Message from the College Principal

G’day everyone,

It’s been a super busy term across our campuses with everyone focussed on improving their learning. I've been super impressed by the excellent work I’ve been seeing in the classes I visit and even more satisfying is seeing the great way our students, their teachers and classroom assistants are working together.

We have had some staffing challenges and it continues to be a challenge to find teachers and other staff, but we are not as desperate as some schools in Gippsland, and I’m pleased that our education program hasn’t had to be reduced.

The athletics sports were a highlight for the many students who participated and enjoyed the day, and we are thankful to our staff team who organised the event lead by Ms Dodd.

Morwell campus building project is virtually complete and the school is looking great and providing an awesome place for our students to learn.

Have a great easter and don’t eat too much chocolate!

Anthony Rodaughan

College Principal

School Captains

University Campus

Kurnai College University Campus College Captains Jazmine Sanders, William Bonnici, and Kerwin Valdez were inducted into their roles during Kurnai College’s Awards Ceremony held in December 2022.

"It's truly an honour to be school captain. I look forward to hearing the voice of the Kurnai Community and making a positive change," said Will.

“I am wanting to help promote mental health and be a voice for our students”, said Jazmine.

Churchill Campus

Bryleigh Matthews and Sidney Townsend have been inducted at the Churchill Campus as School Captains alongside, Vice Captains Zoe Woodward and Bobby Aarons.

“Being school captain gives me the opportunity to make this incredible school even better,” said Sidney.

“I want to make sure students feel like they are heard and included in the school community,” said Bryleigh.

Morwell Campus

At the Morwell Campus, School Captains Kieran Webb and Ayla Schiavello were inducted as School Captains.

“I’m very excited to be able to give students a voice,” said Ayla.

“With all the activities planned, I can’t wait to see how much of an improvement we can make to the college this year,” said Kieran.

To see all the School Captains' introductions: https://kurnai.co/captains

Athletics Day

The last day of summer, Tuesday 28th February provided a perfect warm day to host Kurnai College’s Inter House Athletics Carnival at Joe Carmody Reserve in Newborough on.

Students from across the College came together and participated in various track and field events, novelty events such as limbo, longest footy kick, or the balloon toss, or simply spent a relaxing day catching up with their friends.

Forsyth prevailed and took out the Kurnai College House Athletics Championship Cup winning by a whopping margin of 392 points ahead of runners up Thorpe.

It was fantastic to see the students competing, striving to do their best for their house, and getting into the spirit of the day by getting involved and dressing up in their house colours.

Congratulations to all our competitors and we wish our top performers all the very best in their efforts for the Wellington Athletics Carnival that will be held next term.

A huge thank you to all the staff and students from Kurnai College for their efforts and to the Health and Physical Education staff for their professional running of the day.

Results

Forsyth	(Blue)	1281
Thorpe	(Red)	889
Siddle	(Yellow)	853
Freeman	(Green)	730

Age Group Champions

Year 7	Skylah Russell	Aiden Goodwin
Year 8	Alyssa Cormack	Cody Boys
Year 9	Claire Lindsay	Troy McCann
Year 10	Kystal Collier-Luke	Jackson Jones
Year 11	Nadia He	Andrew Tyrell
Year 12	Zoe Nickson	Ben Woodward

Records Broken

YR 7	200m	Skylah Russell	FRE	30.27	def	E. Martin (THO 2011) 30.26
YR 7	Long Jump	Skylah Russell	FRE	3.9m	=	S. Bry (FOR 2020) 3.9m
YR 9	High Jump	Claire Lindsay	FOR	1.37m	def	C. Aristtidou (2011) 1.35m
YR 12	200m	Lachlan Freeman	SID	23.20	def	A. Wellington (FOR 2022) 24.05

Music News

Yinnar Food Truck Festival

Our music students from across the College have had a very busy start to the school year. Students came together to perform at the Yinnar food truck festival, it was a fantastic opportunity for our students to have been invited to participate in this great local community event.

Welcome BBQ

During the term we welcomed new families to the College with a BBQ and musical entertainment at both Morwell & Churchill junior campuses. This gave our Kurnai College community the opportunity to see and hear first-hand our wonderful musicians at work and the possibilities that exists for new students wanting to be involved in our music program.

V.C.E Workshop

During the school holidays we will host a V.C.E music workshop aimed at refining our student’s aural analysis, theory and performance skills in preparation for end of year examinations.

Easter in Yinnar Collaboration

On Saturday the 1st April our College has been invited to perform at the Easter Celebrations in Yinnar. We will be performing in collaboration with Traralgon College and our students are very much looking forward to the event. Please come along from 4-6PM and support our performing arts students.

What to Learn a musical instrument?

Student wanting to learn a musical instrument, we have limited spaces available for brass & woodwind instruments. Please collect an expression of interest form from the general office, or speak to the College Music Coordinator, Mr Chris Gretton to find out more information.

Sports News

Wellington District Cricket

During week 6, Kurnai College had three integrated teams from the Churchill Campus and Morwell Campus represent the College at the Wellington District school cricket.

While neither the Year 7, Year 8 or Year 9/10 teams came away with a win from their respective 20/20 games, the students had fun participating and working together as a team while upholding the school's pillars; engagement, excellence, relationships and work ethic.

School Values

Kurnai College’s four pillars underpin all aspects of our work.

Community News

Interchange Gippsland ROADIES Camp

Holiday Camps

Youth Space

Funded Suicide Prevention Training

Churchill Cricket Club

Gippsland Festival of Rugby

Churchill Baseball Club

Young Carers Event