Sydenham Campus
Principal Message
Copperfield College
Sydenham Campus Term 4, October 2026
Welcome to Term 4! We ended Term 3 with a wonderful student led Campus assembly to celebrate the amazing achievements of our students. Campus Captains Julia Portelli and Haider Imran presented the assembly on behalf of their peers, and their campus report contained term highlights and goals for the new term.
Thank you to Ja’nayah Kearns- McLeod for her acknowledgement of country and Arda Sonay for leading the singing of the National Anthem.
Our campus sport report was presented by Sport Captains Levi Abela and Amy Jozinovic.
Evan Morgan highlighted the progress of the Excellence in Sport -Basketball Program.
Aly Schewtschuk and Sophia Alvarado outlined the Challenge Day Term 3 program.
The Year 7 Museum excursion- Treasures of Ancient Rome and the Year 8 Snow Day were presented by Jada Lazaro and Ayken Cannolo.
Avneet Sandher and Jada Lazaro highlighted the excellent work that the SRC and Student Leadership students were involved in throughout the term.
This included a report on the out of uniform fundraiser.
Students participated by wearing multicultural dress showcasing their family backgrounds.
Our Performing Arts Captains, Ryan Elliott and Gabriel De Leon gave a wonderful summary of the College Musical – School of Rock.
This was followed by a performance of ‘Stick it to the Man’ by members of the main cast and ensemble.
Sara Gulapala and Roshni Radhakrishnan spoke passionately about Student Led Presentations, which were held in early September for all students in Years 7-10 across both junior campuses. Our continued College focus on School Wide Positive Behaviours was presented by Henry Moreland and Ayken Cannolo.
Team Leaders presented students with the RRR awards for Term 3, and we were very pleased to see a number of students receiving their first RRR award of the year.
E Team- led by Mr Paul Singh and Mr Rhys Flakemore.
7E1- Oscar McFarlane and Felice Lee
7E2-Tia Sharda and Billy Tran
7E3- Tyler Russell and Makayde Morgan
8E1-Heavenly Tumaialu and Rdiz Mustafa
8E2- Tobit Severo and Faith Richer
H Team led by Mr Adrian Azzopardi
7H1-Jacob Koenders and Tahlia Sapin
7H2-Suzan Bostani and Mateo Avramovski
8H1-Trevor Phu and Maya Rancev
8H2- Tiana Boyovska and Tyler Gualano
8H3- Lavinia Meinhardt and Daz Murray
B Team led by Mrs Elizabeth Talevski
9B1- Jaxon Alfonzetti and Linus Lee
9B2- Tyler Kirchner and Isabela Nedanovski
9B3- Lily Bugeja and Lily Dower
9B4- Sila Do and Sara Luna Andary
10B1- Gabriel De Leon and Arda Sonay
10B2- Zac Misa and Mia Crisp
10B3- Hope Anderson and Madison Vallone
K Team led by Mr Will Buttigieg
9K1-Aliah Tran and Rayyan Khan
9K2-Jeriah Devlall and Mackenzie Harper
9K3-Ayen Jok and Mia De’Gabriele
9K4-Elijah Woo and Ryder Angemi
10K1-Janessa Clarke and Ramin Ali Zada
10K2-Dilhan Sait and James Magsano
10K3-Jujhar Sandher and Seerat Kaur
Breakfast Club is available to all students from 8.15- 8.45am every day. Thank you to our Breakfast Club Co Ordinator Mrs Desanka Talevski and our Well Being Team members, Christina, Elle and Bayley and to all staff who pop in and help.
Thanks also to Foodbank Victoria who supply our breakfast club and provide fresh fruit for students to access in their Team buildings and the general office.
We also joined in farewelling the Class of 2026 last week. Students attended their junior campus to acknowledge staff who had supported them during their year 7-10 school days. We wish all students the best of luck in the next phase of their journey.
Last week all Year 7 students participated in our annual visit from Solar Buddy. Students complemented their study of energy in their science class by transferring that knowledge to help build solar lights for young people experiencing energy poverty.
Thank you to our College Science Key Learning Area Leader Ms Tina Tran for her organisation of this event, and to Capgemini who provided the staff to assist students in constructing the lights.
Careers and Pathways- thank you to Julia Di Salvatore and the College Pathways Team for their continued provision of opportunities for students to experience jobs and careers whilst they are still at school.
Julia regularly communicates via the student bulletin, a myriad of activities and excursions that students can attend to either try something new or research in a very real way, a career they may be interested in. A recent excursion highlighted the careers for women in aviation.
Congratulations to our students who have been shortlisted to interview for Big Brother Big Sister/YAP scholarships. We have had several students who have been successful in obtaining these scholarships over the past few years, and the feedback on the program is overwhelmingly positive. We wish our 2027 aspirants the best of luck as they prepare to impress the judging panel!
Mr. Andrew Atherton and Ms. Mary Chiodo
Campus Principals- Sydenham Campus