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Principal Report

Dear Parents, Carers, and School Community

Our staff mantra is to be Predictable, Consistent and Productive and from my lens, that is how Term 3 has been.

As an entire school, we have been focused on providing a welcoming environment that has predictable routines and consistent expectations across all classes. This is so important for all students to know the rhythm of school life and helps to build a strong sense of belonging.

What’s fundamentally important is that all students are given every opportunity to do their personal best but equally each student understands that we operate with an “All In” approach to learning – there is no opting out. We believe every student can achieve great outcomes when supported by quality teaching. This is a key part of our journey as we move our school from Good to Great in every aspect.

To support this momentum, all secondary students in particular, are expected to bring their laptop, exercise books, textbook, and a fully stocked pencil case to every class. Sometimes we see a single pen brought to class. This is not acceptable, nor is it enough equipment to do your personal best.  We kindly ask for your support at home in ensuring your child has all the necessary stationery and books ready each day and if you need some support with this, please reach out – we are happy to help.

Our focus on higher expectations and academic rigour underpinned by wellbeing support is gaining traction with our students. This is reflected in this year’s results of the Attitudes to School Survey:

• High Expectations and Focus on Learning: Our students feel highly motivated to reach their full potential. When asked if their teachers expect them to do their best, 94% of students agreed, continuing a steady upward trend. Our overall score for high expectations has jumped from 74% to 82% over the last four years.
• Sense of Belonging: Student perception of inclusion remains exceptionally strong, sitting at 91%. Additionally, 94% of students reported feeling that they receive ample opportunities to participate in class activities.
• Quality Teaching Time: Our classrooms are gaining fantastic momentum. Students are noticing less wasted time, with positive scores for effective teaching time jumping from 61% in 2023 to 70% in 2026.

These results reflect the dedication of our staff in embedding our collective Instructional Model (consistent lesson delivery), reinforcing our “No Opting Out” learning philosophy, and living our CARE values (Community, Aspiration, Respect and Excellence) alongside our school motto: Belong, Believe, Achieve.

Father’s Day Stall

I would like to make special mention of our wonderful parent helpers Bec and Rhonda who again organised the Father’s Day Stall this year. With a refreshed lot of gifts, the stall was hugely successful and fundraised over $1000. This money will be added to previous fundraising from the Trivia Night, all going towards a new electronic scoreboard for the gymnasium when it is upgraded in 2027.

State School Spectacular

Twenty of our students from Years 4 – 7 had the most amazing time at the State School Spectacular on Saturday 29 August.

I would like thank Ms Crawford and Ms Nelmes who lead the students through the entire process with many dress rehearsals culminating in both a matinee and evening performance at John Cain Arena.

Rotary Skills Shed

It’s been fantastic to see the first group of students participate in the new Skills Shed program. The Rotary Skills Shed is an exciting new initiative in our school aimed at providing selected students from Grade 4 – 6 the opportunity to engage in hands on learning activities such as woodworking, plumbing, electrical, metal work, concreting, brick laying, bike maintenance and food preparation. Students learn about safe tool handling and have the opportunity to use a range of tools and machinery relevant to the specific trades. Each group is supervised by teacher Ms McMillan and experienced Trade experts that have been invited to be a part of our program. These workshops run on Mondays from 2pm – 3:30pm in the newly renovated Rotary Skills Shed located near the Rangeview Road carpark. 

All of this has only been possibly due to the generous support of the Boronia Rotary Club.

Making concrete pavers with tradie, Pete

Birdhouses with tradie, Luke

To conclude our Rotary Skills Shed Program we moved across to the College kitchens with Ms Byrne. 

Our junior tradies worked collaboratively to mix a quick and easy yoghurt and flour pizza dough. Each student selected from a range of toppings to build their own individual pizzas, which were a great success… not a crumb left over!

A Successful Collaboration across three schools: VCE VM Students

A huge thank you to all staff and students involved in pulling together the Personal Development Skills (PDS) activities with our Year 11 (and participating Year 12) VCE VM students!

It was inspiring to see the hard work, planning, and collaboration come together in this shared project. Our Grade 3 and 4 students enthusiastically joined in on the vast majority of the activities, making it an incredibly rewarding experience for everyone involved. I am confident our senior students have gained invaluable real-world leadership and project management skills from the experience.

