Welcome to Heathmont College, I am proud to introduce our school to you.

Students are at the centre of all that we do here at Heathmont College. We aim to foster student development and growth through a focus on student engagement, empowerment and learning in order to support students to achieve their very best in all that they do.

During these uncertain times, it is vitally important that schools focus on supporting students to develop strategies to navigate the unknowns in the world around them and to build resilience in order to manage uncertainty and challenge. As a lead school in the Maroondah Positive Education Network, Heathmont College aims to do exactly this through developing growth mindsets in our students and our staff and leveraging this to enhance resilience across the school by focusing on student and staff strengths. By developing student skills in managing adversity, we empower them to lead their best lives.

Principals Report -07/02/2025

Welcome to our first newsletter for 2025. This year, we will be increasing the number of newsletters that we produce and changing their format a little to help with communicating with the community more about the things that we are doing at Heathmont College. 

It has been an extremely positive start to the year this year with a new cohort of Year 7 students excitedly beginning their high school journey and a new cohort of Year 12 students embarking bravely on the end of theirs. All other year levels have also made a great start to the year with there being a strong sense of community and connection across the college.

Last night, I had the privilege of visiting our Year 7 students at their transition camp on Phillip Island. It was incredible to see them stepping outside their comfort zones—whether tackling physical challenges or navigating new social connections.

Over dinner, it was clear that this is a remarkable group of young people. Their support for one another, their inclusivity, and their respect for staff and peers stood out. Watching them work together, ensuring everyone felt safe and valued, made me immensely proud.

Kind regards,

Kerryn Sandford

“Acknowledgment of Country” by students at Heathmont College

Hello and Wominjeka.

Wominjeka means ‘Welcome’ in Woiwurrung language of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.

On behalf of Heathmont College, we would like to note that since the dawn of time, the sacred land on which our school is situated Always Was and Always Will Be Wurundjeri land. We would like to pay our respects to the traditional custodians who are guardians of this land, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, and we acknowledge their Ancestors, Elders, Youth and Children; past, present and those of the future within their community.

We recognise the many diverse and ongoing living cultures of all First Nations people of Australia. It’s with appreciation we see their perseverance, strength and value their deep continuing spiritual connection to Country, Community, Animals, Skies, Stars and Waterways, as they belong to the oldest living culture in the world. The Heathmont College community is dedicated to embracing First Nation’s history and cultures by fostering respectful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people built on co-operation and trust. We all come from different places though we must work together on this shared learning journey to enrich our understandings and celebrate First Nation’s people and their cultures.

This land was never ceded, it Always Was and Always Will Be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land.