2018 COMMUNITY REPORT

above both State and National benchmarks in every category. OurYear 3 results are particularly significant given that it is the second year that our Mandarin program has been assessed against literacy benchmarks - clearly our students are doing exceptionally well, as we saw in 2017 and see again this year. Our students are extremely fortunate to be supported and encouraged by a highly dedicated teaching staff who themselves may wonder, “How can I further enrich the lives of the children I teach?” and “How can I continue to engage and inspire in my classroom?” It is this personal inquiry that sees our teachers continue to learn and grow, enabling them to deliver excellence in education for our students year after year. Of course, a large part of the success of the College can also be attributed to the strong direction it receives from its Board, and in 2018 much work has gone on behind the scenes to bring our hopes and dreams for the College to fruition. In May, the College launched the new Master Plan.The Master Plan is a platform for the future of Overnewton Anglican Community College and has received great support from the community. The Master Plan will see our Junior Schools unite as one at Canowindra Campus (Taylors Lakes) and our Middle Schools unite atYirramboi Campus (Keilor). Since 1998, the name Canowindra meaning ‘a home or meeting point’ has been synonymous with theYear 9 Centre.As the newly developed Junior School will become the meeting point for students joining the College, the entire campus will adopt that name. The College’sVision Statement: ‘a community of learners, embracing the future’ is reflected in the name of our new Keilor Campus:Yirramboi. In the shared languages of the BoonWurrung andWurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nations,Yirramboi means ‘tomorrow/the future’.We have been able to release draft plans for both Junior School and Middle School with many large-scale infrastructure developments set for construction in 2019. Closing out the year at our 2018 Presentation Night, College Captain, Bonnie Holman, gave her personal reflection on our theme: “The ability for all of us to be curious and have an open and enquiring mind has developed throughout Overnewton’s community the ability to become vastly diverse in talents and skills and has achieved a collective aspiration for excellence. I am extremely proud to be a part of a college who is constantly growing and flourishing as a community who continues to question, explore and wonder...” – Bonnie Holman It is this collective aspiration for excellence that powers the growth and achievements of our community of learners and creates the College that we know today. We also look to the future with great excitement as we will soon see the reimagining of the College as Yirramboi and Canowindra come to life, and where we will welcome our students to explore their new learning environments with wonder.A place where our students and families will continue to have the best opportunities we can provide for their learning. As always, my thanks go to all the members of our community, board members, parents, wider family members, old collegians, other supporters, my staff and, especially, our students; all of you have played your part in making 2018 a wonderful year. Jim Laussen, Principal 3