AROUND THE COLLEGE

EAL HOMEWORK CLUB 

The WHC EAL Homework Club is for students from language backgrounds other than English. Members meet on Wednesdays in the Library Café space from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm. The program is supported by tutors from EdConnect and WHC staff. If you do not have a permission form, you may collect one from Mrs Deo in the Year 7 office. We look forward to seeing you all!

Library News

Thank you to Ms Podbury’s art class for contributing to our Library ‘sunflower’ display.  Sunflowers are the national flower of Ukraine and we have sunflowers growing in our horticulture garden for everyone to enjoy!

SSV Golf

Geelong Region SSV Golf Tournament

What a fantastic effort by the WHC Golf Team who chose to participate in their first official School Sport Victoria Golf tournament at Clifton Springs Golf Club. All students enjoyed the occasion and were enthusiastic to the personal challenge of testing and developing their golfing skills and golfing etiquette under the pressurized competition stroke format. Well done to all participants and all look forward to being back again next year.

Senior Boys:

Jett Modola 2nd Stroke Score 42 (1st-40)

Lachlan Sesto 3rd Stroke Score 42

Ashton Lovell 5th Stroke Score 45

Matthew Fisher 6th Stroke Score 46

Obie Millar 8th Stroke Score 52

Ben Pennisi 9th Stroke Score 52

Senior Girls:

Johanna Ivey 3rd Stroke Score 68

Intermediate Volleyball

What an amazing effort by the Intermediate Boys and Girls Volleyball Teams who tried hard all day in the games they participated in. Volleyball is certainly popular as Western Heights College as we were able to include two Boys and two Girls Intermediate teams in the competition. The teams were arranged in Year levels, so we had a Year 9 and Year 10 team in both the Boys and Girls competitions. The Western Heights College Year 10 Girls team was successful in making the Semi Finals but was unfortunately unable to defeat their opponents. It was most pleasing to see all team members displaying excellent sportsmanship.

Well done to all team members and we now look forward to the event next year.

WHC Yr 10 Girls Team Results:

Game 1 (Won) WHC – 45pts V’s Oberon SC – 43pts

Game 2 (Won) WHC – 41pts V’s Surfcoast SC – 31pts

Semi Final (Lost) WHC – 33pts V’s Grovedale SC -42pts

WHC Yr 9 Girls Team Results:

Game 1 (Lost) WHC – 27pts V’s Matthew Flinder SC – 31pts

Game 2 (Won) WHC – 40pts V’s North Geelong SC – 28pts

Game 3 (Won) WHC – 40pts V’s Geelong HS -21pts

WHC Yr 10 Boys Team Results:

Game 1 (Lost) WHC – 20pts V’s Grovedale SC – 40pts

Game 2 (Lost) WHC – 33pts V’s Surfcoast SC – 42pts

WHC Yr 9 Boys Team Results:

Game 1 (Lost) WHC – 19pts V’s Bellarine SC – 40pts

Game 2 (Lost) WHC – 23pts V’s Geelong HS – 40pts

Consolation Game Results:

Game 1 (Lost) WHC Yr10 Girls – 16pts V’s (Won) WHC Yr10 Boys – 23pts

Game 2 (Won) WHC Yr9 Girls – 20pts V’s (Lost) WHC Yr9 Boys – 19pts

WHC House Athletics Carnival 2022

A successful day was had by all students at the Landy Field Athletics Track on Tuesday 8th March where Western Heights College held their annual 2022 House Athletics Carnival. It was a rather coolish autumnal day with all elements felt: sunshine, wind, rain and cold but that did not dampen the competitive spirit of all the competitors. Students were very keen to get actively involved particularly in not only the field events but also the track events where there were record entries. Once again this year students were required to nominate and register for their events prior to the day’s competition with students encouraged to give as many events a try as they could. 

The schools PE athletics program has enabled students from Year 7 through to Year 10 to practice their athletics skills prior to the competition day. A big thankyou goes out to all who participated and tried their best in the respective events. Also a huge thankyou goes to the marvellous effort from the staff who made a significant contribution to the day in the various official capacities, including John Robinson who supports the college in the organisation of the day. Well done everyone.

Congratulations once again goes to the Barton (BLUE) house who were the overall winners from the day. 

Congratulations also again to the Age Group Champions who were successful in their age group and we look forward to these students and others representing the school at the next level of competition which will be held in week two in term two on Friday 6th May at Landy Field. Please keep an eye out on Compass or the Sports noticeboards in each community building for allocated team members.

Year 10

Year 10Biology class completing an experiment on the Nervous system & reaction time. Students compared results of reaction time in a normal state and a distracted state. 

VCE

Motivational Speaker next term

In Week 1 of next term (Thursday 28th April, sessions 5 & 6), students in Years 11 – 12 and Year 10 students undertaking a VCE subject, will be attending a motivational presentation by Nathan Hulls. Parents of these students are warmly invited to attend the presentation as well which will take place in the Vines Road Community Centre at no cost to our families.

Nathan Hulls is Australia’s #1 High School Motivational Speaker who has been engaging, inspiring and empowering students, teachers, youth workers and parents across Australia. Through his research into positive psychology, social + emotional intelligence, resilience and motivational theory Nathan runs seminars that engage and strengthen the whole school community. Nathan’s stories of overcoming adversity and disability at a young age, to follow his dreams and achieve success have inspired hundreds of thousands of others to do the same.  His passion to help young people is evident in his presentations and he has an amazing ability to connect and engage with youth right where they are at, bridging the gap and giving them the tools and the strategies to help them uncover their true potential.

I think everyone would agree that considering the past couple of years, our senior students – more than ever – need our encouragement and support to bring out the best in them as they move through their final years of schooling. 

We look forward to welcoming our senior students and parents to this exciting event. 

Susan Harrington

10-12 College Leader