Issue No. 7
Principal:
Assistant Principals:
25h May 2015
Mr David Finnerty
Mrs Sue Glenn
Ms Anne Ure
Ms Karen Shiel
NewsHamper 2015
Phone No: 8795 9400
Fax No: 8795 9455
Absence Line: 8795 9444
Web Address: www.hpsc.vic.edu.au
From the Principal
DATES TO REMEMBER
COLLEGE EXCURSIONS – PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES
From time to time it is necessary to revisit our College policies to ensure that
parents, staff and students are all aware of their responsibilities, to ensure the
College is able to run as smoothly as possible. This week, I would like to talk
about College excursions and how they are to operate.
Any excursion or sporting activity that takes our students out of the College,
requires the students’ parent or guardian to provide their consent via Compass
where available or by signing the form provided for their child to participate in the
activity. The College will at all times provide parents with as much information
about the activity as possible and as much notice as possible, via Compass.
However, sometimes when activities are organized by people outside of the
College, for example, inter-school sport, the timeline provided to the College can
be quite short.
It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that a parent or guardian is provided
with such notifications at the earliest opportunity and that all relevant forms are
completed on Compass or returned to the College by the stated deadline, together
with any payments relevant to the activity. Payments and permission may be
processed through Compass prior to the due date.
All College activities require students to be in full College uniform when
representing the College or participating in extra curricular activities. The
information/permission forms will clearly indicate occasions when students are
required to be in their sports uniform.
On most occasions, students will leave from the College and be returned to the
College at the conclusion of the activity. This enables the College to exercise its
duty of care to students. The exception being, those activities where students will
meet teachers at Hallam Railway Station in the morning and will be dismissed
from Hallam Railway Station at the end of the activity.
Should the activity conclude earlier and students return to the College prior to
their expected return time, students will be supervised at the College by those
teachers accompanying the activity until the normal finish to the school day at
3.08.
Mr David Finnerty
May
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Yr8 Sports 26th
Multi Cultural Assembly
Thurs 28th
29th Bruce Barton
Commemoration to the Anzac
Staff v Student Dodgeball
Yr11 Exams Commence
Friday 29th
June
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Yr11 VCAL Interviews
commence - 1st
Yr11 Exams 1st –5th
Yr7 Sport Tues 2nd
QUEENS BIRTHDAY
HOLIDAY MON 8TH
Tues 9th Yr12 VCAL
Interviews
Thur 11th Yr 12 VCAL
Interviews
Fri 12th Student free day
Tues 16th School Council
meeting
Fri 19th Yr 7 & 10
Immunisation
JUNIOR AND SENIOR SCHOOL NEWS
The following students have been elected into the Student
Representative Council leadership position.
SRC Leadership Positions 2015
President - Rebecca Wilson
Vice President - Allison MacCuaig
Secretary - Jess Hogan
Treasurer - Rashmika Jambu
School Council Liaison - Richelle Smith
Parent Network Liaison - Connor Hibbert
Cluster Liaison - Sarah Michell
I would like to thank everyone for their nominations and to the
unsuccessful candidates in each position you are still a vital
component for Hampton Park Secondary College’s SRC in 2015.
On Tuesday June 2nd, Hampton Park
Secondary College is proudly hosting a
night of the Drama Victoria Theatre
Festival in the RPAC. The event is
sponsored by Monash University and is
specifically for Year 9 and 10 students. We have 3 other
schools from our area joining us on the night. Each group
will perform a group devised performance based on the
same stimulus material. The performances will be 15-20
minutes long and the evening will commence at 7.00pm.
I look forward to working with you all!
Steve Ware
Student Involvement and Engagement Leader
Health and Physical Education Teacher
Hampton Park Secondary College
Ph: 8795 9400
FROM THE STUDENT MANAGERS OFFICE
Lost Property
Please report all lost property items to
the Student Management Office. (Next
to the Junior School Office) For quick
return clearly label pencil cases, bo oks and
uniform items. Check on Compass News
Feed for regular lost/found items.
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MUSIC NEWS
Hampton Park Secondary
College offers great value
instrumental lessons on:
Guitar
Drums
Bass Guitar
Vocals
Keyboard and Piano
Brass and Woodwind
Lessons are great value and
only cost $90 for the rest of the
year.
Join the program now to start
learning immediately.
BEGIN YOUR MUSICAL JOURNEY
ENROL TODAY
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Devon Meadows Junior Football Club is desperately seeking interested
players for the 2015 season. We are particularly looking for players for
our Under 14, 15, 16 and 17 sides.
If you were born in 1998, 1999, 2000 or 2001 and would like to play and
train at the best ground in the area, Casey Fields, come and join the
Panthers who are part of the F&DJFL.
For more details, please contact Liam Moran on 0419 336 516 and/or
visit our website www.devonmeadowsjfc.com
Training is held on Wednesday and Friday evenings.
LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF!
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in
having new eyes”. (Marcel Proust, 19th century novelist)
Volunteer to host an international high school student through Southern Cross
Cultural Exchange and prepare to be amazed at how this unique and rewarding
experience can help bring your family together, understand themselves better and
see the world in a new light.
We have students aged 15-18 arriving from France, Germany, Italy, Spain and
Scandinavia in July 2015 who are seeking welcoming families all over Australia, in
both rural and urban communities. They will live like a local, attend a local
secondary school, arrive with their own spending money and comprehensive
insurance cover – all arranged by Southern Cross Cultural Exchange.
Capture the spirit of family and friendship - visit us on Facebook or at
www.scce.com.au, email [email protected] or call us toll free on 1800 500
501 to request a booklet of international student profiles.
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