Emmanuel College Warrnambool eNewsletter

A Message from Mrs Claire Wrigley

Over the past two weeks there has been much going on for students as we draw towards the end of semester one. Various students have been involved in sporting groups, excursions and some wonderful student lead events.

Year 12’s creating memories
Year 12 students, although they have been busy with final assessment tasks for unit 3, have still had the opportunity to come together as a Year 12 group for a pancake breakfast and the inaugural Winter Ball. These events have allowed students to spend time with each other creating unforgettable memories. The Year 12 students danced the night away at the Winter Ball and enjoyed dressing up for the occasion. I thank all the student leaders who were involved in leading these events for Year 12 students and Leah Kermeen our Student leadership coordinator.

Year 9 Immersion experience
Over the past week I have had the opportunity to be involved in the second week of the Year 9 immersion program. Spending time with students who were part of the groups at school learning about indigenous culture through stories, language and art shared by local indigenous community members was a wonderful experience. This experience is a unique opportunity for our students to enrich their learning throughout the 9@Rice program.

I also spent a night camping out at Killarney with some Year 9 students as they hiked from Port Fairy to Rice campus over two days. This hike challenges students to draw on their determination and commitment to walk the distance. The weather created a further challenge however, our students demonstrated great resilience to make it all the way back to school! As the students walked back onto Rice campus although very weary they had a real sense of accomplishment, something they will never forget achieving.

A BIG thank you to all the 9@Rice team and other staff who assisted with this immersion week for students. It takes much planning and commitment from staff to support these immersions for the experience to happen for our students. Well done to all students and staff involved in Rice immersion week 2.0.

Fit4life Parent series
This week sees another opportunity for parents to be involved in our Fit4life parent series event, live webinar - Parenting teensagers - presented by Michelle Mitchell. The webinar is fully booked, so we ask that parents who have registered for the live webinar to be held in The Stage to arrive by 7pm. This will be an inactive presentation that will allow for short Q&A at the conclusion of the event.

Change of date - due to the need to postpone our Year 7 Time & Space -Mother/Female mentor & child evening we ask that Year 7 parents put the following date in their diary, Monday August 1 @ 7.00pm. More information to follow.

Parent Volunteers required for Year 7 Time & Space -Mother/Female mentor & child evening - we are seeking parents to assist with facilitating a small group. All training is provided and we require volunteers to attend a training session at 5.30pm, share dinner with us and then facilitate a small group for part of the night. Group leaders will be finished at 8.30pm. If you are able to help please email Claire Wrigley cwrigley@emmanuel.vic.edu.au

Mrs Claire Wrigley
Deputy Principal - Students

Year 12 Winter Ball

Last Friday, the 3rd of June, marked the first ever Emmanuel College ‘Winter Ball’. A long time in the making, the Year 12 leaders along with the staff organised the event for the Class of 2022. After a few tricky years with interruptions and COVID-19, the cohort was stoked to be able to participate and enjoy such an event. Keen to dress up and have a fun night to remember, the Year 12's embraced the opportunity and were thrilled with the support and participation from the year level. Dressed up and ready to boogie, everyone had an unreal night filled with dancing, eating and having a heap of fun! It was a fantastic night and great to see our year level come even closer together and celebrate the achievements and memories from the past five years of our time at Emmanuel. Hopefully a new tradition that continues to be established at Emmanuel, the ‘Winter Ball’ was a night packed full of fun and dancing for the students and the staff! A huge thank you to both the Year 12 leadership group for the hours of planning and the staff for the immense support and encouragement to get such a fabulous event up and running.

Lucy El-Hage
College Captain

On Monday the 30th of June around 70 Students represented the College at the Regional Cross Country Event held at Deakin University. In wet and muddy conditions our students persisted and combined to win a total of 7 overall age group championships out of a possible 10. Congratulations to the 26 students who have now qualified for the State Championships which will be held in Yarra Valley on July 14th.

All results including placings and times can be found in the link below

Greater Western Region Cross Country Results

Mr Alastair Templeton
Sports Coordinator

Premier League Football - You're invited

Our Senior Boys AFL team will play Bendigo Senior Secondary College in the Premier League Semi Final this week. Parents, Guardians, grandparents, family members and the Emmanuel College community are welcomed to come along to watch and create a home town supportive crowd.

Date: Wednesday 15 June
Time: 12 midday
Location: Reid Oval, Warrnambool

Food Studies

Students across all year levels have been putting their skills and knowledge to the test in the kitchen and have created many wonderful dishes over the past coming weeks.

