AROUND THE CAMPUS
BOOK A TABLE FOR LUNCH ON WEDNESDAY AT THE MERCY CAFE
Another wonderful lunch served up in the Mercy Café...Pork Belly, Turkey Pie and Meatballs with cous cous were on the Menu, followed by a ginger pudding and homemade vanilla icecream.
The Café is open to the general public from 12 noon through to 2pm each Wednesday. Bookings are essential - phone 5018 8000.
CHISHOLM CELEBRATION DAY
On Thursday May 24, Chisholm held an assembly in the hall to recognise their name sake, Caroline Chisholm. Chisholm House is named after one of Australia’s greatest woman pioneers and was founded in 1983. Caroline Chisholm was renowned for her charitable work at a personal and public level and for the social reforms and improvements she achieved in the 19th century.
During the Chisholm Assembly Caroline Chisholm Certificates were awarded. These certificates are awarded to one person in each homeroom who has demonstrated the following core values in homeroom of compassion, service, community, hospitality and justice.
Certificate recipients for 2018 were:
HCH01A – Leticia Buccheri
HCH01B - Joshua Barila
HCH01C - Angus Forrest
HCH01D - Iman Westhead
HCH01E - Michael Ghidinelli
HCH01F - Joseph Nesci
HCH01G - Tomas Defreitas
HCH01H - Olivia Lemon
PRESENTATION TO VO HISTORY STUDENTS
On Thursday May 24 our History students were involved in a presentation from the History Teachers Association of Victoria (HTAV). There were two guest speakers– Lambis Englezos and Kaye De Petro.
Through careful research and passionate advocacy Lambis was able to convince the Australian and French governments that there were in fact more than 200 Australian and British soldiers buried in a field on the edges of Pheasant Wood Forest, just outside of Fromelles, France. Thanks to his hard work and the hard work of others these soldiers are now buried in a respectable war cemetery and almost 100 of them have been identified. Lambis explained to students the process and had an array of primary sources to show, he is fascinating to listen to and his presentation was thoroughly enjoyable.
Kaye spoke to the students about this year’s Premier’s Spirit of the Anzac’s Prize. It is a competition open to Year 9 students, with the major prize being a fully funded position in an overseas war battlefields study tour. The 2019 tour will be heading to Singapore and the battlefields of Vietnam. This would be an amazing experience…Year 9 students are encouraged to enter the competition, more details and entry forms can be found at: https://www.dpc.vic.gov.au/index.php/veterans/premiers-spirit-of-anzac-prize
Ms Danielle Duscher
VO History Teacher
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT STALLS
Business Management students created stalls to learn concepts of how to manage a successful business. Students developed skills in areas of planning, organisation, advertising and successful selling of the product to the students of the College.
There was a vast selection of food to select from and 3v3 basketball competition. Each business stall brought something different to the day and made an excellent contribution.
All students should consider doing Business Management as it not only talks about the concept of business but helps apply those concepts to day to day life and develop your understanding of customer service, marketing and strategic planning, which are valuable in all aspects of the work force.
Charlotte Dent
Year 11 student