Cranbourne Campus News

ANZAC Day - Honoring self sacrifice

This past week the Campus community gathered for the annual commemoration of ANZAC Day.  As with past years the organization of the St Peter's College ANZAC Day ceremony was in the hands of students and staff from the Vocational Major class under The expert leadership of Mrs Rhiannon Clark. 

On Thursday the poor weather threatened to put a halt to proceedings however with the help of many hands the event was able to move inside on short notice. Xavier Green opened the ceremony with a solemn welcome and explanation,  setting the tone, before College Captains Bonny and Kenny together with the other Student Exec members took us through some prayers, reading of poems, playing of the last post and national anthems of Australia and New Zealand before the traditional laying of wreaths.

Once again this year we were blessed to have former serviceman Stuart Couch as a special guest speaking to the community on the topic of service and mateship. We were also blessed to have members of the Botanical Gardens Retirement Village with us and it was lovely to have the chance to honor the legacy of this generation and what they have done for us. Following the event our guests were treated to a lovely morning tea prepared and served by the Vocational Major students and Staff and the chance to reflect on some of the values that Stuart Couch spoke of and that help to make ours a great country and St. Peter's a great school.

Thank you to Ms Clark, the Vocational Major staff and students, College student Captains and our guests for ensuring a legacy of service to the country is not lost.

I would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge Mr Greg Nelson (College archivist) and our College Captains Bonny and Kenny who represented the Campus at the Cranbourne Anzac Day service on Tuesday. They are each such great ambassadors of our school.

Cybersafety

In the final week of term the College funded a Parent Session on Cybersafety led by national expert on cyber safety Sam McAuley. Teachers had already seen the teacher session and students Year 7-9 were scheduled to have their presentations on the first week back to school and so the missing piece in the puzzle to support our young people was equipping parents with the know-how to support safe use of social media and technology. I know that every adult that attended the parent session walked away having learned something and if nothing else they learned a little about the support offered by the offices of the e Safety Commission.

The Student sessions focussed on the importance of Integrity and spoke about Digital safety and Digital Wellbeing.  Informing students of the  trends that are occuring; not to entice the young people into this world but to support young people on what the dangers and pitfalls might be and to give them advice on how to mitigate these dangers. 

One of the key takeaways was reminding our Year 7-9 students that of the three spaces on line (1) Personal, (2) Private - group chats with Select friends and (3) Public  ~ nothing should ever be put into this online world that you wouldn't say to a person while standing in a room with your grandmother. Everything in the online world has the potential to come back like a boomerang and so there is never a reason to post a comment or send an email that you could one day feel ashamed of.  Sage advice - the next step for parents and teachers is to support this message in a culture of Safety.  Link - http://cybersafety.project.com.au/webinars

Safety when traveling 

With the recent closure of Hall Rd and Evans Rd Some parents will have had added inconvenience thrust upon them. Could I please implore families to the patient when driving in and around the local area. If you need to, please adjust departure times to make sure you arrive safely on time.

Jeremy Wright

Deputy Principal - Head of Cranbourne Campus