Year 10 Taste the World: Students were challenged to create a HelloFresh inspired recipe card to accompany a Thai style curry. Students produced their own curry paste that they then used in their curry which was made using fresh seasonal vegetables. As part of this task, students researched a number of factors including seasonal produce they could use, tools and equipment as well as skills and preparation time to draw conclusions on whether the dish could be considered a sustainable food choice.

Year 11 Food Studies: Unit 1 Food Studies has explored the history of food from the early hunter-gatherer times to the more modern and culturally diverse food that we enjoy today. Throughout this unit, students have enjoyed preparing a diverse range of dishes including salads using ancient grains, kangaroo fillet with roasted seasonal vegetables and damper sticks, chocolate wattle seed puddings, chicken and pumpkin gnocchi and samosa. Students have enjoyed putting their culinary skills into action to produce a number of high quality and visually appealing dishes.

Year 7 Food Studies: The Year 7 students have recently completed their major design assessment task for the semester. This task required students to design their own pizza using their favourite toppings. Students worked extremely well in the kitchen, demonstrating excellent food preparation and organisational skills. A number of high quality pizzas were produced and some of the toppings included smoked salmon, capers and fresh rocket, kangaroo, tofu and a wide range of fresh seasonal vegetables. Well done to all students.

Emma Askew
Teacher

Year 8 English classes took part in a virtual link up with Western Australian author and illustrator, Gabriel Evans two weeks ago, as part of their study of picture books.

Gabriel talked to the students about the processes he goes through to write and illustrate books. Each class had an opportunity at the end of the session to ask questions.

We were thrilled to have the sessions with Gabriel and thank him for his enthusiasm and the tips and tools he passed on to the students in the sessions.

Check out Gabriel’s books

The website has beautiful illustrations and information about Gabriel’s books. Well worth having a look at.

Gabriel has a new book coming out in August – A Job For Kingsley.

Norton and the Bear, written and illustrated by Gabriel, was published in October 2020.

Is imitation the sincerest form of flattery? Or just annoying? Follow Norton as he attempts to avoid a bear that starts copying him.
Shortlisted in the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Picture Book of the Year award 2021.

Students’ Notes From 8G on Gabriel Evans (Mrs Gray’s class):
We learnt that sometimes planning does not work so just go with it sometimes.
The most important thing I learnt was to write the story and then write it again.
He made us think about reading other books for ideas and inspiration.
We learnt that pictures can tell a story.
Gabriel taught me that pictures can contradict the text.
The most important thing I learnt was get to know your character.
Understand your character.
Put your character in a situation.
Write the story twice.
Pictures can replace words.
Have an appealing front cover so that children want to read the book.
Get to know your character.
Find inspiration for your story.
Develop a simple fun idea.
Link the text to your illustration.
You can make a character out of anything.
Your first draft will not be the same as your last copy.
You can replace words with pictures.
Short and simple can tell a story with pictures, not just words.
Get to know each character.
Draw pictures to match the text.
Have a sketch book for ideas.
Get to know your character.
Add lots of details.
Use tools to help with writing.
Don’t forget the gutter and the paint area of the page.
Sometimes contradictions work well.
Think about what words you could remove.
Develop your character.
Remember the importance of the page layout.
Small details are important in pictures.
We need to get to know our characters better.
Text relates to pictures and vice versa.
Make the character memorable.
Develop your character and get to know them.

Mrs Hetherington’s Class notes on the Gabriel Evans session:
Gabriel taught us to try and not put a lot of words on each page, just add a small sentence to it. (Cora)
Gabriel taught us how to do simple illustrations. (Matilda)
Gabriel taught us ways to set out our picture story books, for example setting out images and words in a cohesive way. (Ruby)
Gabriel explained to us how to explore more ideas in picture books. (Beau)
Gabriel taught me to spend more time on the storyboard. (Hamish)
Gabriel taught us what was important and what wasn’t important. (Ruby)
He taught us it takes a lot of trial and error to get the perfect book. (Rorie)
He taught us that there are many ways to layout a picture story book. (Lila)

Mrs Margaret Sinnott
Library Coordinator

Junior State Championships - Hockey

Congratulations to Hannah Amor (Year 9), Claire Benson (Year 8), Emily Benson (Year 9), Laura Van Zelst (Year 8) and Sidney Van Zelst (Year 9) who have been selected as part of the 16 member squad for the South West Eagles Hockey Team.

The girls will be playing in the Junior State Championships over four days in Melbourne at the Footscray Hockey Centre and State Hockey Centre commencing on June 30.

We wish the girls the very best in the competition and congratulate them on their selection in the team. A great achievement!

