Year 8 News

The Year 8 Team would like to welcome students and families back to Term 2. Term 2 is a very busy Term at Year 8, with plenty of sports, extra-curricular activities and of course, Year 8 Camp to Phillip Island Adventure Resort.

Around Year 8 

Sports 

In the last three weeks, Year 8 boys Cricket, Boys and Girls AFL went out to Sale. All teams displayed great sportsmanship and our school pillars in the community, some even coming away with a win. 

LBU Hot Chip Lunch 

To begin the term, students who received an LBU of 3.5 or above at the end of Term 1 were awarded with a hot chip lunch. This has become a nice tradition to celebrate success. 

Classrooms 

Relationships & Resilience  

In R&R, Year 8s have been working on several skills and relationship building such as goal setting, identifying trusted adults at Kurnai and camp planning.  

Around the classrooms

My favourite subject right now is PE because Mr Mayo is a legend and we get to play golf sometimes – Taj Rennie 

My favourite subject right now is Maths because Mr Hallson is really fun and we play a lot of math games – Ethan Boka 

My favourite subject right now is P.E because it’s my favourite - Blake Kerrigan 

My favourite subject right now is Math because it’s easy and it’s fun to do - Addisen Russell  

My favourite subject right now is English because we are reading short stories – Vienna Moss 

My favourite subject right now is Drama because get to do fun activities – April Bielby  

Year 8 Camp 

This year, Year 8s will venture to Phillip Island Adventure Resort between the 24th-26th of June. Students will have the opportunity to participate many activities including giant swing, double flying fox, laser tag, high ropes, campfire cooking, team rescue, archery, mini golf and more!

‘Year 8 Camp was great and the highlight of the year. My favourite activity was the giant swing.’ William Bailey, Year 9 Student (attended camp in 2025). 

"Year 8 camp was phenomenal. The rooms were the nicest rooms I’ve seen on a camp, it was nice having your own bathroom in every room. As for activities, the Giant Swing was my favourite." Zoey Victor, Year 9 Student (attended camp in 2025). 

Consent for camp is on Compass now. Please consent to avoid missing out! 

KPAs 

As in previous years, we will be continuing the use of Kurnai Positive Acknowledgements (KPA’s).  

This is how each form tracked for Term 2 so far: 

8A: 209 

8B: 136 

8C: 256 

8D: 224 

8E: 267 

Contact Details

If you have any concerns regarding Year 8 students, please don’t hesitate to phone me on (03)5165 0600 - option 3 or email me at sarah.lewis@education.vic.gov.au

Sarah Lewis

Year 8 Team Leader