Striving for Excellence
Winners: German Film Festival
Competing against ten other schools including Private and German schools, Patterson River Secondary College won the prestigious Middle Years Goethe School Film Festival.
Congratulations to our brilliant students and Ms Scott for her tireless creativity.
Pictured winners. Left to Right: Zhar Bales; Brandon Mobbs; Sarah Curtis; Lachlan Delaney; Ms Tania Scott; Connor Hubble; Alvyn Jagonal; Jamie Wilson; Nilem Azemi; Aaryan Kulkarni; Ronald Rossiter and Alistair Chitty. Missing from the photo is Devang Krishna; Brandon Dwyer; Sian Ah Chong Mora; Matthew Jackson and Konstantine Nottas.
Spelling Bee
Amid much excitement, Year 8 students participated enthusiastically in the Spelling Bee held in the last week of October. A hard battle was fought to the very end between our two finalists with Bianca Carter being declared the Spelling Bee Champion and Steffanie Chenug Chin as the runner-up. Congratulations to all our participants for their outstanding efforts.
Finalist: Victorian Games and Apps Challenge
Patterson River has been announced as one of three finalists in the Secondary section of the 2016 Victorian Schools Games and Apps Challenge!
Congratulations to the following year 10 students for their innovative work titled 'Offline':
Jason Collins
Georga Newman
Natasha Thake
Kai Norris
The overall winner will be announced at the Education in Games Summit on the 7th November. Good luck.
Eiren Chamley - Dance
Congratulations to Eiren Chamley 11E for participanting in Yellow Wheel's pre-professional dance company during October. Her experience in the company allowed her to be at the forefront of contemporary dance practice for young people in Victoria. At PRSC we encourage the growth of the unbridled ambitions of talented young artists and connections to the professional dance industry.
Matt Clark (Teacher): Kona World Iron Man Championships
Matt Clark , former student and current teacher, finished in the top 100 in the recent World Iron Man Championships held in Kona, Hawaii. Matt completed the gruelling challenge in 9 hours, 21 minutes and 58 secondes to place 13th in his age group. Congratulations to a true Champion.
Mathematics Competition - Distinctions
Congratulations students who were awarded Distinctions in the ICAS National Maths Competition. Distinctions are awarded to students who achieve results in the top 10%. The students are:
Jack Clayton (Year 8)
Devang Krishna (Year 8)
Pranit Parashar (Year 7)
Kimberly Crombie (Year 7)
VCAL project helping the community
Two of our Year 11 VCAL students, Michaela and Jacqueline, have been running an event as part of their Work Related Skills program trying to raise awareness and collect much needed clothing for The Mums Supporting Families in Need Organisation.
The role of the organisation is to help women and children who are victims of domestic abuse by supplying them with clothes, shoes, toys, nappies and other essential items. Jacqueline and Michaela planned this event for four weeks and encouraged the junior year levels by making it a competition between each form group. They appreciate all the donations made by students and teachers.
Striving for Excellence?
We would love to hear success stories, whether they be school activities or personal endeavours out in the community. patterson.river.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au