting and sound checks, behind the scenes activities and in front of house operations. To stage a production of this size across the college takes considerable time and effort after school and on weekends, so I would like to thank those staff, students and parents who have been part of the team to enable our students to display their talents.

On the weekend Great Lakes CollegeSenior Campus held its annual Open and HSC Study Day which again was a resounding success. Visitors were able to tour the campus and gather information on the operations and facilities, while over 100 Year 12 students from across the Lower North Coast and Manning Districts were able to have tutorials on a number of HSC subjects to further develop their knowledge and skills leading into this year’s HSC. Again congratulations to the staff, students, ancillary staff, P&C representatives and canteen manager for a very worthwhile experience for all students in public education.

Staff Development Day next term will be based on “enhancing technology in the classroom”. All staff will be attending a variety of workshops in line with our College Strategic Plan including Moodles, Blogs, interactive whiteboards and OneNote software. In these staff will be given the opportunity to build upon their current skills and expertise and integrate these strategies into quality teaching and learning in the classroom incorporating the Digital Electronic Revolution ( DER) pathway.

As this is the last dolphin this term may I wish you an enjoyable and safe school holiday.

Graeme Jennings College Principal

Set roughly in medieval times, Pippin is the story of a young prince (the son of the great emperor Charlemagne) who is trying to find his way through life. He is never satisfied with his life, so keeps moving from one pursuit to another. These include:

♦ War – complete with flying body parts and a dismembered talking head

♦ Women – which ends in disaster

♦ Politics – including an assassination

♦ Romance – one that becomes forbidden

At every turn of Pippin’s journey, a troupe of players (actors) led by a wicked Leading Player, tries very hard to make him fail and ultimately destroy his life, you have to watch the show to see how it ends!

The show is full of comical characters including a wicked stepmother, a war hungry king and a raunchy old grandmother and is brought together through a series of classic Broadway style musical numbers.

All performances will be at Forster Campus MPH. Performance dates and times are:

♦ Thursday 23rd June – 7pm

♦ Friday 24th June – 7pm

♦ Saturday 25th June – 7pm

Tickets are: $12 Adults, $8 Students / Concession, $30 Family (of 4). Tickets are available from the cashier at both Forster Campus and Tuncurry Junior Campus or at the door on the night.

Vincent Jensen ­ Producer/Director

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GLLC Leadership Day

On Wednesday the 8th June, the Great Lakes Learning Community (GLLC) held a Leadership Day for 6 feeder primary schools for Great Lakes College. Over 100 students in a leadership role at their schools participated in the day. Principals from all primary and secondary schools within the Great Lakes College area wanted to continue developing leadership skills that students had been shown from various programs such as the Impact Leadership Day and Peer Support training.

Primary schools in attendance included Nabiac PS, Bungwahl PS, Pacific Palms PS, Hallidays Point PS, Tuncurry PS and Forster PS.

Group sessions were run by Yr 9 and Yr 10 student leaders from the Student Representative Councils for both Tuncurry and Forster Junior Campuses.

The leadership day was opened by Mr Graeme Jennings, the College Principal. Guest speakers and former student leaders from the Tuncurry Senior Campus spoke to the primary school leaders about their experiences, inspirations and aspirations. Jasper Lawson and Alana Leung both graduated in 2010 and

spoke of making a difference as a leader and setting sights on achievable goals.

Mr Leo Amato delivered a workshop on the finer points to successful public speaking and set the students an interesting task to do. The students were catered for by the Students Take Charge team of leaders from TJC.

The day was organised by Mrs Wendy Atchison from TPS and Ms Jo St Hill from TJC.

Mrs St Hill Librarian Tuncurry Junior Campus

Deadly Yarns Day at Great Lakes College

On Monday 27th June 2011 Deadly Yarns will be held for Indigenous students from Years 9 to12 and their families. The day is aimed at encouraging students to complete their secondary education aspire to fulfilling employment, and to engage in further education at TAFE or University.

