Other School News

Vera Dudas

Multicultural Community Liaison Officer

Multicultural Committee News

This term is progressing with a myriad of events on the go and the Multicultural Committee’s second and final meeting for this term will focus on updates of the program for the opening ceremony at NGSC’s annual Multicultural Festival on Friday, 25 October, 2019.  This year’s theme is ‘Generations’.  The festival is one of the biggest cultural events at North Geelong Secondary College, when our school community comes together in harmony to celebrate our diversity.  The day will begin with an opening ceremony from 10:00 am to 10.30 am with a parade of cultural costumes, entertainment and guest speakers. To go with the theme of ‘Generations’ we encourage all ages of community members, families, parents, carers, friends and students to dress in cultural costumes and join in the opening parade.  The festival will follow from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm with activities, food stalls, amusement rides, sport, entertainment and much more. The traditional cake stall is back, once again, and will offer homemade desserts and an assortment of cakes. Watch this space for more information.

Our next Multicultural Committee Meeting will be held on Monday, 26 August  at  lunch time, 12:45  pm to 1:30 pm.  Feel free to contact the school for more information or join us at  the meeting.  We would be very grateful for your contribution and you will not be disappointed.  The meetings are very productive and delightful refreshments are provided.

Tina Doyle

Student Wellbeing

The Mobile School Dentist is coming to North Geelong Secondary College

The Mobile School Dentist is coming to North Geelong Secondary College. Mobile School Dentist is one of the largest mobile school dental organisations in Australia.

Our Dentists and Dental Therapists are AHPRA registered and accredited health professionals.

All Mobile School Dental staff are Working with Children and Police checked and our vans have state-of-the-art equipment.

Our service is free to your school and we provide dental care to eligible students under the Medicare Child Dental Benefits Schedule. There are no out of pocket costs to families.

We understand certain children may not be eligible, therefore we confirm individual eligibility before our visit and contact parents to offer a discounted private option if they see fit.

We provide FREE bio-bamboo toothbrushes to ALL participating students.

The Mobile School Dentist will be at NGSC from Monday, 14 October, 2019.

Consent forms are being sent home to parents/carers this week.

Please return consent forms to school as soon as possible so students can be booked in.

Luke Scott

Teacher

Chess

Chess at North Geelong Secondary College is growing. Every Thursday during lunch student’s go to the Library to play each other or challenge a teacher to a game. Students challenge Mr Doyle or Mr Scott for a game with the promise of a free lunch if they win, so far no lunches have been bought. The numbers are increasing each week with new players coming along who already know how to play or are just keen to learn the game. We are building a strong Chess community at school and are continuing to grow each week. The school recently purchased more Chess sets to accommodate the number of students who are playing each week. 

On Tuesday, 13 August, Sally Wong and I had the privilege of accompanying 11 Chess players to the Geelong Interschool Chess Tournament held at the Vines Road Community Centre. Our students were great ambassadors for the school. We won more than half our games against some fierce competition, from both public and private schools. Unfortunately, at the end of the day we did not make the next level, but were oh so close. 

Linda Castle

LOTE Teacher

International Student Program

For the past two and a half weeks, NGSC has been hosting a group of 15 students from Japan. These students chose to come to Australia during their school summer holidays to improve their English and experience life beyond their normal horizons.

They have joined our students in their regular schedules and also experienced Geelong and Victoria through excursions to Torquay, Narana Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Melbourne Museum and the State Library of Victoria. They have also had many interesting experiences through their host families who opened their homes to these students and shared their daily lives. Our host families also took great care to show our visitors more of Australia outside of school hours.

They have learnt a great deal over the past 18 days and shared some of the things that surprised them, that they liked, and that they learned while in Australia.

Yui

“I really enjoyed the natural environment feel. Everyone was really friendly and very kind. The dingo pups were very cute. The baby wombat was even more cute. I was really impressed by the amount of freedom in classes. I could not believe how much Australians use computers and iPads. It is impossible in Japan. The houses are really big in Australia.” 

Karin

“I was surprised by the way Australian schools use whiteboards not blackboards. We only use blackboards and chalk in Japan. The volume of food at meals was very large. The classes have a lot of freedom. I was surprised by how many homes have pets of all kinds - dogs, cats, birds. Everyone has been very friendly at my home stay and at school. My host mother has been really kind.”

“The land in Australia is very large and flat and there are great views. There are many animals. There are many kinds of people. There were lots of people of tattoos. Many foods are very big sizes and very cheap. There is farmland very close to the road. I like Australian beef.”

Go

“Australian people are very tall. Australian people do not eat much breakfast. There is not much traffic.”

Nana

“Movie theatre chairs are so big. Australia has so many handsome guys. Bottled water is very expensive.”

Kureha 

“Your blood alcohol content can be above absolute zero and you can drive surprised me. I can see cows and horses and sheep on the way to school. The way Australians eat hot chips is different. I really liked fish and chips.”

Mitsuki 

“In Melbourne there are many skyscrapers, but go just a little away from the center and all the buildings are single storey. Everyone goes by car everywhere. Koala fur was more soft and fluffy than I imagined, and very cute.”  

“There is a lot of grafitti. Australian people are very kind.”

“I was surprised that there is a Chinatown everywhere you go in the world. The colossal squid was amazing. There is so much in Melbourne to see.” Mr Cool Sunnies

“There is a great amount of freedom in the Food Technology classes. Compared to my school in Japan accepting exchange students, NGSC was more open.” 

“Lunch time, everyone is outside playing, having a great time. Everyone has been really kind and anytime I did not understand something in class, the people around me would explain it clearly and carefully.”

“Australian school system is very different to Japan. You have electives.”

“I was surprised that you have Breakfast Club.”edfjlk