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Year 7 | Trivia Extravaganza!
The entire Year 7 cohort continue to be amaze me at their resilience through this difficult remote learning period. Recently, Year 7’s participated in the Inaugural Remote Learning Trivia Extravaganza. This was a wonderful event facilitated by Ms. Field who organised this event and gathered questions from right across the learning domains.
Miss Louden tested our understanding of P.E and sporting events, Ms. Schuffelen put together some brain benders from the technology domain (I still can work out what the main nutrient is in a scone). Ms. Galli had us in a quandary with some Maths problem solving tasks. Ms. Lentini had us all up and dancing while paying homage to Tik Tok. Ms. Hanley prepared some literacy based questions testing our ability to identify significant covers from book series. And on behalf of Ms. Galea I presented some questions on Geography (which we all nailed).
Additionally, Mr. Smith prepared some tough questions around the culture of our school and of course his famous catch cry: “We are a great school!”. We won’t hold the fact that Mr. Smith barracks for Carlton against him though… (Go Saints!)
This was a great event – the chat window was going mental and it appeared to me that everyone had a good time, especially the teaching staff! I thank ALL those involved in this wonderful event and I congratulate the cohort for your participation and of course a special shout out goes to the WINNERS:
First: Madison K (7E) 53 points
Second: Jay K (7D) 48 points
Third: Charlotte H (7A), Emma N (7A), Emma E (7B) 47 points
Mr. Ben Shepherd | Year 7 Coordinator
Monash Tech School | Student Showcase
The “Learning in Iso” Showcase is the culmination of Monash Tech School’s partner school students' creativity, perseverance and resilience through the COVID-19 lockdown phases. The Showcase celebrates the classes delivered online, the technologies and processes acquired and the outcomes delivered by so many of our Wheelers Hill SC students. Selected to feature in the Showcase includes from Year 7 Waasi T and Daniel W, from Year 8 Jack N, and from Year 9 Will M but we must applaud all of the students who have taken on these exciting STEM opportunities during remote learning!
To check out fantastic examples of our students' work, click here!
Mr. Pedro Mello | STEM Learning Specialist
Student Artwork | R U OK? Day
R U OK? Day has become more significant because of the current pandemic. Some people are beginning to feel the strain of isolation; calls and the talks on the phone are starting to become insufficient. The need to interact and be physically connected are becoming more urgent.
In our Remote Learning Art Lesson, we have decided to acknowledge the hardships most people are going through in our effort to help contain the virus. We believe it is important to let those we know - our parents, our parents, our siblings, our teachers, our students, our community - that we care; that we empathise; that we are all in this together. Inspired by this YouTube video, we aimed to create simple and very sincere gestures for our community and loved ones in the form of an artistic response.
Mr. Khairi Razaai | Art Domain Leader
Online Piano Concert | Instrumental Music
We held another successful online concert with our keyboard students on the last Thursday of term. Despite the challenges we’ve all faced this year, these students have continued to show dedication towards their practice and in attending their online instrumental lessons. We are fortunate that we can use technology to provide students with a performance experience. Congratulations to you all on your achievements and great progress! You can watch the concert in the video below.
Ms. Kirsty Mechielsen | Instrumental Music
SRC Update | Student Trivia
"When we entered remote learning, it presented numerous challenges for the SRC team, as many events that we had previously planned were no longer able to occur. However, we weren’t going to let remote learning prevent us from planning fun activities that would lift student spirits and spread positivity among the college community. Our teams within the SRC group have organised movie screenings for Middle School students on Wellbeing Wednesdays, where students have been able to vote for what movie they want to watch and then watch it together. We’ve also given students the chance to participate in an online Talent Show – submissions are due by the end of the holidays, so if you still want to make a video showing your special talent, make sure you get it to us by then!
