Middle Years News

Award Assemblies

At the end of Semester One, we asked teachers to nominate two students from each class to receive an Endeavour Award.

The teachers thought carefully about who in their class excelled in one or more of the following points:

Commitment and effort to their school work
Continuous and regular attendance throughout the semester
Growth in their learning throughout the semester
Growth in their engagement throughout the semester
Willingness to help others with their work
Positive participation in classes and during remote learning
Displayed independence and self-motivation while completing set tasks
Seeks feedback regularly

Your Teachers and the Middle Years Team would love to congratulate those students who received an award for their subject.

Year 7 Awards

Year 8 Awards

Year 9 Awards

Year 8 - Sue Lawson - author online visit

On Tuesday 18th of August the Year 8's were lucky enough to have Freedom Ride author, Sue Lawson, present to us and tell us about how she wrote her award winning novel. We learnt about all the planning she had to do for the characters and the town before she could start writing, and about all her research into the Freedom Ride as well as life in the sixty's. It was also interesting to hear that she put all the old slang and swear words into the book so that it would offend people who read it, because that was what the aboriginals were called, and that was how they felt. I enjoyed hearing about how Sue Lawson wrote Freedom ride, how she didn't plan on have Mrs Gregory as a character, and how she rewrote and reread it so many times before it was published.

From Katelyn (8F)

Project Rockit - Year 7 & 8's

The Year 7 and 8 cohorts will be attending a series of four interactive webinars during Term 3, created and facilitated by the Project Rockit team. The presenters will be sharing practical strategies, real experiences and creative exercises to grow digital literacy. This will help the students to gain skills to maintain digital wellbeing, look out for each other online, take positive social action, and use tech for social connection. Project Rockit’s flyer is attached for more detailed information.

Year 8 Photography Competition

Please see below the entrants and winners of the Year 8 Photography Competition. Congratulations to all who participated

Middle Years Competition

Are you getting enough exercise??

Starting on Friday the 14th of August, the Middle Years Captains will be running a competition encouraging students to take a break from screens and to get out and increase how much exercise they are getting!

They are encouraged to record their running, walking and bike riding activities. To do this they will have to download either Nike Run Club or Strava Apps. These apps are free and will record each time they either go for a run, a bike ride or a walk.

Nike Run Club is specifically a running app, whereas Strava can record all 3, so it is up to them, which app will suit them best!

This week, to encourage the students to begin, we are looking for them to record their most creative route. They are required to take a screen shot of their route and send to either their Level Leader or Ms. Butler. What sort of picture or shape will they make with their exercise route? (Example images above) Bonus points if they also share a picture of a creative face mask that they wore while exercising!

In a few weeks, we will be looking to see who has tallied up the most kilometres while they have been exercising starting from Friday the 14th August. This is to encourage the students to keep getting out there and maintaining good physical fitness and to take breaks from their screen.

Just remember, the Victorian regulations that are in place for Stage 4 Restrictions. They must wear a mask whilst exercising, stay within a 5 kilometre radius of your house, limit their exercise to one hour and can be with one other person or members of their household/parent.

Please encourage this competition and support the MY Student Leaders. Happy exercising!

Health and Wellbeing Captain: Sam Hirchauer

SRC Sustainability Captain: Sarah Golland

Kate Butler on behalf of the Middle Years Team

Middle Years Leader