Delahey Campus Principal Message

Hello Everyone,

Year 11 VCAL CHASE

Term 4 is off and running!  The hectic pace began in week one with the Year 11 VCAL CHASE Showcase where the students displayed and /or presented about their community projects done in their Personal Development Skills (PDS) classes.  It is called the CHASE Showcase because the students demonstrate the learning they have done in their PDS classes led by the Community Health Advancement Student Engagement (CHASE) mentors.  One group volunteered to help out at the local Food Bank, then decided to incorporate a food drive to make a donation and one of the group has continued to volunteer off his own bat.  This is a great example of the impact of the CHASE organisation.

We had the current year 10s who have chosen VCAL for next year at the presentations.  At the end they were fortunate to have access to a group of wonderful Year 12 VCAL students who were excellent ambassadors and gave them general advice about VCAL and explained things like the VCAL ‘subjects’, VET and Structured Workplace Learning. 

Year 12 Assembly and Celebration Day

We had a moving final assembly for the Year 12s and a joyful Celebration Day last week, where the students dressed up and were treated to a film made by a group of dedicated Year 12 students, the spectacle of the teachers attempting to do a zombie dance in formation and of course a sumptuous morning tea.

Awards Night

Awards Night was also held last week and was a great success with a very satisfying audience of happy families. We congratulate the students on their positive behaviour throughout and wish them all the best for their upcoming exams; of which English is the first on Wednesday October 30.

2020 Subject Selections

We are of course currently planning for 2020; we have decided what subjects are running based on students’ selections and for the most part have been able to accommodate students’ preferences.  A new thing we are planning for Delahey is how to best assist our students who were identified in Year 9 NAPLAN as reading below benchmark.  We are looking to continue as far as possible, the strategies that have proved so successful with our Year 9 and 10 Literacy Intervention program.

Year 11 VCE and VCAL

Year 11 VCE students are coming into sharper focus as they prepare for exams which commence on November 15.  Both VCE and VCAL students will have a very important week of transition starting on November 25 and similarly the Year 10 students on the following week, starting December 2.

Best wishes to our families as the end of year rush approaches,

Until next time,

Ms Pip Griffiths and Ms Snezana Veljanovski

Campus Principals