To the Notre Dame College Graduating Class of 2023

Congratulations.

Thank you for your wonderful contribution to our College over the past six years.

As each of you go forward on your chosen pathway, we pray that you lead lives filled with joy, passion, deep faith, great health and happiness.

May you always do your best, strive for improvement, be proud of your achievements, seek help in times of despair and listen to your heart.

2024 Student Leaders

Notre Dame College proudly announces our Student Leaders and Specialist Leaders for 2024.

The announcement and hand-over formed part of the 2023 final assembly last week as we farewelled our Year 12's as they now embark upon their exams.

We wish the cohort of 2023 all the best in their endeavours over the next couple of weeks. Remember they do not have to be the best; they just have to try their best.

Congratulations to the incoming leaders of 2024. We know they will be amazing role models for our students and College community.

Year 12 Final Assembly

On Wednesday 18 October, we held the final assembly for the Graduating Class of 2023.

Each Year 12 received a small gift to commemorate their time spent at the College.

We wish them all the best of luck with their upcoming exams and future endeavours, we will miss you all dearly.

Family Holidays

Family holidays should be scheduled to occur during the scheduled school holidays, as per our “Shared Attendance Expectations”.

However, if this is not possible, a family holiday will only be recorded as an Approved Absence if:

• The College has been notified of the absence a minimum of 2 weeks in advance

AND

• An Absence Learning Plan has been created by the Head of House/Head of Community

Please contact your student's Head of House to discuss the Learning Absence Plan

Immunisation Catch Ups

Dear Parent/Guardian

Due to differing circumstances (COVID, floods, absences, camps) since 2020, some students have missed Immunisations in the scheduled secondary school immunisation program.

Notre Dame College with City of Greater Shepparton are offering catch up session of Immunisations at the College on:

Thursday 2 November

- Year 10 students 2023, 2022 & 2021

Vaccines to be administered: Meningococcal ACWY

Friday 3 November

- Year 7 students 2023, 2022, 2021 & 2020

Vaccines to be administered: HPV (human papillomavirus) and

Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (whooping cough).

Parents are required to complete the following link/s by Friday 27 October. These links will take you to the Department of Health’s platform for online vaccination consent. Only those families that have completed this will be able to access immunisations at Notre Dame College on the above listed dates.

Yr-10 online consent Link

To be completed by year 10 parents in 2023, 2022 & 2021 requiring catchup immunisations

Yr-7 online consent Link

To be completed by year 7 parents in 2023, 2022, 2021 & 2020 requiring catchup immunisations

Any questions on completing the consent please contact:

Joby Vargheese at the City of Greater Shepparton council on 03 58329 744.

For any other enquiries please contact:

Katie Emanuelli at Notre Dame College on 5822 8400 or katie.emanuelli@notredame.vic.edu.au.

Students can also receive their catchup immunisations with their GP.

Helping keep young people safe online

Thank you to all the parents and guardians who attended the information session with Senior Constable Mitchell Bull which focused on supporting our young people in the online world.

We understand that there were many in the community who were unable to attend on the evening.

We would like to share two resources that come highly recommended for parents:

Thinkyouknow.org – This site was created by the Australian Federal Police. Some of the materials in Mitch’s presentation came from this site.

Esafety.gov – This site was created by the eSafety Commissioner and is an independent regulator of online content in Australia.

We will continue to support our young people around online safety through our curriculum, guest speakers, and wellbeing conversations. We also aim to host similar information sessions for parents in 2024.

Congratulations to Notre Dame 2023 Georgy Award Nominees

Congratulations to all the cast and crew who were involved in our 2023 season. We would like to extend a further congratulations to our 2023 Georgy Award nominees. We are so proud of all their hard work and dedication in our whole school production of "Anastasia" and our Year 10, Year 11, and Year 12 plays “Booby Trap”, “Who Run the World?” and "Picnic at Hanging Rock".

Winners will be announced Saturday 25th November at Eastbank, Shepparton. The list of all shows and nominations can be seen here: https://georgyawards.org.au/nominations/

Unit 2 VCE Food Studies

Students showed excellent skills in the kitchen this week preparing Potato and Bacon pancake stacks.

The secret ingredient is maple syrup. Great job team - Imogen Ryan & Jeswin Ranikattu.

The NDC Year 10 Theatre Studies Class present Jonathan Rand's "Check Please: Take 2"

Get your tickets here: https://tinyurl.com/ndcYear10play2023

Year 8 Literacy Enhancement Programme

Talia, Brock, Alex, Marko and Katy from Miss Murphy’s Year 8 Literacy Enhancement Programme class interviewed Mr Cortese for their report writing unit.

Students enthusiastically asked Mr. Cortese about his life as a principal, his keen interest in sports, and his favourite cars.