The Lakes South Morang College Newsletter PRINCIPAL REPORT
and events. From both the College and School Council, we thank you for your participation in this year ’ s Easter raffle and upcoming Mother ’ s Day stall. Our initial fundraising initiatives will go to the purchase of new sport uniforms for the Primary Campus. We are also looking at purchasing permanent outdoor table tennis tables on both Campuses through the next round of fundraising efforts. Thank you to all families for their financial support in increasingly difficult economic times. To top off term 1, we also had our first ever Alumni gathering. It was great to see so many ex - students come along to share their journeys, reconnect with the College and identify opportunities that will support our college moving forward. Our new Student Leadership Teams (of which there are many and varied this year including: School Council Representatives; School Captains; Student Representative Council members; House Captains; Peer Support Leaders; Sport Team Captains; and, Cultural Leaders) have embraced opportunities to lead the school assemblies, become ambassadors for transition and school tours, organise fundraising events through the SRC, lead whole school events like the Athletics Carnival, take on coaching roles and work with Learner Coaches to review College operational processes with diligence and maturity. We are slowly increasing student voice and agency both in learning and leadership which will only enhance our goal of high expectation and school pride. Congratulations to all our end of Term One Award Winners. You have demonstrated the College Values to a very high standard and set the tone for your peers. You are working at your personal best and role modelling our four pillars: academic rigour, high expectation, positive climate for learning and community leadership. Keep up the standards and challenge yourself to achieve new heights for the remainder of this year. Your families, your classmates and your teachers applaud your effort and this wonderful achievement. All students have completed a range of assessments and had the opportunity for a Learner Review Meeting so that goals/pathways can be discussed and altered as required. Our Secondary students have also been introduced to a fast and simple online tool named VERSO which captures their responses, educational and emotional needs, and enables the teacher to review: class engagement; learner comprehension; learner strengths and questions; lesson activities; flow of the class; and, interest of students, so that a proactive narrative exists between them. This is an exciting development that students have quickly grasped. At Senior School level, our VCE students participated in the highly regarded Elevate Education training, have set targets for themselves so that they are ready for applications into Tertiary and further education, both through ATAR and Early - Entry programs offered at universities, through School Based Apprenticeships, VETs and pre - apprenticeships including our local polytechnics, TAFEs and Trade Training Centres. It is uplifting to have our seniors develop into young adults, role models and school leaders. They are adding so much to the development of our positive school culture and we look forward to sharing their journey and pathways with you this year. Our College has been recognised by Principals and educational leaders within our region, North - East Melbourne Area, for our response in developing explicit targets for parents/carers to support their child ’ s learning plans, to engage you in our vision and to provide opportunities for authentic feedback through “ hot topics ” at School Council. The elevation as parent/carers as equal partners in learning has created an expectation that all adults at our College are role models that address concerns with a calm, problem solving, solution - based mindset. This serves to send key message to our children that it is with care, kindness and cooperation that problems can be resolved and that success is linked to a safe, proactive, rigorous and caring learning environment. Over the holidays, we will be carpeting the VCE building spaces and the general office on the Secondary Campus, CCTV will be installed on the Primary Campus and some upgrades to the ramps leading to our portables will be completed. Finally, I encourage you to read our 2023 Annual Report to the Community. This is a comprehensive and uplifting review of our performance and is a statutory regulation for Government schools. Once released by the department of Education ’ s Quality Assurance team, you will find this document on our website under College/Policies/Annual Report. Ms Lee, Mr Abney - Hastings and I would like to wish all families a safe and relaxing holiday period and a Happy Easter to the families celebrating this occasion on the weekend. We look forward to welcoming everyone back for an exciting term 2.
Mr Panas
College Principal
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