Executive Team News

A warm welcome back to Term 3 to our Brookside community. It has been wonderful to have all of our students return after the holidays and settle so well back into their routines and learning. We hope that everyone enjoyed the break!

Welcome!

We welcome the following new staff to Brookside College this term and hope they are settling in well as Brooksiders 😊

• Sandra Campbell (Business Manager)

• Ivy Otieno (English)

• Janic Lefort (French)

• Rosalie Marafioti (Music)

• Kirsten Scott (French)

Australian Maths Competition 

This year the Australian Maths competition will take place on Wednesday the 6th of August. Students across Years 3- 9 who expressed interest and consented to the event will be undertaking this competition across various sessions under leader supervision. We wish our wonderful students all the best and commend them for taking on this exciting opportunity.

2025 Annual Book Week Parade

This year, our annual Book Week Parade will take place on Monday August 18th. Students in all year levels are encouraged to dress up as their favourite book character and participate in our parade. Parents, younger siblings and staff are also encouraged to dress up to participate. 

This event will be held under the Hayshed following from around 9.05 am!

There will be prizes for the best dressed students across the college. We can’t wait to bring our school community together for this event and see the creativity you all bring!

Prep 100 Days of School

Wednesday 30th July marked a very special milestone for our Prep students. This special day officially marked 100 days that our Prep students have been at school so far this year. Our wonderful Prep teachers planned a fun filled day of activities, beginning with an assembly during which we had many parents/guardians attend. Congratulations and well done to our incredible Prep students for this special achievement!

2025 Colour Run

On Tuesday the 16th of September we will be hosting our whole school colour run. This year we are raising money for our House System. Home room teachers have been handing out booklets this week and our students and staff are all very excited!!!!

Our first competition starts next week, from Monday 4th- Friday 15th, during which time the classes with the most profiles created will win a special prize. Good luck!

Year 8 and 9 Exams

Semester One exam results are now available for you to view. Exam results can be accessed the same way you would access semester reports in Compass - in the "Academic Results" section, look for “Exam Results – Semester One” to download the pdf document with the results inside.  

If you have any questions about the results, or would like further details about the exam process, please reach out to your child’s English or Math teacher. The name of this teacher is included in the exam results.

We would like to take this chance to congratulate all the students on the amazing effort that they put into this exam experience.

2026 Prep Enrolments

Do you have family and/or friends who are interested in enrolling their child into Prep for 2026? If so, we would love for them to join our Brookside School Community!

For further information, please direct any family and/or friends who are interested to contact the school on 7379 1555 or to visit the school’s website https://brooksidecollege.vic.edu.au/

Important Please Note:

If you have a child/ren currently attending Brookside and you have a child beginning Prep in 2026, you are still required to go through the enrolment process. Your child will not be automatically enrolled into Prep 2026. Please contact the school for further instructions with the enrolment process.

Have a great week!

The Executive Team