Principal's Message

In our early years (Prep – Year 2) classrooms most days commence with the systematic, explicit teaching of phonics and phonemic awareness. This teaching and learning time is very precious and every day the students build upon their knowledge and skills from previous lessons. A strong partnership between school and home to ensure that every child is on time, every day, ready for learning must continue to be an absolute priority, to enable every Camperdown College student to get off to a flying start.

2018 is a year of school review for Camperdown College. Every four years, Department of Education schools undergo a rigorous process, with external support, of evaluating the impact of the school’s efforts on student engagement, wellbeing and learning outcomes. Multiple data sets are analysed to determine whether strategic plan targets have been met, and input from the wider school community is sought to inform the planning for the next four years. During Term 2 we will be inviting student and parent input into the school self-evaluation. Your perspective on what the school has achieved over the past four years, and could achieve in the future, will be valuable. A student free day has been scheduled for Tuesday 8^th May to assist with the self-evaluation process.

Over the past two Thursdays, the first of the Corangamite Trade Training Cluster courses have commenced on the Timboon and Cobden sites. Ten Camperdown College students ranging from Year 10 – 12 are participating in CTTC courses this year, including Hospitality, Engineering, Automotive, Building and Construction, and Electro-technology. The students have returned with enthusiastic feedback after their first classes and we look forward to extending this opportunity to more students over the years to come. Thank you to Education Support staff member Jenny O’Neil who is driving the CTTC bus and assisting our students during the day at Timboon.

You may have noticed that a new sign has been installed at the rear of the Senior Campus AG Daws Hall, visible across the school oval and from Cobden Road. This is the result of our sign competition late last year to find wording that would complement our school mission and vision and make a statement to the Camperdown community about the power of education. The sign, created and installed by Gary Jenkins of Westvic Signs, reads We are the authors of our future and I trust that it will provoke thought and discussion within and beyond the school for many years to come.

Thursday 22nd February 2018