SPECIAL PROGRAMS 2018
Volleyball Focus Class - all year
- Student must 'try-out' for the team
- Involves out-of-hours training
- Possible trip to Melbourne for the Australian Schools Cup
- Cost - full year/new student (includes shorts and top) $270
- Cost - full year/continuing student $180
- Cost - part of the year student will get a reduced cost
- Appropriate for male and female
- Contact Wayne Lancaster ph: 8392 1020
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Soccer Focus Class - all year
- Students participate in skills training sessions every week as part of their timetable
- Linked to the Australian Curriculum
- Application form to be filled in and "try-out" with coaches
- Appropriate for both male and female
- Will compete in a variety of Inter-school competitions
- Limited days out of school with competitions
- Has links to career pathways
- Contact Alyse Robertson ph: 8392 1020
SPECIAL EVENTS within our school year
STEM WEEK - August each year
- S = Science, T = Technology, E = Engineeering, M = Maths WEEK
- Term 3 which is the middle of August
- All student from Year 1 to Year 10 are involved
- Students choose a STEM project to solve
- Projects have included:
- Coding and Robotics, Apps in Sports Science
- Animal stimulation toys, Over engineered mouse traps
- Upcycled fashions, Designer Foods
- War on waste, Sustainability etc
International students worked on the 'Over Engineered Mouse Trap' STEM problem
with Aussie students in a team
Kano and Jay from China explaining their STEM model to the Hon Simon Birmingham,
the Australian Minister for Edication and Training @ the school's STEM Week Expo 2017
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Ski Trip - August each year
- August each year
- Snowbird Inn, Mt Hotham
- Cost approx. $1600
- Includes transport, accommodation, breakfast and evening meal @ Mt Hotham
- 5-day Lift pass
- 5 group lessons
- 5 day ski or board hire, including helmet hire
- 1 night skiing session
- Contact Mr Blenkinsop ph: 8392 1020
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The Arts - July and December
- Two school productions - July and December
- Opportunities for music, drama, dance and backstage production classes
- Contact Ms Lorraine Hardy ph: 8392 1020
2018 Production of "Three Men and a Nugget"
(Hugo, our French student is in the foreground holding the glass)
SURFING PROGRAM for International Students only - February to April
This program is conducted at our local beaches. Students enrol and pay for the course online.
The school provides the transport to and from the beach. It is one session per week.
The price includes all equipment and wetsuit hire plus access to surfing lessons from beginners to advanced.
Contact the International Liaison Officer - Ms Wildman
Water Safety lessons are included in the classes
Start small and then go big (see below)
