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 -25/10/2024

Term 4 is always one of the busiest periods in the school calendar with lots of celebrations and activities occurring, the days getting longer and the weather heating up. It has been, and will continue to be, a bit of a whirlwind right up until the final days of term. It is, however my favourite term of the year as there is so much happening and so much fun, joy and light and it goes so quickly! 

So far this term, there have been many excursions and sporting events and activities, we hosted a meet and greet with our incoming year 7 students for 2025 and their families, have also hosted a network transition day in the HOPE centre. With many events scheduled for the rest of the term, exams and step up programs for each of the senior cohorts, camps and excursions, the end of 2024 is going to be a busy time indeed! 

Student achievement

This week, our Year 12 cohort finished up their formal classes and engaged in a number of events to celebrate the end of their school journey. The celebration day on Tuesday was a fantastic and positive day in which they were able to come together as a group and with their teachers to celebrate all that they have achieved in their time at Heathmont College.

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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.