Our plans for the development of a Performing Arts Centre with the $1.337 million allocated in this year’s state budget have now been approved by the department and the project has been put out to tender. We will be interviewing next week. Once we appoint an architect firm as the Principal Consultants, the planning stage…
I was fortunate to spend an incredible twelve days with six VCAL students in Cambodia on the World of Difference humanitarian tour. After nearly 12 months of planning and fundraising our efforts were met with a memorable and insightful experience into the impact of war on this fragile country and the strength, humility and genuine…
This year the Year 7 to 10 SEAL students participated in the Australian Mathematics Competition and the University of NSW Mathematics Competition (ICAS). All students received a certificate for participation and we would like to congratulate all students on their achievements and results. These tests covered all areas of Mathematics – Number, Algebra, Measurement, Geometry,…
On Wednesday 15th of October, the Year 7 students had the opportunity to go to ACMI in the city to see a French film called ‘Belle et Sebastien’. It was quite a fun day as we all embarked on our train journey to the city and after the movie we had time to visit the…
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) in 2015 Mordialloc College aims to connect our students with vibrant and engaging learning communities that extend beyond the classroom and help develop our students as resilient and innovative learners. We recognise that our students are immersed in a technology rich world and aim to guide them to become flexible,…
Last Thursday night Jane Jamieson, Shelley Muir, Jen Roep and I attended the Applied Learning Awards at the Brighton International. Mordialloc was one of the major winners on the night with Shelley Muir winning VCAL teacher of the year and two of our students winning awards. Niyati Kumar won the VCAL Literacy award for the…
During the week October 6-10, Year 11 Psychology students organised Mental Health week activities at our College. On the Monday we delivered flowers that were ordered in the previous term; these flowers ranged from gestures of love to just general affection but put a smile on the face of all who received them. At lunch…
Student Led Conferences were held during the last week of Term 3. As I walked around it was wonderful to see and hear students articulating their progress throughout the year to their families and teachers, identifying the challenges they have faced, their successes, the areas they need to improve on and focus points for the…
Do you receive Centrelink Family Tax Benefit A or B and have a Year 12 student wanting to apply to University? This can add valuable points on top of their ATAR as part of a VTAC SEAS application and increase access to many universities. Phone Centrelink to request a hardcopy of your Centrelink statement (downloaded…
On Tuesday we held a morning tea for all staff to formally thank all of our Education Support staff who work across the school in a variety of roles to support teachers, students and parents and thus are a vital part of our school community. The contribution they make is invaluable and without them the…
