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Year 8 Indonesian

Our Year 8 Indonesian students were given a task to research 10 animals native to Indonesia which are part of their unit on Animals this term.  They are not only learning the vocabulary but also looking at why some Indonesian animals are endangered. 

For their CAT they will need to create a poster/slide show/brochure to highlight the plight of one endangered animal and then writing a paragraph description of an animal or two in Indonesian.

Analiese:

Kirk:

Max:

Year 10 STUDIO ART - The Young Archies Portrait Prize

STRIVE - Congratulations to the following students: 

Kingston C, Paige E, Madi J, Joshu V, Steve G, Thea B and Miki K who were selected to represent Surf Coast Secondary College in the Young Archies Portrait prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. 

This national prize is part of the highly respected Archibald prize and challenges the artist to paint someone of significance in their lives. Their work is under consideration at the Gallery. These students worked to a tight timeline and each of their accompanying texts were both thoughtful and insightful.

NEW INHABITANTS OF THE CEC

We’re pleased to welcome a new female Big-belly Seahorse to our Coastal Environmental Centre (CEC) as a tank-mate for our male. The new female is still a bit shy but they are getting along well and eating together. You can recognise the female because she is a light blonde colour while the male is darker brown. She also has beautiful spikes on her head called a coronet.

Look for the male dancing to impress her by swimming up and down and puffing out his belly which stretches into a big white pouch. Seahorses are carnivores and they like to eat Brine Shrimp, Mysis Shrimp and Krill.

You’ll have to have a keen eye to spot our other new friend because they like to stay hidden and it was hard to snap their photo! Stand still in front of the biggest tank, by the windows, and see if the new Murray Cod juvenile shows themselves. They’re only about 10cm long at the moment but in this huge tank they should get to 50cm and in the wild they can be even double that! 

Its tank is undergoing a renovation at the moment and will look more like its natural habitat with rocks, driftwood, hides and native plants when complete. Murray Cod are territorial and aggressive so they need to live alone in an aquarium. It has a wide carnivorous diet and they can be entertaining during feeding time when they are bigger and less shy.

BULLYING NO WAY DAY 

RESPECT: On Friday it was 'Bullying No Way Day' - A national day of action against bullying and violence.

The theme for 2022 was Kindness Culture.  By building Kindness Culture together, we can promote inclusion, respect and community belonging for all students in schools across Australia.

Our SCSC staff went into what the concept of bullying is with students, particularly as it relates to cyber safety as well as strategies and decision-making skills for responding to situations of bullying.

Year 11 English

FLOURISH: The year 11s have just completed their first English SAC for VCE. It was a creative writing task, using Paul Kelly’s songs as inspiration. They have all done extremely well to study these songs, interpret them, and then create their own pieces of Australian story-telling. A big well-done must go to all the year 11s for starting their year off well! Keep up the good work! 

~ Kate Griffin 

Piece 1 - Valentino D, based on ‘How To Make Gravy’. 

I know the letter was not meant for me but I wanted to hear more from my darling, so badly, so I picked up the letter and kept reading. I noticed that he had given the special gravy recipe to Dan which I didn’t even know. “Just add flour, salt, a little red wine, don’t forget a dollop of tomato sauce for that extra sweetness and tang.” I can still smell that heavenly gravy even in all the time that has passed. He must really trust Dan to be the man while he is gone. He chose right. Dan didn’t deserve to be stuck doing this but he fought on in his friend’s name. I need to fight for my husband’s name, for the kids, for me, and even for Dan. 

A couple of hours later and I couldn’t help but write a letter to Joe, even though I may not send it. I just need to feel complete. I grabbed my fine-ink pen and started letting everything out. I talked about the kids, and how awesome they’re doing at school, how I wish he could be back in time for Christmas but I’ll do my best to make it feel the same, how I love him uncontrollably but hate how he left us. I just want to have my usual, loving life back. 

Joe mentioned if “I got good behaviour, I’ll be out by July”. I couldn’t wait any sooner for that to happen. He better keep his cool and keep his head held high because the family needs him. And last of all, I need him to teach me how to make that gravy. When I think about it, maybe my family is the gravy. We need all of us to work: The flour and salt at the kids, I’m the red wine, and Joe is the tomato sauce. We make the perfect gravy. 

Piece 2 - Quinn C, based on ‘Everyday My Mother’s Voice’. 

The child had only said what she said because she wasn’t yet made aware of the impact of her words. So what was I to do? Punish her parents for teaching such cruelty? Punish her grandparents for teaching them? If I kept going, I would subsequently end up punishing the entire population, because there is no end to racism. It is learnt, it is taught, and it is continuously dismissed. Continuously ignored. I had no way of reconciling my pain. Like a knife being dug into my skin, the hurt I felt only grew as the blade was drawn out. 

The more time that passed since the indigenous round, I felt worse. The world continued to spin, and people around me began to care less, but I couldn’t seem to forget. I tried to distract myself, however, my efforts to drown out the roaring crowds managed to drown more than just the noise. My own lungs were filling with water and I was gradually sinking deeper and deeper. 

