Personal Glimpses

  • I chose to do Work Experience in the area of Criminal Law. I worked with a barrister studying criminal law at a law firm. He let me analyse some cases. I also visited the Magistrates Court, the County Court, Appeals Court, Supeme Court and the Supreme Court library. This experience has made me eager work in Law in the future.   John - Year 10  

  • I am very excited to have made the Under 15 State Golf Development Squad. I will be attending various training camps during the year and playing in the boy's championship in the coming holidays. My current handicap is 8 andI will be working hard to lower it in the coming weeks.Alex -Year 9 

  • My work experience was in the medical area. I really liked working in a hospital setting and finding out about the machines: MRI, CT, Nuclear Medicine  Sahin - Year 10 

  • I love being part of something as meaningful as the environmental collective. It's really exciting when you consider the great potential that we as a group and school community can have in improving the College's environmental awareness and sustainability. Mikaela - Year 9 

  • Our team was thrilled to win every debate in the competition as we have never been undefeated for a whole competition before. We are all excited about the finals. Thanks to Ms Kanela Gianakakis for her time and support to Brunswick Secondary College's many debating teams.Claudia - Year 9

  • Congratualtions to Rebecca Schot- Guppy, 2008 College Dux. Rebecca, who obtained a teriary rank of 96.95 is studying Bio Medicine at the Universtity of Melbourne and will apply to do Graduate Medicine in subsequent years as the New Melbourne Model allows. Another feature of the New Model is a breadth subject. Rebecca has chosen Politics.

  • In circus we are learning how to juggle and how to be confident in front of people. We have only had a few lessons so far. Our teacher Mr Hall is really nice. Next we will learn to tumble and do flips. I'm very excited. Ella, Year 7

  • Over the past five years at Brunswick SC, we have seen the school grow and develop into a great place. We are proud to be part of a team working hard to improve Brunswick and look forward to representing our fellow students and working closely with the school leadership and staff.  Leah Cox &  Tom Campion, 2009 School Captains  

  • I have been involved in the Rock Eisteddfod for two years now. IN 2007, Brunswick won the Premier Division, In 2008, we were lucky to come 3rd. The Rock Eisteddfod days have been the best days of my life. This year we are performing in the Raw Division but will go back to Premier Division next year.
    Mallory- Year 8   

  • Competing in the Internatiional Maths Olympiad  in Germany was a great honour. The highlights were winning a Gold Medal , meeting former IMO Gold Medallist and Fields Medal holder, Australian Terry Tao, and training beforehand with the British team in Cambridge.Andrew Elvey-Price, Year 12 

  • For Work Experience I was fortunate to be placed at Penguin Publishers. I did things like photocopying, writing press releases, doing mail-outs to Radio stations and magazines, sorting through reviews and replenishing store stocks. I learnt about the publishing system and being a sales rep. I had heaps of fun. Savanna- Year 10 

  • Over the past week, I have participated in a unit called Student Directed Curricullum. We developed our own topics and had to create assessment tasks based on skills we wanted to develop.  I chose Home Designs and Model Building. I created a model house on Google Sketch-Up. The presentation was a great success and I got praise from every teacher. Nathan, Year 10

  • In the Year 9 Bushwhacked class, I completed my Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award. To achieve this I played tennis for my physical recreation, reading as my skill, and helped out at my local tennis club for my service. It was a great experience, especially the camps. I highly recommend it.  Hassan, Year 10 

  • I got chosen to coach for the Year 7 Soccer team. The boys had big expectations of me but I soon eased into the role. On Sports Day I was nervous but also excited. I was thrilled my team got into the final which we won with an exciting goal with only two minutes to go. We all sang the Melbourne Victory chant at the end. Josh- Year 8 

  •  I loved doing my Work Experience in Child Care. The  kids were great and it was fun to watch them at that stage of life, they have a great imagination and can have fun with something simple. Emma - Year 10   

  • As part of the ALP (Applied Learning Program), my English class had to complete a project on student directed learning. I chose to do my project on landscaping. I was excited to learn more about this topic, the techniquest that are used and the processes for creating garden designs. I designed a garden for my teacher, Alison Sanza. It was good fun to use Google Sketch to create the garden.Ismail Year 10 

Friends of Brunswick

Parent paticpation is an important element of a successful and vibrant school. In 2009, we have introduced a project based system of parent involvement. Its aim is encourage parents to become more connected to the school, to tap into their skills,  talent and enthusiam and to improve the College's grounds, resources and the opportunities we offer students.

There will be a number of projects  throughout the year. Parents are welcome to be involved in all projects or to choose the ones that most interest them. The first project is Greening BSC - Gardens, Grounds and Sustainable Practice.  You do not need to know anything about gardening to particpate.  It will have four sub groups or teams:

  1. Fundraising ( through drives and initiatives e.g bulb drive, seeking donations)
  2. Fundraising ( through events e.g. parent wine and cheese night, student sausage sizzle)
  3. Gardening/Sustainability ( planning new garden areas, establishing mulching, composting, worm farm)
  4. Furniture (assisting with the building of simple outdoor furniture for the Year 9 Learning Centre garden and other areas of the school)

The first meeting is Wednesday, 4th March at 7.00pm in the staffroom. Note this is a change from the previously advertised date. The subgroups may choose to meet at different times subsequently.

Please email the school if you are going to attend. State which of the four teams that you would like to join.  

Contact the School Council President or Vivienne Tellefson if  you would like further information.