JUNIOR SCHOOL

IMPORTANT DATES

Monday 12 June

Queen's Birthday - PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Tuesday 13 June

Year 8 Significant Persons Day 1

Wednesday 14 June

Year 8 Significant Persons Day 2

Tuesday 20 June

EMR 2017 Cross Country

Wednesday 21 June

Year 7 Teacher Morning tea

Thursday 22 June

EMR Year 8 Boys Football

Friday 23 June

Curriculum Day - Student FREE DAY

Monday 26 June

EMR Year 7/8 Girls Football

Tuesday 27 June

EMR Year 7 Boys Football

Wednesday 28 June

Year 7 & 8 Pizza Lunch (Attendance Winners)

Friday 30 June

End of Term 2 - 2.30 pm Finish

Swinburne Astrophysics Excursion

On Tuesday 9 May, Ms Barr's Year 11 Physics class, Zac Hoiles and I attended a lecture and tour of 'Swinburne University of Technology'.  This fascinating experience was made possible by a theory on black holes I created (and a little convincing by my Science teacher Mrs Colyer). It involved stars birth, state of matter and their death.

I proposed that if stars are made of plasma (the hottest state of matter) and suddenly collapsed, that this rapid decline in heat and nucleic fusion, too much gravity was so great that almost all heat was lost and the almost instant decline, would cause black holes to become a colder state of matter below a solid. This could prove why time is warped as its properties are unknown.

I showed my Science teacher this and she insisted that a friend and I go with the Year 11's to Swinburne to listen to a lecture and see if my question and theory could be solved.

The day was a huge success and I highly recommend Swinburne to any students who are looking at going to university.

We  toured the school and learnt about the schools system and learning methods. Nearing the end of the day we went to the school's 3D lecture theatre and watched a series of videos on Astro-physics and cosmology.

Although my question was not answered scientifically it was still fascinating to be at a well oiled university, all in all, the day was a huge success and I would do it again in a heart beat.

Tyler Swann

Year 8 Captain

Parent Contact

Please don’t hesitate to call us or your child’s Home Group  teacher, with any questions or queries in relation to the Junior School Program.

Junior School Coordinators