Principal’s Report.

2025 School Captains

It was my absolute pleasure at last week’s Year 11 Formal to announce our School Captains for 2025.

Congratulations to:

Poppy Nivarovich
Eliza Turley
Angus Macrae
Declan Chandler

With such outstanding young people leading our school we are in very good hands.

Congratulations to Our Year 12’s

A huge congratulations to all our Year 12 students (and their families) who have now completed their exams as of Wednesday! This milestone marks the culmination of years of hard work, perseverance, and dedication, and we could not be prouder of you.

We look forward to celebrating your achievements with you, your families, and our school community at the Year 12 Graduation on Monday night. It will be a wonderful evening to honour your journey, reflect on your successes, and look ahead to the bright futures that await you.

Well done, Year 12s—you’ve made it!

Year 12 Early Commencement Program (ECP)

The Early Commencement Program (ECP) for the 2025 Year 12 students will be commencing next week and running for two weeks. This program provides the students an opportunity to commence their Year 12 studies early and will give them a head start on their learning for 2025. The following week sees our current Year 10’s complete a week of Year 11 ECP.

School Saving Bonus

The Victorian Government is delivering the School Saving Bonus - a one-off $400 support for government school students from Prep to Year 12 in 2025.

From Tuesday 26 November 2024, you will receive an email from the Department of Education with your unique $400 School Saving Bonus code. The School Saving Bonus will help families cover the cost of uniforms, textbooks, excursions, activities and more.

If you have multiple children enrolled in Victorian government schools for 2025, you will receive one School Saving Bonus code email per child. These emails might arrive on different days. Please make sure to check your spam/junk email folder.

Parents and carers can use the School Saving Bonus code in store at school-nominated suppliers. Parents and carers can also choose to access the School Saving Bonus online system, where they can allocate part or all the $400 bonus to use at school nominated-online suppliers or for school activities.

To learn more about the School Saving Bonus, visit School Saving Bonus (www.vic.gov.au). A step-by-step user guide will be available on the webpage on 26 November.

If you have not received your School Saving Bonus code via email by Friday 29 November, please contact the Department of Education by emailing: school.saving.bonus@education.vic.gov.au

Please note students transferring to a new school in 2025 will receive their $400 School Saving Bonus at the new school.

Term 4 Key Events

A reminder of the major events on our calendar including:

Monday November 25th – Year 12 Graduation Night – (Presidents Room, GMHBA Stadium, Kardinia Park)
Tuesday November 26th – Staff Common PP Day (No students)
Friday 29th November – Final Day Year 10 classes
2nd – 6th December – Year 10 moving to Year 11 2025, Early Commencement Program
25th Nov – 6th Dec – Year 11 moving to Year 12 2025, Early Commencement Program
Monday 9th December – Year 7, 8 & 9 Step Up (final day of classes)
10th & 11th December – Grade 6 Orientation
Tuesday 10th December – No Year 7 students required at school
Wednesday 11th December – No Year 8 students required at school
Thursday 12th December – Picnic Day, Year 12 results published
Friday 13th December – Adventure Park,
Monday 16th December – End of year activities, Awards Ceremony practice
Tuesday December 17th - Student Awards Ceremony (BHS Gym)

Awards Evening

On Tuesday 17th December, we will be holding our annual Student Award Ceremony. This year, the event will be in the Gym at Belmont High School and will commence from 6.00pm.

Invitations to the ceremony will be sent via a Compass Event. Students receiving sponsored, recognition, subject and sport awards will receive an invitation in the coming weeks. Students receiving Excellence and Endeavour Awards will be notified once our final reporting cycle closes on or around the 8th of December. Year 12’s who will be receiving subject awards will be notified by phone once VCE results have been released.

The event will be ticketed, and so all attendees must book tickets using the link or QR code shared on the invitation. If you have any queries, please contact our office on 5243 5355.

Students not attending BHS in 2025

Could parents of 2024 Year 7 to Year 11 students who will NOT be attending Belmont High School in 2025, please notify the school as soon as possible. This information will help the school in planning for 2025.

Regards,

Josh Baker

Principal

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