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Balcombe Grammar School
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EXCELLENCE AWARDEE:
A Team Tuition Secondary School
of the Year – Non-government
EXCELLENCE AWARDEE:
A Team Tuition Secondary School
of the Year – Non-government
www.balcombegrammar.vic.edu.au
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389 Nepean Highway, Mount Martha VIC 3934
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EXCELLENCE AWARDEE:
A Team Tuition Secondary School of the Year – Non-government
Balcombe Grammar School
Ross Patterson
Principal
A passionate and caring leader, Ross Patterson, during his five-year tenure at Balcombe Grammar School, has delivered significant improvements in academic performance, pastoral care programs, enrolment growth, policy and risk management, and staff engagement and wellbeing. He has also worked closely with the Leadership Team and wider community on infrastructure and strategic planning. Ross has a strong affinity for Balcombe Grammar’s Vision, Purpose and Values, as well as a close alignment with the key objectives of our Strategic Plan. His experience in, and commitment to, educating primary and secondary students in a co-educational setting has assisted the school in navigating the challenges of recent times and a rapidly changing world successfully.
Principal
Ross Patterson
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Ross Patterson
Principal
Leadership
Katrina Cole is the Blackham Environmental and Conservation Centre’s (BECC’s) junior primary/primary experiential learning educator. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Natural Resource Management at the University of Adelaide in 1997 and a Bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education at the University of South Australia in 1999. Katrina joined Trinity College in 2001 and, in her more than 21 years of service to primary education, has been nominated four times for a National Excellence in Teaching Award (NEiTA). With her extensive classroom experience, Katrina joined the BECC where her innate capacity for pastoral care has allowed her to effectively adapt the traditional early-years pedagogy to a nature-based learning environment.
Experiential Primary Educator
Katrina Cole
Katrina Cole
Experiential Primary Educator
Experiential Primary Educator
Katrina Cole
Katrina Cole
Experiential Primary Educator
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Katrina Cole
Experiential Primary Educator
Leadership
Katrina Cole is the Blackham Environmental and Conservation Centre’s (BECC’s) junior primary/primary experiential learning educator. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Natural Resource Management at the University of Adelaide in 1997 and a Bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education at the University of South Australia in 1999. Katrina joined Trinity College in 2001 and, in her more than 21 years of service to primary education, has been nominated four times for a National Excellence in Teaching Award (NEiTA). With her extensive classroom experience, Katrina joined the BECC where her innate capacity for pastoral care has allowed her to effectively adapt the traditional early-years pedagogy to a nature-based learning environment.
Experiential Primary Educator
Katrina Cole
A passionate and caring leader, Ross Patterson, during his five-year tenure at Balcombe Grammar School, has delivered significant improvements in academic performance, pastoral care programs, enrolment growth, policy and risk management, and staff engagement and wellbeing. He has also worked closely with the Leadership Team and wider community on infrastructure and strategic planning. Ross has a strong affinity for Balcombe Grammar’s Vision, Purpose and Values, as well as a close alignment with the key objectives of our Strategic Plan. His experience in, and commitment to, educating primary and secondary students in a co-educational setting has assisted the school in navigating the challenges of recent times and a rapidly changing world successfully.
Principal
Ross Patterson
Stephen Clayton is the lead experiential learning educator at the Blackham Environmental and Conservation Centre (BECC). After receiving his Bachelor of Applied Science – Natural Resource Management from Roseworthy Agricultural College, he spent the next 18 years working for NSW National Parks and the South Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service. With a passion for empowering others with his knowledge of our natural resources and cultural heritage, Stephen completed a Graduate Diploma in Education and joined Trinity College, where his love for nature and education coalesced. With a gift for building rapport with young people, Stephen now shares his passion for conservation land management and First Nations’ learnings with those students who visit the BECC.
Head of Experiential Learning
Stephen Clayton
A passionate and caring leader, Ross Patterson, during his five-year tenure at Balcombe Grammar School, has delivered significant improvements in academic performance, pastoral care programs, enrolment growth, policy and risk management, and staff engagement and wellbeing. He has also worked closely with the Leadership Team and wider community on infrastructure and strategic planning. Ross has a strong affinity for Balcombe Grammar’s Vision, Purpose and Values, as well as a close alignment with the key objectives of our Strategic Plan. His experience in, and commitment to, educating primary and secondary students in a co-educational setting has assisted the school in navigating the challenges of recent times and a rapidly changing world successfully.
Principal
Ross Patterson
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Located south of Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula, Balcombe Grammar School is more than just an educational institution; it is a values-based community that nurtures students to become future-focused individuals. The school has a growing reputation for its commitment to academic excellence, holistic growth and preparing students for the challenges of a rapidly changing world.
At the heart of Balcombe Grammar’s approach lies a set of core values that guide every aspect of the school’s operations. The values of compassion, confidence, curiosity, inclusion, optimism and respect are woven into the fabric of the school community, fostering an environment in which students learn from their interactions and experiences both in and out of the classroom. The school’s future-focused outlook, as highlighted in our Strategic Plan – 2020 & Beyond, equips students with the skills and mindset needed to navigate an ever-evolving world. Through innovative teaching methodologies, technology integration and forward-thinking programs such as Year 7 Journeys and Year 9 STRIVE, Balcombe Grammar ensures that students are not just passive learners but active participants in shaping their own education.
