Altona College Newsletter

Community News

Working Bee  - Sunday 30th July 10 am-2 pm

 

A call for volunteers for our upcoming community working bee on Sunday, July 30th from 10 am to 2 pm.  Any help to beautify our grounds is appreciated. Please see our building and grounds team on the day for your assigned task and bring your gardening tools or just yourself.

 

Donations To Tanzania

 

During the Term 2 school holidays, the Sutton family travelled to Tanzania in East Africa with their luggage filled to the brim with donations from the Altona College and Williamstown Only About Children Communities. There was a collection of exercise books, pens, pencils, glue sticks, t-shirts, toys, and story books, the items have been donated to Mysigio Primary School and Mateves Secondary School.  The donations will go a long way to assisting in providing education to the children of these communities.   

 

The Sutton family would like to thank the above communities for assisting a 7-year-old’s idea to come true – Zachary has seen how we can help others from across the globe. 

 

 Walk A Mile In My Shoes

 

Altona College would like to extend a huge thank you to Justine Brogna, Director/Founder of Walk A Mile In My Shoes for a $2500 donation to help resource our Wellbeing Space.

 Justine, along with committee members Richard Kostraby and Practice Manger Katrina Mintoff, attended our end-of-term assembly to present us with their donation. 

 

Walk a Mile In My Shoes is a TreeHaus charity project to awareness and funds for mental health. Through organising the 2022 event, Justine and her team raised significant funds which the charity is now donating back to the local community, aiming to reduce the stigma around mental health and increase the acceptance of diversity.

 

We look forward to working with our students to gather their ideas on possible ways we can use this donation to future enhance our wellbeing areas around the school.

 

Thank you again to Justine and the Walk A Mile In My Shoes charity.

https://www.facebook.com/walkamileinmyshoeswilliamstown/

Walk a Mile in My Shoes Williamstown (@wamimswilliamstown)

 

Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge

 

 

Altona College is excited to be participating in the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge. 

 

 The PRC is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 8 September 2023. The challenge offers a range of exciting features including:

  • access to a library catalogue (including book images and blurbs)
  • a modern user-friendly interface
  • rewarding students with badges as challenge milestones are achieved
  • the option for students to mark books as a favourite, give them a star rating or complete a book review.

The PRC is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. 

 

Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 15 books.

 

All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and former Premiers.

 

To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklist and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: https://www.vic.gov.au/premiers-reading-challenge 

 

For further support or information, please contact: casey.sperling@education.vic.gov.au 

 

Tools and resources to safeguard children from Cyberbullying

 

eSafety is designed to help with advice and resources to help support families safely online. 

Download online safety resources, including this guide to reporting cyberbullying 

 

Term 3 - Extend   Before and After School Care

Hobsons Bay Counselling & Case Management

 

Hobsons Bay Council have male and female counsellors offering free and confidential counselling, case management and support for young people aged 12-25 years.

A mental health care plan is not required. To speak to one of their qualified and experienced staff, call 9932 4000 or make a referral online.www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/counselling Youthcounselling@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au