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Senior School Newsletter Issue No. 8 Term 2 2017 Inspire, Shine, Create. Dare to be wise. Dear Parents Last Friday and Tuesday of this week, Alamanda College facilitated the running of professional development workshops around the use of robots in schools. There is considerable anecdotal evidence that students respond well in subjects involving programming of robots and as coding is now a compulsory part of our curriculum, it gives students a reason to code. So what are we talking about when we talk about robots? Essentially, a robot is a mechanical device that can be programmed to follow a set of instructions. The robot has a processing unit, sensors to perceive its environment, and motors and actuators to move its limbs or wheels. It may speak, make other sounds, or flash with lights and colours in response to the environment as per instructions. Robots need the ability to follow programmed instructions and not just be controlled remotely. Alamanda has invested considerable resources into our robotics program and students can access Bee-Bots in Prep, Blue-Bots in Year One, Dash and Dot in Year Two, Spheros in Year Three, Pro-Bots in Year Four, WeDo LEGO in Year Five, Lego Mindstorms EV3 in Year Six, and Secondary EV3, NAO ( Bolt and Mink), and of course our drone. Programming/coding can be very abstract and dry. By having to control a physical robot and seeing what goes wrong, students learn what robots can and can’t do. They also learn the need for precise instructions. Robotics helps address the growing demand for teaching science, technology, engineering and maths in schools. As well as exemplifying technology directly by programming the robot, students also learn about science, engineering and maths and get an understanding of how these subjects link together.

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Senior School Newsletter Issue No. 8 Term 2 2017

Inspire, Shine, Create.

Dare to be wise.

Dear Parents

Last Friday and Tuesday of this week, Alamanda College facilitated the running of professional development workshops around the use of robots in schools. There is considerable

anecdotal evidence that students respond well in subjects involving programming of robots and as coding is now a compulsory part of our curriculum, it gives students a reason to code.

So what are we talking about when we talk about robots?Essentially, a robot is a mechanical device that can be programmed to follow a set of instructions.

The robot has a processing unit, sensors to perceive its environment, and motors and actuators to move its limbs or wheels. It may speak, make other sounds, or flash with lights and colours in response to the environment as per instructions.

Robots need the ability to follow programmed instructions and not just be controlled remotely.

Alamanda has invested considerable resources into our robotics program and students can access Bee-Bots in Prep, Blue-Bots in Year One, Dash and Dot in Year Two, Spheros in Year Three, Pro-Bots in Year Four, WeDo LEGO in Year Five, Lego Mindstorms EV3 in Year Six, and Secondary EV3, NAO ( Bolt and Mink), and of course our drone.

Programming/coding can be very abstract and dry. By having to control a physical robot and seeing what goes wrong, students learn what robots can and can’t do. They also learn the need for precise instructions.Robotics helps address the growing demand for teaching science, technology, engineering and maths in schools. As well as exemplifying technology directly by programming the robot, students also learn about science, engineering and maths and get an understanding of how these subjects link together.

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Alamanda College

Address: 86-100 Alamanda Blvd.

Point Cook PO Box 6606, Point Cook

VIC 3030

Telephone: 03-8376 5200

Email: alamanda.k9@edumail.

vic.gov.au

IMPORTANT DATES

Year 8 Archery & Ten Pin BowlingEvery Thursday for the next 5 weeksArrow Plus & Wyncity12:30pm – 3:15pm Year 9 Archery & Ten Pin BowlingEvery Friday for the next 5 weeksArrow Plus & Wyncity12:30pm - 3:15pm

Year 8 Dance Every Thursday for the next 5 weeks commencing Week 3

Year 9 Dance Every Friday for the next 5 weeks commencing Week 4

Year 9 VicUni visit‘Be an engineer for a day’1st June, departing at 9AM, returning for normal school

Year 8 Bike RidingEvery Thursday for the next 5 weeks commencing Week 4

Year 9 Bike RidingEvery Thursday for the next 5 weeks commencing Week 4

There’s no doubt that there will be a need for people to be involved in programming mechanical devices in the foreseeable future.

