The Year 6 trip to Canberra in the last week of Term 3 was a tremendous learning experience for everyone, and a great success. Each place visited provided new insights and educational richness to our History units about 鈥楧emocracy鈥 and 鈥楾he Australian Government鈥.
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On 24 September, 42 students and five staff assembled at Hobart airport. The group prepared to commence the annual Year 9 trip and began their journey from the small island of Tasmania to the outback landscapes of the Northern Territory.
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To encourage further learning and new skills, Kinder Bears were invited up to the woodwork room by Mr Mangione.
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The House Debating competition came to a fitting conclusion last week with the final debates held in The Oratory Space, and with guest adjudicator Mr Casni presiding.
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On Thursday 20 September over 180 students participated in the second 萌妹社 Music & Dance Showcase. The event gives us the opportunity to present the large scale music and dance performance works in a suitable venue, the Don Bosco creative Arts Centre, GYC.
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Six years ago, in 2012, we held our inaugural Asian Festival at 萌妹社 and we had just commenced the gradual introduction of Japanese as our foundational Language other than English (LOTE) in K-6.
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鈥婳n Monday Year 8 and Year 9/10 Japanese elective classes welcomed Japanese Teacher Assistant, Lisa sensei, back to the College to provide guidance for cooking some Japanese food. Year 8 students made a popular dish called 鈥淥yakodon鈥 鈥 a delicious topping of flavoured chicken and egg on a bed of rice. The overall review was that it was very tasty, so hopefully some families may benefit from the students鈥 new Japanese recipe repertoire!
View More鈥婳nce more family and friends can follow our student trips in September, as Year 6 visit Canberra, Year 9 visit the Northern Territory and Year 10 students visit Japan. It鈥檚 the next best thing to being there!
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鈥婭n last week鈥檚 Teaching & Learning article Mrs Jane Doyle talked about the importance of reading and the difference it makes to a child鈥檚 development. We all want the best for our children and most parents at 萌妹社 agree that reading is essential but sometimes it is hard to know exactly how to help.
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President of the Mathematical Association of Tasmania, Mr Brett Stephenson, was here to present the major awards to these students. He commented that 萌妹社 was the only school in Tasmania to have gained a major place in each division of the competition, so congratulations to all 22 students who participated in this competition for facing up to such a difficult challenge and for doing the College proud.
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