Secondary Years, Tarneit

Discipleship - Following Jesus

Last week, in one of my regular conversations with students, one student shared with me how tough it was to admit they hadn’t completed an assignment honestly. “It would’ve been easier to stay quiet,” they said, “but I knew the right thing was to own up.” That’s integrity—and it’s also discipleship in action.

Discipleship means choosing to follow Jesus in the small, everyday decisions, even when it costs us something. Jesus said, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23, NIV). Integrity—doing the right thing when no one’s watching—is a powerful way to live that out.

It’s not always popular or easy to live with honesty, kindness, and courage. But discipleship isn’t about being perfect—it’s about being real, faithful, and willing to grow. When you choose integrity, you’re choosing to reflect Jesus. And the best part? He walks with you every step of the way.

Joanne Wegener

Deputy Principal - Secondary

Subject Expo

The Subject Expo is for students currently in Years 9–11 to learn about subject offerings in 2026, University prerequisites, VET/VM/MC options and the subject counselling process.

4.30pm-7.30pm

Thursday 26 June 2025

Secondary Years Building

Intended For 

Year 9 Going into Year 10 in 2026 (Optional)

Year 10 Going into Year 11 in 2026 (Compulsory Attendance) 

Year 11 Going into Year 12 in 2026 (Highly Recommended)

More information can be found on Schoolbox News.

Elevate Education's Term 2 Parent Webinar Series

Throughout the course of Years 10 -12, our students have been engaging in a series of study skills education with Elevate Education. This company delivers high-impact workshops to our students that help to develop their study skills, motivation, and exam preparation.

Over the next term, you're invited to join their parent webinar series, where you can help support your child at home by reinforcing the skills they're learning at school.

• How You Can Help Your Child Prepare for Exams - 21 May 6.30pm (AEST)
• How You Can Support Your Child During Exams - 4 June 6.30pm (AEST)
• Ask Me Anything (Live Q&A) - 18 June 6.30pm (AEST)
• How to Help Your Child Alleviate Stress - 2 July 6.30pm (AEST)

Register today at: https://go.elevateeducation.com/auschoolwebinars

Parent Webinar: Managing Device Use

Wellio is the platform used to deliver our wellbeing education for Years 7-12 students.

The platform helps students proactively improve their wellbeing using research-backed habits and techniques. The programme supports students in improving their sleep, managing social media use, building healthy relationships, improving physical wellbeing, and reducing anxiety.

Wellio also deliver free parent webinars each term. These sessions are designed to equip parents with practical tools to support the wellbeing of their children.

The webinar this term is titled Managing Device Use: Creating Healthy Tech Habits at Home. This session will explore key parenting strategies to help you encourage healthy device habits with your children.

When: Thursday 22 May, 6.30pm

Where: via Zoom

Register at https://collections.humanitix.com/2025-parent-webinar-series

Wellio will record the event, so register if you can't attend but want access to the recording.

WynSpeak Public Speaking Competition

On Tuesday 6 May, GNLC hosted Round 2 of the WynSpeak Public Speaking Competition. The night included a range of speeches from students from different schools, competing in the Senior (Year 10-12) and Junior (Year 7-9) categories. Representing GNLC proudly in the Seniors were Year 12s Kiran Kaur and Gracy Singh, and in the Juniors Year 9 Eveleen Sachdeva, and Year 7s Ruansh Chowdhury and Anhad Singh. 

A huge congratulations to Eveleen, who won the Junior short notice speech, where she spoke from the heart about how positive use of social media has deepened her bond with her father. In the Seniors, Gracy Singh not only won the short notice speech, but also won the prepared speech competition with her passionate, memorable and pertinent speech about the rise of misogyny in Victorian schools. Gracy will go on to compete in the finals hosted at Thomas Carr College on Friday 6 June. A shout out to Ms Rutter, Miss Pearce and Mr Cathcart who supported the students!

Andrew Cathcart

Learning Area Coordinator: English