What have we been up to?

Mt Buller Snow Day

Xavier – I found the snow day really enjoyable even though the conditions were very cold!

Damon – It was really fun but really cold, I also enjoyed riding the ski lifts.

Max - Being my first time going to the snow, I found it a new experience for me. I enjoyed playing in the snow and riding the ski lifts on the mountain.

Parlez beaucoup! (Speak lots!)

That was the theme of the VCE French Immersion day held last week at the Etty St campus. All VCE French students were invited to attend the daylong session of activities designed to encourage them to speak a lot of French to each other and to the their French teachers, Jane Macdonald and Mark Johansson as well as to the language assistant, Marie Bissonniere. There was a lot of talking going on and in between there was a lot of French food to be tried. Students and teachers brought along an incredible array of French cuisine ranging from soupe à l’oignon, ratatouille, salad nicoise to tarte au chocolat, tarte au citron, palmiers, éclairs, croissants and more. Replete, we almost rolled out the door at the end of the day, tired from huge effort of speaking French all day. Quelle journée formidable!

Brainstorm Theatre Company, August 8 – Performers' Precinct

Brainstorm Theatre Company, August 8 – Performers' Precinct

Brainstorm Theatre Company presented their performance ‘Cyberia’ to all students in years 7, 8 and 9. The play was a great chance for students to experience some live theatre, and exploring the theme of Cyber safety in an engaging and entertaining way. Mentors have been provided with materials to support students in their understanding of themes and content.

Darren Lowe

Drama Teacher

VCE Theatre Studies Excursion

VCE Theatre Studies students attended the wonderfully bizarre in both title and content ‘Motor – Mouth loves suckface’ . Described as an’ apocalyptic musical’, this provided a great stimulus for the completion of a performance analysis piece and a great evening out, including some Italian food in Lygon St .

Darren Lowe

VCE Theatre Studies teacher

Soup Kitchen

Students of VET Kitchen Operations recently ran a Soup Kitchen, preparing 60 containers of Pumpkin Soup and Minestrone Soup to be donated to the Castlemaine branch of St. Vincent de Paul, to support local people in need.  We are very grateful to Castlemaine Fruit Supply and Maxi IGA Castlemaine for donating the ingredients for this charitable initiative.

Caroline Cook

VET Foods