Our College wide approach to Service is centred around Justice for people and the world we live in.

Service learning

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Our students take charge to develop and run various fundraising opportunties, such as the Big Freeze event for MND.
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Various fundraisers are often held across the College, as our girls understand the value in helping those less fortunate
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Students participate in a variety of Service Learning experiences throughout the year, including this student-led thrifting fundraiser for Homelessness Week.
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Service is taught, encouraged and undertaken throughout the College, as demonstrated by our Junior Years, who recently raised money for native sapling trees to plant locally.
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Service Learning provides students with opportunities to take action in diverse ways, including raising native saplings and planting trees to support local revegetation and create habitats for native wildlife.
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Service Learning takes students beyond the classroom, with Year 10 students travelling to remote First Nations communities to develop their cultural understanding and contribute through service.
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We support a range of local organisations through various fundraising and volunteering initiatives.

Service at Seymour

Since our foundation in 1922, Crescam Ministrando – I grow by serving, has been our College’s motto. Service is ingrained within the Seymour culture and through various means of community service, donating, fundraising and daily actions of kindness, helping others is second nature for our girls.

From Reception to Year 12, Service Learning is embedded in the Seymour curriculum, informing our approach to teaching and learning.

We encourage our girls to consider that serving others is not just a transactional process, as the personal benefits gained from helping others are vast.

In the Early Years and Junior Years, there is a strong focus on fostering awareness around the needs of others at home and at school, as well as the environment. Our ‘I grow by serving’ subject reinforces these teachings for our Junior Years students, so by the time they reach Middle and Senior Years, our girls take every opportunity serve those around them.

A message from our Crescam Ministrando Captain and our Social Justice Leader

‘Crescam Ministrando – I grow by serving’ is a way of life at Seymour College, and one that has been offered to us from the very beginning. Through service inside and out of the College, we’ve learnt that leadership is found not only in large initiatives, but in everyday acts of empathy, patience and true care for others.

Service at Seymour extends beyond organised events and into the rhythm of daily College life. It shapes how we treat one another, how we listen and how we choose to act. Through service, we build new networks, gain perspective, and learn the power of using our voices, and our actions, to support and uplift others. In doing so, we are equipped with skills and values that extend far beyond our time at Seymour, providing a deeper understanding of the world around us. This mindset encourages us to approach challenges with optimism and purpose, developing a stronger sense of self and the confidence to step into the future with a commitment to making meaningful change.

As the Crescam Ministrando Captain and Social Justice Leader for 2026, we are passionate about continuing to build a culture of service that is engaging, accessible and driven by genuine purpose, inspiring a legacy of kindness, courageous advocacy and a community grounded in compassion and strength.

– Social Justice Leader, Imogen (left), and Crescam Ministrando Captain, Eva (right).