Balcombe Grammar stands as a beacon of values-based education and future-focused learning. It is a place where students are nurtured to be not just academically proficient but also socially responsible and forward-thinking individuals poised to make meaningful contributions to society.
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Beyond the portfolio benefits offered by IDIF, Invico stands out in the Canadian private capital markets as a leader in diversity and inclusion efforts. The firm is overseen by one of the investment industry’s few female CEOs, Allison Taylor, and is proud to have a majority-female workforce that includes a C-suite comprised of 60% women and an investment team comprised of 56% women. Additionally, as a member of the 30% Club Canada, the company promotes gender balance at the board and management levels of both public and private companies.
Invico is also deeply committed to the broader community and has demonstrated various charitable initiatives, including introducing a charitable matching policy and a separate volunteer hours policy to encourage staff engagement. This initiative complements Invico’s extensive charity work, which included donations to over 22 local and national charities in 2022.
Further, Invico offers extensive advisory support and boasts a dedicated nationwide sales team, which includes native French-speaking members that service both the exempt market and Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (“CIRO,” formerly the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada) channels. Invico is also pleased to provide an in-house Investor Portal that has garnered attention from other private capital funds, with three additional entities adopting it for their use. With the capacity to generate over 22,000 investor statements each quarter and manage upwards of 24,000 accounts, the Investor Portal is a key tool in managing investors’ portfolios from 11 provinces and territories across Canada.
Lastly, as the winner of the Alternative Investment Solutions Provider of the Year at the 2023 Wealth Professional Awards, Invico is well-positioned to further its mission of transforming the Canadian investment landscape.
Invico Capital Corporation (“Invico”) is an award-winning Canadian investment fund management firm that has been providing alternative investing and financing solutions in Canada and the U.S. since its inception in 2005. The Calgary-based firm offers a range of private debt, energy, and real estate financing solutions that assist corporations in pursuing strategic acquisitions, financing capital expenditures and growth programs, and supporting working capital requirements.
Invico currently serves as the Investment Fund Manager for six funds, including the award-winning Invico Diversified Income Fund, which seeks to generate monthly returns for unitholders through a diversified portfolio of high-yield lending strategies and energy working interests across North America. This investment strategy serves as the foundation for the Fund’s niche hybrid structure, which combines approximately two-thirds privately negotiated debt with one-third direct participation in oil and gas wells.
The success of Invico and IDIF’s strategy was made clear in 2022, with the firm’s assets under management (AUM) growing from $1.4 billion to over $2.1 billion and IDIF’s AUM rising from $342 million to over $424 million. Additionally, IDIF’s innovative investment approach achieved several milestones over a 12-month period, including the issuance of over 100 consecutive distributions, a record annual capital raise, the sale of a subsidiary business for over $51 million, which was returned to the Fund, and the announcement of four additional distributions above the targeted rate of return.
Beyond the portfolio benefits offered by IDIF, Invico stands out in the Canadian private capital markets as a leader in diversity and inclusion efforts. The firm is overseen by one of the investment industry’s few female CEOs, Allison Taylor, and is proud to have a majority-female workforce that includes a C-suite comprised of 60% women and an investment team comprised of 56% women. Additionally, as a member of the 30% Club Canada, the company promotes gender balance at the board and management levels of both public and private companies.
Invico is also deeply committed to the broader community and has demonstrated various charitable initiatives, including introducing a charitable matching policy and a separate volunteer hours policy to encourage staff engagement. This initiative complements Invico’s extensive charity work, which included donations to over 22 local and national charities in 2022.
Further, Invico offers extensive advisory support and boasts a dedicated nationwide sales team, which includes native French-speaking members that service both the exempt market and Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (“CIRO,” formerly the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada) channels. Invico is also pleased to provide an in-house Investor Portal that has garnered attention from other private capital funds, with three additional entities adopting it for their use. With the capacity to generate over 22,000 investor statements each quarter and manage upwards of 24,000 accounts, the Investor Portal is a key tool in managing investors’ portfolios from 11 provinces and territories across Canada.
Lastly, as the winner of the Alternative Investment Solutions Provider of the Year at the 2023 Wealth Professional Awards, Invico is well-positioned to further its mission of transforming the Canadian investment landscape.
Ross Patterson
Principal
Stephen Clayton
Head of Experiential Learning
Katrina Cole is the Blackham Environmental and Conservation Centre’s (BECC’s) junior primary/primary experiential learning educator. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Natural Resource Management at the University of Adelaide in 1997 and a Bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education at the University of South Australia in 1999. Katrina joined Trinity College in 2001 and, in her more than 21 years of service to primary education, has been nominated four times for a National Excellence in Teaching Award (NEiTA). With her extensive classroom experience, Katrina joined the BECC where her innate capacity for pastoral care has allowed her to effectively adapt the traditional early-years pedagogy to a nature-based learning environment.
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