Newsletter Edition 12 / 2024, August 20

Principal's Message

Dear Emmanuel College Families,

I hope the mid-term break was an opportunity for our young people to catch their breath after five busy weeks thus far.  I know it was for our staff following successful camp weeks, many different sporting competitions and excursions conducted far and wide.  The mid-term breaks in terms three and four enable the College to fulfill its obligations towards its staff who accrue time in lieu by attending the many events and experiences that enrich student learning but are outside of normal work hours.

I was so impressed this week by the number and variety of experiences offered to Emmanuel students documented in the Daily Messages for students which are also viewable by parents on PAM.  One message that caught my eye, perhaps because of its vibrant colours (see below), was the Soup Drive @ Emmanuel message.  The message read:

Each Tuesday we host Community Meals @ Emmanuel where 1000 plus meals were served in the last year to anyone who needed a meal and, each week, pantry items are also provided for people to take home with the help of Foodshare.  Last term we collected donations from students of tinned tuna as part of a house challenge. In total 336 tins of tuna were donated to Foodshare which saw 336 points added to the House Cup with Rice house leading the way and gaining 118 points towards their House Cup tally.  This term we are collecting tinned soup, the heartier the better.  So, during your next supermarket shop please add a tin of soup to your trolley and send it in to be added to your House tally, and in turn contribute to a wonderful support service in Warrnambool. Collection points are at each campus office. This is an opportunity for us as a school community to support our shared community.

 Sports News
Emmanuel students were involved in multiple sports competitions in the last week.  Among them the senior boys grand final match against Parade College for the Herald Sun Football Shield.  We believe the College has not reached this level or stage previously which makes the team’s achievements noteworthy.  While the College was defeated on the field the senior boys won a place in Emmanuel’s sporting history and gave us all something to be very proud of.  I thank Emmanuel team manager Ben Woonton, and coach Chris McLaren.  Chris has voluntarily coached the team for a couple of years with each successive team progressing a little further.  In the same week the intermediate boys and the junior girls football teams competed in the State quarter finals in Ballarat.  According to coach Mark Jansz, the girls tried their best but were outperformed by a very polished Catherine McAuley College team who won the semi-final to book their spot in the grand final. Thanks to Mark, Kate Foster and Kate Noseda, Grant Howland and Nicole Dwyer for helping on the day. In the same week the intermediate and senior boys and girls competed in the regional basketball finals with the senior boys successfully gaining a place in the state final.  A huge thanks to coordinator and coach Shane Smith for sharing his dedication and expertise that’s seen these young players develop so well.

Book Week
Last week was also National Book Week.  Thanks to Margaret Sinnott and Jacinta Skilbeck I can share the following reflection by Pope Francis in which he writes about the joy and importance of reading:

A book demands greater personal engagement on the part of its reader. Readers in some sense rewrite a text, enlarging its scope through their imagination, creating a whole world by bringing into play their skills, their memory, their dreams and their personal history, with all its drama and symbolism. 
In our reading, we are enriched by what we receive from the author, and this allows us in turn to grow inwardly, so that each new work we read will renew and expand our worldview.
Literature also proves essential for people who seek to enter into dialogue with the culture of their time, or simply with the lives and experiences of other people. 
It stimulates their imagination and creativity, enabling them to learn to tell their stories in richer and more expressive ways.
Reading prepares us to understand and deal with various situations that arise in life. 
We immerse ourselves in the thoughts, concerns, tragedies, dangers and fears of characters who in the end overcome life’s challenges.
In following a story to the end, we gain insights that will later prove helpful in our own lives.
Reading places us in the position of “seeing through the eyes of others”, gaining a breadth of perspective that broadens our humanity.
We develop an imaginative empathy that enables us to identify with how others see, experience and respond to the world.
Without such empathy, there can be no solidarity, sharing, compassion, mercy. In reading we discover that our feelings are not simply our own, they are universal.

