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Swinburne Poetry Competition Winners
Year 7 and 8 Italian students participated in the Swinburne Poetry Competition earlier this year. This is an inter-school competition, therefore it was quite an achievement! They were required to memorise and recite a poem...more › |
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Dunlop Canberra Trip
The 2009 Canberra trip was a great success and a lot of fun. We visited interesting and educational sites such as the War Memorial and Parliament House, as well as fun, exciting places like Questacon. All year 9 students highly recommend attending the camp...more › |
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Wilson’s Promontory Hike: Semester Two 2009
Throughout the Outdoor Ed unit everything we did was working up to the Wilson’s Prom 4 day hiking trip, so we were all excited to be finally going. The weather forecast wasn’t looking so good but we were determined to go...more › |
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2009 VSSSA Track & Field Championships
20 students represented Strathmore Secondary College at the VSSSA Track and Field Championships at Olympic Park on Tuesday 20th October. It was an action-packed day with many students recording personal best times...more › |
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Deniz Mert 11S wins at the National Taekwondo Championships
I recently competed in the National Taekwondo Championships in Brisbane. It was a 5 day camp from the 1st of October to the 5th of October. I fought a Samoan girl from New Zealand, she was the same belt as me (blue)...more › |
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Burnet Tasmania Trip 2009
The 2009 Burnet Tasmania Trip was a wonderful and invaluable experience to say the least. It seems like there is nothing like a high school camp to bring out the best in a Team and this was certainly the case for Burnet...more › |
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“Parent Teacher Night” in Vietnam
Strathmore SC hosts International Students, most of whom come to Australia without their parents or relatives. As you can imagine, the parents of these students are often anxious to hear news about their child...more › |
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The Girl In The Ghostlight
This year’s school production, The Girl In The Ghostlight, performed from the 9th to 12th of September, was one of the highlights of my school year. Students from all year levels were a part of the show, and as a group of over 60...more › |
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Kassandra Sidley
Kassandra Sidley, a Year 11 Chisholm student, spent the September holidays in Brisbane at Fortitude Valley. Nice, I hear you say, but Kass wasn’t holidaying, she was competing in the 16 Club National Championships in waterpolo...more › |
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Senior School Update
The Year 12 end of year countdown has begun. With only three weeks of classes and the end of year exams beginning the following week, things are certainly busy in the Senior School. May all of your hard work and effort be rewarded...more › |
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ThinkUKnow Internet Safety Session
ThinkUKnow is a new internet safety initiative to be piloted in the ACT, NSW and Victoria. It is a partnership between the Australian Federal Police (AFP), the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)...more › |
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SSC students win ISSDC at NASA
Eventually the winner of the competition was announced to be “Vulture Aviation”, of which the Strathmore students were a part of. This was an extraordinary accomplishment and achievement for all of us...more › |
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Year 12 English Enhancement program
During week three, thirty students from Strathmore Secondary College were selected by the English Faculty to participate in the Year 12 Enrichment English Program...more › |
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Music Tour of France & Belgium 2009
A sage once said, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”. The first step in our unforgettable journey was taken in the early months of 2008, when Ms Nola Read approached our Principal and the Music staff about the possibility of taking music students to the Somme to participate in the 2009 Anzac Day Dawn Service...more › |
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Japanese Speech Contest Prize Winners
It is a great pleasure to announce that Kimberly Lim 11B and Genevieve Walker 12S were awarded with University Commendation Prizes at the 40th Annual Japanese Language Speech Contest...more › |
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VCAL Update
VCAL is a great program because it offers a large range of different courses and provides an opportunity for the kids who aren’t very academic. The best thing about VCAL would be doing a TAFE course you get to learn a lot about the trade you want to do...more › |
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VTAC Briefing
A VTAC briefing was held on Tuesday 4th August after school by Ms Sampson. The VTAC briefing was the perfect segue into the Year 12s holding an Occupation Day or ‘What I wanted to be When I Grew Up’...more › |
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Year 7 Italian Excursion
We recently visited the Calabria Club in Bulla. This excursion was a culmination of an letter exchange between Strathmore year 7 students and St Helena SC. On the day students were able to meet their pen pals...more › |
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Weary Dunlop Excursion
Recently Year 7 Dunlop students and their Year 9 mentors visited the Weary Dunlop Statue in St Kilda Road. By completing a worksheet, assisted by their mentors, the Year 7's gained an insight into the history of this great man...more › |
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VCE Cup
The first round of the VCE Cup was held on Wednesday 19th August at lunchtime up on the hallowed turf. The VCE Cup is an actual cup presented to the winning team in a round robin soccer competition involving Year 11 and 12...more › |
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Pyjama Day
