The College community came together on Thursday 4 December for Mount St. Joseph Girls' College Awards Night. This evening was a wonderful finish to the 2025 academic year.
Our awards night celebrated many of the fantastic achievements of our students. We had the opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the many gifts and talents of students in the areas of learning, the arts, community and sporting involvement. The evening was a tribute to the many and varied talents of the MSJ College students.
We take this opportunity to thank the staff for their contribution in the provision of these opportunities and the parents who have provided much support and guidance that allows students to succeed.
| Name | Year |
| Mila C | Year 7 |
| Taysha F | Year 8 |
| Amelia C | Year 9 |
| Zixuan Y | Year 10 |
| Bella M | Year 11 |
| Name | Year |
| Isla E | Year 7 |
| Mila C | Year 7 |
| Taysha F | Year 8 |
| Allegra W | Year 9 |
| Veronica B | Year 10 |
| Abbey N | Year 11 |
| Name | Year |
| Lottie G | Year 7 |
| Mila G | Year 8 |
| Chloe D-B | Year 9 |
| Jessica H | Year 10 |
| Gemma W | Year 11 |
| Name | Year | Category |
| Isabella F-S | Year 7 | Voice |
| Tatum G | Year 8 | Drama |
| Elspeth L | Year 7 | Voice |
| Stephaine S | Year 9 | Drums |
| Jody B | Year 8 | Strings |
| Zoe M | Year 7 | Piano |
| Name | Award | Year |
| Chloe W | 2025 Alice Mary Roche Excellence in Legal Studies Award | Year 11 |
| Evie S | Junior Performing Arts 2025 | Year 9 |
| Chloe G | Visual Arts Junior 2025 | Year 9 |
| Name | Award | Year |
| Grace M | Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars 2025 | Year 10 |
| Charlotte Le F | ADF - Long Tan Leadership Award 2025 | Year 10 |
| Hannah B | ADF - Future Innovators Award 2025 | Year 10 |
| Hannah B | Sr. Kath Nolan Environmental 2025 | Year 11 |
| Charlotte F | Virtue & Courage Award - Mable Pinto 2025 | Year 11 |
| Mia M | Zonta - Evelyn De Bonnaire Encouragement Award 2025 | Year 11 |
| Mia M | Tim Watts Book Award | Year 11 |
| Isabelle C | Melissa Horne Book Award | Year 10 |
| Emilie B | St Vincent de Paul Society - Kay Middleton Award | Year 11 |
| Maddie T | St Vincent de Paul Society - Kay Middleton Award | Year 11 |
| Name | Subject |
| Rose C | Year 7 English & Mathematics |
| Audrey D | Year 7 Product Design and Technology |
| Anurika V | Year 7 Music |
| Alice B | Year 7 Food Technology |
| Mila C | Year 7 Drama |
| Meagan N | Year 7 Visual Art |
| Zoe M | Year 7 Digital Technology |
| Josephine H | Year 7 Religious Education |
| Amelie T | Year 7 Humanities |
| Emily K | Year 7 French |
| Isla C | Year 7 Visual Communication Design |
| Isla E | Year 7 Science |
| Amelia C | Year 7 Health and Physical Education |
| Isabelle C | Year 7 Japanese |
| Lana B | Year 7 Italian |
| Miley B | Year 7 STEM |
| Name | Subject |
| Emily C | Year 8 Food Technology |
| Gabriella M | Year 8 STEM |
| Swara A | Year 8 STEM |
| Lily C | Year 8 Religious Education |
| Andi C | Year 8 Visual Art |
| Eliza L | Year 8 Health and Physical Education |
| Eloise M | Year 8 French |
| Eloisa O | Year 8 Science |
| Charlotte J | Year 8 Digital Technology |
| Tatum G | Year 8 English |
| Eliza S | Year 8 Product Design Technology & Visual Communication Design |
| Gabriella Parra G | Year 8 Italian |
| Lola C-P | Year 8 Drama |
| Aradhya S | Year 8 Japanese & Mathematics & Humanities |
| Taysha F | Year 8 Music |
| Name | Subject |
| Sophie B | Year 9 STEM |
| Mila T | Year 9 Italian |
| Georgia E | Year 9 Religious Education |
| Bernice C | Year 9 Music |
| Savannah N | Year 9 Mathematics & Japanese & Health and Physical Education & Science |
| Teresa M | Year 9 French |
| Lana M | Year 9 Drama & Food Technology |
| Evie S | Year 9 Dance |
| Aoife M | Year 9 Outdoor and Environmental Studies |
| Annabel G | Year 9 English |
| Chelsea I | Year 9 Media |
