Acting Principal's Report

North-Western Victorian Region Principals Forum, Tuesday 27th June

Two of our School Captains, Ashleigh Hammond and Courtney McKenzie, spoke at the recent North-Western Victorian Region Principals Forum on the topics of student agency and voice. Their insights were very well received by the more than 700 Principals and Assistant Principals in the room. Ash,  Courtney and fellow College Captain Nell Crossett were fantastic contributors to our recent School Review and the Principals present could see how student voice could enhance this process in their schools. Ash spoke about how MGC encourages open communication and feedback between students and their teachers in and out of the classroom, in a culture of mutual respect and with a real focus on student learning. Courtney reflected upon our ethos of ‘leadership without a badge’ and how ‘quiet leadership’, demonstrated by MGC students all the time, is just as important as our formal leadership roles.  

 

Whole School Assembly, Thursday 22nd June

Congratulations to the Senior School and Middle School Executives on their whole school assembly held last week. The theme for the assembly was inclusion and it was fantastic to hear about all of the upcoming events that our student leaders have planned in the different portfolios. A focus for the assembly was ‘MGC’s War on Waste’. As a school renowned for our environmental ethos, it is disappointing that sometimes students don’t take responsibility for the most basic sustainability issue – putting their rubbish into bins (rubbish, recycling, worm farms and soft plastics). This is particularly important given our location next to the Yarra. I hope that the rubbish strewn across the gym was a reminder that this is one very small but important everyday action that we can all take to improve our environment. Thanks to Ella McDonald, Girls’ Leadership Leader, for all of her work in coordinating the student executives for this assembly.

City of Yarra Art Collaboration Launch, Wednesday 28th June

If you are in the Richmond area in the next few weeks’ I encourage you to drop in to the Richmond Library to see some of our Year 10 Visual Arts students’ recycled artwork pieces. This is another in our collaborations with the City of Yarra, expertly facilitated by teacher Harriet Turnbull. Harriet’s class has had the students working with Yarra’s Artist-in-Residence Carolyn Cardinet and Kirsty Richards, Waste Education Officer.  I think you’ll agree that the pieces look fantastic!

 

Kind Regards

Brent Houghton

Acting Principal