Principal's Report 

WELCOME TO NEW COLLEGE COUNCIL STUDENT MEMBERS FOR 2021

In the last newsletter, dated 18th March, I congratulated the newly elected parents and staff representatives on the VSC Council.

I would now like to congratulate and introduce the two newly elected student representatives who are Ezra Liu Year 12 and Thomas Pugh Year 12. As both students are in Year 12 they have been elected for one year.

Well done to both students and they will join the following College Council members;

Parent Representatives (6): Steven Siems, Luke Low, Chirag Patel, Frank Drost, Wendy Calder and Kathlyn Moynihan

Staff Representatives (4): Brigitte Ankenbrand, Mary Zervos, Cara Macfarlane and Kelly Bruce

Community Members (Co-Opted): School Captains: Mike Yong and Ellie Ryan with Mandela Russell

On Tuesday night with our first meeting of the newly elected council the following office bearers were successful in their appointments.

Council President – Steve Siems

Council Vice President - Chirag Patel

Treasurer – Frank Doser

Congratulations on these appointments and I look forward to working with the new council.

DINNER ON THE DECK

Last Friday saw the return of the Year 7 ‘Dinner on the Deck’. It was a fantastic evening with a huge turn up; clearly we were all keen to ‘get out and about’. Thank you to all that attended this fantastic evening. 

Thanks also to Sally Nettleship and Sarah Grubelnik for all their organisational work leading up to the event and also for all their work on the night as well as all the support provided by staff, the Community Association, the Canteen, the Musicians and the Student Leaders. Well done and all your efforts are greatly appreciated!

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVE FERRIE OF YEAR 9

Eve has had some recent success and has recently been awarded the 2021 Chris & Ann Krans Young Musicians Award through the Dandenong Ranges Music Council. She will perform in a prize winner’s concert on Saturday 29th May. 

Eve is currently preparing for her LmusA diploma on the saxophone, which will make her the youngest student in Australia to do so. She is performing later this year in a concert at Forty Five Downstairs in Brunswick, with her teacher, Joseph Lallo, saxophone professor at Melbourne University. As a keen jazz pianist and singer, Eve will also take part in a couple of live gigs with renowned Australian jazz pianist, Steve Sedergreen.

Eve has also been featured in the latest Clasax Magazine. It highlights her win in the 2020 American Protégé Competition in which she won the Judges Distinction Award and was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall, New York. 

Eve, an outstanding result and all the best in the near future, well done!

VCE PARENT/CARER INFORMATION EVENING - THURSDAY MARCH 25, 2021 

Parents and carers of Year 11 and 12 Students are invited to attend a VCE Information Evening. This information session is intended to help parents and guardians understand how VCE works and how you can support your VCE students.  

When: Thursday March 25, 2021 

Where: College Auditorium 

Time: 6:30 pm 

The program for the evening will include: 

• Welcome and Address: Ms Suzanne Plant, Assistant Principal
• General VCE information: Ms Tarnya Greer, Head of Learning and Teaching-Senior School and Mrs Brigitte Ankenbrand, Head of Senior School Compliance and Assessment
• Careers, VET, Tertiary Entrance and Pathways beyond 2021: Ms Jenny Stevens, Pathways and Transitions Leader
• Senior School Management: Ms Kelly Stals, Head of House
• Student Wellbeing: Ms Kelly Bruce, Head of Student Wellbeing and Engagement

STUDENT REPORTS AND STUDENT PROGRESS CONFERENCES WEDNESDAY MARCH 31

Parents and students will be able to view the Cycle 1 reports via Compass from 6pm on Thursday March 25. Bookings for Student Progress Conferences will also open at this time. Please make sure you have your Compass log on details available, if you need help logging on to Compass please call the General Office for assistance. 

The Student Progress Conferences will be held on Wednesday March 31 between 1 and 8pm. No classes will be conducted on this day. All students should accompany their parents/carern to the Student Progress Conferences. 

2021 ONLINE NAPLAN COORDINATED TEST & NAPLAN TESTING PERIOD

The NAPLAN testing period this year will be from Tuesday 11th May until Friday 21st May. More information will be provided closer to the event.

In preparation for the NAPLAN testing period, all schools who are completing NAPLAN online are required to complete a Coordinated Practice Test (CPT) on Thursday 25th March. Year 9 students will complete the test either during Period 1 or Period 3 and Year 7 students will complete their test either during Period 2 or Period 4 (A timetable will be release next week). Students in Year 9 will use the schools desktop computers and students in Year 7 will use their own laptop computers. Students in

Year 7 will be assisted to install a locked-down browser on to their computers before the CPT or they may down-load the NAP Locked down browser from home (See the link on the website).

Students are required to supply their own wired Headphones/Headsets (3.5 mm jack) for all tests.

Please click on Naplan Update in this Newsletter for more details.