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Principal's Report Report from Westall Secondary College Principal, 2024 School Annual Report

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Assistant Principal (Years 11/12) Report Report from Assistant Principal Yr 11/12, Jason Tickner, Senior School Reflection, Progress Reports and Parent-Teacher Conferences, Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)

Assistant Principal (VM, 9/10) Report Banner Photo

Assistant Principal (VM, 9/10) Report Report from Assistant Principal VM, Yr 9/10, Travis McIntosh, Yr 10 Immunisation

Assistant Principal (Years 7/8) Report Banner Photo

Assistant Principal (Years 7/8) Report Report from Assistant Principal Years Yr 7/8, Alice Paget, How are NAPLAN results used?, Yr 7 Immunisation

Senior School Report Message from the , Director of Learning , Senior School , Mr Denholm Pickering , Life of an Accountant Incursion, Continuing Programs, Year 12 Legal Studies, International Women’s Day – March Forward , Year 11 Biology Experiments, Luna Park Physics Excursion Article

Middle School Report Message from , the Director of Learning, Middle School, Ms Michelle Collins , Year 10 Immunisations, Year 10 Work Experience, Year 9 NAPLAN, Year 9 Morrisby Career Profiling, Year 9/ 10 Lit Histories Excursion, Year 9 and 10 Forensic Science

Junior School Report Message from the, Director of Learning, Junior School, Miss Jessika Cichy, Recap of the Term, NAPLAN Success – Well Done, Year 7s!, Year 8 Global Literacy Excursion – Half Moon Bay, Upcoming Events & Notices, Junior School Triumph Days (1st to 2nd April 2025, Wk 10), CAT Season & Reports , Balancing Rest & Routine Over the Holidays, Caring for Others – Hands-Off Policy, Term 2 – Winter Uniform, Thank You & Looking Ahead, Year 7 Immunisations

WELC & International Student Report Banner Photo

WELC & International Student Report Message from the International Coordinator and WELC Coordinator , WELC Update, Westall International Student Program

Art/Technology News Here is what's happening in Art and Technology, Ms Helen Ifandis, Cyanotype Workshop at MUMA - Monash University of Modern Art, Art Making and Exhibiting - Year 11 and 12 TOP ARTS EXCURSION - March 17, YEAR 12 ART MAKING AND EXHIBITING ECKERSLEYS WORKSHOP, YEAR 7 Design Technologies - Woodwork, Pencil holder - 'Snake'

Sports News Here is what's happening in Sports!, Swimming carnival Points, Senior gala day March 20th, WELC Basketball

Careers & Pathways News Here's what's happening in careers! , ALA Applied Learning Coordinator and Supporter of the Year for 2024, SWL – (Structured Work Placements) in Vocational Major and VCE, Year 10 students, Dates to Diarise in Term 2, 22nd May Westall SC Annual Career Expo , TRADE & TECH FIT CAREER EXPO , VET – Vocational Education and Training, CAREERS SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON School-based Apprenticeships (SBATs) , Career Pathways 2025 – See information on Graduates of 2024 on further study at University and TAFE in the following table.

Wellbeing Centre News From the Wellbeing Team!, Ashley Oehler , Student and Wellbeing Coordinator, Nadia Papagiannopoulos Student Engagement Officer , Meaghan Morley , Mental Health Practitioner, Pamela Johnson , Adolescent Health Nurse , A message from the Student Wellbeing Coordinator , Lunch time at Wellbeing , Supporting a healthy headspace is important for our wellbeing. Here are seven tips on how you can support your mental.

Other School News Welcome to our New Westall Education Support Staff , International Women’s Day – March Forward, Winners of the Westall SC Writing Competition, Well Done to everyone who entered the Competition and especially to the three winners!, Education Support Staff Social Club Lunch, Instrumental Music lessons! , What can I learn?, SINGING, , BASS GUITAR, DRUMS, KEYBOARDS/PIANO, CLARINET, FLUTE & SAXOPHONE.

