Parent Bulletin 7
17 May 2024
Report from School Council May Meeting
School Review
The review concluded on Monday 25 March. The key directions for the next School Strategic Plan have been formulated as part of a rigorous process. I will table the report to Council on the key directions and key findings once the documentation has been finalised. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who assisted with the review process.
Some Recent Activities
- Associate Professor Misty Adoniou PhD, a literacy expert, continued to work with staff on improving student reading and writing skills.
- Junior Production – Running Commentary occurred on 2, 3, and 4 May in M2 and M3.
- Students performed in Generations in Jazz.
- Professional learning occurred for all teaching staff on the 6 May in the areas of strengthening alignment of learning goals, success criteria, learning habits and assessment.
- Year 10 students commenced Work Experience on 6 May for a week.
Jillian English
Principal
Year 8 Pop Art
Well done to our year 8 Pop Art classes on the successes of their clay sculptures. These look unreal!
Students learnt and applied various clay techniques and painting processes to achieve these wonderful results.
Keep up the hard work!
The Arts Team
Students learnt and applied various clay techniques and painting processes to achieve these wonderful results.
Keep up the hard work!
The Arts Team
Year 12 Formal 2024
San Remo BallroomThursday 13th June 7:00pm - 10.45pm
The cost to attend is $115.00 per student. The ticket price is great value this year with the following included:
The cost to attend is $115.00 per student. The ticket price is great value this year with the following included:
- Pre-dinner Drinks & Canapés with Mocktails Upon Arrival
- Entrée, Main Course and Dessert
- Drinks include soft drinks and orange juice
- Professional photography with photos available for FREE download post-event
- Photo Booth operating with photos available on the night PLUS post-event for FREE download
- DJ music
Purchasing tickets:
The closing date for Parental Consent and Payment on Compass is strictly by 2nd June.
You can select a seat at a table with your friends via TryBooking -https://www.trybooking.com/CPUCC
The closing date for Parental Consent and Payment on Compass is strictly by 2nd June.
You can select a seat at a table with your friends via TryBooking -https://www.trybooking.com/CPUCC
Year 11 Visual Communication Design
For Unit 1, Outcome 3, students have been busy visualising ways to improve objects to be more inclusive, sustainable, or user-friendly. These pages only showcase some of the wonderful concepts being considered.
We’re excited to see what they choose to develop and present for their design solution.
James Borrelli & Nicholas Mastrippolito
We’re excited to see what they choose to develop and present for their design solution.
James Borrelli & Nicholas Mastrippolito
Generations In Jazz
On the 3rd of May 2024, students from big bands M1 and D13 embarked on an exciting and thrilling journey to Mount Gambier to participate in this year's Generations in Jazz music festival. A festival where students from schools all around Australia gather to perform and observe other live jazz performances performed by numerous other schools across the nation.
Students worked tirelessly in the upcoming weeks to GIJ to flourish in their performances. Our very own amazing conductors, Tim Fisher and Hector Harley lead the way by getting behind the wheel to begin our voyage to GIJ, as well as maintaining positive vibes the whole way there as tunes were blasting and sparks were flying.
Throughout the weekend, students had the opportunity to watch other school jazz bands as well as top tier professional jazz musicians such as the Hot Potato Band, Kate Cebrano, Budjerah and Coco’s Lunch who all performed fantastically. Some would even say it was fire. Some highlights of the week include seeing the unmatched euphoric atmosphere at all the late night concerts as everyone in the crowd was stomping their feet to the fiery rhythm whilst fueled with enthusiasm and exhilaration.
Overall the weekend was definitely not one to be forgotten as students were hesitant to leave as they had such a memorable experience.
We all had a wheelie good time.
Students worked tirelessly in the upcoming weeks to GIJ to flourish in their performances. Our very own amazing conductors, Tim Fisher and Hector Harley lead the way by getting behind the wheel to begin our voyage to GIJ, as well as maintaining positive vibes the whole way there as tunes were blasting and sparks were flying.
Throughout the weekend, students had the opportunity to watch other school jazz bands as well as top tier professional jazz musicians such as the Hot Potato Band, Kate Cebrano, Budjerah and Coco’s Lunch who all performed fantastically. Some would even say it was fire. Some highlights of the week include seeing the unmatched euphoric atmosphere at all the late night concerts as everyone in the crowd was stomping their feet to the fiery rhythm whilst fueled with enthusiasm and exhilaration.
Overall the weekend was definitely not one to be forgotten as students were hesitant to leave as they had such a memorable experience.
We all had a wheelie good time.
Mid Year Concert
Clocktower Centre Moonee Ponds, June 4th.
Tickets - https://clocktowercentre.com.au/strathmore-secondary-college-mid-year-concert/
Senior Girls Footy
The Senior girls continued their dominance in the Moonee Valley division on Tuesday, coming away clear winners.
The day at Etzel St Reserve involved a three team round robin with Buckley Park and Rosehill Secondary Colleges.