I quickly became engulfed by the ongoing impact of a singular word. There were so many days when it became too much. An endless list of treacherous roads I could have gone down, and so many many ways I could have disappeared. 

I so clearly remember the feeling of emptiness I felt, how close I was to giving up. Until I heard it. The voice within that had been there all along, through everything. By my side was my mother. She reached my hand into the water and through the broken waves and sweeping rips, she lifted me above the surface. Her voice was my saviour, and I was no longer drowning. Her strength, her independence, and her courage, and her power guided me onto the right path. 

My mother has always known her place in the world. She was born aboriginal and she will always be Aboriginal. She has given her children the best she could, and raised us with her own spirit and strength within us. I take pride in my mother. She is the reason I had a career, the reason? I have a culture, and the reason I was able to build this life. 

Year 11 Exhibiting Studio Arts Students Work -   Lorne Sculpture Biennial (12 March - 3 April )

UNITE: Across Term 1 Studio Arts students in Year 11 have been very focused on the development of their individual works to be exhibited at the Lorne Sculpture Biennial. 

This year's festival explores the theme Spirit of Place. It is a free public event held every two years where the Lorne foreshore becomes the picturesque site for sculptures. 

Our Year 11 artworks were installed at the Lorne Sculpture Biennale. This is an extraordinary opportunity for our students to be exhibited in the context of the best of Australian and international sculptors. 

These stunning works have received fabulous feedback from the general public and already widely photographed. If you are heading to Lorne this weekend the work can be seen strategically placed in front of the historical centre, just after the bridge as you enter the main street precinct. 

Everyone involved in the Surf Coast Secondary College project would like to thank the LSB Program Manager, Stacie Bobele and curator, Graham Wilke for their support for arts education and younger artists. The exhibition label that accompanies the work onsite reads as follows: 

Murmurations (after Cai Guo Qiang)

Year 11 students at Surf Coast Secondary College have collectively responded to the fragility and the antiquity of the landscape of Lorne. Individual works explore ideas of growth, unity, mythology and global issues whilstjoining as one voice to reflect on the connection between humankind and the natural world. The use of found materials draws on the traditions of the Dada art movement where the focus of the artists was not on crafting aesthetically pleasing objects but on making works that often challenged bourgeois sensibilities and that generated difficult questions about society, the role of the artist, and the purpose of art.

Lorne Sculpture Biennale is a free public event held every two years with work exhibited along the Lorne foreshore. Year 11 students will travel to Lorne to participate in the education program and see their work set in the context of this exciting event.

VET Music 

FLOURISH: Surf Coast SC had a great opportunity to play at the Sweetfest on Sunday March 6. The two bands “Anachoic” and “Creepers” played on the “Pistol Pete’s” stage. They had a great time. We also had a great band called “Soap” perform a very funky set on the Collarts Stage.

Year 12 VET Sport and Rec

UNITE: Students in my Year 12 VET Sport and Recreation class engaged in some team building activities to help learn about the current Unit that we are studying called Facilitate Groups.

~ Stephen Fenwick

Year 12 Environmental Science

RESPECT: On the night of the 17th of March our Yr 12 Environmental Science students were lucky enough to apply the knowledge they have been learning in the classroom to a real life conservation experience. 

Mt Rothwell conservation and research reserve is a centre dedicated to the conservation of some of Australia’s most endangered species.  Surf Coast students focused on conservation strategies associated with the Eastern Barred Bandicoot.  They participated in live trapping of animals to assist in checking the health, gender, age and weight of the animals captured in their traps whilst ensuring they applied essential safety and ethical practices. Students were lucky enough to see the spotted quoll up close and personal, as well as the Eastern Barred Bandicoot, Eastern Quoll, Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby, Eastern Bettong and Long-nosed Potoroo, in their natural habitat whilst on the spotlight walk.  All of these marsupials are considered extinct in the wild in mainland Australia highlighting the importance of conservation programs like these. 

A big shout out to Mr Fenwick for taking his time to drive the bus out to the event outside of school hours.

The Aadams Family 

Thank you Charlotte and Maya for your dedication to the production, your school and most importantly supporting your peers to put on what was a spectacular show that was worth the wait. We are so proud of you!

Surf Coast Times: 

CLICK HERE: SURF COAST TIMES/Aadams Family

Ex-Surf Coast Secondary College students Maya Supple and Charlotte Polwarth were originally meant to direct their rendition of The Addams Family in 2021.

Both directors said they would love nothing more than to return to Surf Coast Secondary again and lead another production.

~ Article courtesy of Surf Coast Times

Rip Curl GromSearch - Congrats!

STRIVE: A big congratulations to Willis D who finished second in the boy's category in the Rip Curl GromSearch National Final on Monday 07 March.

We also want to recognise past student Isla H who is now a national champion.

We are so proud of you both and can't wait to see and hear about all your incredible achievements in the future!