Bendigo Special Developmental School

15/10/2026

🎉 A little reminder for tomorrow! Don’t forget your celebration dress-up clothes as we celebrate our SWPBS Platinum Award! 🏆 We can’t wait to celebrate with everyone at assembly!

13/10/2026

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Join us to celebrate Bendigo SDS receiving the Platinum SWPBS Award! The platinum award is the highest recognition of the SWPBS framework implementation in Victorian schools. Our whole school community is welcome to dress in their celebratory colours or clothes!

12/10/2026

12/10/2026

12/10/2026

07/10/2026

TERM 4 IMPORTANT DATES

03/09/2026

Reminder for tomorrow! 
A little update for this year’s Footy Colours Day parade.

Our parade will be starting just after 12pm this year, a little later than usual, due to senior school student attendance at swimming in the morning session.

We welcome you to come along and join in! 😊

14/08/2026

Bendigo SDS book week Parade!

12/08/2026

Perspectives: Strengthening Practice Through Reflection, Wellbeing and Trauma-Informed Education.

Last Friday, our staff came together for Staff Professional Development time, focused on reflection, wellbeing and strengthening our practice through trauma-informed education.

We were excited to welcome Kabinga Mazaba from Melbourne as our guest speaker. Kabinga’s session encouraged some wonderful introspective thinking through storytelling and a guided reflection, giving staff the opportunity to pause and consider what makes us dedicated educators and what drives us in the work we do with our students.

This provided a meaningful lead-in to our ongoing work with Dr Anne Southall and the Reflective Circle Education Model, moving from personal reflection into thinking about how we can support meaningful change in practice.

This work forms part of our ongoing research partnership with Dr Anne, Lindy and the research team at La Trobe University, exploring how reflective practice can support and strengthen trauma-informed education.

We’re excited to continue this important research partnership into 2027, building on the work we have started and continuing to learn, reflect and grow together.

It was a valuable day of professional development, reflection and connection, and a wonderful opportunity for our staff to invest in their practice and in the work we do to support our students.