Events
40 Hour Famine
From the 26th to the 28th of August, three students from our school community got together to participate in the 40 Hour Famine. Things fasted for the duration included furniture, food and even talking! Overall, the three of us raised $1495 (crossing our goal by nearly half a thousand dollars) – all of which will go towards the global fight against child hunger. 45 million people are on the brink of famine, more than half of whom are children. Fasting things like furniture and food for 40 hours was challenging, particularly on the Saturday as it was a full day without these privileges that we all usually take for granted – but we were all reminded of the hardships that people with food insecurity face, which pushed us to keep going. All in all, the 40 Hour Famine was a fantastic way to challenge ourselves and raise awareness; hopefully we can make this a full school event in 2023!
By Estelle Roberts and Himalaya Joshi
Hamilton Excursion
On Wednesday, August 31, the year 12 History class - and a few extras - went on a very educational field trip to see Hamilton. Our journey, by bus and train, took us from JMSS
to the beautiful Her Majesty’s Theatre in the CBD, where we were a part of an exclusive
school-only viewing of the show.
We revised the history of Hamilton and the American revolution through observing mostly
cheerful song and dance, although I wouldn’t say Burr is particularly joyous...
This enlightening experience gave all of the History students more context to the revolution and the conflicting political structure of the new American society. And whilst we cannot directly quote the show in our upcoming exam, having this refresher of key events is super helpful. Being able to use the fun songs is a great way to remember little bits of information like how Hamilton himself wrote 51 of the 85 Federalist essays.
Also, it was loads of fun seeing our textbook come to life on stage. It was like we shared an inside joke with the cast every time something that we had learnt about was performed. It was truly an amazing experience. We hope that the other non-History students enjoyed it as much as we did, and that our brief summary of the American Revolution prior to the show gave some good background knowledge, it certainly helped us revise the content!
We would absolutely like to thank Ms Smith and Ms Veldsman for making this unforgettable
excursion happen!
The Year 12 History class
Sporting Events
Congratulations to WOOD house on winning the Regatta House Competition - rowing 29.2km.
Congratulations to BLACKBURN who came first in the House Spike Ball Tournament.
Congratulations to the JMSS Athletics Team who recently competed in the Monash Division Athletics. . It was a fantastic effort from the whole team.
Good luck to the 14 students that go through to EMR Athletics on 10th October.
Special Mentions
We would like to acknowledge and congratulate
Skye Sriritana
who was on location at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) from Thursday to Sunday (last week) as a member of the Australian Weightlifting Performance Pathway Squad.
Good luck with your elite journey in this sport.
We would also like to wish
Talia Appleton
well over the coming school holidays as she represents Australia in the
UCI Road Cycling World Championships.
This will be held in Wollongong NSW between the18th & 25th September. To put this in perspective this is the highest level of competition for cycling in the world, and is a fantastic achievement.
Good luck Talia.
Congratulations on these outstanding performances and best wishes for your sporting journeys.
National History Challenge
JMSS has again had a successful year at the state judging of the National History Challenge. Nine students from year 11 and three from year 10 submitted entries on a wide range of interesting topics including Cuban art, the AIDS epidemic and espionage during the Cold War.
All students thoughtfully addressed this year’s theme of Causes and Consequences, and deciding which entries would progress from the school level to the state judging was a difficult task.
State Judging took place on Sunday September 11 and two JMSS students have advanced to national judging later this year.
Janneke Delhey Peters
Successful Judging Category: Year 10
Project topic: The 1976 Argentine Coup D’etat
Caitlin Carpenter
Successful Judging Category: Use of Primary Sources
Project Topic: How did the Port Arthur Massacre Influence Australian Society?
Congratulations to all students and best of luck to our national finalists next term.
