Wantirna College

16/10/2026

Newsletter Edition 15
So many exciting things happening in Term 4:
- Year 12 Celebration Day
- Exam & Results info
- Buy your tickets for Valedictory & Art & Tech Showcase
- Exciting Athletics News
- Exciting Lyrebird Nominations
- Art & Tech
- Student Wellbeing
- Have you returned your Library books?
- And more!

Term 4 is one of my favourite terms due to all the opportunities we have to acknowledge and celebrate the wonderful achievements of our students. Year 12 students are always a focus in the first couple of weeks of Term 4 as the countdown begins to their last day of classes and the beginning of final...

14/10/2026

NT Tour 2027 Family Information Evening
6pm- 7:30pm
Wed 28 Oct 2026
Andrew Lewis Theatre

Current Year 10 families are cordially invited to attend the NT Tour 2026 information night to learn all about this unforgettable opportunity for next year's Year 11 students. Please put the date in your calendar and let us know your intention to attend: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/JUKRwTT29G

Students encouraged to attend.

08/10/2026

Term, 4 Book Club
Wednesday 14 October, 5pm - 6pm
Wantirna College Library
RSVP: by 3pm Tue 13 Oct - https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/k2N1RXxFBJ

Families, including parents/carers, grandparents & siblings are invited to join us for Term 4 Community Book Club. We will meet in the College Library every month to discuss a feature book and hear from a panel - this term the book is Flames by Robbie Arnott. Light refreshments will be served. We hope you will join us!

07/10/2026

Salford Park Village Spring Market
THIS SATURDAY
10 October, 9am - 2pm

Our friends at Salford Park will be holding a community Spring Market on Saturday. It will include a Sausage Sizzle, Raffles, Plants, Books and Craft stores amongst others. Should be a lovely day so why not pop by to support them - put it in your Calendar!

06/10/2026

Winners Announced - Knox Holiday Revision Lectures
Designed to assist VCE students with their upcoming exams, we had 500 students attend the Knox Revision Lectures during the September school holidays.

Each student who attended went into the draw to win one of the following prizes:
1st Prize - a Nintendo Switch 2
2nd Prize - Noise cancelling Airpods 4
3rd Prize - $150 Rebel Sports gift voucher

Watch the video to see the winners being drawn! Winners will be notified directly.
Thank you all the schools and lecturers who participated to help make this event a success. We wish all VCE students good luck with their upcoming exams.
Scoresby Secondary College Rowville Secondary College

05/10/2026

Lyrebird Nominations (Production)
Congratulations to the Matilda cast and crew for the following Lyrebird nominations that were announced over the holidays - great recognition for everyone who worked so tirelessly on the show! This year we have been nominated for 12 awards and have received 2 judges awards:

The Lyrebird Awards ceremony will take place 2pm, Sun 13 December at Bunjil Place Theatre - tickets will be available closer to the date.

Outstanding Dance Number in a Youth Musical over $40,000:
Revolting Children
Best Ensemble in a Youth Musical over $40,000:
Whole Cast
Best Cameo Performer in a Youth Musical over $40,000:
Dusty Lijnders - Doctor
Best Solo Song (Female Role) in a Youth Musical over $40,000:
Stephanie Bennett - Quiet
Highly Commended Performance in a Male Role in a Youth Musical over $40,000:
Aster Harrison - Bruce
Best Performer in a Lead Female Role in a Youth Musical over $40,000:
Stephanie Bennett -- Matilda
Best Choreographer in a Youth Musical over $40,000:
Evie BALL
Best Director in a Youth Musical over $40,000:
Surya Ganesan
Best Youth Production - Musical over $40,000:
Matilda The Musical, Wantirna College
Best Sound in a Youth Musical over $40,000:
Andrew Lewis
Best Lighting in a Youth Musical over $40,000:
Andrew Lewis
Best Set in a Youth Musical over $40,000:
Andrew Lewis & Mel Zulfic

Judges Awards
Awarded by the Judging Team to:
Andrew Lewis for his dedication to production teams and mentoring students in productions for 27 years at Wantirna College. Happy retirement!

Awarded by Colin Hartley to:
Wantirna College for the excellent stagecraft and technical skills when creating the hammer throw scene in Matilda the Musical.

01/10/2026

Uniform Shop Term 4 Hours
Mondays & Thursdays 3pm - 5pm
Saturday 10 October 9:30am - 11:30am

Uniform Shop hours are available on the Compass Calendar.

29/09/2026

We look forward to seeing our students and staff on Monday for the first day of Term4.

Uniform Shop will be open Sat 10 October, 9:30-11:20am.

Note: Dates are subject to change, please refer to the Compass Calendar and Newsletter for updates and changes.

29/09/2026

REMINDER: Have you completed the survey yet?
We are asking one parent/carer from each household, Year 7 - 11, to please complete the parent version of the 2026 Resilient Youth Survey. This short, anonymous survey is vital for us to improve our whole-school approaches to wellbeing and engagement.
This is not only for families whose students use the Wellbeing services of the school - it is for everyone. Please go to the Compass Newsfeed for more details and the survey link.

18/09/2026

Newsletter Issue 15 is Here!

Our last Newsletter for Term 3 is a bumper edition!
- Year 12 Exam Prep
- Teens & Screens
- Career News
- First Aid Centre Reminders
- Sustainability Team Win
- Gala Concert
- VCE VM Market Day
- Geography Excursions
- Science News
- Art & Tech
- Library news
- AND MORE!!

Low Tech or No Tech, that is the Question… - Earlier this term, we brought students, parents and teachers together to discuss the impact that digital devices are having on learning. We discussed evidence that expert, Dr. Jordan Cooney Horvath, presented to staff a couple of weeks earlier showing a...