Indigenous former students will attend to meet with, and encourage, younger students. These will include: Rebecca Brown, Paige Miller, Nat Heath, Jake Lee, Erin Taylor and Josh Brown. Several community organisations and local employers will be present to speak to students about opportunities in the local area. Possibilities of tertiary study will also be provided by TAFE and University of Newcastle representatives. Students will learn how their own wardrobe can be adjusted to be worn at a job interview, and entertainment will be provided by Benn and Andy Saunders and Jay Davis.

All Indigenous students are expected to attend, and their families especially welcome. Please RSVP to Linda Drenkhahn (6555 0555) at the Senior Campus for catering purposes.

Linda Drenkhahn Careers Adviser—Tuncurry Senior Campus

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Great Lakes College Chaplains

The Chaplain or pastoral care worker role is varied. We are employed by Great Lakes Education Christian Care Association and work to a code of conduct which states;

“The school Chaplain provides pastoral care, general religious and personal advice, and comfort and support to all students and staff, irrespective of their religious beliefs. Their role is to support students and the wider school community in a range of ways, such as assisting students to exploring their spirituality; providing guidance on religious, values and ethical matters; helping school counsellors and staff in offering welfare services and support in cases of bereavement, family breakdown, and other crisis and loss situations.”

We build relationships with students through our involvement in school programs, for example “Rainbow Day” and “Boys to Men” at Tuncurry Junior Campus, “Chill Out Breakfast” program at Forster Campus, excursions, sports days and carnivals.

We organise recess groups at Tuncurry Senior Campus and lunch time groups at both Forster Campus and Tuncurry Junior Campus. These groups are open to any student who wishes to come along.

Wendy and Andy College Chaplains

Combined Great Lakes College Band Workshop

This was the Combined Great Lakes College Band Workshop with Tuncurry and Forster Public School band students on Thursday 2nd June. There were a total of 60 students taking part in the workshop which was a wonderful opportunity for all of the students to work together to develop a musical friendship. We are looking forward to many more workshops and combined rehearsals with these bands in the future.

Any student interested in joining the Great Lakes College Band see your Music teacher or Mrs. Duggan at Tuncurry Campus. Rehearsals are: for Tuncurry Campus students each Tuesday 8.00am to 9.00am in the Music prac area G block; for Forster Campus students each Thursday 8.00am to 9.00am in Music room 1.

Jane Duggan Head Teacher Creative & Performing Arts

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

College Musical ................................ June, 23—25

Deadly Yarns ..................................... June, 27

School Holidays ................................ July, 4—18th

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FORSTER CAMPUS watching our U15 Boys Soccer team play Port Macquarie. This was the third round of the competition and the manner in which it was played made me extremely proud. Although the boys lost, 3‐1, the game was so very much closer and, as many soccer fans know, sometimes it’s just bad luck at the end of the game. Our team took so many shots on goal – they just were unfortunate not to convert.

So far, this has been a wonderful term for our school. I hope to see many of you on the 23rd through to the 25th of June when our musical, ‘Pippin’, takes to the stage.

Judy Hall Principal

Deputy Principal’s Report

Wow, what a period of wet weather we’ve just had! For the first time at Forster Campus we had to send students from Coomba Park home early due to flooding. Last week was very challenging, both for students and staff. I want to congratulate the vast majority of students on their cooperation throughout this period of time.

We had a visit last week from the Police Liaison Officer Bruce Gauld who gave us some information regarding investigations into Facebook. Bruce highlighted the rise of fake accounts on Facebook and the damaging messages being sent from these fake accounts. His advice to schools and parents is to make a formal complaint to Facebook. If enough people complain they flag the site and then shut it down. If there is highly offensive material on the page then contact the Police and they will have it shut down. He highlighted the importance of keeping your password secret and difficult to crack.

To test how secure your password is try this site.

http://howsecureismypassword.net/

Our ‘Art Heart’ program continues to be a huge success, operating each Tuesday. I would like to publicly thank Donna Rankin and Cathy Keech for their time, effort and dedication to this program.

