News & Events

Congratulations on the group's achievements over the last few days. It is always a tough job to carry all of your gear on your back and camp for three nights, but to carry it non-stop up and down hilly terrains and be self-sufficient with cooking, cleaning and navigating is quite an achievement.

Well done to Laura, Hayley and Amelia who attended the Interact District Assembly Day on Monday 2nd December.

Learning Focus has been on examinations and On Demand Testing as a part of our assessment schedule. On Demand Testing allows students and staff to check student growth in literacy and numeracy throughout this year.

In week 4 Japanese students from Year 7, 8 and Middle School participated in a Taiko Workshop with Kiyomi-Sensei.

The gardening team from the Voice of 8 have continued this month to complete the Ute garden bed. With the help of Doug Sandon (maintenance) they have made a frame for the Ute tray to sit on and have filled it with soil.

Well, we returned from our final Outdoor Ed experience this semester. Overall the students have made a considerable journey through their high ropes, kayaking, biking and now hike camping experiences this semester.

In Term 4 Science, students undertake a unit of Biology focussing on classification and ecology. As part of this curriculum, we undertook an excursion to Healesville Sanctuary.

On Friday 8th November the Year 9’s went to Dark Zone Laser Tag in Box Hill. We took the train from Lilydale Station to Box Hill and walked to the four story laser tag arena. We got split into four teams, three teams played against each other at a time, so we rotated a couple of times.

Term 4 has seen seven teams competing in various Eastern Metropolitan Region Sporting events, as well as the EMR Athletics Carnival, with Zane Wheeler successfully competing in the State Athletics Carnival.

Congratulations to Ms Clare Rayner, Duke of Edinburgh instructor for her official recognition as an award leader in the State of Victoria.

It was game time! The Outdoor Ed students had the opportunity on Wednesday 6th October to adapt and use their paddling skills and put them into a new up-and-coming fun activity.

It’s been an exciting year introducing Auslan into the Middle School curriculum and it’s been an absolute pleasure watching the students develop their skills so quickly and enthusiastically.