Co-curricular Corner

Intermediate ESU Heats

On Wednesday evening, three of our students participated in the English-Speaking Union’s Intermediate Heats. Heidi (Year 10), Imogen (Year 10) and Metben (Year 9) spoke in what was a very high-quality competition. Their speeches were based on Desmond Tutu’s quote, 'Don't raise your voice, improve your argument’. Our students spoke about empathy, forgiveness and justice, sharing their own personal stories with eloquence and courage. 

A huge congratulations to Metben who won her heat and will head off to the Grand Final for the ESU Competition in a few weeks. More updates to come on our Junior and Senior competitors. 

Debating Updates 

Assembly Presentation 

This week, we presented our Mount Alvernia Debating teams at assembly with an address from Lizzie Christian, our 2024 Debating Captain. Students were presented with a Mt A Debating pen to acknowledge their commitment to learning and advocacy.

These students’ level of commitment, strong communication skills and perseverance has made this an extremely impressive debating season so far. 

And thank you to all staff who have come out to support our debating teams, a special shout out to Ms McDonald and Ms Wright who look after our Year 7 & 8 teams. 

We will keep you updated on any teams who make it to the finals!  Go Wolf Pack! 🐺🐺🐺

Senior Book Club

Did you know Mount Alvernia has its very own Senior Book Club? Each term, a group of Year 10-12 students get together with tea, breaky treats and books to discuss their thoughts on the novel they picked to read. Ms Stower curates questions which lead to rich and honest discussions, with students listening to other ideas and opinions on the book, which are sometimes very contrasting to their own! The next book will be Catch Your Death by Ravena Guron.

We will meet on Wednesday 17th of July during Literacy Week in Term 3.

PHOTO CREDIT: The Telegraph (Catch Your Death by Ravena Guron, review: money and murder (telegraph.co.uk)