Year 9 News – Thursday 5 September 2024

Term 3 continues to be an engaging and productive period for our Year 9 students. The final Advocate Groups have successfully completed their visits to the Bendigo Tech School. The Leadership in Sport class had the opportunity to work with the Bendigo Braves during an energetic session (read article). Additionally, our music and leadership students participated in the Mercy Education Commissioning Mass and the Victorian Schools Music Festival. Many subjects are concluding assessments and our students are actively engaging in various learning tasks and cocurricular activities.

Recently, classes conducted heart dissections as part of our STEAM curriculum, utilising cow hearts. The anatomical structure of cow hearts closely resembles that of human hearts, making them an excellent choice for exploration.

On Wednesday 14 August, the following Year 9s represented the College in the Victorian Schools Music Festival, coming away with a silver medal Gus Brooks, Andrew Cameron, Lauchlan Campbell Pollard, Samuel Carrick, Dannah Daley, Jamie Dearricott, River Farrow, Sadie Field, Henry Hetherington, Maddie Johnson, Maggie Lamb, Cade McClellan, Jenna Smith, Lukas Toman and Caitlin Watson.

Congratulations to the Year 9 girls who were part of the netball team competing in the National All Schools Netball Challenge held in Bendigo from 19 – 21 August.  In a fast moving, physical, intense and highly-skilled Grand Final, the girls went down in extra time to Rowville Secondary College 37 to 35.  Our Year 9 students displayed exemplary sportsmanship throughout the tournament.  They should be extremely proud of their achievement and conduct.  Year 9 participants: Lexi Brennan, Lexie Fennell, Juliet Hogan, Eden Pollard, Ginger Hay, Maggie Lamb and Dempsey McDonnell.

It was great to see so many Year 9s support and participate in the activities during Book Week.  They were great role models for the Year 7 and 8 students.  Please see Library News for full Book Week article and galleries.

• Poster Competition winner: Chloe McCullough
• Dress Up: 3rd Place: Sebastian Dove as Liam in Mouse Guard
• Edible Cakes:
  • 3rd Place: Rebecca Holdaway, inspired by My Hero Academia & Beatrice Monzon and Maeve Caine, inspired by Ratatouille.
  • 2^nd Place: Chloe McCullough, inspired by The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.
  • 1^st Place: Madeline De Haan, inspired by Inside Out 2.
• People’s Choice Award: Ella Skinner and Lyndal Bannan, inspired by The Summer I Turned Pretty.

We also had some Year 9s volunteer to be in the Shadow Judging. Well done to Sadie Field and Sebastian Dove.

Congratulations to Coby Hilson who continues to rise through the football umpiring ranks, having had the opportunity to umpire senior matches in the BFNL recently.

This week students have had the opportunity to participate in an Encounter Day and a camp at Eppalock.   We look forward to hearing from some students and including photos in a future edition.