The days are getting longer, ever so slightly, but winter is still very much upon us…

After two years of a typically low social interaction, it comes as no surprise to see the prevalence of colds and influenza, in addition to COVID-19, moving through our community. In light of this, we still encourage all of our school community members to focus on preserving safe and responsible hygienic practices, and to take care of one’s own health wherever possible!

There have been some very exciting developments involving students from across our year levels over these recent weeks. Included in this was the completion of the Victoria Police ‘Girl In Charge’ leadership initiative, which a number of our students in Years 9 and 10 were involved with. This program, led by a number of Geelong-based police officers, focused on building leadership capacity and personal confidence through a range of netball-based training activities and workshops.

The ‘Girl In Charge’ program consisted of a range of challenging and engaging sessions focusing on skills and fitness development, along with inspiring conversations with significant key note presenters. Whilst participating in a graduation ceremony in our College Auditorium, our students reflected on the powerful impact of the program, and its contribution towards increased fitness, organisation, motivation and confidence. Congratulations to our students for their successful completion of this great program, and thank you to Chiara Ercoli and Jane Osborne from our College Wellbeing Team for your work in making this happen!

Over the course of these recent weeks, we have also seen our Year 9 cohort participate in the Geelong Tertiary Futures Program (GTFP). This has entailed excursions to The Gordon, to participate in hands-on opportunities to learn about vocational career pathways, and to build familiarity of a valued school partner and provider of lifelong learning opportunities. Similarly, our Year 10 students recently participated in their Deakin Discovery Day, to experience the exceptional and nation-leading university that we are so fortunate to have in our own backyard. Thank you to all of the staff involved with these important extra-curricular activities, and to the students for so admirably and positively representing our College during these events.

There may still be some challenging times ahead of us all this term, and this is likely to test our resilience and commitment at stages. However, the success of the events listed above, in addition to the wonderful acts of kindness and dedication to learning that we see onsite every day, leaves us feeling buoyed by the possibility of what’s to come.

Scott McLeod, Acting Principal
James Murphy, Assistant Principal
Jeremy Sinclair, Acting Assistant Principal