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Parent Bulletin 16

Friday 12 August
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Year 11 Formal

Tickets are selling fast!
 
Consent and payment are due by Thursday 18th August, no tickets will be sold after this date. You can find the event on Compass.
 
Should you have any questions please see Mr Beavis or your team coordinator. 
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We look forward to celebrating with you all.

Senior School Team
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2022 Victorian State Schools Spectacular

The 2022 Victorian State Schools Spectacular brings together government school communities from across Victoria to produce a 3-hour live show including music, dance, circus arts, puppetry and skating.

This year’s show will be performed to an audience of about 12,000 people at John Cain Arena on Saturday 10 September, over 2 shows at 1:00 pm and 6:30 pm.

Talented Victorian students will feature on stage, while many other students will work behind the scenes, gaining unique, on-the-job, professional experience.

We are proud that students from Strathmore Secondary will be participating in the event.

For a fun, family entertainment experience, and to cheer on students from the audience, be quick to secure tickets through Ticketek.

Adult tickets cost $40; children aged under 15, $20; and concession, $30.

Buy 10 tickets and get one adult ticket free (the 11th ticket is free) by calling Group Bookings on 1300 364 001.

Jillian English
Principal
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Strathmore English Language Centre Mission To Mars​
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On Monday, 1st August our new international students participated in the Mission To Mars program at VSSEC. There were twelve international students divided into two teams named Viking 1 and Viking 2. Ten students from Vietnam, one from Germany and one from Italy.

We were asked two questions from Mission Control to think about. One was, “Why do we care about Mars?” and the other was “What is the story about Mars?” The activity took us all day.

We put on astronaut suits, then 3 guides lead us to a room which looked like a cinema, to watch a 3D movie.

Secondly, the astronauts had to spend 10 months in the space craft to go from Earth to Mars.

We brought the robot to Mars as a support device. It included some equipment for the geologist, engineer and chemist to use.

In the Mission to Mars program, the Geologists had to find two types of rocks: Igneous Rocks and Sedimentary Rocks, and put them in the Sample Container. We also used the rock hammers and hit the rock samples to find fossil. Mars has Ice Core Samples. Mars doesn’t have oxygen it just has a lot of Carbon dioxide and Methane. If there are more pebble rocks than the gravel rocks, the stream speed will be slower. The astronauts had to ask and receive information from Mission Control to do the tasks.

At the end of the day when we collected rocks and sand, we became scientists and worked in the lab with the things we collected. In chemistry we experimented with sand, we saw that some sand had metal, potassium and iron, some had nothing.

Our new international students had a memorable experience. Moreover, we got a lot of knowledge about Mars from this experience. The program was the most wonderful experience that we’ve ever tried.

Some of us feel that we want to become scientists in the future.

Written collaboratively by the SELC (Strathmore English Language Centre) students​

​Intermediate Girls Football

Intermediate Girls Football Team through to state final.

On the 9th on August the Intermediate Girls football team made their way out to Ballarat to take part in the State Quarter and Semi Finals.

We had some great inclusions with Matilda Fitzpatrick coming back in to the squad and starring early in our first game against Emmanuel College whilst Sahara Ball gave our mids first use in the ruck.

The girls got off to a great start and managed to put a sizeable gap on Emmanuel College early in the game with Taylah Gilcrist the star Performer up forward. Erin Graham provided a strong target while Jasmina Curtis, Tiah Hassall, Tara Goss, Tilly Clarke and Bridget mulder all played there part up forward.

Strathmore eventually running out winners 53-9.

The State semi final was played against Catherine McCauley College and after an inaccurate start the girls lead by a point at half time. Ava Cocomello was as brave as ever on ball whilst captain Faith Kassis was able to play another outstanding game to keep the ball in our forward half.  Zoe Taylor and Ruby Vaina held strong on the wings however it was the defenders in Ruby Lawson, Edith Kavanagh, Emily Holmes, Lucille Cotterill, Ayda Osman, and Sarah Hallo that really excelled in this game repelling every attack that came near them in a relentless pursuit of victory. Strathmore again proving too strong for there opponents claiming victory 20-9 to propel them in to the State Final.
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At different times throughout the day, Ava Dean, Charli Higgins, Amelie Savy, Jasmine Antoniou, Jade Hawks, Isabella D'Alberto and Sienna Alvarez were able to step up and do there part to contribute to these two great victories.

The girls will now play in the State Final on Thursday the 25th of August at 11am at Highgate Reserve in Craigieburn against Frankston High School.

Thanks to Miss Rigden for her assistance on the day and to all the parents that travelled to Ballarat to support the team.