Mercy Education News
By the time this newsletter has been published, members of the College Leadership Team, the College Captains and a group of senior students will be attending the commissioning mass for the new Mercy Education CEO, Louisa Rennie.  This special event is taking place in St. Patricks Cathedral, East Melbourne on Tuesday.  We will be joining staff, students and school leaders from Victorian, South Australian and West Australian schools who make up the network of schools governed by Mercy Education.  After the formal ceremony the students will share lunch together at the nearby Academy of Mary Immaculate, the first school established in Victoria by the Sisters of Mercy having travelled from Perth where they had established Mercedes College in 1846 and now one of the oldest schools in the nation.  I am certain it will be a happy and a memorable occasion for all involved.

Alumni News - Paralympics 
For those of you who enjoyed the Olympic Games, the Paralympics will soon follow.  We congratulate 2023 graduate and Emmanuel alumni, Jaylen Brown, selected for the men’s wheelchair basketball.  Jaylen is the sixth Emmanuel alumni to make it to the elite level of Olympic sport, and we wish him a wonderful experience, and who knows, a gold medal!

Hedge on Botanic Road
For around two years we have been monitoring the condition of the hedge along Botanic Road and have accessed arborist’s reports on the dieback that’s become very evident.  The hedge has the disease Cypress Canker which is the same disease that has decimated many local farms wind breaks and the avenue of cypress trees at the edge of Mortlake.  The disease is untreatable.  We explored an option to partially remove those sections of the hedge that are obviously dead.  However, the arborists advise the canker will have spread well beyond these sections already.  At the recent Building & Facilities Committee the recommendation was made to remove the entire hedge which must be burnt to destroy the canker spores.  Whilst we know the hedge is a good age and has been part of the school landscape for several generations, the Committee acknowledges we have a responsibility to deal with the problem and ensure it doesn’t spread to neighbouring properties including the nearby Botanic Gardens.  A date hasn’t been set for its removal, but it will need to occur this year.

I know this message is a little early, although I was reminded by advertising in shop windows this morning.  Happy Father’s Day to all the men who provide fatherly care and love to young people.  May the day be a joyous one for all fathers.

This week’s prayer references the soup drive that’s underway and mentioned above.

God of Mercy, we give thanks for the opportunity to share a little of what we have with those who are without. 

May we continue to learn and to understand the needs that exist in our communities and to find ways to respond in service and in ways that make a difference. 

In the style of St. Mary McKillop, may we be people who respond in compassion and action wherever we see a need.

 May we live as people of faith, walk as people of hope, and grow as people of love.

 Saint Joseph, pray for us.  

May the spirit of Catherine McAuley and Edmund Rice guide us in all we do. 
Amen. 

Mr Peter Morgan
Principal

A Message from Mrs Claire Wrigley

Homeroom/Mentor group Planning for 2025
The year level teams will  begin preparing homerooms and mentor groups for 2025. The year level team invests a great deal of time and discernment in developing homeroom groups for a new school year.

We are aware that moving into a new school year creates for some students a level of anxiety, however it is important to understand that we are dealing with a number of variables that influence the makeup of homeroom and mentor groups. Such variables include elective choices, students with individual learning plans, teacher observation and feedback and classroom dynamic, and in the senior school the student’s house group. Year 9 students entering senior school are to remain in their house group.

As students transition through the school, we also encourage them to work with other students and become less reliant on being with their friends, and as such build resilience to become independent learners. Hence we place students with good working buddies.

In the senior school students will be in a vertical homeroom structure with students from their house group from Year 10 to 12, whilst all academic classes are entirely dependent upon their subject selection. Students currently in Year 9 will not be moved out of their current house for senior school. Generally speaking we do not put siblings into the same mentor group however, if you would like to request siblings to be together, please email the Year 9 coordinator.

If you have any concerns about your child’s 2025 homeroom/mentor group, please communicate with their current Year Level Coordinator in writing by Friday 20 September, via email so we can keep your concerns on record. 

This way we can hopefully address these concerns before homeroom/mentor group lists are published, as after publication, changes become very difficult to accommodate. Changes will not be made unless there are extenuating circumstances and a process for review would be followed by senior college leadership. Requests for specific teachers cannot be accommodated in fairness to all students.

