AROUND THE COLLEGE

School Captain News!

Congratulations to our elected 2025 School Captains, Finlay Powell and Georgia Tyrell. Finn and Georgia will be wonderful leaders and ambassadors for our school community during the next 12 months and we can not wait for them to get started.

Introducing our 2025 Vice School Captains Owen and Nakiah. Both Owen and Nakiah have been terrific young humans who have grown in our college during the last 5 years. They will be great leaders in their own right and wonderful supports to our college captains Georgia and Finn. We wish them both well in 2025.

BJ O'Toole Wadawurrung Artist Workshop

Thursday 7th and Friday 8th of November Western Heights alumni and Wadawurrung man Billy Jay O'Toole returned to run a cultural heritage and Papul art workshop with our First Nations students. After listening to BJ's story and experiences of connecting to culture through art, students were encouraged to tell their own stories through their artworks. This project is part of a bigger Gathering Circle that will be created for all students to observe and connect to First Nations Culture in 2025. Huge Nyatne to BJ for connecting with us we look forward to seeing your work around the community in the future!

Connection Leads to Opportunity

Following the Papul art workshop year 7 Hunter Jacobs volunteered to be BJ's apprentice at Northern Bay Primary School. BJ and Hunter spent three full on days creating some awesome murals with the students there. We are very proud of you Hunter and can't wait to see where art takes you next!

Students at WHC are encouraged to ‘Call Out’ poor behaviours they may be exposed to, witness, or hear of in our community.

If you hear something that is not right, or feel uncomfortable in our community, we want to hear from you!

Students are encouraged to email their Year Level address, where concerns will be resolved.

Canteen Orders

A reminder that the Canteen is ORDER ONLY for all main food items, such as salad rolls, sausage rolls, schnitzel burgers etc. The first 10 minutes of recess and lunch will be allocated to collection of food orders only. The canteen will then be open for any additional purchases of drinks and ice creams (Term 1 & 4).  

*REMEMBER to order before 8.15am on the QKR! app or at the canteen before 8.45am

Western Heights Farm Shop

Our farm shop is open out the front of the school library, hosting beautiful produce from our garden. We are open every day except Wednesday (when we have enough produce). Please bring cash.

All proceeds go back into the garden to keep it running.  Please contact Vanessa on 0418 807 848 if you have any questions, or to check if we are open.

Library News

GEELONG REGIONAL LIBRARY HOURS

Monday: 8:30am - 3pm

Tuesday: 8:30am - 3pm

Wednesday: 8:30am - 7pm

Thursday: 8:30am - 3pm

Friday: 8:30am - 3pm

Saturday: 9am - 12noon

Sunday: Closed

OPEN FOR STUDENTS during school hours: 8:30am - 3:00pm, Monday - Friday.

GEELONG REGIONAL LIBRARY SCHOOL HOLIDAY HOURS

Monday: 9am - 3pm

Wednesday: 9am - 3pm

Saturday: 9am - 12pm

BOOKMARKS - Library Update

Year 12 Exam Study 

The Year 12s are studying hard for their exams in the library. Thank you to the whole school community for supporting them by being quiet and playing in different spaces. The last VCE / VET exam is on Wednesday 20 November.

Urgent! Return all books!

Please return all books as soon as possible for the annual stocktake. Please look in your lockers and at home for any library books to return.

Christmas lunch time activity

During lunch time, come to the library and make Christmas cards and Christmas ornaments. The activity starts daily Week 9, Monday 2 December.

Borrowing books – Books are loaned for two weeks. Use your WHC ID card to borrow books from our school library. You can easily find what you want on shelves as fiction titles have been organised into genres: