College News
Year 8 Interschool Basketball
The Year 8 Boys & Girls Basketball team went out to Interschool Basketball at Eagle Stadium on 12 August. The boys went really well in their pool and missed out on the final by the barest of margins, while the girls team made it to the grand final against Tarneit P-9 and won 21-2.
The girls are now off to the next stage at Altona Sports Centre on 31 October. Well done to both teams!
Liam Lambert
Secondary School Sport Coordinator
2025 Enrolment Reminder
Planning for the 2025 school year is well underway. It is essential that any outstanding enrolment applications (for example siblings) for next year are received as soon as possible. Similarly, if you have children NOT returning in 2025, written notification is required by the end of Term 3, 2024 as per the conditions stipulated in the Enrolment Policy. To check if you have submitted a sibling application or to notify us of a non-returning student please email admissions@goodnews.vic.edu.au as soon as possible.
2024 Science Week
This year’s Science Week activities were a huge success! It was brilliant to see more than 60 excited students coming across to the lab each day. Activities included some that looked at animals directly, such as “Which Whale is Sick?”, “What Lives in Soil”, as well as the adaptations that allow fish to float and water striders to walk on water. Other activities focused on the land and environment, e.g. looking at how water pH can affect shells and soil, how erosion can disrupt ecosystems and how fire can be used to help look after the land. Science Week culminated with an Oil Spill challenge, where students needed to clean oil covered “sea-life”. I would personally like to thank everyone who made Science Week such a wonderful success. I would also like to thank the students who entered the Poster Competition… AMAZING!
I am already looking forward to 2025!!
Lisa McCarthy
Science Technician
College Guidelines - Infectious Disease & Action Plans
As we are close to entering hay fever season, we request all parents/guardians of students with existing conditions like Asthma, Allergy, Anaphylaxis to ensure that their Action plans are up to date.
To avoid the spread of Infectious diseases, please refer to the exclusion table guidelines to see how long students should be excluded from school before returning. We can all do our part to help reduce the spread!
The College would like to highlight the following:
Diarrheal illness (vomiting/lose bowel movement)
- to exclude 24 hours after last episode
Influenza/Influenza like illnesses
- to exclude 24 hours after normal temperature (until well)
It is expected that parents/guardians of unwell students to arrange collection within 1 hour after the College notification. Other arrangements like allowing unwell students to go home on their own/booking an uber are not advisable.
Careers Corner: August 2024
Attached is the latest edition of our regular newsletter, Careers Corner.
In this Edition:
- University / TAFE Open Days 2024
- Careers Calendar
- University Rankings
- Monash University News (Discovery Monash Webinars, Engineering, New Courses for 2025)
- RMIT University News (Early Offer Program, Professional Communication Degrees)
- LaTrobe University (new Sport and Management Degree)- Swinburne University (double degrees)
- Federation University (Exercise and Sports Science)
- Deakin University Pathways
- Career Exploration (Visual Merchandising, Journalism & Veterinary Nursing)
Happy reading and researching!
Naomi Nolan
Pathways Coordinator
Academic Conferences Term 3 2024
The goal of Academic Conferences is to build and maintain the vital partnerships needed between students, staff and families for optimal student learning outcomes. It is important that students are involved in the 3-Way Conference to provide opportunity for the best outcome and feedback. To make your interview bookings be sure to check the information, which includes your access to the PTO booking system with Username and PIN details, sent to you via email recently. Click here to access the booking system.
You will be able to book an available time that suits you best from any internet enabled device. PTO also has its own free app for Apple and Android devices that can be downloaded from the app store and use the 5-digit code which is jr9m9 to register on your mobile device.
