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Year 10 Pre Voc Excursion

Angela Battaglia — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 05:29:07 +0000

The Pre-Voc students had the opportunity to attend Street Art X at the Geelong Tech School on Tuesday 13 June.�� This was a trial run for Geelong Tech School and they asked us to be the first to test this new subject.�� Naturally, we were very excited. We visited Little Malop Street to snap pictures of the surroundings and the street art. After lunch, we learned how to use an app called Photo Shop and created our own, amazing works of art which are presented below. We are so grateful for this opportunity and everything we learned throughout the day.��

Lacey Nolan Year 10

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Year 12 VCAL Amazing Race

Teresa Soutter — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 00:02:49 +0000

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Last week, the Year 12 VCAL students navigated around the city to various landmarks to embark on a variety of challenges.

Students tasted chocolate at Haigh’s, recited Harry Potter quotes at the Princes Theatre, sketched self portraits by the Yarra and viewed the city from above at the Eureka Skydeck!

It was lots of fun and a great opportunity for students to successfully put their numeracy skills into action.

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Year 12 VCAL ARTVO Excursion

Teresa Soutter — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 09:33:15 +0000

On Thursday, the Year 12 VCAL students headed off to Melbourne Artvo today to generate inspiration for their creative writing portfolios. Students loved the freedom and creativity to come up with the inspiration for their folios.

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Year 11 VCAL Book Drive

Teresa Soutter — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 08:07:44 +0000

The Year 11 VCAL class is currently conducting a Book Drive for the students at Bishop Epalle Catholic School, Honiara in the Solomon Islands.

A past Ģ��Ƶ parent reached out to us, knowing that we have organised a successful Book Swap in 2021. She has deep connections in the Solomon Islands after living and working there for many years. It was explained to the students that although their schools are well resourced with educational texts, the schools often DO NOT have a library and the students DO NOT have the opportunity to simply borrow a book for the simple LOVE of reading.

Tuesday, saw the launch of the Book Drive for the Solomon Islands!

Our aim is to give the love of reading to the students. We would love to see your support in giving our neighbours in the Solomon Islands the opportunity to dive into the joy of reading!

Please consider donating your good quality, unwanted fiction books to the book drive. Books need to be suitable for secondary school aged students and can be dropped off in the donation bins located in the library, staff room and main office from��16 to 25 August.

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Year 11 VCAL Incursion

Teresa Soutter — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 01:33:11 +0000

As part of VET Creative Industries studies Year 11 VCAL students engaged in a workshop with Karen a local business owner of Sopo Candles. Karen spent the morning teaching students how to make their own soy candles and blend fragrances to create their own unique candles. Karen shared with the students the steps that need to be included in creating your own candle business and ideas the students need to consider. The class will be working next term to create their own creative candle business to sell to the school community. Stay tuned to access opportunities to support young up-and-coming entrepreneurs in their candle sales!

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What’s Changing in Senior Secondary in 2023

Teresa Soutter — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:30:05 +0000

Victoria’s senior secondary education is changing. From 2023, most students will study the VCE. That’s because the VCE will include the Vocational Major, a 2-year program that sits within the VCE. There will also be the Victorian Pathways Certificate for those who need flexibility in their learning.

From 2023, the new VCE Vocational Major will replace Intermediate and Senior VCAL and in addition, the new Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) will replace Foundation VCAL. This means the VCE will recognise different students equally. It must be noted that the VPC supports students to Year 12 but is not a Senior Certificate. Ģ��Ƶ will switch to delivering VCE Vocational Major (VM) and Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) from 2023.

As a result of these changes, students will have more education choices and opportunities to prepare them for their preferred future of further study, training at TAFE or work.

At Ģ��Ƶ we also uniquely offer a program known as PreVoc (formerly PreCAL). PreVoc is an applied learning program offered to Year 10 students to better prepare students for a pathway that leads them into the VCE-Vocational Major (VCE-VM) or the Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC), whilst also giving them a range of practical and vocational skills and experiences.

