News of Old Collegian Groups

Mornington Peninsula Friendship Group

Twenty-four members enjoyed lunch together once again, relishing the opportunity to get together. It was a pleasure to be able to organise the lunch, knowing that it would happen! Although there were not as many

in attendance as in November, our group is growing in both size and fellowship. Those who responded that they couldn’t join us this time expressed their eagerness to make future lunches.

We were delighted to welcome Principal Cheryl Penberthy who spoke about events, happenings and changes at the school, including news about the new uniforms. The age range attending the lunches continues to cover a broad range of school leaving years from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Our next lunch is planned for Wednesday 22 June. This will be a fund raiser for the Helen Hayles Memorial Scholarship Fund. We welcome any Old Collegians, whether you live on the Peninsula or not. As we discovered during the lockdowns, the Peninsula is considered to be part of Greater Melbourne.

Those who live here may not entirely agree! We are always looking to welcome new members, so if you would like to be included in our emailing list, please contact either: Jan Kirchner (Morrison 1963) on 0418 550 446 or lemonjam.lj@gmail.com or Pam Booth (1959) on 0438 907 701 or gagabooth4@gmail.com

Geelong Group

On Tuesday 19 July 2022, the Geelong Branch will be celebrating its founding 72 years ago in 1950. They will be holding a special lunch in Geelong and the Principal, Mrs Cheryl Penberthy, will be attending.

Invitations will be sent out to Old Collegians already on our mailing list.

Any Old Collegians who have recently settled in the Geelong/Bellarine area who would like to join us, please ring President Anne Parton (Donaldson 1955) on 5241 9344.

North East Old Collegians’ Group

After needing to cancel two meetings last year due to COVID restrictions we were pleased to be able to meet for the first Lunch of the year on March 2nd. This was held at King River Café at Oxley with 20 Old Collegians present. Two Melbourne members were also able to be with us.

We were delighted to meet Principal Cheryl Penberthy who joined us for the occasion. Cheryl spoke about her early life and her journey to becoming Principal of our wonderful school.

The next lunch is scheduled for June 1st and will be held once again at King River Café. As this will be 60 years since the Benalla group began, we are planning to make it a special celebration. We have one original member who is still able to attend, who has some interesting stories to tell about the catering disasters that occurred at times!

If you live in the NE area and would like to join us at the next meeting, please email Judy Cuddon for details: jcuddon@outlook.com

Judy Cuddon (Clezy 1957)