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Host Families for Japanese Students
Are you interested in hosting a Japanese student from our Sister School, Ono Senior High School? In early Term 3, students from Ono Senior High School will be visiting for about 10 nights and we require up to 20 host families to accommodate them.
What is involved?
As a host family, you will need to offer the following:
- A bed (not necessarily their own room)
- All meals, including lunch to bring to school
- A means to travel to and from school each day (preferably with hosting student)
- A friendly and welcoming home environment
To register your interest and receive further information, please complete this form: https://forms.office.com/r/mUqnGNc72F
Angela Pollock
Japanese Exchange Co-Ordinator
Space-X-plore Tour September 2025
Only two places remain for interested students, please direct all inquiries to Sonja Ardley.
Brentwood is looking for students who will be in years 8-11 in 2025 with a passion and interest in space to travel with like-minded students from partner schools in the Waverley network to the USA in September 2025 on the Space- X-plore program with Global Learning Expeditions. This international camp was run successfully in 2023 and is once again being offered to interested students.
Highlights of the trip include the astronaut experience at the NASA Kennedy Space Centre in Orlando, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Visit: https://youli.io/t/gle/usa-stem-space-tour-mars
Sonja Ardley
Associate Principal
Introducing the Student Leadership Team for 2025!
Dear Brentwood Staff, Students, Parents, and Guardians,
It is with great pleasure and honour that I introduce you to our Student Leaders for 2025.
College Captains
Andy Chesterfield
Patrick Huang
Audriana Phan
Michiko Verslius
House Captains
Banksia
Isabella Devlin
Hasan Muhammed Faisal
Jacaranda
Gia Lam
Cassie Weir
Waratah
Ryan Lee
Samantha Lee
Wattle
Sharmitha Kantheepan
Lulu Yao
Student Representative Council (SRC) Executive Team
Ishi Singh (President)
Shay Nazareth (Vice President)
Tharuki Govinnage
Tayla Meyers
Sports Captains
Maddison Modin
Kanta Nishimoto
William Zheng
Health & Wellbeing Captains
Harshi Dinesh-Kumar
Olivia Hunter
Sustainability Captains
Aiden Shamgar
Daniel Wojak
Debating Captains
Katie Lim (Senior)
Shin-Yi Hong (Junior)
International Students Captains
Aksha Wedisinghe
Jane Ji
Languages Captains
Zephaniah Magdalene (Japanese)
Anais Ooi (German)
Library Captains
Mia Chan
Dhrithi Govindan Sasikumar
David Evans (Library Leader)
Music Captains
Benjamin Elliot
David Evans
Jasmine Liew
Jocelyn Subramaniam
Performing Arts Captains
Camila Rios Mendoza
Haley van Ginkel
Arts Executive Captains
Lyan Alsirhy
Lucas Amerasekera
Alannah Miller-Davies
Liliana Tedford
Peer Support Leaders
Ava Barry
Jiniya Khan
Erin Kingston
Ellie Kruithof
Natalie Smalec
Emma Timms
Kinslie Vicic
An Vo
Sienna Yattukulan
Assistant House Captains
Banksia
Lisa Lau (Year 11)
Sudam Ranasinghe (Year 10)
Nathan Zheng (Year 9)
Gurnoor Bhatia (Year 8)
Jacaranda
Natasha Loyola (Year 11)
Starlene Phua (Year 10)
Gabriela Castillo Del Campo (Year 9)
Violet Scarlett (Year 8)
Waratah
Urvi Singhal (Year 11)
TBD* (Year 10)
Ankith Vaikunthan (Year 9)
Sara Mathan (Year 8)
Wattle
Hazem Ali (Year 11)
Aidan Leong (Year 10)
Anahita Ojaghi (Year 9)
Vihaan Vasal (Year 8)
Assistant Sports Captains
Year 11
Eva Gregson
Ashwin Guruaj
Year 10
Sathil Jasin Pathiranage
Izzy Swilks
Amani Tusevljak
Jessica Wu
Year 9
Isabella Cheng
Adrina Hossienpour
Emma Marriot
Sarah Weir
Year 8
Adam Abdel Aziz
Krishiv Gupta
Ragesh Ravichandran
Selena Sun
SRC Year Level Representatives
Year 12
Alexis Athanasopoulos
Harry Saltum
Leon Wang
Year 11
Shawn Chelackal
Sakshi Sidnal
Year 10
Himaya Atukorala
Ameya Prasanth
Emilie Yap
Year 9
Snigdha Pegallapati
Chanelle Perera
Scarlett Thomas
Evan Wong
Annabella Wu-Zhu
Year 8
Chloe Geard
Janiru Herath
Logan Jones
Chloe To
Mia Zhang
Peer Support Mentors
Lily Brkljac
Aleysha Cavanagh
Patrick Chalmers
Emma Cornish
Chantelle Daniell
James Drake
Arianna Efstathiou
Madi Fraser
Tim Giannakis
Olivia Griffith
Milana Grubor
Tiana Hassiotis
Zoe Jackson
Anjalee Jacob-Herath Mudiyanselage
Sathil Jasin Pathiranage
Sheba Jasser
Chelsea Johnson
Gurnaaz Kaur
Evelyn Koo
Eva Lam Ho Yuen
Joey Lee
Abbey Lewis
Mikayla Lim
Akshadha Manikandan
Alexandra Mclean
Ruby Mechielsen
Aarav Mehta
Katha Mehta
Zeya Nichols
Bethany Oudshoorn
Ivanka Peranginangin
Ashley Rowe
Fatimah Sabir
Willow Scarlett
Courtney Scott
Avah Spotkaeff
Tom Stackhouse
Annaliese Stephenson
Izzy Swilks
Alicia Tran
Amani Tusevljak
Vithusigaa Vijayakumar
Eleanor Woodward
Keira Woon
All Student leaders will be presented with their badges early in 2025.
NOTE: All Year 7 student leadership positions will be confirmed in 2025.
Congratulations to each of these students on their role. I am excited to work with our 2025 student leaders and see the positive impact they will make across the school and wider community - remember, "Be the change that you wish to see in the world." (Mahatma Gandhi)
Mr. Michael Gekas
Director of Student Leadership
BrentCast Episode 8
Our latest episode is now live.
Please use the link below.
In this episode, we hear from our wonderful Library Monitors and Librarians as they outline the Brentwood Library Monitor Program and how this helps promote reading, friendships and helping our students grow as learners and people in our Brentwood Community.
Brentwood Buzz
Dear Brentwood Community,
The Newspaper Club is excited to share the third edition of Brentwood Buzz, our student-led newspaper, with the school community.
We hope you enjoy this final edition for 2024.
Student Lunches can now be ordered online via the Qkr app
Canteen Menu
Electronic device use at Brentwood Canteen
We would like to thank you for your continued support with the Personal Mobile Devices Policy. We have noticed students trying to utilise their phones as a payment method at the canteen and ask that families look to make other arrangements.
Mobile phones are not to be used at the canteen as they are not allowed to be in use between the school hours of 8.45am and 3.05pm.
Students can make payment via an EFTPOS card or cash.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Robyn Geshev
Business Manager