2018 COMMUNITY REPORT

College parents have also been remarkable in supporting charitable events throughout the year. In most families, they are the suppliers of the gold coin donation; they also donate their time, money or belongings, make food and give good counsel in response to supporting members of our own or other communities.They support our music ensembles, sporting teams, those in need or those supporting a worthy cause. In November, many parents collaborated as part of the Fair Committee to produce a fantastic College Fair. They and many others raised funds for Chibobo and have contributed to the second-hand clothing drive for the community at Galiwin’ku. For each College family, the donation has little financial impact and probably took only a short time to gather but it symbolises something much more. As donating families, we are demonstrating social conscience, empathy and environmental awareness. We will have discussed this with our children – as a consequence, they will have taken a sense of social responsibility on board and this supports the process of them becoming better global thinkers and global citizens. This type of learning about community service is important to our students because it activates them as global citizens and broadens their thinking about social issues.They develop a stronger world view and can write with more authority and personal interest. Students perform better in the classroom when they have a greater interest and experience of the issue they are writing about. In 2018, we have been working hard to develop these opportunities to support our students to be resilient global learners. Rob Huntington,Head of Keilor Campus 9 KEILOR CAMPUS REPORT