The day kicked off with a dominant display against Buckley Park, running away with the win. Final Score 14.14-98 to 0.0-0, major goal kickers included Clarke (3), Stakemire (2), Cocomello (2) and Brown (2), with the rest shared evenly amongst the team. The Highlight of the match was Hannah Brown’s soccer kick off the ground in the pocket to go over everybody and through for a goal! Awesome work Hannah!
The commanding display of great footy only continued against Rosehill, yet again the girls posted a fabulous score. Final score 14.5-90 to 0.2-2 with all girls joining in the goal kicking galore. Multiple goal kickers included Goss (2), Lawson (2) and Clarke (2). Highly touted efforts all day came from Curtis and Kavanagh, both being major ball winners displaying pure dominance in the mid field.
Special thanks to Matilda Fitzpatrick, Faith Kassis, Kyla Forbes and Taylah Gilcrist for helping goal umpire and coach throughout the day.
Congratulations to all the girls who played and who came along to help, we wish them luck in the next round.
The day at Etzel St Reserve involved a three team round robin with Buckley Park and Rosehill Secondary Colleges.
The day kicked off with a dominant display against Buckley Park, running away with the win. Final Score 14.14-98 to 0.0-0, major goal kickers included Clarke (3), Stakemire (2), Cocomello (2) and Brown (2), with the rest shared evenly amongst the team. The Highlight of the match was Hannah Brown’s soccer kick off the ground in the pocket to go over everybody and through for a goal! Awesome work Hannah!
The commanding display of great footy only continued against Rosehill, yet again the girls posted a fabulous score. Final score 14.5-90 to 0.2-2 with all girls joining in the goal kicking galore. Multiple goal kickers included Goss (2), Lawson (2) and Clarke (2). Highly touted efforts all day came from Curtis and Kavanagh, both being major ball winners displaying pure dominance in the mid field.
Special thanks to Matilda Fitzpatrick, Faith Kassis, Kyla Forbes and Taylah Gilcrist for helping goal umpire and coach throughout the day.
Congratulations to all the girls who played and who came along to help, we wish them luck in the next round.
Year 7 Food Technology
Our Year 7 students have been on a journey of working with various doughs these past few weeks, creating Scones, Calzones and Cornish Pasties.
This experience working with dough has led into a design task in which students adapted a basic scone recipe to create an exciting Swirly Scone with their own unique combination of additional ingredients to add flavour, colour and texture to their scones.
Students have designed a huge variety of savoury and sweet recipes using a range of fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, spreads, and cheeses.
We hope that students are inspired to take these skills home and experiment with creating their own yummy treats to share over the weekend!
This experience working with dough has led into a design task in which students adapted a basic scone recipe to create an exciting Swirly Scone with their own unique combination of additional ingredients to add flavour, colour and texture to their scones.
Students have designed a huge variety of savoury and sweet recipes using a range of fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, spreads, and cheeses.
We hope that students are inspired to take these skills home and experiment with creating their own yummy treats to share over the weekend!
Running Commentary
Students from the Performing Arts kicked off Term 2 with a bang with this year’s annual school production of ‘Running Commentary’ over three nights.
The show was a new format for the creative team which allowed an exploration of the prompt ‘if my thoughts could talk’ in three separate parts; a junior year level performance, a collaborative dance piece and a senior year level performance.
The seniors performed an absurdist play called ‘Why are you here?’ which was adapted and directed by Madison Carter from Big Dramas, A Collection of Plays by Sue Murray.
The dancers performed a brave series of dance pieces called ‘The Phobia List’ which was choregraphed by Helayna Redmond-Ball. The juniors performed a hilarious play called ‘Harry’s Hotter in Twilight’ by Jonathon Dorf.
The variety of skills and talent of the students absolutely shone across all sections of the performance. The season was sold out and the creative team is incredibly grateful for the passionate support of the parents, guardians, friends and family who attended the production and were able to witness the results of the hard work and dedication from an incredible cast.
The show was a new format for the creative team which allowed an exploration of the prompt ‘if my thoughts could talk’ in three separate parts; a junior year level performance, a collaborative dance piece and a senior year level performance.
The seniors performed an absurdist play called ‘Why are you here?’ which was adapted and directed by Madison Carter from Big Dramas, A Collection of Plays by Sue Murray.
The dancers performed a brave series of dance pieces called ‘The Phobia List’ which was choregraphed by Helayna Redmond-Ball. The juniors performed a hilarious play called ‘Harry’s Hotter in Twilight’ by Jonathon Dorf.
The variety of skills and talent of the students absolutely shone across all sections of the performance. The season was sold out and the creative team is incredibly grateful for the passionate support of the parents, guardians, friends and family who attended the production and were able to witness the results of the hard work and dedication from an incredible cast.
Moonee Valley in 2040 - Shaping our Future
Term 2
May 6 Pupil Free Day, Staff Professional DevelopmentJune 4 Mid Year Concert
June 13 Year 12 FormalJune 10 King's Birthday Public HolidayJune 18 Pupil Free Day, Assessment and Report WritingJune 28 Last Day Term 2