Today is Safer Internet Day for 2020. Safer Internet Day is a worldwide event that raises awareness about online safety and encourages everyone to help create a better internet. The E-safety Commission is running free webinars for parents; helping parents learn tips for starting e-safety conversations with their children, and learn more about what they […]
Have you ever considered joining the Braemar Equestrian Team? Come along to the Information Session tomorrow night from 6pm at the Woodend Campus to find out how! Be part of an enthusiastic, encouraging, and inclusive team of riders, offering an excellent schedule of training sessions and opportunities to represent Braemar at interschool competitions. Everyone is welcome!…however, […]
Today’s the day; the much-anticipated VCE results are in! The College is again enormously proud of all of our VCE students who have received their final results today. The 2019 Year 12 cohort has achieved outstanding academic results with 18% of students receiving an ATAR above 90, 41% of students receiving an ATAR over 80, […]
Registrations for Braemar scholarship testing, for the 2021 academic year, are now open. The scholarship testing will take place in Heyward Hall at Braemar College (Mount Macedon Campus) between 8.45am and 12.30pm on Saturday 29 February 2020. The College offers four Academic Scholarships; two are offered at Year 7 and two at Year 10. All […]
This week, our Year 8 students have been involved in a STEM immersion program called CURIOSITY WEEK. What is STEM, you may ask? STEM is an approach to learning and development that integrates the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The global economy is changing; current jobs are disappearing due to automation and new […]
Celebration Night has come and gone for another year. It was a great privilege to have all our staff and students, and a significant number of our parents as well, join us at Melbourne Town Hall last Wednesday evening as we presented 2019 awards and announced leadership positions for 2020. Thank you to all the […]
Ever thought you might like to try your hand at sprint orienteering? Interested to see how well you can navigate your way around some of the local schools? This is your chance! Over the next six weeks, there are four Sprint Orienteering events being hosted at local secondary schools, including one here at Braemar on […]
The latest issue of the Braemar Buzz is out now! Did you know that you can view the buzz directly on our College Website – and that by doing so, you can access links, galleries, and the other more interactive features of the buzz? Alternatively, each edition has a button allowing you to view/download a […]
Every artist gets asked the question, “Where do you get your ideas?” The honest artist answers, “I steal them.” A few years ago, I came across a TED Talk* by writer and artist, Austin Kleon. In it, he proposes that nothing is original and that every new idea is just a remix of previous ideas. […]
As we look back on another great term, we have been so lucky to have some great opportunities and activities take place for our students to take part in. Late last month was 2019 Book Week across Australia, this year’s theme was ‘Reading is my Super Power’. Our Instructional Leader – Encounter, Mrs Sharon Hitti, […]
The VCE Drama Unit 4 Solo Showcase has been rescheduled to take place next Monday 16 September at 7.00pm, in Tyler Hall (Mount Macedon Campus). We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your ongoing support of our VCE students.
Last week a group of our Year 9/10 girls attended a women’s leadership conference with Ms Kelly Smith called HERstory. The conference was run by Cobaw Community Health and saw female students from Braemar, Sacred Heart Kyneton, Kyneton Secondary College, Gisborne Secondary College, Castlemaine Secondary College, and Bullengarook Specialist School (Sunbury and Macedon Ranges Specialist […]