The 19th Woodend Winter Arts Festival will deliver a four-day feast of music, words and ideas in the heart of the Macedon Ranges over the King’s Birthday long weekend.
Highlights include
*Free fireworks and entertainment at Buffalo Stadium, Fri 7 June 5-8pm
*Spanish guitarist Paco Lara accompanied by Flamenco Dancer Deya Giner,
More information and tickets are here:
www.woodendwinterartsfestival.org.au/community-events
https://woodendwinterartsfestival.org.au/events/
We look forward to welcoming the students and parents of Sacred Heart college Kyneton to the Woodend Winter Arts Festival.
The Kyneton Rotary Club is seeking host families for a student who will be attending the College from July 2024 for one year. The male student is from the Czech Republic, is fluent in four languages, plays Piano and likes sport
(running) and will be in Years 11/12 during his stay here. For more details contact the Rotarian John Condliffe 0419397936.
The Macedon regional forest is looking splendid this time of year, water is flowing along the gullies into the creeks and native revegetation has flourished where previous planned burns have been conducted.
You can choose from easy, moderate or hard course difficulties depending on how experienced you are.
The easy course will go along or near easy to follow features (like paths), the moderate course will be a bit more challenging and might involve reading a few more contour features and the hard courses are designed more for experienced orienteers.
There’ll be lots of friendly helpers on the day to help you choose the right course for you and get the hang of the navigational side of things.
Register from 9:30am and choose your own start time from 10:00am-11:30am but please finish your course by 1pm.
Entry is just $12 for adults and $6 for under 21s.
For more information visit: https://centralhighlands.weebly.com
Darren was appointed Principal of Sacred Heart College in January 2019. Darren has had almost 30 years experience in teaching and leadership across a number of Victorian Catholic secondary schools. These include eight years as Principal of Mercy Regional College, Camperdown; nine years as Deputy Principal and Director of Mission at Mount Lilydale Mercy College; seven years as a Chemistry, Religious Education and Science teacher as well as REC at Sacred Heart College, Geelong.
Darren has been committed to a lifetime of study and professional development. After completing his initial degree of Bachelor of Science and Graduate Diploma of Education at the University of Melbourne, he continued his study by completing a Graduate Diploma of Religious Education, a Masters of Religious Education and a Doctor of Education, all at Australian Catholic University. In 2018, Darren participated in the Enhancing Catholic School Identity programme in Leuven, Belgium.
Darren has a deep and passionate affiliation with the Mercy tradition and charism and believes that Mercy schools must be “…committed to holistic education; determined to ensure that each student flourishes academically, spiritually, emotionally, socially and physically”.
The purpose of the Catholic school is to provide “… an authentic Christian education, where students are called to embrace the essence of the Gospels, to flourish as whole human persons” and “… to provide exemplary learning experiences for the students who attend”.
Darren was appointed Principal of Sacred Heart College in January 2019. Darren has had almost 30 years experience in teaching and leadership across a number of Victorian Catholic secondary schools. These include eight years as Principal of Mercy Regional College, Camperdown; nine years as Deputy Principal and Director of Mission at Mount Lilydale Mercy College; seven years as a Chemistry, Religious Education and Science teacher as well as REC at Sacred Heart College, Geelong.
Darren has been committed to a lifetime of study and professional development. After completing his initial degree of Bachelor of Science and Graduate Diploma of Education at the University of Melbourne, he continued his study by completing a Graduate Diploma of Religious Education, a Masters of Religious Education and a Doctor of Education, all at Australian Catholic University. In 2018, Darren participated in the Enhancing Catholic School Identity programme in Leuven, Belgium.
Darren has a deep and passionate affiliation with the Mercy tradition and charism and believes that Mercy schools must be “…committed to holistic education; determined to ensure that each student flourishes academically, spiritually, emotionally, socially and physically”.
The purpose of the Catholic school is to provide “… an authentic Christian education, where students are called to embrace the essence of the Gospels, to flourish as whole human persons” and “… to provide exemplary learning experiences for the students who attend”.