WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING (2 of 3)
OUR STUDENTS SHINE IN THE EP INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGES COMPETITION
BY ELENA AGACHE (FRENCH TEACHER)
It has been a really exciting and rewarding period for our French Department. Between Tuesday, 5th May and Tuesday, 12th May 2026, our Secondary students represented our school in the Education Perfect Languages Competition, showcasing their language skills on the global stage.
The competition brought together 1,623 schools across 39 countries, creating an exciting international celebration of language learning and cultural connection. Australia claimed 1st place overall, with Victoria topping the leaderboard. Our students demonstrated great determination and teamwork throughout the competition, answering 153,498 questions and earning a total of 63,308 points. Their efforts helped our school achieve impressive results, such as finishing 13th overall for French in Australia (out of 658 schools) and 1st for French in Victoria in the 251–500 students category (out of 58 schools).
Individually, our students achieved outstanding success, earning an impressive amount of awards in recognition of their dedication and achievement, including:
1 Elite Award
4 Gold Awards
4 Silver Awards
5 Bronze Awards
18 Credit Awards
To celebrate these fantastic accomplishments, every student who earned more than 500 points received a personalised certificate along with a selection of exciting prizes, ranging from European chocolates, café vouchers, and gift cards. A special congratulations goes to our highest achievers: Alicia S (Year 8), Mahaliah K (Year 10), and Riley Jubb (Year 11).
Félicitations à tous! You have made our school community incredibly proud!
PRIMARY CSEN SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP'S
BY SIMON BROECKER (PRIMARY SPORT COORDINATOR)
On Tuesday, 5th May two boys teams and one girls team competed the the CSEN Primary Soccer Championships at Bundoora Park (Home of the Matilda's).
Boys Teams were wearing the 'newly' purchased soccer shirts looking sleek and professional. Weather was mild but we didn't have the typical wind experienced in previous year. It was a busy fixture with many games throughout the day.
Students competed hard but fairly representing the school with pride and integrity.
Our girls team made it through to the bronze medal match scoring late in the match to sneak a 1-0 win. Similar our Boys 'Black' team made it through to the bronze medal match after an intense quarter final winning in a penalty shoot off, unfortunately just falling short of a medal. It was a great day had by all.
Many thanks to the parents who attended supporting our teams and to the staff that came along on the day.
10 AG SCIENCE EXCURSION
BY JACKIE EASTWOOD (SCIENCE TEACHER)
Recently a group of year 10 agricultural science students went to experience a working farm. We had a great time, with wonderful weather and fantastic learning opportunities.
Below are dome comments from the students:
"Chesterfield Farm was a fun and unique experience. We learnt countless pieces of information about farm animals as well as farm life, better yet we got to learn things hands on, such as milking cows, drenching sheep, and handfeeding the animals. Chesterfield farm has a large variety of animals not only around the farm, but in their nursery. One of my favorite parts of this excursion would have to be getting to be up close with the baby animals such as, calves, sheep, goats and even smaller mammals like guinea pigs and bunnies. This experience was one I’d definitely like to have again." - Jasmine
"Our Agricultural Science class went to Chesterfield farm. The first thing we did as a group was drench sheep (which means to deworm them by squirting the liquid in their mouths), although we didn’t use the real stuff and instead used water as a substitute. After that we all took turns milking a cow, before they showed us how fast it was when they used a machine. It took only a few minutes for around 18 litres to be milked from it! After that we went and fed some of the animals. The goats tried jumping through the fences to be fed and a donkey bit my hand (Note from Mrs Eastwood - the student was ok!). We ended the day with a tractor ride. Overall it was a fun experience." - Tobi N
"Our trip to Chesterfield Farm was not only educational but also great fun, with many hands-on experiences, including learning to drench livestock and even milk cows. The best part was having free range to walk around the farm and feed all the different animals, especially in the nursery." - Evalina.
On 14th May, the Agricultural Science students also visited 'Speciality Trees' at Wandin. Students were inducted on a tour of the farm by Hamish, learning about the farm's journey towards being organic. We were shown the growing of trees by automation, thus caring for the people who worked on the farm. Back at YRTS the students visited their green houses and took part in a learning game online to grow the most vegetables.
