As Year 11 finishes their second term of preliminary studies I want to congratulate them on the positive way they have approached their first semester of Year 11. Their uniform and behavior is always of a high standard and their significant involvement in the school community was evident when reading their reports and seeing their PALS comments.

NIC MCGILL

Nic recently completed at the Oceania athletics championships in Fiji. Congratulations to Nic who broke the current Championship Record by 6 seconds at the event. Nic is now the Oceania Champion for the U18 2000m Steeplechase.

Opens AFL team - Congrats to the large number of year 11 students who led the way in the school AFL team achieving 2nd in the state. 

Congratulations to all hospitality food and beverage students who have been running the school Cafe as part of their Hospitality course. The students have been serving coffee and hot beverages on Tuesday's for staff to purchase during lunch. This Tuesday, 18 June the class prepared lunch and made hot beverages for visiting presenters, school counsellor's and several staff. The students did a terrific job and everyone commented on the delicious food.

WORKING BEE

Congratulations to the following student who recently helped out at our school working bee. It's great to see so many students involving themselves in the school community:

Maya Hargreaves, Rhianna Duff, Nicholas Ferreira, Eryka Simpson, Charlie Norman, Jim Watts, Benjamin Speer, Jessica Krikstolaitis, Steffi  Malady, Alex Duncan, Nathan Kidd, Deeya Shrestha, Isabelle Luke, Phoebe Lewis, Jorja Frew, Max Royals, Chay Richards

GEOGRAPHY - JERRAWANGALA NATIONAL PARK 

Last week the Year 11 Geography class went to Jerrawangala National Park to conduct fieldwork activities related to our topic on Bushfires. The purpose of the day was for students to conduct a fire hazard assessment at a number of sites and then use their information to determine an overall fire hazard rating for the area. Factors investigated included the steepness and aspect of the slopes, soil moisture levels, dominant flora species, and the coverage and type of vegetation cover at a range of layers from the canopy to the ground cover. Despite the chilly start to the morning, we measured a temperature of 9℃ at the lookout, an enjoyable day was had by all. 

Mrs Fiona Semmens

STUDENT REFLECTION

The field trip to Jerewangala National Park was fantastic. The local environment was stunning and the field sight testing was great fun and provided lots of insight into jobs found in the geographical field. I want to thank Ms Semmens, Mr Wilson and Bob Rock for a great trip, your efforts are much appreciated. 

Alex Duncan