Announcements

Pictured: Thisaga and Daniel (Year 10)

Solar Panel Fund

Be part of our future 'generation.'

By donating $450, the cost of one solar panel, you become one of our “Green” friends and families. To achieve a 200-kilowatt system we need 400 panels. This would produce 645 kilowatts per day on average and offset approximately 250 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year. This is the equivalent of planting 6,545 trees every year.

Click here: https://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au/solar to make your tax-deductible contribution and be remembered for your donation. Families can also team up to make a joint donation.

THANK YOU ALL!

Edstart Awards

Applications are open!

https://edstart.com.au/award

Nominations are open for the Edstart Achievement Awards Program, which acknowledges and rewards talented students across six award categories.

If you have a project you are passionate about in one of these areas, visit EDSTART to fill in an online application. Each winner will receive an award as well as a $1,500 grant towards a project, initiative or training in their area of interest.

Nominations close Friday 15 July 2022 with winners notified on Wednesday 17 August 2022.

Swim Club Night

Friday 22 July

Child Safety Standards Update

New Child Safe Standards to strengthen Child Safety will commence at Huntingtower in Term 3.

The Child Safe Standards (the Standards) commenced in Victoria in January 2016. After five years, the Victorian Government have seen how the Standards have improved safety for children and young people. From 1 July 2022, eleven new Standards will replace Victoria’s current seven standards and principles. There are some unique features in the new Standards that will apply and be implemented at Huntingtower.

Commencing in Term 3, Huntingtower will begin changing their existing child safety policies, and will be developing new practices to ensure the School aligns with these new standards.

One of the new standards focuses on cultural safety for Aboriginal children and young people. The focus is on Creating organisations that properly include Aboriginal children, young people and their families, and that acknowledge and appreciate the strengths of Aboriginal culture, and how it can make such a difference.

Further information will be released in Term 3 on the changes to our existing child safe practices and the implementation of new practices. Further information for parents and carers is available on the Commission for Children and Young People website.

New Policies on the Parent Portal

We have recently added to the collection of Policies published on the Parent Portal.

The following Policies are available for reading:

Welcome Miss Madeleine Mullen

Library Technician

We are pleased to welcome Madeleine to Huntingtower as our Library Technician. Madeleine is passionate about literature and helping others engage with information in a way that is fun and fosters a lifelong love and respect of books, information and libraries. Madeleine brings with her over 6 years experience in merchandising, stock organisation and processing, customer service and creating displays. Madeleine holds a Diploma in Library and Information Services. She looks forward to sharing her knowledge and creativity over the next year whilst Joanna Willow is on parental leave.