Junior School Highlights
Year 7 Highlights
On Tuesday 30th April, we had our Share Our Success afternoon. This is where primary school teachers come to see how their former students have transitioned into Year 7. The Share Our Success afternoon was rewarding for both the teachers involved as well as the students. Primary School Teachers and Principals were delighted to see how their students have grown in both abilities and confidence.
The students listed below were asked to write their own speeches for the day to showcase their experiences at Glen Eira College to date. We were so proud of the quality of these speeches including the organisational skills involved to develop them and the delightful sense of humour displayed. We also had performances including singing from the vocal classes and a solo on the saxophone from a student who had not picked up an instrument before starting at Glen Eira College.
I would like to take this opportunity to once again thank these students for getting out of their comfort zones and doing such an excellent job.
Lauren Gilfedder 7E
Poppy Dry 7E
Lambros Argiriou 7D
Eve Gascoigne 7B
Chris Lew 7B
Elly Berhang 7C
Natalie Duieb 7A
Jackson Colless 7E
Kristiana Vasilakopoulos 7D
Lily Skinner 7G
Bennie Howell 7B
Lila Hamilton 7C
Nathan De Blanpre 7F
Aleksandar Galloway 7E
Hanako Gunton 7E
Harshitha Meenakshisundaram 7B
Oliver Sallay 7B
Liam Mischel 7E
We are proud of our Year 7 accomplishments in all the different aspects of the curriculum. In 7A, Seif El Shorbagy had an outstanding accomplishment with his sporting prowess. Seif competed against other students from around Australia in the Australian Championships in Sydney and managed to achieve a placing of
9th in Shotput, 9th in Javelin and 5th in Hammer.
Well done Seif and good luck in your future sporting endeavours.
Sue Rio & Daniel Lake
Year 7 Coordinators
Year 8 Highlights
The Year 8 students have been very busy getting involved during the past month. We would like to congratulate our Year 8 boys lawn bowls team for competing at the state championship: Eli McNamara, Khang Nguyen, Rudi Hudson, Oliver Gill and Ed MacLeod-Smith.
Well done to all the Year 8 students who joined our team for this year’s Active April. An honourable mention to Olivia Colletta and Amiya Panwar for finishing in the top 20 people on our team board for the most amount of hours logged. We encourage all Year 8 students to continue making time to keep active, particularly as the cooler months approach!
Finally, we would like to thank the Year 8 students involved in many aspects of making this year’s Open Night a success: Anaelle Micciche, Harriet Rowsell, Anjana Sivaraman, Charlee Lowe, Alexandra Wood-Freeman, Sophie Kiss, William Wong, Jim Short, Harry Chen, Bhrugu Patel, Kayla Fox, Candice Roxas, Freya Matthews, Ines Gotmaker, Rusha Shah and Jay Trickey. We are so proud of your initiative and very grateful for your involvement in the evening.
Charlee Cowley & Laura Baker-Goldsmith
Year 8 Coordinators
Year 9 Highlights
As usual the Year 9s have attended the Year 9 Program with aplomb. They have kicked off the term by learning about the faults and the positives of Australia’s political system. Additionally, the Year 9s also cordially welcomed guest speakers from ANTaR who spoke about the rights and reconciliation issues concerning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
A special mention to Jett Wheildon, who was recently given permission to paint Prahran Skate Park. The work is stunning and I look forward to seeing your next piece. Another special mention goes to Jasmine Korkou who, during the holidays, was given the lead role in a play at Nuwo Theatre.
Brenton Hale
Year 9 Coordinator
Indigenous Land Rights
On 1st May the 9A, 9B and 9C classes were greeted by two guest speakers from ANTaR, Sam and Bridget. They were here to give a compelling presentation about Indigenous Land Rights. They started the talk by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land, the Kulin nations: the aboriginal people of Melbourne. They gave us interesting facts straight away without wasting time and showed us a video about the Bunurong land council in today's age and how they still continue their old traditions.
Then we learned about the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country and their culture. They told us about Bunjil and Waa, the creators of the earth and land in the eyes of aboriginal people of Victoria. We learnt some interesting facts like Melbourne used to be called Naan, we live in the Woiworung nation. There were 700 tribes in Australia and the people up north in Queensland and the Northern Territory, communicated with the people in Indonesia and some aboriginal languages have similarities to Indonesian languages due to the fact that they communicated and traded supplies and resources with these people.
Sam then took the stage and said some facts about Traditional Land Rights and the Victorian Settlement Acts. The Victorian Settlement Act listed traditional practice and went to court many times before a law came into effect allowing Indigenous peoples to do their practises and claim national and indigenous land if it has not been used or populated without the lengthy and expensive court process. Not soon after, we were informed about the Victorian Treaty Process that came into place in 2016. This is not something that is largely not know because it's not in mainstream media due to the complexity of the Treaty.
Bridget then explained the Principles of the Victorian Treaty. In Victoria alone there are 38 language groups and 300 clans. The Treaty then created the Aboriginal Representative Group. The remaining clan Elders gathered to support the Treaty process. Aboriginal Victorians called for a structure of Aboriginal people for the 38 nations of Victoria. The First Nation Assembly has helped the Treaty with 27 elected seats and 11 seat reserved for formally recognised traditional owner groups which will also include six voting regions to ensure every part of Victoria is represented equally. All aboriginal people aged 16 and over are eligible to vote, but what surprised most people was that the Treaty has not been underlined and what it will do to affect everyday life.
Then at the end, we had a pop quiz which we got various prizes like stickers, mini-maps of Aboriginal Australia, wristbands and for two lucky students, t-shirts.
Kobe James
Year 9