Issue 3 28 Mar 2025

We are approaching the end of Term One and it is wonderful to see and celebrate all the learning that is taking place at our College. The Term has been filled with lots of extra-curricular activities that have promoted student engagement. We want to express our gratitude for the continued support from our families in our students’ education.

Athletics Day

What a fun day and it was great to see so many families join us at Landy Field to support students. Many records were broken and students enjoyed dressing in House colours.

SRC Updates

The Student Representative Council (SRC) Planning Day that was scheduled earlier this Term had to be postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. It has been moved to Tuesday next week (1st April). The day will include a leadership session run by YLead, followed by team area planning in the afternoon. It will be a great opportunity for our newly elected Year Level Captains to have their say on events and issues around the school. Our Year Level Captains were announced at the College assembly last week, they are as follows:

Year 7: Prisha Prisha and Jack Francis

Year 8: Chanel Fiorenza and Ehp’Saw DahDait

Year 9: Mia North and Gabriel Brown

Year 10: Rushneet Gill and Caleb Stephenson

Year 11: Sarah Ivey and Tanishka Negi

Harmony Day

To celebrate Harmony Day last week, the Year 12 Captains organised events on each day throughout the week. Harmony Day celebrates Australia’s cultural diversity and recognises the contributions all Australians make to this wonderful country. The students celebrated the week with activities such as a Spelling Bee competition, Mural Creation and a Casual Dress Day on Friday, with cupcakes on sale at lunchtime to raise money for Dolly’s Dream.

NGSC Climbing Mt Everest

This year, North Geelong has set a goal to climb Mt Everest using positive green Compass entries. Mt Everest stands at 8,849m tall and each green entry earned by a student will count towards 1m climbed. If the goal is met by Multicultural Day in Term 4 Week 3, the whole school will receive a reward. Currently, students are 33% of the way and tracking ahead of schedule. Good luck to the students!

Be Bold, Be Heard

We are on the way again to a massive year of the program. It kicked off with an awesome opportunity for us to speak on the Bankfirst website about International Women’s Day. Rushneet, Thoma and Sarah teamed up to discuss how Be Bold, Be Heard has helped young women in our school. Alongside this were the perspectives of Maddie Solly (BBBH Coordinator) and Brad Headlam. The girls have completed their analysis of the school data and now that a team has been formed, they will attend the first girls’ forum on Friday 28th March with 13 other schools.

https://www.bankfirst.com.au/about-us/articles/boldly-speaking-up

International Women's Day

As usual we celebrated this day in style, with a morning tea. Senior girls were invited to join staff in the staff room and two students spoke about the importance of the day. It was a great celebration. School captains, students (recipients of the SI Geelong scholarship), Sue Marin and Christine Scott attended the Soroptimists International breakfast held at GMHBA Stadium.

Soroptimists International of Geelong

For the last three years, Soroptimists International of Geelong have been a fantastic supporter of the BBBH program. They have made a commitment to send 10 students along to every forum for five years. Part of this partnership is to present to their committee the achievements gained from this wonderful program. On Tuesday 11th March, I was invited to present at the Geelong RSL. 

This was one of the most rewarding and enjoyable presentations I have done for some time. The alignment of our initiatives with the committee’s beliefs and motivations really resonated with me. I repeatedly shared stories that all were only too familiar with, and then hearing of our students’ actions really impressed and I think moved many of the members. I felt an immediate connection, and they responded with avenues of support and even offered time to participate in the BBBH committee. We are very appreciative of the support of this group and their efforts across our community and beyond.