Mrs Jenny Buckle

I want to warmly welcome you all to our 2018 school year. Firstly, I have the pleasure of congratulating all our students who received awards at our Awards Night at the end of 2017. These students epitomized the importance of following our STARR values, particularly focussing on Success and high expectations.

I will continue to lead the Junior Sub School, supporting our Year 7 and 8 students. Our Leading Teacher for Student Engagement and Wellbeing, Andrew Pizaro organised a great start for our new Year 7 students. Our students in the welcoming assembly tracked the speaker and listened attentively to our key messages.

One of our key messages was paralleling the expectations of school, similar to an extracurricular activity of Sport. A Sporting Coach expects all participants to: be on time for training and the game, to not miss training or the game, to wear the team attire and bring required equipment, to have high expectations when training and playing the game, to have positive team work and to respect all team members. We expect these values to be followed at school, ultimately all students showing kindness to all.

Our STARR Connect teachers, together with our Team Leaders, support students to monitor their attendance, student kit and their connectedness to others.

Organised lunchtime activities are assisting the Transition process for students. Activities are being held in the Wellbeing Centre, including Hip Hop, Chess and board games and Drumming and Percussion. Our Health Promotion Nurse, Nathanael Poljak is supporting students with their transition to school during these activities.

Our Leading Teacher for Student Progress, Kate Nye-Butler monitors the academic progress of each student, by analysing all student data and seeking feedback from their teachers.

Our Wellbeing team led by Amanda Xavier, can be utilised to provide Counselling and guidance for students with any concerns. We are a Child Safe school and encourage students and parents to contact our Wellbeing team for support.

Our parent community is valued and I look forward to continually working with you to support initiatives and links between our school and the general Melton Community. I will be leading the Community Subcommittee of School Council and welcome new members to our monthly meetings. Our first meeting will be held on Thursday 22 February at 4.30pm. New ideas and general support is also welcome.

Our Open Night to showcase Melton Secondary College will be held on Thursday 22 March.

Mrs Jenny Buckle

Assistant Principal

Mr Alan Devine

I would like to welcome all students and parents to 2018 at Melton Secondary College. I am excited to continue working with the students and parents of Years 9 and 10 this year. I would also like to welcome new team members to the Middle Sub School in 2018, they are Kate Kershaw our Sub School Leader, Emma Kannar our Progress Leader, Bart Oswald our Assistant Sub School Leader and new Team Leaders Tom Nice and Darren Spiteri. Vitolio Paulo continues in his role as Team Leader in the Middle Sub School. The team are fully focused on making 2018 a highly successful year for all of our students.

Another important area I will continue leading this year is the Student Leadership Program. This is an integral part of our school community and provides an opportunity for students to develop into strong leaders, contribute to the school program and ensure each student has a voice. Together with Margaret Nicholas, the teacher responsible for the Student Leadership program, and the School Captains we will make sure this is an area that has a sustained and long lasting impact at Melton Secondary College for all our students.

Finally, I am looking forward to continuing the work with students and the wider community on our College STARR values and expectations. Understanding and achieving our College STARR values is an important part of being a member of the Melton Secondary College community. Furthermore, knowing and living by strong values gives each of us guidance in making good decisions.

Dear Parents and Students,

As the Assistant Principal responsible for the Senior Sub-school, I would like to introduce the team who will be supporting students in Year 11 & 12 in 2018.

Andrée Poulter: I am happy to discuss any concerns you have that relate to either the academic progress, career & course planning or wellbeing of young people in Year 11 & 12. It is usually best to have first tried to speak with other members of the team.

David Kershaw (Senior Sub-school Leader) is responsible for the academic progress, career & course planning as well as wellbeing of all the students in Year 11 & 12.

Daniel Taylor is the VCAL Team Leader. He supports the students in Year 11 & 12 VCAL to achieve their best results and become the best young people they can be.

Kate Hollins is the Year 12 VCE Leader. She supports the Year 12 VCE to aspire to high expectations of themselves in all areas of life. She expects them to show leadership in the school and model the behaviour expectations for the school community.

Michelle is the Year 11 VCE Leader. She encourages the Year 11 VCE students to have high expectations of themselves. She frequently emphasizes the need to be kind and thankful.

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2017 Successes – What can we learn from them?

Bethlehem Mazengia

Katilyn Bibby

We hope our current Year 11 & 12 students are inspired by the results of last year. Our highest achieving VCE student, Brianna Argall achieved an outstanding result ATAR of 98.3. What can you do that our three highest performing students did?

Attendance: They all maintained attendance results over 95%

Complete and submit work by the due date: They all maintained a perfect record for this on their reports

Use feedback to improve learning: They all maintained a perfect record for this on their reports

Brianna Argall

Attendance:

The Senior Sub-school will be rigorously supporting our Attendance Policy. Our expectation is that all students attend school every day unless they have a medical certificate to cover an absence or a parent conducts us to explain an urgent matter that could not be attended to outside of school hours.

We will provide a student with a letter ever fortnight beginning in March to inform them if their attendance is below the requirement for passing in each subject. This gives them time to ensure they do not miss another day and to make up time afterschool. Students not meeting the attendance requirement cannot pass Year 11 or 12.

Work Completion – in class and at home:

Two of our school values are Success and Ambition. Underpinning these two values is an assumption that all students in Year 11 & 12 will complete the required classwork and homework in a timely manner. As a Sub-school we will closely monitor all students progress and provide opportunities after school for students who are not meeting the expectations.

Community

South Sudanese Positive Parenting Program

Melton Police & South Sudanese Community Info Evening

Steady Pulse