Sydenham Campus Principal Message 

Welcome Back to all our students and families for Term 4. It doesn’t seem that long ago that we had our end of Term 3 assembly to celebrate all the great achievements and here we are already in week 4 of this term.

 Welcome to new our new Community Liaison – Pacifika – Fantastic Tuitama. He will be working on our campus every Wednesday meeting and in communication with families.

On Monday 10th of October, we celebrated the Premiers Reading Challenge for 2024 in the library. Thank you to Lucinda Ireland and Sally Jeffrey for hosting the pizza lunch and acknowledging the students who participated so enthusiastically.

ABCN Innovate and Technical Careers sessions have run over the past few weeks. Students from all year levels attended an informative and engaging session on building creative and innovative problem-solving skills through the process of design thinking. As well as looking at different technical skills and jobs for the future. Thanks to Mr Breen and Ms Chung for supporting the students and ABCN for another great opportunity for our students.

Delahey VM Showcase Year 10 students have had a busy start to the term. Students undertaking the VCE-VM in 2025 attended the VM showcase on the Delahey campus. Students were introduced to the community project element of the Personal Development Strand. They had an opportunity to speak with current students and be introduced to the many community organisations who partner with the current VM program. Thank you to Mr Inabinet for extending the invitation to our students.

Year 10 students will also be getting ready for their Transition to the Delahey Campus later in the year. 

African Australian Student conference, On Wednesday October 9th 10 students participated in a conference to encourage leadership within the African community. Students enjoyed a range of activities and collaborated with students from schools across the state. Thank you Mr Singh and Ayak our Community liaison for our African students for supporting this wonderful experience.

Last Thursday, we had the great pleasure of being in the audience as our Year 7 and 8 SRC students presented their project at the Brimbank Council Chambers. The theme of this year’s research is Promoting inclusive learning. The Young Researchers Program has been developed by Brimbank Youth Services and Swinburne University.

Campus Goals- Champions Always

• Every teacher is a teacher of literacy, numeracy, student behaviour and wellbeing.
• ·Student attendance is everyone's responsibility.
• ·Build POSITIVE and RESPECTFUL relationships and connectedness within the school community.
• Use data informed seating plans to provide a routine and safe learning environment.

Staff have spent much of this term in professional learning to continue to pursue our campus goals. They enthusiastically discussed why they became teachers and their philosophy of education. We thank them for their willingness to share with each other. 

Mr Andrew Atherton and Ms Mary Chiodo                                Campus Principals