Year 7, 8, 9 News

Year 7

It has been an excellent Term 1 where most year 7 students have been able to create their positive niche at Cranbourne Secondary College.

Some of the highlights have been Camp experience, team building in most subject areas, swimming sports, getting to know the school through Discovery class lessons, and setting long term goals for the year. 

Please check your child’s long-term goals on Compass Insight and go through a few GRIT & Growth Mindset language used in class and let us all reinforce similar Growth mindset terms at school and home.

Year 8

Congratulations to the successful Class Captains and SRC representatives for each year level. To those students who missed out this year, there are many ways you can be a leader at school, in the classroom, the yard and with your peers. I encourage you to continue to try for an official leadership role, while displaying those leadership qualities throughout the year.

Year 9

Connect cup

Term 1 has seen an exciting start to our Connect Cup. The year 9 classes are competing in the Connect Cup on a Monday during period 5. The classes have all chosen team names and have their own class colour. The classes compete as a team to win points for their class. Some activities they have completed are making the longest paper chain, creating the tallest tower, a range of team building challenges and a harmony day trivia.

Each term the winning class will be awarded a prize and at the end of the year the class with the most points will be awarded the Connect Cup trophy.

BE WISE: Self-defence class

Our year 9 cohort was able to engage in a self-defence class that aims to teach and assist the students to gain vital life skills. They hope to empower students to make positive decisions in their lives so they can take control and live a more fulfilling life. Wise self-defence is all about understanding power. We have physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, financial, environmental, linguistical and intentional power. The education of WISE Self-Defence is all about harnessing your power and making a difference in your life. The students enjoyed learning about Fiona’s life and story.

Pat Cronin Foundation:

Students listened to the story of Pat Cronin and learnt about the worst possible outcome of social violence. It was a thought-provoking interactive presentation, where they heard real and relatable stories about social violence. This presentation addressed anger and aggression, choices and consequences and strategies to defuse conflict. After listening to Pat’s story we hope to help students make wise choices.