Principal's Report

As always there has been a wide range of events happening across the school over the last couple of weeks. Including our Community Day, NAPLAN testing, Open Night, Learning Conferences and College Tours. 

Community Day  

Community Day was organised and coordinated by our SRC and Student Leadership Team and focused on recognising and celebrating the diversity and range of cultures that we have in within our school community here at Brentwood. Students did a fantastic job of coordinating a wide range of activities during lunchtime.  Well done to all the students involved in the running of the day, as well as Michael Gekas (Director of Student Leadership).    This event represented how effective collaboration can result in providing a range of positive experiences for our students and the wider school community.  

NAPLAN

Over the last two weeks, our Year 7 and 9 students have undertaken their NAPLAN testing online. I would like to acknowledge the effort that our students put into this testing.  I would also like to thank all of our staff who were involved in administering the tests and supporting our students in working through each test to the best of their ability.  A special mention to Danielle Mortimer (Director of Teaching and Learning) and Simon Giang (Head of ICT) for organising and coordinating NAPLAN over the last two weeks.   Whilst individualised results to students and parents won’t be released for some time, some initial whole school data will be provided for teachers in the coming months so they can individualise and target the needs to individuals and small groups of students in their classes.   

Learning Conferences

This week we ran our first hybrid learning conferences- (Wednesday night face-to-face and Thursday morning online). We thank all staff, parents and students for their engagement and support with our Learning Conferences. It was fantastic to see parents and students together at the school. We hope that this not only helped to connect parents with our school more but also enabled a greater quality of conversation about each student's progress.  

Information Evening 

Our Information Evening was on March 25th. We always take great pride in showcasing our college and giving prospective families the opportunity to see what a Brentwood education looks like, what opportunities exist for our students and also an insight the process of enrolling. If you missed us on the evening, we have included the presentation on our college website for you to watch. 

Return date for term 2

A reminder that students will return for the first day of Term 2 on Monday April 20th.

We wish all of our students and families a safe and happy Easter break.   

Dean Korlos 

Associate Principal