Padua Day
On the 9th of June this year, the students of Padua Tyabb gathered out the front of our school to catch the bus to Padua Mornington where we would soon commence celebrations for Padua Day. This was a very special occasion as, due to Covid, Padua Day had not been celebrated in a couple of years. As we boarded the buses there were a lot of people talking excitedly among the students, we were separated into House groups and year levels for the buses. We also had one teacher on the bus with us.
When we arrived at Padua Mornington the teachers guided us to the Performing Arts Centre where we dropped off our food for the day. We were then instructed to go to the gymnasium for a session with Father Rob Galea. Father Rob talked to us about his life story and how sometimes when we want to achieve something we will always say: "But what if…" , he helped us understand that this is normal and that we can manage it. The one line I remember most is his motto: 'Do it scared'.
After recess, we went back to the gymnasium and took our seats for the Mass. The Mass was led by Bishop Tony Ireland, Fr Jude Johnson, Fr Shymon Thekkekalathungal Eshapen, Fr Geoff McIlroy, Fr John McGinty and Deacon Graeme Pender. We started the mass with a welcome from Mr Williams and went on to the opening prayer and readings from Isaiah 61:1-3. At the end of the Mass Ms McGurn was formally recognised as the new Principal of Padua she was given a huge round of applause and brought welcome gifts by people who have a relation to Padua, one of which was me.
We then went out for lunch. It consisted of two slices of Domino's pizzas and a packet of jelly beans for each student. We ate for a while but when we were finished everyone was excited for the activities that we were allowed to do for the last hour of the day. There were so many to choose from such as: a petting zoo; photo booth; a concert performed by students, and so many more. Unfortunately, Tyabb and Rosebud students had to leave early in order to get home on time, but overall the day was a whole lot of fun for everyone.
Zoe Armour, Year 7 Cardijn
Year 7 English Lessons
We have been learning new persuasive techniques to create a speech about a local issue of our choice. Eventually, we present our speech to our class. We really enjoyed this because we investigated further into an issue that we didn’t entirely know about, and we had the opportunity to feel more passionate about our special chosen issue. Here is my speech about littering on beaches.
Good Afternoon/Morning Year 7s, my name is Paige Green and I am a student here at Padua College Tyabb. I am here today to talk to you about the importance and the consequences of leaving your rubbish on the street, or our beaches. This simple but very harmful action affects our environment in many different ways. This action will kill our beaches, leaving them looking like a tip. Do you really want to live in a city/town with disgusting beaches that you want to be sick looking at? That’s why I am here to present this speech today, and to put more action into stopping littering.
Animals are constantly being killed. More than 100,000 seabirds, seals etc are dying per year due to ingesting plastic or getting stuck/choked. This is because animals very easily mistake our litter for food. Eventually, this goes on to smaller fish/sea animals, leading them to either getting stuck in plastic bottles or bags, or ingesting plastic, soon being eaten by larger sea creatures, moving plastic up the food chain. Plastic and rubbish are such a danger to our precious sea animals, and everyday we just let rubbish into our seas because we are too lazy to put our litter in a close by bin.
Litter covers our beaches' natural beauty. Did you know that cigarette buds that cover our beaches take around 10 years to actually decompose? This is so sad, especially since our beaches are absolutely drenched in them. Plastic waste can simply break down, and spread even wider, and even spread microplastics in our environment. If you don’t know what microplastics are, they are extremely small pieces of plastic. While you are thinking about this, imagine how much microplastics animals consume each day. Imagine how much food wrappers and plastic bags get simply thrown away and sent to our beaches and water.
Our litter can pollute our air. Believe it or not, around 40% of the world's litter is burnt in open air, easily releasing toxins that pollute our air. That’s right, It’s upsetting how easy it is to just throw a food wrapper into our environment without thinking about all these consequences that come along with it. Another one of these consequences that come along with littering is that our rubbish can kill or stunt plant growth. As waste decays, it infects the soil surrounding it with hazardous chemicals. These contaminants can decrease the presence of microorganisms, meaning that our litter can 100% kill or stunt the plants around us.
This is why I strongly believe that littering in general should be acted on before our beaches start dying. Please consider these consequences before leaving your food wrappers or plastic bags on our beaches or anywhere wherever you are. Thank you for listening to my speech today.
Paige Green, Year 7 Cardijn
AFL Junior Champion
Padua Tyabb student, Will Stewart has continued his recent strong form in the 2023 - AFL South East Regional Junior Championships for Under 15 boys. Will, representing the Mornington Peninsula Junior Football League was not once, but twice awarded the best player onfield by the opposition coaching staff (AFL Outer East and AFL South East). Well done Will!
Art Club
At Padua Tyabb, Art club runs every Monday lunchtime in the art room. Some of the final pieces from art club this semester are now on display at reception and are well worth a look in person when you are next in the office. There is a secret theme for the art pieces. Can you guess what it is?
TNA
TNA is a netball lunch competition that is held at Tyabb Padua by the Sports Captains, every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at lunchtime.
We had seven teams of 9-10 people each, which the Sports Captains organised, created and held over term two. Creating overall Success. Semi-final one took place on Monday 19 June - Seals v Dolphins - and semi-final two on Tuesday 20 June - Sharks v Seahorses.
The two back-to-back winners will conclude it’s Grand final and awards ceremony on the last day of school, Friday the 23rd of June
Anni O’Brien, Cardijn Sport Captain
Hands On Learning
We have been very busy this term in Hands On Learning. We have built heaps of things such as building a veranda, a fence, and a Hands On Learning sign over our entrance gate. We used a lot of tools that look like letters and then we welded them into position. We had to wear masks and gloves for safety.
Brett Wells, Year 9 McCormack
School Aerobics
Throughout this year in schoolaerobics, we have already competed in two competitions coming third in both the Regionals at Patterson Lakes and States at Rowville. The Tyabb trio - Darcey Whylie, Saskia Jennings and myself - are now off to the Nationals in Adelaide. Training will still continue even through the holidays as we set our sights on first place on the national stage. Mrs Bailey is helping us the whole way and we couldn’t have come this far without her. The other girls are also amazing and they are another reason we have done this well. Thank you for everyone’s support.
Tahlia Love, Year 9 McCormack
Farewell
It is with a mixture of joy, sadness, and gratitude that we inform you of our receptionist Karen Doyle’s decision to retire.
Karen has worked at Tyabb since 2017 and has been one of the welcoming faces that greet parents at our front reception. She has formed many great connections with our Tyabb families in her time at the College, and we share her excitement as she ventures into this new chapter in her life to spend, amongst other things, more time with her five grandchildren. Karen's last day will be Friday 23 June, after which Jaymie Miall will take on the role. Jaymie is currently working with Karen on Wednesdays to Fridays as she learns the ropes, and we are sure you will all join us in making Jaymie feel welcome as part of our Padua Community. Kellie Jolley will continue to work at Tyabb reception on Mondays and Tuesdays. We thank Karen for her dedication, her professionalism and her cheery nature in her time at Tyabb and wish her all the very best in her retirement.
