From the Principal

Dear Parents/Carers, Staff, Students And Friends

Visit From The Premier

On Wednesday 2 March, Frankston High School welcomed the Premier of Victoria, Mr Daniel Andrews MP, along with State Member for Frankston, Mr Paul Edbrooke MP.  The Premier and our local member had the opportunity to see some of the great spaces at our school and discuss plans for the further modernisation of the 7-10 Campus in line with last year's $15.129 million commitment from the State Government.  The Premier also met with our School Captains and members of the Chill Out Look About team, along with some of our Year 7 PE classes.  We look forward to hosting the Premier and Mr Edbrooke in the near future as we continue to improve our wonderful school. 

Modernisation Funding For The 7-10 Campus

We continue to meet with our architects (B2 Architecture), the Victorian School Building Authority, and DET – South Eastern Victoria Region regarding planning around funding for the modernisations of learning spaces on the 7-10 Campus.  We are now in the Design and Development stage, having completed the schematic design.  This stage involves a lot of planning and discussions around what the spaces will actually look and feel like.  We look forward to keeping you closely updated as we progress and gaining your feedback on these future spaces.  

Chill Out Look About 

On Friday 4 February we had ‘A Current Affair’ visit to record some of our wonderful students involved in the Chill Out Look About team who continue to work tirelessly in the community to raise awareness about road safety. Thank you to Mrs Sarah Bahramis for her efforts organising this and making this h appen. It’s great to acknowledge the leadership of our students and also timely to reflect on the role we all play in road safety.

Professional Learning Communities

The Victorian Department of Education has been rolling out a range of initiatives to continue to build teacher capability and support students in reaching their full potential. One of these initiatives is ‘Professional Learning Communities’ (PLCs).  At Frankston High School our staff have commenced their professional learning for the PLC initiative.  Staff will be collaborating to use student learning evidence to identify growth areas in teaching (pedagogy) and trial high impact teaching and learning strategies to address this data. This professional learning has a focus on using evidence (data), collaboration, evidence-based teaching strategies and collective efficacy.  We appreciate the collective efforts of the Pedagogy Team who are leading our staff through this professional learning.  We look forward to sharing the PLC progress with our community 

Swimming Sports

Thank you to Mrs Chloe Stevens, Mr Luke Rowe and Mrs Kylie Grech for their efforts in organising a very successful House Swimming Sports.  It was great weather and fantastic to see our students participating and supporting each other.  Thank you also to Mrs Sarah Bahramis and our SLC students for their efforts on the day. 

Well done to Brim (Red) our winners of the House Swimming Sports this year:

1st: Brim 828, 2nd: Yawa 703, 3rd: Barrbunin 540, 4th: Tir-rer 452

Eco Team

Our Eco Team participated in a planning day at Frankston Lifesaving Club on Friday 18 February.  Thank you to Mr Brendan McKinnon who helped organise this day and works with this wonderful group of students.  I had the pleasure of joining them to hear more about their efforts and planning.  They are so passionate about the environment and sustainability, we look forward to supporting them in their efforts to reduce litter in our school.   

Tutor Learning Initiative 2022

Our Tutor Learning Initiative commenced last week and has started well.  Thank you to all of our Maths and English teachers involved in supporting and extending our students. Thank you to Ms Kate Burgess and Ms Georgie Long, who have invested a great effort in ensuring this initiative is successful. 

Year 7 Camps

It was fantastic to be able to run our two Year 7 Camps last week. Thank you to all staff who attended to get to know our students better and ensure they have a successful transition to Frankston High School. Feedback from students and staff has been very positive. Thank you to Mr Darin Joyce, Ms Emily Sykes, Mrs Sharee Dew and Mr John Simon for their efforts organising these camps. 

SLC Camp

Our SLC Camp ran from Wednesday to Friday last week in Phillip Island. It was a great opportunity for our student leaders to form strong bonds and develop their ideas further supported by those staff attending. Thank you to Mrs Sarah Bahramis for her efforts making this camp so great and to all staff who attended. 

Mr Andrew Batchelor

Principal