Senior Years News
Extended holidays during School Term
Families are reminded that they need to seek written permission from the College Principal to take their children out of school for extended periods of leave during school Term. On taking leave, students need to ensure that they remain up-to-date with any assessments and show endeavour to complete assessments before taking their leave.
End of Year Dates for Year 12 students
More detail regarding coming events will be shared with parents soon, but for now, remember to mark these dates in your diary – key days you won’t want to miss!
- Monday 18 September to Thursday 21 September - Unit 3&4 Revision Week
- Thursday 28 September – Deadline for timely applications to VTAC for 2024 university places
- Monday 2 October to Friday 6 October – Unit 3&4 Trial Exams
- Wednesday 18 October 2023: Last Day of school for Year 12s
- Wednesday 18 October to Tuesday 14 November: VCAA Final Exams for Units 3&4
- Friday 17 November 2023: Year 12 Valedictory Dinner
RUOK Week
This last week of term has been a time when all members of the GNLC community have come together to support one another during RUOK week. Students and staff have engaged in various activities across the week, including:
- Lunchtime cookie decorating
- Morning tea for the staff
- Lunchtime concert with secondary school students
- Wearing a touch of yellow to school
- Visit from the Wyndham Street Surfer Bus
While we have focused on many different elements to support the wellbeing of each other, the most important message to take away from this week is the importance of taking time to Ask, Listen, Encourage action, and Check in again with one another.
ALWS Walk My Way
Since 2017 Lutheran school communities have been supporting refugee children in East Africa to attend school through Walk My Way. Walk My Way is an event where participants engage in physical activity over a 13 km or 26 km walk while raising money for refugee children. This year, Good News would love to have a team to join the Melbourne Walk My Way event which will be leaving from Luther College on Saturday 21 October 2023 for a walk along the Mullum Mullum Creek Trail. The event costs $52 for an adult and $26 for a child to enter, with all registration fees contributing to the fundraising for students. The team from GNLC would be leaving from our school at 6.45 am so we can arrive at Luther by 8 am, ready for the opening of the walk. We would love to gauge your interest.
If you would like to get involved and join the GNLC team, please complete this form: https://forms.office.com/r/mjK2cWj1c0 .
To join the walk, you will need to register for the event via our GNLC Team fundraising page here: https://melbourne.walkmyway.org.au/page/GoodNewsLutheranCollege
For further information about Walk My Way, please contact Ms Wegener wegenerj@goodnews.vic.edu.au