Special thanks to Scoresby and Bayswater Secondary College students for traveling over to participate and make the day such a success.

Behind the scenes, a great number of staff contributed to developing the curriculum, designing assessments, and supporting the students throughout this journey—your efforts are deeply appreciated.

This project was all about strengthening the Personal Development Skills (PDS).

So much happening…

A great school is vibrant and offers so much more than quality teaching and learning within the classroom. I regularly say how amazed I am at how much happens at our school in any given week. This term we’ve seen a whole range of fun events that build connection and a positive atmosphere, plus offer learning that extends beyond the classroom. Here’s a sample of great events that have occurred.

Parent Opinion Survey

Thank you to all the parents and carers who took the time to complete our recent Parent Opinion Survey. We are thrilled to share that our results reflect remarkable growth and strong positive sentiment across our school community over the past three years. Highlights include general satisfaction reaching 95% in 2026 (up from 69% in 2024), school pride and confidence rising to 95%, and parent trust in our willingness to address concerns increasing to 98%. Additionally, our teaching staff received high praise for enthusiasm and academic expectations (both at 95%), while student wellbeing, responsibility, and anti-bullying efforts all showed significant gains. While these figures are a wonderful validation of our hard work, our journey of growth is ongoing. Please remember that my door is always open – I actively welcome your feedback, ideas, and involvement as we continue working together to make our school the best it can possibly be.

Boronia K-12 College Christmas Fete 2026!

I wish to promote our Christmas Fete, coming up on Friday 27 November. We are trying a Friday afternoon this time for our bi-annual Fete with a Xmas theme. Students will be dismissed at 1:21pm (start of lunch) and the Fete will run from 2:30pm – 6:30pm.  We look forward to seeing everyone there!

Have a safe and wonderful upcoming end of Term 3 school holiday break!

Sincerely,

Paul Broecker

College Principal

Assistant Principal of Secondary Report

As we approach the end of Term 3, I find myself reflecting on another very busy and positive term across our secondary school. It has been pleasing to see students continuing to grow in their independence and learning habits, while also taking part in the many opportunities and activities that make our school community such a great place to be.

Student/Parent Teacher Conferences

I would like to sincerely thank all of the parents and carers who took the time to attend our recent Student/Parent Teacher Conferences. These conversations are such an important part of supporting our students. They provide an opportunity for teachers, students, and families to celebrate achievements, identify areas for growth, and work together to determine how we can best support each student moving forward. When students know that the adults around them are working together and sharing the same expectations, they are better placed to take ownership of their learning and make positive progress.

Ready to Learn Blitz

Earlier this term, we ran a two-week Ready to Learn blitz across the secondary school. The focus was on a very simple but important aspect of learning — arriving to class ready to learn, with all of the equipment required for the lesson.

During the two weeks, whenever a student arrived without the necessary equipment, communication was sent home to parents/carers. Students were also provided with additional reminders and support to help them develop more consistent routines. I was particularly pleased to see the significant improvement we observed across all year levels as the blitz progressed.

While the Ready to Learn blitz has now finished, the expectations have not changed. We encourage all students to continue these improved habits and to take responsibility for arriving to every lesson prepared and ready to engage. Having the right equipment may seem like a small thing, but it makes a real difference to a student’s ability to settle quickly and make the most of their learning time.

Celebrating Science, Health and PE

A big thank you to our Science staff for providing students with a fantastic week of activities as part of Science Week. Bird-watching bingo was my personal favourite! It was wonderful to see the enthusiasm and curiosity these activities generated, and I appreciate the effort that went into creating engaging experiences for our students.

I would also like to acknowledge our Health and PE staff for their work during Health and PE Week. The activities provided students with opportunities to be active, learn, and think about the important role that health and wellbeing plays in their lives. Thank you to both teams for going above and beyond to provide these additional opportunities for our students.

Year 12 – The Final Chapter

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge our Year 12 students as they approach the end of their schooling. This is an exciting and significant time for them, and it has been wonderful to see so many of our students working extremely hard as they prepare for their upcoming examinations.

There is no doubt that the final weeks of Year 12 can be challenging, and I encourage our students to keep going, stay focused, and look after themselves throughout this busy period. Their journey through secondary school has required persistence, resilience, and aspiration, and we are incredibly proud of the young people they have become.