As this will be the last Dolphin for the term I wish everybody a safe and enjoyable holiday.

Brad Germon & Kim Hamilton Deputy Principals’

Principal’s Report

Semester One exams are now complete and staff are busily finalising reports. This is a hectic time for everyone and one where all staff reflect on what students have achieved and how they have learnt. This will involve the teachers in looking closely at their programs and making adjustments to better suit student needs.

Year Advisers and the executive also read the reports and use the information gleaned there to better support students, make class changes and liaise with parents and students in need. Of course we also take great pride in all of those students who have worked hard to attain some wonderful achievements.

I read every single one of the reports that go home. Although time consuming, it is one of the most important tasks that I do as it provides me with vital information about each individual student, their teachers and their classes.

In Week 8, I was very proud to attend one of our regular SRC meetings. I was delighted to learn more about the Leadership Day that took place at the Tuncurry site and involved leadership teams from our Learning Community. All of our Stage 4 student leaders attended and were enthusiastic about meeting the students who will be coming to our school in just a few short years. I was also excited to hear about plans for our ‘Forster’s Got Talent’ event that will take place next term. The brainchild of Saul Brady, this event is a hugely popular one and there will be $300 prize money up for grabs.(Saul won this money for our school earlier this year in the Toastmasters’ Youth Public Speaking Competition).

Preparations for our college musical, ‘Pippin’, are well underway and as the principal of the home campus for this event, I never cease to be amazed at the sheer amount of work that my staff do. Already there have been many working bees – but the community do not see all the work that goes on during teacher prepara‐tion periods where staff are working on props and costumes. Mr Jensen and Mrs Richardson (Tuncurry Junior Campus) always work hard during this time – but the huge number of man hours put in by Careers Adviser, Mr Brian Hunt, outside of school hours awes me. We are all hugely in debt to his efforts.

On Thursday 9th June, I took great pleasure in

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Farwell

This term we farewell two of our very experienced and highly valued executive staff who are retiring. Mrs Wendy Flitcroft (Head Teacher – Support) has been part of the executive team since 2002 and brought to the position a depth of knowledge, a passion for students with special needs, a commitment to staff professional development and support, as well as a love of learning that is second to none. A farewell morning tea and lunch was held for her on Friday, June 10th.

Mr Bob Tourle (Head Teacher Science) has been part of the executive team since 2006. Our science faculty is one of the highest performing faculties in the school and this is partly attributable to Bob. Bob has brought to the position a deep knowledge and passion for science. His absolute professionalism and commit‐ment to quality has placed our science department at the cutting edge. Bob’s last day will be on 1st July.

Healthy Schools, Healthy Futures

Last year our school nominated to be part of this program which focuses on looking at improving the health and well‐being of Year 7‐10 students during the challenging teenage years.

The Healthy Schools, Healthy Futures (HSHF) program is joint initiative between Department of Education and Training, Catholic Schools and Hunter New England Health. One of the goals of the program is to increase the resilience (including the personal skills and traits, positive influences in young person’s environment) characteristics of our students and to improve their health and wellbeing.

Our school has been selected among thirty two high schools from across the New England, Hunter/Central Coast and North Coast regions to participate in this study that will run in our school for four years. If you have a child in Years 7 - 10 you will shortly receive some information in the mail asking for your written consent for your child to participate in the student survey part of the study. You will also be invited to complete a parent survey.

If you have any other questions about this program or about yours or your child’s participation in this study please contact Megan Freund the Healthy Schools, Healthy Futures Program Manager on (02) 4924 6499.

Red Cross Fundraiser

On Monday 30th May, three Year 8 Students prepared a lunch for staff at Great Lakes College Forster Campus. It

was part of a school Welfare Program based around being ‘charitable’ and ‘giving to others’. The students; Kiara Holmes‐Clark, Krystal Marlin and Imogen Blows have been working with the Pastoral Care Worker, Wendy Russell, in researching a charity to support and then fundraising for that charity.

