Junior School Highlights
Year 7 Highlights
New and exciting things have been happening within our Year 7 cohort this term. The Mind Body and Pedal incursion provided a range of activities for students, including bike riding, yoga, Body Shop and the kindness effect. These activities enabled students to learn about the importance of wellbeing.
Congratulations to the Year 7 Girls Water Polo team. Bella, Olivia, Lulu, Rusha, Natasha and Lola came first in this event. It was a close game as the girls fought until the end.
On Monday 17th September, a group of students attended the Beachside Athletics sports. It was a day full of fun and competition. Congratulations to the following students for their wins.
William Wong
- 1st Under 12-13 Hurdles
- 4th 12-13 100m
Under 12-13 Relay 1st
- William Wong
- Jay Trickey
- Cameron McCutcheon
- Roanin Jackson
At the State Finals on Monday 22nd October the boys smashed their PB by 1.5 seconds coming 4th in the State U12-13, 100m relay! They showed great teamwork and motivation in training for their event which has paid off with a great "personal best time".
Students took part in the Relay for Life, which is an amazing 24-hour relay event that aims to raise money in order to help people with cancer. Communities from all over Victoria gathered to recognise and celebrate those who have overcome cancer or are undergoing treatment, as well as the people who care for them.
Bernie Coghlan and Delanka Peiris
Year 7 Coordinators
Year 8 Highlights
In Year 8 we had two students qualify for the School Sport Victoria State Athletics Finals. Haddi El Shorbagy defended his crown from 2017 and will represent the college in discus, javelin and shotput. Chloe Kaufman qualified for the discus. Congratulations to both students and good luck at the event.
A number of Year 8 students were involved in focus groups to help the college review teaching practices within the classroom. I'd like to thank the following students for providing valuable feedback on the teaching and learning practices at the college:
James Dimogotsi
Darcy Messenger
Maiya McLean
Masha Salsky
April McKay
Louis Ericson
Sukeyna Ali
Shai Varon
Jasmyn Roberts
Benwyn Desuyo
Emma Lightbody
Jett Wheildon
Congratulations to Penny McNeill who, out of around 700 entries, received a distinction in the 2018 Maths Talent Quest.
Daniel Mulligan
Year 8 Coordinator
Australian Geography Competition
Geography students from Glen Eira College tested their geographical skills and knowledge against students from all around Australia in the 2018 Australian Geography Competition.
We have a number of student geographers at our school who performed to a very high level in the Competition this year with James Mazis in the top 1% in the Year 9 level across Australia, 1 high distinction, 4 distinctions and 9 credits.
Congratulations to the following students for their achievements in the Australian Geography Competition.
James Mazis 9E – Top 1%
Patrick Hornby 9B – High Distinction
Elijah Briggs 9A – Distinction
Zakhar Zolotarev 9B – Distinction
Benjamin Matthews 9C – Distinction
Akash Prabhakaran 9D – Distinction
Rafael Bauchiere 9A – Credit
Carmelle Kent 9A – Credit
Omri Segal 9A – Credit
George De Bono 9B – Credit
Sophie Swiatlo 9B – Credit
Carmen Garcia Landeira 9D – Credit
Marcus Georgiou 9E – Credit
Georgia Wood-Freeman 9E – Credit
Over 72,000 students from 743 schools across Australia entered the Australian Geography Competition so the results give us an external benchmark as to how our students are going in certain aspects of Geography.
Melanie Mattsson
Head of Humanities