Year 8

Congratulations

To the following students who have been elected Class Captain for Semester 2:

8.1 – Martin Buljat & Ciaran McAninch

8.2 – Ronan Beaucasin & Nicholas Grech

8.3 – Declan Easton & Riley Mihailovic

8.4 – Joshua Dias & Finbar Harrison

8.5 – Aldwin Baynosa & Joseph Toniolo

8.6 – Miles Bergman & Lachlan Meyer

8.7 – William Dingeldei & Deacon Kitts

8.8 – Daniel Argentov & Jarrod Pearson

8.9 – Benjamin Adkins & Alexander Street

Further congratulations to the following students who achieved an Academic Excellence Award for Semester 1:

House Cross Country

On Friday, 24th July the annual Year 8 House Cross-Country was held on Mentone foreshore.  It was great to see the majority of Year 8 boys entered this event and aimed to achieve their personal best as well as acquiring points for their House.  We congratulate Ben Foster (8.9 – La Salle) who came in first and has been declared the Year 8 Cross-Country Champion - 2015.  Further congratulations to Mitchell Ryan (8.9 - Benilde) in second place and Liam Wilson (8.2 - McCristal) in third place.  Well done to every boy who ran and achieved his personal best.

Inter-Class Public Speaking

The Year 8 Inter-Class Public Speaking Competition was on Monday, 24th August in the Auditorium.  Nine students were chosen to represent their Homeroom and each spoke credibly on the following topics:

Angus O’Toole (8.1)

Australian Justice System

Nicholas Grech (8.2)

Marriage

Tyler Woolley (8.3)

Drugs,Punishment & Consequences

Rhys Bennett (8.4)

Euthanasia

Daniel Passante (8.5)

Sweat Shops

Joseph Dickens (8.6)

Ipads

Tom Skehan (8.7) 

ICE: Australia’s Most Destructive Drug

Caleb Curtis (8.8) 

Smoking – Ban

Dillon Bullman (8.9) 

Abolish Animal Culls

Each of the nine speakers competed in two categories: the Prepared Speech (3 minutes) and Impromptu Speech (1 minute).  At the end of the competition, Daniel Passante (8.5) and Dillon Bullman (8.9) were chosen to compete in the Br. Quentin O’ Halloran Public Speaking Competition to be held on the evening of 8th September.  Both students were excellent in their public speaking delivery.  

Inter-Class Challenge Day

Our annual Year 8 Inter-Class Challenge Day for the year will take place on Friday, 11th September in periods 3-5.  This is an Inter-Homeroom competition that allows each boy to represent his Homeroom in a particular area: cricket, soccer, table tennis, basketball and volleyball.  Students will be able to wear their P.E. uniform for the competition.  We hope the day will be very enjoyable and a great success.  Good luck to each Homeroom. 

CARMEL MOLONEY

Year 8 Co-ordinator