Middle School Report

Middle School News

As the Term ends I reflect back on all the opportunities the Year 7,8 and 9 students have had this Term. There have been extra activities for learning in the classroom such as study skills, there have been incursions and excursions to enhance the learning of the curriculum. The students have had the opportunity to experience extra – curricular activities such as sport and the Production and they have also had the opportunity to support the school community with events such as Cultural day. Term 4 is also a busy term, so I hope all students have a good rest, take the opportunity to take self-care time, and not spend too much time in front of technology.

Middle School Leaders

The Leaders have had a busy Term, running events for the Year levels such as Dodge Ball, Kahoot competition, getting the recycling bins organised, supporting events such as Cultural Day and Colour Run and finally stepping up when tours of the school need to take place. Next term will also be a busy term for the students, please keep an eye on the activities that are running.

Alpine School Students

Last week I had the opportunity to visit Ika and David at the Alpine School – Gnurad Gundiji in the Western District. I was very proud as a teacher seeing the boys present their Community Project to all the other schools and their Liaison teachers. The pair talked about the experiences they had faced, what they had learned about life in general and had a lot of time for self reflection on themselves and how the experience gave them an opportunity to be leaders. The two represented the school very well. Well done!

Year 7

In the last two weeks the Year 7 students have been very busy completing CAT’s, competing in inter-school sports and presenting at the music performance. All the students have been supportive of each other in these areas and have improved over the time. Congratulations to the Girls and Boys basketball Teams who will be going to District Sport

Year 8

Like the Year 7’s the Year 8’s have been very busy completing their STEM project and presenting to their classmates. The cohort have also been out on sport. The Year 8’s had a very successful day on Monday with the Medieval Day and by all accounts the students had a good time experiencing dancing, games, costumes that were around at that time.

Year 9

The last group of the cohort have had the opportunity to visit Monash Tech School and look at Health and super humans. It has been a very good opportunity for the Year 9 students building the STEM program from Year 8 and establishing knowledge of the Health sector in Year 9.

On the 11th of September, the Year 9 Urban Connection students went for a Homeless excursion to Anglicare, Big Issue and Hosier Lane where the Youth Project centre and its fundraising shops are.

Students had the privilege to listen and speak to Chris de Paiva, Anglicare Homeless Support Team Leader and Parish Partnerships. We gained an insight of the cause of Homelessness in general and the social and economic needs surrounding the issue both individually and politically. 

At Big Issue, students participated in an immersive workshop gaining a better understanding of how it would be like to be marginalised and excluded when one is put into the unfortunate situation of homelessness. We also had the honour to listen to guest speaker who was once Homeless and found the Big Issue where he was able to rebuild his life again.

At Hosier Lane, we were able to see how the organisation like Youth Project develop a self funding effort in providing the basic needs of the homeless. In that lane which is covered wall to wall with exciting and ever changing street art lies two shops to raise funds and in-kind help for the homeless which includes an op-shop and a 'pay-it-forward' cafe.

It was a successful and fun day for all. We have not only enjoyed the good day out with new knowledge but also a fresh sense of social awareness. This excursion has also made us think about how we can further create more awareness in the wider community through possible social action in the ways of givings and fundraising effort.

(Mr Khairi Razaii)

Have a safe and enjoyable break.

Regards

Mrs Melissa Robinson

Middle School Leader