Inspire Magazine

Inspire Magazine

The Lakes South Morang College - Term 2

Inspire 2021 - Issue 02 · 23 Jun 2021

In this issue

ANZAC Day Activities At the beginning of Term 2, the school celebrated ANZAC day. To highlight this important day, the Prep students participated in a range of ANZAC day lessons and activities.

Special Person's Day & Learning about Length SPECIAL PERSONS DAY, LEARNING ABOUT LENGTH

Westgarthtown & Life Ed. WESTGARTHTOWN, As part of this semester’s Inquiry Unit – ‘Back to the Future’, the Year 2s went on an exciting excursion to the past when we visited the history of the local area we live in at Westgarthtown., LIFE EDUCATION , We were lucky this year to have our visit from Life Education. Our Year 2 unit was called ‘Safety Rules’.

Array City & Life Ed. ARRAY CITY, LIFE EDUCATION

Man Made Wonders of the World During remote learning the year 4’s participated in an incursion run by Earth Ed.

Meet Echo Hi this is The Lakes South Morang College Year 5 students and this is our article about Echo.

Camp, Poetry & Five Mile Creek CAMP AT FOREST EDGE, POETRY PIECES, FIVE MILE CREEK

P-6 Choice-Based Art PREP, YEAR 1, YEAR 2, YEAR 3, YEAR 4, YEAR 5, YEAR 6

Curious Creations As part of Performing Arts, students from Prep to 6 have been exploring Alice in Wonderland through moving images and digital art., PREP:, YEAR 1:, YEAR 2:, YEAR 3:, YEAR 4:, YEAR 5:, YEAR 6:

Cross Country This term selected students from years 3, 4, 5 and 6 participated in the Bridge Inn South District Cross Country. Depending on their age group, students ran either 2km or 3km around a track at Bundoora Park.

School Captain Report

Student Stories It’s been another tough but rewarding term for us all, teachers and students alike. Along with the usual challenges of education we had to contend with another period of lockdown and remote learning. Despite this setback, so many of our English students on the Secondary Campus rose to the challenge and produced some terrific work. The Secondary Campus English Domain would like to present a couple of wonderful student stories for your enjoyment., Unexpected Saviours, The truth; my story

Year 10 Legal Studies In Legal Studies, the Year 10 students completed projects on the Victorian Court Hierarchy. They outlined the roles of each court and the reasons for them. The students worked so hard to complete thorough and comprehensive posters which are now on display in the Humanities Pod. Well done!

Maths Pathway Reflection In Years 7 – 10, students at The Lakes engage in a program called Maths Pathways. This program is set up to allow students to focus on learning the content that they are ready to learn. Each student works on an individualised program and can spend time extending themselves and filling in previous learning gaps. This program is in place to ensure that all students can achieve success in mastering content that is aimed at their specific level. While there have naturally been mixed attitudes towards this program, as all students enjoy learning in different contexts to one another, we wanted to showcase two students who have academically excelled while using this program. , Abbey Z:, Eliza R:

Year 9 Chemistry This term in Science the Year 9 students have been investigating atomic structure, the development and key features of the periodic table, and main types of chemical reactions. Students completed two Common Assessment Tasks., Element Investigation/Poster, Chemical Reactions

Materials Technology YEAR 7, YEAR 8, YEAR 10, YEAR 11

Instrumental Music

Visual Art Online The artists at The Lakes produced some amazing artworks over the last lockdown. Here are some of the projects we worked on., DIGITAL LANDSCAPE PAINTING, CHARACTER ILLUSTRATION, CREATIVE FLAIR, REMOTE ART CLUB

Sports Review Another busy term for Secondary School Sport with a number of Interschool events taking place throughout Autumn.

Youth Leadership Conference

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