By programming robots, students can discover if they have aptitude and interest in a job market of the future.

Personally, I am looking forward to more robotic help in the future.

Dare to be Wise and have a great weekend,

Jeanette FineganPrincipal, Alamand College

Calling all string and brass and woodwind students (AMEB Grade 4 level and above)

On the mOVe! is a free education program for secondary school music students which Orchestra Victoria is offering students from Alamanda College the opportunity to participate in a free 2 day workshop. On August the 9th and 10thstudents will travel to Sunshine to rehearse as part of an orchestra with other students from around the State of Victoria. They will be tutored by professional musicians from Orchestra Victoria and led by a professional conductor and prominent music educator. If you would like to receive more information please see Ms King (Primary Music) or Mr Scheffer (Secondary Music). Applications close 21st of July.

MUSIC

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For our Year 7 Angles Summative Assessment created a treasure island map demonstrating what we have learnt during this topic angles topic. The average score we were expected to get was a B standard. What we needed to include to achieve a B standard was 10 points of interest, compass bearings, turn bearing, the total distance of your path, all the elements of BOLTSS, identify congruent

Year 7 Maths

triangles and to add a reflection on the end. On my map I aimed for the A+ standard which meant that I had

to include an extra 3 examples of Pythagoras theorem and 3 examples of trigonometry. - Radhika

On Thursday the 8th, 30 year nines left the school and journeyed to Victoria University, on an ‘Engineer for the day’ excursion. Many of us left the school unsure and curious, but were not disappointed.

Upon arrival, we were greeted by a mechanical engineer, who showed us around the laboratory where we would create our infrastructure. We were shown our materials and the wave stimulator, told the rules, and set off. Our mission? To create a structure of which could with-stand the impact of a tsunami, but had certain restrictions.The task challenged us in many ways we hadn’t been before; we had to use friction, height, and mass to the best of our ability.

Each group had their own loss, and

Victoria University Physics Taster - Be an Engineer for the Day

after the first round, we used them to improve our structures, to further our achievements.

Overall, although not every group had a victory, we all thoroughly enjoyed the trip, and learnt how to harness friction, height, and mass to create a successful tsunami surviving structure.- Stephanie Boukouvalas

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Girl’s BadmintonOn Thursday, the 8th of June, the year eight students went to compete against different schools at the Altona Badminton centre.The boys and girls were divided into two teams each, known as team ‘A’ and team ‘B’, in accordance to our abilities.In the girls’ badminton,the first match was played against Point Cook College and was won by both of our ’A’ and ‘B’ teams. The second match was against Carranbalic and was again won by both ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams. However, the both ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams were defeated by Williamstown which resulted in us being unable to play for the 1st and 2nd place, which then led us in coming 4th.

Although we didn’t win, we enjoyed ourselves and learned about our strengths and weaknesses in badminton .By this inter-school tournament, we developed a better understanding of the rules and regulations whilst playing badminton and gained experience, playing

against schools that were sometimes more skilled, with different strategies.- Serena Peterson

On Thursday The 8th four teams went to the Altona badminton centre to compete in interschool badminton. Our school took two boys and two girls teams boys A and B and Girls A and B, we all tried our best and had plenty of fun. they boys A team won our first

two schools but were demolished by Willi High, even after our defeat we came back and scraped up enough points to get into the finals which we were playing for 2nd and 3rd place. We were all so worn out that we lost for 2nd and 3rd which was a bit disappointing but we still enjoyed our time playing and that’s what matters and there will always be a next year.- Jonathon Long

On the 22nd of May, 15 students from Year 7, 8 and 9 competed in the Cross country. All students had to run 3.4 kms around Cherry Lake in Altona. The day did not start as intended with the bus running an hour late which meant that the year 7s ran with the year 8s. This essentially made little difference as the times were just separated out and compared against the year 7s. The race was ran during difficult conditions with 60 – 70 km hours winds blowing straight into the face of the runners over the last 1200 m. All students participated well with several making it to the regional stage. Students who made into the regionals are:

- Hayley Schuijers - Copper Hillier - Frazer Pike - Henrik Steins - Matthew Thomas - Kiara Le Roux

Overall the students trained hard leading up to Cross country and on the day the majority should be proud of their efforts.