"We’ve also organised a remote Trivia event that was open to the whole school. Planning and organising an event online had its obstacles, but we were able to overcome this and hold our online trivia event on Wednesday 9th of September as part of Wellbeing Wednesday. We had participation from students across all year levels, and even a team of teachers took part in the event! It was a great opportunity for the students and teachers to work collaboratively with their friends and colleagues and test their trivia knowledge on a broad range of categories, as well as completing challenges between rounds to gain extra points. Congratulations to everyone involved!" - Mikayla H
Trivia Results
1st place: Olivia K, Summer K and Kirah M (Year 8)
2nd place: Shayna B and Regan F (Year 7)
3rd place: Chloe K, Evangelina H and Sarah B-H (Years 9 and 11)
Staff and student reviews of the SRC Trivia event:
"The trivia was a great way to communicate with friends that we haven't been able to talk to through COVID19. It was a great way for me to learn new things and work well with a group. It was nice to do something fun and enjoyable in my free time. I would recommend doing another trivia some time!" - Summer K
"I found the trivia a really fun way to learn and I found out so many new things that I never knew before! So overall I think we should do something like this again - it will be great!" -Kirah M
"Well done to the SRC on an enjoyable, engaging and extremely well run afternoon. It was a great way to spend Wednesday afternoon and a real highlight of Term 3." - Mr Adam Watson
"This event was for all students and even staff. I was in a group with Chloe in Year 9 and Evangelina in Year 11 - it was a lot of fun knowing what we knew and what we had to guess, but in the end we all enjoyed playing and being involved in a school activity. Also, we came 3rd!!!!! Thank you to the SRC for an amazing afternoon." - Sarah B-H
"The event was the most fun I have had in term 3! The student leaders who ran it were hilarious, yet professional and made sure everyone felt included. I was so impressed and can't wait for the next SRC run event!!" - Mr Pedro Mello
"The Trivia was really cool and it was fun! It was really nice for the SRC team to come up with this. Thanks for making lock-down more fun! It has been boring lately, but thanks to the SRC team, we had so much fun! Even to hear everyone talking and laughing was great. Thank you to the SRC team!" - Aryan S
"We were so lucky to have a Wellbeing Wednesday having fun and banter with the students. It was a great way to kick our shoes off (or slippers) and just forget about the stress in the world. The quiz questions were entertaining and challenging. It was a perfect recipe of ‘edutainment’ for all!" - Ms Claire Hanley
"It was a very enjoyable event and we not only had fun but we learnt things!" - Lillian K
"The trivia was really cool and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The way it was set up was awesome and it was easy to communicate with my team members, very fun." - Padmae V
"I was blown away by the incredible leadership, organization and professionalism in the SRC students involved in running the trivia event. Not only did they host the event without a hitch, but they put up with some rowdy staff members in the process!! They are incredibly hard working and clearly put a lot of effort into the event for their peers. This was genuinely so much fun. Well done SRC!" - Ms Genelle Lentini
"I found this trivia event very enjoyable and entertaining. The thing I enjoyed most about this eventful evening was communicating/interacting and spending quality time with my peers and friends. It was a fun time SRC and Teachers!" - Aphroditi A
Year 10 English | Student Writing Showcase
Year 10 English students were asked to write on Leadership as part of their Comparative Text study of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” and Clint Eastwood’s film “INVICTUS”. Their study encouraged perceptive responses using the PEACEAL paragraph structure and engaging observations. The following pieces are excerpts by selected students.
Ms. Jacinta Wilson | Year 10 English
Jack G (10A)
Leadership is featured in both Animal Farm and Invictus with a significant impact on the main characters. The animals stated from the start of the novel that they disliked the humans and are tired of being treated below them. They come up with a phrase “four legs good, two legs bad”, which symbolizes any animal walking on 4 legs is a friend. This indicates their leadership and the exclusion of the humans and the bias towards the animals building their own society. The animals are certain they don’t like the humans. Old Major’s speech at the start of the play states that all animals must stick together and they stuck by that. The animals were even interested in building windmills to generate energy to match the human’s abilities. The animals want power over the humans and not a combined community. Leadership can be used in ways to gain power and reunite their community, as we see in Animal Farm by the animals, or to work together as a nation and create unity between all people, which is the vision Nelson Mandela is attempting to show us in Invictus. Nelson Mandela’s leadership involves him uniting the nation with all colours. After he is elected as Prime Minister, he delivers a speech talking about the division of races and how that will be no more. Rugby is a common example as the two races are separated and the whites have better pitch, equipment, etc. Mandela also has both white and black people working for him. Nelson Mandela’s leadership involves him uniting the nation with all colours. It has an impact on Nelson Mandela, as it is his dream to see white and black people united in all areas. Mandela is trying to create peace and justice whereas in Animal Farm there is chaos and hatred. It is important to Mandela because it is his dream to see his nation work together. Invictus is a demonstration of unity and how people can unite to achieve big things. Unlike animal farm, they are a self-organisation and have no thought of uniting with their other side (the humans). Therefore, leadership is presented in different views.
