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Last week in Year 11 Hospitality, our talented students got creative in the kitchen, whipping up an array of delicious tapas dishes!

On the menu: sticky pork belly bites, zesty chorizo with lemon, succulent squid with a lime mayonnaise dipping sauce, and crispy potato bites. Each dish was packed with flavour and showcased incredible culinary skills.

Well done everyone!

Our Year 10 and 8 students this term will be provided with the opportunity to choose courses to study next year.  As teachers we know when students have some choice in their learning there is increased engagement and motivation in class, a sense of ownership in learning, students meaningfully connect their passions and love of a subject and they gain skills and knowledge that can go beyond the classroom.

Our Year 10 students attended the information session last week, and on Wednesday we completed the interviews with most families to discuss potential courses and pathways for their child. These opportunities provided valuable information and allowed us to answer questions and understand the students’ needs and support them as they choose their subjects for Stage 6. Continually building our connections and relationships with students, families and school allows us to holistically support the child and support them in their future endeavours with ultimate outcome of individual growth and success. Experience tells us that it is important for students to choose courses based on interest, motivation and ability first.  Career choices post school will always be important, we know that students will have multiple jobs and/ or careers and may not choose to go to university or TAFE straight out of school so options here at the College are important.  Our hope is that these choices give students knowledge and skills that will support potential pathway options post school, help them receive the Higher School Certificate and/or an ATAR that they are proud of.

We will hold our Year 9 2025 Electives evening on the 20th of August at 6pm. This is an important evening as we provide information about the subjects we offer at the College, where you can seek advice from teachers and Leaders of Learning and the importance of Stage 5 and the step up into Years 9 and 10. For Year 8 this will be the first time where they have a choice and say in two subjects they wish to study across both Years 9 and 10. At the end of Year 10 students will receive their first Record of School Achievement from NESA, the NSW Education and Standards Authority. This is an important certificate for students, and they need to ensure they understand both NESA’s expectations and ours. On the evening the students will also receive their web code and the information for electing courses. It will be important for both parents and students to attend.

We are excited about the subject selections and the choices that students will make over the coming term. Teachers are always excited to teach the elective courses, in addition to their classes and welcome the opportunity to have new students in their courses who have a passion and love for the subject!

Alex Walters

Assistant Principal, Student Achievement 

Below is the list of our successful students for Senior Student Leaders for Term 4 2024/2025.

There were 37 applications this year, the highest number ever.

I would hope that we can get the unsuccessful students to be involved in their passions when the portfolios are announced after the retreat next week.

Please congratulate those who are successful and give hope to the others that their talents will be used in our new portfolios.

YEAR 11

• Jerome Pongi – Kildare
• Elly Abbott – Kildare
• Lilly McFadden – Kildare
• Samuel Louis – Walker
• Abbey Tomblin – Walker
• Xuela Faasisila – Terry
• Bella Elwell – Kildare
• Miabella Spina – Walker

YEAR 10

• Zali  Mcculkin -Terry
• Hailey Debono – Walker
• Zara Hepplewhite – Kildare
• Elliot Toweel – Terry
• Tim Vipan – Walker
• Fletcher Wilton – Walker
• Cooper Ormrod – Terry
• Ruby Peters – Lakes
• Zac Hurley – Kildare

We look forward to the announcement of our House captains and School captains after the leadership retreat next week.

Year 7 students were treated to a visit from Urban Designer and company Director of Unique Urban.

It was a great way for students to be introduced to their learning about liveability through real world examples.

Students will now have the opportunity to apply their knowledge and build their work ready skills (like communication, collaboration and critical thinking) as they work in small teams to come up with a recommendation on a water bottle refill station for our College!

Our Year 7 Technology students, who are currently studying Agriculture this term, had a wonderful experience meeting our newest baby chicks!

As part of their curriculum, they are gaining hands-on knowledge about the early phases of life within their egg-production unit.

The current theme for our House challenge is the Olympics.

Last week our students completed an Olympic torch relay which was won by Walker, followed by Terry, Kildare and Lakes.

This week was the hobby horse relay where students and teachers had to ride on hobby horses around the oval and jump a hurdle before running to the finish line.

In the student relay, Hayden C took out the win for Lakes, followed by Walker, Terry and Kildare.  Walker won 10 artist bonus points.

Walker took out the win for the teacher relay followed by Kildare with Terry and Lakes tying.  Terry won the 10 artist bonus points.

Our students have been really enjoy these new events created by our talented House Advocates.