School News
Melbourne Water Kids Teaching Kids
On Thursday the 22nd and Friday 23rd of October, 8 girls ( Lucy Skelton, Audrey Habib, Polly Jane Decker, Annie Umseher, Monique Burns, Natasha Montemurro, Claudia Junge and Thirumagal Arunachalam Elanthendral) from Year 7- 10 attended the annual Melbourne Water Kids Teaching Kids Conference. With the help of Mr Vance and past student Gina Handby, we presented a 40minute workshop twice to large groups of primary and secondary students on the first day at Etihad Stadium. The theme for the conference was “Water is Life”, so the workshop focused on water as well as renewable energy and what MGC was doing to look after the environment. After visiting other workshops and listening to inspirational talks by many different experts, we finished the day with a lovely hot chocolate! No plastic cups of course! Three of our girls (Claudia, Lucy and Thirmagul) were interviewed by Channel Ten's Mike Larkin (Weatherman) about our experience so far! The girls were interviewed live as part of the weather segment and did a great job of representing our school. Then we attended a Gala Dinner at Etihad Stadium and got all dressed up for a wonderful night of dancing and watching other schools’ environment videos. Before the Dancing, Thirumagal, Lucy and Polly spotted the Deputy Premier and Education minister, MP James Merlino and went to discuss the great things we were doing for the Environment at MGC. Day two was at Collingwood Children’s Farm and we did many hands on activities like feeding the animals, learning from another school about hydroponics and how much water household items use in the production process. Monique got to meet the Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and water MP Lisa Neville and was asked to plant a tree next to her for a photo! Overall, the conference was a fantastic experience and we all learnt so much! A big thank you to Mr Vance and Gina for all their help, as well as Places Victoria for their sponsorship.
Spring Soiree
Thank you to the following performers:
Senior String Ensemble
Amy Bagster, Erika Bannwart, Claudia Carlton-Allen, Emily Chong, Lana Croker, Lucy Dawson, Portia Frayne, Venezia Naylor, Molly Sharrock, Matilda Smithers, Lili Stewart, Jenna Sullivan & Viva Wilton.
Guitar Ensemble
Grace Bagster, Adele Bauer, Lana Camilleri, Anna Fujihara, Millie Geary, Hannah Hayes-Webb, Eleni Karamitros, Oceane Liddelow, Min Marriott, Alicia Myers, Wan-Quing O’Neill, Elise Sawell, Milla Bornas & Shi Lei Lenga Rouse.
Junior String Ensemble
Sandra Byrne, Tracey Chan, Lucy Dawson, Layla & Natasha Enriquez Tsilfidis, Olivia Kelly, Frace McCamish, Violet McKerrow, Wenny Sampurna & Evanah Shroff.
Amanda Attanayake, Caitlin O’Shae (Drums)
MGC Band
Miranda Moloney, Eliza Funston, Sophie Young, Linley Ooi, Kasundi Rathnadara Gedara.
Eva Palmyra, Siana Meyers, Jessie Radda, Eleanor Owen, Charlotte Thompson, Annabella Camera,Sophia Maisey, Emma Croker,Daisy Batten, Isabelle Carney, Peta Wisessak,Tully Mitchell, Yiling Oii, Isabella Rao, Davina David, Mirabel Cousins, Caitlin Moloney, Zoe O’Dywer, Lucca Radnazzo & Corry Harper.
Thank you to our Instrumental teachers; Kristen Rowlands, Les Gyori, Nick Milosovic and Tony Hicks.
Anne Corry
Instrumental Music Coordinator
Piano Soiree
Thank you to the following piano students of Katrina Halliday who performed so beautifully at our Piano Soiree on Wednesday, 22/10/12:
Judy Liu, Erica Theodoris, Alissa Telkes, Jessica Rogers, Caitlin Marshall, Sophie Townsend, Grace Peacock, Claudia Carlton-Allen, Tallulah McCraig, Loke Lee Leong, Enja Thompson-Whiteside, Crystal Choo, Emily Fang, Jacqulin Green, Kate Livingston, Jocelyn Phuong, Lily Stewart, Charlotte Flook, Maya Perry & Carmen McDonald-Doh.