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Year 8 Pastoral Care Period - 3rd August

During our Pastoral Care Period on August 3rd, our Year 8 students took part in some fun activities run by their House Leaders. Activities included futsal, volleyball, dodgeball, footy and badminton.

Thank you to Ms. Roberts, Marilyn, Lingling, and Angelina for their organisation.

A huge thank you to Grace for stepping in to help on the day also.

Ms Timlin

Year 8 Level Leader

Year 11 Incursion 'Batyr' - 10th August

Student reflection:

"On Thursday 10th August, our Year 11 cohort was lucky enough to have 'Batyr' come and speak to us. Their presentation was full of fun stories, good advice and engaging games.

'Batyr' is an organisation that focuses on the mental health of young people, through shared storytelling ensuring that everybody is heard and validated.

One of the main messages that I took away from the session was to stand up for your friends. Standing up for your friends doesn't need to be hard and can do something as simple as letting them know you're thinking about their well-being.

Overall, 'Batyr' was a great experience to help validate the youth about their mental health and teach us about ways we can care for each other. "

Katelyn T

Year 11 Student

Year 9 Incursion 'Smashed' by Gibber Education - 10th August

Our Year 9 students loved the performance of "Smashed" by Gibber Educational focused on Alcohol Education. The students were able to interact with the performers and, using their knowledge from their Personal Development Unit, ie. giving the actors some great advice about how to avoid drinking underage.

Student reflections:

"I really liked the way the characters changed their voices to play different characters" Kayra

"Their acting and humour were really suitable for our age" Yvonne

"It was an important message that we should not give in to negative peer pressure" Victoria

The actors were very impressed, not just with the respect shown by our students, but with their terrific energy and enthusiasm.

Ms Brunt

Year 9 Level Leader

VCE Vocational Major Incursion - 10th August

On Thursday the 10th of August, Mindflight 7 came to Killester College so that the VCE VM students could explore a variety of careers virtually. They were encouraged to try careers that they were not interested in as a part of their growth mindset.

Student reflections:

"It was very cool and gave me a lot of insight into what I want to do in the future as a career. I also discovered the careers that I don't want to have such as being an astronaut." Annabelle, Year 11

"Overall, I was amazed to see the virtual reality experiences. Trying something new is very important for us, even though it is uncomfortable." Chelsea, Year 11

CGSAV Aerobics - 11th August

Killester College had four teams travel to Heidelberg to compete in the CGSAV Aerobics Competition. Our teams had a fantastic day, showcasing their routines after weeks of training and practice. Our Senior Blue team came away with second place in their division, and our Senior Light Blue team came first in their division.

Congratulations and thank you to all of the staff and students involved in the training and competition.

Miss Roberts

Sport Leader

GoGreen Summit - 14th August

The De Mazenod Family Education Network held their GoGreen Student Voice Sustainability Summit the week of August 14th.

Iona College Qld, St Eugene College Qld, Mazenod College WA and Mazenod College Vic were joined by secondary and primary schools either directly connected to Oblate Parishes or generally interested in sharing information about the projects in their schools, promoting sustainability. Corporates, Social Enterprises, universities and schools provided information for the event.

Ten students from the Sustainability and Social Justice Committee and the Killester College Energy Breakthrough team participated in the summit.

Killester College would like to thank the De Mazenod Family Education Network for giving our students the opportunity to participate and present their project as part of the summit.

Book Week Incursion - 14th August

On the 14th of August, the Year 7 and Year 8 cohorts had the chance to meet Thai-Australian book writer, Oliver Phommavanh, who was presenting about his journey of how he became an author.

Not only is Oliver an author, but he also shared that he was a teacher and a world record breaker. So having him at Killester College was such an amazing experience.

There were a lot of laughs coming from all the students in the Theatrette. He told us that anyone can be a writer even with just the simplest idea in their head as inspiration.

Miranda W

Year 8 Student

Intermediate SEGAP - 14th August

Intermediate Students in our Volleyball and Netball teams headed to Monash University in Clayton for the SEGAP competition. We had four volleyball teams and two netball teams participate on the day.

Each team worked hard, supported each other and had fun across the day. Our Volleyball B made the grand final, and our Volleyball A team and Netball A team both won their grand finals.

A big thank you and well done to all of the staff and students involved.

Miss Roberts

Sports Leader

Yr10 Italian Excursion to “IL Globo” an Italian newspaper & Brunetti Classico Carlton - 22nd August

Buongiorno! On Tuesday 22 August, our Year 10 Italian class had the wonderful opportunity to visit the headquarters of “IL Globo”, an Italian community-based newspaper in Brunswick West. They learned about the history and origins of the Italian newspaper and met and spoke to the Vice editor-in-chief of Il Globo and La Fiamma (a Sydney-based Italian newspaper), Marco Patavino. They also had an informative talk from Raymond Lawrence, a journalist, who is in charge of the English website and runs their Instagram and Twitter (now X) accounts for IL Globo. The students also visited the television and radio studios where programs are conducted and recorded in Italian for IL Globo TV and Rete Italia radio.

IL Globo started back in 1959 and catered to the large number of post-World War II Italian migrants in Australia, by keeping them connected to news from their homeland Italy, internationally as well as locally and in Australia, in the Italian language.

