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Welcome to 2023!

Welcome back to all students, staff and families for the new school year. I sincerely hope that the holidays were enjoyable and that they provided time for all to relax and celebrate after our successful conclusion to 2022.

I extend a very warm welcome to all our new students and to those returning to Swinburne in 2023. Our enrolments are increasing and this year we are welcoming 433 students at the start of the year.

This year our work on attendance will continue and will be extended with a focus on the implementation of our new assessment policy. We hope these two policies will help guide our students to success whilst at Swinburne. 

We have appointed a number of new teaching staff and I extend a warm welcome to all of them.  We welcome Paul Adornetto (Drama), Athena Bellas (Philosophy and English), Pamela Eaton (Mathematics), Tricia Radford (History and English), Grace Hanratty (Chemistry), Bailey Boss (Health) and Ben Wickham (Art). We also welcome back the following staff from their leave in 2022 – Leroy Appleton and Despina Rentos.

The arrival of new staff each year – both experienced and new graduate teachers – is always invigorating for an organisation as fresh faces and new ideas and perspectives provide us all with a sense of renewal. I am confident that all our new staff members will bring great positivity, enthusiasm and commitment to their roles.  

There is always something exciting happening at Swinburne Senior SC and I encourage you to follow us on twitter at @Swiburrne_SSSC, Instagram at swinburnesenior_sssc, for the latest on what is happening each day.

Daryl Bennett

Principal