The students chose the Red Cross and were required to research the organisation, giving them a broader understanding of community programs and the needs of the broader community. They also were required to plan an event where by funds could be raised. In doing this they received knowledge and experience of OHS food safety standards, hospitality and event organisation skills.

Approximately 20 staff attended the morning and complemented the girls on their cooking skills. A total of $110.00 was raised for the Red Cross. Congratula‐tions!!

Mrs Hopley Head Teacher Welfare

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

College Musical ................................ June, 23—25

School Reports Issued ...................... June, 28

Formal Assembly ............................... June, 29

Year 8 Reward Excursion ................... June, 30

Above: Imogen Blows, Krystal Marlin and Kiara Holmes­Clark

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Chill Out Breakfast ­ Volunteer ­ Thank You Morning Tea

Wednesday 1st June 17 volunteers from the ‘Chill Out’ Breakfast Program gathered at the Great Lakes College‐ Forster Campus Library to celebrate their continuing efforts with the program. Many are original volunteers and have been supporting the program for 8 years. They were treated with a delicious morning tea prepared by Ros Bultitude from our canteen and the event was hosted by Mrs Hopley (Head Teacher Welfare) with some help from three Year 9 SRC students; Saul Brady, Rebecca Scott and Elle Fisher.

The ‘Chill Out’ Breakfast program runs every Tuesday and Thursday morning from 7:50‐8.30am in the MPH at Forster Campus. All students are welcome.

Thank you for all your efforts volunteers! We couldn’t do it without you!

Mrs Hopley Head Teacher Welfare

Our Leaders visit Parliament House

On the 3rd June we were privileged to attend the annual young leaders’ conference at Parliament House in Sydney. An initiative of the Governor of New South Wales, Marie Bashir, young leaders from across the state were invited for a tour of Parliament House and Government House ‐ the official residence of the Governor and her husband.

Activities on the day included the chance to talk to current members of parliament and witness

proceedings of political debate. The day provided us the chance to acquaint ourselves with leadership roles in parliament, and from this take away important and essential advice that shapes being a leader, in a number of roles.

Amelia Cross and Josh Walpole SRC Leadership Team

Above: Josh Walpole and Amelia Cross on the marble steps at Parliament House, Sydney.

Global Leadership Convention – Hunger and Poverty in East Timor

On Thursday 16th of June Vice Captains Josh Walpole and Riana Johnston, along with Prefects Ben Summers and Alex Underwood attended the World Vision Global Leadership Convention at Newcastle City Hall. Simulation games made us clearly understand the impact countries can have on each other with their trade policies and foreign policies. Speakers spoke with compassion and humour about their experiences in poverty stricken East Timor. We were shocked to learn that even though East Timor was less than an hour and a half from Australia’s northern city of Darwin, poverty and hunger are widespread.

We were urged to participate in the 40 Hour Famine and to encourage our school population to support it with enthusiasm and vigour. East Timor is the nominated country to be supported this year, and our speakers focused on the plight of a small girl named Lily, who became the human face of the problem.

A very important lesson was learnt during our day: that every day 1 billion people go hungry throughout the world. And yet, in volume we have enough food to feed 12 billion people. We are only 5 billion people in total, so why are 1 billion going hungry every day?

We were made to realise that it is important for us all

Front row: (left to right)­ Christine Newman, Rebecca Scott, Dennis C. Malone, Tonia Hopley, Doreen Ovens, Keith Bastian, Dawn Baker Back row: (left to right)­ Saul Brady, Dianne Simpson, Mavis Humphries, Elle Fisher, David Baker, Graham Leadbeatter

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to use our voices in a positive way to spread the word about problems faced by other countries, even our nearest neighbours.

A voice is an important thing. Most of us use it to complain about our own selfish needs, when we could use it to inform and help others. This is what we plan to do as the 40 Hour Famine approaches.

Alex Underwood and Ben Summers SRC Leadership Team

Principal’s Report

It is almost difficult to believe that we are nearing the end of another term taking us to the middle of the year! Certainly one of the recent challenges we have faced has been the flooding which has disrupted attendance for some students and staff. I would like to express my thanks to staff who took extra classes for their colleagues who were unable to get to work. It was a wonderful team effort!

