Senior Years
Year 10 Health and Wellbeing Day 2
Last week we held the second day of the Year 10 Health and Wellbeing Program that has been introduced this year.
Students saw a powerful and moving presentation by Neil Davis from The Sammy Davis Foundation. Neil talked about the night his son Sam died as a result of a single punch at a party. He explained the impacts Sam’s death had on his family, friends of Sam, people at the party and the person responsible for Sam’s death. Students were also given some clear advice and strategies about how to manage situations at parties where aggressive behaviour may be occurring. It was obvious during the presentation that Neil’s words had a big impact on our students. We thank Neil again for his courage in presenting his and Sam’s story.
In the second session, students were led through an activity where they were challenged to identify their own values. Lutheran Education Australia values, Connected Schools values and The Endeavour Way values were all looked at before students were given the opportunity to contemplate what their core beliefs were and a chance to reflect on those beliefs. The students completed a personal reflection on their values which they were encouraged to share with their parents or someone significant.
Finally, in the afternoon Mrs Fitridge and Marni Harding discussed with students the importance of keeping safe in the work place. Students identified problems that may arise when they are on Work Experience and discussed strategies on how to deal with these if they occurred.
A big thank you to all the Year 10 staff who helped out on the day and in particular to Annie Fitridge and Marni Harding for organising the Keeping Safe activity.
Darren Willsmore
Year 10 Year Level Leader
Senior Solo Night
On Thursday 17 May, the Senior Solo Night was held at the College, featuring a range of performances by the Year 11 and 12 Music students. Many different instruments were played on the night, such as the alto saxophone, drums, piano, violin, bass guitar and guitar. A wide variety of musical genres, ranging from jazz to classical were displayed, showcasing the diverse talents of the senior soloists. The senior Music students courageously and confidently performed the repertoire they have been meticulously working on since the start of the year.
The program consisted of solo performances, with an interval, allowing guests and performers to socialise, appreciate student artwork and try the canapés prepared and provided by the Year 11 Food Technology class. This class for their assessment prepared both a savoury and a dessert course. The night was very enjoyable for performers and guests alike and was a huge success at sharing the talents and hard work of the students at Endeavour.
I highly recommend everyone, especially younger musicians, attend the next Senior Solo night at the end of Term 3!
Eduard Munsayac
Music Leader
2018 Semester 1 Dramatic Arts Excursions
On 9 April, 12 April, and 10 May, Endeavour College's Year 10, 11, and 12 Drama classes attended three very different products of professional theatre.
The first one 'After Dinner', was an intimate production performed at the Dunstan Playhouse that embodied the common and timeless struggles of loneliness, dependence, and identity with a backdrop of 1980s Australia.
The second production that the classes attended was Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage adaptation of 'The Wizard of Oz', a well-beloved classic, in which a young girl learns about the importance of having a place to call home, performed at the Festival Theatre.
The third, 'Sense & Sensibility', a classic story of the naivety of young love and wealth as a driving force for relationships, was also staged at the Dunstan Playhouse.
The three productions, in spite of their retrospective presentation, maintain core themes, messages and ideas that remain relevant in today's society. Through set design, costume design, lighting design, and direction, the productions successfully preserved and complemented the purpose of their source material to present an entertaining and thought-provoking experience.
The teachers that gave up their time in and out of school hours to attend the excursions went beyond their expected duties to make the events possible. The teachers that supervised the After Dinner excursion in particular, went out of their way to host an out-of-school-hours excursion to further support the learning of the students of the College's Drama classes. The opportunity to attend public and professional theatre productions to gain first-hand experience is one that cannot go unappreciated, and we would like to thank the State Theatre Company for housing such productions.
Daniel Talbot & Liana Galic
2018 Drama Leaders