Cross Country

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The Year 8 students have begun working on their portfolios for their 3-way conference presentations. We are using iBooks Author this semester for a more comprehensive and sophisticated portfolio. Each student will be creating their own unique design where they will showcase pieces of work from all their subjects to present to their teachers and parents. The folio will also include teacher and student reflections. This will allow the students to consolidate their learning and take ownership of their semester 1 outcomes. Please find some examples of student’s portfolios and the work they are including in them as well as a student reflection below. We look forward to seeing you all at the 3-way conferences to celebrate your child’s year 8 learning journey thus far. Kind regards,Stephanie Ficarra

As the semester comes to an end, we are making a portfolio piece including all the work we have done over the semester. To achieve this, we are using iBooks Author. IBooks author allows us to create a mini-booklet with proper chapters, sections and a front cover. We have a chapter for each subject, 7 core and 2 electives (in year 8), and have at least one section per chapter displaying our piece(s) of work with reflections. It is a more presentable and organised way to present our work. We will present these to our parents at the three-way-conferences which we hope you will all make the time to attend. Maha Rao

Year 8 News

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Many people who are called by name of refugees, have been force to migrate fro m their place. We live in a rapidly changing world in which refugees and forced migration have a significant impact on the economic, political and social agendas of sovereign states, intergovernmental agencies and civil society groups (Cole). Immigration can never be effective to the people. Some refugees migrate due to war and harsh violence. Others were just lacking international law to be protected and were forced to leave. But do we realise how complex it is to migrate from one country to another? Most Countries requires several things, like, Visa. They often see work visas for skilled migration visa options, but mostly, it depends on where you are travelling; making it harder for refuges.

We can start by talking about war. How many people die at war? And how many people actually do survive? One of the most important reasons why refugees were forced to migrate. People who are living in war zones have been killed by bombs, bullets and other exclusive weapons. Examples of war that take place where civilians are; are in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

They have taken tremendous human tolls on those countries. As of march 2015, approximately 210,00 civilians have died violent deaths as a result of the wars. (Crawford). We can’t stop war; however, the government tries to prevent them through sanctions. A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule. Governments participate in or create some visible public events for the same goal. Two days ago, The United States has been discussing possible new UN sanctions with Pyongyang’s ally, neighbouring China to sanction North Korea (Reuters).

The international community can use sanctions to change the behaviour of a country or regime, in cases where that country or regime is violating human rights, waging war or endangering international peace and security.

Millions of children and young people worldwide are affected by armed conflict. They are confronted with physical harm, violence, and danger. Many children are forced to flee. Some witness the death of loved ones; others are forced to pull the trigger themselves (Romenzi). War are affecting both Elderly and

Children. Loss of trust. They can lose their confidence, their trust in others and their trust in the future. But is war really worth it, with all its destructions, still beneficial? War, I despise because it means destruction of innocent lives. War, means tears to thousands of mothers how when their sons go off to fight and lose their lives. No good ever comes in war, not even the victory. Many people oppose war, but none has the courage or even not know how to take action to stop it. There are loads of ways you can do take a step against war. Participating in protests (Heririck). You need to get your voice out and be heard by others. Spread the words. Feel free to go out of our comfort zone, knowing that your protesting against war. Financially support others who are working to end war (Herrick). Donating to campaigns and volunteering your time, even assist in another way. These contributions will help efforts to end war.

