Middle School Celebrations

Year 7 students have settled into Wantirna College very well in first semester, and have made connections with their peers, teachers and the wider school community!

The cohort have found some of the transition from primary school to high school a little challenging but have begun to thrive in Term 2. With that being said, Year 7’s have learnt to successfully navigate the school and get from class to class,  become much more confident with using our lockers and have been active in other extra-curricular activities. 

This semester, they participated in Year 7 Camp, the iCan Challenge, Swimming Carnival, Cross Country, and KIOSC excursions, and have participated in homegroup competitions - so many new experiences and opportunities to form new connections with others.

At our recent assembly, we celebrated many successes that our Year 7’s have achieved. 

Congratulations to the following students for having 100% attendance in Semester 1. 

• Caris Cheung 

• Meadow Guinea

• Mackenzie Hale 

• Cyrus Heung 

• Sophia Lee

• Jayden Wenger

• Akshi Bhojani

• Matilda Radings-White

• Michael Strati

• Raj Randhawa

• Will Reesby

• Zahra Read

• Ouddom Heagn

• Zia Van Haaster

• Harmony Chiu

• Aimee Ryan

• Vincent Pow

• Ella Pearce

We also celebrated the students in Year 7 who received the most green posts in their homegroup. They received the ’Top of the Crop’ Award. 

• 7A – Cooper Ramsbottom & Riley Finnsson

• 7B – Mackenzie Hale & Allanah Crowley 

• 7C – Billy Mahon & Jake Erikson

• 7D – Cedric Yap & Ruby Sandford

• 7E – Indi Wemyss & Kellan Wood

• 7F – Noah Gosland & Aubrey Ozelis

• 7G – Ouddom Heagn &Timothy Loewe

• 7H – Genevieve Huynh & Katie Collyer 

• 7S – Zoe Armstrong & Kaley Charnock

Finally, we celebrated the students in the Year Level who received awards for the College Values. 

Citizenship

• Mitchell Van Buuren

• Aubrey Ozelis

Respect 

• Oliver Dadsey 

• Sarah Dunbar 

Challenge 

• Zia Van Haaster 

• Cedric Yap 

Miss Zhang and Miss Thomson also gave out four Year Level Leader awards to students who had demonstrated active participation in their learning environment or through fostering positive connections within the year level. Congratulations to the following recipients:

• Evie McQueen 

• Oscar Baron 

• Levi Montorio 

• Genevieve Huynh

We are very excited to see what can be achieved in Semester 2! 

Amber Thomson & Della Zhang

Year 7 Year Level Leaders

Year 8 

As Semester 1 comes to an end, we wanted to celebrate what's been happening with the Year 8s. One definite stand-out was Challenge Week in Term one, where the Year 8s participated in a range of actives from Belgrave Treetops to Laser Tag. The year 8’s have been involved heavily in the iCan challenge, Swimming Carnival, Interschool Sports and Cross Country. The Becoming Me program was also a great hit where students learnt about identify, agency and voice. 

Year 8’s also had an assembly to celebrate their successes. During this assembly we also farewelled Ms McMahon as she moves into her new role as Acting Leader of Maths and welcomed Ms Nguyen who will be Acting Year 8 Year Level Leader for the rest of 2026, working with Mr Wakeham. 

Congratulations to the following students who celebrated 100% attendance in Semester 1

• Natalie Banh

• Jackson Portbury

• Meng Hou Choy 

• Tilly Cooper

We also celebrated the students who received the most Green Posts within their class. Congratulations to the following 

• Sshyna Malviya 

• Vienna Hall

• Vincent Lin

• Aidan Pearson 

• Harry Ashley 

• Kaya Ward 

• Oliver Bailey

• Sienna Montorio 

• Isabelle Kos 

• Angus Rowlands 

• Rachel Nguyễn 

• Athena Banis

• Maggie Kapoukranidis 

• Ruby Baker 

• Ava Jeux 

• James Golby

• Keerthana Kishore

• Tilly Cooper

We hope you have a safe and restful holidays and look forward to seeing what the Year 8’s get up to in Term 3. 

Charlie Wakeham & Helene Nguyen

Year 8 Year Level Leaders