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Lions Youth of the Year
This year, 4 students elected to take part in the Bendigo Region Lions Youth of the Year competition. The students who participated were;
- Olivia Hocking for Strathfieldsaye Lions,
- Fletch Canny for Maiden Gully/Marong Lions, and
- Lloyd Meadows and Ella Hayes for Eaglehawk Lions.
Castlemaine students did very well overall, with Ella and Fletch making it to the next level at the Bendigo Region competition. Students had to participate in a 30min interview panel before preparing a 5 min speech and answering two 2min impromptu questions for an audience. At all stages, 3 judges scored and ranked students. Their competitors came from Girton and Bendigo Senior.
The leadership, analytical and communication skills expressed by all students from all three schools was fantastic to be a part of. Well done to all that participated.
Human Rights
As part of the Zinda Festival in Bendigo, six CSC students took part in the Human Rights forum in the Bendigo Town Hall. We heard very diverse Life Journeys from 5 young Australians/Australian Residents. Stolen Generation descendants, a refugee from Bagdad, and recently graduated Human Rights lawyer as examples. Our students were able to ask in-depth questions about Australia’s lack of a Bill of Rights, UN’s recommendation on Human Rights (which Australia helped to write, but doesn’t follow) and what’s it like to be a refugee in Australia.
Students who participated included;
- Beatrix Dimsey
- Lucia Carolan
- Niamh O’Connor Smith
- Emila Vallacott
- Ivy Browne, and
- Alina Graeve
Harmony Day
On the 21st of March, CSC acknowledged Harmony Day through a fantastic celebration of our differences. At lunchtime, the Health Action Team (with support from Alli, our school nurse, and SRC) ran the ‘Harmony Day Festivale’. We had dance, food from different countries, music, henna and many other exciting activities for students to participate in for free. Recess saw the running of the best soccer game for 2019, Yr12s and Teachers against the rest of the World. Zinda DJs played great music while the gym was full of competing soccer players. The match finished with penalty kicks – a very close and exciting game!
Teacher, Year 12 Vs the rest of the School
Fringe Festival – CyberSafey Exhibition
The 2018 Year 9 Digital Communications group were asked to launch their digital creations at the 2019 Castlemaine Fringe Festival from the 1st -21st March. A select group of students, who worked with local creative agency Storyland in 2018 to create clips and memes, attended the launch on the 7th of March in the Phee Broadway Foyer. Christian Vejar spoke on behalf of the group, explaining in detail the five-week workshop where they explored and produced their own media to communicate how to be safe and happy in a digitally saturated world.
The exhibition consisted of several oversized posters depicting the media clips the group had created, along with the clips looping on a television for all of the Fringe Festival goers to experience.
Students were: Shanti Kingston, Chloe Cue, Tjalurri Russell, Elwyn Carlile, Christian Vejar and Nellie Wilshire
This project was made possible through a partnership involving CSC, Mount Alexander Shire and Primary Care Partnerships. A huge thankyou to all who supported our CSC students and Castlemaine Fringe Festival for exhibiting the artwork.
Muso Bingo
Earlier this term, SRC ran the first Muso Bingo for 2019. Many students participated in the high energy and extremely exciting music bingo competition. While the winners won a yummy chocolate bar to share, the real fun was in the competition itself, and the singing and dancing that went with the experience.
Eric Avery
CSC gets involved with Artists from the Castlemaine State Festival, 2019
CSC students had the privilege of undertaking a Strings and Dance workshop with the highly accomplished violinist and dancer – Eric Avery.
Eric has already performed at the Castlemaine State Festival, over the weekend, and generously shared amazing music and dance techniques with our Indigenous Students and Strings Music students. Students learnt the importance of; health and fitness, practicing technique and applying knowledge and understanding to new and amazing ideas. To learn more about Eric visit; https://www.marrugeku.com.au/people/eric-avery/
On Friday, all of our Y7-12 Music elective students will take part in a workshop with Frederico Albanese. Frederico Albanese, an internationally acclaimed composer and musician from Italy, has composed music for cinema and documentaries, and other compositions that have been described as airy and cinematic, blending classical, pop and psychedelia. The experience promises to share, with our Music students, the amazing opportunities for musicians to explore. To learn more about Frederico, visit; https://www.federicoalbanese.com
Later in the week, our Art classes will be visiting many art exhibitions and taking part in various workshops. The Castlemaine State Festival continues to enrich the learning for CSC students and provide unique opportunities from the Arts World.
