Principal's Report

Swimming Sports Return 

It was great to have our first ‘normal’ swimming sports last week on 20th February.

The day was a great celebration of the College, with students across year levels participating in a range of swimming and novelty events, and a fantastic comradery shown.

Congratulations to all students and families that attended, and a big thank you to the staff, led by our Sports Coordinators Mr Jason Revell and Ms Lianna Itajahy, for their organisation of the day. 

College Expectations – Uniform

It is an expectation of attending Horsham College that students wear the College Council approved uniform. In recent years, the College leadership and Council have made significant changes to our uniform, led by student voice. It is therefore important that all students wear the College uniform when at school.

I have asked the Year Level Teams to enforce a major crackdown on uniform starting next week. Students not wearing correct uniform will be provided the opportunity to wear the uniform, but continual offenders may require parent meetings, after school detentions and or further consequences.

Please make sure that if there are any issues with uniform and you need support that you contact the relevant Year Level Team.

Pride in the school – evolution of Horsham College Facilities

There is a great deal to celebrate at the College with our fantastic NAPLAN and VCE results in 2022 and the continued improvement in our facilities. In recent months we have seen the opening of the engineering and auto sheds, and we are in the process of reopening refurbished systems, electronics, textiles, and art rooms, and providing our music department with a permanent state of the art home.

We have recently added a range of shade areas in the school, and the last of the junior school half courts will soon be completed. In the coming months we will commit significant funds to student seating and continue to improve the spaces and facilities around the College.

NAPLAN preparations

Our school preparations for NAPLAN continue. NAPLAN is the once every two years literacy and numeracy testing for all students in Australia. It is used as a measure of student progress and allows schools to target further support, along with our own internal testing and teacher judgement based on student needs.

NAPLAN will be held in the coming weeks, having been moved forward to March from its usual scheduling in May.

Our staff have been working with students and supporting them with activities that provide NAPLAN like tasks, with a particular focus for our Year 7 and 9 students on reading and writing tasks. Parents who would like further information are welcome to contact Ms Naylor, Mr Poultney, and Ms Woolford for support.