Principal’s Report

Welcome to Sam Steinkrug

This term we have welcomed Samantha Steinkrug as Assistant Principal. Sam will be acting as the Assistant Principal for Teaching and Learning and Curriculum while Sonia Loudon is on Family Leave. Sam comes to us from Brunswick Secondary College on secondment, where she has been Assistant Principal for seven years. She brings a wealth of experience in teaching and learning, coaching, behaviour management and school leadership. We are lucky to have such an experienced educator join our school.

Principal's Report 1

New Relocatables

Our 3 new double storey relocatable buildings have been installed and are nearly ready to be handed over to us. The classrooms will be ready for use next year and add a decent amount of flexibility to our timetable for the 2025 school year.

Year 12 Exams

Another big milestone is passed for our school as a number of our Year 11 students complete their accelerated VCE Year 12 exams in Media and Psychology. The 33 enrolled students have completed their Units 1 – 4 across 2 years and are the first in the school to complete a VCE Exam. Congratulations! By completing an additional study a year early, these students will gain more overall units in the completion of their VCE and receive a sixth study boost in their ATAR at the end of Year 12.

Year 7 2025

It was great to meet and speak with so many new families to the school, who attended our Year 7 Transition evening on the 22nd of October. Families and students were given a great summary of all of the required actions to get setup for Year 7 2025 as well as an opportunity to organise uniform fittings, camp, laptops and books.

A special thank you to Olivia Robb, Onanina Afram, Anushka Vaidya and Carina Saroop (Year 7 2024) who ran a symposium at the end of the evening and answered questions from Grade 6 students about the transition to secondary school. Also a special thanks to our student leaders in attendance on the night, Daksh Jaiswal, Denise Duenas, Alrianne Fuentes and Phoenix Lowe.

School Start Bonus

As mentioned in communication with you previously, parents and carers of every child enrolled in a Victorian government school in 2025 will receive the one-off School Saving Bonus $400 support. This is a great support for families right across the state.

In the coming months, the Department of Education will send you 2 email communications for each of your children enrolled in Victorian government schools.

The 2 emails from the Department of Education will:

1. Confirm your email address between mid-October and late-November.

2. Provide you with your unique $400 School Saving Bonus code by the end of November.

As more information comes to us we will communicate this directly with families.

A very important note to remember is that the vouchers provided with this bonus will expire by June 30 2025. This means that the best use of the vouchers is to use them early to support with the 2025 school year.

Colin Burke

Principal

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