Sydenham Campus Principal Message
Campus Principals’ Report
Campus Assembly
We were finally able to have a full campus assembly on March 10. It was wonderful to see all of the students and staff celebrate the great start to our new academic year. Thank you to Ms Griffiths who gave an inspiring Opening Address. This was followed by the presentation of our 2022 Campus Captains and Student Leaders.
Year 10 Campus Captains: Jazmin and Suela
Year 10 Leaders: Hannah and Olivia
Year 9 Leaders: Isabella and Eden
Year 8 Leaders: George and Angus
Year 7 Leaders: Roman and Alayna
Sport Captains: Koray and Phoenix
The following students were also presented with RRR certificates for actively showing Respect, Responsibility and Valuing of Relationships throughout the Term;
7E1: Roman, Mia
7E2: Zach, Tala
7E3: Jason, Kate
8E1: Kiara, George
8E2: Khalisa, Marcus
8E3: Keira, Koby
8E4:Dominik, Elizabeth
7H1 Jasmine, Lewis
7H2 Montana, Alexander
7H3 Ava, Aiden
7H4 Emily, Max
8H1 Hedra, Saiathrun
8H2 Lillie, Dylan
8H3 Angus, Jaeda
9B1 Rasjeevan
9B2 Philip
9B3 Mia
9B4 Saisaran
9B5 Jauntai
10B1 Shayla
10B2 Jericho
10B3 Olivia
10B4 Jade
9K1 Dion
9K2 Malachi
9K3 Mia
9K4 Isabella
10K1 Isabella
10K2 Koray
10K3 Tyrese
10K4 Jaismeen
10K5 Simon
Congratulations to all our award winners.
Year 7 Iron Form Day-Golden Iron returns to E Team!
Our Super Star Year 7 students had a fantastic day on Friday March 4 with the Iron Form activities. Students and their Home Group teachers worked steadily throughout the first few weeks of Term 1 to present a mascot, a banner and a song that best represented each Home Group. Congratulations to 7E2, ably supported by Ms Grande and Ms Browning, for all of the effort that went into winning the Golden Iron.
Digital Thumbprint
Year 7 and 8 students also participated in cyber security workshops last week. Our presenter Dom, worked with students to remind them of their digital thumbprint when students are using social media sites. Students are always positive in their feedback of these workshops and we encourage parents and families to continue the conversation with their child at home.
Resilient Youth Survey
Over the last few days, all students have completed the Resilient Youth Survey provided by the City of Brimbank. Student voice is an important priority at our College, and survey responses feed into our daily work. Responses will also be used by the Social and Emotional Well Being working party.
GALA
The College GALA-production has been two years in the making and students and staff have been working hard to keep the show going. Congratulations to Marlee Conlan and her Performing Arts Team for their resilience and persistence.
Performances were March 31 and April 1 at the Bowery Theatre St Albans.
Meet and Greet
Thank you to the students and families who attended the Meet and Greet session on March 7. This year we extended our invitation to families to attend from 3.30 – 4.30pm so that all teachers would be available. We had 32 families meet their child’s Home Group Teacher and feedback was positive from all involved.
College Athletics Carnival
There are not many opportunities for all of the students from the College to come together and so the annual College Athletics Carnival is always a highlight. The weather was excellent for a great day of friendly competition. Congratulations to KP D and T Teams for their win, closely followed by Syd E and B Teams. The friendly competition also extends to the staff- congratulations once again to Dr Gruis for his first place (in his age group) for the second year in a row!
Smash Alcohol
All Year 8, 9 and 10 students viewed a live musical production by a group of young performers earlier this term. They showed students the causes and effects that alcohol has on young teens and presented strategies for how young people can safeguard each other and themselves.
Discovery Evening
A big thank you to Ms Krystal Allison (Campus Transition Leader) for all of her work in organising and promoting the Discovery Evening last week. This event is a great chance for prospective students and their families to see the campus and hear about the wonderful opportunities that enrolling at Copperfield College- Sydenham Campus offers. The evening’s tag line “there’s more to Copperfield than you know” did not disappoint.
Campus Goals for 2022
We were very proud at our campus assembly to also congratulate our 2021 students who had made last year a Champion Year. We shared with students how well we had achieved last year’s goals and how much we valued their contribution to that achievement. We unveiled our 2022 campus goals;
- Improving Student Attendance,
- Seating Arrangements based on Student Data,
- Fostering pride in our environment- classrooms, corridors and in the yard
- Promoting student voice and agency.
We invited students to help us work towards these new goals and to make 2022 a Year of Champions!
Ms Mary Chiodo and Mr Michael Gruis Campus Principals