IMPORTANT DATES 2020

Wednesday 29 January

Years 7, 11 and 12 student START

Thursday 30 January

Years 8, 9 and 10 students START

Monday 4 February

School Photo Day (Day 1)

Tuesday 11 February

School Photo Day (Day 2)

Monday 24 February

School Swimming Carnival

Thursday 5 March

Year 10 Immunisations

Year 9 Food Studies

Food Prep Skills

Chocolate Mud Cakes. Yes please!

Year 9 Ceramics

2020 Year 10 Central Camp

PAYMENTS

Camp 1

Monday 27 April to Tuesday 5 May

Camp 2

Wednesday 29 April to Thursday 7 May

Thank you to parents and guardians who made the initial deposit of $550 (due Friday 6 December) to secure a place on the camp.

PAYMENT DETAILS

1st Payment $550 - Friday 6 December, 2019

2nd Payment $500 - Friday 14 February, 2020

3 rd Payment $500 - Friday 20 March, 2020

Full details of the camp are available on COMPASS for parents and guardians.

Awards Assemblies

Thursday 12 December - Year 10 students

Friday 13 December - Year 9 students

Congratulations to Year 10 and 9 students who received awards and certificates for their achievements in 2019.

YEAR 10 AWARDS

Year 10 Female Captain - Molly Keyhoe
Year 10 Male Captain - Theo Georgiou
2020 Year 11 Female Captain - Molly Keyhoe
2020 Year 11 Male Captain - Tyler Swann
2020 Year 11 Vice Captains - Livinia Honeycombe and Brendan Kirk
Language Awards
Instrumental Music Awards
Clay Target Club Certificates
Interschool Sport MVP's
Sports Awards - Most Valuable Player's
Male Sports Champion - Rhys Studinzinsky
Female Sports Champion - Taylah Tillotson
Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars Program – Tyler Swann
Long Tan Defence Force Award – Mariah Derksen
Outstanding Attendance – Whole Year
VCE Subject Awards
Academic Excellence and Endeavour (4 to 6 subjects)
Denise Young Citizenship Award – Sarah Davies
Principal's Award - Cedar Scott
Female Student of the Year – Jaydean Stamp
Male Student of the Year – Tyler Cavill

YEAR 9 AWARDS

2019 Year 9 Captains - Valentina Aloysius and Cooper Rouget

2019 Year 9 Vice Captains - Tayja Maki and Jye Peacock

2020 Year 10 Captains - Brianna Tilbury and Mackenzie Tully

Steam Captains - Peter Paladino and Chloe Anastassiou-Stein

Maths Awards

Science Awards

Humanities Awards

Languages Awards

Music Awards

Clay Target Shooting Awards

Interschool Sport MVP's

Sports Awards
Male Sports Champion - Dylan Jarvis
Female Sports Champion - Kayla Villarreal
Outstanding Attendance - Whole Year
Academic Excellence and Endeavour (6 to 10 subjects)
Principal's Award - Jesse Dooley
Female Student of the Year - Abby Broadley
Male Student of the Year - Ethan Webber

In a final Home Group Assembly this morning, students also received certificates for Outstanding Attendance (Whole Year and Semester 2), Academic Excellence & Endeavour, and the school Salamander.

The Middle School team would like to thank parents and guardians, students and staff for attending the assembly.

Year 10 Captains'

Awards Assembly Speech

Congratulations everyone, we got through another year of high school. This year has been an eventful one. Thank you to everyone for such a good year.

We just completed all of our exams and you all should be very proud of yourselves. It was a stressful time but, we all pushed through to do as well as we could.

The next two years are going to be big for most of us, whether you are doing VCAL, VCE, an apprenticeship or getting a full time job. I want to wish everyone luck in whatever you are choosing to do.

This year’s production of Aida was amazing. It had a great storyline of a princess, who was captured and fell in love with a captain, who was betrothed to another princess. The story was set in Ancient Egypt. Good job to everyone involved, whether you were backstage, a lead or even part of the chorus.

In August, a 'Coward’s Punch' victim came and spoke to everyone about what the 'Coward’s Punch' is and about Pat Cronin, who lost his life to a punch to the back of the head. The whole speech was very emotional and everyone took a lot out of it.

This year's camp won’t be one to forget, The Kings Canyon hike was amazing and visiting the Aboriginal Dreamtime Experience and learning how to throw a boomerang with Mike was fun. Visiting Uluru was incredible! We all enjoyed learning how the indigenous people learnt to survive in that environment for thousands of years. Also our visit to The School of The Air and the Royal Flying Doctor’s service base in Alice Springs, was very intriguing.

All sporting carnivals this year were a great success with outstanding performances from all athletes. We hope everyone had a great time and hope you participate in the 2020 carnivals.

