VCE/VM

🟩 Beyond Blue Fundraiser – Crazy Sock Day and BBQ

A huge thank you to everyone who came along, bought a sausage, wore their crazy socks, and supported our Mental Health Awareness fundraiser on Thursday 7th August.

Thanks to your generosity, we raised $640 for Beyond Blue, helping them continue their important work supporting mental health across Australia.

Your kindness and community spirit made the day a great success, and we are so grateful for your support.

🟩 Salvation Army – Clothing Drive

We are now collecting quality clothing donations which will be donated to the Salvation Army. The donation boxes are located in the front office. 

🟩  Men’s Shed Fundraiser Puckapunyal Pizza – Friday August 29th

Pizza Day order forms have been given out in secondary homerooms and primary classrooms.  All orders are due in by 22nd August.

Pizza Day will occur on Friday 29th August and all funds raised will be donated to the Seymour Men’s Shed who are currently supporting the Year 11 and 12 VCE VM classes to build picnic tables for the College. 

🟩Our Murray River Rainbowfish aquaculture project blends science, culture, conservation and community!

Last year, our Year 10 Ignite students partnered with Native Fish Australia (NFA) to explore the conservation of this small but ecologically significant native species. This year, the 2025 Ignite cohort, alongside our Year 9/10 Indonesian Language students, have expanded the project to focus on aquaculture, breeding, sustainability and habitat protection for the Murray River Rainbowfish.

On Friday 8th August we proudly welcomed back past students, current students, greeted our Indonesian partner school staff and students, and hosted special guests for a Rainbowfish Presentation and Science Week 2025 Launch. This successful event featured talks from Mrs Scollen (2024 Ignite teacher and Science Domain Leader), Mr Tim Curmi (President of Native Fish Australia), our 2025 Year 10 Ignite students and our Year 9/10 Indonesian Language students. We’d like to thank every single student and staff involved for their efforts in starting this project at our school.

As a cross-curricular project, the launch was livestreamed to our partner school in Indonesia and presented in both English and Indonesian! This allowed us to share not only our scientific understanding of the Murray River Rainbowfish, but also the broader message of environmental sustainability, something which our partner school in Indonesia has also been focusing on.

🟩 To celebrate Science Week 2025, the Ignite students have prepared a program of Rainbowfish-themed Science Week activities – from library displays to a plastic-free lunch day to an ‘open tank’ session for our school community to visit the rainbow fish. We’d like to invite everyone to learn more, get involved, and help protect this special native fish species with us!

Melissa Wood, Shona Maskelyne, Amanda Hard, Jayne Hill, Andrea Williams