LANGUAGES
LANGUAGE TESTIMONIALS
Minister Merlino recently launched Language Testimonials which promote the benefits to students of learning a language. The online resource comprises 20 video testimonials – 4 by principals and teachers, and 16 by past students of languages in Victorian schools talking about how learning a language at school has impacted positively on their personal and professional lives.
There are several relating to French and Indonesian which are particularly insightful for our students. All of the testimonials can be viewed via the following link:
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/principals/curriculum/Pages/languagepromotion.aspx
LANGUAGE PEFECT
World Championships
As mentioned in the previous newsletter, Lilydale High School students have excelled in the latest Language Perfect World Championships.
More than 300,000 students participated in this competition and twenty-five of our students were in the top 3% of the global results.
Corinna Toumasiou again made the top 100 list globally and nationally, coming 58th in Australia and 83rd in the world. Corinna, Damian Armstrong and Jessica Clark have earned Elite Awards by accruing more than 10,000 points during the competition.
Each year we hope to improve on the results from the previous year, and this was certainly true for 2015. The students attained 103 awards in this year’s competition which is an increase on the 81 awards in 2014.
Corinna Toumasiou, Damian Armstrong and Jessica Clark achieved Elite Awards, gaining over 10,000 points. Anjana Kandel, Jet Har, Ben Ahale, Derek Villaceran, Noah Parsons, Katelyn Radmanic, Georgia Laven, Lachlan Ahale, Emma Wilkinson, Lilly Smoel, Emily Barling, Bradley Cooper have earned Gold Awards.
Corinna Toumasiou was the top student for Greek and will receive a Gold Medal from Education Perfect as well as her Elite Award for scoring 18,432 points.
Damian Armstrong, Gold Medal for Fijian, and Lachlan Ahale, Silver Medal for Fijian.
Ben Ahale received a Bronze Medal for being the third highest scoring student for Samoan.
These students have backed up their previous performances, as they were also top scorers in these languages in the 2014 competition.
Lilydale High School Year level Language Award Winners are:
French
Year 7 Derek Villaceran
Year 8 Jessica Clark
Year 9 Corinna Toumasiou
Indonesian
Year 7 Georgia Laven
Year 8 Jaymie Peters
Language Perfect Winners
https://www.educationperfect.com/c/#LPWC2015;type=2;offset=50
ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS
Fundraising for 2016 French Sister School Study Tour
The twenty places for the French tour are quickly being filled. There are still several places available, so those students who have yet to pay their deposits should submit their form and deposit immediately or speak to Dawn Collins, Business Manager, to arrange payment.
Orders for Entertainment Books will cease at the end of the term, Friday 26 June.
The Entertainment Book, and the Entertainment Digital Membership, are your guide to the most popular restaurants, attractions, shopping, travel and more, all with valuable up to 50% off and 2 for 1 offers.
Please use the on-line payment option if you would like to purchase one for $65, with $13 of this amount going directly towards the costs of the 2016 Tour to France.
WEP STUDENT EXCHANGE
Learn and Discover the World
WEP Australia is a not-for-profit student exchange organisation registered with the Education Departments in NSW, QLD and VIC.
Applications for short and long-term programs commencing from November 2015 onward are open now.
Students can choose from over 25 countries to live with a volunteer WEP host family and attend an overseas high school for a summer, semester or year.
To request program information for your family, visit www.wep.org.au, email info@wep.org.au or call 1300 884 733.
Sharon Stoyanoff
Head of Languages