| Chloe G | Year 9 Humanities & Visual Art |
| Allegra P | Year 9 Program: Bold Award |
| Laura J | Year 9 Visual Communication Design |
| Orlaith B | Year 9 Product Design Technology |
| Marley B | Year 9 Duke of Ed |
| Alira M | Year 9 Digital Technologies |
| Mila T | Year 9 Digital Art - Photography |
| Name | Subject |
| Keira B | Year 10 English & French & Food Technology |
| Hannah B | Year 10 Modern History - Semester 1, General Mathematics Unit 1, Science, Australian and Global Health - Semester 2 & Italian |
| Isla S | Year 10 Mathematics Foundation |
| Grace G | Year 10 Drama, Product Design Technology & General Mathematics |
| Milla F | Year 10 Dance |
| Deandra C | Year 10 Literature |
| Nia O | Year 10 Money Markets and Management - Semester 1 |
| Leah M | Year 10 Digital Technology |
| Sydney B | Year 10 Outdoor Education |
| Esha H | Year 10 Geography People and Planet - Semester 1 |
| Kaitlyn V | Year 10 Japanese |
| Ariana M | Year 10 Government and Citizens - Semester 1 |
| Isabella T | Year 10 Music |
| Gihara J | Year 10 Visual Communication Design |
| Kiana H | Year 10 Mathematics Methods |
| Charlotte Le F | Year 10 Visual Art |
| Chiara F | Year 10 Religion |
| Ruby M | Year 10 History - Semester 2 & Business Management Unit 1 |
| Grace M | Year 10 Health & Human Development Unit 1 |
| Hannah G | Year 10 STEM & Human Movement - Semester 2 |
| Leah M | Year 10 Media |
| Indiana B | Year 10 Health and Physical Education - Semester 1 |
| Navya N | Year 10 Essential HPE - Semester 2 |
| Bianca G N | Year 10 Digital Art - Photography |
| Name | Subject |
| Imogen K | Units 1 & 2 Japanese |
| Georgia H | VPC Endeavour |
| Sonia G | Units 1 & 2 Foundation Mathematics |
| Amelia P | Year 11 VET Sports & Recreation |
| Jessica B | Unita 1 & 2 General Mathematics & Biology |
| Amalia B-R | Units 1 & 2 VET Music |
| Anabelle S | Units 1 & 2 Psychology |
| Daisy B | Year 11 Ethics, Applied Computing & Media |
| Mukundi C | Units 1 & 2 Business Management, Physical Education & English Language |
| Amelia B | Units 1 & 2 Visual Communication Design |
| Olivia B | Units 1 & 2 Religion and Society & Health and Human Development |
| Chloe W | Units 1 & 2 Legal Studies & Outdoor and Environmental Studies |
| Amber S | Units 1 & 2 Food Studies |
| Arden R | Units 1 & 2 Italian |
| Chloe A | Unit 1 & 2 Physics, Specialist Mathematics & French |
| Laticia N | Units 1 & 2 Chemistry & Mathematical Methods |
| Erin A | Unit 1 & 2 Accounting |
| Tamara B | Units 1 & 2 Product Design and Technology |
| Amelia G | Year 11 VM Endeavour |
| Georgia T | Units 1 & 2 English |
| Sofia I | Units 1 & 2 Art Making and Exhibiting |
| Holly A | Units 1 & 2 Modern History |
| Ella B | Units 1 & 2 Literature |
| Alexa Z | Units 1 & 2 Geography |
| Tara M | Units 1 & 2 Drama |
| Name |
| Emily K |
| Zoe M |
| Anurika V |
| Josephine H |
| Jasmine T |
| Name |
| Eloisa O |
| Aradhya S |
| Lola Crosbie P |
| Tatum G |
| Amanda P |
| Name |
| Savannah N |
| Annabel G |
| Alyssa W |
| Theresa M |
| Emily P |
| Name |
| Hannah B |
| Keira B |
| Kiana H |
| Hannah G |
| Christina O |
| Name |
| Olivia B |
| Laticia N |
| Anabelle S |
| Chloe W |
| Chloe A |
At the conclusion of November, we welcomed our 2026 Year 11 and 12 students for their transition to their Senior Program.
The purpose of these transition programs is to:
To help students make a confident transition into their senior studies.
To introduce the expectations, routines, and study habits needed for success.
To begin coursework and set clear goals for the year ahead.
To start the 2026 school year feeling prepared, organised, and focused.
This year we have made alterations to the Headstart program at year 12. Students have undertaken more contact with each of their core subjects, we are aiming with this new program, to enhance the opportunity for revision prior to examinations.
