On Friday, 9 February, the College hosted our Opening Mass for 2024.

A tremendous way to usher in a new schooling year, gathering as a whole school with the opportunity to recognise the incredible opportunities available to us in, and reflect on what we want to achieve in 2024.

A big thank-you to Fr Frank Moloney for leading our Mass, and to Mr Nicholas Smith for coordinating the Mass.

Let's have a monumental 2024!

SBC Lifeblood team- Together we save lives!

Following the success of our 2023 blood drive, 2024 SBC Lifeblood team donations have started in earnest- in January 15 team members donated blood &/or plasma saving 45 lives!

Our semester 1 goal is 100 donation

if all current 136 team members make just one donation, we’d comfortably reach that goal!

For families & friends of the SBC community who are interested in joining our dedicated Lifeblood team and want to make a lifesaving donation, please follow the details below or email jwilkinson@sbc.vic.edu.au.

Looking forward to another successful year!
 

Can I donate? Are you 18-75 years old, healthy and weigh over 50kg? Find out if you can donate blood, and start changing lives:

Take the eligibility quiz

Where can I donate? At any Australian Lifeblood Donor centre, the closest to SBC is:

Lifeblood Airport West Donor Centre

93 Matthews Ave

Airport West

Vic 3042

Open hours:

Monday to Friday 7 am - 8 pm
Saturday to Sunday 7.30 am - 5 pm
Public Holiday Hours:
Open 7.30 am - 3 pm on Public Holidays unless otherwise stated.

Have a query or need help? Lifeblood or contact jwilkinson@sbc.vic.edu.au

Begin the career journey!

We’ve placed career resources in the one spot to make your son’s career exploration and research easier. Head to the mySBC - Careers page to explore their post school ideas.

There your son will find links to and information on:

- What they can expect in Careers in Years 9 to 12

- Universities and TAFEs

- Job Seeking

- Traineeships and Apprenticeships

- Bullseye Posters - discover occupations grouped by learning areas and skill levels

- Careers news and updates

- Upcoming careers events

The Careers staff at St Bernard’s College are here to assist students to identify and research post school options and to help with ideas for school holiday work experience. If you have a careers query contact the relevant Careers Advisor.

Years 10, 11, 12 Avila, MacKillop and 11/12 VM Students – Jo Miles jmiles@sbc.vic.edu.au

Years 10, 11, 12 McAuley, Nagle, Rice and 12 Baccalaureate students – Sarah Woodhouse swoodhouse@sbc.vic.edu.auV

The College is excited in 2024 to continue to offer academic and high excellence scholarships as part of our scholarship offering via the ACER Scholarship Test.

These scholarships are available to current Years 7 - 11 students and prospective Year 8-11 students wishing to study at St Bernard's College, if places are available.

All applicants must demonstrate a high level of academic excellence and achievement.
 

The successful applicants will need to demonstrate a willingness to participate fully in the life of the College.

The College will host the ACER Scholarship Test on two dates this year to ensure as many students are possible are given the opportunity to sit the test.

Please note a student can only sit the ACER Scholarship Test once per year.
 

ACER Scholarship Testing for 2025

Date 1 - Saturday 23 March, 2024 - Click here to register (Registrations close March 13, 2024

Date 2 - Wednesday, 3 April, 2024 - Click here to register (Registrations close March 20, 2024)* (First week of term 1 school holidays)

The 2024 Urban Experience program has started tremendously this week with our first group hitting the city.

We hope they enjoy their time in the city and have the opportunity to enjoy our vibrant CBD!

Ryans’ Route Service to ad from St Bernard's, 2024

Ryans provide the following services for the students of St Bernard's:

Morning:

8.05am: from Moonee Ponds Junction bus interchange to Essendon Station.

7.55-8.15am: Essendon station to SBC (several buses)

Year 9 students: 8.15am SBC buses from Essendon Station will stop at Combermere St for students to walk back to Aberfeldie St. The 467 bus from Moonee Ponds Station stops at the corner of Combermere and Alma Streets.

Afternoon:

Buses stop in the bus bays at the front of St Bernard's and are marked according to year levels.

3.05pm: Ruby/Hampton-Essendon Station (3 buses)

3.05pm: Ruby/Hampton-Keilor Park

3.05pm: Ruby/Hampton to Glenbervie Station. (2 buses)

3.15/20pm: Ruby/Hampton to Moonee Ponds Junction bus interchange.

Year 9 students: The regular 467 route service bus to Moonee Ponds station will stop at the corner of Alma and Aberfeldie St to collect students at 3.01pm and 3.16pm. For safety reasons, students are requested NOT to cross Buckley St to access Essendon Station buses. Main campus buses will not collect students from the year 9 campus.

As these are PTV services, students are required to touch on and off using a valid MYKI card. Students can also use our regular route service (465) via the Buckley St pedestrian tunnel. The “Journey Planner” app is useful for planning public transport journeys outside these services.