Coburg High School

Please see the first newsletter of 2026, illustrating all the good things happening in and out of classrooms at Coburg High across the first five weeks of the year!

Coburg High School Newsletter - Issue 1 Our theme for 2026 is ‘ambition’ - we want our students to aim higher for themselves, for their own learning and wellbeing. Back in Week 2 we held assemblies, encouraging students to 'lock in' on some actions they can take this year, to be ambitious for themselves. Based on the advocacy of the 2...

'Cuddles?'
Congratulations to 2025 CHS graduate Frankie-Belle Taylor, whose work 'Cuddles?' has been chosen as part of Top Arts 2026, shortly to be exhibited at the NGV! https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/top-arts-2026/

Six Coburg High Year 9 students are fortunate to be spending Term 1 at the beautiful Gnurad-Gundidj Campus of the School for Student Leadership in western Victoria. This program is focused on personal development, leadership education, student agency, and project-based learning. The bridge you can see in this photo was built by the students themselves!

⚠️🏫 Coburg High School Update - New Head Building Contractor Appointed to complete Technology Hub!

Following extensive engagement with the Minister for Education Ben Carroll MP , the Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) and the Coburg High School Community - I’m very pleased to share some good news regarding the delivery of the School’s Technology Hub!

The VSBA has now awarded Devco Project & Construction Management Pty Ltd as the new Head Building Contractor to re-commence and complete the Project.

Work has now recommenced, so Coburg High teachers, staff, students and families can now expect to see increased construction activity. Where possible, the builders will seek to minimise disruption to the usual school days, and will be working closely to mange disruptions where they may be unavoidable.

I genuinely acknowledge and appreciate the patience of the entire School community over recent months, and thank you for your ongoing support in the delivery of this important project, which will provide for 👇🏽

☑️📚 Creating capacity for an additional 250+ students and delivering a world-class, immersive learning environment

☑️🪚🎨 Purpose-built specialist spaces for woodwork, design, textiles, food technology and media studies

☑️➡️ A central spine featuring an iconic Melbourne-style laneway walkway connecting learning spaces

I’m very proud to be continuing to work with the Coburg High School community to deliver this landmark upgrade.

To hear me previously champion and advocate on behalf of the Coburg High School community in Parliament see 👉🏽 https://youtu.be/c2gTvhqqNFo?si=vDSarmFLn_NcoBYw

Enjoy a big, final newsletter for 2025, celebrating many successes from this year!

Coburg High School Newsletter - Issue 7 Congrats Class of 2025! - We enjoyed welcoming back the Class of 2025 for a celebratory morning tea on Thursday 11 December. See a further page of celebrations later in this newsletter. After the morning tea had finished, Channel 10 arrived to interview one of our graduates. Saleh fractured both of....

We're so proud of our 2025 graduates!

Congratulations to Ridley, recipient of the 10th Annual Nelson Alexander Scholarship, a brand new MacBook to begin High School! Our future Year 7 students are invited each year to submit an essay and multimedia response to the year's prompt, and we were so impressed with all of the well thought out and expressed entries we received.
Thank you to Damian Ponte and Michelle Huang from Nelson Alexander for joining us to present this year's award, and for your ongoing support of our students.

Well done to the band Risk and soloist Romany who won their categories at the recent Kool Skools Awards. Well done also to the 10 bands nominated for categories at the awards, a tremendous achievement!

Don't forget another unforgettable night of music this Friday night - Coburg on the Green (rain, hail or shine!) Tickets available from: https://events.humanitix.com/coburg-on-the-green-2025

First band for the night Risk from Coburg HS Kool Skools awards off and running for 2025. #recordingstudio #melbourne #empire #music #melbournemusicscene #livemusic #liverecording #koolskools #adamaudio #koolskoolsawardsnight #awards

Enjoy Issue 6 of the CHS newsletter!

Coburg High School Newsletter - Issue 6 It’s been a big couple of months at Coburg High — full of connection, creativity and celebration. Walk for Hannah - We finished Term 3 with a whole-school event in memory of our much loved teacher, colleague and friend, Hannah Willmott. It was a special day — a mix of reflection, community and...

What's on (so much!!) at Merri-bek Youth this Term:

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Please find our current Newsletter, Issue 5, with a full list of award recipients for Semester One. We hope you enjoy reading about your school community.

Coburg High School Newsletter - Issue 5 Greetings and Book Week! - Hello and welcome to this fifth edition of the 2025 Coburg High School Newsletter. As our Principal, Brent Houghton, is on leave, I have the honour of introducing this edition and marking some major events in our calendar. As an English teacher, I am duty bound to begin th...