Secondary School News
Year 9 and 11 Media students have been experimenting with our new filmmaking equipment. They’ve just finished studying film codes and conventions and are now putting them into action to create their own masterpieces.
Year 9 Media and Elevate English students went to Wyndham Tech for a day of Podcasting. They experienced the process of making a podcast and accessed podcasting equipment and software. At lunch time, they were visited by a robot dog!
Interschool Debating Round Two Results
Last week Altona competed in Round Two of the Victorian Debaters Association's interschool competition, with the following results:
Year 12 (A Grade)
A Grade Altona 1 - defeated Williamstown High School 2
A Grade Altona 2 - bye
Year 9 (D Grade)
D Grade Altona 1 - lost to Bacchus Marsh Grammar 1
D Grade Altona 2 - lost to Westbourne Grammar 1
Best speaker awards:
Liam Mitchell (year 9)
Jaspar McKeown (year 9)
Well done to all our debating students!
Congratulations to our latest group of VM students for successfully completing their White Card training!
By earning their certification, these students are now officially cleared to step onto any construction site across Australia.
On March 17, Year 12VM students took part in an Adventure Escape Room. This challenged their employability skills, by transforming traditional, often passive, learning into a collaborative, hands-on game, developing critical thinking, teamwork and problem-solving skills under time pressure. 'They all successfully ESCAPED'.
On the 24th of April our 11VM students participated and completed a First Aid course
Congratulations and well done!!
Year 8s got their hands dirty at the specialist STEM centre in Ballarat. They investigated the role minerals play in everyday life, modelled modern mining techniques, explored gold as a resource in the Ballarat region and even used metal detectors to hunt for the precious metal.
Term 1: Tennis and Volleyball
Great start to the school year with our Term 1 student athletes. Congratulations to our Senior Girls Tennis Team who are straight through to Western Metros receiving the Hobsons Bay Division Premiers. Our volleyballers also have done amazingly well. All six teams that participated played in the Grand Finals in their Hobsons Bay Division Tournaments. Commiserations to our Year 8 Boys, Intermediate Girls and Intermediate Boys Teams who finished Runners Up. Congratulations to our Year 8 Girls, Senior Girls and Senior Boys Teams who are moving on to Western Metros for earning Hobsons Bay Division Premiers.
Term 2: Netball (So far)
We continue are winning ways with the Boys Netball Tournaments. Great effort to our Year 8 Boys B Team who fought hard and showed Altona College spirit. Congratulations to both Year 8 Boys A Team and Intermediate Boys Team winning their Hobsons Bay Division Premiers and will continue you on to Western Metros. We cannot wait to see what our student athletes will achieve in AFL, Badminton, Cross Country, Netball and Soccer and continue our winning ways this term.
Secondary Mid-Year Exams
Mid-year examinations for students in Years 7–12 will take place in Week 10 of this term.
- Years 7–8: Exams will be held on Thursday and Friday and will focus on core subjects: English, Mathematics, Humanities, and Science.
- Years 9–11: Exams will run from Monday to Friday and will cover all subjects.
- Year 12: Exams will take place during scheduled class time. Where required, additional exams may be held after school on Wednesday and Thursday.
Individual exam timetables will be distributed later this term.