As we head towards the end of Term 3, I would like to thank our students, staff, and families for another wonderful term. I hope everyone enjoys a well-earned break, takes the opportunity to recharge, and returns ready for what will be an exciting final term of the year.

Sincerely, 

Amy Mraz

Principal of Secondary

Administration & Parent Information

As we approach the end of a very busy term, I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank our entire Education Support team for their outstanding contributions across Boronia K-12 College. The dedication and support provided by our non-teaching staff to students, staff, and the broader community is truly invaluable and deeply appreciated.

A Father’s Day Stall Success!

A huge thank you to our Parents, Friends & Community group for their commitment to our school.  Thank you to the amazing group of parents that ran our Father’s Day Stall making a profit of $1,007.54.  These funds will be allocated towards improving and updating shared play spaces and equipment across the College.

Office Opening Hours

Our Administration Team hold a wealth of knowledge and are available each day to assist families with any enquiries.

Main Office (Albert Avenue)
Monday – Thursday: 8.15am – 4.15pm
Friday: 8.15am – 4.00pm

Primary Office (Gymnasium Building)
Monday – Friday: 8.30am – 3.30pm

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Wishing all of our Boronia K-12 families a safe and happy holiday.

Sincerely,

Maria Jansen

Business Manager

Early Years Kinder – 4-Year-Old Program

This Term, we were excited to welcome the Tooth Fairy to kinder as part of our dental incursion. The children learnt about the importance of caring for their teeth, including brushing twice a day and making healthy food choices. They discovered that fresh fruit and vegetables support healthy teeth and bodies, while sugary foods such as lollies, donuts and cakes are best enjoyed only sometimes. The experience encouraged children to build independence and take responsibility for their personal hygiene and wellbeing. It also provided an opportunity to connect with a member of our wider community, ask questions, share experiences and develop an understanding of how community members help us stay healthy and safe. It was a fun and engaging experience that supported the children’s learning about dental health, healthy choices and caring for themselves.

It has been wonderful watching the children embrace the excitement and meaning of Father’s Day. Through creating special gifts, participating in the Father’s Day Stall and sharing their experiences, the children developed fine motor, social and emotional skills while practising gratitude, appreciation, empathy and consideration for others. Making and giving their gifts provided a meaningful opportunity for the children to express their love and appreciation, while also giving them a sense of pride and accomplishment. Our celebrations also recognised and valued the diverse family structures within our kinder community, celebrating dads, granddads, uncles, step-parents and other special people who are important in the children’s lives. It was a joyful and meaningful experience that celebrated the special relationships and connections within our community.

We enjoyed our wonderful Beyond the Gate experience as we explored our local community and visited Chandler Park, including the netball and basketball courts. The children showed growing independence by collecting their safety vests and lanyards and preparing themselves for our adventure, strengthening their understanding of safety and responsibility. With a variety of balls to play with, the children had opportunities to develop their gross motor skills while engaging in social play, sharing equipment, taking turns, inviting others to join and working cooperatively with their friends. These experiences continue to build the children’s confidence, independence, friendships and sense of belonging, while helping them develop a stronger connection to and understanding of their local community.

Sincerely,

Michelle Buchanan,

Director of the Early Learning Centre

Early Years Kinder – 3-Year-Old Program

Learning About Body Safety

Our Puggle Group has been exploring body safety, learning to recognise safe and unsafe feelings, listen to our bodies, understand personal boundaries and speak up when something doesn’t feel right. We explored these ideas through My Body! What I Say Goes! by Jayneen Sanders, including recognising early warning signs in our bodies.

To extend our learning, each child created a “Trusted Adults Hand”, drawing around their hand and identified the adults they know they can trust and talk to when they need help. This experience supported Puggles to recognise their support networks and build confidence in speaking up about their feelings, boundaries and safety.

Block City

Our Puggle group worked together in groups to build towers. Each group built a tower using all the blocks with one colour. When they were complete, we put them aside. The following week, when the children came into kinder, they were immediately drawn to the block area where our tall buildings were placed on the floor. Vanessa set the children a challenge to try and drive a big car between the towers without knocking them down. A rule was made that if we knocked a tower down, we had to stop driving and rebuild the tower before continuing. Children used slow, careful motions with their driving and maneuvered their bodies carefully to avoid knocking the towers down. When a tower got knocked down, everyone stopped driving and worked together to rebuild the tower.

