Middle School

VALUE CHAMPIONS

In Middle School, our passion is to develop faithfully devoted servants of Christ. On a regular basis, we love to celebrate our VALUE CHAMPIONS; the people who live out our values on a daily basis.

Well done to the following students:

Faithfully Honouring Commitments (Matt. 25:14-30) – It’s about being faithful in the small things.

Chloe Gung (5F) faithfully honoured commitments by diligently completing her homework each week.
Anjali Malik and Owen Chen (5S) have been extremely diligent with their classroom responsibilities
Emily He (6C) always completes homework to extremely high standard
Andrew Beovich (6L) asks questions on the social stream when not sure of something to complete tasks to the best of his ability and on time.
Alvin Motet (7C) always applies amazing effort to his writing assignments.
Daniel Farmer and Aruvi Gopesh (7C) are very “switched on” and always know where they should be up to with work, and what they should be working at. If they are unsure, they will ask immediately! They listen well in class, and hardly ever need anything repeated.
Hei Hei (7H) is consistently organized and brings his materials to every class

Devoted to Growth (1 Tim. 4:14-15) – It’s about seeking the small improvement one day at a time.

Pablo Lopez (5F) has been devoted to growth in regard to improving his writing. He has shown a great attitude to learning.
Ethan Yang (5S) gets down to work quickly and helps his team to focus on their work
Louis Sun (5S) has taken feedback on board and applied his skills to difficult tasks
Tom Bolwell (6C) asks questions to improve in his work
Josh Weldon (6L) using time well inside and outside of class to learn his new skill for his Passion Project
Evangeline Wong and Kevin Zhang (7C) Putting in the extra effort to be on time for school every day
Hei Hei (7H) works studiously in all classes
Jai Malhotra (8C) has been actively taking on feedback on his work and on the example he sets to other students. He always works towards improvement at all levels!

Servant Heart (1 Peter 4:7-11) – It’s about taking action to add value to others.

Allirra Romney, Bea Connolly, and Sam Cheung (5S) have been putting chairs down for the class in the mornings out of pure helpfulness
Gabriel Lim (5F) has shown a servant heart by volunteering to bring the first aid kit to swimming each lesson. This was his own initiative.
Joshua Bishop (6L) cheerfully volunteers to help teachers hand out notices, carry things, or deliver things to rooms.
Hannah Chard (6C) for consistently helping out both students and teachers without being asked on Year 6 camp
Daphne Broomhall (6C) opening the door for everyone every day of swimming this term
Kate Courtis (8C) is always ready to help and can be trusted with any errand.

Keep up the great work!

Mr Lee

Head of Middle School

YEAR 6 CANBERRA CAMP

This term we went to camp for 5 days and 4 nights. My highlights of camp were AIS (the Australian Institute of Sport), the free time in cabins and a few more. At the AIS we did 3 sports-volleyball, hockey and European handball. Then we had free time in cabins when we got to play board games and have fun. We also watched a movie Kung Fu Panda 3 - it is a really good movie.

Anya Zhang

Year 6 camp in Canberra was probably my favourite camp ever. We went to heaps of places such as Parliament House, the AIS, The War Memorial and QuestACON. On the first night we went to the top of one of the hills and looked out over Canberra in the pitch black. You could see all the street lamps illuminating the outline of Parliament House and the top of the War Memorial. It was pretty amazing! I had two main highlights, one of them was Questacon. At Questacon there was 8 rooms and they each had a different theme. Room 1 was full of robots whereas room 8 was neon themed and you had loud music. I think it was most people’s favourite because it had a free fall slide. You had to dangle over a ledge and hold a bar while the staff member counted to 3 and then you let go and dropped vertically down. Most people stayed in that room the whole time. One of the rooms had a giant glowing model of the moon in it (it was ginormous). You could sit on one of the beanbags and gaze at it. My second highlight was the War Memorial. We got to see a sound and light show in the Vietnam War exhibit. After the sound and light show we went on a tour. The tour guide took us to see the grave of the unknown soldier. We looked at the Roll of Honour and toured the WWI exhibit. Seeing the Memorial made me realise just how brave our soldiers are, and how dangerous and horrific their job really was.

Hannah Chard

This year for year 6 camp we went to Canberra. It was a great trip. Friendships grew and new friendships came alive. We visited the Parliament House, AIS, Museum of Australian Democracy, Questacon and more. In the five day trip we learned lots. We had a long 10 hour bus trip. My personal highlight on the overall trip was bonding with the whole grade and definitely souvenir shopping.

Eugene Tu

This year's camp was great and we went to Canberra. The 10 hour bus ride was kind of boring but it was ok at the end. The food was great and for the first time, we actually had a fan in our room. My favourite place was the AIS. We got to play lots of sports and play a lot of simulators. I had a great time at camp, and I had lots of fun.

