College Community

Goals & Intended Outcomes

Mazenod envisions itself as being a community cooperating together, witnessing Gospel values and responding to a call to service and responsibility to others. We aim to:

1. Provide pastoral care to the individual student 2. Cultivate a friendly and caring atmosphere 3. Cultivate community by maximising personal communication between staff and students and among staff, students and parents 4. Develop an attitude of cooperation with, and a sense of belonging, not only to the school community but also to related community groups. This includes involvement with wider and different community groups, e.g. Parish, local social organisations and organisations with different concerns such as Red Cross Appeals and St. Vincent de Paul Society 5. Promote within Mazenod's Community an appreciation of the family as the basic unit of society, as the source of its being, and that in responding to each student, we respond to the basic community 6. Cultivate the loyalty and solidarity of students towards the college

Achievements College Community Achievements:

Mazenod College works in conjunction with our Old Boy associations and Parent Bodies to ensure that the values and teachings of Christ and St Eugene de Mazenod are experienced throughout the wider Community. This ensures that our students can become witnesses to these teachings and have the opportunity to be living examples of Christ's love. This occurs:

In the old boy network on the sport's area and through sporting clubs such as the Old Collegians Football, Soccer, Volleyball and Cricket clubs, as well as providing the opportunity for the physical and intellectually disadvantaged sports person through the Mazenod Panthers a member of the FIDA.

Through the Mazenod Old Collegians Association (MOCA) which assists the Mazenod Community through: • Pastoral care and mentoring to current and past students' • Seed funded & sponsored various Old Collegians' sporting club initiatives • The provision of sponsorship to current and past students • Assistance with Employment Opportunities • Donations & awards to various Mazenod College events • In providing assistance with Work Experience & Careers

• Established a benevolent fund & assists those Mazenod Community members who are in need with financial and emotional support

Through our Parent bodies and their involvement with social events such as Father Son Fishing Days, Mothers' Day Dinners, assistance with Social Justice activities (The Vinnies Winter Sleep out)

Through the provision of Parent Education evenings that assist parents with strategies in raising boys in a hypersexualised society.

Through the College's involvement in the Respectful Relationship program and the Building Bridges Interfaith Dialogue program

Co-Curricular Achievements:

• A very well developed instrumental music program, with hundreds of students receiving weekly individual music lessons on orchestral instruments and participating in a full range of orchestras, bands and ensembles. • Our highly successful annual Musical production "Seussical the Musical" at the Besen

Theatre

• Every student in the school participates in 100 minutes of organised sport each week • Participation in every ACC Inter-School Sport • The vast majority of students represented the college in at least one ACC event (Association of Catholic Colleges) • Many students participated in our comprehensive Volleyball program, training and playing weekly, dominating the ACC competitions and winning numerous State and National level honors

• 60 students participated in the Chess club, receiving weekly tuition and recording record breaking wins in the ACC. Our Open Chess Team won Silver in the State Championships and Middle Years team won Gold in the State and Silver in the National Championships • Our Senior Badminton Team won the ACC Badminton Championship. This Sport is one of the fastest in the world and the team can be very proud of their achievement • Outstanding Debating success at ACC level, and at the Debating Association of Victoria's (DAV) state finals. • Our Public Speakers competed with success at the VCAA's Plain English Speaking competition and the annual Lions Club Youth of the Year competition. • The Performing Arts Department held a Performing Arts Festival in the evening featuring music, dance and film items from all levels • The Music Department held its annual Music Gala evening, with over 200 students participating

• A group of music students travelled to Mt Gambier for the Generations in Jazz Music Festival with students from across the region • The Stage Band and the Founders' Ensemble represent the college at the Victorian Schools

Music Festival, receiving awards • Our musicians competed in the annual Boroondara Eisteddfod • Groups of students travelled to Japan and to China for two week cultural exchanges • Years 10, 11 and 12 also participate in Mazenod's Social Justice program which includes;

Rosies and RE days, Red Cross door knock, retreats, St Vincent de Paul Winter Sleepout,

Community Services and Special Olympics. • A group of 19 Year 10 and 11 students participated in a two week cultural tour to central

Australia.