As we reflect on the term there has been an impressive array of extra curricular learning opportunities for students. We have had students involved in; the College musical PIPPIN, Art Heart, Peer Support, volunteering with Meals on Wheels, the Surprise café, sporting success in rugby league, girls’ and boys’ soccer, athletics and the list goes on. I am very proud of students involved in these activities and thank parents and teachers for the support that makes this all possible.

We are looking forward to students receiving their semester one reports in week 10. These reports which comment on student learning outcomes and applications to learning, are a very important part of

Ben Sum

mers, A

lex Underw

ood, Josh Walpole and R

iana Johnston in The World Vision scarves.

the school calendar. I urge parents to take the opportunity to discuss teachers’ comments and student results with their child.

Earlier this term, we surveyed parents and students regarding changes to the Year 10 Farewell. Survey responses indicated that both parents and students favoured a separate campus dinner dance event for Year 10 only. As a result, organisation and planning for the 2011 event is underway and we can look forward to a happy celebration of our students’ achievements.

At our last assembly we had the pleasure of hearing from visiting principal, Mrs A Segal from the Sanskriti School in New Delhi. Mrs Segal spoke about life in her school of over 2,000 students. At the same time she emphasised the way in which, as part of humanity, students in her country shared the same feeling and hopes as students here in Tuncurry. It was a truly inspiring presentation and we are hoping to continue contact with Mrs Segal and her students through the wonders of technology and the connected classroom.

We also welcome another new member of staff to the campus. Mrs Lesley Pring was successful at merit selection gaining the position of School Administration Manager, responsible for coordination of the Administration team in the school. Mrs Pring replaces Mrs Lynn Wright who has come back from retirement this term to support the campus until a new replacement was selected. I would like to acknowledge the wonderful work done by Mrs Wright and thank her for her outstanding support.

As a school, it continues to be a pleasure to work with parents to develop students’ academic and social skills and I look forward to many more great things in the future.

Veronica Amato Principal

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

College Musical ................................ June, 23—25

School Social ..................................... June, 28

Formal Assembly ............................... June, 28

NAIDOC Assembly ............................ June, 29

School Reports Issued ...................... June, 30

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Deputy Principal’s Report

Hello everyone. I hope you are enjoying reading the Dolphin. Today I wanted to discuss our uniforms, truancy, reports, school social and assemblies in Week 10. Let me start though by highlighting the upcom‐ing College Musical event. The staff and students involved have done an outstanding job of preparing a well presented musical production called Pippin. I know it will be referred to in other parts of the Dol‐phin but I just wanted to say how impressed we are here at Tuncurry Junior Campus by the dedication and professionalism of the staff involved and the com‐mitment of the students involved. It looks great.

Uniform

Again I need to draw your attention to the necessity for students to wear the full school uniform, especially school jumpers. It is extremely difficult to distinguish between intruders and students if students are wearing coloured jumpers, especially if they are hooded. This creates a safety issue due to the nature of our site. Can you please ensure that your child is wearing the correct uniform at all times when they are coming to school .

Truancy

By definition, a student is regarded as being truant if they are not where they are supposed to be at all times. Teachers are required to check student attendance every period and send a sheet to the front office indicating any students who were absent. This then instigates a process for the office staff to check all records held relating to sick bay and student partial attendance or extra‐curricular activities.

If a student is marked as absent from class and their name does not appear on any of these other records, then they will receive a note during roll call to go to the Deputy Principal’s office to explain their where‐abouts at the time of the marked absence. It is absolutely vital that students take the opportunity to act by seeing the Deputy Principal when they receive such a slip. Failure to do so will result in them being recorded as being truant, even if they weren’t.

If they were truant, they are required to do a detention, pick up papers in the playground and take the signed slip back to the Deputy Principal. If they have been truant more than twice they will receive a formal warning of suspension. Being truant more than 3 times will result in suspension for persistent disobedience.

