From the Principal

This week, our VCE VM students led our activities joining the nation in celebrating R U OK? Day. This special day is dedicated to encouraging everyone to check in with friends, family and colleagues to ask, “Are you OK?” The focus of this event is […]

From the Principal

Despite the weariness that comes at the end of an 11-week term after exams, SACs and end-of-semester assessments, we are finishing well with an unmistakable sense of hope and accomplishment. It has been a joy to spend time with staff and students in this past […]

From the Principal

During National Reconciliation Week 2024, our school community has come together to reflect on the importance of building respectful relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and all Australians.   The National Reconciliation Week website reminds us why we mark this time:  The dates for […]

Literacy

The college continues our focus on literacy in 2024; here our Year 8 Students unpack key vocab in their Term 1 Anthropology unit: Liz SullivanSchool Improvement Leader: Learning

Year 7 Western Treatment Plant Excursion

On Tuesday 27 and Thursday 29 February, Year 7 students participated in an excursion to the Western Treatment Plant in Werribee. The purpose of the excursion was for students to see the operation of the water treatment plant and processes to support their learning in […]

From the Principal

Welcome to our new look newsletter. Early in Term 2 we will be looking for feedback from our readers as to how the format is working and what else we might do to make it more user friendly. This week is the second week of […]

Growth Day Project Exhibition

On the afternoon of Thursday 23 November, we celebrated the inaugural culmination of our Year 7 Growth Day Projects, based on Agency in Learning, with an exhibition for our community of our students’ learning and growth. The afternoon saw a wide range of projects exhibited […]

I CAN NETWORK

This year Clonard College partnered with the I CAN NETWORK to strengthen the community understanding of autism and neurodiversity and to empowering autistic young people to have an ”I CAN” attitude. I CAN was founded by Chris Varney 7 years ago. We were fortunate to […]

High Impact Teaching Strategies (HITS)

At Clonard in 2023 the focus of our professional learning communities (PLC’s) has been the intentional focus on High Impact Teaching Strategies or (HITS). HITS are a bank of 10 instructional practices that are internationally recognised as some of the most reliable teaching strategies for […]

Secondary Disciplinary Literacy at Clonard

In 2023 at Clonard we are continuing our involvement in the Melbourne Archdiocese of Catholic Schools Secondary Disciplinary Literacy project. This began in 2022 and will run into 2024. Clonard joins a number of other schools from Melbourne and Victoria who are actively developing a […]