Welcome to the 2025 School Year
From the Head of College, Mr Scott Bedingfield
We have thoroughly enjoyed seeing students back on campus over the last week. The buzz is back, and the staff and students are excited for the year ahead.
As you know in 2025, we have launched a new Strategy for the school and one focus is to ensure we spend time considering who an Oxley College student is and what we need to do as a school to ensure they can develop the skills they need to succeed at each level of their educational journey and beyond.
We are committed to developing students who are not only academically proficient but also equipped with essential life skills. Our new Graduate Attributes focus on nurturing challenge-ready individuals who approach obstacles with resilience and curiosity.
Throughout the year, students will be encouraged to ask thoughtful questions, work collaboratively to solve problems, and express their ideas with confidence. These attributes are at the heart of our teaching and learning, shaping not just what students know, but how they think, engage, and contribute to the world around them. We look forward to partnering with you in nurturing these qualities in your child, ensuring they leave our school ready to thrive in an ever-changing world and taking a little bit of Oxley wherever they go.
Once again we have had a full week to start this year, with so much happening across the school including:
- Professional learning for our staff with sessions run on identifying and responding to bullying and hearing from Dr Andrew Frankland on the needs of our neurodivergent children. You will be able to read more about this in Mark Case’s article in this newsletter.
- Welcoming new students to the College.
- Hosting our first cricket game of the season, with our First XI taking on Oxley Alumni.
- Having our first assemblies for the year including the 2025 Academic Excellence Assembly acknowledging a number of Year 12 students from 2024, and hearing an inspiring speech from ATAR Dux of 2020, Mya Bertolini.
- Service learning for Year 8 getting underway and our first Duke of Edinburgh trip for the year.
- Parent information sessions across the school, highlighting the things to come in 2025.
Website, College Newsletter, Pin Oak and Oxley Connect
A reminder about how we communicate with you in the College. From 2025 most communication will come through the College App. This is to ensure that you know there is one place where information comes from. For those who do not have the App, we encourage you to download it, so you don’t miss anything coming from the school. We are moving away from email as there are times when mass emails are sent to people’s spam and things are missed. If you lose your app password, it can be reset online (from a desktop or laptop), but you can also call the school and we can help you.
From time to time you will still receive emails from the College, but anything requiring a call to action will also come through the App to ensure it is received.
We are also about to launch a new website. One fantastic addition to this will be Oxley Connect (an intranet, which will have the same sign on as the app) where we will be able to develop for you a one-stop shop where the information you need will be available at the click of a button. The App will remain our communication tool and the place to grant permission for excursions.
I look forward to meeting our new parents, and connecting with our whole community at Welcome Drinks next Thursday 13 February. This is always a great way to start the year – please register your attendance via this link: https://www.trybooking.com/CYLDO.
Finally, parents and carers are welcome to sign up for the Head of College Breakfasts which take place once a term. In Term 1, the breakfast will be held on Tuesday 25 February from 7.45am – 8.30am. For more information, and to register your attendance please follow this link: https://www.trybooking.com/CYKEQ