Wurrin News - Year 9

School for Student Leadership - Community Learning Project

Well done to Bairnsdale Secondary College students who have completed a ‘Community Learning Project’ as part of their stint at the Snowy River Campus School for Student Leadership.

Six students spent the first term at the Snowy River Campus and they were required to develop a project they could deliver when they returned home.

The students worked with a range of local community and school groups to develop a mural which represents the diversity and connectedness of their hometown.

Today’s unveiling at Boucher Hall was a proud moment for the students, teachers and parents of everyone involved. 

The mural will go on temporary display at the Forge Creek Theatre before returning to a permanent home at Bairnsdale Secondary College.

Congratulations to everyone involved.

-Darren Chester MP (Source: Darren Chester MP Facebook page)

Thank you to the below community groups for supporting our students:

• Bairnsdale Lions Club
• Bairnsdale Primary School (754)
• Bairnsdale Secondary College
• Bairnsdale West Primary
• Bairnsdale CFA Fire Station
• East Gippsland Art Gallery
• Gippsland and East Gippsland Aboriginal Cooperative (GEGAC)
• Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLaWAC)
• Lucknow Primary School
• Playful Paws
• St Mary's Primary School
• Victoria State Emergency Service (SES)

Melbourne Experience Day 1 -   

On Tuesday 13th August, we went on a day trip to Melbourne with the school. I went to the Aquarium. My favourite part of the trip was the Crocodile enclosure. I also really enjoyed the Nemo fish. I would 100% go on the trip again, it was good fun. My legs were so sore after the trip when I got home because of all the exploring we did.

-Year 9 Student

The Lume

The Aquarium

Melbourne Experience Day 2 -                                             MCG

Museum

Pat Cronin Presentation

On Wednesday 14th August, Aidan Phelan from the Pat Cronin Foundation visited the College to deliver presentations to our Year 9, 10 and 12 students on violence prevention. This is Pat's story: 

Pat will always be 19 years old.  He will never have another birthday, or play another footy game, or finish studying health science and physiotherapy under the scholarship he was awarded.

Pat went out on Saturday 16 April, 2016 for a few quiet drinks with mates after playing his first senior football match alongside his big brother. He wasn’t a fighter, it just wasn’t his scene. But when a brawl started to build outside the pub, being the loyal and caring mate he was, Pat stepped in to pull a friend away. It was then that Pat was punched in the head from behind. He stayed on his feet, checking all his mates were ok, but soon after he started to develop symptoms, had a seizure and was taken to hospital unconscious. 

Two days later, his parents made the agonising decision to turn off his life support. 

A quietly spoken, gentle natured young man with a fierce determination, Pat deeply loved his family and friends. His death has left a gaping hole in the Cronin family’s lives and caused devastation among his friends and the broader community. If this can happen to them, it can happen to anyone. Pat isn’t here to take care of his mates anymore, but we are. 

The Pat Cronin Foundation provides an optimistic voice and empowering approach to awareness, education and research—working with schools, clubs, community groups and young people to End the Coward Punch. They are here to honour Pat's life by helping young Australians make wise decisions so we can end the senseless violence that devastates families and communities. 

After school study sessions 

Study sessions on Wednesday and Thursday after school continue to be popular. Students are welcome to stay back after school and study with the help of many teachers available. 

Study sessions take place in the Malgobila LRC on a Wednesday and Thursday from 3.15 pm to 5.00 pm. All students from all year levels are welcome to attend.