Year 9 Plant and Animal Studies
In Plant and Animal Studies, my class and I are learning about chickens and how to care for them as they grow up! We have been split into even groups and have a chicken to share, I’m in a group with my friends Bonnie and Bri and we have named our chick Joe. For the rest of the term, we get to learn how to clean them and their cage, measure them every class to see their growth, play with them, and obviously make sure they are staying healthy and happy! Below I have put some pictures of some of the chickens including my groups.
Gabby Mehrmann, Year 9 Geoghegan
Year 7 HPE – Tough Mudder
On 17 July, Year 7 Cardijn attended Tough Mudder at the Mornington Campus. There were many different obstacle courses and tasks we had to complete throughout the period, some involved teamwork while others were individual. We started off by doing fitness activities then got to the messy part which was the mud! Once we were done in the mud we had to do a teamwork task which consisted of a raft and a string, we had to use the string to pull and get all our teammates safely to the other side. At the end, we all got to jump in the dam and wash ourselves off and it was absolutely freezing! Overall, it was a great day and all of us had great fun and worked together as a team amazingly.
Ella Sawyer, Year 7 Cardijn
Year 8 SIS Girls Football
Our Year 8 girls footy team set off to play an away game against Saint Peters for our first match, the bus was filled with excitement and trepidation and as we pulled up to their school and saw the opposition for the first time, we felt like we had a chance at a win. Unfortunately during the match, we lost two great players due to head injuries, Eden and Lucy, this hampered our ability to get on top of the game and we came away down by 5 points.
After the loss the week before we came in strong with ambition as we versed Flinders Christian College at their Tyabb Campus, everyone played super well, especially Remy Currie who received Player of the Match. Although we improved our skills, we came away with a loss, 22-12.
We're all training hard and looking forward to having a win in the weeks to come.
Ruby Lawler, Year 8 Geoghegan
Respectful Relationship Training Day
On Thursday 20 July, a Respectful Relationships Day was held at a hall in Mornington. Several students from each Padua Campus attended the day. We arrived at Mornington and all students got to know each other, before completing and watching a number of slideshows and activities about our school campus and community. These activities helped us to understand the positives and what we need to work on at our school to make it a comfortable place for all. Luna the school therapy dog was at the day, and she put a smile on all the students’ and teachers’ faces. Overall, it was a great experience and very beneficial for all who attended.
Bonnie Enever, Year 9 Geoghegan
A Final Note from the Heads of Campus
All families have received their child’s semester 1 report and have been invited to attend the second of our parent-teacher conferences for the year. The purpose of both, is to articulate how each student may better achieve their personal best in the second half of the year. As a staff, we will continue to support all our students to this end, throughout term three. The lunchtime Catch-up Club continues each lunchtime, and Homework Club each Wednesday afternoon. All students are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity to consolidate their learning in these supervised spaces.
There also continue to be many extra-curricular activities on offer this term that may enable students to discover and utilise their God-given talents and families are encouraged to speak with their children about the many opportunities available throughout the remainder of term three.
