English and Humanities 

English

Alex Webb (Year 10), has been shortlisted (top ten) for the La Trobe University Young Writers' Awards which is one of the competitions promoted to the students. There is a dinner late in October which Mr Astorino her English teacher, has agreed to attend where they will announce the place-getters, and Alex will have to read an excerpt of her story. This is an amazing effort as there were hundreds of entries.

On Friday 13 October, the Year 12 cohort was lucky that Kay Perry spoke to them about exam preparation. She went through all the components of the course and fielded questions from the students. Those who attended found it very valuable and commented how it affirmed their knowledge and validated the instruction that they had received.  Unfortunately only 48% of the students took up this opportunity.

Anne Gamble 

English Domain Leader 

National History Challenge

The National History Challenge is an annual research-based competition that encourages students to use their research skills in the creation of an essay, museum exhibit, video or multimedia presentation. Each year, students from MGSC are guided through the competition to create entries that are judged at regional level. This year, eight students had their entries progress to state level, where they had a short interview with history professionals from across Victoria. Those students were:  Rebekah Bennett (Year 7), Grace Bailey (Year 7), Zoe Bunn (Year 8), Caitlin Tasci (Year 8), Samantha Hooper (Year 8), Nazanin Jalali (Year 9), Natalie Hooper (Year 10) and Jessi Hooper (Year 12)

Grace Bailey from Year 7 had her entry progress to the National judging, where her entry was awarded the Victorian Year 7 prize for 2017.

Congratulations to all students on their achievements.

Catherine Jones

English, English Language and Humanities