Dear Parents/Carers,

During Term 4, we have conducted extensive planning for 2023. This has included an evaluation of our key successes against the 2022 Annual Implementation Plan (AIP), as well as determining our key areas of focus for 2023.

In my final newsletter report of 2022, I will now summarise the important updates across a wide range of areas at the College.

Class of 2022 – Congratulations!

On Friday 18th November, our Class of 2022 Year 12 Graduates gathered for a very special evening. Students and their families were invited to attend our graduation ceremony and dinner where students were recognised for successfully completing their 13 years of schooling.

For some students, they may be the first to achieve the milestone of completing Year 12, for others, it symbolises the beginning of the next chapter in education in life beyond school. This includes apprenticeships, TAFE, university or learning on the job in the workforce.

I am proud of the resilience our Year 12 cohort have shown over the past few years and know that we will see our LSC Graduates achieve great things in the years to come.

Election commitments of $13.6M for Lyndhurst Secondary College

I am pleased to announce that as part of the pre-election visits from both the Labor and Liberal parties and their representatives, Lyndhurst SC has received election commitments from both parties to provide funding of $13.6M to the school if elected.

This is a fantastic result for our college and will ensure that our college is able to have facilities our young people deserve. The funding will be used to upgrade building facilities identified as priority areas by the college. I look forward to working with the community to further develop these priorities and plans over the next few years.

2023 Annual Implementation Plan

For 2023, our priorities will focus on two simple ideas that are critical to the success of a high-performing school; Learning and Wellbeing. Underneath each priority, we have identified two actions that will form the basis and focus for our work in 2023. A summary of these are outlined below.

Learning: Support both those who need extra support and those who have thrived to continue to extend their learning, especially in numeracy.

Action 1: Develop, implement and document a guaranteed and viable curriculum that provides students with voice, agency and opportunities to connect learning to life.
Action 2: Build staff capacity to design and implement high-quality assessment practices.

Wellbeing: Effectively mobilise available resources to support students' wellbeing and mental health, especially the most vulnerable.

Action 1: Support improved student engagement and wellbeing through the effective implementation of homegroup and mentoring structures and resourcing.
Action 2: Implement and embed effective policies and processes to enable all students to be ready for learning (attendance, pre-conditions, behaviour).

Holiday works and upgrades

As part of our minor works overseen by the school, we will be using time from late November to the commencement of the 2023 school year to undertake minor building and facilities improvement works around the college. This includes:

Preparation of two classroom spaces to come online in 2023 (D3 and A6)
Painting, recarpeting and furniture replacement in D Block space (D9 to D15)
Movement of Careers Team location to connect to Library to provide a more centralised hub
Minor building works to create new office spaces for Junior Sub School and Middle Sub School
Refreshing of student locker bays with cleaning/painting
Installation of new Year 7 lockers in E Block space

I thank our Business Manager, Mr Craig Kendall, for the immense amount of organisation and preparation that has gone into getting ready for these works. I know our students will be grateful to see fresh spaces and will treat these with great pride and respect as we focus on improving the learning environment for our students every day.

Key dates: end of 2022 and start of 2023

I wish to remind our community of important dates for both the end of Term 4, as well as the start up to the 2023 school year.

Term 4, 2022 Key Dates

Friday 9th December	End of formal classes for Year 7 to 9 students
Monday 12th December	Year 7 to 9 Activities Day College Awards Night – Bunjil Place
Tuesday 13th December	2023 Year 7 Orientation Day Student free day for all current LSC students
Wednesday 14th December to Monday 19th December	Staff Professional Learning and Planning Student supervision provided as required only
Tuesday 20th December	Staff end of year celebration

Term 1, 2023 Key Dates

Friday 27th January	Staff PL Day 1 Student free day for LSC students
Monday 30th January	Staff PL Day 2 Student free day for LSC students
Tuesday 31st January	Year 7, 11 and 12 students return
Wednesday 1st February	Year 8, 9 and 10 students return

Wishing our College Community a happy and peaceful break.

Ms Eloise Haynes

Principal

Senior School