Create, Contribute, Compete!
AFL CARNIVAL
Mr Daniel O'Malley, Head of HASS and PE
Our Year 8 and 9 students competed in the ACC AFL Carnival on Wednesday, 11 August. The King’s College students represented the College with great enthusiasm and sportsmanship. It was fantastic to see the participation and effort on the day. The girl's AFL team had a 3 win and 2 loss record. The boy's team finished with a 4 win and 1 draw record. Both teams competed really well, and the players and coaches enjoyed the day.
Rotary Oral Competition in Kwinana
Joshua East, Head of English and The Arts
On Monday, 28 June, Aimee Hosken and Kathleen Vasquez represented The King’s College in the first Rotary Oral Competition in Kwinana against other independent schools in the area. The event had students choosing any topic they were passionate about, and students were required to address four major questions.
- Is it the Truth?
- Is it Fair to all concerned?
- Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
- Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
Kathleen performed first out of our two participants and gave an emboldened speech about women of colour. Her speech centred on how she had felt proud of her heritage but often found representations of people who shared her skin colour as disingenuous and derogatory. Kathleen called for the world to recognise how the recurrence of these stereotypes across media platforms are damaging and that we all need to embrace the role women of colour play in making our world a more colourful place. Kathleen highlighted the importance of her Mother’s cooking as a powerful example of what her culture can offer Australia.
Aimee presented second out of our contestants and produced a speech about feminism. As a young lady, Aimee recognised the continued importance of spreading the message that women deserve equality in contemporary society such as Australia. Aimee focused much of her message on how women are not always each other’s best supporters and can perpetuate negative stereotypes against themselves. Also, she spent some time acknowledging that men suffer from a unique set of issues that can make it challenging to see the world from a female perspective. For Aimee, she sees the potential for women and men to grow closer as we better support each other and recognise that our shared humanity is of greater importance than our gender.
Though neither of our representatives won, the competition was fierce, and our students walked away empowered and impassioned. I would personally like to thank Kathleen and Aimee for their commanding messages. As developing orators and future leaders, I am inspired by their vision for a better world and uplifted, knowing that their voices will make a difference.
CSBP Showcase
Mrs Karin Au
After three months of preparation and hard work from the Year 9 Culture and Community class, we finally presented our Coastal Challenge project at a showcase at Darius Wells Resource Centre on 23 June 2021. The event was attended by Her Worship Mayor Carol Adams and Mr Ian Hensen, CEO of Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy and Fertilisers. The event aims to raise awareness and empower teams of young people to take real action on coastal issues, developed in partnership with CSBP and Perth NRM. The challenge makes direct links between conservation values, sustainability, STEM and school curriculum. Our team ran an art competition for the primary school, and the artworks were all presented at the showcase.
The comments from the group were very positive:
"The CSBP Coastal Connections Challenge really opened my eyes to the amount of rubbish that's in our oceans, and through the course of running our project we were able to educate the primary students." - Franchesca Barrameda
“To be honest I joined this challenge just to go to the beach to skip school, but after those two days, it wasn’t just about skipping school anymore. The three months that we spent planning was all worth it in the end and it was exciting to see so many kids be so eager about our environment.” - Shanley Arcega