year 10 news
Student Leaders Report
Year 10 so far has been an awesome experience! We started the year off by returning to co-ed classes which has been excellent because in subjects such as English, we are having both inputs and ideas from a wide variety of people.
The year 10 work load has definitely been a challenge to get used to but after a couple of weeks it has been very simple to get into the groove of things.
This year our cohort has been given the opportunity to partake in the Japanese and Indonesian trips as well as be involved in the central Australia trips! If we wish not to be involved in the trips available, then we are given the amazing opportunity of work experience which allows students to spend a week in a similar career path in which they wish to be involved in!
One thing I realised going into Year 10 was that you must keep up to date and stay organised, which is fantastic because it's preparing us for future years!
All Year 10 students have been given the opportunity to partake in a VCE subject, allowing us to begin our VCE early or even allow us to get a feel of what VCE will be like for those travelling down that path!
So far Year 10 has been an amazing adventure and I look forward to seeing what the rest of the year brings for me and the remaining students in my year level!
Trent Taylor
Year 10
Pictured above:
Charlie Samson, Lara Toplogue, Temeka Adie, Trent Taylor
2016 Alpine School CLP Report – Lara Topluoglu
In Term 2 of 2016, 8 Year 9 students for Dromana College (Lara Topluoglu, Brynee Clarke, Temeka Adie, Ben Golotta, James Seward, Grant Baxter, Kaleb Morrison and Sebastian Zelisko) attended the Alpine School for Student Leadership. Over a duration of 10 weeks, they developed a variety of leadership skills and abilities. One of their responsibilities whilst away was to create a Community Learning Project (CLP) that could be implemented upon return. A CLP is a project created by students to help benefit the broader community. Their CLP was to visit a local primary school and educate the grade 5’s about the benefits of leadership and teamwork. They achieved this by running fun and interactive activities with the primary schoolers and holding valuable decisions about what they had leant afterwards. On the date, the 8 students visited Balnarring primary School and ran 5 activities that contained values of leadership, teamwork, communication, cooperation and respect with 40 grade 5 students. Upon further discussion, feedback was given and the primary students found the visit to be educational, helpful, interesting and fun. Lara, Brynee, Temeka, Ben, James, Grant, Kaleb and Sebastian were extremely proud with all their hard work and effort. To their surprise, they learnt a few new things themselves. Thanks to their liaison teacher Mr Adrian Moore who supported them and aided in the execution of the CLP. Their Community Learning Project was a memorable experience that benefited many.
Our Motto This Year
This year as a cohort we are emphasizing working hard with the motto:
“HARD WORK BEATS TALENT, BUT ONLY WHEN TALENT DOESN'T WORK HARD”
Year 10 students are currently getting organized for either the Central Oz tour or Work Placement.
Central Oz Tour – Students have been given an information package, what to bring, itinerary and indemnity form.
Students need to return the indemnity form and the final payment needs to be made at the front office by Monday 29 May 2017.
Work Experience
Students have been given the work placement forms and been shown how to complete the Safe@Work certificates General and Industry Specific. All paperwork for work experience must be completed and handed to Mrs Johnson by Friday 12th May 2017.
Year 10 Staff
Head of Year Mrs Jennii Johnson
Mr Adrian Moore
Pastoral Teachers
Bunjil - Adrian Moore
Dantun - Sheridan Duncan
Nurong - Murray Inglis
Palina - Jaimie Watts
Lowan - Monica Lo Presti
Tadjeri - Michael Casey
Thara - Hilary Davies
Turang - Maria Antoniou
Winjeel - Nicole Sim
Yoolawil - Beau Wood
Yukope - Jessica Lackner