This challenge activity gave the children a chance to practice spatial and body awareness. It also supported patience and shared problem solving.

Exploring, Questioning and Discovering

Our Puggle Group enjoyed reading Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen, a much-loved story about a group of animals who decide to row a boat together. As each animal climbed into the boat, we explored what happened as more weight was added. We were surprised to discover that it was the smallest and lightest animal, the mouse, who ended up sinking the boat!

This story gave our group a wonderful opportunity to explore mathematical concepts and introduce new vocabulary. During our group discussion, we talked about heavy and light, float and sink, big and small, and why the boat eventually sank.

After lunch, we continued our investigation outdoors. We prepared a tub of water and invited our Puggle Group to collect something from the garden to test. We found leaves, rocks, grass and other natural materials and made predictions about whether each item would float or sink. Elly was very excited to find a toy plastic duck, and our group eagerly watched as it floated in the water! It was wonderful to see our Puggle Group making predictions, sharing ideas and discovering what happened through hands-on exploration.

Indigenous Art and Sand Painting

This week we discussed Indigenous artwork. We looked closely at symbols and patterns and the different types of line markings on the pages. We identified shapes and colours used and how the lines and patterns create movement in the artwork. At our art table this week we drew inspiration from a book and created animal sand paintings using similar colours that we saw in the book. Once these were dry, we added dot patterns to show movement in our community art pieces. Children really enjoy sand painting, with many painting their hands to please their touch senses.

Sincerely,

Dawn Willis

ELC Teacher 

Senior School Report – End of Term 3

As Term 3 concludes, families are encouraged to note the following important dates for Years 10 – 12.

Year 12

Trial examinations will run from Monday 5^th to Friday 9^th October (first week of Term 4), with VCE VM classes continuing as usual. The Valedictory Dinner will be held on Thursday 15^th October, followed by the final day of classes and Farewell Assembly on Thursday 22^nd October. Senior Sunrise will take place on Friday 23^rd October, before VCAA examinations commence with English on Tuesday 27^th October.

Year 11

Examinations will start from Friday 6^th November (End of Week 5) to Wednesday 11^th November, with VCE VM classes continuing as usual. Exam feedback and catch-up sessions will follow on Thursday 12^th and Friday 13^th November.

Students who achieve below 40% for an exam will be required to complete an exam redemption on Wednesday 25^th November. Year 12 Step-Up will start during Week 7, running from Monday 16^th to Friday 27 November.

Year 10

Examinations will take place during scheduled classes during Weeks 6 and 7 of Term 4, running from Monday 9^th to Thursday 19^th November. Teachers will confirm individual subject dates with their classes.

Like with the Year 11s, Year 10 students who achieve below 40% for an exam will be required to complete an exam redemption after school on Wednesday 25^th November. Year 11 Step-Up will then commence during Week 8, running from Monday 23^rd November to Friday 4^th December.

A Year 10 Celebration Day will be held on Friday 27^th November to recognise students’ achievements and present Year 10 Certificates.

I encourage families to discuss these dates with their children and support them to establish consistent revision routines and manage their time effectively. As we enter this demanding period, success will come from getting the ‘one-percenters’ right: being at school every day, arriving on time, giving their personal best and persevering through rigorous and challenging periods. By consistently completing all coursework and assessments to a satisfactory standard, students will give themselves the best possible opportunity to finish the year successfully and feel proud of what they have achieved.

Take care over the holiday break, and I look forward to a strong showing in Term 4.

Sincerely,

Lyle D’Rozario

Director of Senior School

Middle School – Term 3 Wrap Up

What a Term it has been across the Middle School! Our Year 7, 8 and 9 students have had plenty of opportunities to get involved, represent the college and contribute to our community.

A major highlight was our Interschool Basketball days, with students across all three year levels taking to the court and representing the college with pride. A special congratulations to our Year 7 girls, who finished an impressive 3rd overall.

There was also plenty of colour around the college! Middle School students got right behind Book Week Dress Up Day, Wear It Purple Day and Footy Colours Day, with a fantastic range of costumes, colours and outfits helping make each event a great celebration of our community.

Term 3 also saw the launch of our student-led Middle School assemblies. Each fortnight, Hannah, Ava and our Middle School leaders from Years 7–9 have been running the show, planning and presenting segments, promoting special events and celebrating our PBE winners.

