On March 16th, the Year 10 Peer Support class visited the Year 7 Camp at Phillip Island. We were assigned to participate in a variety of activities with the Year 7’s as soon as we arrived at the camp site.

Congratulations to Ryekan, Sam and Spencer on their first visit back to Yarra Ranges Tech School (YRTS) for their Koorie Student Program.

Well done to our cyclists – After school earlier this month, we rode along the Yarra Valley Trail to Yering and back.

Over 40 students in our Award Program came together on the second-last Wednesday of the term to have some fun and celebrate completing the final aspects of their Awards.

On 1st December, the Year 9’s ventured to Fun Fields Waterpark in Whittlesea on a beautiful 32 degree day.

On Wednesday 17th November, the Year 10’s celebrated what has been a challenging year with “Lunch on the Lawn” in SELF.

Our students in the Award Program have continued to persevere and explore the outdoors near them.

Congratulations to all the Year 12 students and staff who competed in the Steptember challenge over the entire month of September.

Thank you to all students who participated in the book/character dress up day held on Monday 21st June.

On 21st May a group of Year 9 students went down to Box Hill TAFE Lilydale Campus to get a ‘taste’ of TAFE life.

We officially launched the Collaborative Indigenous Strategy with all six schools in the Lilydale and Upper Yarra Education Plan, with the Minister of Education, James Merlino, MP for Eastern Victoria Harriet Shing and Wurundjeri elder, Murrindindi.

Last term after hosting our first Yarning Circle, our deadly mob of First Nations students have decided to get together and have a yarn regularly at our lunchtime club, Mob Mondays, that runs in Week A.