Year Level Coordinators:
Year 7 - Karen Hetherington -  khetherington@emmanuel.vic.edu.au
Year 8 - Annabelle Morton - amorton@emmanuel.vic.edu.au
Year 9 - Ben Brisbane - bbrisbane@emmanuel.vic.edu.au

Emmanuel Day - Friday 20 September
A highlight on our school calendar is Emmnauel Day. The purpose of this day is to come together as a school community to celebrate and have some fun as a school community and to raise awareness and much needed funds for two organisations, Edmund Rice foundation  which supports the Ruben Centre in Nairobi and Mercy Works Projects. These organisations do fantastic work with some of the most vulnerable communities here in Australia and overseas.

The theme this year is 'Emmanuel through the decades'. Each year level has been allocated a decade to come dressed up for the day! 

Check out the link below with our senior students announcing the theme and starring in some great dress ups!!

Emmanuel Day Theme Launch!

Year 7 - dress up in 70's
Year 8 - dress up in 80's
Year 9 - dress up in 90's
Year 10 & Year 11 - dress in 2000's
The tradition continues with Year 12 dressing up in their own theme for the day! 

To ensure the smooth running of the day, students are required to purchase a wristband enabling access to all activities. An early bird special for $10 (+50c Trybooking fee + EFT processing fee) via trybooking will allow access to over 20 activities with no more to pay, some of which include an inflatable basketball, soccer, billiards and sumo wrestling suits, Silent disco, and a chill-out games zone.  After Sunday  15 September, tickets will be $15 (+50c Trybooking fee  + EFT processing fee) ). There will be prizes to be won at some of the activities, and for best dressed students, the day will conclude with the much anticipated ‘Emmanuel’s Got Talent’.

Tickets go on sale on Thursday August 22 - https://www.trybooking.com/CULNZ

2025 Red Earth Immersion to Central Australia
Over the past two years we have seen over 40 students participate in the Red Earth immersions. In the coming weeks we will be launching the opportunity for current year 9 & 10 students to apply for the 2025 Red Earth Immersion to Central Australia, June 29 - July 7.  The student launch will occur during extended homeroom on Thursday August 22 and an online parent information session will occur the following week on Wednesday August 28 at 6.45pm-7.30pm. 

To register for the Red Earth Parent information session click on the link below.

Parent information session registration

Mrs Claire Wrigley
Assistant Principal - Students 

Performing Arts News

It has been a busy week for the VCE Unit 4 Drama class.  They travelled to Geelong for a full day workshop with Drama Victoria in preparation for their external final Solo Exam in October. The students met up with around 50 other VCE drama students from Geelong Melbourne and surrounding areas to create and share ideas on their solo structures. On Saturday they were at school for personalised workshops with James Cutler, a director, actor who specialises in VCE Drama exam preparation.

Didjeribone Performance
On Tuesday the Year 7 cohort attended a performance titled Didjeribone in the Wyton Theatre. This performance is cross curricular involving the areas of music, humanities, and science.

Tjupurru, is of the Djabera Djabera people from the Kimberley Region and provided a uniquely musical experience accompanied by ancestral and personal stories. Using the Didjeribone, face bass and cutting-edge music production equipment, he played music, recorded and then instantly played it back on a loop to form a backing track. After this was completed, Tjupurru played the didjeribone (a didgeridoo that has a slide like a trombone) expelling haunting wind, howling dingoes and humorous kookaburras.

Students were invited on stage to form human instruments. Tjupurru was funny, engaging, informative and…simply fantastic! If you are a Year 7 parent, please ask them about the performance as there were many smiles and exclamations of ‘that was awesome’ when leaving the theatre.

Concert Training Band
The Training Band rehearses on Monday lunchtimes and Mr Morgan presented ensemble badges to our new members. It has been wonderful to see so many interested and committed students at rehearsals learning through playing and having fun. If you would like to join the training band, please email Ms Davies.

Performing Arts Teacher Spotlight - Music

Mr Philip Trigg

Philip Trigg teaches violin, cello, voila, piano and voice drawing on his 30 plus years of experience as a musician. Philip has been part of the Southwest music scene for almost his entire adult life both playing and teaching music. He is a founding member of the Cindy Lee Ensemble and the Warrnambool Symphony Orchestra. He is a member of the Warrnambool String Quartet and the Robin Wright Strings.