Parent Information School Drop Off and Pick Up, Westall Front Office Opening Hours , Payment Information, Financial Support for Families, Updating Your Contact, Custody and Medical Information, Year 7/ 10 Immunisation , Instrumental Music lessons! , What can I learn?, SINGING, GUITAR, BASS GUITAR, DRUMS, KEYBOARDS/PIANO, CLARINET, FLUTE & SAXOPHONE., Teens Hip Hop Dance Program, Ourplace Services , Join Springvale Scout Group, Parent Information Sessions Turning in to Teens, Koorie Academy free boys basketball clinic for mob, Jump! Dandenong School Swimming Programs, Berry St Foster Carer, Sustainable Schools , Second-Hand Textbooks and Uniforms, Free Trial for Maths Online, Autism Connect, Saver Plus Program, delivered through Berry Street. , Our Place Team at Westall Hub, Maths Online, Fit City Events - Duathlon Series at Sandown, Karate for Students, Stage School Australia

Community News Extreme Hardship Support Program Information Session, Rowville CLC School Holidays & Term 2 2025, Living Music Southland Service and Tuition, METRO Community Education Team Invitation, BMBA Basketball at Stonnington Sports Centre , Family and Friends Introductory Offer , Oakleigh Amateur, Football Club, VicRoads Learner Permit Test Online (LPTO), City of Greater Dandenong Holiday Activities Program for April - Now Open , Teens Dance Program , Make A Difference, GKR Karate , No Limits Aquila Academy (NLAA) Soccer academy, City of Kingston Community Bike Education Program, Carers Victoria welcomes the continuation of public transport concessions for Carer Card holders, Bulls (Noble Park) Juniors Football Club, Mazenod Football Club

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Art/Technology News

Ms Helen Ifandis and Ms Cecilia Yuan

Here is what's happening in Art and Technology

Ms Helen Ifandis

Cyanotype Workshop at MUMA - Monash University of Modern Art

The year 11 Art making and Exhibiting students attended 'a hands on workshop' at MUMA with Australian artist - Rudi Williams. These workshops are offered FREE for Secondary schools across Victoria.

The students experienced first hand, the artworks, life and inspirations of the artist. They use camera-less photographic techniques to create a cyanotype as well as a Silver gelatin print.

The students were immersed in the creative process through the exploration of found objects on light sensitive papers and fabric, which were then exposed to direct sunlight. The compositions came to life once outside. The pre-treated fabric sheet was washed and left to dry, where as the Silver gelatin print remained dry.

The students viewed the exhibition - IMAGE ECONOMIES, this exhibition explores the impact of evolving digital technologies on image-making, self-representation and media consumption.

Gallery design and exhibition layout, was key for the students, most importantly when they begin to make decisions about the who the audience will be for their own display of artworks. The students gained great insight into the roles of the gallery curator, education officer, director and the role of the artist.

Art Making and Exhibiting - Year 11 and 12 TOP ARTS EXCURSION - March 17

The VCE Art students attended the annual Top Arts exhibition on the 17th of March. The exhibition provides a platform for emerging artists from across the state to showcase their skills, enthusiasm, and creativity. The exhibition highlights the increasingly innovative use of materials and techniques employed by students completing the VCE studies of Art Making and Exhibiting and Art Creative Practice in 2024.

Top Arts 2025 offers a captivating look into the inventive and imaginative spirit of young artists. For the artists in Top Arts 2025, it means wrestling with big questions, distilling complex ideas and trusting their instincts. Selected from over 1400 applicants, the forty students featured in this exhibition have created works that explore culture, identity, knowledge, beauty, portraiture, life and death, and the natural world – all while navigating the demands of VCE.

The Westall students gained insight into the creative journeys of Top Arts 2025 exhibiting artists. Through hands-on access to the artists’ visual journals, sketchbooks and folios, the students gained a unique insight into how some of Victoria’s top students of VCE art subjects in 2024 developed their ideas, explored materials and techniques and resolved their final artworks.

Students experienced the following:

Identify and explain the ideas and concepts explored in the folios of Top Arts 2025 exhibitors
Examine how aesthetic qualities, art elements and art principles, and materials and techniques have been used to support the communication of ideas.
Describe how sources of inspiration inform the development of Top Arts exhibitors’ ideas and artworks.

YEAR 12 ART MAKING AND EXHIBITING ECKERSLEYS WORKSHOP

The Year 11/ Year 12 Art students are required to explore an range of media, materials and processes as part of their visual arts journal. Dani Scaramuzzino, the art representative from ECKERSLEYS ran a workshop where students trialled the latest media. The students explored media related to their chosen art form.

Dani demonstrated how to develop images using the Mi Screen, this was exciting to watch as it executes an almost instant photographic screen printed image.

YEAR 7 Design Technologies - Woodwork, Pencil holder - 'Snake'

The students have been working on products that serve a purpose and specific function. The pencil holder has been designed for a set of coloured pencils - the materials, equipment and tools used to create the 'snake' are treated pine, outdoor acrylic paints, sandpaper, belt sander and pedestal drill. The work in progress will be on display shortly!