For more information you can visit True North or go to

To find out more information about PreVoc, VCE-VM and VPC, please contact Sarah Clark (VPC Leader) and Gab Mahon (Careers Counsellors) are also available at the College to answer questions and to support students as they make decisions about their final years at school.

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Year 11 VCAL Geelong Mums Fundraiser

Teresa Soutter — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 01:31:05 +0000

Last Thursday, the Year 11 VCAL students visited Geelong Mums and offered their time and support to work in their warehouse. This was a student-led project that had a focus on leadership and active citizenship. A huge thank you to the Geelong Mums team for hosting our Year 11 VCAL students and showing them the amazing work they do in supporting families in our local community.

Thank you also to the Ģ��Ƶ community for supporting our project with generous donations.��

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Geelong Mums Fundraiser

Teresa Soutter — Fri, 06 May 2022 00:13:37 +0000

The Year 11 VCAL students are currently fundraising much needed funds and items for local charity group, Geelong Mums.

Geelong Mums provide essential items to local mums and children to help give them the best start in life. All items are donated and then re-homed to mums and children in need.

Geelong Mums not only helps local mums, but are also part of the growing ‘circular economy’ by rehoming items that would often end up in landfill.

If you would like to donate, the Year 11 VCAL students have set-up donation boxes around the college, including the staffroom, library, and school office, where you can drop off one of the products listed on the boxes, including (but not limited to):

HYGIENE and CARE

Baby baths
Bathstand seat
Change mats
Change tables that fold
Maternity pads
Nappies – disposable and cloth
Nappy bags
Nursing pads
Toiletries
Toiletry bags
Wipes

PLAY and LEARN ITEMS

Activity mats or baby gyms
Bouncers or rockers
Books for children (suitable up to 16 years of age)
Stationery, arts and crafts
Toys, games and puzzles

FOOD and FEEDING

Baby food
Bibs
Bottles and feeding equipment
Bottles
Breast pumps
Breastfeeding pillows
Formula
Sterilisers
Highchairs

CLOTHES and SHOES

Clothing for babies and children:

Sizes from birth 00000 to size 16 youth/teen��
Pyjamas and sleepwear
Gro-bags and sleeping bags for babies
Underwear and socks in new or near-new condition
Hand knitted or crocheted clothing, beanies, booties and scarves

For anyone who would like to make a gold coin donation, this can be done via CDF pay link, or placed in one of the donation boxes located throughout the school.

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Senior Years’ Information Night – Monday 16 May

Teresa Soutter — Thu, 05 May 2022 05:34:13 +0000

We invite you all to the Senior Years’ Information Night and Subject Expo. The focus of the session is to gain knowledge and understanding of the pathways through the senior school (Years 10 – 12), where these pathways lead to (University, TAFE, Apprenticeships, Traineeships) and the ATAR – what it is and what it means. We will also introduce the way subject selections will be undertaken for 2022 and how we would like you to become involved.

Prior to the information session we be offering a Subject Expo where teachers of senior studies and students will be available to speak with you about the subjects available, what you will study and why you should study them.

The Senior Years Information Night is specifically for parents of students in Year 9 and 10 because these are the students who will be making significant decisions over the course of the next term. Due to the changes in the Senior Years’ Pathways that are being introduced, we would encourage you to attend with your young person even if you were present in the 2021 session.

Date: Monday 16 May

What: Senior Years Subject Expo
When: 5.00pm – 6.15 pm
Where: Brigidine Centre

What: Senior Years Information Session
When: 6.30pm – 7.30 pm
Where: Tullow Hall

Please RSVP via Operoo if you and your daughter will be attending.

(Images from 2021 Subject Expo)

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ANZAC Remembrance Garden

Andrea Power — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 23:23:39 +0000

Our Year 10 PreCAL class have been working hard designing and implementing an ANZAC Remembrance Garden along the Church Street boundary of the College.

They have spent time deciding where best to lay their handmade mosaic stepping stones, with consideration to the College’s Master Planning involving a new entrance point to the school in the future.

The Garden will be an exciting legacy for this class.

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