Tuesday, 6 February 2024

Broadmeadows electorate schools

Kathleen MATTHEWS-WARD (Broadmeadows) (19:09): (494) My adjournment matter this evening is for the Deputy Premier and Minister for Education. The action I seek is for him to join me on a visit to local schools in the electorate, including Glenroy College and the Northern Centre for Excellence in School Engagement. Parliament is back, and it is great to have the opportunity to speak about my number one priority: education. I thank the many schools who have invited me out to visit, and I take this opportunity to congratulate students who are recipients of awards I recently sponsored. As well as academic excellence, I wanted to recognise students who show qualities that we value and that the world needs more of, such as compassion and kindness to others, courage and perseverance, respect, community service and leadership and demonstrating innovation and initiative.

I would like to congratulate Jane, Lujain, Mohammed, Deema, Ziad and Fatima from Broadmeadows Primary; Mason, Nisa, Bilal, Aaron, Evie and Kerthi from Jacana School of Autism; Sumayyah, Nav-raj, Issa, Vanessa, Iman and Ahmed from Dallas Brooks Primary; Faiq, Sarah, Meliha, Romaisa and Ada from Fawkner Primary; Mariam, Jye, Bayinah and Elaa from Belle Vue Park Primary; Aiden, Tanatswa, Leyla, Sadhana, Samantha and Serena from Corpus Christi; Bailey, Julias, Regan, Moniska, Krisali, Bella, Aleena, Ayati, Misheel, Kribik, Krishmika and Luke from Glenroy West Primary; Jackson, Billy, Ben, Zac, Ali and Lewis from Hume Valley; Alfie, Ahmad, Ayvin, Rayanne, Leon, Michael and Manal from Westbreen Primary; Fatima, Jai, Aleyna, Samwell, Ryan and Meena from Hume Secondary College; and Fahmi, Alexandra, Matthew, Taylor, Adam, Ezel, Omar, Savya, Shayan, Liam, Fatima and Suhrab from John Fawkner College, where plans are moving really quickly on our whopping $14.5 million election commitment to deliver world-class science, technology, arts and food tech buildings and new classrooms.

Some schools chose their own categories, and I was so proud to visit Glenroy College and award Jez Jones the aspire award for commitment to inclusion, diversity and social justice; Aya the aspire award for community connection; and Helen the aspire award for women’s leadership in the fields of STEM. I also congratulate Glenroy College on the wonderful work they are doing in STEM. My colleague and neighbour the member for Pascoe Vale and I jointly sponsored the awards at Pascoe Vale Girls, and it was an honour to present the Helen Jackson award to Dion, the debating award to Elise, the community award to Sera and the perseverance award to Zahra.

At My College in Broadmeadows we celebrated growth, excellence and mercy, and I congratulate Adam, Hajar, Sarah, Zayn, Abdulhadi, Sireen, Telile, Zaky, Ishaaq, Shafiyyah, Zackariya, Hadeena, Fawzieh, Ismail, Samir, Hani, Alya, Muhammad, Neima, Aisha, Alisha, Ilham, Abdullahi and Yusuf.

The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! The time has expired. I ask the member for Broadmeadows to clarify the action for the minister, please.

Kathleen MATTHEWS-WARD: To visit my electorate and the schools in my electorate.