Junior School Highlights

Year 7 Highlights

A massive Glen Eira welcome to the five new students in Year 7 who are already fitting in seamlessly; George Liu, Joshua Emptoz, Jasmin Weisberg, Daniel Bromley and Ebony Ryan.

 

Amazing effort from the  students who won the Academic Excellence Awards for Semester 1 and an equally impressive effort by the students who won the Academic Endeavour Awards for Semester 1.

Congratulations to the Year 7 Boys Soccer Team who won 4 - 1 against Cranbourne Secondary College in Southern Region Preliminary Finals. The following boys are off to the Southern Region Finals:

Zac Palatsides

Matis Lambert

Igor Dubrovski

Raphael Nicolas

Lee Swiatlo

Maxime Eysseric

James Robbs

Jess Whiteman

Arki Zakkas

Gus David

George Fetsis

Iliya Zolotarev

Dusty Silawan

Ethan Danon

 

Lastly well done to all the Year 7 students who participated in this year’s school production, and what a show it was. The following students were a part of the cast:

Harriet  Rowsell

Ella Dry

Izzy Keusgan

Lihee Ashkar

Rudi Hudson     

Yvette Lipovetsky

Georgia Immerman

Ella Carmeli-Wolski

Rayne Harari

Olivia Colletta

Hayden Cormick

Mandeiya Green

Alexandra Wood-Freeman

Raphael Lazarus

Anaelle Micciche

Eve De Blanpre

Freya Matthews

Orleanna Murray De Brossard

Erin McNaughton

Susi Staples

Kayla Fox

Parmis Abedini

Lulu Schori

Nicole Mazis

Mila Bowman

Shira Reznik

 

And the crew:

Angel Ortell

Kreepa Bhusal  

Ines Gotmaker 

Max Walker-Adair

Roni Segal          

Evelyn Krelle     

Bella Campbell 

Isabel Conrad-Stewart  

Eloise Ng             

Sophie Kiss        

Jason Scott        

Jemma Willingham         

Max Kais

 

Mathieu Givogue

Junior School Leader

Year 8 Highlights

As usual there has been a lot happening in Year 8 with no shortage of highlights from both inside and outside the classroom. 

We have welcomed four new students to the Glen Eira College community: Alana Pergl, Jackie Smith, Lizzie Strutt and Hayoung Kim. We wish them a smooth transition into Glen Eira and look forward to them being successful members of the school community. 

 

Congratulations to the Year 8 students who helped make the 2018 production of  Little Shop of Horrors one of the best the college has seen. There were a number of Year 8s who had roles in the cast and crew. See the performing arts section for a more detailed report on the production.

 

Towards the end of term 2 8A, 8B, 8C & 8D were involved in a projected-based learning program run by the Australian Council for Education Research. The program was part of a wider research project aimed at developing capabilities like collaboration, critical thinking, creative thinking, and research skills. The focus of the project was the humanities subjects but it also incorporated cross-curricular activities. The feedback we recieved from the students involved was that is was a stimulating and exciting project to be a part of and it was great to see students being challenged in different ways. 

 

Finally, the Year 8 boys soccer team defeated Cranbourne 4-1 to qualify for the Southern Metropolitan Finals to be held in August. We wish the following students all the best in the next stage of competition:

 

Aran Pinsky

Michael Mints

Michael Linardakis

George Pappas

Marti Casanovas

Lucas Vaidie

Haddi El Shorbagy

Daniel Schauder

Aiden Tsui

Truong Tran

Yoni Chul

Ben Dolidze

Baptiste Mazuel

 

Daniel Mulligan

Year 8 Coordinator

Year 9 Highlights

We have so many talented students within our Year 9 cohort this year. Recently we had our school production of Little Shop of Horrors, which included several Year 9 students in main roles. Well done to those students involved and I hope that we see you next year for another fantastic, talent filled show. 

 

These students included:

Ben Matthews

Jasmine Shaw

Liam Ben-Moyal

Lottie Hudson

Aimee Harris

Alannah De Jesus

Georgia Wood-Freeman

Chhavi Goel

Marcus Georgiou

Preyanshi Shah

Gabriella Voges

Layla Carmeli-Wolski

 

At the start of term we had our Excellence and Endeavour awards which were presented at our weekly assembly.  Parents were invited along to join in on the celebrations and I was so proud of all of the students who were nominated and received an award on the day.  Progress reports are a good indication of how are students are travelling overall in all subjects. Students who have worked hard and show dedication to improvement have been awarded for their efforts. There will be more opportunities for students to gain awards this year at the end of year celebration awards in December.

We have Year 9 camp coming up soon, which will take place in term 4, week 3. This camp is called Rubicon Outdoor Education Camp, and will be available to only 70 students. It is really important that you register your interest as this is a first in best dressed camp. You must fill in a Google form which has been sent to you all. This camp is 5 days and will be a fantastic opportunity for all who would like to be involved. Please stay tuned for more information.

 

Sarah Mortimer

Year 9 Coordinator

From the Junior School Captains

On the first Friday of term 3 the Year 9s had their awards ceremony. During this morning, academic excellence awards and academic endeavour awards were received. The academic excellence awards are given out to students who have excelled across all areas of their study at school. The academic endeavour award is awarded to students who have put in their best effort across all subjects during the semester.

 

Speeches were made by Junior School Captains and Sheereen Kindler, the school Principal. There was also an award given out for community service. David Southwick was at the assembly to give this award out. This award was given to Ruth Gordon, the president of our college council for her amazing work she does for our school and our community. Overall the awards ceremony is always a great morning where we get to reflect on our successes and achievements.

 

Aimee Harris

Junior School Vice-Captain

 

After three fantastic shows, the GEC 2018 production of Little Shop of Horrors has drawn to a close. Throughout this journey over 6 months, the cast, crew and GEC community put together a show that was not only enjoyable to perform, but to watch as well. A huge thanks to Mrs Mortimer for making this amazing production come to life, and to all the teachers who gave up their time to contribute to and supervise the show, and we all look forward to next year’s production.

 

Ben Matthews

Junior School Captain

 

The production Little Shop of Horrors would not have been possible without the crew. Thank you for making everything possible, because without you it would be a pretty dull show. Congratulations on being part of something so special and helping out extraordinarily!

 

Jenna Casamento

Junior School Captain