YEAR 10-12 NEWS

Course Counselling

All students in Year 9, 10 and 11 are required to participate in course counselling for their subject selections for 2024. For Year 11s going into 12 in 2024, this is course confirmation and is a required meeting. Dedicated days below are set out for these meetings and school will not take place on that day for that year level. Bookings can be made through COMPASS. If a session cant be completed on the day, please contact the Careers Team to organise an alternate time to complete this. All subject selections need to be finalised by August 2nd.  

Careers Counselling Sessions15 minutes Careers Counselling Sessions are NOW open to book with our Career and Pathways Team to support subject selection and pathway selection. These will occur on the following days and are bookable from now on COMPASS:

• Year 11 into 12: THURSDAY 27th JULY in the BLUE BUILDING: Please note Year 11s will not have classes on this day
• Year 10 into 11: TUESDAY 25th JULY in the PURPLE BUILDING: Please note Year 10s will not have classes on this day
• Year 9 into 10: WEDNESDAY 26th JULY in the YELLOW BUILDING: Please note Year 9s will not have classes on this day . 

Early leavers

Staff have noticed an increasing number of students leaving the college before the end of the day to catch public transport. Students have begun leaving at 2.20pm, 2.30pm and even earlier in some instances. Our staff are concerned about the learning time that some students are missing each day, especially when this is stretched out of a week, a month, a term.

Our expectation is that students are present for all learning and our teachers prepare learning between 9 and 3. This is especially improtant at a VCE Level, where time is particularly precious. We understand the difficulty for some families in negotiating  public transport, and we ask for your support in ensuring students are attending during scheduled class times and don't miss out on important learning and school work. If you wish to discuss, please contact Year 11 LCL Claire Sullivan or Year 12 LCL Brett Bullock. 

Thank you for your support, we want the best academic outcomes for our students

Warwick Lamb, Assistant Principle

Year 10

Victorian Diversity All-Stars: U18 Girls - Vic Country v Vic Metro

Year 10 student Rebecca Clottey competed in a AFL diversity game on June 28th. Congratulations on a great game Rebecca!

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 28: Rebecca Clottey of Vic Country is tackled during the Victorian Diversity All-Stars U18 Girls match between Vic Country and Vic Metro at Warrawee Park on June 28, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Josh Chadwick/AFL Photos/via Getty Images)

Year 11

The year 11 students have settled in well to a busy term 3, as we head toward the serious end of the year. There are a lot of pathway meetings taking place as the students start to finalise their subjects for next year and consider their future pathways. I am looking forward to sitting down with many of the students and their parents next Thursday to continue these discussions. We also had senior students out representing the college in Netball, Basketball and Soccer during the fortnight. Our senior girls’ netball team had a fantastic day, coming away as the winners of the Geelong region and will be heading off to the metro round next week. Zainab Balogun and Evie Christopher were commended by their peers for their standout performances. The senior boys soccer team had a great day, despite having only a small team. They drew 2 games, taking them through to the semi final where they unfortunately went down to Oberon. Obie Miller, Noah Tullio and Hudson Maddalena had stand out moments throughout the day. Cooper Ward-Devlyn showed courage, determination and care in his performance and was recognised by Ms Fowler as a great representative of WHC. The senior boys basketball team came away as the winners of the day and head off to the metro round next Wednesday. The whole team came together as fierce competitors and showed great determination. Devean Lyons was a standout player on court. Good luck to all the teams in the next round! 

Claire Sullivan, Year 11 LCL

Year 12

Welcome back from the mid-year break for all our year 12 students!

Term three is always a demanding term for our students as we begin the final units of their VCE. 

In terms of things to do, we suggest that all students should keep an eye out for University, TAFE and other educational open days. Even if there are no plans on going to further education, sometimes further information may help settle plans, or spark an idea that can lead to a future plan.

Several other sessions will be held this term, including VTAC application workshops, SEAS applications etc and more information will be put out as times are set.

Again, with a busy schedule – keep warm and healthy – stay inside and dry as we battle the last of winter.

Well done to the students who represented the college in senior sports this week – I have heard nothing but positive comments form the teachers who took out the teams – we had some success, but I hope the students had fun.

And Finally, as our 12’s begin to get their licences – just a reminder that the school has some specific rules regarding driving to and from school. Students must complete a driving to school form that they can get from the general office to receive a carpark pass. For any more information – please don’t hesitate to ask. 

Brett Bullock, Year 12 LCL

Year 12 Chemistry

Our Year 12 Chemistry students have kicked off Term 3 with an extended experimental investigation on the electrolysis of copper. Splitting into three groups, each team is completing a different experiment and will create a poster similar to what university students produce in an honours degree.