Harsh violence, savage physical violence; great cruelty, and brutality against civilians. Are they common with war? The only thing common to war and violence is hostility. Hostile behaviour; unfriendliness or opposition (Google search). War is

How do you decrease the complexities of migration?

Hayley Devita 8A

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hostility on a large scale, over a long duration of time. It may involve cold shouldering, economic sanctions and social alienation. On the other hand, Violence is hostility expressed through physical force. An Issued report in 2014 documented the extermination, murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment, rape, forced abortion, and other sexual violence which occurred in North Korea, based on the testimony of North Koreans who left the country (HRW). Other government’s give range of sanctions aiming to deterring insider abuse. For the past three years, since the introduction of the domestic violence evidence criteria, rights of women been monitoring the impact of the legal aid regulations on the ability of women affected by violence to access family law legal aid. (Scott) Today’s judgement is important recognition of women’s real life experiences of domestic violence and means that more women affected by violence will have access to advice and representation in the family courts.In Melbourne on Sunday, 16th April 2015, about a thousand people led by victims of advocacy organisation, ‘’Enough is Enough’’ marched to Treasury Gardens to demand tougher bail laws and harsher sentencing for men who commit violent crimes against women (Convery). Speakers included the inimitable Derryn Hinch, who has in the past vocalised his support for a public register of child sex offenders (Convery). Dealing with violence against women means dealing with the underlying causes.

Refugees who came from a country that lacks international law are most likely to be forced out of the country, possibly voluntarily migrate. International law is the set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and between nations. National law may become international law when treaties delegate national jurisdiction to supernatural tribunals such as the European court of human rights or the international Criminal Court. Treaties such as the Geneva convections may require national law to conform to respective parts. (Wikipedia)

Refugees aren’t protected enough if international law is lacking in their country, in the state where they’re in danger. The UN continues to promote justice and international law across its three pillars of work: international peace, security, economic, social progress, developments, respect for human rights, and fundamental freedom.

International law is sourced from professional and qualified decision makers and researchers in looking to verify the substantive legal rule governing a legal dispute or academic discourse. There are different variables of international law. Public International law. This law concerns the treaty relationships between its nation and person which are considered as the subjects of international law. The typical international law has their source in their custom, global acceptance of behaviour and codifications contained in conventional agreements, expressed in other terms treaties. Private international law. These are the conflicts of law, often called ‘private international law’. It is distinguished from public international law because it governs conflicts between private persons rather in states. Supernatural law. This arise when both nations explicitly cede their right to make certain judicial decisions to a common tribunal. However, in this case. Refugees have been lacking Public international law concerning both the relationship between the nation and person. Which strongly states the cause of living a life of a refugee

Since the 1960s Migration to countries have been increasing and that cause of uprooting of millions of families and of perilous journeys that have led to thousands of deaths. Forced migration flows which are mismanaged as at present. Such a scheme is more likely to materialize on adoption of basic principles. Let’s start living a life where we can help them in need where the live.

References and Citations

Convery, Stephanie. Violence against women: don’t just punish, prevent. ABC News. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-16/convery-treating-the-root-causes-of-violence-against-women/6398146 16 April 2015

Cole, Georgia. Why study forced migration? https://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/msc-refugee-forced-migration-studies/why 2017

Crawford, Neta. Civillians Killed and wounded http://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/costs/human/civil ians March 2015

Reuters http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2017/05/17/us-hopeful-china-will-sanction-north-korea.html May 17 2017

Romenzi Alessio, Effects of War on childrenhttps://www.warchildholland.org/effects-war-children Date Unknown

Herrick jack, How to take action to stop War http://www.wikihow.com/Take-Action-to-Stop-War Date Unknown

Hrw, North Korea events of 2015 https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2016/country-chapters/north-korea dealing event 2016

