Around the College 

Endeavour Rocketeers

The Endeavour eSports Team, ‘Endeavour Rocketeers’ have entered the Australian Rocket League eSports Competition for Term 3, 2024 AEL High Schools Cup! After weeks of intense practice at our weekly eSports club, our team was ready to face off in their first match last Saturday. 

We are up against 20 other schools across Australia, in Division 3.

 

 Match Days: Every Saturday (online)

 

 Tune in Live: Facebook: Australian Esports League

Twitch: www.twitch.tv/auesportsleague

 

Let’s cheer on our team as they compete in this exciting journey!

Satchet Singh

Digital Technologies Learning Leader

Australian History Competition Awards 2024

In May this year, History students from Years 7 and 10 participated in the annual Australian History Competition. More than 38,000 students competed in this national competition in 2024. I am pleased to say that student involvement at Endeavour has remained strong again this year. Participants had to complete fifty challenging multiple-choice questions in 45 minutes. The questions addressed historical knowledge by utilising source analysis skills and were graded from easy to difficult. 

Participation in this competition is voluntary. Twenty-nine Year 10 students chose to be involved, as did a record thirty-seven Year 7s. 

 

I am delighted to report that half of the participants achieved highly in the competition and received the following awards:

                                                                               

YEAR 10:

Merits: Paige Emery, Alexandria Fechner, Kayla Georg, Asher Harten

Credits: Kai Bodel, Eleanor Mattner, Philippa Smith

Distinction: Jaydon Albrecht, Hayley Cheng, Charlotte Dahlenburg, Charvi Sanan, Oscar Shivarev, Olivia Vasilev

High Distinction: Seth Garritt, Matthew Lea, Frances Whittle

 

YEAR 7:

Merits: Shaun Andres, Zahra Beattie, Ruby Georg, Chaise Hopkins, Mason Jewell, Liam Kowald, Damian Latini, Matthew Maloney, Campbell Mattner, Prabhveer Sidhu

Credits: Abigail Barden, Pavreet Kaur, Emma Meinel, Christian Ng, Matthew Spry, Edmund Whittle

Distinction: Eda Savov

High Distinction: Sora Bodel

 

The involvement of so many students in the AHC reflects the excellent work being done by our teaching staff to enthuse students in their studies of History. It demonstrates that they are progressing strongly in building their historical skills and knowledge.

 

Congratulations to the students who achieved highly in the AHC this year. A majority of these students were recognised for their achievements at a recent school assembly. All other entrants received certificates via their Care Groups.

 

We look forward to our continued involvement in this worthwhile competition in 2025.

David Thiele

History Learning Leader

World of Mathematics Incursion

On Friday 23 August, the Year 7 students 

experienced the World of Mathematics 

incursion. This is an engaging, hands-on, interactive workshop.

It offered an ideal opportunity for the students 

to see how mathematics is applied to everyday 

life situations. The students engaged with all 

the activities while exploring Mathematics in a handson environment. The students were 

encouraged to communicate their Mathematical ideas, work together to solve problems, and 

use their skills to answer puzzles 

in small teams.

 

This highly engaging session showed how important Mathematics is and how it is everywhere. Overall, the most important aspect of this workshop is that it showcased how much fun 

Mathematics can be.

Rod Dissel

Year 7 Learning Leader

Stage 2 Food and Hospitality Host the College Board

On Monday night, the two Stage 2 Food and Hospitality classes planned, prepared and presented a 3-course menu to our College Board. 

The theme of the evening was 'seasonal sensations' which students designed a fresh, seasonal menu that celebrated local South Australian produce. The Board were treated to dishes such a slow cooked lamb shanks, homemade prawn & blue swimmer crab pasta, arancini, fresh homemade bread and of course two incredible desserts! All students performed incredibly well and showcased their talents and skills as part of their AT2 Group Practical Task. We are very proud of their achievements and the high calibre of food presented to our College Board.

Renee Hutton

Food Technology Learning Leader 

Year 12 Health Expo

Yesterday, Year 12 Health and Wellbeing classes created the Year 12 Health Expo where Year 12 students ran informative and engaging activities with Middle Years students regarding relevant teenage health issues and concerns, such as: healthy relationships, sleep routines, positive body image, nutrition and healthy eating habits, stop/reduce vaping, stop/reduce gambling and responding to peer pressure.

 

Middle Years students commented on how this added to their Health and PE curriculum learning and how they would positively change their health behaviours based on this expo.

 

Well done to all Year 12 Health and Wellbeing students!

Lauren Dutton

Health and Wellbeing Teacher

Student Podcast:

Stories of Endeavour, Episode One

Have you ever considered a student exchange to another country? It takes a lot of courage to leave home and your comfort zone, but the rewards can be transformational regarding personal, academic, cultural, and social benefits.

 

At Endeavour in Term 1, three brave students travelled from Germany to attend a student exchange, and this is their story.

 

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