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CRAIGIEBURN SECONDARY COLLEGE
NEWSLETTERS
We are excited to bring you the latest edition of the college newsletter! As we move through the school year, we are proud to showcase school events, year level and student achievements, and stories from around our campus. We are extremely proud to share the incredible work happening in our classrooms and beyond. Thank you for being an essential part of our school community – together we make learning meaningful and memorable. See extracts from the newsletter and for a full view click on the flipbook version below. Your feedback is welcome, see the QR code at the end of the newsletter to provide your valuable feedback to the school Community Team.
We acknowledge the Indigenous lands, waters, and gathering places on which we live, learn, and thrive. We value the commitment and knowledge of Indigenous peoples, and we honour their teachings from the past that now inform our future. We pay our respects to all Elders of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation and extend that same respect to Elders of other Indigenous communities with us today. As a college, we make a commitment to taking a step forward in reconciliation and to the preservation of Indigenous cultures in Australia.
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Newsletter Extract: A Message from the Principal Team
We began this term with our NAIDOC week celebrations, a wonderful way to return from the holiday break and celebrate our value of Belonging as a school. Across this week, we honoured the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The next three weeks of the term were framed by our Pathways theme, exploring future aspirations and encouraging our students to think about their academic and career goals.
Year 12 Parent Teacher Interviews supported our senior students and their families to meet the challenges of the next few months, with a view to preparing for the October exams. In week 3, the Discovery Day activities and Year 10 Subject Selection Interviews combined with the Pathways Expo in the school gym to expose our students to possibilities and opportunities on offer. Subject selections for 2026 were also made by students in years 8 to 11 by the end of this week.
Our student achievements were showcased and celebrated in our year level Semester Awards ceremonies, attended by families and carers and connected to our school value of Growth. These awards recognise academic growth as well as progression in overall GPA performance and personal learning, and featured performances by our Instrumental students.
We’ve had a busy term with our sporting events, with students in our Intermediate Netball (years 9 and 10) qualifying for the final and students in our Rugby Academy representing the school in the Cameron Smith Under 14s and Cameron Munster U16s Gala Days.
Languages Day in week 5 was an opportunity to celebrate the diversity of our community and students and staff enjoyed the lunchtime activities and sharing of food and culture.
Also held in week 5, our instrumental music concert, Winter Wonderland, highlighted the talents of our student bands across all year levels and celebrated the hard work and skills of our Performing Arts students.
Our Curriculum Day in week 6 was an incredible success, with our staff learning about how to include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives in our curriculum. Staff also participated in further professional learning and planning about the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0, and then applied this understanding to curriculum review and documentation.
As we look towards the end of term 3, we are building towards our Parent Teacher Interviews for our year 7 to 11 students in week 9. This will be an important opportunity for students, families and carers to understand learning growth across term 3 and to link this growth to goals for term 4 and 2026 aspirations. In this period of reflection and goal-setting, the words of Leonardo da Vinci inspire us to have curiosity and a love of educational opportunity: ‘Learning never exhausts the mind’
Absence Communication
Reporting Absences: Use Compass, email, or call 9308 1144 to provide reasons and estimated return dates.
Automated Absent Messages: Parents receive text messages at 10 AM and 3 PM for absences.
Weekly Unexplained Absence Emails: Unexplained absences trigger Monday emails via Compass.
Bi-termly Unexplained Absence Emails: DET require staged response unexplained absence emails generated to provide reasons for absences via Compass.
Bi-termly Attendance Rate Emails: Overall School and VCE percentage attendance rates generated to keep you on track.
Termly: Assistant Principal generated ‘Nudge Letters’ – demonstrating a students’ attendance trajectories.
Attendance Expectations:
DET requires a 90% attendance rate for student success.
School events and sports days are compulsory.
The ‘2-hour rule’ means students must attend at least two hours in the morning and afternoon to be marked present.
Managing Lateness & Truancy
Chronic lateness can lead to disengagement! Unexplained lateness results in Compass emails and demerits. Truancy notifications are sent if students are out of class without permission.
Support for Attendance Concerns:
Students with attendance below 90% will receive, Compass alerts, support plans, and school interventions.
Chronic absenteeism may involve DET referrals for further support.
For assistance, contact the Attendance Team at; attendance@craigieburnsc.vic.edu.au or call 9308 1144.
Let’s work together—Every Day Counts!
SWPBS Silver Accreditation
We are proud to announce that Craigieburn Secondary College has achieved Silver Accreditation in School-Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS)! This milestone reflects our commitment to fostering a positive school culture where all students feel supported to learn and succeed.
At CSC, our core values of Belonging, Respect, Growth, and Understanding are at the heart of everything we do. Through SWPBS, we have strengthened our focus on clear expectations, positive reinforcement, and the merit acknowledgment system to celebrate students who demonstrate these values every day.
Earning Silver Accreditation means we have strong systems in place to support student wellbeing, behaviour, and learning, but our journey doesn’t stop here! We will continue working towards Gold Accreditation, ensuring Craigieburn remains a place where every student feels a sense of belonging, is treated with respect, grows in their learning, and understands their role in our school community.
Thank you to our CSC staff, students and community for your valued contributions to the second edition of our 2025 College Newsletter. Your support and involvement are deeply appreciated as we celebrate and showcase our vibrant school community. Thank you.
Previous and Archived Newsletters
Previous newsletter editions can be viewed by visiting the newsletter hyperlinks below. See Archived Newsletters from 2018 by visiting Craigieburn Secondary College Newsletter – 2018-2024 Archive
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