Senior School News 

Internationally Respected Chef gets Students Cooking  

A group of keen hospitality students in Years 10-12, as well as some students from Monterey Secondary College, had the opportunity to participate in a commercial cookery demonstration by Culinary Consultant and Group Executive Chef Darren McKinlay, from the JBS Hospitality and Events Group. JBS Hospitality and Events Group is one of Melbourne’s largest hospitality and event companies with several hotels, restaurants, bars, and cafes located in and around Melbourne.  

Students created a variety of pasta dishes under Darren’s expert guidance and were able to demonstrate their own skills in the process. This was an initiative organised by HeadStart in collaboration with Patterson River Secondary College as a part of their industry immersion experiences. Some of the students have been inspired to pursue careers in hospitality and two of these students are undertaking school-based apprenticeships in Commercial Cookery. 

For further information about the HeadStart program, contact our HeadStart Industry Coordinator, Mike Kavanagh on 0422 254 344 or mike.kavanagh@education.vic.gov.au

Year 11 students shine in their General Mathematics studies. 

 Isaac is not only a brilliant guitarist, he shows his mathematical dexterity with the CAS calculator constantly achieving outstanding results. 

Len (expert saxophonist), Jade (superb clarinet virtuoso), Meea and Yasmin easily piece together a Minimum Spanning Tree during a revision class on Networks. 

 Scarlett, Chantelle and Jaffar hard at work achieving excellence with the able assistance of tutor, Liam (affectionately named “Aaron” by Chantelle).  

Daisy leading the way with “Little Mermaid” star, Gemma. 

Students in General Maths this year have relished the opportunities to study the works of mathematicians and philosophers such as Renee Descartes, Leonhard Euler, William Hamilton and Karl Pearson in preparation for their Year 12 studies next year.