North Geelong Secondary College

It's Book Week 📚 and Friday is Character Dress Up Day!

Come to school dressed up as your favourite book character and take part in the Character Parade through the school - starting in the Piazza and ending at the library.

Students can also wear casual dress on Friday , both causal dress & character dress require a Gold Coin Donation - money raised going towards supporting students in the Geelong region.

The Year 7 Boys’ Table Tennis team put on a fantastic display of sportsmanship and skill! 🏓

Congratulations to the team on a fantastic effort and finishing as runners-up!

𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫
On the 20th of August, we, Mia and Eva, ran a kicking fundraiser called Kicking for MND to raise money and awareness for Motor Neurone Disease (MND).

We almost raised the money that we wanted to raise. The money that we raised is being donated to FightMND and the money will be helping them to find a cure for MND as at the moment there is no cure for MND.

MND is a name that has been given to many diseases that affect the nerves, that are known as motor neurons, which are found in the brain and the spinal cord which send messages to activate the muscles in the body. The life expectancy for MND is approximately 27 months from diagnosis. 10% of the cases are inherited and 60% of the cases in Australia are male and the other 40% are female. 2,000+ Australians are living with MND and there are 2 new diagnoses and 2 deaths everyday in Australia from MND alone.

🏆 Congratulations to our winners:

Junior Year Levels: Jacob Richens
Middle Year Levels: Jake Balaz
Senior Year Levels: Xavier Wiese

If you would like to read more information or donate money use the link below:
fightmnd.org.au

As part of our partnership with The Resilience Project, we welcomed 3 players from the to come and visit NGSC and talk to our Year 9 & 10 Excellence In Sport students about how they apply The Resilience Project themes to their mental preparation for football and how they bounce back after a tough performance.

Our EIS students were full of great questions and picked the brains of Jay Polkinghorn, Joe Pike & Cillian Burke to learn how to get the mental edge on their competition. The players and students also took some time to add to our newly erected Gratitude Wall, which has been provided by the Cats, to provide the opportunity for our students to share who, where and what they are grateful for in their lives.

NGSC is extremely grateful that these players made the time to come to our school and the support of the Geelong Cats to promote gratitude, empathy and mindfulness in our college.

It's the last week for donations to ! 🥫

Help support the important work of this organisation in Geelong.

Non-perishable food items can be donated at NGSC and there are donation boxes in four locations:

📍 B Block next to food tech rooms
📍 D5 next to the IT office
📍 C2 outside the classroom
📍 Main staff room

Thank you to the Year 12 students who are coordinating this fundraising effort 👏🏽 and thank you to everyone who has donated so far!

Julie Maine, Learning Specialist at North Geelong Secondary College (NGSC), has been awarded a Teaching Impact Fellowship with the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership.

The Fellowship recognises graduates of the Academy’s year-long Teaching Excellence Program and supports Victoria’s most accomplished teachers to lead evidence-informed improvement in their own schools. Julie is bringing that work home to NGSC.

From Semester 2, 2026, Julie will use her Fellowship to lead NGSC into the Melbourne Assessment Community (MAC), putting next-generation assessment at the heart of teaching and learning. Drawing on Melbourne Metrics resources, she will support the school to strengthen student agency and build a shared understanding of competency-based assessment.

Julie will also lead a Year 7 English pilot, building staff expertise in competency-based assessment and laying the foundations for future credentialling of Year 7 learning.

A fantastic opportunity to strengthen assessment practice and put student agency front and centre at NGSC.

Congratulations, Julie!

The Drama Club at NGSC have been working since the start of the year on an original and spooky performance for the school community. The show has been written by the cast and crew in the Drama Club, led by Ms Isac, and you're invited to come an enjoy the show!

📅 Thursday 3rd of September
📍 Drama Room
⏱️ Doors open @ 6:30pm
🎟️ $5 and are available at the Administration Office.

All are welcome, but best be quick and get your tickets to secure your seat for a spooky night ahead. See you there!

🏸 NGSC Boys and Girls teams recently competed in the Badminton tournament at the Leisure Centre in Corio. The top end of the competition was very strong, but our teams represented themselves very positively, displayed enthusiasm and always played within the spirit of the game. 👏🏽

Team members – Ethan, Jorda, Harjeeth, Adrian, Ozone, Krystoff, Tee moo, Bwenay, Ritika, Angel, Rahma, Dah eh, Anna, Ken, Sienna, Rose and Eh dah.

🖌️ 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🎨

Enter NGSC's RU OK Day Art Competition - "What does connection mean to you?"

Use any materials you like and include your name and year level on the back.

📆 Entries are due Wednesday 26th August at the General Office.
There are prizes!! 🎁

Ekansh received the Year 7 Sporting Excellence Scholarship in 2025 and has gone from strength to strength with his sporting achievements. 🏓 Ekansh has been selected for the Table Tennis Victorian Junior State team and is going to compete at the 2026 Table Tennis Australia National Championships in Moreton Bay, QLD, in September.

Ekansh will be representing Victoria as part of the U15 Boys event. NGSC is so proud of his achievements to date and wishes him all the very best at this upcoming event.