Football State Quarter Finals -Years 7 & 8 Girls

Ballarat treated us to some fine weather for the State Girls AFL Quarter Final yesterday. The girls were pumped, and their excitement was evident by the noise on the bus trips down!

The girls tried their best but were outperformed by a very polished Catherine McAuley team from Bendigo who ended up winning the Semi Final as well to book their spot into the Grand Final next week.

While our girls were beaten, their enthusiasm, team spirit and development were evident across all games played.

Well done to our best players which included Zarah Timpson, Lucy Howland, Elsie Finnigan, Zoe Dobson, Ondine Serong and Izzy Kelly.

I am sure with another year of football and development in our academy programs next year, the girls can take the next step.

Thanks to Kate Foster and Kate Noseda for their help on the day and to Grant Howland (Goal Umpire) and Nicole Dwyer (Time Keeper) for helping on the day.

Mark Jansz
Team Manager

Western Region Basketball Zone Finals

On Thursday 15 August, we had four teams compete at the western region zone finals for basketball in Ballarat.

Intermediate Boys 
The intermediate boys team put up a great performance despite the team being impacted by the football being played on the same day. The team had a very skilled opponent in Ballarat High School in the opening game. After an amazing start by Ballarat the boys struggled to get back into the game and went down by 30 points. It was pleasing in game 2 we had a good match up against Horsham but were narrowly defeated by 15 points. Congratulations to the following crew for the efforts on the day:

Louis Greene, Jess Kenna, Lewis Gommers, Jack Langley, Hamish Dobson, Harry Sanderson, Myles Watson, Alastair MacDougall, Thanks also to Matt McConnell, Oliver Rae and Oliver McCosh for scoring and umpiring on the day.

Intermediate Girls 
Our intermediate girls had a great start to the day with two convincing wins over Ballarat and Horsham. Lead by Poppy Myers the girls were very dominant both offensively and defensively and progressed to the final. In the final we matched up against Trinity College. Trinity came out in a flurry hitting four three pointers to start the game. Despite several runs where our girls were able to reduce the lead, Trinity won the game by 10 points. Thanks to the following girls on their performance on the day:

Ruby McKinley, Hannah O’Keefe, Chloe Gleeson, Rosie Bowman, Poppy Myers, Bridget Cameron, Stella Marris, Indigo Sewell, thanks also to Kate Noseda and Sophie Smith who coached the group on the day.

Senior Girls 
Our senior girls team was hit early with several members of the team unavailable on the day, we went into the tournament with only 6 players. Luckily game one was a forfeit and in our only pool game we were convincing winners with the squad dominating Horsham. This placed us in the final against Ballarat HS. Ballart got off to a great start and with several of our players getting into foul trouble, we just didn’t have the numbers to challenge Ballarat in the second half. Congratulations to Ballarat. Well done to our senior girls; Molly McLaren, Eve Covey, Leah Dickson, Lila Wilkinson, Scarlett O’Donnell, Matilda Stevens and Olivia Lenehan (injured).

Senior Boys 
Our senior boys had a fantastic day. With four of the team members backing up the senior football grand final with a trip to Ballarat for basketball they set an excellent standard of play in our pool rounds. In both games we started slowly but ended up convincing winners against Mercy College and Ballart HS. This lead to a grand final match up against Bayview College Portland. We set the scene early with Amon Radley dominating the game on the inside. With excellent support from Ollie Harris, Des O’Keefe and Sam Carter we were able to hold off a comeback to win the game by 5 points and progress to the State finals.

Congratulations to the following players; Amon Radley, Ollie Harris, Sam Carter, Des O’Keefe, Liam King, Kane Rae-Rentsch, Max Neal and Nick Unwin.

A big thanks also to Mark Jansz for his coaching support on the day.

Shane Smith
Coach & Team Manager

Library News

Book Week at Emmanuel College
Emmanuel College celebrated Book Week last week with lots of activities including:

• A magic show put on by students. 
• Mr Allison creating balloon sculptures in the Reading Room at lunchtime
• Book Week cookies at Recess, made by Sophie Wrigley
• Board games and card games
• Story Box Library showing of Kate Miller-Heidke reading picture books
• Students reading the Children’s Book Council shortlisted books in the Early Childhood and Picture Book categories and deciding which one should win the Award
• Book Week Quiz on how many words that can be made from the Book Week theme:  Reading Is Magic
• English classes visiting the Library to borrow and renew books for leisure reading.

