School News
Compass Changes
Recently compass has made some changes to the layout and function of compass including the parent portal and events management. These changes have been summarised into helpful videos that are now available to access. We would encourage every family to watch some or all of the videos below to enhance your understanding of compass and the tools it provides to enhance school life.
● Using the Compass School Manager App: A video of the features and options of the Compass School Manager app including adding notes, accessing reports and viewing the newsfeed.
● The Parent Portal overview: How to access your child’s information, the menu content, newsfeed and more.
● Adding a note/approval: How to add a note to explain your child’s attendance when they are marked not present unexplained or late unexplained and also how to add a note in advance for a known upcoming absence.
● Booking Parent Teacher Conference: How to book a Parent Teacher Conference. (Please note this content relates to the latest version of the Conferences module)
● Processing Events: How to consent/pay online for events via the parent portal.
● Processing Events in App: This video guides parents through processing event consent/payment via the Compass School Manager App
If you have any questions about compass use please feel free to contact the college on 5564 4444.
Year 10 English
On Wednesday 7th August, the year 10 cohort had the chance to see Shakespeare’s Macbeth come to life on stage at Warrnambool College’s auditorium. Year 10 English students have been studying Macbeth, and while some of them have had the chance to perform certain characters in class, the experience of seeing The Complete Theatre Works Company execute an abridged version allowed the cohort to have an immersive theatre experience.
Netball School Champs
Our Senior and Intermediate netball girls headed to Ballarat on Monday to compete against a number of school teams from South West Victoria. Our Senior girls won half their games and the year 12’s had a lot of fun and made the most of their last chance to represent their school in netball. The Intermediate girls were extremely competitive, only losing 2 of their 7 games narrowly; with one of those losses being to the overall winner, Ballarat High. Well done to all players and coaches for the day! GO BULLANTS!
Lake Condah PhoenIX Excursion
Last week, many of our Phoenix students attended an excursion at the Tyrendarra Indigenous Protected Area and the Lake Condah Mission, which coincided with our Australian History studies. Our hosts, from Budj Bim Tours, gave students and teachers a great understanding of life in the region and Australia prior to and after colonisation. During a walk around the Tyrendarra IPA, we were fortunate enough to participate in a variety of cultural awareness activities that culminated with an artefact presentation. Following this, we visited the Lake Condah Mission; a place that stirred up numerous emotions as we heard stories of the many children and families affected, giving us all an insight into the cruel acts that helped create what we now know as the Stolen Generations. Students were commendable in the way they conducted themselves over the two days.
