Congratulations to our Year 7 Boys and coaches on taking out the School Sport Victoria (SSV) Year 7 State Championship!
Our College was extremely successful in the SSV tournament with 7 of our 8 teams winning regional titles and finally coming away with 1 State Title, 3 runners up and 2 teams finishing 3rd.
Mr Chris Pentland—Academy Director
Congratulations to our Year 9/10 Division 1 Boys and Division 2 Boys teams who won the recent Victorian College Championships – Basketball Victoria.
Our Division 1 Junior Boys and Junior Girls were also crowned State Champions – for the Division 1 Boys, this was their third straight State Championship Title!
Congratulations to the five VET Small Business classes for running such a successful day and raising $1,440 for different charities.
Pictured below: Riley, Patrick, Jake and Liam
Our Basketball Academy competed at the recent 3×3 State Championships.
All the teams did extremely well, coming away with 8 medals across the 3 days.
Our 17 Boys achieved Gold medals and were State Champions.
We had our 15 Boys and Girls both finished with Silver medals.
Our 19 Boys, 17 Girls, 17 Boys and 15 Boys all received Bronze medals.
This shows the great depth and talent of our students and we are very proud of how the students represented our College.
Congratulations to our coaches, students and parents for your dedication and hard work.
O ur Basketball teams competed last Friday achieving FOUR MEDALS.
All teams played extremely well and we are very proud of how the students represented our College and the community.
Girls Division 1-Silver Medal
Girls Division 2 Blue-Bronze medal
Girls Division 2 White- Finished 5th
Boys Division 1-GOLD MEDAL
Boys Division 2 Blue- Finished 5th
Boys Division 2 White-Silver Medal
Our staff were honoured to be acknowledged at the recent Education Excellence Award Ceremony as the best in Victoria’s Education.
Pictured is the winning team for Outstanding Koorie Education: Ms Kerri Bolch, Mrs Alison Birkett, The Hon James Merlino MP, Mrs Michelle Lewis, Ms Danni Vitalich, Mrs Carla Diaz and Mr Adam Nettleingham.
Our Wellbeing Team were also thrilled to be finalists for the second year running in the Outstanding Education Support Team category.
Berwick College has been shortlisted for the Victorian Education Excellence Awards 2017 and is delighted to be a finalist in two categories – Outstanding Koorie Education and Outstanding Education Support Team.
For 15 years, the Victorian Education Excellence Awards have highlighted exemplary government school education and innovation in Victoria. The awards recognise our inspirational teachers, principal and support staff who improve the lives of students and go above and beyond the call of duty to deliver outstanding achievements for our students and College.
To be a finalist in two categories is a great achievement!
A dedicated, independent panel comprising of educational leaders and thinkers are overseeing the judging process. Winners will be announced at an award presentation ceremony on 27th October. Category winners will join an esteemed Roll of Honour and become ambassadors for awards in the future.
For more information about the Victorian Education Excellence Awards and a full list of finalists visit www.education.vic.gov.au/veea and Twitter Feed @DETVic
Ms Duhau and Mr Nettleingham were recognised this afternoon at Federation Square for their delivery of a high quality and innovative program to VCAL students for the past five years.
Ms Duhau and Mr Nettleingham are tireless ambassadors for the VCAL program and passionate educators of our youth.
We are very proud of their achievement.
Pictured below with Ms Judith Graley, Parliamentary Secretary for Education, Ms Bolch and Mr Woodbridge
Our Year 11 Debutantes and partners were resplendent on Tuesday and Thursday’s Presentation Balls. Despite some shaky rehearsals, they danced beautifully to proud parents, families, staff and friends. Our thanks to the Rotary Club of Berwick for providing such a wonderful opportunity.
The earliest photos we have of this lovely tradition are from 1986. Countless Debutantes and partners have accepted the challenge of learning new skills and created wonderful memories for the rest of their lives. Photos reflect over 30 years of involvement by the Rotary Club of Berwick who organise this special event for our students and our association with the City of Casey. Debutants have been presented to dignitaries such as past and present Mayors, Council Members, President of Rotary Clubs and Rotarians. Interestingly, Mr Sjaak Kusters, Rotarian was Master of Ceremonies for this year’s Presentation Ball and is acknowledged in our 2008 Presentation Ball memorabilia.
Mr Ron Wheeldon, founding Council President together with Dr Bruce Coller (founding Secretary), Graeme Sweeney, Marshall Baillieu and Ian Chisholm lobbied the State government as the Berwick Secondary School Promotion Committee before our School Council was formed to ensure Berwick residents were accorded their right to local secondary education. Archives reveal numerous letters to the Board of Works, Office of the Director-General of Education and City of Berwick (Casey). A public rally was held by the Committee and Berwick City Council members on 16/12/1974 to brief parents and citizens of Berwick of the proposal. The hard work of the Committee and support of the City of Berwick resulted in Berwick College being established on ‘Windy Ridge’, Manuka Road in 1977.
We acknowledge with thanks, all the council members over the years who have played an active role and who have given a huge commitment of time in support of the success of our students and the vision of the College.
Many council members donated equipment and physical assistance at working bees to build the lovely grounds we enjoy today.
A passion for education and strong links to the Berwick community ensured high quality facilities for students, staff and the community to use for future generations to come.