College Updates 

School Photos

School Photos were held on Monday, February 28th. All students had their photo taken so if you haven't yet ordered you still can via Compass. If your child was absent, a catch up day is booked for Tuesday, March 15th. This date is when we will also be taking the Year 12 group photo.

Homework Club

Homework Club runs every Monday after school in the Library from 3.15 - 4.30pm. Staff from all different subject areas are available to offer support.

Numeracy Tutor Groups

Our numeracy tutor groups have started over the past two weeks. It is so exciting to see the students engaged in mathematics with our great team of tutors in the newly expanded and refurbished numeracy space.

Cafe Culture

Year 10 Cafe Culture students recently completed their Food Handling Certificate as well as a Barista Course. The staff were happy to be guinea pigs, and all feedback was great! Well done team.

Middle School QLD Camp- EOI

This camp will be held from Monday, October, 31st, 2022 until Friday, November 4th, 2022, and allows students the opportunity to fly up and visit the theme parks. The cost is approximately $1442 and includes return flights, accommodation, entry to 4 theme parks and rock climbing, as well as all breakfasts and dinners.

Spots are limited. To secure a spot, please pay a $300 deposit to the General Office by April 5th, 2022.

Any further inquiries please contact Mrs Logan on 5127 9246.

Overdue Books

The Library has hundreds of overdue books so please return yours ASAP. Remember when borrowing, books are allocated for two weeks. If you wish for longer please bring your book back and we can renew it for you.

Owl Box Installation

Peter Collins, Waste Education Officer for Latrobe City Council has assisted in organising this event which the council has funded, for the installation of the 4 Boobook owl boxes created by Lowanna Woodwork students and Lowanna Leadership for Sustainability students.

Brad and Toby the owl box installers recently collected the owl boxes that were made by our students two years ago, and have painted them in a special white coating which reflects 70% of the UV, preventing the boxes from getting too hot in the day time.

During the installation, Brad and Toby had the options of using a rope with an anchor, or a rocket launcher to get the rope over the tree branch, and then climb up the tree. The installation was done using an electric bolt drill to screw the bird boxes to the trees. The Boobook owl boxes were placed in Ollerton Reserve in strong, healthy gumtrees about 20m off the ground, facing in a South Easterly direction to avoid rain and wind entering the nest.

Despite the fact that Boobook owls hatch their young in spring, they check out the options for nesting locations very early in the year, which is why the nesting owl boxes need to be installed now, in summer instead of winter or spring closer to the mating time.

Previous Boobook owl boxes created by Lowannna students and installed by Latrobe City Council in Ollerton Reserve adjacent to the Lowanna Secondary College have been seen to have native wood ducks flying in and out of them.  Other creatures that might be looking for a home are our wonderful but endangered sugar gliders'. So lets hope that we have given them a safe place to breed and build up their numbers again after the bushfires of 2019/2020.

Leadership for Sustainability students: Matilda Smith, Gemma Webb, Brianna Leonard, Noah Parkinson, Montana Maher, Taryn Brown, and Mrs Judith Stewart the group organiser.

Student Leadership for Sustainability Program

On Wednesday, the Leadership students made beeswax food wraps using natural fibre material, eg. Cotton, bamboo or silk. Here is the recipe used if you wish to make these at home!

Welcome Jane

Last week the Student Leadership for Sustainability program welcomed a new team member: Jane Sultana (parent of one of our Lowanna students), to assist in the work with students. Thank you for joining us Jane.