As a springboard into their Science topic of Animal Adaptations, our Year 6 students had the opportunity to spend eighty minutes with some very special guests last Thursday, 12 October. The team from Wild Action Zoo came to Braemar, bringing with them many and varied Australian native animals. Kiana spoke about the adaptations these animals […]
One of our Year 10 students, Oscar Stamp, will be cycling 100kms on October 29 to raise funds for the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Oscar is a member of a team of cyclists from Woodend called The Spokes of Hope. This is Oscar’s second time participating in this ride and, at sixteen years old, he […]
We are proud to share with you some recent success had by students in our Year 11 Media class. Two collaborative movies, ‘The Lurking Horror’ by Jeremy Kostidis, Ashlee King, Hayley Gears, and Harriet McHugh, and ‘The Letter’ by Lexi Liersch, James Harrison, and Matilde Boni (our Italian exchange student) have been selected as regional […]
Get in quick, there are still a few tickets available for you to join us for an audience with Janelle McCulloch tomorrow afternoon, from 2-3pm (tickets $15). Janelle is joining us to celebrate this years Literary Lunch and discuss her latest release, Beyond the Rock: The Life of Joan Lindsay and the Mystery of Hanging Rock. […]
Please check the College Calendar on a regular basis to ensure you are aware of upcoming events. This is accessible via links on SEQTA, the College blog and the website. Some key events are as follows: Date/s Event Details Tues 6 June Parents & Principal Café Catch-up in Sunbury The Nook Café, 111 Evans St, […]
Entrants to this year’s Student Literary Luncheon, taking place next Wednesday 11 October, have been given the opportunity to listen to successful author, Janelle McCulloch, speak about her writing career and how she was able to break into the publishing market. Students were asked to write a narrative piece in response to a prompt about […]
Last month, our Year 5 students were treated to a special guest visitor. Former NBL star player and coach, Warrick Giddey, came to the College and ran a two-hour basketball skills clinic. The clinic was the result of an inspiring idea by a group of boys as a part of our Year 5’s Make a […]
One of our Middle School teachers, Mrs Juanita Sinclair has recently started a collaboration with Woodend Community Bags in an effort to make Woodend plastic-free in 2018. The initiative sees bags made from donated, recycled materials (including pillow slips and other pieces of linen) made into fabric shopping totes that can be used in place […]
As part of their civics and citizenship studies in Encounter, Year 5 students have immersed themselves in a Make a Difference Challenge (MAD Challenge). Students have selected areas in which they want to make a difference and are considering ways to have impact in these areas, be they sport, community, College or global issues. One […]
Check out yesterday’s episode of The Mix on ABC iView to see our very own Ella Byass (along with other Young Archie finalists) speaking about the Young Archie awards. Watch the short episode here. Read our previous post about Ella’s piece here.
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Earlier this month, two teams of four Year 6 students competed in a Maths Games Day at Lumen Christi Primary School. The day started with a warm-up game involving knowledge of factors and multiples before the official games began at 10am. The first section of the games day saw teams given a problem solving booklet […]