Student Reports

Dear Parents, Guardians, Teachers and Students,

 

In 3C we are going to start a soft plastics recycling program. We have received permission from Mr. Millar to begin. We have been watching the ABC War on Waste series. It has made 3C realise that we can make a difference for the environment and we can start at Galilee. The 3C students and Miss Carnovale (our teacher) have made a soft plastics box for each class.

 

The soft plastics will then be collected daily and a tally will be created. These boxes will have posters on them, so students know the difference between waste and recyclable soft plastics.

 

This program will help reduce the amount of soft plastics in the ocean which are killing thousands of fish each year. Even though Year 3C created this amazing program, we need your help to use reusable plastic containers in lunch boxes. The class with the least amount of soft plastics each week will receive the Environmental Award for the week and will be presented with a trophy at assembly that the class can keep for the week.

 

Regards 3C

Dendy Beachside Soccer

On Wednesday the 26th July, the Year Five/Six Girls Soccer Team competed in the Beachside Division. It was so much fun and everyone put their fitness levels to the test. Excited about the soccer, we bolted out of the school and jumped on the mini bus. 20 minutes later, we were jumping with joy and eager to get onto the pitch. We looked at the variety of opponents, some tall and short and we knew we were in for a challenge. The sky was grey and we knew if those clouds didn't clear up, we were destined to slip.

 

Suddenly, before we knew it, we were on the field getting ready for the first game. We were off to a decent start even though we were one player short. Our backline was defending all of the opponent's attempts to approach their goals and our frontline was working equally as hard to kick goals. Sophie was an amazing goal keeper defending almost 10 goals! Then we heard the halftime siren and knew it was the end of the first half. The second half was the most terrific! We started off great with all 11 players on the field this time. We were kicking the ball as far as we could to our team mates and before we knew it, Claudia kicked our first goal, winning us the match. Then we heard a familiar siren go off and we knew we had won! We were so proud of ourselves and started cheering! We shook hands with the opponents showing good sportsmanship.

 

Now it was time for our second game. We were playing the representatives of South Yarra. Their team name was Christchurch. We were pumped because of our win in the last game. We ran on the pitch, nervous but excited. They were a really good team. They tried to score and they hit Sophie, our star goalie. She fell to the ground and they tried again but she saved the goal.  We drew 0 - 0.

 

Soccer game three was the toughest game yet, as it was the semi-final. Just before the game started it, the clouds drenched us with rain, leaving the ground wet and slippery. As most of us didn’t have footy boots on, it was hard to run steadily. After a few minutes the opposition scored, but we didn’t give up, we kept fighting. We kept them at bay for the rest of the half, but eventually in the next half they scored another goal. Unfortunately we couldn’t bridge the gap, but we tried our best so we were all really happy with how we played, especially since none of us play soccer!

Overall we came 3rd out of 63 teams and finished really well.

 

Thank you to Denise Stavroulakis, Deb Butcher, Sally Callan, Maria Freeman and Scott McNamara who came and supported us. We would like also thank Mrs Gerecke for being the Lines woman, and Mr Tobin for coaching us and organising the day.

 

By the Galilee Girls Soccer Team