Message from our 

Campus Principal

We have returned to Term 2 with an exceptionally positive start to the term. 

Our Student Leadership team have been very busy to start the term.  School Captains, Kieran and Ayla, represented the campus at ANZAC Day service in Morwell.  Laying a wreath on behalf of the College in recognition of those who fought and died for our country is not only an important mark of respect but a learning experience for the students.  Our student leaders have also been busy establishing the needs of a prayer room for our Muslim students, which we will be proud to have finished setting up in the coming week or two.  

We were thrilled to welcome the Grade 5 and 6 students of our feeder schools to the College for our annual ‘Awareness Day’ last week.  The feedback from this event has been phenomenal.  Students have previously reported that this event has supported their transition into high school, and we are positive that it will again be for all the students that attended.  We are grateful to the students who came along to provide support to those in Grades 5 and 6 who attended.  

Year 10 students from Morwell Campus are currently on Work Experience placements, expanding their understanding of the world of work and future career pathways.  The feedback for these has been exceptional and we are positive that the students are gaining important and significant learning.  For some, this will solidify their future pathway.  For others, it will reinforce some things they do not want to do in the future.  Some students are being offered employment from their placements.  Whatever the outcome, the learning that comes from being on the job site is irreplicable at the school.  

All students will soon complete the Department of Education Attitudes to School Survey.  This is one of our most important information-gathering tools.  It is mandatory to complete annually and the information helps us to understand how our actions as a school are meeting the needs of our students.  This guides our support structures, learning processes, and curriculum materials.  If you have any questions or concerns about the survey or your child’s participation in it, please don’t hesitate to contact me.  Individual responses in the Attitudes to School Survey are confidential and the school only has access to cohort data.

Families may have noticed that despite works being completed at the front of the school, our flags are not currently flying.  On Friday, 2nd June, in recognition of Reconciliation Week, we will raise the flags for the first time in front of the new buildings.  On this occasion, we will be breaking protocol to raise the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags without the Australian flag, recognising the connection our school strives to have with our community and First Nations peoples.  That week, all students will engage in activities in the spirit of reconciliation, promoting our hope to be a school where all students feel safe, included, and valued.

Mr Dan Swallow

Morwell Campus Principal