Students commenced their course of study and have been given homework to complete over the Christmas break. Students should be completing the set homework tasks as well as revising the work completed.
Students have also participated in a range of information sessions that have included information on the requirements and policies of VCE, the process of special provisions as well as key dates. We would like to alert parents and guardians that a Parent Information Evening is scheduled for 10 February 2026 and the dates for the compulsory Trial Examinations is also set for 18 September to 28 September.
Students from years 8 - 12 undertook examinations from the end of October to the first week of December.
We congratulate all of our students on their exemplary conduct throughout the examination period. Their focus, commitment to doing their best, and respectful behaviour has set a wonderful standard for our learning community. The integrity displayed, reflected the maturity and dedication that each student had to their learning journey. We are incredibly proud of the way students supported one another, upheld our school values, and approached this important time with responsibility and confidence.
Well done on demonstrating not only academic effort, but admirable character!
Year 12 students as well as students who undertook a Unit 3/4 subject will be receiving their VCE results on December 11. We look forward to celebrating the successes of students with our school community.
We encourage all students to ensure that they have updated their contact details so that they are able to receive their results from the VCAA. We also ask that students work through Meaghan White mwhite@msj.vic.edu.au to ensure that their results can be accessed by their teachers for review purposes.
Our Pathways staff: Naomi Nolan and Ana Stafrace have provided resources to students in relation to changing preferences if required after the ATAR release. It is important to note that our staff will be available on site, to work with students alongside these directions if so required.
Campion Education is the official school resource supplier for Mount St Joseph Girls’ College. Please place your order online by 19 December 2025 to access the full range of required resources and the best available handling costs.
Orders can be made at order.campion.com.au, with the school resource code searchable within the platform.
Family Support:
The Campion Parent Hub includes How to Order videos and guides in 11 languages:
campion.com.au/parents/how-to-order/
Further help is available via the FAQs, email help@campion.com.au, or phone 1300 433 982.
Chantelle Gauci
Deputy Principal - Learning & Staff
Our goals in the Learning Resource Centre for 2025 were to increase both borrowing and reading. We planned to achieve this by having more English classes visit the LRC more often, to borrow and to read. In addition, in year 7 and 8 we ran the MSJ Reading Challenge, rewarding students for their reading efforts, whether it was blocks of time, chapters or books.
We are pleased to report there was a substantial increase in borrowing on previous years.
| Year | Borrowings |
| 2023 | 4046 |
| 2024 | 3980 |
| 2025 | 5315 |
We also did a thorough weed of the collection, removing tired, much-loved and long-forgotten books from the shelves. We purchased multiple copies of last year’s most popular books and made sure we purchased additional copies of this year’s new in-demand books, such as Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins. We also expanded our most popular genres - Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Love Stories and Mystery - buying the new and highly recommended books in these categories.
| 1 | (38) Guts by Raina Telgemeier |
| 2 | (28) A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson |
| 3 | (27) The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han |
| 4 | (20) Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson |
| (20) Scar Town by Tristan Bancks | |
| 5 | (19) To all the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han |
| (19) It’s Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han | |
| 6 | (16) The Do-Over by Lynn Painter |
| (16) Heartstopper Vol 5 by Alice Oseman | |
| 7 | (15) The Cruel Prince by Holly Black |
| (15) Kill Joy by Holly Jackson | |
| 8 | (14) Hinata and Kageyama by Haruichi Furudate |
| (14) One of Us is Next by Karen McManus | |
| (14) Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber | |
| 9 | (12) Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins |
| 10 | (11) Caraval by Stephanie Garber |
| (11) Five Survive by Holly Jackson | |
| (11) Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi | |
| (11) One Of Us Is Back by Karen M McManus | |
| (11) A thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole | |
| (11) A Curse For True Love by Stephanie Garber | |
| 11 | (10) Grace Field House by Kaiu Shirai |
| (10) One of Us is Lying by Karen M McManus | |
| 12 | (9) Animal Farm by George Orwell |
| (9) Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney | |
| (9) If Only I had told her by Laura Nowlin |
(The figure in brackets shows how many times the title was borrowed)
The benefits of reading are enormous, and include: increased vocabulary, improved sleep, greater emotional awareness, improved maths, more empathy, reduced stress, lower cholesterol, better memory, more world experiences, boosted creativity, more experiences of love and many other emotions, self discovery and broadened horizons.
Students who read regularly can expect to excel in all sorts of areas. Encourage your children to read over the holidays, it’s so good for them. And if they’re not sure what to read, try something from our Most Borrowed list.
Have a happy holiday.
Rebecca Green - Librarian
