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Valentine's Day - 14th February
Today we celebrated L O V E.
Love for each other and love for ourselves.
Our Social Justices and Sustainability Committee took this opportunity to organise a lunchtime flower stall to raise money to go towards the Bright Moon Buddhist Society Temple.
We thank the students who bought flowers and also to our wonderful student leaders for organising such a thoughtful event!
Year 8 Water Safety Day - 15th February
Today our Year 8 Students traveled to Chelsea Strand to take part in a Water Survival training program facilitated by Life Saving Victoria. Everyone had a great time and learned valuable skills to stay safe in the water.
Miss Timlin
Year 8 Level Leader
Breakfast Club - 16th February
We had our first Breakfast Club for 2023 and it was busy! In fact, we had the most amount of students come to the breakfast club since it started last year. The crowd favourite is still toast with sprinkles.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Bakers Delight in Dingley for sponsoring our breakfast club. They provide loaves of bread for us to make yummy toast for our students.
The breakfast club runs every Thursday from 7.50 am - 8.25 am with toast, fruit and cold drinks available - all free!
VCE Building Expansion Update - 17th February
Our VCE Building is coming together nicely and we are on track to be completed by end of May, as proposed. If you haven't already seen it, on our College Facebook and Instagram we have a short video touring the inside of the building.
Swimming Carnival - 17th February
On Friday we had our House Swimming Carnival. Well done to any student who participated!
Year Level champs for the day were (congratulations to these students):
Year 7 - Naduni A
Year 8 - Cyrella B
Year 9- Marjy L
Year 10- Richeny L
Year 11 - Macayla M
Year 12 - Mitsuki O
The overall House points for the day/ final results were as follows:
4th with 485 points was Chisholm
3rd with 517 points was Romero
2nd with 568 points was Mackillop
and 1st with 578 points was Brigid
Well done to the winning House, Brigid, and Tyrese D (Yr 12), the successful Brigid leader, on the day.
A huge thank you to all the House leaders from Years 8-12 for their efforts in running their teams, especially our Yr 12 leaders Tyrese D (Brigid), Holly C (MacKillop), An L (Chisholm) and Mitsuki O (Romero)
Thank you also to all staff for their assistance on the day!
Miss Roberts
Sports Leader
Student Spotlight - 20th February
Here we have Mary-Claire. L from Year 7 who recently competed in the ACT International Open Judo Competition (held at AIS) on the 19th of February. Mary-Claire won Silver Medal in Senior Girl under 36KG weight division. The College would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Mary-Claire on such a wonderful achievement, we are so proud of you!
Visual Communications Designs - 20th February
Both Year 9 VCD classes have commenced the design process for the Mug Design unit. As an introduction to the unit, students familiarised themselves with the mug that they will later design the surface graphics and packaging for. Our students studied the scale, proportions, form, tone and surface texture of the mug and completed an observational drawing of it. All our students did an amazing job!
Ms. Leggo and Ms. Stabologlou
Visual Arts Teachers
Opening School Mass 21st February
On Tuesday we gathered for our 2023 Opening School Mass. The occasion is always one of great celebration as we come together to welcome everyone to the new school year. Congratulations to Mr Peter O'Neill (AP: Faith and Mission) and Josie Dilettoso (REC), the Celebrations Committee and the Years 11 and 12 Drama classes for the wonderful liturgy. Our thanks also, as ever, to our Chaplain, Fr Brian Collins. Also in attendance were a number of Brigidine Sisters - who we are always so pleased to see.
We also launched our Caritas - Project Compassion fundraising and showcased our display, from each Year Level, for our 2023 theme of 'COURAGE: Be Brave, Be Strong, Be You'.
Following the Mass the students, staff and our visitors joined together to have lunch on the oval.
Ash Wednesday - 22nd February
Today our College gathered together, during Homeroom assembly, to mark the beginning of the Lenten Season. During the six weeks of Lent, our students will be collecting donations to @caritasaust, Project Compassion.
NAPLAN results - 22nd February
NAPLAN is identified as one of the many important tools used by schools to ensure students reach their full potential and to identify areas of growth. Recognising this is a snapshot in time, we are, however, incredibly proud of our achievements released today by ACARA.
We are thrilled to share that Killester College is:
▪️ The highest-ranked Catholic Secondary School in Victoria
▪️ Ranked 3rd in ACARA's list of High Achieving Secondary Schools across Victoria.
▪️ Ranked 8th nationwide, and the only Secondary School in the top 10 in Australia.
Furthermore, 100% of students at Killester demonstrated growth in the data in the past 3 years; this means that every single student enrolled at Killester grew in their achievement from Year 7 to Year 9. What an amazing reflection on our incredible community.
Congratulations to our staff and students on these exceptional results!
Project Compassion - 23rd February
Chelsea. L from Year 12, has courageously decided to shave her hair to raise funds for @caritasaust, Project Compassion. Project Compassion brings thousands of supporters together to raise funds for people living in some of the most vulnerable communities across the world.
Please consider supporting Chelsea by donating to Chelsea's GoFundMe page by clicking on below link:
Every donation is appreciated and will go a long way!
Year 10 Science Core - 24th February
Our Year 10 Science Core classes have been learning about DNA, its structure, and what it does. After learning about how DNA replicates itself, a modeling activity was completed to both consolidate and show their understanding.
Ms. Katsikoyannis
Science Teacher
