Wider School News
Wider School News
A Week to Be Remembered.
The SRC this have been extraordinarily busy with the many demands to their time with the celebration of NAIDOC Week and Remembrance Day. Both have been very important events and we certainly did enjoy working together as a team, planning, organising and delivering events that the student body could embrace and enjoy.
The SRC were proudly involved in bringing NAIDOC Week celebrations to Collingwood College. The students were very happy be involved with such an important and enjoyable event. NAIDOC week celebrates the History, Culture and Achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is the acronym for the National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee and it is usually celebrated during the July school holidays, but this year it was moved to this week (8th November to 15th of November)
NAIDOC Week is celebrated by Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities alike. This week at Collingwood College we celebrated with:
MONDAY: Speech explaining NAIDOC
TUESDAY: Flags raised at Flagpole
WEDNESDAY:: Dreamtime stories read out in Fiction room at the Library
THURSDAY: Colouring of pictures
FRIDAY: Dreamtime films in Rm 2
The other memorable celebration this week has been Remembrance Day.
Remembrance Day is a special memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to commemorate the members of their Armed Forces who have died in the line of duty.
At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the war ceased…weapons were laid down, hostilities ended and the war was declared over…We want to remember all of those that fought in the war and died.
It is an important day, as important as Anzac Day.
We observe a minute’s silence to ensure that we think of all the fallen and to acknowledge the great sacrifice that was made.
Lest we forget.
ROSE CEREMONY FOR YEAR 12 STUDENTS
Children from the Prep classes made cards for our Year 12 students and these were presented to them with roses upon their graduation.
Rose ceremony video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hpTRcHNCB4gRC_wSpdBqERaRxf_2lpm9/view
MINI-OLYMPICS
VCAL Classes in the secondary school conducted a mini-olympics event for the children in Years 1 & 2.
SUPPORTING COLLINGWOOD COLLEGE FAMILIES
Community liaison officers Hussein and Hassen, and Lauren our school nurse, have been working very hard behind the scenes to support our Collingwood College families during this challenging year. They have sourced food hampers from the Islamic Council and Foodbank. If any families are in need please contact the well-being team.
Stiff & sore after Covid lockdown? The RMIT Health Sciences Clinic at Uni Hill in Bundoora has free consultations until 18/12/20, excluding psychology assessments and Chinese medicine herbs. Services include Chiropractic, Osteopathy, Chinese medicine and Psychology. Call 99257666. More info at www.rmit.edu.au/healthclinic
Nisa Venerosa & Gareth Rego
Student Wellbeing
Tel: 9412 7720
INSTRUMENTS FOR SALE
Please click on the attachment below to see a list of Stringed instruments for sale. If you have an instrument for sale please email Naomi at: nomssicle@gmail.com
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