College News

Pupil Free Day

A reminder that Monday (6 November) before Melbourne Cup is a Pupil Free Day. Students will return to class after the public holiday on Wednesday 8 November.

2024 School Fee Information

School Fee information for 2024 has now been released by the Governing Board. An email has been sent to all families earlier this week. However, we have had some technical issues with the email system, so if you have not received your copy, please either check your ‘junk email’ box, or contact the GNLC finance office at finance@goodnews.vic.edu.au to receive another copy.  Fee information is also available on the college website.

Staff Professional Development (PD) Day

During our latest PD Day, Good News Lutheran College held a staff conference aimed at equipping our teachers and staff to 'Create Success Together'.

The conference featured esteemed guest speakers, including Scott Darlow on Indigenous culture and the 'FLUTE' approach (Forgiveness, Love, Understanding, Tolerance and Empathy) in our daily lives, Dr Faye Lambert who conducted Myer-Briggs Personality Profile workshops and David Vinegrad who led the restorative practice training. 

All staff have been excited to implement their newly acquired skills and knowledge in Term 4, which will undoubtedly benefit our students and community!

Enrolment for 2024

At this time of the year, we remind all families who might be planning to move on from the College in 2023 to please let us know. There are a number of reasons that we do this, but in particular it means we are able to: 

• Plan facilities for 2024 (such as the number of lockers, chairs, tables etc.) 
• Arrange staffing to ensure we have the right number of quality teachers
• Schedule a student and staff timetable for lessons and activities 
• Offer positions to families on our waiting list to join the College

If you are planning on continuing at Good News in 2024, then you don't need to do anything further. If you are a family with child/ren from Prep to Year 11 in 2024, and you are considering leaving the College you must provide one Terms notice in writing to the Admissions Officer admissions@goodnews.vic.edu.au by Friday 15 September (today) or you will be charged a Terms fee on your college account. 

Extended Holidays during School Term

Families are reminded that they need to seek written permission from the College Principal to take their children out of school for extended periods of leave during school Term. On taking leave, students need to ensure that they remain up to date with any assessments and show endeavour to complete assessments before taking their leave.