Secondary

Year 9 Economics and Business Trade Fair 

Last week the Thomas Moore Education Centre came alive as the inaugural Year 9 Trade Fair took place. Year 9 Economics and Business students have been investigating Australia's interdependence with other economies, with a focus on trade. The task was for each pair to create a trade stall that showcased the major goods and services that their allocated country trades with Australia. 

The creative and informative displays were viewed by students from the primary school who learnt about Australia’s major trade partners in an engaging and interactive manner. The Year 9 students are to be commended on the tremendous pride and effort they put into their stalls, as well as for demonstrating a detailed understanding of the bilateral trade relationships between Australian and their country.

Tom Hooker

Teacher - HASS • Humanities & Social Sciences

NAIDOC Week

Next week throughout Australia NAIDOC week will be celebrated.  The theme for 2020 is Always Was, Always will Be. 

The College was honoured to have Matthew McGuire offer a ‘Welcome to Country’ at yesterday’s secondary assembly. Matthew McGuire is a descendant from several Aboriginal/Noongar tribal clans from the South West.  He has a special connection to the College, being a relative of Jess and Tayla Matera.

Matthew’s Welcome, reflection on NAIDOC and singing were a fitting commencement to the week. Other lunch-time events are planned for next week. 

The following is a short extract on this year’s theme from the NAIDOC website. 

“Always Was, Always Will Be. recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were Australia’s first explorers, first navigators, first engineers, first farmers, first botanists, first scientists, first diplomats, first astronomers and first artists.

Australia has the world’s oldest oral stories. The First Peoples engraved the world’s first maps, made the earliest paintings of ceremony and invented unique technologies. We built and engineered structures - structures on Earth - predating well-known sites such as the Egyptian Pyramids and Stonehenge.

NAIDOC 2020 invites all Australians to embrace the true history of this country – a history which dates back thousands of generations.  It’s about seeing, hearing and learning the First Nations’ 65,000+ year history of this country - which is Australian history. We want all Australians to celebrate that we have the oldest continuing cultures on the planet and to recognise that our sovereignty was never ceded.

Always Was, Always Will Be.”

Year 10 River Cruise

On Wednesday night the Year 10 students were fortunate to be able to go on their long waited for River Cruise. It had been booked for March this year, but due to COVID we had to cancel.

A very enjoyable evening was had by all. Students had the opportunity to dance the night away or to unwind and enjoy the company of friends whilst cruising on the beautiful Swan River.

Many thanks to the staff for joining the students at their social event.

Janeen Murphy

Assistant Deputy Principal - Year 10

Loreto leaders’ excursion

Last week our Loreto leaders ran activities for Majella Catholic Primary School Balga at City Beach. This was the fourth year we ran the event which was initiated by past student Georgia Williams (Class 2018). As expected, our students lead by example and made sure the day ran smoothly. The Majella students had lots of fun; many of them had not experienced the beach before. In these strange times we are so blessed to have these opportunities.

Ciaran Gallagher

Loreto House Coordinator

Year 11 Media Production & Analysis Excursion

On Wednesday, Year 11 Media Production & Analysis students were afforded the opportunity of visiting Murdoch University for a day-long excursion. External engagement staff introduced our students to ‘life at university’ and talked through the various entry pathways, with a particular focus on the range of available degrees within the area of Creative Arts and Communication. Further to this, specialist practical workshops were delivered by highly experienced Screen Production lecturer Dr John McMullan, covering topics from scriptwriting and ideation through to digital compositing in post-production. An ‘Amazing Race’-style tour of the campus capped off an enjoyable and valuable day for our students, who will take the knowledge and skills gained through to Year 12 to sharpen their future productions, as well as having some fresh insight into possible career options going forward.

Mr Robert Di Giallonardo

Media Teacher

Year 9 Japanese Obento

On Tuesday, the Year 9 Japanese students observed a cooking demonstration of a traditional Japanese ‘obento’ or lunch box. Each student then made their own grilled miso chicken, crunchy salad and onigiri obento. They took great care to decorate their obento, before sitting down in the Café to say ‘itadakimasu’ and practice eating with chopsticks.

Shane Glass

Head of Learning Area (Languages)