VCAL
Congratulations to our Mr Catoggio, senior VCAL students and staff on their achievements during Year 12 VCAL Community Service. The students worked collaboratively to clean and tidy the Dallas Neighbourhood House Community Centre. The students demonstrated teamwork skills, compassion and commitment to service our community in need. Their efforts led to a full skip of rubbish and tidy of the garden beds to make way for internal painting and new planting in the garden beds. The students’ work demonstrated their achievements of the key learning outcomes in VCAL Personal Development Skills. We are very proud of the level of comradery and efforts to support our local community with Dallas Neighbourhood House. Overall a fantastic job!
SUBJECT and PATHWAY SELECTION
Thank you to all parents and students who attended the recent Careers Expo and information evenings focused on subject and pathway selection for 2023. Families should now be reading the Curriculum Handbook and discussing their child’s preferred pathway and future goals. Students in Years 9 and 10 must complete their subject planning forms in preparation for subject counselling meetings that begin on August 9 for Year 11 2023 and Year 10 2023 August 11. All resources to assist students with their decision making and application forms for VCE- Vocational Major and external VET courses are on MyPenola. Year 9 2023 subject counselling is scheduled for August 17 and 18.
Parents you can support your son and daughter by discussing their selections at home and assisting them to complete the Planning Sheet prior to course advice. Please look to have these completed by August 8.
- If you or your child have questions please do the following:
- Read/view the curriculum resources on MyPenola
- Contact the relevant Heal of Learning or Year Level Co-Ordinator
- Contact Sandra Warren (Year 7-8) or Vera Treloar (Year 9-12)
- For VCE matters contact Joanne Barton
- For VCAL matters contact Daniel Catoggio
- For Careers contact Jen Doan
PTSPMS
Partnering with families is one of the most powerful ways to promote a sense shared common goals in a child’s learning journey. The first two dates of scheduled PTSPMs scheduled for August 11 (Broadmeadows and Glenroy) will occur via Microsoft TEAMs. Have you made your bookings?
Connecting with families is of vital importance to Penola staff as we discuss and reflect on students’ school experience thus far. As you are planning to meet with your child’s teachers, please prepare some questions you may wish to ask and review the academic feedback on MyPenola. In addition, please share with staff any information that may assist us to support your son/daughter with their learning. We look forward to meeting with as many parents as possible.
Learning Strategies
At Penola Catholic College it is our expectation that each student:
- Displays creative and critical thinking skills
- Effectively communicates ideas and information
- Demonstrates a positive attitude to learning and strives for personal best
- Is self-motivated and works well independently
- Participates well in collaborative learning
- Uses effective organisation strategies
By adopting these Learning Strategies students are able to strive for academic excellence and reach their full potential as learners. These 21st century skills will stand each student in good stead not only in our school setting, but also within the wider community.
