Green PLC
Junior Secondary Highlights
As we close the books on another fantastic year, it's the perfect time to reflect on all the incredible experiences our Junior Secondary students have enjoyed. This final term has been no exception, with students embracing new challenges, exploring their creativity, and making wonderful memories together. Here are some highlights from our recent adventures:
Blackwood Camp: A small group of students headed to Blackwood Camp for an adventure-filled experience. They challenged themselves with rock climbing and the high ropes course, worked together in team building activities, and enjoyed the classic camp tradition of toasting marshmallows around the fire. It was a fantastic opportunity to build confidence and create lasting memories.
Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie Excursion: Our end-of-term excursion brought Term 3 science to life at the Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie! Students saw firsthand how chocolate transforms from liquid to solid, putting their classroom learning into delicious practice. The best part? Each student made and decorated their own chocolate lollipop to take home.
James Street Gallery Visit: A selected group of students visited James Street Gallery in Geelong to explore the art of printmaking. Using a traditional print press, they created their own unique cards through mono printing techniques – a wonderful hands-on introduction to this creative art form.
As we wrap up 2025, we celebrate a year filled with growth, learning, and achievement across Junior Secondary. From classroom successes to hands-on excursions, our students have shown resilience, curiosity, and enthusiasm every step of the way.
Thank you to all our families for your support throughout the year, and we look forward to continuing this journey together in 2026!
Senior Secondary Highlights
2025 saw the implementation of our new Senior Pathways Program. Comprised of four main units including Community Connect, Business Enterprise, Future Pathways and Personal Development, we designed a two year program tailored to empower our cohort to become their most confident, capable, and independent selves, whilst honouring their unique needs and interests. By fostering a strengths-based, inclusive approach and building strong partnerships with our families and the wider community, our aim was to equip students with essential skills and a sense of belonging. Our goal, to prepare each student for meaningful transitions and active participation in life beyond school.
A huge thank you to our families, staff and school community for embracing this change and championing our seniors - we couldn't have done it without your wonderful support!
Finally, we are so very proud of our incredible students and the enjoyment, resilience and engagement they have shown in our Senior Pathways Program this year. They have regularly stepped outside their comfort zone with gusto and grace, learning new skills and forging connections in their wider community as they journey towards future adventures - well done superstar seniors!
Community Connect: local excursions to Western Heights College Library, Vinnies Op Shop, Vallis IGA, the Post Office, and Soft Cafe.
Community Connect: exploring community services and how we can use our leisure time at the Winds of Joy sailing program run by the Making Waves Foundation, Reading Cinema and Grill'd Waurn Ponds, and both The fOrT and The Nest Youth Hubs.
Business Enterprise: our Plastics Program involved students rallying our school community to save plastic lids from landfill, and then washing, counting and sorting the lids by colour and plastic type. Our senior students then worked collaboratively with Zero Plastics Australia, Geelong Tech School and The Gordon to explore plastic recycling and the design process behind turning our recycled lids into new products.
Business Enterprise: students collaborated with made by Fressko to design HVS branded reusable coffee cups which were used in our Cafe Program and also sold to raise funds for our Senior Pathways Program. Students were in charge of cafe orders, baking chocolate chip cookies, overseeing EFTPOS and cash payments, making orders using a commercial coffee machine, delivering orders to staff, keeping records to discern the most popular hot drinks, milk types, etc, and expanding our menu to include mochas, chai lattes and iced coffees and chocolates as the weather warmed up.
Business Enterprise: in our Car Wash Program, students created flyers to advertise their business, took bookings online via a QR code, and learnt about how money is used in exchange for goods and services.
Business Enterprise: our most recent enterprise activity saw our senior students implement a school-wide Lunch Order Program that included delicious pies from local legends, Routleys, as well as snacks and drinks - a great success!
Future Pathways: Students participated in various internal and external work experience and volunteer opportunities such as Laundry Program, Western Heights College Library, Vinnies Op Shop, MusicSpace and. Students also gained work-ready skills and micro-credentials such as a Basic Barista Course through Rosewall Community Centre, White Card (induction training to work safely in the construction industry), and sailing and trade-based boat-building projects as part of the Wright of Passage program, run by Making Waves Foundation.
Personal Development: students participated in the Road Smart Interactive road safety education program, experiencing an engaging and immersive approach to learning about road safety. Using digital technology, students were guided through interactive experiences designed to explore how everyone can contribute to reducing incidents on our roads.