Principal's Message

2024 End of Year Arrangements

As we approach the busy end to the 2023 school year, please keep an eye out for special activities and events that are coming up.  Please make sure you keep up to date with all our platforms, especially COMPASS, Newsletter and the Yearly Planner/Calendar.  

Thursday 5th December-Year 6 Graduation invitations sent home.

Students' final day of formal classes will be Friday 13th December.  All school reports, books and lockers must be emptied and any other items will be sent home on this day with students. Please ensure your child/ren have extra carry bags on that day.

For the remainder of term, we have the following: 

Wednesday - Thursday 11th-12th December - Activities Week 

Thursday 12th December - Last day of OHSC.

Thursday 12th December - Awards Night.

Friday 13th December - All School Pool Party. 

School reports will be handed out at Awards Night on Thursday 12th December.  

The following week teachers are involved in Professional Development, Berry Street Wellbeing and First Aid Training. Should you require assistance on Monday and Tuesday of the following week you need to contact the Assistant Principal Mr Lockhart to arrange this.  Students will not have usual teachers are a majority of staff will be in training or meeting activities.  Please refer to our yearly calendar, thank you for your cooperation and understanding.  

All the Best - Miss Moody

After arriving as a teacher at Wedderburn High School almost 40 years ago (imagine teaching Mr Lockhart), Miss Moody is taking leave for the remainder of the year. We wish Miss Moody all the best as she focuses on her health, her classes will be shared amongst other teaching staff over the next few weeks.  I'm sure with her determination and support from her work colleagues, friends and the Wedderburn school/community she will be back to visit us again in the not too distant future.  

Year 12 Graduation Dinner

I really enjoyed attending our Year 12 Graduation Dinner last week. A small but very energetic crowd turned up to say farewell to our remaining four VCE/VM students. Thanks to Mrs Carol Woodman (MC), who organised a tremendous evening. The highlight was the formal presentation to the students and then in return the students special awards to staff - very humorous well done Chelsea and Shelby.   Guest speaker was Laura Witham who spoke about her inspirational learning journey over the past decade. Laura completed VCAL as a student and has gone on to volunteer as an Ambulance Community Officer (ACO) amongst other health roles, she is currently studying Nursing at Federation University. 

Planning for 2025 

We are currently trying to finalise our planning for 2025. If you know that your circumstances may change at the beginning of the school year, please contact the school office or Home-room teacher. 

As you maybe aware, Victoria is experiencing the biggest teacher shortage in almost 40 years, however we are extremely close to filling all positions. I hope to have these finalised over the next two weeks. We hope to release and publish this information in our next newsletter.  

Kwong Lee Dow Scholars Program

Congratulations to our Year 10 students, Mia Rowan & Dakota Martin who has been awarded a Kwong Lee Dow Young scholarship.   The Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars Program is an academic enrichment program designed to support high-achieving secondary school students in achieving their personal best. Successful applicants will take part in an exciting two-year program of events and activities that will expand their academic and personal horizons and set them up for success at Melbourne and beyond. Once you complete secondary studies, you may be offered a guaranteed place in an undergraduate degree, financial assistance to move to Melbourne and an overseas scholarship during your studies.    We congratulate both young students and wish them all the best over the next two years.  

Building Works

It is full steam ahead with the final stage 3 now in progress. Major demolition works are in full swing as you can see in the above photos. Gone is the science room, old canteen and offices along with the breezeway corridor. 

The KLC has a new 'leak proof roof', with more exterior works to continue .   

The new Wedderburn Early Years Kinder and Childcare Centre has gone out to tender with an approximate start early in the new year. 

Some photos from days gone by of graffiti hidden under the carpet in the old Year 12 room discovered during recent demolition works. Unfortunately, we cannot save this unique artwork, but we have some great photos instead.  Was this the artwork of anyone that you know?   The room is located next door to the College Cafe opposite the art room. 

Check out some videos!

Parent and Carer School Saving Bonus

The Victorian Government is delivering the School Saving Bonus – a one-off $400 support for government school students from Prep to Year 12 in 2025.

From Tuesday 26 November 2024, you will receive an email from the Department of Education with your unique $400 School Saving Bonus code. 

The School Saving Bonus will help families cover the cost of uniforms, textbooks, excursions, activities and more.

If you have multiple children enrolled in Victorian Government Schools for 2025, you will receive one School Saving Bonus code email per child. These emails might arrive on different days. Please make sure to check your spam/junk email folder.

Parents and carers can use the School Saving Bonus code in store at school-nominated suppliers. Parents and carers can also choose to access the School Saving Bonus online system, where they can allocate part or all the $400 bonus to use at school nominated-online suppliers or for school activities.

To learn more about the School Saving Bonus, visit School Saving Bonus | vic.gov.au. A step-by-step user guide will be available on the webpage on 26 November. If you have not received your School Saving Bonus code via email by Friday 29 November, please contact the Department of Education by emailing school.saving.bonus@education.vic.gov.au

Cookbook Naming Competition

Win a prize by naming the Wedderburn College Cookbook. 

'Wedderburnt Cookbook' - surely you can do better than that!

Submit your ideas  to the school, be crafty, use your imagination! You never know your name might win! 

Submit Recipe for the Wedderburn College Cookbook

On the 1st of July 2025 it will be 160 years to the day when a school officially opened in Wedderburn.  The 160 Years of Education will be celebrated the last week of Term 2, 2025 with a variety of activities across the week to embrace this monumental occasion.  One of the key features of the celebrations will be the launch of a hard cover, 200 page, coffee table recipe & history book.   We are now calling on families to submit their favorite recipes or Grandmas greatest hidden secrets to be considered for publication in this important book. Please understand that we are happy to take several recipes from families and community members, however it will not be possible for every recipe to be published. Not everyone will have a recipe published.  We have the rest of this term to submit recipes. Please use the format attached to submit your recipes, see below.