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Mum's the word at SMC!
In the lead up to Mother's Day (Sunday 14 May) last week, we took the opportunity to reflect on our mums and the significant females we know and all they do for us.
A sincere thank you to all mothers, grandmothers and special friends in the College community who joined us on Wednesday 10 May for our annual Mother's Day Breakfast. We are blessed to have you in our lives!
Families from Kinder to Year 12 flocked to the College Green to take part in the celebrations, enjoying the chance to sit down and mingle together over a hot cuppa and egg and bacon roll before starting the work/school day.
Guests were also able to treat themselves to a range of lovely handmade gifts at a stall run by our Year 9/10 Future Entrepreneur students.
A special thanks to our wonderful helpers, including our Board members and Presentation Families representatives, who supported this much-loved event.
The Mother's Day festivities wrapped up yesterday (Tuesday 16 May) with the running of our Year 12 Mother's Day Breakfast.
Guests arrived at the Year 11/12 Common Room bright and early to tuck into a hot breakfast and put their general knowledge to the test with a fun Mother's Day themed quiz to get conversations buzzing!
Our Year 12 Prefects worked hard to raise money for their chosen charity, Be Hers, through a silent auction with a variety of items on offer, raising approximately $2,800.
Thank you to all our sponsors who very kindly donated items to the auction and for their support.
More photos from both events can be viewed in our online photo gallery here.
Ethics Olympiad
Four Senior School students, Estella Edwards, Madeleine Young, Chideraa Ndupu (Year 12) and Ava Schultz (Year 10) honed their powers of persuasion and critical thinking recently when they represented the College in the statewide Ethics Olympiad. The debate-like competition sees students respectfully and creatively discussing in turn ethical cases with opposing teams.
In preparation for the event, team SMC researched eight case studies on topics including 'Anger in Politics', 'Bullfighting', 'National Service' and 'Lookism'.
This year saw nine other teams from around the state competing, with our SMC team involved in heats with Guilford Young College, Scotch Oakburn College and The Hutchins School.
The students worked well together as a team and showed logical and lateral thinking in the ethical and moral issues discussed, presenting strong and insightful arguments.
Their hard work obviously paid off with the judges naming the team the most improved over the course of the day!
Congratulations and well done to the students for embracing this learning experience. The College is proud of your commitment to preparing for and participating in this event.
Students explore forest biodiversity
Our Year 11/12 Environmental Science students have been continuing their focus on biotic and abiotic data with an exploration of the dry and wet eucalypt forests of kunanyi/Mount Wellington.
Starting their journey in the upper reaches on South Hobart, the students then moved on to Ridgeway and Fern Tree, examining how different forest types are influenced by factors such as altitude, aspect, soil type, lights intensity and rainfall.
At each site the group collected a range of data and conducted line transects to measure the amount of biodiversity in each forest type. They also looked at the importance of decaying logs and tree hollows.
Karen Walter
Secondary Teacher
Year 8 Life and Faith
As part of their studies on Judaism, our Year 8 Life and Faith classes received a visit from Catholic Education Tasmania Education Officer, Leanne Prichard, who spoke to us about her pilgrimage to the Holy city of Jerusalem.
It was wonderful for the students to see photos of significant places in the old sector of Jerusalem, including the Western Wall, the Dome of the Rock and the Mount of Olives.
Leanne explained the connection between the major faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam and shared her personal experience whilst living in Jerusalem.
Leanne also bought in Jewish artefacts such as the Menorah, Kippah, Yad, Tallit (prayer shawl) and a Shofar (an ancient music horn).
The students demonstrated excellent knowledge of the beliefs, practices and rituals of Judaism and an understanding of the significance of the Holy City. They were very interested, engaged and asked insightful questions.
We appreciate Leanne spending time with us and supporting our learning in Life and Faith.
Fiona Chambers
Learning Leader of Religious Education