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Daniel Buttacavoli &
                                             Jodie FitzGerald

                                             Deputy Principal -
                                             Learning and Teaching
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                                             We will always look back on the 2018 school   As always, our dedicated and enthusiastic
                                             year with fond memories and a great sense   team of teachers and education support staff
                                             of achievement. We have been able to   have worked with you and your children
                                             refine how we use Schoolbox, and ultimately   to deliver a great quality, well-rounded
                                             improve our communication between school   education. We want to thank our teachers
                                             and home. We have developed a learning   for their ongoing support and dedication to
                                             and teaching handbook, which covers not   their pupils. We see the work that they put
                                             only our approach to learning and teaching   in behind the scenes; they are continually
                                             but the reasoning and research behind our   reflecting on and refining their practice,
                                             methods. We have been able to update our   which has been even more evident in our
                                             submission of work procedures and develop   PARTs meetings. Our education support staff
                                             a tracking system for monitoring student   continue to build rapport and have positive
                                             growth and achievement.             interactions with our young people, we thank
                                                                                 them for this and the partnership that exists
                                             The 2018 school year has also seen the   for us all to achieve excellence in our work.
                                             College partner with the New Tech Network
                                             to further develop project-based learning at   We need to acknowledge the great work
                                             the Savio and Mazzarello campuses. This   done by the Curriculum Team and the
                                             approach emphasises active exploration,   Learning and Teaching Team, particularly Will
                                             rigour, and real-world application, and it has   Johnston and Ben Moss-Holland. We also
                                             seen students working on projects as diverse   wish to thank Melody Cuthbert and Kath Bee
                                             as #changethedate, developing their own   for supporting us and our teams throughout
                                             agricultural business, and solving issues of   the year.
                                             global justice. These projects have helped   To our students, you are why we do this, you
                                             students to become subject experts as well   are the reason we want to come to work in
                                             as problem solvers preparing to become   the morning and often the sunshine in our
                                             active citizens of the future.      day. Education will change the world, always
                                                                                 remember that, and how lucky you are to
                                                                                 have the opportunity to attend Salesian
                                                                                 College Sunbury.


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