Principal's News

Amy Porter, College Principal

Feedback from school community regarding uniform

Thank you to everyone who welcomed me back to the College after my recent leave and thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the survey on our current and planned uniform policy guidelines. The information gathered from the community will inform the decision making of the School Council, who on the behalf of parents set the uniform guidelines.

We have already actioned one uniform change which is the introduction of a sports rugby top that can be worn in winter or summer as a part of the sports uniform. This optional rugby top is now available to purchase from Bob Stewarts.

After the success of last year's initiative, we will be undertaking a Year 11 student blazer buy back in Term 4. The PTF and school will be providing further information about this process prior to the end of this term. For new Year 11 parents, the buy back involves the school purchasing blazers from the Year 11 cohort that are then sold to families in years 7-10 through our PTF second hand uniform shop.

1. Currently the uniform guidelines allow students to wear two pairs of earrings, but only sleepers or studs. The College is considering the option for students to wear 'drop earrings' up to 2 cm in length. Do you support the change to allow students to wear two pair of earrings up to 2cm in length?

YES = 71%

2. The current soft shell jacket may only be worn when students are wearing the sports uniform and may not be worn as an alternative to the school blazer when wearing the regular school uniform. Do you support the retention of the current royal blue 'soft shell jacket' as a part of the College's sports uniform.

YES = 85%

3. The College is considering the option of a long sleeve rugby top that may be worn as a part of the sports uniform for all students in years 7-11. Do you support the introduction of an optional long sleeve rugby top as a part of the sports uniform?

YES = 91%

4.The College is considering the option of royal blue sports leggings (labelled with the school logo) that may be worn instead of the current sports shorts as part of the sports uniform. Do you support the introduction the the option of royal blue sports leggings as a part of the sports uniform?

YES = 85%

5. The College is considering the option of a school scarf, with school logo, that can be worn in the winter months. Do you support the introduction of a school scarf?

YES = 85%

6. Whilst there are no plan to change the current casual dress guidelines for Year 12 students, we would like to collect community opinion on the College's dress code policy for Year 12. Do you support the continuation of the College's 'no uniform' policy for Year 12 students?

YES = 83%

Congratulations to Assistant Principal, Melinda Gall

Congratulations to Melinda Gall who has been appointed to the position of Assistant Principal at Greenvale Secondary School. Greenvale is a new school opening up in the Western Region and this is an exciting opportunity for Mel to contribute to the establishment of a new high quality education setting for students in that area. She will take all that she has learnt at the College to her new school and make our education system even stronger.

Mel has been an incredible asset to Sandringham College undertaking various leadership role – VCAL Leader, Assistant Principal – Holloway Road Campus, Assistant Principal – Head of Teaching and Learning. I would like to thank Mel for the incredible impact that she has had on creating opportunities for our teachers and students to learn and excel. Mel has supported the changes and initiatives brought in over the last 5 years and has driven the development of high quality teaching and learning 7-12. Mel has always supported teachers to be successful; she is empathetic, knowledgeable and responsive to the needs of the profession and this is what makes her an exceptional leader.

Mel begins her new position on August 30th and we will be covering her role internally with some of our amazing leaders for the remainder of 2021.

Theatre Studies student wins top honours!

Congratulations to Maria England who has been recognised with a Premier’s VCE Award for her outstanding academic results in 2020.

Maria received a Study Award for excellence in Theatre Studies and is one of only a handful of State School Students to do so.

The annual Premier’s VCE Awards recognise the top-performing students in the state. This year, 297 students were recognised with awards for their outstanding results.

The entire Sandringham College community is proud of Maria and would like to congratulate her on being the recipient of such a prestigious award.

Maria is currently studying acting at a tertiary level and we wish her well in her future career in the Australian and International Arts Industry.

Congratulations also to our amazing performing arts teachers, and particularly VCE Theatre Studies teacher Laura Washington for supporting Maria for achieve excellence.

To read more about the Premier’s VCE Awards, visit: www.education.vic.gov.au/vceawards

Monash Scholars Recipients

Monash Scholars is a prestigious program for high achieving secondary school students. The program is offered by Monash University to give high potential students a unique head start into university life. It provides opportunities for personal and academic development, as well as, giving students the knowledge, skills and confidence to make the right study choices. It also enables them to expand their network of like-minded peers.

We are proud to announce that four of our students have been selected to participate in the program

Thomas Jeacock
Amelia Spenceley
Simon Van Mook
Ziming (Ming) Chen

Staff changes

We have had two staff resignations during Term 3. Mr Peter Toronyi (Maths and Science) has left to College for health reasons and Jinwei Tang (Maths and Science) has resigned to pursue further study. We welcome Zoe Yang (see 10-12 Campus News) who has already commenced work and Chin Huan, who joins us in Term 4. Chin comes highly recommended, and is the recipient of a teaching award in the NT. Chin has also run a robotics program similar to our own. He will be a great asset to our College and our Maths/Science/STEAM programs.