Did you know that we now have a Braemar Podcast? Launched throughout the initial period of remote learning in Term 2, our College Captains – with the assistance of other senior students and some of our teachers and leaders – put together a fortnightly podcast for our students and community. The podcast is published each […]
Throughout Term 2, during the remote learning period, we took part in a creative writing competition. Students were invited to submit short stories on the topic of ‘Stories for Strange Times’. While the theme did inspire students to think of the current situation around COVID-19 and the remote learning period, there was no requirement for […]
The Turning Circle is a student-led publication which aims to inform our student body about events occurring in all year levels throughout the college. This issue covers semester one of 2020, and ranges from topics of events prior to COVID-19 and student artwork. Thankyou to all those students who submitted something, and we hope to […]
With the new rules around face coverings, and our proactive decision to have all staff and students wear face coverings at school in order to best support our Braemar community, some of our staff – namely the TuckShop staff, Deb and Petra, in conjunction with some of our digital technologies team, Chris, Luke, and Adam […]
On each Day 7 in the Year 8 timetable, students participate in a targeted literacy and numeracy program called ‘HIT’, standing for high intensity tasks. The program is designed by Year 8 teaching staff by analysing the cohort’s testing data from last year (Year 7) and delivered as part of their Encounter and Investigate classes. […]
Some of you – or your children – may have noticed some construction taking place at the Woodend Campus at the moment; this is the works referred to as ‘Stage 2A’. The College’s planning permit, granted in 2016, allowed for an extension adjacent to the current Woodend Administration building. This area was planned to accommodate […]
Our Uniform Shop has been very busy over the past few weeks, as we all hastily prepare for back-to-school in a face-to-face setting, which is – for some – the first time that they’ve donned their Braemar Winter uniform. Uniform has been an important part of the culture at the College since it’s inception and […]
Our Year 8 Digital Technologies class have been working with some exciting VEX robots. Mr Simpson’s Year 11 class built the robots when they returned to on-site learning late last term, and our Year 8 students then got to experience them. The students practiced using the ‘drive’ function as well as completing various challenges with […]
This week we received some beautiful gifts from our friends in Tokai City, Japan. Each year we usually welcome a group of students from Tokai, along with some teacher representatives, to the College for a week. It’s always a wonderful experience for everyone involved; both our students and theirs have a great time learning about […]
Congratulations to our 2021 Academic Scholarship recipients! We are proud to share that Year 6 students, Zackary Cram (Riddells Creek Primary School) and Matt Rollinson (Macedon Primary School), along with Thomas Conroy and Julia Smith of Year 9, have been awarded Braemar College Scholarships for 2021 based on academic excellence displayed through recent scholarship testing. […]
On Wednesday 22 April, four Victoria Police Officers were tragically killed in a truck collision on a Melbourne freeway. Details of the horrible event have been shared widely as tributes and messages flowed in memory of the officers and in support of their friends, family, and colleagues. The four fallen members were Leading Senior Constable […]
Ms Pemberton and her family are, once again, involved in supporting Fight MND this year; a cause committed to finding effective treatments and ultimately a cure for Motor Neurone Disease. You’ll likely all have seen the blue ‘Fight MND’ beanies around town, or perhaps you’ve watched ‘the big freeze’ during previous footy seasons – another […]