Speaking of PBE, our students had a huge term! Staff recognised 1,479 Green PBEs, including 642 in Year 7, 307 in Year 8 and 530 in Year 9. Congratulations to Heath K (7A), Scarlett E (8B) and Thenumi G (9A), who led the charge for their respective cohorts.

For Year 9, attention now turns to the Kilcunda Outdoor Adventure Camp in Term 4. We are looking forward to seeing students challenge themselves, work together and make some fantastic memories. Families are encouraged to keep checking Compass for camp updates.

Thank you to our students, families and staff for a fantastic Term 3. Enjoy the break, and we look forward to a huge Term 4!

Sincerely,

Dan Camille

Director of Middle School

Junior School Report

What an incredible second half of Term 3 we have seen in the Junior School. The weather started to get better, and it felt like there were exciting events and activities happening every single day! This was along side the amazing learning we have seen throughout the Junior School classrooms and Specialists.

Inside the classrooms we continue to see our students showing growth and maturing. Not only have we seen students continue to demonstrate our College Values and PBE Behaviours, but we have also continued to see students develop and share their knowledge across all subjects. Our F-2 students have continued on with their amazing Little Learners Love Literacy program as well as our EMP Mathematics. I was lucky enough to be in the with Year 1s through the term and students were completing 6-digit addition problems, Amazing! Our teaching and ES staff are an incredible team, and as always, it has been a joy of mine to walk through our classrooms and see such vibrant, positive and collaborative learning spaces. We truly are one lucky community!

Our Specialist program continues to give students some amazing learning opportunities. In PE students completed our annual Gymnastics Unit, showing fantastic control of their strength, balance and flexibility. Finishing with the 5/6s using the rings and the beam which is always a highlight of the year! In Spanish, our Year 3/4 students are looking at celebrations and creating pinatas while our 5/6s are creating mini cities, including Spanish Vocabulary throughout with the names and locations of the buildings. In STEM our students continue to investigate, build, test and build again! Our Year 5s were lucky enough to have a visit from Monash University where they used Sphero robots and created some vehicles for them. AUSLAN has continued to grow and considering where we have started, to watch our F-2 students have conversations using sign language is some sort of experience. In one of the biggest terms of Music, we saw Ms. Crawford take 20 of our Year 4-7 students to the State Schools Spectacular. Thank you to Ms. Crawford and Julie Nelmes for their extensive hours of work and we are excited for it to be broadcast to our TVs later this year!

Across the past 5 weeks we have had many opportunities outside of the classroom and outside of the school! Our F-2s braved the weather and visited Myuna Farm, our 5/6s visited Scienceworks to take on Cathy Freeman and dive deeper into their unit around Earth & Space in the Planetarium.  We’ve had interschool sport days, including our Volleyball competition where we were able to host 8 primary schools in our Gym, we’ve had Girls Basketball Clinics, we’ve had Wear it Purple Day, Lunch Clubs, Footy colours Day, VM experience for our 3/4s, 1/2s Career Expo, Father’s Day Stall and Breakfast celebration, Yarning Circle, Footy Lunch Orders, Rotary Skills Shed, Year 5/6 Space Expo and our Foundation’s 100 days of school!

Sincerely,

Mitchell Stone

Director of Junior School

Foot of the Hills Café & Interact Club – 2026 So Far

It has been a busy year for our students involved in the Foot of the Hills Café and Interact Club, with plenty happening across the school and within our wider community. From developing new skills behind the coffee machine to supporting important causes and finding creative ways to make our school more sustainable, our students have embraced opportunities to get involved, contribute and make a difference.

Foot of the Hills Café

The Foot of the Hills Café has continued to grow throughout 2026, providing students with opportunities to develop practical hospitality, customer service and teamwork skills while creating a welcoming space for our school community.

A major milestone this year was students completing their Barista Course, where they developed their coffee-making skills and became certified baristas. Students have since been putting those skills into action in the café, while also getting creative with activities such as decorating their own reusable coffee cups.

The café has also embraced some of our biggest school events. For Do It For Dolly Day, students introduced a limited time ‘Blue Heaven’ shake as well as blue cupcakes, to help raise awareness for Dolly within our community.

Book Week brought even more creativity to the café. Alongside a special Book Week menu, students organised a Golden Ticket scavenger hunt and a Very Hungry Caterpillar-inspired Guess the Lollies in the Jar competition. These activities helped bring students from across the school into the celebrations and made for one of our busiest weeks of the year!