Sports Report

Senior Boys Premier Football
On Tuesday the 31st of May the Premier Boys took the bus down for an overnight stay and match against Box Hill Secondary College. After a chat from former student Jonothan Brown the team was ready to go and started strongly kicking against the wind. In wet and windy conditions, the team settled well and made the most of a shorter ground by locking the ball inside 50 and getting repeat shots on goal. As the match opened up after half time the Emmanuel midfields clean ball use in the wet was telling, as the side took the win 12-9-81 to Box Hill 2-11-23. The team now progress to the State Semi Final against Bendigo Senior Secondary College which will be held on Wednesday the 15th of June starting 12pm at the Reid Oval.

Goals- W. White 2, M.Lloyd 2, C. Byrne 2, H.Keast 1, C. O’Donnell 1, O.Myers 1, O.Smith 1, H. Alexander 1

Best Players- J.Greene, W.White, H.Keast, C.Hoffman, E.Boyd

Junior Girls GWR Football
On Thursday the 9th of June the Colleges Junior Girls Football team played in the GWR finals held at the Mack and Walter Ovals. In a day of tough competition, the side were without a win however they made terrific improvement as the day progressed and they gained more experience. Congratulations to all involved and well done on your efforts.

State Golf Finals
On Friday the 3rd of June the College was represented in both the Junior and Senior State Finals held at Gardiners Run and Yarra Yarra Golf Clubs. In the Junior finals Elijah McLoed finished 15th with a score of +6, Sam Marris finished 18th with a score of +7 and Blake Hefferenan finished 32nd with a score of +14. In the Senior Division Lachie Walker finished 17th with a score of +10 in tough conditions.

Congratulations to all players on their efforts making it through to State Level and representing both the College and their home golf club Warrnambool so well.

Mr Alastair Templeton
Sports Coordinator

What's happening in the Library?

CBCA Shadow Judging Program
Members of the Student Book Club are reading the CBCA shortlisted books in the Younger Readers Category as part of the CBCA Shadow Judging Program. For each of the six books in this Category, the students will write about their thoughts on the books and provide a written or visual response.

The books in the Younger Readers Category are:
Dragon Skin by Karen Foxlee
The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel by Nicki Greenberg
Huda and Me by H Hayek
A Glasshouse of Stars by Shirley Marr
Exit Through The Gift Shop by Maryam Master (text), Astred Kicks (illustrator)
Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief by Katrina Nannestad.

To see more about these books and other CBCA shortlisted books, click here

Melbourne Writers Festival
Students in the Student Book Club will be travelling to Melbourne on September 8 to take part in the Secondary Schools Program for the Melbourne Writers Festival. The students will hear from Rhiannon Wilde about her new book Where You Left Us, heroes and monsters from Vanessa Len, the power of storytelling from Jared Thomas and a question and answer session with author Lynette Noni.

Audio Books For Pennies For Hitler by Jackie French – Year 8 Students
Year 8 students can access ebooks and audio books for the Term 3 novel for Year 8 English, Pennies For Hitler. Access can be found via SIMON, Library or use the links below:

Go to the link and type in the name of the book. Use your username and computer password to access.

eBook copy: Sora https://soraapp.com/library/emmanuelau

Wheelers https://emmanuel.wheelers.co

Bolinda https://emmanuelvic.borrowbox.com

Audio book copy: Bolinda https://emmanuelvic.borrowbox.com

Mrs Margaret Sinnott
Library Coordinator

Career News

Career Planning – A Guide for Parents
As students move through secondary school, their thoughts may naturally turn to considering their options for their future career. As a parent, you are well placed to offer support and advice as they begin to direct themselves towards their future goals. Please find attached a guide you will find helpful information and resources to support you in supporting your child through the crucial decision-making processes that lies ahead. It aims to help you help your teen to: ➤ Find their career passion ➤ Understand the labour trends in today’s world ➤ Consider the options available to them ➤ Discover their next step ➤ Where to go to find out more.

Upcoming Events

Tuesday June 14
Week 8B
Yr 8 & 9 Netball Academy Trip
Int/Snr Boys Soccer - Regional
Forensics Excursion - Waurn Ponds - Group 1

Wednesday June 15
Year 10 Life Science Excursion

Thursday June 16
9.10am Year 9-12 Vaping Webinar
7pm The Stage - Parent Presentation Michelle Mitchell

Friday June 17
Forensics Excursion - Waurn Ponds - Group 2
Int & Snr Netball - Ballarat
Int Boys Football - Ballarat

Monday June 20
Week 9A
Year 11 Textiles - Elvis Presley costume exhibition - Bendigo

Wednesday June 22
Junior Girls Netball - Ballarat
1.30pm - Year 12 English SAC

Thursday June 23
11am Year 9 AFL Academy Excursion

Friday June 24
Student Free Day
Correction/Report Writing Day

Monday June 27
School Holidays

Newsletter Edition 9, June 14