A School Based Traineeship for Aurora means she can make a great start on her vocational studies
whilst still completing school, she will also be supported by Sloane WSSC Careers Advisor, Shane HeadStart SBAT program and Pippa Maddocks from MAS National, ensuring a wrap around support structure for SBAT students. Employer Natasha said it has been so wonderful to watch Aurora grow into being the educator. She is a natural with the children in her care. Aurora said her confidence has grown so much in this role. Pippa from MAS National said that the Head Start model provides great opportunities for future pathway opportunities in a supportive environment .

We are very proud of Aurora for exploring this pathway in a growing industry , we thank Natasha , the Cubby House Early Learning and Care Centre team for being an inclusive and a passionate work place for all the students they host.

For information on School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBAT’s), please contact Head Start Coordinator, Shane Crispin shane.crispin@education.vic.gov.au

The ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳Senior Secondary College Careers in Industry Expo is being held in the school stadium, on August 14th 2025. The expo aims to connect students and industry in our local region, as well as the chance to see what opportunities are available to them, whether it be their first casual job, traineeships, apprenticeships or further education.

Highlights from our 2024 event

Register your interest to exhibit

We would love to have your business or organisation at our 2025 Careers in Industry Expo. To ensure a table is reserved for you, please register your interest using the form linked below.

Sponsorship package

To support our 2025 event, we are offering a sponsorship package, this includes a range of opportunities to promote your business to attendees. The sponsorship package features your business on the event posters, digital promotional material, social media posts, video and the ‘big screen’ at the event.

The package includes:

• Featured on the event poster.
• Sponsorship poster displayed around the venue.
• Mentioned/tagged in social media posts promoting the event.
• Logo and business name displayed on printed venue maps distributed to attendees.
• Logo and business name displayed on the digital signage at the venue.

Click here to download our sponsorship package.
Please contact the Careers in Industry Expo event organising committee to register your interest. careers@wssc.vic.edu.au

The Victorian Government is making life that little bit easier for families by providing a one-off $400 School Saving Bonus. This support will help cover the cost of school uniforms, textbooks, and school activities like camps, excursions and sports. The School Saving Bonus is in addition to existing and continuing means-tested supports for Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) and the Affordable School Uniforms Program.

The School Saving Bonus will be provided to schools and families in Term 4, 2024.

Who receives the School Saving Bonus

The School Saving Bonus is available for parents and carers of all Victorian government school students from Prep to Year 12 in 2025, except for full-fee international students, home schooled students, TAFE students and students attending kindergarten in 2025.

Actions for parents and carers

Parents and carers of children who meet the School Saving Bonus eligibility above are required to do the following by Friday 18 October 2024:

Complete enrolment
If your child, or children are changing government school for Term 1 2025 ie: WMYC to WSSC, please complete and send back the 2025 WSSC Enrolment paperwork.

Check your contact information
Ensure your contact information is up to date you need to make sure your phone number and email address are correct. Please check your junk mail regularly to make sure you do not miss an important email. The Department of Education will email you twice:

• In October, to verify your email address
• In November, with your $400 School Saving Bonus

Accessing the $400 School Saving Bonus

You do not need to apply for the School Saving Bonus.
The Department of Education will email you in November 2024 with your $400 School Saving Bonus. You will be able to access it via an online system.
You can decide how to best use the School Saving Bonus for your family’s needs. You can choose how to allocate the $400 in the online system.

The bonus can be used towards 2025 school costs, which may include:

• camps, trips, excursions and incursions
• swimming and sporting programs
• outdoor education programs
• graduations
• school uniforms
• textbooks

The bonus can be used at your school’s approved textbook or uniform suppliers either in-store or online, or through State Schools’ Relief. The list of suppliers may include a school uniform or bookshop. Any amount that you choose to allocate to textbooks and uniforms will be valid until 30 June 2025. It will then transfer to your child’s school account for future activities.

Funds will roll over for use in future years if it is not all spent in 2025.

Families with more than one eligible child

Families who have more than one child at the same school can combine their School Saving Bonus payments to use on one child, or for a specific activity. So, for example, a family with 3 children who are all government school students would receive support to the value of $1,200 and choose how they spend those funds. The School Saving Bonus cannot be combined across different schools.

More information

To learn more about the School Saving Bonus visit . Translated information will also be available on the School Saving Bonus website in the next few weeks.

The NESPA team contributed with WSSC Visual Communication and Art works (Luis Duncan and Catherine McDougal) as well as a preview of ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳Middle Years production ‘Fight With All Your Might the Zombies of Tonight (Kye Richardson and Luke Harmen), Felltimber Rock band (Scott Shirley), WSSC’s production Firebringer (Lynette Campbell), WSSC Big Band (Lisa Bektash, Julie Taylor and Trevor Cooper), and Huon’s Guitar Ensemble (Paddy Cautela). All the Federation Primary Schools performances and Visual Art works were also on show. The performances would not have been possible without the support of Keith Miles and his VET Sound Production students who ran the sound and light desk for all the performances across the week.

• Year 9 to 10 information sessions
• Interactive subject displays
• Speak with teachers and current students
• Learn how to get the most out of your year 11 and 12 schooling

Current students

The purpose of this night is to provide valuable information to support your child’s pathway through the VCE. While the College has several information sessions running on the night, we highly recommend current year 10 and 11 students and families attend ‘Career Conversations’, and ‘Accessing VCE Resources’.