The Foot of the Hills Café is now regularly open before school, at recess and during lunchtime, giving our student baristas and café team plenty of opportunities to develop their skills while serving students and staff.

Interact Club

Our Interact Club has also had a fantastic year, continuing to work alongside the Rotary Club of Boronia to give students opportunities to contribute to their community and support causes that matter.

This year, our Interact Club has adopted sustainability as a key theme, looking for practical ways students can reduce waste and make a positive environmental impact within our school.

One of these initiatives has been the collection and recycling of plastic milk bottle lids. Rather than heading to landfill, these lids are being collected and repurposed for use within our Art and Product Design & Technology classes. It is a simple initiative, but one that demonstrates how materials we might normally consider waste can be given a second life through creativity and design.

Earlier this year, students also attended the Interact Club Conference, connecting with other Interact students and learning more about the ways young people can make a difference through service, leadership and community involvement.

Our Interact club also pulled together a fundraiser event to for RSPCA Cupcake Day, to support the organisation’s work fighting animal cruelty and caring for animals in need.

What’s Coming Up?

There is still plenty to come from Interact Club!

Students will soon be running the snack bar at our School Musical, with funds raised supporting Foothills Community Care and the important work they do within our local community.

Students will also be volunteering alongside the Rotary Club of Boronia at an upcoming Bunnings Sausage Sizzle, getting directly involved in another local community fundraising event.

There is plenty more planned for both Interact and Foot of the Hills Café as we head towards the end of 2026. A huge thank you to our students who continue to volunteer their time, our staff and school community for supporting our activities, and the Rotary Club of Boronia for their ongoing partnership.

We can’t wait to see what we can achieve next!

Sincerely, 

Joel Barnes

Student Learning Leader – Year 10 & 11

Student Led Café & Interact Club Coordinator

Rotary Skills Shed – Term 3 2026

Our Junior Tradies (Year 6) have been busy developing exciting new skills in the Rotary Skills Shed! From learning how to cook a delicious meal from scratch to creating and decorating their own concrete pavers, students have been getting hands-on and creative. These practical experiences are helping them build confidence, independence and problem-solving skills while having fun and learning something new.

Making Concrete Pavers with Tradie Pete

Pete visited our Skills Shed to teach the students how to form a mould and pour a small concrete paver. Our junior tradies used our DeWalt equipment to screw together their formwork before helping Pete to mix up the concrete slurry to pour into their paver moulds. Using decorative stones, the students created a unique finish on their pavers. 

Pizza Making with Ms Byrne

To conclude our Rotary Skills Shed Program our Junior Tradies traded the Skills Shed for the kitchen, where they rolled up their sleeves and cooked up delicious pizzas from scratch with help from Ms Byrne — a well-earned treat to celebrate all their hard work and finish the term on a tasty note!

Sincerely, 

Rhonda McMillan

Product and Design Technology

State Schools’ Spectacular 2026

What an unforgettable experience for Ms Crawford, Julie and our 20 talented choir students from Years 3 to 7, who proudly represented our school as members of the Mass Choir at the State Schools’ Spectacular!

After months of preparation, dedicated rehearsals and learning an extensive repertoire of songs, our students joined more than 2,500 performers from government schools across Victoria for this incredible event at John Cain Arena.

Performing alongside principal vocalists, dancers and a live orchestra, our students took to the arena for two spectacular shows — a matinee and evening performance. Both performances were completely sold out, with the Spectacular achieving the highest number of tickets sold in the event’s history! Performing in front of thousands of people was an extraordinary experience and a wonderful reward for the commitment our students demonstrated over many months.

The excitement isn’t over yet! The State Schools’ Spectacular will be broadcast on Channel 7 in December, giving families and the wider community another opportunity to see our students as part of this enormous production.

We are incredibly proud of our choir students for their dedication, enthusiasm and outstanding performances. A huge thank you to Ms Crawford and Julie for supporting them throughout this amazing journey.

Congratulations to everyone involved — what a spectacular achievement!

Sincerely, 

Adele Crawford

Music Teacher | Instrumental Music Coordinator 

Year 5-6 Scienceworks Excursion

Our Year 5/6 students recently visited Scienceworks on the 20th August, to complement their learning in our Inquiry unit, Our Changing World.