Many schools around the district may be celebrating Book Week this week.

The Children’s Book Week Awards were announced last Friday with the following books receiving Awards from the shortlist in each category:

https://cbca.org.au/2024-book-of-the-year-award-winners/

These books are available for staff and students to view and borrow in the Library.

Year 7 Frequent Borrower Awards
Year 7 classes and individual students have enjoyed using the Library at Emmanuel and borrowing the many resources we have in our Library collection.

The following students are the Frequent Borrowers for Semester 1 and will receive a certificate at the next Assembly:

• Hugh Adams
• Afomia Assefa
• Lani Baulch
• Isabella Berry
• Audrey Clements
• Brody Dubyna
• Noah Fitzgerald
• Zahra Francis
• Cooper Gleeson
• Naomi Kishinaka
• Matthew Lenehan
• Claire McNeil
• Poppy O’Brien
• Hamish O’Kane
• Grace Passlow
• Lexi Pickford
• James Turner
• Archie White
• Darcy Wicking
• Isabelle Witcombe

Australian School Library Day - Wednesday 21 August
Australian School Library Day was started in 2022 by the Students Need School Libraries group.  The purpose of Australian School Library Day is to celebrate and highlight the variety of things that school library staff do.  The aim is to raise awareness of the benefits of a well resourced and staff school library.

Margaret Sinnott
Library Coordinator

Book Week

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Words for Wellbeing

Bullying No Way.
Emmanuel College supported the Bullying No Way: National week of action – 12 to 16 August 2024.

Bullying – important conversations to have with your child

By working collaboratively within our community, we can collectively help reduce bullying.

Parents and carers play an important role in helping your child understand bullying, and know how to respond to it.

If your child tells you about things at school, or you observe something in public that involves conflict or bullying, take the opportunity to talk about what bullying is. You can learn more about what defines bullying at bullyingnoway.gov.au

Questions you could ask:

• What do you think bullying is?
• Have you seen it? How did you feel?
• Have you ever felt scared at school because of bullying?
• As well as me, who are the other adults you would talk to when it comes to things like bullying?
• Have you or your friends left other kids out on purpose? Do you think that was bullying? Why or why not?
• Have you ever tried to help someone who is being bullied? What happened? What would you do if it happens again?

Remind your child that bullying is never okay and discuss how they can respond safely if they experience or witness it.

Encourage them to seek help from a trusted adult and keep seeking support if needed.

By promoting open communication, we empower children to stand up against bullying and create a safer environment where everyone can feel that they belong.

For more information, visit bullyingnoway.gov.au

Journal Club 
Journal Club continues in Term 3.  Last week journallers were challenged to recount the most boring part of their day.  The aim of this activity was to find joy in the mundane and recognise that sometimes we function just by completing everyday routine and habits. 

Journal club member Saskia was happy to share her awesome journaling with readers of the school newsletter.    The next sessions of Journal club will run after school on Tuesday September 10 and 17.  Journal club is open to all year levels.  

The most boring part of today. 

Staring at a blank wall.  
Wake up, eat, school, work, sleep.  
A never ending cycle I see.
But what bores me most of all is what I saw, 
Nothing but a blank wall. 
A wall with no talk or walk, 
making me want to sleep and snore.  

Saskia Warren, Year 10.  

Last week our Wellbeing staff gathered together the ladies of our Year 10 cohort and asked them to take care of each other.  The middle of term often brings tiredness, cold and flu symptoms and sickness as well as SAC and CAT requirements and other stressors which can sometimes lead to a generalised feeling of crankiness.  

Alienation, mean words, eye rolls, sullen looks and pointing and giggling amongst students can have a negative impact at school.  Our girls were challenged to strengthen the connection of the cohort, expand social circles, improve empathy and have the confidence to connect with each other free of judgement.  Imagine a world where kindness prevailed.  

Be the girl who always tells another girl there is room for one more.   

