Year 7 News

Vermont Secondary College

Well done to the Year 7s, who have almost made it through their first year at Vermont Secondary College. We are nearing towards transition which will take place during Week 8 to Week 10. The cohort will be placed in their Year 8 classes and have the opportunity to meet their teachers and be introduced to some of the content that will be covered the following year. After transition, the Summer Program will run from Monday the 14th of December to Thursday the 17th of December, this is an alternative program not regular school classes due to low number of attendees.

Another alternate program will be running this upcoming Monday on the 2nd of November. Regular classes will not be running, and the program will be led by substitute teachers. If a student is unable attend the day it is important to log the absence into Compass. Please feel free to contact the Year 7 Student Managers if you have any questions regarding this.

Recently the Year 7 students attended House Assemblies, well done to our student leaders for running the show and speaking so well! At the assembly it was stressed that black sports shorts are not part of the school uniform and will need to be replaced with navy blue sports shorts.

We wish the Year 7 students good luck for the final home stretch and are very happy with the level of enthusiasm and participation in co-curricular activities. Remember there is always plenty on during the school year including clubs and sports programs and we hope that the same level of engagement will be continued next year.

Our final entry comes from one of our Year 7 students Liz, who has offered to include a recount of an exciting experience she was able to partake in:

Contemporary Concepts Australia Dance Project

Over the past few days, I went to the Gold Coast for a filming project with Contemporary Concepts Australia. It first began with the selection of classically trained contemporary dancers over Australia, between the ages of 13-15.

Chosen as one of eight dancers the project began. We had rehearsals for two days, learning the piece and practising. On the day of filming, we all travelled together to a quarry area, as the theme of this year's film was dystopia. We all did a quick run through of the piece and began filming.

We were filmed from different angles, shots and even a drone shot was used. Wearing our costumes, the rain came (a very light drizzle) which was perfect for the theme. There was also a photographer there to capture moments of the shoot! Overall, this experience was very fun and my first time ever being part of a film shoot.