VALUE ADDED

Value Added: Learning & Teaching - What we usually do

Much of the following was completed in 2020, but some activities were curtailed or cancelled due to COVID.

• Students from Mazenod College participate in the International Science Competitions and

Assessments for Science (ICAS), with many High Distinctions, Distinctions, Credit and Merit Certificates. High Distinction Certificate achievers are rated in the top 1% of all entrants. Statistically 50 % of students from Mazenod College achieve a certificate of credit or higher, an outstanding performance. • The Science Talent Search is an annual competition open to all primary and secondary school students in Victoria. The Year 10 Enhancement Class participates in this competition, with a number of bursary winners. Many students from Mazenod College aregiven special mention on their practical investigation tasks from the judges. • Students achieve great results in the Australian Mathematics Competition. A very large number of students participate in the competition with numerous High Distinctions (top 3% in Country) and distinctions (top 20% in Country). • All year 11s participated in the Careers and Industry conference for three days residential in the city • Our Year 7&8 Enhancement students participate in the Da Vinci Decathlon • Many of our Literature, Enhancement and Visual Arts students were published in Catholic

Educations annual anthology Shared Stories • Our Year 8 Enhancement Students participate in a semester long Robotics course using the Lego Mindstorms kits • Students participated in our Book Club and Kerbal Space Program in the Library • Humanities students usually participate in the Australian Institute of International Affairs

Australian and Global Politics Essay Competition

• Our VCE Japanese students usually participate in a mock UN General Assembly • Our Language students participate in the annual Dante Alighieri competition, • A large number of students participate in the Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge with many successfully meeting the challenge to read the required number of books between

February and August • Year Ten Japanese and Italian students participate in interschool language clubs with other local schools studying these languages. This activity strengthens our bond with other nearby Catholic schools, networking and language learning.

Value Added: Instrumental Music Program

The number of students receiving individual music lessons in the exceptional College Instrumental Program at the end of 2020 was in excess of 300. Lessons continued online during lockdown.

They study the following instruments with our team of 13 instrumental music teachers: Bassoon, Cello, Cornet, Double Bass, Euphonium, Flute, French Horn, Oboe, Percussion, Saxaphone, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba, Viola, Violin

They have the opportunity to join the following range of ensembles: Junior Strings, Boyle Strings, Chamber Strings, Chet Baker Band, Concert Band Dorsey Band, Monk Big Band, Flute Ensemble, Founders Ensemble Junior Vocal, Liturgy Choir, Senior Vocal Stage Band, Swing Band, Symphonic Wind Band, Symphony Orchestra

PARENT SATISFACTION

Parents have very positive regard for and strong affiliation with the college as reflected by:

• The high number of applications for Year 7 enrolment each year, that well exceeds places available

• The large number of sons of Old Boys and other enrolments related to the extended college family • The very high attendance rate at college events such as parent-teacher days and evenings with an average of nearly 7000 interviews, parent information nights, open days and other formal college occasions.

• In 2020 we organised our parent-teacher interviews online and had a record number of interviews booked, well in excess of 7500. Parents responded very favourably, the majority preferring the new mode. • In 2020 we organised many parent information evenings in an online format. They were very well attended and much positive feedback was given.

In 2020 the College commissioned MMG Education to survey parents and seek feedback on our home-based learning. MMG in collaboration with AHISA conducted the survey in schools across the country. 406 students responded. Scores provided reflect the perceptions of our students. Top performing schools achieve 80% and higher and this is rated as a 'very high' result.

Overall, Mazenod parents rated at 79%.

In specific areas they rated as follows: Resources 88%

Communication 81%

Home Based Learning 73% Teaching and Learning 77% Student Wellbeing 77%

As an example, in response to the statement: My child has adjusted well to home-based learning" 79% responded in the affirmative.