Career News

Youth Allowance
An information evening will be held on Wednesday 4 September from 7 pm at the Wyton Theatre on the topic of Youth Allowance. We are very fortunate to have secured Mr John Peglar from Sinclair Wilson to present some tips and information regarding dependent and independent youth allowance.

From experience, we know that this can be a very confusing yet important task for parents as their child considers moving into tertiary education (this also includes students considering a Gap Year). This can at times require relocation to another area that incur large expenses.

We are inviting parents/guardians of Year 10, 11 & 12 to this very informative evening, as pre-planning in the years prior to students undertaking tertiary study can be very beneficial.

Careers Newsletter
This week’s topics include

• Casper entry requirements
• News from Monash
• Civil Engineering degrees in Victoria
• Information on Macquarie University
• Dates to Diarise in Term 3
• Career as an Editor
• Graduate Entry to Pharmacy at Monash University 
• Bachelor of Health and Medical Science at Charles Sturt University
• The Federation University Co-operative Model
• Studying Sonography at the Melbourne Campus of Central Queensland University
• Fine Arts and Music Degrees in 2025 at the University of Melbourne - Essential Requirements
• Fashion, Textiles, & Visual Merchandising Courses in Victoria in 2024
• Snapshot of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in 2024 

For more information, please see the attached document

Open Days
Open days are very much upon us with a number of universities that have either held their day or about to. We encourage students and parents to attend these as they are a wealth of information ranging from courses, residential and also scholarships, speaking with staff firsthand can gather very valuable insights into Uni life, with some offering a virtual tour if you cannot attend. Please use this link for further information.

https://www.emmanuelcollegecareers.com/post-school-options/university/open-days

Mr David Gladman
Student Pathways & Careers Leader

Social Justice @ Emmanuel

Each Tuesday we host COMMUNITY MEALS @ EMMANUEL and each week we also provide food pantry items for people to take home with the help of Foodshare. 

Last term we collected donations from students of Tinned Tuna as part of a house challenge. In total we were able to donate 332 tins of tuna to Foodshare and RICE house gained 118 points to add towards their House Cup Tally.

This term we are collecting TINNED SOUP, the Heartier the Better.

Next supermarket shop you do, please add a tin of soup to your trolley and send it in to be added to your HOUSE tally, and in turn to what we can contribute to a wonderful support service here in Warrnambool.

Collection points are at each campus office.

This is an opportunity for us as a community to support OUR shared community.

Emmanuel College is a wonderful community that understands how important every moment of kindness and awareness matters, and this is just one little way that everyone can contribute.

Natasha Cummings
Social Justice Coordinator

Vinnie's Winter Appeal - Year 7 Leaders

The Year 7 Leaders have been working hard throughout term 2 and 3 to plan an activity to bring the Junior School closer. They came up with the great idea of a fundraiser selling BBQ snags, lolly bags and soft drinks, with all proceeds going towards the Vinnie’s Winter Appeal. The weather on the day was perfect and lots of students made their way to the Goold courtyard to get involved. The fundraiser was a huge success, with $892 being raised. Well done to all the Year 7 Leaders for their awesome effort!

Dan Weymouth
Year 7 Community Leader

Emmanuel College Debating Team

Emmanuel College's Debating Team travelled to Mercy Regional College on Friday 26 July and put on a fine performance to take home some coveted titles.

Our Junior Debating Team consisted of first speaker Nikolas Keramaris, second speaker Christian Wyse and third speaker Callum Wade.  The debate topic was 'Dogs are better companions than cats' and we debated as the negative team arguing that Cats are better than dogs as companions.  

Our Senior Debating Team included first speaker Max Hegarty, Sienna Plozza as second speaker and third speaker Belle Plozza.  The debate topic was 'The Olympic games are more trouble than they are worth' and we debated as the negative team arguing against the statement.

Results:
Senior Team: Won
Junior Team: Lost (narrowly)
Best senior speaker of the day: Max Hegarty
Best junior speaker of the day: Nikolas Keramaris

A big thanks to Chamon Vogels who supervised the day, and to all the students who participated in the debates. Also, thanks to Blake Robertson from Year 8 who was chairman/timekeeper on the day.

