Around the College

Gifted Awareness Week

Gifted Awareness Week is occurring between Monday 19 March – Friday 23 March.  We will be celebrating Gifted Awareness Week with a morning tea with our Laurel students.  At morning tea Laurel students will be receiving their Laurel badges and have an opportunity to sign up for extension opportunities that will complement the learning that is happening in the classroom. 

Ms Rosaria Pellegrino

Director of Studies

Year 9 Business Expo

A reminder to our Year 9 students and parents, that our Year 9 2018 Business Expo is fast approaching! Students will be required to be at school from 6.00-8.30pm on Wednesday 28 March 2018. The Business Expo will be open from 6.30- 8.30pm, and all parents are warmly invited! Live voting will be happening on the night, and we are lucky enough to have a guest judge from Australian Catholic University - Mr Luigi Belmonte, who will be attending to witness the great work produced by our students. See you there!

Ms Donna Watts

Learning Leader - Humanities

2018 Mannix Day Walk

The fourth annual Mannix Day Walk was held on Friday 2nd March to commemorate our House patron Daniel Mannix. A number of students joined John Brenton and myself on our morning stroll from B.J. Powell Reserve to morning pastoral. We look forward to this event next year. Go Mannix!

Mr Brendan McAleer

Head of House, Mannix

Science Talent Search

This years science talent search is on the following topics:

2018 Theme: Australian Game Changers and Change Makers

2018 Topics:

Creative Writing – Junior & Intermediate

1. This changes everything

2. Australian changes that revolutionised the world

3. And now we think differently

4. After many trials...

Posters & Scientific Wall Charts – Junior & Intermediate

1. Great Australian change makers

2. An idea that changed people’s lives

3. That Eureka moment!

4. Game changers in food production

Interested students please give your names and pastoral group to your science teacher by the end of this term so that they can register you. 

Thank you

Miss Sheba Gurm

Learning Leader, Science

International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) - Science Competition

Your child can participate in the International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) Science Competition.  This competition has been taking place for over 20 years in schools throughout Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, the Pacific region and South Africa. 

The Science Competition is an initiative of Education Assessment Australia from the University of New South Wales and will be held on Tuesday the 29th of May 2017.

In the ICAS Science paper students will be required to answer multiple choice questions which require students to apply their knowledge, skills and understanding across five skill areas of observing/measuring, interpreting, predicting/concluding and investigating and reasoning/problem solving.

Students can participate at no cost.

Interested students please give your names and pastoral group to your science teacher by the end of this term so that they can register you.

Thank you

Miss Sheba Gurm

Learning Leader, Science

STEM News - Amazing Spaghetti Machine Contest

Year 10 students from across Victoria are invited to participate in our annual Amazing Spaghetti Machine Contest. Students work in teams and put their maths, science, engineering and project management skills to the test in the creation of a ‘spaghetti machine’ — an overly complex device that is used to perform a relatively simple task.

Teams have five months to design, plan and build their machines before demonstrating their creations on-campus at the University of Melbourne on judging day!

Watch this to learn more about how it's done:

Event details:

Thursday 9 August at the University of Melbourne campus.

Please email your name with your Pastoral Group to Miss Gurm by 23/3/18.

For more info go to the UniMelb website.

Thank you

Miss Sheba Gurm

Learning Leader, Science

Assessment Task Due Dates 

A successful student is an informed student.  To assist our students in planning ahead for upcoming assessment tasks, Assessment Task Due Dates Calendars are available in SiMON / PAM. 

SiMON / PAM > School Links > Knowledge Banks > Learning Handbooks & Forms).  

Calendars are available for Semester 1 for Year 7 – 10 subjects and for Semester 1 & 2 for VCE subjects. Due to various reasons throughout the school year, due dates may vary to the dates in the calendar, students will be notified of this in class by their teacher and calendars will be updated in SiMON / PAM as required.  

Ms Rosaria Pellegrino

Director of Studies