Head of House 

Remote Learning Competition Winners! 

During our second stint of Remote Learning, the Student Services Team ran a series of House-based competitions for students and staff. All entries earned House Points, with bonus points going to the winners in each category. Thank you to everyone who entered and supported us through this time, and congratulations!

SOC Bake-Off! 

Students and staff were required to bake their favourite meal, and include photographic evidence!

Senior School Winners:

1st: Emily Vincent (Grevillea) – Chocolate Sponge with Mascarpone

2nd: Anastasia Gesou (Grevillea) – Chorizo and Mozzarella Gnocchi

3rd: Anastasia Gesou (Grevillea) – One-pan Spaghetti

Middle School Winners:

1st: Meika Madar (Acacia) – Chocolate Cake with Blackberry Filling and Ganache

2nd: Neel Gera (Grevillea) – Vanilla, Strawberry, and Pineapple Sponge

3rd: Chaaya Sharma (Acacia) – Macarons

Staff Winner:

Mr Wong (Banksia) – A delicious loaf of bread!

Art Re-enactment!

Students and staff were challenged to recreate a piece of artwork at home, using any materials they had.

Senior School Winners:

1st: Nicole Gordon (Banksia) – “St Augustine”

2nd: Giorgia Oliynyk (Banksia) – “The Kiss”

3rd: Natasha Aldred (Waratah) – “Son of Man”

Middle School Winners:

1st: Stephanie Galanos (Grevillea) – “Green”

2nd: Nguyen Lu (Acacia) – “Hogwarts”

3rd: Yang Peng (Banksia) – “Weathering With You”

Staff Winner:

Mr Platenkamp – “Sunday Afternoon”

Song-Writing/Music Competition

We couldn’t run South Oakleigh’s Got Talent! this year, so instead students recorded themselves singing and/or dancing.

Senior School Winners:

1st: Sayako Kaburagi (Waratah) – Helios and the Snow Storm (original song)

2nd: Joker Li (Waratah) – I Seem to Have Seen You Somewhere (Xue Zhi Qian)

3rd: Annabelle Windsor (Waratah) – Forever Gone (original song)

Middle School Winners:

1st: Nguyen Lu (Acacia) – I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston)

2nd: Sophia Donnellon (Acacia) – If I Could Tell Her (Dear Evan Hansen)

Tim Columbus

Head of House (Banksia)

SOC Positive Education Plan 2021

As part of SOC’s commitment to Positive Education, the Student Services Team are in the process of planning for 2021. Positive Education combines academic learning with the development of character strengths to build student capacity of life-skills. Based on the science of happiness and well-being, Positive Education prepares students academically, socially, cognitively, and emotionally for the rigours of everyday life.

In 2020, teachers and students began implementing Positive Education practices through the Mentor Group program. Moving into 2021, these practices will move into the classroom and the wider school community. The focus for the year will be building on character strengths, being able to recognise our own strengths, and the strengths of others. Using character strengths as the groundwork, we will start focusing on building and maintaining positive relationships, celebrating achievements, and building positive health and resilience. Regular updates will be sent to students and parents via Compass newsfeeds and the College Newsletter.

Tim Columbus

Head of House (Banksia)

House Cross Country Competition

With the recent return to school, and given the limited opportunities for sport this year, we were able to organise our annual House Cross Country on Wednesday 11 November. This event was held on site at school for Year 7 – 10 students.It was fantastic to see the effort and enthusiasm shown by students who participated, with many teachers assisting on the day to enable the event to run smoothly.

Here is a list of results:

HOUSE RESULTS

1. Grevillea 286

2. Acacia 232

3. Banksia 231

4. Waratah 195

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS:

TERM 1 SCHOOL SPORT DATES

Senior Inter-school Sport: Monday 15 February

House Swimming Carnival – Tuesday 16 February

Intermediate Inter-school Sport – Tuesday 2 March

House Athletics Carnival – Wednesday 10 March

Junior Inter-school Sport – Friday 26 March

Jason Knee

Health & P.E Teacher