Excursions, Library & Achievements
Year 7 Drama enrichment excursion- ‘Robot Song’
Year 7 Drama students travelled to Bendigo, Thursday 5th May, to view an excellent performance of ‘Robot Song’, a play performed by three actors, dealing with the theme of Autism in a creative and thought-provoking manner.
Great to be back in the theatre !
Darren Lowe- Drama Teacher.
Library News
Melbourne Book buying Excursion
On Wednesday 8th June twenty students (plus Library staff), set off for Melbourne to purchase books for the Library. In all we visited three bookshops – Dymocks, Minotaur and Readings, and selected over forty new titles for our collection.
CSC Reading Challenge
At the beginning of Term 2 members of our school community were invited to read One Million words between April 9th and June 17th as part of our annual Reading Challenge. Participants were able to read whatever they liked in a range of formats, including novels, audio books, picture books, magazine/newspaper articles, poetry and graphic novels/comics.
The CSC Reading Challenge was embraced by both students and staff alike, with the weekly word-count update eagerly anticipated, and over a third of all participants reading at least one million words.
Congratulations go to all staff and students who took part in the Reading Challenge in 2022. You are amazing readers! Special congratulations go to our overall Student winner – Emma S (year 9), and our overall Staff winner - Debra Wilson.
Fun Facts:
Total number of words read: 28,710,570 words
Longest book read: Inheritance by Christopher Paolini – 280,712 words
Most words read: Emma S – 2,470,027 words
Most books read: Teddy N – 30 books
Most popular book read: Heartstopper series
Let's Get Behind Pru!
It is always a pleasure to acknowledge our students inside and outside the classroom - today we celebrate the achievements of Prudence Robinson in year 10.
Pru has been a competitive rider since the young age of five. Recently competing in interschool competitions representing Castlemaine Secondary College with her horse Davina. Mainly competing in three events; senior secondary preliminary dressage, senior secondary 80 cm combine training and senior secondary 80 cm horse trials (80cm is the height of the jumps).
During the school holidays on the 11th and 12th of April Prudence competed at 2022 Equestrian Victorian interschool state champions. Competed in the class secondary senior preliminary, in the test 1B I came first with 71.25% and in the test 1C where she came forth with 66.96% . These results allowed her to qualify to compete in the ride off the next day. In the ride off, Prudence completed the 1C test again with the A judge giving 73.21% and the B judge giving 67.5% with a total percentage being 70.35%. This result secured her the title of champion senior secondary preliminary.
We are so proud Prudence's achievements and with this win she has qualified to compete at Nationals in Sydney for Victoria and our school.