Today, IL Globo is a biweekly newspaper that is issued every Monday and Thursday and includes news from Italy, Australia and the world, as well as community news from local Italian clubs and associations, sports results from Serie A, the major Soccer league in Italy, Australian sports reports as well as a 24-hour radio station called “Rete Italia”. IL Globo also includes regional Italian recipes, has a series of Podcasts in Italian about Italian art, culture and food as well as the “In Classe '' insert, which includes various activities, catering to primary and secondary students learning Italian.

In the afternoon the students then visited Brunetti Classico in Carlton where they shared in an Italian lunch and also had the wonderful opportunity to hear and learn about the history and origins of Brunetti Classico. Brunetti Classico dates back to 1956 by the Giorgio Angele family who are also post-World War II immigrants to Australia. Today Brunetti is still a family-run business and 93-year-old Giorgio occasionally visits and checks in whilst his son Fabio runs the family business. Brunetti is a popular social meeting place where one can also savour tasty Italian food, pizza, coffee and cakes.

All in all, the students had a great day by immersing themselves in Italian history and culture right here in the city of Melbourne where coffee culture was born.

Prof Gallo

Italian Teacher

CGSAV Soccer - 23rd August

Killester College made their way to Darebin, for the CGSAV Soccer Tournament. We fielded a Junior, Intermediate and Senior team, who all trained hard in the weeks leading up to the tournament. Each team worked well together, enjoying the day and demonstrating good sportsmanship.

A big thank you and congratulations to all of the staff and students involved, everyone should be proud of their efforts.

Miss Roberts

Sport Leader

Year 9 Art Immersion - 23rd August

Immersion into the past to discover the Art of the First Peoples.

Year 9 Art classes visited the The First Peoples exhibit at the Melbourne Museum to explore the arts and culture of The First Peoples.

Student reflections:

"I wish we could have stayed longer" Michelle

"Seeing all the different aspects of Aboriginal life and culture was immersive and incredibly exciting" El

"I had a lot of fun learning about First Nations people and their culture. I also made new friends which was great" Stephanie

"It really put into perspective how they lived many years ago. It was an amazing experience, seeing all these artworks" Jess

It was quite relaxing and immersed us into Aboriginal Art" Isabelle

"I got to gain an understanding of materials and mediums used" Trang

Student Spotlight - Sally T

I was lucky enough to participate and perform in the workshops at Monash University’s Day of Woodwinds. While performing, the instructors would give me (and the other performers) feedback on the aspects of our playing, that could help us improve while we performed and how we learned music.

It was a great experience to meet and learn with other passionate musicians. It was a very chill day and I was able to make a lot of new connections with people who love what I love.

Sally T

Year 10 Student

Wellsprings - 24th August

This organisation empowers women in the region in so many ways. If you are interested in joining any of their classes please go to their website. Our students were again, great ambassadors for the school and assisted with bike lessons, language and computer skills and the creche.

Three brave volunteers got dirty in the garden doing some weeding and roped me into it with them.

Mr O'Neill

AP: Faith and Mission

Student reflections:

“I enjoyed my experience at Wellsprings. It was really fun to help people learn to write and speak new words and to help people learn English.”

“My experience at Wellsprings was amazing! It was fun getting to help the young kids. I enjoyed getting to understand and learn more about the community.”

“I really enjoyed my time at Wellsprings, I was able to spend my time in childcare with the young children and I created wonderful bonds with the cute children.”

“I like being able to play and help out with the young kids. I think it was an amazing experience and a great place to make bonds. Overall I enjoyed Wellsprings.”

“I really loved the way people treated me and my friends. Although gardening was my first time doing it. I loved it and I’m looking forward to starting gardening in my backyard which is on my bucket list! The kids were adorable and really playful.”

“I liked it even though I got stuck in the gardening job. I enjoyed the community aspect wherein everyone was talking and got to know each other more, even those not a part of the school.”

“I enjoyed my experience at Wellsprings and got to try gardening as a new experience. I got to talk to others that I would usually not encounter at school.”

“I thought that it was very good to help in the English class. It was fun to help teach them and help with something that comes easy to us. The teacher and people were very welcoming and friendly.”

“We (Jade and Eliza) enjoyed helping the women riding the bike and then watch Mr O Neill do some gardening. He did a very good job. Jade and I did some hard supervising!

Winter Sleepout - 24th August

Thanks to Ms Dunstan, Ms O'Gorman and Mr Pearce for supervising twenty-five wonderful students who attended the Winter Sleepout for the homeless last night - Thursday 24th August. We raised awareness and funds and it was again a massive effort and success. Thank you also to Ms Diletosso who cooked up breakfast for us. My hips are perhaps getting too old for this event! I think the pictures tell a better story...

Peter O'Neill

AP: Faith and Mission

Book Week at Killester - 19th to 25th August

This week our staff and students celebrated Book Week and what a week it has been! Our Library has been buzzing with students participating in our Book Week activities.

On Wednesday in particular, was our DRESS UP day and our students did not disappoint! We love the enthusiasm and creativity our students displayed.

Well done to everyone involved in making Book Week 2023 so much fun for our school community.