Report on Middle Years (& Dolphins!)

Central Aust Trip

Information Session for the Year 9 & 10 Central Australia Immersion and Community Service Project Camp.

Date: Wednesday 18th May

Time: 6:00pm

Venue: G7 (in GCC Building).

James from GET Tours will be presenting and we will also hear from a staff member and students who attended the trip last year.  They will also be there to answer questions you or your child may have.

Dolphin Swim for VET

VET Sport & Recreation

As part of our Vet Sport and Rec curriculum we were required to organise a day of activities that incorporate all 4 sectors of the Vet Sport and Rec industry. Each group was able to choose their sector – either fitness, sport, community or outdoor recreation.

The fitness session included running, push-ups, burpees and tuck jumps on the beach. After that a group led a sport session where we played touch rugby and volleyball on the beach. We then walked into town, saw the lighthouse and pier and bought lunch from the local shops.  

As an outdoor recreational activity we chose to do a seal and dolphin swim in Queenscliff and were given the incredible opportunity to swim along side seals and dolphins along with other extremely fun activities onboard our boat. This was such an amazing experience and it was really great to see everyone out of their comfort zone doing something different. The instructors onboard were really informative and taught us quite a bit about the outdoor recreation industry, and more specifically the ups and downs of seal and dolphin swims. They all made sure we had superb time and it was really good to be able to learn in such a unique and adventurous way. 

Leyla Araci & Owen Terrens – Year 10

Engineers with Borders

Engineers Without Borders visited Northcote High School last week.

The Year 10 Environmental Engineering STEM class were lucky enough to have an incursion with EWB. They held two workshops with the students tackling real life problems in our world and learning about Engineering pathways in the future. The class are now designing a renewable energy powered watering system for our vegie garden and orchard that were both designed and planted by previous students in the subject.

Young Changemakers Program – Session 2

On Monday the 18th of April a group of year 10's went to the second session of the Young Changemakers program with The Inner North Community and Community Bank on Queens Parade. We shared our research on the 3-4 charities we had chosen in small groups. We decided on our top three charities within our group and shared them with everyone else. We then went through a process of deciding on our top three charities overall. We heard about each charity and then voted on which ones we thought we could help the most. The charities we selected were the Fitzroy Learning Network, YSAS and the Refugee & Immigration Legal Centre (RILC). We also chose St Mary's House of Welcome as a back up. 

The Inner North Community Foundation is now contacting the first three charities asking them to apply for grants with what they could do with the money we are going to give them (a share of $15,000).

Overall it was a good afternoon. We learned about lots of different charities and about what others are passionate about. We also got some more food, which was one of the most popular highlights from the last meeting.

Esther Bentley & Violet Tolhurst (Year 10)