Middle School

City Experience Program

Parent Information Night

Just a reminder for all Year 9 Parents and Guardians,

We are very excited about this year’s City Experience program. Held over the week of 11-15 September, students will spend the full week travelling to and from the city. During the week they will develop independence, confidence and time management skills as they learn to navigate their way around the Melbourne Central Business District. They will engage with a variety of programs designed to expose the students to all facets of city life.

The City Experience Parent Information Night is on Thursday 24th August at 6.30pm in the school hall. All parents and guardians are encouraged to attend. Due to limited space in the hall, students are not required on this night. The students will be preparing for City Experience during InterGREAT classes the week before City Experience.

Please contact me if you have any questions. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Virginia Watson

InterGREAT coordinator

From Mr Tucker

Term 3

Students have had a busy and exciting beginning to the term.  Large numbers of students have been involved in a range of extra-curricular activities such as production, music, sport and beginning the course selection process for 2018.

There are a number of key dates upcoming in the near future, so please refer to the list below to ensure students and parents are aware of these and other important information.

Wed. 23rd August:      Year 8 into 9 Student Course Selection closes

Wed. 23rd August:      Year 9 into 10 Student Course Selection input

Thur. 24th August:     Year 9 City Week Parent Information Evening  (6:30pm)

Wed. 30th August:      Parent Teacher Interviews  (12pm – 8pm)

Mon.  4th September: Year 10 Formal  (Linley Estate)

Mon. 11th – 15th September: Year 9 City Week

Sat. 16th September: Year 10 Central Australia Tour Departs

I hope students have begun the term by working hard to achieve excellent results across their studies. It is also important to remember with so many extra-curricular activities currently occurring, students must be responsible in completing any work from classes they may have missed.

Year 10 Holocaust Excursion

Year 10 students recently attended a Holocaust excursion as part of their English program. Below are some student accounts and learning experiences from their day:

During our visit to the Melbourne Jewish Holocaust Museum, we were given lots of interesting and saddening facts about the Holocaust. We were given a tour of the exhibits by guides who had either been involved in the Holocaust, or had some family who had been, and we also heard the personal story of Abe who had been sent to Auschwitz in 1944. I was inspired by Abe’s need to teach people about the Holocaust and to keep a legacy of the events, even though it seemed painful for him to remember some parts of his history.

Mark Reynolds

The visit to the Holocaust Museum was certainly something to behold. After learning so much about the tragedies of WW2, facing it through a personal account felt surreal and like it complemented the learning unit very well. Speaking to David the Holocaust survivor is something I will protect in the archives of my mind, as his story is nothing if not a phenomenon and something that should be cherished. 

Jacob Hargraves

I thought that it was a very intriguing and moving visit; it really made me think about what I had and how grateful we should be for what we have today. The thing that stuck with me the most would just be seeing how the prisoners of Germany in WW2 were treated, they were treated like animals. It was truly horrifying but created a desire within my classmates and I to do well. I believe that everyone should be grateful for what they have now and how we should all respect each other and accept each other without hostility or violence.

Declan Caldecoat

The trip to the Jewish Holocaust Museum in Elsternwick was long but it was worth the wait. The tours we experienced and were involved in were quite intriguing and left me wanting to learn more. Most things I experienced throughout this experience was new and really hit home to me about what happened over 50 years ago. The most important thing I took home from the experience was that there is only one race, the human race. The experience ended with Abram (Abe) who was one of the founders of Jewish Holocaust Museum as he recounted his story of his experiences during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a traumatising event and really makes you think and feel sorry for those people and their experiences but the real thing that it makes you question how one human being can do this to another human being?

Daniel Smith

Matthew Tucker

Middle School Leader