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Principal's Message We Grow Through Connection

Community News Parent/Carer Contributions, A reminder to bring your laptop to school, PSC Continues to SOAR, Freestyle Goju Karate Lessons with All Stars Defence Academy, Construction Update - Pakenham Level Crossing Removal Project, ROAD CLOSURES IN AND AROUND PAKENHAM, Disruptions on the Pakenham Train Line, Connecting with Us

Student Achievements School Wide Positive Behaviour Program , PSC Art and Technology Exhibition Awards, Course Counselling Information Night, PACT Garden Success, Latest Chess Tournament Update

Student Voice Student Representative Council Update, Caring for our Wildlife

Sport Pakenham Eels Rugby Team Information Session, Staff vs Students, Pakenham Warriors Basketball Development Program, PSC Fitness Centre

Performing Arts College Production - The Wizard of Oz - Limited tickets still available, New Performance Opportunity for Year 9 and 10s, Drama Club

Victorian State Schools Spectacular

Art @ PSC Creative Victoria, Artist in Residence

From the Office General Office, Students departing early from school, Bell Times, Parent Details, Uniform Shop, Compass, Student Absences, Compass Guide, Excursion Approvals - Online Only , Student Absences, Compass Pay, More Compass Information

Key Dates Dates for your diary

Careers Corner Welcome Nicole Robertson to the team, PSC Course Counselling, Headstart Information Evening - Understanding Apprenticeships and Traineeships, SBAT Opportunity , Planning on studying at university?, University Open Days, Swinburne University of Technology, Monash University, La Trobe University, RMIT University, Australian Catholic University, Federation University, University of Melbourne, Victoria University, Deakin University, RMIT Early Offers Open Now, Melbourne Careers Expo, Your Career - https://www.yourcareer.gov.au, Victoria Police Career Information, Competitions, Plan Your Own Enterprise Competition

Library Matters Premiers' Reading Challenge, The Benefits of Reading, Useful Library Links, Connected Libraries:, Myli - My Library Community, Useful Library Links, SORA Reading App Instructions, Sora Install Instructions

Student Health & Wellbeing See the Doctor at PSC, Wellbeing Dogs at PSC, Tuning in to Kids Program, Support Services

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Sport

Pakenham Eels Rugby Team Information Session

On Monday, 22nd July, Pakenham Eels Rugby League Club President, Mr Jason Buchanan, visited our College to speak to our students about the benefits of Rugby League, as well as the different pathways and opportunities that the sport has to offer for young people.

Some of the key benefits that Mr Buchanan mentioned were that being part of a rugby league team builds resilience, shows you how to work well in a team and how to work harder. Off the field these benefits continue by developing your work ethic and how hard we can apply ourselves.

Mr Buchanan also spoke about other opportunities in the rugby league world – not just playing – but moving into Sports Science, looking at training schedules, game statistics, structuring training for the individual by looking at their speed and other areas, the management side of the sport, coaching, as well as support areas such as administration and marketing.

He discussed the different pathways; local rugby league to representative – building good habits and getting into routines and structures and moving on to state level.

Mr Buchanan finished his speech with information about the opportunities for players in Victoria for both the NRL and NRLW.

The students were then treated to a pizza lunch!

We are extremely grateful to Mr Buchanan for his time and insight into Rugby League and all it has to offer.

We will be holding a sign-up session on Monday, 29th July for our Rugby teams. Please come along to LC3 at lunchtime. All students are welcome.

Staff vs Students

We are excited to announce that our next Staff vs Students tournament is imminent – the score is currently Staff 3 Students 0. Will the students stage a comeback? Or will the staff team once again prove too strong? This time, our sport of choice is NETBALL.

Stay tuned via the Student Bulletin and our social media channels for all the details!

Pakenham Warriors Basketball Development Program

Every Friday during term time, Ned, our experienced coach from the Pakenham Warriors Basketball team, comes to the College to provide an exceptional basketball development program.

The program is open to all students in Years 7-10 and is free.

Training starts at 7:45am and runs until 8:30am in our Gymnasium.

Students are welcome to join at any time - please being a basketball, your runners and a water bottle to participate.

PSC Fitness Centre

We have an amazing Fitness Centre at the College, which is available at lunchtime for students to use. Please see the below schedule for details.

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