Term 2 Week 4

Another week of beautiful autumn weather, yard duty has been an absolute pleasure this week and we have had some great events to go along with it. Our Year 10 students are starting to think about their VCE pathways and all of the options that will be available to them next year, they were able to attend a session at the Wurun campus on Tuesday afternoon to learn about VET courses and how they can combine them with the VCE or VCE VM certificate. This really marks the beginning of our transition process as students prepare to move to the senior campus.

This week we also had our top athletes attend the regional athletics meet on Monday and our top talkers compete in the Ainger Peck public speaking contest on Monday night. Congratulations to everyone who was involved in these events.

Our school production rehearsals are underway, keep an eye out for more information about 'Unicorn Girl' in Term 3.

For the staff this week we had the first meeting of our curriculum review working group, with a group of interested staff looking to see how we can better deliver the curriculum to meet the needs of our students. We are hoping to be able to share this work with families by the end of the term.

Looking ahead to next week

Industrial action cancelled - The AEU and the State Government have come to an in principal agreement. There will be no industrial action next week.

Monday - SmArts program begins: The SmArts Program, run by The Smith Family, is designed to boost student engagement in school through creative skill development, increased self-confidence, and exploration of post-school pathways. This creative enrichment program focusses on careers in the arts industry. - Sounds great, we have 17 students from year 8-10 attending.

Tuesday - IDAHOBIT Day celebrations: With the IDAHOBIT day falling this Sunday we will be marking the occasion on Tuesday at Lunchtime and in our advisory sessions with activities organised by our student leaders. 

• Year 10 students visiting Wurun: More information about senior school pathways and what life is like at Wurun.

Friday - Shaun Tan exhibition excursion - 7Z are heading to Brunswick to the Beinart Gallery to experience original works from acclaimed author and artist Shaun Tan.

Saturday the 23rd May:

The Grounds and Environment Subcommittee of School Council are organising a garden tidy up from 9am to 12 midday on Saturday 23 May. If you are able to help, please email Andrea at smith.andrea.mary@gmail.com, or just turn up for some or all of the session with some tools, gloves, and bucket and your enthusiasm. 

We are going to focus on tidying up the front of the school (Falconer St side), but if enough people come we can also target Michael St. 

If you can't make it on 23 May, there will be more gardening days in the future, so please also get in touch if you want to be on an email list for next time

Looking even further ahead:

SAVE THE DATE: - Thursday the 23 of June (Last week of term) - 7-10 student showcase. Early evening event for students to showcase the work they have completed in Semester 1. All students will be exhibiting and all families are invited. There will be pizza and drinks available on the night.