Year 9 Service Project

The Year 9 students presented their Service Projects to a panel. Included in the panel was our Principal, Mrs Crisara, and councillors from the Hume City Council. Please see the letter attached from Cr Karen Sherry.

This is the first time this subject has been undertaken at Aitken College and I am very proud to say that the students rose to the challenge. We hope that they have learnt a lot about helping the community and that many of them take these lessons with them and continue to assist others. A very big thank you to the mentors; Mr David Christofas, Miss Sarah Howells, Mr Brook Marsom, Ms Merjam Mujkanovic and Ms Sherry Sadler. I would also like to extend thanks to Mr Ben Lawless who researched and assisted in any way he could, and of course, Mr Michael Patchell who completed so much work to ensure that this project ran smoothly and as successfully as it did. The greatest thank you goes to the Year 9 students for such a great achievement. What follows is a list of some of the things that students did:

• Visited Montessori Childcare Centre to conduct a science experiment with 3 year old children
• Planted native trees at a Glenroy Park after establishing links with Moreland City Council
• Worked with Sunbury Radio station to increase their youth listener base
• Planted wallaby grass in the science gardens at the school
• Worked closely with local supermarkets to provide food donations for the Salvation Army
• Carried out a litter pick in local areas
• Worked with the police to increase their profile amongst adolescents in the local area
• Helped residents of a local aged care facility to learn about technology
• Helped a local child care centre plant and grow seeds
• Provided colouring books and pencils for a doctor’s surgery for children to use
• Wrote Christmas cards for residents of a local aged care facility
• Ran multiple activities over 4 days at a local kindergarten
• Produced an educational video about the effects of COVID and what we can learn from it
• Multiple projects assisting the sustainability aims of the school
• Made wellbeing packs for students in counselling
• Assisted with sports training for Primary students