Message from our

Campus Principal

Week 4 of Term 4 and our Year 12 students have finished their six years of secondary education! Well, nearly. Year 12 VCE students will be sitting their exams starting on Tuesday 24th October in the classrooms at the Leisure Centre. There are also a few VCE/VM students who have small parts of their program to complete which will be done over the next week or two. But we won’t be seeing them again as a group until the Year 12 Graduation, to be held at the Gippsland Performing Arts Centre in Traralgon on the evening of Wednesday 15th November. Please put this date in your phone if you are the parent/carer of a Year 12 student, because we hope to see you all there.

The University Campus is now a little quieter after last Thursday’s Celebration Day, with only our Years 11 and 10 students on campus. However, these students are facing a hectic few weeks. Year 11 students need to complete all course work for their current programs before the middle of week 7 with Year 11 VCE exams starting on Thursday 16th November and finishing for Year 11 students on Tuesday 21st November.

Year 11 students who are studying TAFE certificates on Wednesday or Friday may have already finished their course, but the finish dates vary between different providers and courses. The absolute final date for VET students studying on Wednesday will be 1st November and for students studying on Friday, 10th November. If you have any questions about this, please contact Sarah Pedlow at the University Campus.

The Year 12 Melbourne Prep Camp, 22nd – 24th November, is open to all current Year 11 students, VCE or VCE/VM. Based at Ormond College and at the University of Melbourne, VCE and VCE/VM students will be doing a variety of activities both together and separately. Some of the activities will be at the university, others will at various locations around Melbourne including Melbourne Zoo, Acmi in Fed Square, Melbourne Museum and the State Library.

And then it is back to school for the early start to 2024 when Headstart begins on Monday 27th November. Headstart runs for two weeks and gives 2024 Years 11 and 12 students a chance to experience the subjects and programs they have selected. Students must understand that the work they are doing during Headstart really does count towards the satisfactory completion of their 2024 subjects and needs to be taken seriously.

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact the University Campus on 5132 3800.