Reports

Reports for Semester One will be distributed during P5 on Thursday 30/6/11 to all students who are in attendance for the day. It is NOT acceptable for a student to arrive to school late in the day and expect to have their reports issued to them with the other students. Under these circumstances, reports will not be issued to students who arrive late without a valid reason. If there is a valid reason for the lateness then the student should come through the front office with evidence to support their reason for being late.

School Social

As you are probably aware by now, we are running another school social on Tuesday 28/6/11. Unfortunately the start and finish times on the permission note are incorrect. It will begin at 6:30pm and finish at 9:00pm.

Students are to be dropped off and picked up in the TAFE car park following the map and instructions on the back of the permission note.

Assemblies

During Week 10 we are having both our NAIDOC assembly as well as our Merit assembly. The Merit assembly is on Tuesday 28/6/11 starting at 10:00am sharp and the NAIDOC assembly is on Wednesday 29/6/11 also starting at 10:00am sharp. Visitors are most welcome at both assemblies.

Paul Bulbert Deputy Principal

A Special Visitor for Great Lakes College

Mrs Abha Sahgal, Principal of Sanskriti School in New Delhi India, was a recent guest at Great Lakes College. This visit was a reciprocal arrangement following senior campus Principal Steve Nicholas’ visit to Mrs Saghal’s school (and several other schools) in India during January on an educational leaders’ exchange program.

Mrs Sahgal visited all campuses of the college as well as Bulahdelah Central School and Pacific Palms Public School, to observe programs, teachers and classes at work, and to discuss educational matters. She had the opportunity to teach classes at Pacific Palms PS and

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in the senior campus. The students in Year 2 at Pacific Palms were thrilled to hear about life in India. Year 11 Drama, Year 12 Textiles and Design and Year 12 Society and Culture students took full advantage of Mrs Sahgal’s visit to learn about Kathakali theatre, Bollywood, traditional textiles of India and the various faiths – particularly Hinduism – of India.

Mrs Sahgal also met with the student leadership team over morning tea and discussed a whole range of matters in response to the students’ enthusiastic quizzing. Food, school, school leaders, religion and the like were all topics of lively discussion.

Perhaps the highlight of Mrs Saghal’s visit was the senior campus formal assembly. The assembly centred on a theme of reconciliation, and began with a moving “smoking ceremony” by Steve Brereton and Aboriginal students. Various speakers, including Mr Nicholas, Mrs Sahgal and Year 12 student Stephanie Connolly, linked themes of reconciliation with Indigenous Australians to reconciling differences and building bridges between Australia and India. Mrs Sahgal spoke passionately about her observations of Australian students, their enthusiasm, inquisitiveness and friendliness. She reflected on how there are more similarities uniting our two countries than there are differences that divide them and developed a vision where, together, we will celebrate our differences in order to build an harmonious future.

Mrs Saghal’s openness and enthusiasm for Great Lakes schools and community should ensure a continued warm relationship between our two schools.

Stephen Nicolson Principal

Forster Primary School ­ Stephanie Alexander School Kitchen

Developing and fostering linkages amongst schools is one of the great attributes in working with a community of schools. Great Lakes College Hospitality teachers Ann Belcher and Tania Morton volunteered their time to assist Forster Public school prepare for the opening of their school’s first teaching kitchen.

The success of Forster Primary school’s vegetable garden has grown, with the school now having a Stephanie Alexander School Kitchen where students and staff prepare and cook produce from their school garden.

Both Ann and Tania volunteered their time to assist

the school prepare the kitchen and assist the primary school have a kitchen that could cater for the kids and the school’s needs. The Hospitality Staff hope to see these classroom cooks again in the senior campus kitchens.

If anyone would like to volunteer their time to assist in either the kitchen or the school’s garden, please give Forster Public school a call.