Catherine Ryan
English Coordinator

Year 11 Vocational Major - Personal Development Skills Class

The Year 11 VM PDS classes have been learning all about the impact of community and the different groups within our local community. Mrs Neave and Mrs Dougherty’s class have been engaging with local community groups such as Lyndoch living, Mercy Place, Victoria Police, Warrnambool Library and Nestles Rowing Club.

On Friday 2 August, some members of the class were fortunate enough to attend Lyndoch living and meet some of the residents. This is hopefully the start of a wonderful relationship between Emmanuel and Lyndoch with regular visits scheduled between the students and the residents. (photos attached)

Rachel and Felicity from Victoria Police were gracious enough to attend the school on Monday 5 August for our very own version of ‘coffee with a cop’. The students asked some great questions helping them gain an insight into the role of police within our community and the different groups that the police interact with throughout our community. We even learnt that their vest and belt weigh a whopping 12kg! Thank you so much to Rach and Felicity for giving up their time to spend with us.

Sophie Neave & Emily Dougherty
Vocational Major Teachers

Market Day - Industry & Enterprise Classes

The Industry and Enterprise classes hosted their very first Market Day last week, and it was a resounding success! Students worked in small groups to launch their own micro-businesses, delving into every aspect of entrepreneurship. They conducted thorough market research, evaluated business feasibility, and crafted distinctive brand identities. On the big day, approximately 10 stalls showcased a variety of products, from biscuits and lemonade to hot chocolates, milkshakes, sausages, candles, kinetic sand, slime and kindling. Well done to the students on their successful day!”

Emily Dougherty
Vocational Major Teacher

Family History Month talks at the Warrnambool Library

There are talks being held at the Warrnambool Library in relation to Family History Month. Booking links are listed below each talk, or you can chat to the staff at the Warrnambool Library who will book you in. We would love you to share these events with friends or family who might be interested.

Saturday 24 August at 12.30 pm
Family History Curiosity – Where to Start  (presented by Sharon Easley)

Are you curious about the people who have come before you in your family? Would you like to learn how to discover who they were and how to research their lives? This session will provide you with some ideas to start exploring your family history, including ways of recording what you find.

Come along and discuss how to get started in genealogy. Follow this link to book through the Warrnambool Library website.

https://warrnamboollibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/EVSESENQ?SETLVL=&RNI=1256616

Saturday 31 August at 12.30 pm
Getting the most out of Ancestry  (presented by Sharon Easley)

Ancestry has a range of features including historical records, family trees, dna testing and matching. Have you ever wondered how you could make these features work for you?

In this session we will explain the main sections of the Ancestry website as well as explore the differences between a free personal account, paid accounts and the free Ancestry Library edition which is available at the Warrnambool Library.

Follow this link to book through the Warrnambool Library website.
https://warrnamboollibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/EVSESENQ?SETLVL=&RNI=1256627

Warrnambool Show 2024

The Warrnambool Show is coming up on Saturday, 26^th October 2024. We would like to invite local school children to participate in this year’s show.
We have sections in Art, Craft, Cookery, Photography and Horticulture just for children.

The theme for this year’s art section is “Future Warrnambool”

Photography has a great “Selfie” section which we are sure children would enjoy.
Why not enter Horticulture Class 4045: Display of fruit, vegetables and herbs from a school garden.
All of our schedules and information on how to enter is available online soon at www.warrnamboolshow.com.au

Hope to have you involved in this year’s Warrnambool Show, “Our Community Show”.

Upcoming Events

Tuesday  20 August
Unit 2 Art Creative Practice Excursion to Melbourne

Wednesday 21 August 
Year 10 Social
Year 8 Footy State Quarter Finals

Thursday 22 August
Noorat Clay Target Shooting Competition South West Zone
Year 11 OES Otways Excursion - Group A
Years 9 & 10 Red Earth Immersion Launch

Friday 23 August
Year 11 OES Otways Excursion - Group B

Wednesday 28 August
Unit 2 & 4  Ancient History Excursion to Melbourne
2025 Red Earth Parent Information Evening - Online

 Thursday 29 August
Whole School Assembly

 Friday 30 August
Frayne Festival in Heidelberg

Sunday 1 September
Father's Day

Monday 2 September to Friday 6 September
Year 9 Immersion Week

Child Safety