Achievements & Results
Film Competition Finalist | Jason Fricker (2018)
Congratulations to 2018 graduate Jason Fricker whose short film ‘Running Late’, which was created as part of his VCE Media studies last year, has been selected as a finalist in the Senior Secondary Fiction category of the 2019 SAE ATOM Awards. The ATOM (Australian Teacher of Media) Awards recognises film and media excellence through an annual competition that celebrates the best of Australian and New Zealand screen content from the education sector and media industries.
Jason’s film (and his competition!) can be viewed on the ATOM Awards website. The winner will be announced at the 2019 Student Awards Presentation evening on Wednesday 13th November. We wish Jason the best of luck and are keeping all of our fingers and toes crossed for a big win!
Ms. Helena Hall
VCE Media Studies
Chess Club | Chess Nationals, Here We Come!
Term 3 has been one of the most fruitful terms in the history of our Chess club. For a start, our Chess team ended up qualifying for five state finals by three different organisers. Secondly, our female players have achieved a new milestone as, for the first time since the club started, a full female team qualified to participate at the Secondary Girls state finals organised by Northern Chess. Lastly, our senior team has participated in the state finals by Chess unlimited, competing against 28 different schools, they played amazingly well and ended up securing a spot at the Nationals, held in December of this year.
Is there no limit to what our students can achieve??
Mr. Isaac Ryan
Chess Club Coach
House Sport | Results
Below are the final house sport results for 2019. It has been super close across all year levels. The students have all competed with great sportsmanship and have shown fantastic house spirit. The VCE sport competition was new in 2019 and has been a great addition to the house program. A big congratulations and thank you to the whole school domain captains Vinoli F and Jordan N for running the competition all year. The 2020 House competition starts in term 4 and I look forward to another tight competition.
Year 9 House Sport
1st Blackwood
2nd Cottrell
3rd Kororoit
4th Rothwell
Year 10 House Sport
1st Rothwell
2nd Blackwood
3rd Kororoit
4th Cottrell
VCE House Sport
1st Cottrell
2nd Rothwell & Kororoit
4th Blackwood
Ms. Claire Breed
Director of Sport & Student Engagement
Co-Curricular | Duke of Ed Practice Camp
On September 4th the Duke of Ed students arrived at school for their practice camp. The camp involved an all day first aid course which went through CPR and practical scenarios that students might encounter while camping. Once the students all passed their first aid we set up tents on the oval and students cooked their dinner on their trangia stoves. There were some delicious looking meals, however I think some of them need work prior to the qualifying camp.
On the Wednesday night we went to the Cliffhanger indoor climbing gym, students had a great time and it was great to see so many students make it to the top of the walls. On Thursday the students and staff headed out to Werribee Gorge to practice their bushwalking skills in the lead up to the Grampians trip. The weather was great all day and fortunately the rain held off until all the tents were dry and packed up. A very big thanks to the staff for coming on the camp and to the students for being so well prepared and enthusiastic while on camp.
Ms. Claire Breed
Duke of Ed. Coordinator
Athletics Team Results
What a beautiful day for Athletics! On September 19th 10 students went to Keilor to compete in the Western Metro Athletics. We had some fantastic results both on and off the track. Well done to Erin C for winning the 800m and Darcie C for finishing 2nd in the 1500m. These two girls will compete at the State Athletics on October 18th.
Well done to Amisha M and Aagash M for coming 2nd in the discus and Tyler G, Quan N and Nathan R for achieving Personal bests in their events. Sophia A came 2nd in the 200m and Ariyel E came 3rd in the 1500m.
A great effort by all the students who participated on the day.