Let us Excel - Issue 19 - Friday, 19 June 2026

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College newsletter Issue 19 (Friday, 19 June 2026) for Cohuna Secondary College. Highlights include the Resilience Project (GEM: Gratitude, Empathy, Mindfulness) taught from Years 7-10, reflections on practicing mindfulness during busy school weeks, and messages to Years 10–11 after completing exams. Provides practical updates on timetable changes via XUNO, Year 10 work experience, Senior School items such as ATAR Notes free July lectures, VCE end-of-year exam timetable, and guidance for revision plans, end-of-semester reports, and the July study break.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLifestyle

FormatPDF

Pages4

Reading Time6 min

AccessFree to download

Senior School Update

ATAR Notes – Free online July lectures

VCE Examination timetable

End of Semester Reports

July Study Break advice

School Wellbeing

The Resilience Project

Practice Mindfulness

Other College Updates

Exams and congratulations (Years 10–11)

Timetable changes

Work Experience

Let us Excel Issue 19-Friday, 19 June 2026 6415 Murray Valley Highway, COHUNA VIC 3568 EXC ELLA MUS Cohuna Secondary College Child Safe contact is the Principal. If you believe a child is at immediate risk of abuse phone 000. The Resilience Project GEM=Gratitude Empathy Mindfulness is taught here at the college from Years 7-10. We have taught Resilience here for the last 5 years. We work hard to give our young people as many tools in their toolbox to cope with the vagaries of life! In the business of life, we need to stop, take a breath and mindfully move forward. Exams Practice Mindfulness. A mindful person can choose what they focus on. Mindfulness is the ability to be calm and present. It is the skill of giving permission for each of us to create space around us, so that our worries/issues/mind chatter doesn’t consume us. Think about that for a minute. With the amount of distraction that we all have in our daily lives, is it any wonder that we get caught up in all that we do, and sometimes lose our perspective on life in the process. Practising mindfulness is a gentle reminder for me and for all of us as we go about our daily lives. But, as we work in a school, I can only comment from what we do here. Thereis so much happening leading up to the completion of this term. For example, winding up for the end of the financial year; finalising assessments; marking exams and CATs; writing reports; identifying; discussing and using student data to plan for each young person’s learning; attending meetings including visits from senior DE staff; community commitments; sport; home life and I could go on. We need to stop! We need to find some time to clear our mind and be fully present in the moment. Congratulation to students in Years 10 and 11 for completing their exams. This is excellent preparation for Year 11 and 12 exams over the next couple of years. Each time an exam is done, it is a new learning experience. Learning from previous exam experiences, even if students don’t plan on sitting VCE exams in the future, is still invaluable in controlling emotions, concentration, focussing on a task for an extended period of time, patience and being in the present. A skill that is being lost in this fast paced, immediate gratification world we live in. Timetable There will be some changes to the timetable beginning next term due to changing electives in Years 9 & 10. The timetable will be accessed on XUNO and will be posted on the web. Work Experience Wishing our Year 10 students all the best for their Work Experience week. Work Experience is a great opportunity to experience a ‘day in the life’ (or in this case a week) of a potential future profession. Sometimes this experience cements a career aspiration and similarly, it can be a ‘light bulb’ moment of realising that this isn’t the career for them. 􀃕 Excellamus-Let us Excel Mrs Fiona Miller -Principal We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land, the Barapa Barapa people, on whose land we attend school. We pay our respects to elders, past, present and emerging, for they hold the memories, traditions and culture of the First Nations people of Australia. Senior School Update ATAR Notes – Free online July lectures ATAR Notes offer a large range of FREE online lectures during the first week of the July school holidays. Scan the QR code for the large range of lectures available – there are subject specific lectures, and others based on general advice regarding VCE, and University opportunities. You have nothing to lose by registering. If you register, you will get access to the recordings, or can attend live. To register, scan the QR code or go to: [https://atarnotes.com/lectures/vic\#available-lectures](https://atarnotes.com/lectures/vic#available-lectures) VCE Examination timetable Have you checked out the end-of-year exam timetable? [https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/administration/Key](https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/ad

FAQs

What is the Resilience Project and what does GEM stand for?

The newsletter explains that GEM stands for Gratitude, Empathy, Mindfulness, taught at the college from Years 7-10 as part of the Resilience Project.

What changes are coming to the timetable next term?

The timetable will change beginning next term due to changing electives in Years 9 & 10, and it will be accessed on XUNO and posted on the web.

What advice is given for the July study break for Year 12 students?

For Unit 3/4 (Year 12) students, the newsletter recommends mixing relaxation and study, including suggested time blocks of one week play/relaxation and one week study/schoolwork, tailored to each student’s goals and catch-up needs.

Sep 20, 2026

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