Scott, Emma, harsh evidence test for domestic violence are unlawful, rules court of Appeal http://rightsofwomen.org.uk/harsh-evidence-tests-for-domestic-violence-are-unlawful-rules-court-of-appeal/ April 2014

Wikipedia (Author unknown) International Lawhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_law 12 May 2017

Goggle Search (author unkown) h t t p s : / / w w w . g o o g l e . c o m .au/?client=safari&channel=mac_b m & g w s _r d = c r & e i = K P Y k W Y W P B c K 6 0 g T _sZXYDg#safe=strict&channel=mac_bm&q=brutality Date Unknown

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Should Australia do more to help refugees by accepting more of them by ‘narrowing down’

the selective criteria?By Sachi Ruaya

Australia took in 6000 refugees for resettlement between 2015-2016 making us third in the most refugees taken for resettlement worldwide, just behind Canada and America! (Parliament of Australia) But is Aus-tralia doing enough for refugees? As a country, we are doing our best to help refugees into resettlement and doing just enough work for them whilst protecting our residents who have al-ready settled in Australia. Doing more to help refugees can leave Australia more prone to doing too much or them leaving us with security risks and reputation loss. But, is this even possi-ble?

Number one on the charts is that not every refugee will be eligible for reset-tlement because they may not fulfil any of UNHCR’s (United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees) criteria, which is separated into seven cate-gories; Legal and/or Physical Protec-tion Needs, Survivors of Torture and/or Violence, Medical Needs, Women and Girls at Risk, Family Reunification, Children and Adolescents at Risk and Lack of Foreseeable Alternative Durable Solutions. It is highly likely, if

Australia were to ‘widen the range of refugees’, they will need to nar-row down the criteria used to select them. If Australia decides to do this, it will leave a mark on Australia’s image and reputation as a partitioner of the United Nations since we disobeyed the agreed criteria for selecting refu-gees.

Furthermore, not selecting refugees from UNHCR’s criteria could leave Australia with many more security risks! For instance, it will make Austra-lia more vulnerable to resettling “fake refugees” or even potential terrorists! A recent official report (March 23, 2017) from Simon Benson, a National Political Editor, says that in the past year, a certain 500 refugees sought for Australia for resettlement. [Take note that these refugees bound un-der the humanitarian program and that UNHCR’S criteria takes part in Australia’s humanitarian program’s security check.] And you know what? All of them we declined entry because the Five Eyes intelligence network [“The Five Eyes intelligence network is a security arrangement be-tween Australia, the US, Britain, Can-

ada and New Zealand.”-Simon Ben-son] alerted that their names were on an international security watch list. For instance, around 30 of them turned up on ASIO’s (Australian Se-curity Intelligence Organisation) na-tional security terrorism watch list! But, what will happen if we had more ref-ugees not chosen by the criteria with the security at risk. Now we know we are done for! We will be letting peo-ple who might not even be a forced immigrant or refugee in!

Refugees that were resettled in Aus-tralia made major contributions since 1945 (i.e. World War 2 and when the Department of Immigration was es-tablished for Australia) but it is not worth the risk to the security and safe-ty of our residents and citizens to not follow the criteria!

Ultimately, by narrowing down the se-lective criteria for refugees, we tech-nically cannot take more refugees! All it will do is hasten the process of getting a refugee resettled in Austra-lia. If we do this, it will only show how impatient we Australians are, even if we do not intend to! Relating to the

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question; “Should Australia do more to help refugees by accepting more of them by narrowing the selective criteria?” This is not even possible! Again, we will only lessen the security and hasten the resettlement process. Leaving Australia with more weak spots on our borders!

Doing enough? Perfect amount! Aus-tralia must not take in more refugees by narrowing down the criteria be-cause doing so will leave a scar on the country’s image, leave serious security and safety risks for both the government and people and is not even possible! Australia needs to find another way to do more to help refu-gees other than this so-called meth-od!

