Marine Ambassadors Excursion - BEST

On Friday the 18th of October 2019 the Marine Ambassadors headed out to Ricketts Point to collect information for Climate Watch. What is Climate Watch? Climate Watch is an organisation that keeps track of the behaviour of animals that can indicate the effects of Climate Change. We then continued to complete a survey and upload pictures and information that we had found to the Climate Watch app.

After arriving at the beach we conducted a reef walk. We counted and collected information on marine life over the reef. We turned over rocks looking for small marine life that might be shy. We found plenty of interesting creatures that include: fish skeletons, sea cucumbers, crabs, jellyfish, crab shells and claws, shrimp, pelicans and swans, sea grapes, and sea urchins.

We also did a beach cleanup/audit, which included us finding things like, plastic, cigarettes, soy sauce packets, bottle lids, styrofoam, carpet, dog balls, fishing hooks, glass bottles, straws, nurdles, beer cans, lots of small plastics. We sorted the rubbish, into hard and soft plastics and disposed of it.

Overall it was a really good day and an amazing educational opportunity. Everybody enjoyed the opportunity to go down to the beach and help clean up and experience to see the local animals and sea life.

By Emilia Gilroy-Smith, Abigail Connor, and Georgia Galbraith 7F

Omara Cycles + Beaumaris Secondary College, Geared for Success

We, at Beaumaris Secondary College are excited to announce that we have joined forces with Omara Cycles in Black Rock for our most recent quest to complete the Great Victorian Bike Ride. Omara cycles are offered the Beaumaris Secondary College community the following opportunities:

The workshop manager is to visit us at school and conduct a bike maintenance clinic;
A free bicycle + helmet check in being offered in store, making sure every bike is safe to ride, (normal value $45).
A General Service (value $149) is being offered for $99 in store. Parts will be at RRP less 10%.

Please ensure that “Beaumaris Secondary College” is mentioned at the time of booking or when visiting in store.

At Omara Cycles, they all love bikes and they love what they do. They bring their love for bicycles to work every day and love to share their enthusiasm with their customers. They are all truly lucky to work in an industry that enables them pass on their passion for cycling to all of their customers. They want you to have the best experience possible when you walk through their door and the best way to ensure that is, to have the best people there to help you. They make a point to only hire the very best talent as they want to make sure their high standards are met.

Cycling expert Les Omara started his bike business in 1945, determined to bring his passion for cycling to the people. He named the shop Corsair Cycles, after the fighter aeroplanes in World War II. After returning home from the war, Les and wife Dot decided to follow one of their dreams – opening a bike store. Les and Dot’s enthusiasm, knowledge, and love of people are what makes O’Mara Cycles stand out from the rest.

Now his grandson Jae O’Mara continues his legacy, bringing his own expertise and enthusiasm to the latest evolution of the family business – Omara Cycles. “Pop got me into racing, and I’ve been racing and doing up bikes since I was 12. I used to strip and refurbish them and sell them in the Trading Post for pocket money,” says Jae. While the business changed hands in the 80s, it was returned to the O’Mara family in 1998, where it continues to attract second-generation clients who fondly remember Les and his legendary bike shop.

Not only this, Omara Cycles serve a great selection of freshly prepared meals, including sandwiches, baguettes, wraps and cakes. Their Cappuccino, Lattes and various coffee drinks are prepared using their Espresso machine from freshly ground coffee beans. They also cater for vegetarians and any special dietary requirements. There is then access to their extensive selection of cycling essentials, accessories and clothing located at the rear of the cafe ‘Omara Cycles’.

Year 7 Ancient Day Excursion

On the ninth of October the Year Sevens went on an excursion to the Imax cinema, Melbourne museum and national gallery of Victoria. When we got there we started by entering the Imax cinema and watching a documentary based around the mummies of ancient Egypt and every aspect surrounding it. The documentary went for an hour, and taught all the students about the pharaohs and their tombs in Egypt. The documentary was both educational and entertaining, and strengthened all students knowledge on ancient Egypt. Once that had finished we walked around the museum and learnt about many things. My group learnt about two things. The first was insects. The insects In the museum and their facilities were fun and engaging, and taught students facts about many different bugs. The ants and spiders appeared to be a crowd favourite as it was fun inspecting their homes. We also learnt about geography. We got to look at how the world has changed shapes over the years and how it would have looked thousands of years ago. It was interesting seeing how Australia has changed shape over thousands of years. There were also some rocks and stones in the area that were fun to read and learn interesting facts about. The last exhibit we visited was at the national gallery of Victoria, and an art show called the terracotta warriors. The terracotta warriors was my personal highlight of the trip, and showed historic objects and sculptures from Chinese history. Most of these objects were based around Chinese mythology, such as their dragons, and some based around real history, showing things such as large sculptures of Chinese warlords. The whole exhibit was magnificently put together, and each exhibit led into another, each one showing a work of art. Overall, the entire trip was wonderful, educational and entertaining, and I believed that every student loved every part.

Che Levi, Y7E

One aspect we learnt about was Roman and Greek armour as well as weapons. We learnt about different things they fought with including the Roman’s 10 kilogram chainmail and Greek’s man shields and spears.

Another activity, probably most people’s favourite, was gladiators. In the session on gladiators, we learnt a lot about how it started (as a way for someone’s dad to go to the ‘good place’, because they needed a sacrifice for the gods). We also got to become gladiators, with foam weapons of course. Once you and your opponent had fought, the emperor would decide if the loser would live or be sacrificed.

During the eel farming activity, we partnered up with someone and created an eel farm. We received some play dough and created a lake and rock wall. We used little beads to represent a circle of stones and some cut straws to represent trees. Then we filled it with chili flakes to represent the eels.

Another activity was ‘Daily Life’. We learnt about the types of clothes and jewellery that Ancient Egyptian’s wore. 6 volunteers were chosen including 3 girls and 3 boys. We were then shown using the volunteers as examples, the rich down to the poor, and what types of clothes they would wear.

Tahlia McBain Y7D

Division Athletics

A few weeks ago we had 30 of our best athletes complete at Division Athletics. All athletes competed with a fantastic level of sportsmanship and most came home with a ribbon. 8 of our athletes were successful in qualifying for Southern Metro finals, with a special mention to Valentino Bertucci who broke the record for the under 13 boys high jump.

Southern Metro Finals

Our qualifying athletes competed in windy and wet conditions against a high calibre of competitors. Some outstanding runs, jumps and throws were completed on the day. Isabella Martignon-Williams – 3rd Triple Jump, Valentino Bertucci – 2nd High Jump, Miette Lee – 1st High Jump.

State Finals

Miette Lee finished a fantastic high jump campaign with a 2nd place.

Key Dates

2019 Key Dates