Around the School
Library Renovations
As part of our school’s upgrade, the library is being renovated. Over the past two weeks library staff have been preparing to move most of our collection and furniture into storage containers.
On Wednesday a professional team helped us relocate to our new temporary home in what was previously the VCE study centre.
We are now set up and ready to recommence library services. Our popular reading ladders program will continue to function and we can accommodate a small number of private study students. Library hours will remain unchanged for this year.
We anticipate moving back into our renovated library at the end of term 1 next year.
Emily Collins & Deb Wilkins
Library Coordintors
Indonesian News!
Year 7 Indonesian students are participating in a New Pedagogies for Deep Learning assignment with Ringwood North Primary School. The focus of the assignment is on Sustainable Palm Oil usage and human impact on the Indonesian environment. Students are creating Sustainable Palm Oil awareness campaigns to share on our YouTube channel. Part of the assignment requires students to present their findings directly to their target audience. Students will visit Ringwood North Primary School to present this in their Presentation Space and the primary school students will vote for the most effective campaign. A reminder to parents of students in 7B and 7H that consent for this excursion is due as soon as possible.
20 students across these classes will also have the opportunity to attend a full day excursion at Melbourne Zoo to put their knowledge gained into practice with Zoo educators. This is an exciting experience and students are encouraged to work hard in class throughout this unit to increase their chances of gaining entry into the draw!
Our Indonesian Language Assistant Pak Ery officially only has four more weeks left with us at Ringwood SC before going home to Indonesia. Students in Indo Club have enjoyed his language and grammar games recently! We will all miss him greatly!!
Jessica Lundie
Indonesian Teacher
Youth Voice for Peace
Aimee Platts Year 11 has been involved in the Youth Voice for Peace this year and she was 1 of 3 young people involved in the event last Friday at Maroondah Council`s Karralyka. Aimee delivered a reading that she had written as well as the Ode of Remembrance and lead the event in a minute silence. She did a wonderful job!
"Standing on the beach at Gallipoli
Nothing but silence as you remember the brave men
All those years ago
Today, we remember those who fought and served
To bring peace among countries
We learn about the scarifies made so their stories live on
To remind those how we got to be the country we are today
After standing on ANZAC cove, with the waves being the only sound
As no words can describe looking out over that historic place
The peace has returned and will forever last "
We are super proud of what Aimee has achieved over the last 12 months
Rachelle Jones
Youth Programs Worker
Maths News
Congratulations to the students who have challenged themselves by entering a number of maths competitions.
This year 125 students sat the ICAS UNSW Maths Competition.
Particular congratulations go to Shije Huang of Yr 7 and Kefan Tang of Yr 12, who both achieved High Distinctions, placing them in the top 1% of Australian students in the competition.
Distinctions were achieved by:
Asif Ahmed, Clinton Bouphasavanh, Joshua Clements, Thomas Cooke, Vithara Gunawardena, Brynn Jacka and Samuel Rhodes, all in Year 7
Grace Veenman from Year 8
Yanzhen Gu, Max Hennessy, Alex Jackson, Lorenzo Louw, Mark Reynolds, Daniel Roberts, Chris Swindells and Lachlan Watson from Year 9
Chelsey Chen and Dean Stevens from Year 10
Holly Hey and Jiayu Li from Year 11
Jiayue Huang and Evan Wang from Year 12.
Additionally 49 students received Credit certificates and 17 achieved Merit certificates.
Two teams of three students entered the inaugural Choose Maths video competition. Congratulations to Patience Amartey, Lauren Clements and Swetha Vasudevan who were awarded an Honorable Mention for their video explaining the ‘Birthday Paradox’.
In the Education Perfect Online Maths Championships, Joshua Clements and Clinton Bouphasavanh achieved Gold Awards; Brooklyn Owen a Silver Award and Credit Awards were earned by Abbey Hepworth, Megan Rennick and Za Bet Thang.
Last, but definitely not least, Brooklyn Owen and Erin Wynne achieved medals in the Manga High Online Maths Challenge, a world-wide competition.
Donna Mackinnon
YR 11 VCAL fighting hunger in Australia
The Yr 11 VCAL class organised a food drive for food bank victoria as part of a unit on homelessness and fighting hunger in Australia. They raised 30 kg of food that equates to 60 meals for the community in need.
All the food will be repacked into food parcels that is distributed to more than 450 food relief agencies across Victoria
So well done to all those students for helping make a difference in the community.
Voula Margellis
VCAL Personal Development Skills Teacher
Careers News
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Helen Doherty
Careers Team
YR 11 VCAL
Well done to William Lucas from yr 11 VCAL for organising an end of year dinner at the Oven Twist Restaurant. As part of the VCAL PDS projects this year students have looked at Health and Nutrition; working on the individual and their understanding of the wider community. It was a great way to end the VCAL year .
We also wish William all the very best as he has picked up an apprenticeship for next year and will be leaving us.
Voula Margellis
VCAL teacher