Kyneton High School

In our last newsletter there was a call for nominations for the School Council.  The deadline for nominations to be due has been extended to Tuesday 16th March 2021.   Please contact the General Office if you would like a copy of the nomination form sent to you.  I encourage all parents to consider this excellent opportunity to be involved in the governance of the school.  We have an exciting period ahead of us, with the recent government grant of $10.991 million dollars delivering the next stage of capital works.  We are now in the planning phase and School Council plays a key role in this process.

We are currently preparing for our Pre-orientation Day coming up on Wednesday 24th March.  This is an annual event during which we host students in Grades 5 and 6 from our local “feeder” primary schools, of which there are 10.  These students will have the opportunity to get a taste of secondary schooling at Kyneton High School and to find out what makes this school such a great learning environment.  Year 12 students will continue with their usual on-site timetables and other year levels are not required at school.

Our first report cycle is also in its final stage of preparation and will be released to parents and carers via XUNO at the end of next week.  There will be Parent Teacher Interviews early in Term 2, on Tuesday 27th April.  Please do not hesitate, however, to contact teachers if there are any questions arising from the progress reports when they are received.

Congratulations to Ms Gunter and her Year 7 team for an enjoyable and successful Camp last week.  The camp itself enabled the students to immerse themselves in a team building environment in which they developed their confidence and built relationships with peers and teachers. 

The circumstances of the gastro outbreak were unfortunate but we are pleased to report that we have had no further cases of gastro reported to the school by families to date, and the vast majority of students affected have already recovered. We would ask that parents/guardians monitor children for any gastro-like symptoms (nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea). If your child presents with any of these symptoms, please keep them home from school and take them to the GP. DHHS guidelines say that students should be kept home for 48 hours after their symptoms have finished. If you are keeping your child home from school for this reason, it is important that you report this on the school absence line (call 54211100) and mention that they are displaying gastro symptoms. Many thanks to families affected for their great level of communication with the school on this matter.

Finally, my thanks to the Senior Team for the VCE and VCAL Information Evening which was held this week.  The feedback was that there was lots of very helpful information and it was wonderful for parents to be able to be able to come on-site and interact with staff in person. 

Ana Rees

Executive Principal

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The Sex Smart Youth working group is made up of paid youth participants, and health and community organisations who work with young across the Macedon Ranges. The working group has co-designed the Sex Smart Youth survey with young people, which will be open from 1-31 March. We are aiming to find out what young people know, don’t know, wish they knew earlier and want to know more about in relation to sexual and reproductive health.

 This survey is open to all 12-25 year-olds connected to the Macedon Ranges.  We hope that with strong engagement with the survey, we will have local data to support youth driven sexual and reproductive health projects, applications for funding in this space, and to inform actions of the Sex Smart Youth working group for 2021 and beyond.

Access the survey here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/sexsmartyouth

Kyneton Tigers

Junior Football Development Program

Starts 8th Feb 4:30-5:45pm at the Kyneton Showgrounds

Under 16 Boys and Under 14 Girls/Boys : 8th Feb - April

Under 12 Boys/Girls : 8th March - April

Free to participate, email kfnc.juniorsecretary@gmail.com to register

www.kynetonfnc.com

Apprenticeships Victoria is looking to employ a large number of apprentices on some government big build projects such as the North East Link and Footscray Hospital.  

Anyone interested can register their interest. 

https://www.vic.gov.au/big-build-apprenticeships-bba