Reference Anderson, Stephanie. “Some refugees re-fused asylum in Australia over security con-cerns, Justice Minister says.” http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-23/several-refu-gees-seeking-asylum-a-security-risk-to-aus-tralia/7270704

Karlsen, Elibritt “Refugee resettlement to Australia: What are the facts?” http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parlia-ment/Parliamentary_Departments/Par-liamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1617/Ref-ugeeResettlement#_Toc461022107 (7th September 2016)

“The countries doing more for the refu-gee crisis than you think” http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/se-curity-red-flag-for-more-than-500-iraqi-and-syrian-refugees-bound-for-australia/news-sto-ry/2ed4f936447d22b6f67a596409185c2c (April 2017)

“Daily Telegraph; Security red flag for more than 500 Iraqi and Syrian refugees bound for Australia” - http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/immigration/se-curity- red-flag-for-500-refugees-on-inter-national-watchlist/newsstory/129957e81c-26c099045685818b56ceea?nk=01e6516f-68b82ebbee01941ebf63888d-14948168500 (12:00AM March 23, 2017)

“Google Search Results: ASIO” –Wikipedia“What role does Australia play in accepting the worlds refugees?” –theconversation.comwww.refugeecouncil.org.au (used to check information)“Parliament of Australia”

Year 7 Textiles students have been using the MYP design cycle to design and create a bag for their laptop or iPad. They first investigate different ideas for function and aesthetics of their bag, and use their analysis to create their own design. They plan their processes out and are now fol-lowing their plans to produce their product. Once complete, students will evaluate their final product, re-flecting on issues and achievements and determining on ways they could improve their product in the future.

Throughout the design process, I have allowed my brain to access a great deal of creativity which has given me the opportunity to show amazing re-sults. I have chosen to create my owl design which is simple yet beautiful. Overall, I am really proud of my cre-ative thought processes so far during my textiles classes and I can’t wait to take it further and to the next level. Although I am fairly proud of my prog-ress so far, I would like to improve on my time management and overall

textile skills and apply this to my future designs. - Ella Hansen 7E

I have measured my MacBook and cut most of my fabric out. I searched for some inspiration but nothing was appealing so I came up with 3 of my own designs. I am very fond of denim so I have used that as my main fabric and am sewing 3 pieces of soft blue fabric for the lining to give my Mac-Book some protection. The first design is layers of lace and ribbon. I think I am going to change it up a bit and only add a piece of lace on the bottom of the flap and 2 pieces of thin ribbon on top. My second design is portrait and I am planning on attaching elas-tic to the flap and sewing buttons on the side as I really love buttons. In my third design, I was thinking of putting a white Apple logo in the middle and attaching different shades of pink, purple and blue fabric on the sides of the logo. I think I am going to choose the first design but only and 1 piece of lace and 2 pieces of thin ribbon on the bottom of the flap. - Arunyah 7D

Year 7 Textiles

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Year 8 TextilesMy shirt fits me perfectly, the size of it is just how I wanted it to be. I thought that it was going to be bigger than what it is now, but thinking about it, the size of what it is now is better. My t-shirt style that I made is a fitted crew neck. My chest/bust, waist and hip measurements all are size extra small but I didn’t want it to be tight on me so I chose medium. My finished shirt is the perfect size for me but thinking about how fast I’m growing it isn’t going to fit me for long. I think it personally appeals to my own unique style because I have always wanted a tie dye shirt and the stripes on the sleeves are something I would usually have on a shirt or hoodie. I think that my product will be durable for 6 months to 1 year just because there are some sewing mistakes on the sleeves. I screen printed the second stripe too close to the edge because I wasn’t really thinking that later on I would have to hem and over lock it. I also had to unpick some of the things I sewed on as I was making the product because I either sewed the wrong way or made mistakes.

