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Maths Competition
Congratulations to the following students who participated in the maths competition this year.
James Glasgow, Obie Adam, Oliver Daldy, Fionn Kennedy, Elwyn Carlile, Jessica Chandler, Lily Cook, Amy Ferguson, Alex Marney, Niamh O’Connor Smith, Ruben McDougal DiManno and Sidney Showell.
Well done to James Glasgow who was awarded a Distinction which placed him in the top 13% of the state.
Year 11 Drama
An enthusiastic and captivated, sometimes literally, group of students from year 7 -12, witnessed a truly awesome spectacle in an excursion to see the Pop Up Globe performance of ‘As you like it’, at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Friday November 10. Stage fighting , interactive scenes and the odd tooth into the front row made sure we were all on our toes for the duration, some two and a half hours, as we witnessed Shakespeare as it was intended to be performed, popular and mass entertainment. Our peasant viewing spots actually enhanced the experience, and these students will now have first hand knowledge of the power of The Bard, up close and personal!
A fabulous experience.
Darren Lowe- Drama Teacher.
Digit IT Program
Elwyn Carlile of year 8 was one of 60 people invited to apply to participate in the Digit IT program for 2018. This was because of her impressive results on both the Maths Competition and the Computational and Algorithmic Competition.
‘Digit is an awesome program designed to introduce students with potential to algorithmic thinking, coding and other aspects of ICT, and to encourage the continuance of ICT studies in senior secondary school and at tertiary level. It will combine two residential camps with a mentoring program over a six-month period.’
We wish Elwyn all the best with this exciting event.
Sharron Rossiter
Maths Coordinator
Year 7 Excursion
On Friday the 3rd of November, all year 7 students were invited to a community screening of the movie ‘Just Eat It’ a food waste story. We thank the Loddon Mallee Waste and Resource Recovery Group for providing the movie screening and buses and a huge thank you to the teachers involved.
Just Eat It, A Food Waste Documentary
By Sally Freeman-Smith,
Chloe Wrzesinski and Alina Greave
We arrived after a bus ride of trying to find a place that started with X, which finally resulted in us asking our Humanities teacher. We were then promptly kicked off the bus in town. Our journey to the town hall was just beginning, as it ended. We were there. We were introduced to two of the people involved in the prevention of food waste and the showing of the film. We sat down and began watching the film.
The documentary mainly focused on a couple who were trying to live off food that was wasted by other people and companies. They did this for six months. The couple went digging through bins and through fruit and veggies that had not been sold or where not good enough to put on market and came back with their fridges, freezes and pantries full and sometimes found boxes full of chocolate or massive bags of chicken. Though the film was American many of the facts still applied to our lifestyles. We learnt that we were wasting one third of the food we bought. Many of us were surprised to see just how much food we were wasting.