The Formal this year was a huge success, everyone looked amazing and there were many great dancing moments, such as, Mr Bleakly’s dancing, which I don’t think anyone will ever forget. Overall it was a great night!

We’d like to say a final goodbye before we step down as Captains. This has been a great year and we really appreciate all the great support! So thank you and have a great summer break.

Molly Keyhoe and Theo Georgiou

Year 9 Captains'

Awards Assembly Speech

Valentina

Good morning everybody. So today marks the annual End of the Year Awards ceremony and also the end of Year 9.

This year has brought us many opportunities such as, Wellbeing Day where we learnt to break the status quo and just accomplish what we want to.

We have all grown from the start of Year 7. Some of the people we didn’t even know at the start of the year, are now our closest friends.

Things change so quickly within the span of a year. From the start of the year, where we just started to meet new people in our classes to now, we have come to understand our interests.

The Instrumental Music students had the opportunity to play at Hamer Hall, which is a great Victorian Orchestra. I want to congratulate all of the people who completed AMEB Exams and got excellent results.

The production cast performed “AIDA” and personally, that was one of the best experiences of a lifetime.

The STEAM members were selectively chosen to compete in the Beat Saber tournament and LHS came 1st. Well done to everyone who received excellent results in those competitions.

Tayja

Last week, we had 4 teams compete in the Nationals Basketball Tournament. It involved all teams playing one or two games of basketball, against teams from all across the country for a week.

Congratulations to all Year 9 players including; Cooper Rouget, Rhys Crossley, Jeremiah Whitelaw, Callum Toner, Taylor Holly, Toby Law, Callum McCulloch, Jayden Woodworth, Mitch Green, Paula Pavic and myself, who competed all week. It was great to see such hard working athletes putting in all their effort and using their talents. Even though, they might not have won all their games, not once did any of them not have a smile on their face.

With the Senior Boys coming home with a bronze medal and the Intermediate Girls team winning gold, it was a great way to finish off the school year.

A big thank you to Mr Stuart, Mr Hagar and Mr Mitchell for coaching and putting in all your efforts.

Jye

In Term 1, the whole school competed in the School Swimming Carnival. It was awesome to see a large amount of the Year 9’s come and participate in some events. As always, the whole school looked great and dressed up in their house colours and costumes. There were a variety of different events and those who won their events, went on to the district swimming carnival. Overall, it was a great day and everyone had a great time.

In Term 3, we had the Athletics Carnival. A lot of people who attended this day competed in an event, which was awesome to see. Athletes who won their event went to the district athletics day. We had many students compete in this round and there were even a few athletes, who then went onto the regional athletics day. A handful of students even went on to compete at state level. A big congratulations to all the Year 9’s and the teachers for another successful 'Swimming and Athletics Carnival'.

Cooper

Tasmania camp was definitely a highlight of the year. It wouldn’t of been as enjoyable, if we weren't there with our friends.

This year has definitely been an eventful and memorable year. These experiences are memories, we will treasure for a very long time.

Last week, we all undertook the Year 9 Maths and English exams. Even though we spent this whole term revising, it paid off in the end, to complete the exams. The exams were challenging but, they were also very good practice for our exams in later years.

On behalf of the Year 9 Captains', I want to congratulate all of you for completing the first exams of many to come. This year has brought us many challenges, where we have had to work individually, however we came out of those trials and have overcome those challenges.

Year 9 has been a very exciting year and I want to thank everyone for making this year special. Thank you for listening.

Valentina Aloysius, Cooper Rouget,

Jye Peacock and Tayja Maki

Kwong Lee Dow Scholarship

CONGRATULATIONS

Tyler Swann

The Kwong Lee Dow scholarship is offered annually by Melbourne University to students who have excelled in their studies during Year 10.

Recipients of the scholarship are granted access to university events and activities designed to give them a taste of university life. Further assistance with university entry may also be possible for successful students.

It is with great delight that we announce Tyler Swann, Year 10 as Kwong Lee Dow Scholarship recipient for 2019.

Tyler was nominated by his teachers and coordinators after being recognised as a hard working student with aspirations to further his studies.

Well done Tyler. we all look forward to seeing you get the most out of this opportunity.

YEAR 9 & 10

STUDENT ABSENCES

Parents and guardians are asked to check COMPASS and approve ANY UNEXPLAINED ABSENCES your son/daughter may have for 2019.

Please assist us to fulfil our legal obligations and approve promptly. Emails have been sent to parents and guardians asking for these absences to be approved.

It is the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development policy that all student absences are accounted for.

Happy Holidays

The Middle School Coordination Team, would like to wish students and families, a very Merry Christmas and a happy and safe New Year.

Elizabeth Nevins, Daniel Toma,

Michael Bourne, Jess Kilkenny, Jodie Street, Riana Asta, Jye Cuff and Lauren Kelso

Middle School Coordinators

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Thank you for a successful and eventful year!