Hoping for one more victory to cap off a successful year for Strathmore’s football teams.

Mr. Gourley
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Year 7 & 8 Athletics Carnival

A cold but sunny day made for a very successful carnival this week. So many students had a turn at multiple events and were very busy and active all day.

Thankyou to the Year 9 Coaching and Fitness elective class who came to assist teachers in running events and made the day progress smoothly. There were also Year 10 student leaders who helped organise the teams and the BBQ which was very popular.

The following students are the age group champions for accumulating the most points for their team in their respective categories.
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Year 7 Girls
Year 7 Boys
Year 8 Girls
Year 8 Boys
​Hollie Capuano 7N1 
Levi Jiogas 7B1
Maisey Gasper 8N2
Luke O'Regan 8S1

​Congratulations to the following athletes who are year level champions for their events. Many of these athletes will be selected in the school athletics team who will compete against other schools later this term.

​Year 7 Girls 100m
Year 7 Boys 100m
​Year 8 Girls 100m
Year 8 Boys 100m
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Year 7 Girls 200m
Year 7 Boys 200m
Year 8 Girls 200m
Year 8 Boys 200m
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Year 7 Girls 400m
Year 7 Boys 400m
Year 8 Girls 400m
Year 8 Boys 400m
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Year 7 Girls 800m
Year 7 Boys 800m
Year 8 Girls 800m
Year 8 Boys 800m
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Year 7 Girls Shotput
Year 7 Boys Shotput
Year 8 Girls Shotput
Year 8 Boys Shotput
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Year 7 Girls Discus
Year 7 Boys Discus
Year 8 Girls Discus
Year 8 Boys Discus
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Year 7 Girls Javelin
Year 7 Boys Javelin
Year 8 Girls Javelin
Year 8 Boys Javelin
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Year 7 Girls Long Jump
Year 7 Boys Long Jump
Year 8 Girls Long Jump
Year 8 Boys Long Jump
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Year 7 Girls Triple Jump
Year 7 Boys Triple Jump
Year 8 Girls Triple Jump
Year 8 Boys Triple Jump
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Year 7 Girls High Jump
Year 7 Boys High Jump
​Year 8 Girls High Jump
Year 8 Boys High Jump
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​Ruby Anderson
Nemo Le
Maisey Gasper
Koby Bewick

Hollie Capuano
Nemo Le
​Maisey Gasper
Koby Bewick
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Hollie Capuano
Oliver Irwin & Nathan Trimboli 
Estelle Sacco
Aiden Davis
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Hollie Capuano
Zac Megalla
Estelle Sacco
Aiden Davis
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Holly Clough
Vasilli Arvanitidis
Anna Doni Doni
Luke O'Regan
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Holly Clough
Yianni Vasilopoulos
Anna Doni Doni
Connor Peppas
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Sophia Laskaris
James Harris
Abby Salmon
Matthew Moncur
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Hollie Capuano
Levi Jiogas
Maisey Gasper
Luke O'Regan
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Hollie Capuano
Nathan Trimboli
Maisey Gasper
Luke O'Regan
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Isabella Hutchinson
Levi Jiogas, Joseph Dynan, Ben Dunn
Maisey Gasper
Matthew Moncur
The overall results of the carnival will be announced at the next team assembly so students will have to wait to find out the result.
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Students who placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd will receive their ribbon at the next team assembly.
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To see more photos of the Athletics Day visit the official SSC Instagram page.


Year 11 Art Excursion

Engagement in Art not only requires personal art-making but also getting inspiration and knowledge from studying the creative practice of artists. Seeing artworks in real-life enables students to see additional details and perspectives, and to gather important personal impressions that supports their own work.

On 3 August, 2 classes of Year 11 Art students visited the National Gallery of Victoria, both at Federation Square and in St Kilda Road.

Fortunately, two of the artists currently being studied had their work on display: a painting by Kaylene Whiskey (Australian) in “Who are you: Australian Portraiture” and a “Soundsuit” by Nick Cave (USA) in “Queer”. The latter exhibition, “QUEER: Stories from the NGV Collection” is a sprawling hang, split across all seven galleries of the third floor of the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) International. It is the largest queer exhibition ever staged at a state gallery in Australia, consisting of approximately 400 works from antiquity to the present including fine art, fashion and design. There was something for everybody and the students were highly motivated to explore the works.

​In addition, they were delighted to see work by Ron Mueck, Mass, which comprises 100 large-scale resin sculptures of the human skull, a momentous and confronting work.

We look forward to seeing the way students integrate inspiration into their own creative practice.

Helen Kostiuk and Kristy Kreiger
Visual Arts Faculty

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