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Stephanie Parisi Our aim here in Savio is to nurture and support
Savio Campus Director each and every student holistically through both
— academic rigour and our meaningful pastoral
program. As part of our pastoral program, both Year
7 and 8 students experienced different learning
What a year 2018 has been! I feel so privileged to
opportunities, allowing them to branch out with their
have been part of such a dynamic and creative
thinking and consider sensitive and relevant topics
campus. New to the College myself this year, I think I
such as bullying, resilience, rights and respectful
felt the same nerves many of our Year 7s would have
relationships, MADD Day preparation, and study
felt; where do I go? What happens if I get lost? What
skills.
will the staff be like? What will the students be like?
These questions swam around my mind for the first Our Savio students also made their mark on different
few weeks of term, but how quickly they dissipated! extra-curricular activities such as the College
production of Cinderella, Premier League, SACCSS,
The Savio Campus, and its staff and students, made
Debating, Public Speaking, and many more.
each day valuable, exciting, welcoming, and fun. Just
like the Year 7 students, it took me a while to find Savio Feast Day in October was also memorable;
my feet, to know where the classrooms were, and with students, behaving respectfully and reverently
to establish a rapport with staff and students. Now, I in our Campus Mass. Students took this opportunity
feel part of a community; a community where every to reflect on what had been an exciting three
individual is cared for and nurtured. How lucky am I. terms. After Mass, we all enjoyed a barbeque
before moving on to different activities such as
Our Year 7s started with the annual camp to the
SAVIO
knitting, basketball, round robin, and others. It was a
Don Bosco site in Safety Beach. Taking part in successful day where students could enjoy time with
adventurous activities like tree surfing, water
their peers and teachers.
activities, team building, dancing and plenty of
eating. We all left exhausted by the end of each While this is just a snapshot of the fun we have had
day. This camp was a great opportunity for houses in Savio this year, there were plenty more activities
and homerooms to build their team spirit, whilst that our students were part of. None of this would be
also providing the opportunity to connect with other possible if it was not for the support and care of our
houses and staff. Savio team; our Campus Assistant, and our House
and Homeroom Leaders.
Our Year 7 students also enjoyed class time through
Project Based Learning (PBL). This fun and effective Thank you also to our brilliant students who have
mode of teaching and learning allowed students to seized every opportunity offered to them this year.
become more autonomous in their learning, whilst May you all have a restful break and return to school
collaborating and working on their interpersonal in 2019 with the same level of enthusiasm and
skills. By the end of each unit, students were able commitment to your time here at Salesian College
to present in front of an audience with creativity and Sunbury.
passion.

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