Middle School

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The Turning Circle - Latest edition out now!

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…
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Year 8 HIT Program

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…
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Woodend Campus Construction - Stage 2A

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…
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Year 8 Digital Technologies

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…
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Gifts from Tokai City

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…
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2021 Scholarship Recipients

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…
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Mrs Bell's Fundraising for Victoria Police Legacy

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…
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Help Ms Pemberton fight MND!

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…
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Amazing community spirit, even in crisis...

The below are two stories that were shared with us about two of our amazing students, Ella Heywood (Year 6)and Dashiel Fenwick (Year 8). In August 2017, when Ella was in only Grade 3, she supported the Cancer Council's 'Wigs for Kids' initiative,…
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Indonesian Cooking at Home

Some of our Year 6 Indonesian students have been showing great enthusiasm throughout this remote learning period; applying their knowledge learned in Term 1 studying 'Food' and cooking Indonesian meals for their families. Bu Healy encouraged…
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Two full weeks, and how far we've come...

Two weeks ago today, our students and their families had their first day of Term 2 via remote learning. The word unprecedented has been ubiquitous over the past month, and it’s only upon reflection of situations like this that we can really…
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Braemar Drama - Artwork Challenge

Over the past two weeks, many challenges have presented themselves as we work in the new remote setting, but this hasn't stopped our dedicated Drama Students! Right across the Drama Department of Braemar College (from years 5 to…