Teaching and Learning
Awards Presentation Evening
Monday night saw the presentation of the 2022 academic awards as well as a number of general excellence awards for around 65 or so students across the school. It was well attended and a great celebration of student achievement. Oliver Bradley, a Year 10 student who was an award winner from last year, performed ‘I Say a Little Prayer for You’, by Aretha Franklin, on the piano. The significant role that the teachers play in supporting such achievement was also acknowledged on the night; a big thank you to our teachers for the support they provide not just to our high academic achievers but to all students across the school.
Listed below are those students who were recognised.
| Year 7 2022 Academic Excellence | Year 8 2022 Academic Excellence | Year 9 2022 Academic Excellence |
| Joseph Anderson | William Aufner | Toby Anthonisz |
| Levon Andonian | Patrick Devlin | Alexander Calvi |
| Kai Aungle | Lachlan Hodgkins | Jacob Gosling |
| Dylan Carri | Oran Jenkins | Harrison McCawley |
| Daniel Ianchello | Rhys Jones | James Moore |
| Hunter Maudsley | Luke Kinsella | Piero Palleschi |
| Jacob Murphy | Zavier Modeley | Tomas Polintan |
| Samuel Pickering | Fisher O'Brien | Ronny Seoud |
| Aaron Schoenmakers | Gabriel Pryor | Sparsh Sethi |
| Simon Szabo | Henry Przychodzen | Braxon Vella |
| James Taranto | Thomas Rossi | Ky Williams |
| Aaron Vu | Nicholas Shipham | Marcus Winter |
| Year 10 2022 Academic Excellence | Year 11 2022 Academic Excellence |
| Cohen Azzopardi | Sam Anthonisz |
| Ryan Comas | Christian Ballarin |
| James Dolgov | Nathan Barlas |
| Brandon Duong | Matthew Billing |
| Tom Gregory | Dylan Collins |
| Axel Hannan | Josh Gould |
| Blake Johnson | Thomas McNamara |
| Archie Lamb | Nathan Murphy |
| Robbie Leonard | Ben Newman-Morris |
| Thomas McKeown | Luke Sullivan |
| Aaron Roberts | Spencer Thomas |
| Lucas Shaw | Austin Warfe |
| General Excellence Awards | Dux Awards | ||
| The Work Experience Award | Lucas Grostal | Year 7 Dux Bentleigh East | Joseph Anderson |
| St Bede's College Excellence in Musicianship | Marcus Dun | Year 7 Dux Mentone | Jacob Murphy |
| Excellence in Public Speaking | Austin Warfe | Year 8 Dux Bentleigh East | Thomas Rossi |
| Excellence in Public Speaking | Harrison McCawley | Year 8 Dux Mentone | William Aufner |
| Br Garry Coyte Music Scholarship | Daniel Athaide | Year 9 Dux Bentleigh East | Sparsh Sethi |
| Cameron Fellowes Award (Excellence and outstanding development in the study of piano and voice) | Ethan Hepworth | Year 9 Dux Mentone | Harrison McCawley |
| Intermediate VCAL Award | Max Okulski | Year 10 Dux Bentleigh East | Blake Johnson |
| 2023 - 2024 Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholar | James Dolgov | Year 10 Dux Mentone | Brandon Duong |
| Monash Young Scholars | Blake Johnson | Year 11 Dux | Sam Anthonisz |
| Monash Young Scholars | Tom Gregory | ||
| Monash Young Scholars | Archie Lamb | ||
There were many staff who played a role in the setting up and running of the night, as well as those who attended in support of the evening; a big thank you for your support.
The Awards Presentation Evening for 2023 will be brought forward to this year and held in early December.
Classroom Learning Culture
St Bede’s College is committed to continuous improvement, particularly in the area of teaching and learning. In support of this, a learning habits rubric was introduced in 2022; all students across the school are assessed by each teacher according to this each term. It endeavours to make explicit and, in turn, recognise and reinforce some of the behaviours that educational research would suggest contribute to quality learning.
A copy of the rubric - which was developed in collaboration with parents, students and teachers - is below. The hope is that in looking at the medium to longer term, the learning culture in the classroom at St Bede’s College, continues to improve. Developing our young people as effective learners not only sets them up for success in their chosen pathway. It gives them the ability to cope in the future, for when faced with an unknown and uncertain world, as they most certainly will, they will be able to ‘learn their way through it’.
In support of the ongoing implementation and development of learning culture in the classroom at St Bede’s College, an opportunity to gather more information on the finer points of the rubric, as well as how it will be utilised, will be provided for parents. This will take place on the evening of Tuesday, 21 March, 2023, in the Auditorium of the Mentone Campus at 7.00pm. If you are interested in attending, please be sure to book via the link below by Friday, 17 March 17 so we have an indication of how many will be in attendance.
Bookings to made here > https://events.humanitix.com/building-learning-culture
NAPLAN 2023
Parent, Teacher & Student Interviews - Term 1
Available Dates / Times:
- Thursday 23 March - 2.00pm to 8.00pm (Students will be dismissed at 1.00pm)
- Wednesday 5 April - 2.00pm to 8.00pm (Students will be dismissed at 1.00pm)
- Thursday 6 April - 9.00am to 3.30pm (NO FORMAL CLASSES FOR STUDENTS)
Interviews will be online using the Google Meet platform.
Bookings open Thursday 16 March, and can be made through Parent Access Module (PAM).
Brenden Mair
Deputy Principal
Teaching and Learning