Executive Team News

End of Term 3!

Wow, how amazing to think that another term is almost over! This term has been busy with many wonderful events, including incursions, excursions, interschool sports and whole school events such as Book Week and R U OK? Week. These events are important for our students to engage in to further develop their learning and continue to build connections with their peers and teachers.

Father’s Day/ Special Person’s Day Stall 

Thank you to Sarah Jarman our Community Liaison Officer, who once again did an exceptional job running our annual stall, during which students were able to purchase something nice for Father’s Day/Special Person’s Day. An extended thank you also to parents/guardians who helped with the stall on the day.

Prep 2027 Enrolments

Brookside College is continuing to accept enrolments for Prep 2027. If you have a child who will be starting Prep next year and haven’t already enrolled, please contact the school as soon as possible to begin the enrolment process. 

R U OK? Day – Thursday 10 September Every year, Brookside College aims to spread mental health awareness and community connection through the message of R U OK? Our mission is to create, inspire and empower students and the school community to connect with those around them to support anyone struggling with their mental health.   This year for our R U OK? Day celebrations, the Wellbeing Team at Brookside College organised and collaborated with members of the school and other wellbeing organisations, to run programs and events to raise the importance of mental health and wellbeing. Students and staff were encouraged to wear a splash of yellow to acknowledge the importance of this week. Thank you to our Wellbeing Team and all staff involved in organising and putting on a fantastic week for our students.

Mobile Phones on School Grounds

A reminder for all students there is to be no use of mobile phones whilst on school grounds before and after school. This is stated in the Mobile Policy as “inappropriate use of mobile phones is deemed as any use during school hours”. During school hours, it is the expectation that mobile phones are switched off and securely stored in the allocated storage.

Colour Run

We held our annual Colour Run on Friday 11 September. The day was filled with lots of colour and fun activities, in which the students participated in throughout the day. Once the amount of money raised is confirmed it will be shared with the community along with what the money will go towards. A big thank you to Ms Cross and Ms Roach for all their organisation and behind the scenes work in making this day such a successful one for our school community. We would also like to say a special thank you to Kelly Club who also supported the day by running various activities and supporting the organisation of one of the most popular days on the calendar!

Parent Teacher Student Conferences

Parent Teacher Student Conferences will be conducted on Thursday 8 October, with both face to face and online options to provide families the opportunity to discuss student progress. There will no school for students on this day. Kelly Club will still be available for families that require their service. We encourage all families to go onto Compass book a time with their child/ren’s teacher/s to celebrate their progress so far and discuss areas for improvement.

As this will be the final newsletter for the term, we wish all our students and their families a wonderful Term 3 school holidays!

The Executive Team