Enrolments

Looking to start your senior secondary education? Enquire to enrol at our College by .

Event Program

Join us for a range of information sessions and opportunities to speak with staff and current students about the opportunities available at our College.

Subject Displays & Information

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳Senior Secondary College has the broadest range of subjects in the region. Come along to WSSC ‘On Show’ and see these subjects on display. You will be able to access additional information and speak with the subject specialists at the College. Current and previous students will be available to talk about their experience of the subject and future pathways.

College Tours

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳Senior Secondary College has outstanding teaching and learning facilities. The best way to see and experience these facilities is to participate in a personalised College tour. While touring the College, you will also be able to appreciate the supportive and aspirational culture of the Senior College. A tour is also an excellent opportunity to ask any questions that you may have about the College.

Year 10 Information Session

This session will provide excellent information on the following:

• Senior College philosophy
• Benefits of a later years focus
• 3-year VCE Model
• New Senior School Certificate VCE
• Workplace opportunities

Understanding the VCE: Many Talents, One VCE

Would you like to know more about the certificate your child is currently completing? Attend this session to learn about the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and the VCE Vocational Major (VCE VM). This will include what your child is required to complete to receive their certificate and the pathways that might follow.

This session will cover the course structure at WSSC where VCE and VCE VM is completed over 3 years. It will also include some information about the VET certificates on offer at WSSC through the VCE and VCE VM.

Supporting Health & Wellbeing

Our school wellbeing team will provide you with some practical strategies for supporting the mental health and wellbeing of your child.

African Workshop

This workshop will be translated in Swahili.

1. Ziara ya Chuo ‘’Pamoja na Nelson na Grace’’ (‘College Tour’ with Nelson and Grace)
2. Kusaidia afya ya akili na ustawi yam toto wako. (‘Supporting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of your child’)

Career Conversations

Learn the art of having a ‘Career Conversation’ at home. This session will give you the tools and resources you need to learn the very important skill of talking about post-school options. This session is great for students and parents/carers!

Accessing VCE Study Resources

There are a wide variety of free educational resources available to our students. This session will give you an overview of these resources, how and when they can be accessed, and how they can help students to achieve their full academic potential without any additional financial outlay.

Parent Carer Forum

We highly value your opinion and strive to create an engaging and supportive learning environment for your children. To help us understand your perspective and gather your valuable feedback please attend our Parent/Carer Forum to have a conversation with us.

Please use this link to access our survey:
Our school PIN is: 981224

Our school is conducting the annual Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey offered by the Department of Education and is seeking your feedback. The survey is designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of families’ perceptions of school climate, student behavior, and student engagement. The survey is optional, but we encourage and appreciate your participation.
Our school will use the survey results to assist in identifying areas for improvement and professional development needs in the school, to target school planning and improvement strategies.

The Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey will be open online from Monday 29 July to Friday 30 August 2024.

All families are invited to participate in the survey.
The survey will be conducted online, only takes 20 minutes to complete, and can be accessed at any convenient time on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones.

The online survey will be available in English and 10 other languages including Arabic, Greek, Hakha Chin, Hindi, Japanese, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Turkish, and Vietnamese. Resources are also available in additional languages to assist parents / caregivers / guardians who speak a language other than English at home. Please reach out to your child’s teacher, or the school directly for survey guides in your language.

Please contact the College if you have any questions or would like to learn more about the 2024 Opinion Survey.

Please use this link to access our survey:
Our school PIN is: 981224

Take this opportunity to look back and reflect on Term 4 of the 2023 school year.

House Leader Recap

Lots has happened this Term, we had our first combined schools concert since 2019, we celebrated the achievements of our Year 10 and 11 students at our 2023 Awards Presentation, and even had a Halloween themed parade!

This term we said farewell to our Year 12 class of 2023, who celebrated the end of their 13 years of schooling with their last bell and final celebrations. They formally celebrated the end of Year 12 at their Valedictory ceremony, where significant personal achievements, community, service awards and academic excellence awards were recognised and celebrated.

Our Headstart program took place in the last few weeks of Term 4, giving our future Year 10 students a taste of what student life at WSSC is like and getting them prepared for their senior years. Headstart ended with a joint WMYC and WSSC Colour Run to celebrate the end of the school year.

What a year it has been. I’d like to wish you all a safe and happy holidays and I look forward to representing you in 2024 as one of your College Captains.

Parsa Ghodsieh
2024 School Captain

Student Achievement

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The Australian Federal Police through the is seeing a concerning global trend of teenage males being targeted to send explicit images of themselves and then blackmailed. This is called sexual extortion, or sextortion.

The AFP is urging families to have important safety conversations ahead of the school holidays to prevent young people from becoming victim. This crime can have serious wellbeing and psychological impacts.

How does sextortion start?

• Unsolicited friend and follow requests on social media
• Direct messages on one app and then being asked to keep chatting on a secondary app
• Conversations suddenly and quickly becoming sexualised
• Requests for sexualised images or content.

What can families do?

• Have open and regular conversations about your child’s online activities and interactions
• Know what platforms, apps and games they are using and who they are interacting with/li>
• Remain open and approachable, victims will be reluctant to come forward if they feel they will be punished or blamed
• Ensure your child knows that it is okay to leave conversations if they feel uncomfortable or unsafe
• Support your child and know how to respond. The has been created to recognise sextortion and get help.

The Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation is here to keep young people safe from online sexual exploitation and abuse.

You can make a report via

For further information, resources and advice visit