Well done to all students and staff on what has been a great Term 1. While I have only been here a short time, I have been impressed with so many activities that have taken place in Term 1.

This term we have had Athletics and Swimming sports which were both great days with excellent participation. Thanks to Ms Sonia Kinsey and all of the PE team for organising some amazing events.

A couple of weeks ago we had our Year 6 to 7 information Night. This was a great night with over 1000 people attending to have a look at our amazing school. The night was success mainly due to all the staff and students who were able to talk about some of that fantastic learning opportunities that exists at Geelong High. A special thanks to the school captains in their work on the night as MC’s and all of the students present. Thanks to Mr Steve Brown and Mr Lachlan Envall for organising of the night.

Over the term we have had many other great activities such as the visits from 15 Japanese students who were part of lessons and did many activities around the school. The year 12 Camp was a great success with the student being stretched in so many ways. Thanks to Ms Trudy Cameron and all the staff who attended for making this a great experience. The Outdoor Education students in both Year 11 and 12 have been on a number of activities. Where that be canoeing the Glenelg River or surfing at Anglesea. They all have had a great time. Thanks to Mr Tim Molloy and Mr Chris Gemmil for their work on these camps.

Parents may hear of the issue with camps across all schools at present with increased costs. As a school we are doing everything to keep our camps program going. Costs are increasing for all of us, but I am sure all of the school community would agree that school camps are one of the highlights of our education experience and it something that we remember always. A big thanks to all of the staff who are giving up their time to attend camps and make them work for the students.

The school production rehearsals are well under way, and we are all looking forward to Urine town and the amazing students' performances.

There a couple of staffing matters I wish to update the school community on. After many years of service Janet Duviani has retired from teaching Janet has made an outstanding contribution to the humanities team over many years and in different roles and we wish her the best for the future. We have had some changes in the library with Ms Annette Spurr leaving after 10 years and our new Librarian Ms Gamu (Anne) Mukwe will be staring early term 2.

One of the challenges we face from time to time is getting message to the 950 students at the school. Parents will often ring and ask to pass a message on or pick students up early. Starting term 2 there will be 2 duty student each day starting with year 8 across the year. These students will deliver messages, collect students and support the operation of the school.

I wish all families and Happy easter and safe and enjoyable break.