We are now well and truly into Term 3, in fact, already past the halfway point, and there has been plenty happening across our Gleneagles community.

100 Days of Year 7

Last week we had the pleasure of hosting our “100 Days of Year 7” celebratory afternoon tea in the Senior Centre. It was a fantastic turnout and a wonderful opportunity for our Year 7 parents to connect informally with classroom teachers and members of the engagement and wellbeing teams.

Celebration Assembly

On Tuesday 12th August, we came together for a whole-school assembly centred on the theme of excellence. The school band delivered a fantastic performance of a piece from the film Pocahontas. I took the opportunity to speak about what excellence looks like at Gleneagles and reminded students that, with hard work and determination, each of them is capable of achieving it. Thank you to the parents of our award recipients who were able to attend and share in the celebration.

Congratulations to the following award recipients:

Our Year 7 Excellence Awards: Anna H, Hanya X, Aayan P, Raphael P, Adam K, Thavin S.

Our Year 8 Excellence Awards: Leda G, Eason Z, Kiana J, Marko R, Anastasia P, Erinne O

Our Year 9 Excellence Awards: Chloe C, Rosie M, Indiana H, Logan H, Harvey S, Aaron C.

Our Year 10 Excellence Awards:  Alex L, Jaelyn Y, Felix M, Thomas Z, Amy R, Will C.

Our Year 11 Excellence Awards: Sanika K, Adam T, Lazar T, Benjamin T, Jaylee R, Bethany H

Our Year 12 Excellence Awards: Emily P, Natalia W, Alysha T, Xandria C, Aliyah M, Hasan K

School Production: “Out of Time”

Students are gearing up for the annual school production, this year titled “Out of Time”. Please join us for one of two spectacular performances on August 29 and 30.

Working together with a dedicated group of staff, our students from Year 7-12 have brought an incredible theatrical piece to life since December last year. With a riveting storyline, fun-filled musical numbers and a raffle at intermission.

If you would like to book tickets, or more information you can click here.

Community in Action

Today, I joined students in 'The Outlet' community club who cooked meal kits for our local residents at the Andrew's Centre. Thank you to those who ingredients that will help create meal kits for those who need our support in the community.

Uniform

As we leave the cold winter months behind and welcome the warmer days of Spring, I would like to take this opportunity to remind all students and families that Gleneagles is a full school uniform college. Students are expected to attend school each day in complete and correct school uniform, without alteration or variation, and to wear it with pride as a reflection of our high standards and shared school values.

Child Safe

The school is currently updating the suite of Child Safe policies. School Council has recently ratified two policies: the Child Safety Code of Conduct and the Child Safety Responding and Reporting Policy. We are also currently updating our Child Safe Policy.

In line with the Child Safe policies, we are now asking all visitors to the college to sign in on Compass Kiosk using their Working With Children Check. In addition, the card will be checked through the Human Services portal by our admin staff. Visitors will then be required to wear a coloured lanyard whilst on site so they can be identified.

The only visitors who are excluded from producing their WWCC are parents/carers who are attending meetings or picking up their children. However, parents who are working at the school in a volunteer or paid capacity will need to provide a WWCC.

GoldEAGLE

Throughout each year the college Principal awards GoldEAGLES. This is a lapel pin awarded to the staff, students and community members who most exemplify what it means to be a member of the Gleneagles community.

In recent weeks, I’ve had the pleasure of awarding Gold EAGLES to the following students and staff:

Hasan K Y12; Elliana K Y11;  Kochloch G  Y10; Mohammad M Y9; EJ K Y8; Hank V Y7

Alenka Sabljak, Atifa Reza & Jason Walsh

Congratulations to all, well deserved.

As always, thank you for your ongoing support of our school community.

Jo Sayer
Principal
Gleneagles Secondary College