Principal's Report

Parents Needed for School Review Focus Group

I would like to invite all parents who would like to have input into our review to attend one of two parent focus group sessions being held on Monday 20 March. The groups will be facilitated by our School Reviewer, Lesley Tulloch and her team to ensure that we get a strong level of parent input into her report. This week, Lesley and her team met with our School Council President, Chris Papas and with groups of students and staff,  she visited classrooms and reviewed the college curriculum and policy documents. By attending a parent focus group and sharing your views about how you think our school is performing, you will be making a valuable contribution to its future.

Melton Secondary College in new SBS Documentary

After a year of filming, I have been told that the SBS documentary we have been apart of is in its finals stages and will be ready to air early next term. Titled, Testing Teachers the documentary will present an insight into the highs and the lows that two of our Teach for Australia Associates experienced in the first year of their training as new teachers. Over the course of the three-part series we will see scenes where students are having fun and succeeding at their learning, but also others when students are struggling and finding the subjects and getting along with others a real challenge. It asks us to think deeply about the responsibility that we all have to make sure that every young person is safe, happy and successful and the vital role that schools and teachers play. I am confident that the documentary 'Testing Teachers' will inspire us all to work together to achieve this incredibly important goal. Further details about the release date for Testing Teachers will be published soon.

Year 11 Peer Mentors

I have seen some outstanding leadership displayed recently by the Year 11 Peer Mentor team who have been working hard to support our year 7 students make a great start to secondary school. Many of the activities so far have been conducted in the Tutorial program, they also joined the Year 7 Camp and helped with problem-solving, friendship and trust building activities. Well done mentors!

Extra-Curriculum Program

This year School Council has invested $50,000 in developing a new Extra-Curriculum program. We want every minute of a students' time at school to be an opportunity to learn, so a range of lunch time and after school programs are now available for students to join. We want to see every student engaged in something that they enjoy at school. With 20 different clubs and activities running over the fortnight,  the Extra Curricula program is not only an opportunity to do something fun at lunch or after school, but to also mix with a different group of students with similar interests.  The program coordinator,  Ms Van Cuylenberg, or Assistant Principal Mr Devine, would be delighted to hear suggestions from students or parents for new clubs or activities that could be run during of after school.