The PJ Day was a perfect opportunity for the Year 12s and some teachers to achieve their dream of rolling out of bed and stumbling along to school, still in their night attire...more › |
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The Girl in the Ghostlight
The cast and crew of this year’s school production would like to invite you to come and see The Girl in the Ghostlight. It is playing at The Clocktower Centre, Moonee Ponds on September 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th...more › |
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Year 12 Tops
After convincing wins in the Pascoe District and Western Zone Semis the boys headed to St. Albans to do battle with Karanjung in the Western Zone Final. Strathmore burst out of the blocks getting first use of the ball...more › |
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Junior Boys Football Western Zone Finals
After convincing wins in the Pascoe District and Western Zone Semis the boys headed to St. Albans to do battle with Karanjung in the Western Zone Final. Strathmore burst out of the blocks getting first use of the ball...more › |
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Junior Girls Football Western Zone Finals
After winning the last two rounds, the girls went into this event with confidence. Sunbury dominated the first quarter and were 26 points up at quarter time. Unfortunately we were unable to close the gap...more › |
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Chisholm Students Queensland Trip
On the 17th of July a group of year 9 and 10 Chisholm students travelled to the Gold Coast with Mr Carnie, Mr Woodhams and Ms Peard. The students and teachers had to meet at the school bus bay at four in the morning...more › |
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Studies of Society and Environment
The Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE) faculty is committed to enriching students’ understandings of the world they live in as well as fostering an understanding of factors that have helped shape our society...more › |
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Strathmore students join the circus
A STATEWIDE search found two Strathmore Secondary College students to be the cream of the musical crop. The musical is based on the American showman PT Barnum’s life, and how he runs a circus...more › |
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Melbourne University Excursion (Year 12 Biology)
As part of the year 12 Biology Unit 4 course students participated in genetic workshops at Melbourne University. Students were able to get the expertise of lecturers from the university and masters students...more › |
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Something Wicked this Way Comes
The wicked, twisted mind of Macbeth was brought to life earlier this term when year ten English students attended a performance workshop of key scenes from Shakespeare’s tragedy ‘Macbeth...more › |
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LOTE Awards
At the end of the first semester, some hard working and high achieving students in language studies (Italian, Japanese, Greek) were recognised and awarded with special certificates by the College...more › |
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What a successful Burnet Sausage Sizzle
It was a Tuesday afternoon, in the second week back in this new term, just the right sort of day to enjoy a snag on the barbie. Any kind you like – normal sausages, gluten frees and the ever popular halals...more › |
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Year 7 Science Experimental Investigation
As part of the year 7 geology unit, students from 7D1 and 7D2 were set the task of constructing a model volcano and investigating the different types of lava flows they could create...more › |
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Active Girls Breakfast 2009
Strathmore Secondary College boasts an impressive list of successful Interschool sporting teams throughout its history. Currently the school competes in a wide range of team and individual sports and is a regular fixture at State Championships...more › |
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VSSSA Cross Country Results
12 girls represented Strathmore at the VSSSA State Championships on Friday 24th July at Bundoora Park. The team finished with some fantastic individual and team performances...more › |
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Profile of Del Liu – International Student Captain 2009
Del (Wei Peng) Liu was chosen by an overwhelming popular vote to be captain of our International Students this year. Del is from Guangzhou in South East China, close to Hong Kong...more › |
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World Vision - 40 Hour Famine
The Senior School Argyll Team will be running this year’s World Vision - 40 Hour Famine. Last year, with the support of the whole school, we raised over $4000. The 40 Hour famine will be held over the weekend of the 21 -23 August...more › |
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Nick Terezakis 11A has been selected to play soccer in Italy
Congratulations to Nick Terezakis 11A who has been selected to play football (soccer) in Italy. After a month of intense training was selected to return and train with the team with the potential to play in the Italian Football League...more › |
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Australian Defence Force Flight Screening Program
During the most recent school holidays I was fortunate enough to be selected by the Australian Defence Force’s pilot selection agency to participate in the Flight Screening Program located in Tamworth, NSW...more › |
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Victorian Space School
Retired NASA astronaut James Reilly visited VSSEC during the holidays. He came as a guest of the South Australian Space School which combined with the Victorian Space School for two days of Missions to Mars...more › |
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Yr 9 Stirling SCOPE Excursion
Last term our class travelled to SCOPE Highpoint industries in Maribyrnong. SCOPE is a program designed for people with disabilities. They get the chance to work in the factory and make new friends...more › |
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