I had a couple of issues along the way with making my product. I sewed one

of the sleeves the wrong way so I had to unpick it and re do it. The last step of the sewing part of the shirt was to sew and over lock the collar onto the shirt: as I was sewing I forgot to stretch it and I had to unpick the whole collar and redo it. My biggest achievements are the tie dye and the sewing of the collar even though I had to do it twice. I think it turned out really well. I could have improved my product by using my time more efficiently. I should have read the instructions carefully so I knew that I had to be careful on some parts of the sewing because I had to stretch while sewing or other things, and pay attention to the demonstrations that the teacher makes so I don’t have to ask for help. Next time I am going to pay attention to every single thing so that I don’t have to redo some parts or ask for help. - By Paola Guarracino

Year 9 Textiles

Year 9 textiles students have been working on their ‘Calico Challenge’ during term 2. They have used the MYP Design Cycle to design and create an outfit from calico fabric, and dye the finished garment. This project has extended the students’ design and technical skills, and is scaffolding

their learning towards semester 2, in which they will be doing ‘Product Design’: an individualised learning project in which students will need to manage their skills, time and budget to complete a product that meets the needs of their client.

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On Wednesday the 31st of May, all students in years 5-9 travelled to the Victoria University Athletics Track on Hoppers Lane, Werribee to compete in the House Athletics Carnival. Students competed against peers in their year level in a range of different track and field events including shot put, discus, javelin, high jump, long jump, 100m, 200m, 400m, 1500m and relay races to gain points for their house. Students were also awarded points for house spirit, assisting with events, cheering and cleaning up.

Well done to WOOD HOUSE who came from behind to be crowned champions of the day, beating out CLARK HOUSE for second place by just 2 points. The final results of the day are listed below:

Alamanda College Athletics Carnival – Years 5-9

2017 ATHLETICS CHAMPIONS WOOD 1151

2nd CLARK 11493rd TEO 10324th HOLLOWS 1136

Year Group Athletics ChampionsOn the day, students had the opportunity to participate in a variety of events. A group of students have been recognised for their excellent sporting achievement at the athletics carnival. These students gained the most points for their house in their year group and where therefore the honour of athletics champions of their year group.

Champion Runner up

Year 5 Girls Evelyn Rodwell Sienna Nubile

Year 5 Boys Ross Lappin Joey Vervoort

Year 6 Girls Jolie Tshitamba Skylar Lilly

Year 6 Boys Samuel Bonsu Wian BouwerGeorge Pandazopoulos

Year 7 Girls Semia Alao Tristen Lau

Year 7 Boys Ulu Pologa Zayvian Lanqkilde-Fale

Year 8 Girls Hayley Schuijers Leslie Esera

Year 8 Boys Luke Witherford Andrew Djaja

Year 9 Girls Monica Moore Nyobil Got

Year 9 Boys Hockeen Liaw Simon Duwar

A big congratulations to Hayley Schuijers (Year 8) and Ulu Pologa (Year 7) who were crowned as the Girls and Boys School Champions for gaining the most points across the whole school.

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New Record Holders

In 2016 we held our first Athletics Carnival for students in years 5-9. As is tradition with most schools, we have kept a record sheet of those students who have run the fastest, jumped or thrown the furthest and jumped highest. I am proud to say that we had a large number of students across all year groups who now have their names on the Alamanda 5-9 Athletics Carnival Records Sheet. Congratulations to all students who made this list for 2017. Their names and records can be seen below.

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1 9 t h - 2 9 t h J u n e 2 0 1 74 p m

A l a m a n d a C o l l e g e , P o i n t C o o k

F e a t u r e d P e r f o r m a n c e s  

Guitar 19th June

Piano/Bass & Guitar 20th June

Drums  21st  June

Strings  22nd  June

Piano 23rd June

Singing 29th June  

 

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Twilight Concert

featuring 

THE LUA TUA BROTHERS

GUITARKESTRA

ALAMANDA STRING ORCHESTRA &

THE JUNK BAND PERCUSSION GROUP