The Lakes South Morang College Newsletter PRINCIPAL REPORT
On the sporting front, the year 6 girls netball team are playing in the year 6 divisional finals after Marymede College pulled out of the district final. This is a great achievement and we wish the team well in the next stage beginning next Tuesday. Congratulations to the coach Emily, and to Alex the sports convenor for leading the charge. Please continue our commitment to build school pride by sharing student achievement news with the college throughout next semester and we will continue to highlight our spectacular students and their successes. On secondary, our Student Managers and their teams are launching their Student Innovation Project this Wednesday. We are really excited to see what this project will unveil, particularly in terms of student leadership, voice and agency and how a student led evaluation can impact changes in learning to reflect their passions, learning styles and initiatives they see as important to students in our college. Thank you to the peer support leaders in year 7 through to year 10 for leading the charge.
After we extended an open invitation, Bonnie and I met with the leadership team from Mill Park SC to discuss:
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opportunities that unlock the timetable for subject selection for Lakes students at MPSC without needing to transfer and enrol full time.
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facilities and resource sharing – programs/classes, networks and moderation of work
With our efforts to improve our communications and partnership at the senior end, they will be checking off subjects and not taking our students who would be able to stay with us where we offer their preferred subjects in 2023. Once both schools have first round subject tallies for 2023 (expected to be completed in a fortnight), we will re - convene to assess and create a small list of subjects that can be offered to year 11 students across both colleges. The aim is to run cross - college subjects in both schools next year. After that we would need to resource timetables, etc … This will articulate the message through our community that you can be enrolled at The Lakes and choose a senior subject from MPSC. On the facilities front, we are still looking at various painting options for the College, have the external secondary fence to complete this term, we are still waiting for Future Sails to begin our Shade Sails build on both campuses, are awaiting DET approval to install the vape detectors on the secondary campus and have installed the additional door in the COLA on the secondary campus. Marcus and Bonnie continue to work hard to lead and build enthusiasm in our school programs, run weekly tours and impact our intent to improve community connections. At this stage, we have 708 students enrolled in our college. We have 25 students enrolled for Prep next year which is about 10 more than the similar time in 2021, 65 in year 7 with approximately 8 - 10 prospective from other primary schools. Across our region, schools are reporting a down turn in numbers. We are working hard to build them. As a whole school community, we need to maintain a high level of professional conduct and positivity and vehemently protect and promote our college and therefore, our students at all times. If you would like to pass on any ideas, concerns or achievements please drop me an email or send one through to our School Council President @ Amanda.Farrally@education.vic.gov.au The School Council is always on the look out for “ Hot Topics ” which forms a key plank for discussion in our meetings twice per term.
I hope you checked out my video message this week. We are committed to expanding our communications to engage as much of our school community across a range of platforms.
Stay warm and have a nice weekend!
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