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Y9 German Excursion - German Film festival and German restaurant Munich Brauhaus.

As part of our current Year 9 German unit Guten Appetit!, students had the opportunity to immerse themselves in German culture on an exciting excursion to the city on Friday, 22 May. We began the day at the Kino Cinema, where students watched the German film School of Magical Animals 4, presented as part of the 2026 German Film Festival in Melbourne. Inspired by Margit Auer’s bestselling book series, the film combined impressive visual effects with meaningful themes and valuable life lessons.

After the film, students enjoyed a delicious meal at Munich Brauhaus, experiencing traditional German dishes firsthand. This cultural outing beautifully complemented our classroom learning and allowed students to explore authentic aspects of German life and cuisine.

Our Year 9 students should be incredibly proud of the way they represented Brentwood Secondary College, consistently demonstrating our school values of curiosity and responsibility throughout the day. 

From the Languages Faculty - German team

Childrens Day 

The Year 7 Japanese classes learnt about Japanese Children's Day, or Kodomo no Hi, which is a national holiday celebrated annually on May 5th. It is dedicated to respecting children's personalities, celebrating their happiness, and wishing for their healthy growth, it features iconic traditions like flying carp streamers and displaying samurai warrior dolls. The students enjoyed using origami skills to make Kabuto, or Samurai helmets, out of newspaper or origami paper. 

Angela Pollock

Languages

ope you enjoy the first edition for 2026. 

BSC Study Culture Club

Brentwood Secondary College is excited to offer students the opportunity to attend the BSC Study Culture Club. Students who want to improve their study habits will learn and apply strategies that are scientifically shown to work. 

The aim of the BSC Study Culture Club will be to help students:  

• Become more independent in their learning. 
• Deal with blockers to learning. 
• Improve their revision strategies.  
• Learn effective memory and recall techniques. 
• Build focus and improve attention. 
• Develop their own bank of strategies that works for them. 
• Take more effective notes when organizing and memorizing information. 
• Be more organized. 

Before Commencement: Meet Ms. Gallos and register interest- TLC Lunchtime Tuesday 26th May. 

First official session will start Monday 1st of June 

When: Mondays after school 3:20-4:20pm  

Where: Library 

Who: Ms. Gallos  

Camps at Brentwood 

Camps play a vital role in your child’s social and emotional development. At Brentwood, we highly value these experiences and offer a wide range of camps and events across multiple year levels, including: 

• Year 7 – Phillip Island 
• Year 8 – Creswick 
• Year 9 – Tasmania & City Experience 
• Year 11 – Central Australia Tour 
• Performing Arts Camps 
• Music Camps 
• Language Camps and Tours 
• Various Overseas Camps and Experiences 
• Leadership Camps 
• Duke of Edinburgh Camps 

Planning and Organisation 

Our dedicated teaching staff invest significant time and effort into planning camps, with some taking over a year to organise. To ensure these experiences are accessible and affordable, we need to confirm student numbers early in the process. 

Many camps begin with an Expression of Interest (EOI) event on Compass. It is important for parents and carers to register their child’s interest in the camp at this stage, as this provides us with an estimate of attendance and costs. 

For some camps there are limited places available. If the number of interested students exceeds capacity, attendees are selected through a random ballot. Students not selected are placed on a waiting list and may be offered a spot if others withdraw.  

Consent and payments for camps must be made before the due date specified on the event. The school cannot accept any late payments or consent for camps. If your child wishes to withdraw from the camp at any stage, the school must be notified as soon as possible.  

Students withdrawing from camps and excursions are not automatically entitled to a refund. Where NO COST is incurred by the school, a full refund will be payable to the student when: 

• The student's place is filled by another student 
• The Principal deems the student’s withdrawal was unavoidable eg. Illness. Proof of reason for withdrawal may be requested in such circumstances. 

Where some cost has been incurred by the school, a partial refund will be payable to the student withdrawing when: 

• The Principal deems the student’s withdrawal was unavoidable. In such cases the refund will be the full amount paid by the student, less expenses incurred by the school as a result of the withdrawal. 

Where FULL COST has been incurred by the school no refund will be payable to the student withdrawing when the Principal deems the withdrawal was avoidable.  Refer College Refund Policy. 

If you have any questions about camps, please contact the school or the camp organiser. 

Thank you for your support, we are extremely lucky to be able to offer so many camps at Brentwood. 

Student Lunches can now be ordered online via the Qkr app

Canteen Menu 

Electronic device use at Brentwood Canteen

We would like to thank you for your continued support with the Personal Mobile Devices Policy. We have noticed students trying to utilise their phones as a payment method at the canteen and ask that families look to make other arrangements. 

Mobile phones are not to be used at the canteen as they are not allowed to be in use between the school hours of 8.45am and 3.05pm. 

Students can make payment via an EFTPOS card or cash.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Robyn Geshev

Business Manager