Message from our 

Campus Principal

Term 4

This term has started smoothly, with students returning to learning with great enthusiasm.  It’s amazing the effect that a little bit of sunlight has, even when it is poking through rain.  

We have also started the term off with a full staffing complement, with Xander Byng coming on board to replace Mark Heiberg while he is on leave for the remainder of the year.  Xander has been working hard to get to know his new students and is enthusiastic for what he can offer to the school with his previous experience in the Humanities workforce prior to teaching.  Welcome to Kurnai, Xander.  We hope you’re with us for some time to come!  

We also welcome a range of new students this term.  Enrolments have been flowing in, some to start immediately and many more lined up to start with us in Headstart in just a few weeks.  Kurnai College is certainly the school of choice for people and we are pleased to be offering a community that is so welcoming and supportive.  

Our Music staff have kicked off the term strong with a fantastic event in Kurnai’s Got Talent.  I loved watching the final this week and experiencing the incredible talent on offer in our Campus and College.  Congratulations to Kara Phillips and Simon Menorias who did a fabulous job on the night.  They may not have placed, but held themselves well as Year 7 students against the experience of the University Campus performers.  We were also pleased to congratulate the first, second and third place students, two of which originated at Morwell Campus and have shared their talents with us at a number of music events – Chase Edwards and Lucas Crivari-Evans.

Our transition program has also kicked off for incoming Grade 6 students with select students from two schools now having come on site to spend some time with our staff and get used to secondary school before they start their Orientation In December.  We are excited to be welcoming another five classes of students into Year 7 next year showing a huge growth in our learning community.  With this comes lots of new teaching positions that we need to fill and we are working through that process at the moment.

Permission forms are now also out on Compass for our annual Gumbuya World trip.  This is a great event for all of our students across the College and rewards the solid year of work our students have engaged with.  It is an enjoyable day and we look forward to welcome all students to join us on the day.  It is really important that parents provide the consent on Compass so please contact our office if you are having difficulty doing so.

Finally, for those of our Morwell families who also have students at the senior campus studying VCE Year 12, we pass on our best wishes good luck for their exam period.  This is one of the hardest times they will experience but there is light at the end of the tunnel!  I have just had the pleasure of signing each of their graduation cards and remember back to their year level fondly.

Mr Dan Swallow

Morwell Campus Principal