Community News
Orientation Days for Year 7 2025 Students
Please click on the button below to read important information regarding these two important days in our calendar.
Moonlit Sanctuary Summer Holiday Clubs
Moonlit Sanctuary is a wildlife conservation park in Pearcedale where visitors can see Australia’s amazing native animals and learn about their conservation. It’s all about helping people connect with wildlife and understanding why protecting them is so important.
Their School Holiday Programs are a real highlight. Run by their Education Officers, they’re packed with hands-on activities, animal encounters, and loads of fun. Kids get to learn about conservation and how to care for native wildlife in an engaging and interactive way.
Cardinia Youth Services School Holiday Program
Central Australia Trip in 2025
We are very excited to provide an opportunity for students in Year 10 and 11 (2025) to travel to Central Australia in September 2025 in a fully-guided and catered tour.
To see the presentation that was provided by the organisers, World Strides, at our Information Evening, held on Thursday, 14th November, please click here.
Please click here to read all about the tour and to register your child's interest in this amazing experience. This is an Expression of Interest for your child to be added to the Compass Excursion Event. You will then receive a notification in Compass (within 1 working day) to pay the $395 deposit prior to the 6th December, 2024 for your child to be part of the tour.
Pakenham Secondary College will be funding the insurance for this trip. If you would like to read the insurance documentation, please click here.
Please note: If you attended the Central Australia Information Evening on Thursday, 14th November, and previously registered your interest, your child's name has already been added to the Compass Event and you will already have a notification in your Compass Newsfeed. Therefore, you do not need to register again.
School Saving Bonus
Dear Parents and Carers,
In late Term 4, 2024, families with a child enrolled in a government school from Prep to Year 12 in 2025 will receive the one-off $400 School Saving Bonus.
The $400 School Saving Bonus provides families with support for education-related costs, such as school activities and/or school uniforms and textbooks.
The School Saving Bonus is not available for full-fee international students, home schooled students, TAFE students and students attending kindergarten in 2025.
Please check your junk mail regularly to make sure you do not miss an important email.
To learn more about the School Saving Bonus, download the School Saving Bonus Information sheet for government school parents and carers or visit vic.gov.au/school-saving-bonus.
2025 ANZAC Day Schools' Awards
The theme for 2025 is: Remembering Gallipoli: 110 years
Your entry must demonstrate learning about the experiences, service and stories of those who served at Gallipoli. To find out more click on the button below or the image above.
Construction Update - Pakenham Level Crossing Removal Project
ROAD CLOSURES IN AND AROUND PAKENHAM
Princes Freeway Warragul-bound weekend closure
The Princes Freeway will be closed Warragul-bound between McGregor Road and Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road from 7pm Friday 29 November to 5am Monday 2 December.
To help manage traffic on the freeway, the Cardinia Road Warragul-bound entry ramp will also be closed during this time.
Detours in place via:
- Cardinia Road and Princes Highway
- McGregor Road, Southeast Boulevard and Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road
During this weekend, the freeway will also be closed citybound between Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road and McGregor Road Road overnight, from 7pm to 5am each night.
Detours in place via Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road, Southeast Boulevard and McGregor Road.
Please click on the below button to find out more information on disruptions in Pakenham.
Disruptions on the Pakenham Train Line
Please click here or on the image above for all the latest details on any disruptions on the Pakenham and Cranbourne Train Lines.
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