Ann Belcher Hospitality Teacher

Above: Ann Belcher and Tania Morton in the Forster Primary School, Stephanie Alexander School Kitchen

Wallamba Netball Club

Wallamba Netball Club has lost a few players in their 11/12 year old team and also in their 14/15 year old team. If there are girls wanting to play they would be most welcome. It would not be necessary to attend training in Nabiac unless they wished to do so. The competition games are played on Saturdays in Forster. Anyone interested can contact our President ‐ Shalon Patterson on 6554 1978 or myself on 6554 1595. Thank you

Gerry Ryall Secretary Wallamba Netball Club

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FORSTER CAMPUS CANTEEN ROSTER Ph. 6554 5259 or Ros 6554 8432

Monday 20/06 Tuesday 21/06 Wednesday 22/06 Thursday 23/06 Friday 24/06

B Haffernan H Hammond

J Thomas L Perry

P McNamara B Ellery

P Crawley C Harrison K McGowen

M Cichon

Monday 27/06 Tuesday 28/06 Wednesday 29/06 Thursday 30/06 Friday 01/07

C Gorton R Ridley

N Williams S Klein

M Parry M Malzard

L Murphy P Crawley

D Hicks

M Caldwell G McBride

TUNCURRY CAMPUS CANTEEN ROSTER Ph. Belinda 6555 0575

Monday 20/06 Tuesday 21/06 Wednesday 22/06 Thursday 23/06 Friday 24/06

Volunteers urgently needed

Volunteers urgently needed

Volunteers urgently needed

Volunteers urgently needed

Volunteers urgently needed

Monday 27/06 Tuesday 28/06 Wednesday 29/06 Thursday 30/06 Friday 01/07

Volunteers urgently needed

Volunteers urgently needed

Volunteers urgently needed

Volunteers urgently needed

Volunteers urgently needed

If you are able to assist in either canteen please contact the phone numbers above. Help is always appreciated.

The Great Lakes College Canteen Rosters

If you are unable to attend please try to swap with someone else, if not please telephone the contact person at the top of your roster. Thank you for supporting the canteen, we could not function without your help and support. If possible please be at the canteen by 9.00am.

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COLLEGE CONTACTS

PREFERRED UNIFORM SUPPLIER

Great Lakes College Principal:

Mr Graeme Jennings

Phone: 6555 0555

LOWES Stockland Shopping Centre

Breese Parade FORSTER 2428 Ph.6555 3870

JUNGLE SURF 86 Manning Street TUNCURRY 2428

Ph. 6555 8556 www.junglesurf.com.au

KELLIE TURNER EMBROIDERY 27 Pine Avenue

TUNCURRY 2428 Ph. 6555 8698

Forster Campus Principal:

Mrs Judy Hall Cape Hawke Drive Forster 2428 Phone: (02) 6554 6062 Fax: (02) 6555 6904 Canteen Phone: (02) 6554 5259 Email: [email protected]

www.glcforster-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Tuncurry Campus Principal:

Mrs Veronica Amato The Northern Parkway Tuncurry 2428 Phone: (02) 6555 0500 Fax: (02) 6557 6511 Canteen Phone: (02) 6555 0575 Email: [email protected]

www.glctuncjun-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Tuncurry Senior Campus Principal:

Mr Stephen Nicholas The Northern Parkway Tuncurry 2428 Phone: (02) 6555 0555 Fax: (02) 6557 5766 Canteen Phone: (02) 6555 0575 Email: [email protected] www.glctuncsen-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

College Office Hours All Campuses

8am to 4pm Monday to Friday

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ABSENCE NOTE:

Student Name:_____________________________________ Roll Call Class: _______________

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ABSENCE NOTE:

Student Name:____________________________________ Roll Call Class: _______________

Date of Absence(s): _____________________________________________________________________

Reason for Absence: _____________________________________________________________________

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Parent Signature: ___________________________________________ Date: _______________

ABSENCE NOTE:

Student Name:____________________________________ Roll Call Class: _______________

Date of Absence(s): _____________________________________________________________________

Reason for Absence: _____________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

Parent Signature: ___________________________________________ Date: _______________

To notify the school of any student absence please complete an absence note below and return to the school office.

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