Secondary News
The Man Cave & Girls Talk Workshops
On Tuesday 22nd October the Year 7-10 students as well as VCAL students were involved in full day workshops.
The boys workshop focused on the journey into manhood for the boys with our guest presenters, the team from Man Cave. The Girl’s Talk workshop looked at some of the challenges that are unique to the female gender in today’s society.
Both sessions were emotionally challenging for students but efforts were made to bring in some fun too. We would like to thank staff members from Edenhope & District Memorial Hospital: Cath McDonald who ran a yoga/Relaxation session for all of the girls. There were a lot of giggles as we stretched and balanced an hour away.
Outreach Worker, Murray McGuiness attended the information session before supporting the boys during their workshop for the entire day.
If any students have anything they would like to talk through some more, EDMH Social Worker, Robyn Lyons is happy to come up to the school and meet with students one-on-one (ask Mrs Eastwood or Ms Tiddy to arrange if required).
We hope students took away some new knowledge and skills from the day that they will use in their day-to-day lives.
Thanks also go to Bendigo Bank for Sponsoring the Information Night.
Vanessa Eastwood
Welfare Officer
School for Student Leadership Program
Edenhope College has been offered six places for students to attend the School for Student Leadership, Gnurad Gundidj Campus in Term 4 next year (three boys and three girls).
Also being offered are four places (two boys and two girls) for the Victorian Young Leaders to China program in Term 3 of 2020. Students will spend six weeks in Guangzhou, China.
The application and selection process for the School for Student Leadership program 2020 has concluded. Edenhope College would like to thank all the students who applied and offer a big congratulations to all students who were successful. We also offer thanks to Mrs. Altmann and Ariana Ralph-Smith, for their contribution to the process.
Year 12 Dinner
Year 7 Science
Mrs Close demonstrated the distillation process to Year 7's this week. Students are currently learning about different techniques and mixtures. In this class they were using distillation to separate a mixture of copper sulphate and water.
Kat Close
Science Teacher
Year 8 Science Challenge
Science students have been set a challenge at the start of each term. Last week students completed building a catapoult using limited resources.
Jaali Brennan is seen testing his model before entering a challenge that will see students fire a marble the longest distance.
Mr Shaw
Science Teacher
Year 11 Ag - Cropping Excursion
Mr Shaw took the Year 11 Agriculture students out to learn about the use of technology in improving performance. Mark Jarvis from Wombelano took time out of his schedule to explain how GPS data collected from soil tests is combined with yield information from the header to strategically fertilize cropping paddocks.
2019 VETDSS 'Ready for Work' Graduation Day - Federation Uni
On October 23rd, Miah Kelly graduated from the 'Ready for Work' program. The course ran for 20 weeks. In that time the students gained certificates in Safe Food Handling, Communicating in the Workplace, Working Effectively with Others, Preparing and Serving Espresso Coffee, Providing Responsible Service of Alcohol, and Providing First Aid. During their studies, the students were involved in running pop-up coffee shops and preparing food.
Year 10 Women's Health Lunch
On Monday 28th October the Year 10 Health girls attended the Women's Health Day Luncheon hosted by the Harrow Bush Nursing Centre. It was a fabulous event with guest speaker Hayley Dawson from The Rural Naturopath sharing information about all things women's health, self care and stress management. We learned a lot, and went home with some great goody bags!
Mrs Close