Principal's Report

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you all back to the 2024 school year. In particular, I wish to extend a warm welcome to our new students, parents and staff. Please don’t hesitate to ask questions: Staff, students and parents are eager to help you make a successful transition into our school. I am confident the school year will provide all of our students with a wide range of high quality learning experiences both in and outside of the classroom.

New staff:

Mr Peter Ramsay: Maths/Science
Mr Anthony Fernando: Maths/Science
Ms Amy Wood: English/Humanities
Mr Ben Tansey: Instrumental & Classroom Music
Ms Kirsten Kelly – Cleeve: ESS (Library)
Ms Kashani Ernszt: ESS (D&I aide)
Mr Florian Forster: ESS (D&I aide)

2023 VCE Results

I wish to congratulate all of the 2023 students for their outstanding results. We are very proud of their achievements and wish them all of the best in their future pathways.

In the analysis of further pathways, 95% of our students have been offered positions to continue their studies at University.

In congratulating our students for their achievement, I would also like to congratulate the staff. In this I include not only the VCE teachers who worked very hard to support our students through their final two years of schooling, but also all the other excellent staff who worked with the students in previous years.

2024 NAPLAN Results

Relative Growth Data - % of students who displayed “High relative growth”

NOTE:

“Relative Growth” – shows the level of growth for each student relative to students that had the same NAPLAN score as them two year ago
”Like schools” - schools that have a similar demographic with regards to Family Occupation and language spoken at home
“State” - all schools across the State
- RED: Macleod College results are above these schools
- GREEN: Macleod College results are the same as these schools
- BLACK: Macleod College results are below these schools

NAPLAN Proficiency Levels: % of students that displayed “exceeding or strong” levels of proficiency

Percentage of students that displayed exceeding/strong levels of proficiency:

Exceeding: the student’s result exceeds expectations at the time of testing.
Strong: the student’s result meets challenging but reasonable expectations at the time of testing.

INSURANCE

The Department of Education and Training does not provide personal accident insurance or ambulance cover for students. Parents and guardians of students, who do not have student accident insurance and ambulance cover, are responsible for paying the cost of medical treatment for injured students, including the cost of ambulance attendance/transport and any other transport costs.

Student accident insurance/ambulance cover policies are available from some commercial insurers and can be obtained by parents/guardians for individual students.

PLEASE REMEMBER: Private property brought to school by students, staff or visitors is not insured, and the Department does not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage.

Annual Privacy Reminder

Our school collects and uses student and parent personal information for standard school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ Privacy Policy and the Schools’ Privacy Collection Notice.

Our Photographing, Filming and Recording Students Policy describes how we collect and use photographs, video and recordings of students. The policy also explains when parent consent is required and how it can be provided and withdrawn.

All College Policies can be accessed by contacting the college.

Please email macleod.co@education.vic.gov.au or call (03) 9459 0222 for more information.

COVID - 19

There is at present an increase in community transmission of COVID-19 in Victoria.

You can help us keep our school as safe as possible by taking 2 important steps:

If your child has symptoms but tests negative, please ensure they stay home until they no longer have symptoms.
If the RAT test result is positive, please ensure they say home for at least 5 days and until there are no more symptoms.

Thank you for your support – these steps will help us all stay well

Breakfast Club

Starting next week Monday February 26, the Breakfast Club will be held on Mondays & Thursdays from 8am - 8.45am in G Block