The View

Around the Secondary Classrooms

Year 7 Environment Day

Last week, the Year 7 students went to Verona Sands for a beach clean-up. 

Members from the Huon Valley Council met us, talked to us about the importance of the clean-up and gave us instructions on what we would be doing and supplied us with gloves to pick up the rubbish and bags to put it in.

 

Lourdes House split up from the other houses and went to a different location. We got into groups of three or four students to work together and started the clean-up, looking for as much rubbish as we could find, such as glass, fibre, plastic and cans. After about 45 minutes we all met up, combined our rubbish and then sorted into piles of glass, plastic, bottles and other things you wouldn’t normally find on a beach. The beach clean-up was important because it raised awareness about how we should take care of our environment, by maintaining the cleanliness and tidiness of our beaches. It gave us all an insight to the safety of our marine wildlife especially as plastic pollution poses a huge threat to many native species.

 

We then headed to the Huonville PCYC where we were met by a member of the Eddie Rice Camps, played some team building games and gathered to talk about the year so far. With a positive mindset, the activities we participated in were not only fun but taught us great life lessons, taught us about being connected with one another, having empathy and forgetting our selfish desires to help others.

 

The Year 7 students were very lucky to have this opportunity to participate in community service and on behalf of all the Year 7 students, we would like to thank the Huon Valley Council and Eddie Rice Camps for this opportunity.

 

Tahiyat Jinan and Bailey Van Den Broek

Tournament of the Minds

Like many things in 2020, Tournament of Minds looked a little different this year without the opportunity to gather for the big event that is usually the Tournament of Minds State Final. Instead teams had to video record their team presentations and send them off for judging.

We had three dedicated Secondary teams entered into the competition:

  1. Nicknamed the Intergalactic Travellers, MCC 1 consisted of Claudia Pollard (Gr. 8), Charlotte Bateman (Gr. 8), Emma Sullivan (Gr. 8), Maggie Campbell (Gr. 8) Matilda Moritz (Gr. 7), Eryn Kelly (Gr. 7) and Abigail Adams (Gr. 7). Choosing the discipline of STEM as their focus, this team’s video special effects drew praise from the judges.
  2. MCC 2, chose an Arts focus with Kala Roberts (Gr. 8), Amelia Wiggins (Gr. 8), Zoe Bentley (Gr. 8), Hannah Walton (Gr. 8), Ruby Bedelph (Gr. 8), Eloise Hodgman (Gr. 7) and Willa Johnson (Gr. 7) combining their talents in original music composition, clever script writing and video editing to impress the judges.
  3. MCC3, consisting of Aadya Sharma (Gr. 8), Elissia Moshi (Gr. 8), Emily Pizzoni (Gr. 8), Island Smith (Gr. 7), Kristina Mamic (Gr. 7), Matilda Jones (Gr. 7) and Ella Horswell (Gr. 7), collectively nicknamed The Big Brain, prepared a beautifully staged and filmed response to the challenge.

All teams worked with great team spirit, self-direction and creativity, coming up with original solutions to the problems and it was a thrill to receive word from the judges that two of our secondary teams had been awarded recognition. A Merit Award (given to the top five percent of entries in each discipline) was won by MCC 2 and Honours went to MCC 3. Well done to all teams for great creativity and teamwork.

 

Thank you to parents/carers and supporters who assisted the teams in any way, to Miss Melanie Sluyters for her Coordination of Mount Carmel’s participation in TOM 2020 and to Mrs Aimee Woodward and Mrs Heather Hankinson for their supervision of the teams throughout the six weeks of team problem solving.

Rotary Youth Driver Awareness (RYDA) Program

On Wednesday 9 September, the Year 10 students had the opportunity to participate in the Rotary Youth Driver Awareness (RYDA) Program. The aim of this day was to explore road safety and awareness for both passengers and drivers. Throughout the year many of us have gained the opportunity to apply for our driver’s licence, and so the RYDA day was an exciting and educational experience for us. We had the chance to learn about road choices and rules, as well as being given the opportunity to take part in activities around these concepts. We were also able to hear the life changing stories of some people affected by road incidents. Overall this day provided an educational experience for all of the Year 10s, and helped us to map goals, plans and strategies that can help us to drive safely as we begin to navigate the roads independently.

(Laella Andersson)

 

The RYDA day was both informative and confronting. It made me realise the importance of safe driving and what human costs are at risk. I was able to find coping strategies to help my concentration and patience on the road. I also know what precautions I need to take to remain safe.                    

(Bronte Gadon)