As Term 3 commences, I continue to feel a great sense of pride during this challenging and unprecedented time. The Mooroolbark College community has truly come together to ensure our students are supported and their learning journey continues in a positive and meaningful way. Given our current challenges, it is so important that we continue working collaboratively to ensure that we provide the very best possible support for the… Read More
Student Voice While back on site at the end of Term 2, the Leadership Team ran focus groups of students across all year levels to gain feedback from their time during Remote Learning. Several important changes were made when planning and implementing Remote Learning 2.0 as a result of listening to our… Read More
The Canteen is open and welcomes our students back to the start of Term 3 with some very exciting news! We have a new menu and a coffee machine! The staff and students in Years 11 and 12 are invited to come into the canteen to purchase a coffee or… Read More
As mentioned in our last newsletter, the 2020 House Cross Country Carnival was held on campus. Congratulations to the following students who were placed first overall in their respective year levels! Year 7: Jonathan Tung Dim & Jordy Allen Year 8: Liam Price & Tiara Willis Year 9: Sean Farrelly & Tara Barnewall Year… Read More
Here we go again, another period of Remote Learning! Looking after our students through this period will be the priority of our Wellbeing Team. We learnt from the first lock down that some students will embrace the challenge of Remote Learning and thrive and others will be feeling anxious and worried how they will cope. A recent newspaper article really resonated with me.… Read More
Students from Year 7 have once again returned to the world of Remote Learning. Firstly, we would like to congratulate students for their dedication and resilience towards Remote Learning in Term 2. In Term 3, there are some minor changes to how remote learning will operate. In order to manage the workload… Read More
VCE/VCAL/VET Term 3 is an exciting and busy time of the school year for Senior School students. It was wonderful to welcome our Year 11 and Year 12 students back to the College, and they have quickly adapted to the new social distancing and hygiene requirements. While the current restrictions have affected… Read More
Student Reports Semester 1 2020 The end of semester reports looked a little different this year for two reasons. Firstly, the department guidelines for reports during Remote Learning were slightly modified, and secondly, after successfully trialling Continuous Reporting in 2019, the entire reporting process moved to this model for this… Read More
As staff and students return to school, I am filled with gratitude and amazement. The staff and students have worked so incredibly hard to make Remote Learning work so effectively demonstrating the College values of resilience, respect, endeavour and compassion. As a result, the transition back to traditional schooling has… Read More