Students had the opportunity to explore a range of interactive exhibits and participate in hands-on activities that helped them deepen their understanding of science, technology, and the world around them. A highlight of the day was visiting the Planetarium, where students explored the wonders of space and learned more about our changing planet and the universe beyond it.

It was a fantastic day of exploration, discovery and learning, with students making connections between their classroom learning and the real world. A big thank you to all the staff who helped make the excursion such a memorable experience!

Sincerely, 

Tania Carlos

Classroom Teacher

Library Update

2026 Book Week Wrap-Up & ​Boronia K-12 College Student Choice Book Awards Winners Announcement

The Children’s Book Council of Australia’s annual Book Week event returned in 2026 with the theme “Symphony of Stories”. The event took place between August 22-28. Every year, the CBCA holds a Book Week across Australia to promote the importance of reading and the joy that children can find in it. Schools, libraries, booksellers, authors, illustrators and children come together to celebrate Australian Literature in a whole host of events and parades, with the Reading Week culminating with the CBCA Book of the Year Awards.

Here at BK12, Book Week started with a whole school Book Week Dress-up Day and the annual Book Week Parade for the Junior School as well as lots of other exciting events and activities organised by Staff and the Student Voice Team which occurred around the college at recess and lunchtimes throughout Book Week.

In our college Library for 11 years now, starting in 2015, our students have voted for their favourite Book Week Books in the Boronia K-12 Student Choice Book Awards.

Students of BK12 read the 2026 CBCA’s Early Childhood and Picture Book shortlisted books and nominated our Boronia K-12 Student Choice Book Awards for Best Story and Best Illustrations. The books were on display in the Library from the start of this term and were read during library sessions and lunchtimes when the library was open. The students read as many of the books as they wanted to and filled out a voting slip for each book they read and placed it in the ballot box.

Students of BK12 have voted for the following books as their Book Week 2026 Boronia K-12 College Student Choice Book Award for Best Story and Best Illustrations. A 2026 Boronia K-12 College Student Choice Book Plate has been placed on the inside cover of each of these 3 books.

Winners for our Boronia K-12 College Student Choice Book Award for Best Story are:

1st Derek written by Anne Donaldson and illustrated by Matt Shanks 

2nd Dear Broccoli written by Jo Dabrowski and illustrated by Cate James

3rd Bob and Dob written and illustrated by Sean E Avery

Winners for our Boronia K-12 College Student Choice Book Award for Best Illustrations are:

1st Derek written by Anne Donaldson and illustrated by Matt Shanks

2nd Dear Broccoli written by Jo Dabrowski and illustrated by Cate James

3rd Bob and Dob written and illustrated by Sean E Avery

Lamont Book Fair

COMING SOON: Term 4, 19-29 October 2026

Lamont Book Fair will be arriving sometime on Monday 19 October 2026 and run over two weeks.

The commission earned from the sales of this annual library fundraiser enables additional fiction and general non-fiction reading materials to be obtained and added to the library collections for all students to borrow and enjoy reading independently in class, at home or with their family. 

Week 1: Foundation to Year 6 classes will visit and preview the book fair and write a wish list during their library sessions.

Week 2: The book fair will be open for personal shopping after school for parents, students and any staff.

Full details to follow soon.

Student Borrowing Guidelines

All primary and secondary classes will have opportunities to visit the College Library on a weekly basis to borrow books for their independent reading programs. While the ELC classes with Michelle and team will visit the College Library on a regular basis for a story and the occasional activity.

​Library Bags

All Foundation to Year 6​ students require a library bag to help protect their library books if they wish to take them home to read. 

Number of books students can borrow:

Foundation: 1 book

Year 1 & Year 2: up to 2 books

Year 3 – Year 6: up to 4 books

Year 7 – Year 12: up to 4 books

Loan period is 14 days

All students can borrow library books for up to 14 days. Students who require more time to finish reading books can renew books any time within the 14-day loan period. 

​Overdue library books

Students who have overdue library books will not be able to borrow until all overdue books have been cleared either by returning or renewing their books. 

If you become aware that your student’s library book is lost or damaged, please let me know, as this will assist in avoiding students having unresolved overdue loans.

Please encourage your students to look after their library books and return or re-borrow their books on time as this will avoid disappointment.

Sincerely,

Jenny Young

Library Technician