Jemma B (10A)
Leadership is about being a role model and having the control over a group of people. This is a common theme appears frequently in the novel ‘Animal Farm’ and the film ‘Invictus’. In Animal Farm there is some difference of opinion about the farm leader. After the removal of Famer Jones, the animals have taken over, and the pigs want to take control of the farm. “We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organization of this farm depend on us” Squealer stated in the novel. The pigs feel that it is their duty to direct the farm, Snowball and Napoleon in particular. The feud between them both leads to Napoleon having Snowball sent off the farm. The role of leadership is something very important to the Animals. Animal Farm shows the role of leadership that the pigs desire. Just like Invictus, where the South African president Nelson Mandela aims to be a strong leader for his country. Mandela very much is a leader. He sees leadership as essential to the unity and health of the country he leads, and he takes his role very seriously. “You elected me your leader. Let me lead you now” Mandela said in his speech about the Springbok rugby. Nelson Mandela thinks very carefully about what it means to be a good leader. He believes in unity for his country. He uses rugby to bring his country together again because he dislikes the differences that were keeping them apart. Just like the pigs in Animal Farm. They care about their farm and fellow animals. They want to use their power to be good leaders and to maintain Animalism. Animal farm shows us the leadership that the pigs have and pursue. Leadership is important to them because they believe in Animalism. In the same way that Nelson Mandela believes in unity for his country. Invictus demonstrates the leadership from Nelson Mandela and what South Africa means to him. Leadership is an important quality that is represented importantly in both texts.
Cassidy F (10A)
Leadership in life is very important. A leader should act as a role model and be making certain decisions and choices that will benefit the group/people. This is a common theme appearing in both Animal Farm (the novel) and Invictus (the film). In Animal Farm the animals began to show leadership against Mr Jones, the animals realise that they are not being treated with respect, they weren’t happy and they deserved better. All of the animals came up with their own democracy ‘Animalism’. The Seven Commandments stated ‘Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.’ ‘Whatever goes upon four legs or has wings is a friend.’ ‘No animal shall wear clothes.’ ‘No animals shall sleep in a bed.’ ‘No animal shall drink alcohol.’ ‘No animal shall kill any other animal.’ ‘All animals are equal.’ With this democracy in place the animals get rid of Farmer Jones, believing they have victory. Snowball and Napoleon (the pigs) in particular like to take charge in the group. Leadership is very important to the pigs since they are the ‘brain workers’, day and night they are watching out for the animals welfare. Leadership is very important to the animals, it’s how the farm is managed and organised. Just like Animal Farm, leadership shows a role in “Invictus”, especially for the South African president Nelson Mandela as he strives to help his country. Nelson Mandela is definitely shows leadership and is a role model for his country. He re-assures his peers/work colleagues that they won’t be discriminated against for the colour of their skin, their language, and where they used to work. “Have no such fear” he says this shows he cares about his colleagues and his country and wants to make it a better place. All Mandela wants is for everyone to be treated equally, with respect and to bring his country together as one. He calls his country the Rainbow Nation and wears the colours of the Springbok uniform. He presents the facts and supports what he wants to keep. Nelson makes these decisions to benefit his country, and make it a better place. Animal Farm and Invictus share the same aspects of Leadership. Animal farm, the animals wanted to stand up for their rights, be treated with respect and all to be equal. Similarly, in Invictus Mandela wanted to create peace for his country with no discrimination, and having a safe environment to live.