Scott Bass

Year 6 camp has been the highlight of my year so far. We did lots of fun things and learnt some cool stuff. We went to Parliament House, the AIS, Questacon, the War Memorial and lots more. We also did fun stuff like a movie night, games night and bowling. We went to Parliament House on the first day and we were amazed at how big it was. I had imagined it to be maybe the size of an office block but it was way bigger (and cooler!). We went inside the two houses of the Federal Government, the Senate and the House of Representatives. We got to sit in the public viewing area and the tour guide told us what everything was and what they were used for and we got to ask questions. My highlight of the camp was definitely the AIS (Australian Institute of Sport). We had a tour of the courts and gym before having a sports experience. During the tour, we went to the volleyball court, the basketball court, the netball courts and the gym as well as the martial arts studios of boxing, judo and taekwondo. We even got to see the Australian netball team (the Diamonds) training. After that, we had sport experience where we rotated around doing European Handball, Volleyball and Hockey. It was really fun and I would love to do it again.

Sidra Dharmadasa

CHUHULY CHANDELIER IS INSTALLED!

After many, many hours of student work using many plastic bottles (thank you again Mr. Grant), it is finished! This Recycled Bottle Chihuly Project by the 2018 Year 7 students celebrates community and aims to reflect joy, colour and the Glory of God.

It also invites the viewer to ask questions.

Firstly - How many bottles did it take to create the artwork? The challenge was set!

A competition was held for all students to visit the artwork in the first few weeks of term and guess the number required to make the artwork, then submit their entry.

The two top guesses and winners were:

1st Prize - Mrs Jones (Library) who guessed 473 bottles.

2nd Prize - Christine Kim (4V) who guessed 450 bottles.

The correct answer is 478 bottles.

Thank you to everyone who entered and to my amazing husband for making it all safe!

Keep Creating!

PRIMARY CHESS WINNERS

Well done to our Primary chess team for coming in third place today. There was only 2 points difference between 1st and 3rd, so a good contest.

The winners from left to right.

: Allysa Kong, Zachary Lim, Joseph Cho and Joshua Deng

CSEN CHESS TEAMS

Left Photo

The left hand side photo is the St Andrews secondary chess team who came in 4th in the CSEN chess competition. Names from left to right: Noah Low, Kevin Wang, Nicholas Kho and Irena Tan

Centre Photo

St Andrews players who came in second place for the Primary CSEN chess competition today 13th March. Names from left to right: Julian Bernau, Joshua Liu, Joseph Cho, Nathan Miao and Zachary Lim.

Right Photo

The Right hand side photo is of all those who participated in the Primary School competition.

EXCURSION TO HANGING ROCK

Fieldwork is an important skill that provides a wonderful opportunity for students to study Geography outside the classroom. It is a fundamental aspect of Geography to engage students and develop a deep understanding of geographical processes and inquiry skills.

On 18 March, the Year 8 students went on a fieldtrip to Hanging Rock, following the completion of the topic, “Mountain Landscapes”, in Term 1. The aim of this field trip was to investigate the natural and human changes in the Hanging Rock region.

While at the location, students were actively engaged in observing the environment and recording their observations about the natural features as well as management techniques. In addition, they also took photographs and drew annotated field sketches at the various sites to present as evidence in their reports.

It was a glorious, sunny day, and in addition to learning firsthand about mountain landscapes, students had great fun climbing to the summit, and appreciating the spectacular views of this amazing landform.

Rajes Krishnan

Y8 Humanities Teacher

WAI WAI'S AMAZING CAKE

St Andrews has a master chef in the making - Wai Wai in year 8. She loves to cook especially pastries.

For those of you who are drooling, Wai Wai's cake is a Vanilla choc chip cake, covered in white ganache, chocolate ganache and yummo chocolate tid bits - AMAZING!

CSEN SWIM CHAMPS

Our Primary CSEN swimmers finished a respectable fourth place - the copper medal place position!! We had no Grade 6 swimmers as they were away on school camp – so well done to all involved! The St Andrews sports academy is well and truly moving toward the 2028 Melbourne Olympic games that are soon to be announced??!! Thanks again for your ongoing support !

HELLO FROM CHINA

Hello everyone

A quick update from China! Caleb has been on tour with "School of Rock" now for five weeks, with eleven more to go in China. We have just moved to Beijing this week, after a month in Shanghai. The show is going very well - the Chinese audiences are very enthusiastic and vocal. It is interesting hearing them laugh at very different aspects to a Melbourne audience! The performances are in English, with Mandarin subtitles on screens at the side of the stage.

Caleb and the rest of the cast are working very hard - there are 8 performances every week, and Caleb is on for 7 of them. His understudy goes on once a week, but Caleb stays in the theatre on standby. They also complete 10-20 hours of tutoring each week - all up it equates to about 45-55 work hours each week. A big load for 12 year olds! He's enjoying performing, and it is wonderful watching his skills improve so much. The cast are getting better and better all the time. Caleb is coping well, but he misses home, and gets tired. It has been so invaluable having the family here for him.

I am enjoying being part of the tour group - getting to know the adult cast and crew, and learning from the best in the industry. I have so much to tell our theatre students when I return!

We have been getting out for some sightseeing when we can - our time belongs to the company really, but we're squeezing some in, and learning how to live in China. My little blonde daughter, Amy, is very much admired and we are asked for photos a lot. Caleb is also asked for autographs often.

Please keep us in your prayers, and especially Caleb. He will be starting the hardest leg of the tour soon, moving cities each week. Thank you to those who have sent messages of support - they mean a lot.

Karen