Senior Years Campus – Principal’s Message
The end of Semester 1 is fast approaching as Senior Campus students begin their Semester 2 subjects on Tuesday 14 June. This leaves two weeks to complete any outstanding work for Semester 1 to enable teachers to correct work and write the Semester 1 reports, which will occur on Friday 10 June (Student-free day). For VCE students, this means that there will be many SAC’s planned in the next two weeks and students need to make up a study calendar to fully prepare for each assessment. It is great to see students showing maturity and working independently, even if their teacher is away. Staff absences has been a real concern over the past weeks as many staff have been isolating as well as many staff just unwell with the flu. This is compounded by a shortage of relief teachers. This situation is likely to continue for the coming weeks as winter sets in, but we are adamant that we will not go back to remote learning. In circumstances where their normal teacher is not present, it is vital that students continue with their learning which is placed on Google Classroom by their teachers. As a school, we are committed to continue to offer extra curricula activities, such as sports, as they are very valuable for student’s wellbeing, but this is becoming more and more difficult with the shortage in finding replacement staff.
Sports
Last week, many Senior Campus students competed in Winter sports such as Soccer, Netball and Badminton. Both boys’ and girls’ soccer won their games and will go through to the next round. The boys and girls badminton teams both achieved second place and the Girls Netball played well but did not end up with a place. One of the most impressive comments about the students playing sports was from one of the soccer umpires. He praised the students, not only on their sporting ability but also on their behaviour on the field which was exemplary.
The sporting facilities at the Senior Campus have been expanded this week with the addition of an outside volleyball court. This is permanently mounted in the ground but can be removed when necessary. Thanks to the Year 12 Construction Pathways students, Matejo Dodevski, Jeremy Lembovski, Brock Malatesta, Nishchal Neupane, Sam Puller, Jacob Shaw and Kosta Theodoropoulos for concreting in the footings and Mr Maltby for purchasing the posts and net.
International Students
Mill Park Secondary College runs an International Students program with students coming from many different countries to study at our school. Below is a testimonial from one of our International Students parents this week;
“Thank you for giving me the opportunity to do a testimonial because when I decided to come from Egypt to staying here I was thinking that my daughter will have just a good learning experience but from the first time we met you i knew this won’t be just a new school for her but will be a very helpful, understanding and lovable team, my daughter usually doesn’t like school but she keeps surprising me every week that she doesn’t like weekends anymore and looking forward to the week to begin. Thank you for being there helping my daughter coping with her new life “
Richard Dungey
Senior Campus Principal