Senior School
Staff v Students
Congratulations to the staff for their come-from-behind win in netball today (13 - 11!) Thanks to Eden, Lisa and Trent for umpiring.
The Year 12 students would now like to take us on in one final sport during week two of term 4 which will be Volleyball. This will be on Friday 18th October during lunchtime.
Year 12 Chemistry
As part of their final SAC - The Experimental Investigation Poster - Yr. 12 Chemistry students are busy performing experiments to calculate the ethanol content of a certain white wine and the energy contents of various biscuits.
Year 12 Media
Riley Abuse is a sneak peak into Anais Webber’s Year 12 Media Folio where she has created a Photographic Essay.
Amber Winthrop has created a baking magazine for her Year 12 media product. The full magazine has been created by Amber including the photography and the baking of the goodies.
Come and see the final artworks displayed in the Art and Technology exhibition in October.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Isabella Susigan,
who has been nominated for the prestigious Melbourne University Principal’s Scholarship in 2020. The scholarship is awarded on the basis of a student’s academic success and their contribution to the wider school community. The university acknowledged Isabella’s involvement in School Council, student leadership, the annual production, the music programme and various fund-raising initiatives in support of environmental issues. Her dedication to her studies and commitment to achieving excellence was also recognised in the selection process.
We wish Isabella well in her academic endeavours with Melbourne University!
Year 12 Biology
On Friday the 9th of August, the Year 12 Biology class visited the Gene Technology Access Centre (GTAC) in Parkville to participate in their DNA Barcoding program. This is something that Victorian schools work very hard to secure a place in and so, for our students to have the opportunity to participate in two programs this year is fantastic!
It was an early start with our meeting point being the Don Road bus stop at 7:15am. From there we travelled to the Lilydale train station and after a train and tram ride we finally arrived at GTAC for our 9:30am start.
The students were introduced to their PHD mentors and participated in the interactive introduction activities.
Throughout the day, they were guided through two experiments with their mentors and given the opportunity to work with scientific equipment that is generally only seen in universities and professional laboratories.
Students were required to complete and evaluate the results of their experiments and justify the conclusions they’d developed as a group.
Lunch at Melbourne University gave the students an insight into the type of tertiary environment they might experience after high school and provided an opportunity to discuss their investigation results.
Overall, it was an extremely valuable and busy day, with the students consolidating their knowledge of DNA barcoding technologies and their application in the ever advancing world of scientific research.