YEAR 9

PARLIAMENT HOUSE

The students in 9A had the opportunity to meet Nobel Peace Prize recipient Dr Tillman Ruff today at Parliament House.

Parliament House have also offered for one or two Year 11 or 12 students to attend a presentation on Friday by Dr Ruff.

CITY JOURNEY

In term 3, the year nines are currently participating in the program called ‘City Journey’ where students and teachers travel to the city at different times throughout the term. During the time, students undertake surveys of the public, attend, help and participate in organisations such as The Big Issue, do fun activities around the city, visiting museums and spending a whole week in the city working on group projects which they will present later on in the year.

The Big Issue is one of the many places we have ventured to. The Big Issue is an organisation that helps marginalised and homeless people. Our excursion to The Big Issue in week 2 taught us about homeless and marginalised people, the main cause of homelessness, stereotyping as well as what The Big Issue does and why. We also had the opportunity to hear from a speaker who works at The Big Issue and has dealt with homelessness in their past.

By Chezlea Mould and Tia Garlick 9G

A reminder that the City Journey weeks are coming up. Students will need to arrive at the Cranbourne Train Station at 7.30am and will be dismissed from there at 3.54pm. Students need to have a Myki which is topped up and be in full school uniform.

9 A, B, C, D               13th – 17th August

9 H, I , J, K                 20th – 24th August

9 E, F, G                     27th – 31st August

ROBOGALS EXCURSION

Several students from Cranbourne Secondary College were selected to go to Melbourne University to learn more about robotics and the science behind it. The program that we were involved in was called Robogals.  The purpose of Robogals is to inspire young students, mainly females to consider studying engineering and other related fields. We learned about the process of how robots move from place to place. We did this by completing fun interactive challenges which consisted of coding that involved critical thinking and precision. Not only was the excursion educational, but we also got the opportunity to meet other students from other schools and cooperate with them in groups to complete the challenges. Overall the day was a huge success and a rewarding experience.

• Nimasha Susiripala 9I