LEARNING MATTERS
S.H.A.P.E CORNER
Year 7 Premier League Round 1
By Angelina 7 Yarra
Last week, on the 28th of April, the year 7s competed in the Premier League. The sports that we played were soccer, volleyball, basketball and netball. The writer of this article, me, competed in volleyball. Before the session even started, I felt really nervous but also very excited. I’m sure all the other year 7s agree with me here, it was very fun. It was fun working with a team and competing against other schools. To me, the part of the session that was the most enjoyable, was not the match itself, but the end of the match. I found this the most enjoyable because I was relieved that the match was over and the celebration that we actually competed. I loved the feeling we got when we won and even if we didn’t win, I think it still would’ve been fun.
Sports Update from the House Captains
A warm welcome to parents, students, and staff. My name is Felix Tejo and I am one of the House Captains here at CRC representing the School Leaders. On Tuesday the 4th of May students from CRC St Albans in Year levels 7, 8, 9, and 10 participated in the SACCS Cross Country events that they were allocated in. Despite the weather conditions all students gave it their all and represented Catholic Regional College in the most positive way possible. All students should be proud and know what they accomplished was outstanding and we couldn't have asked for a better group of students to lead and represent our school. We thank the students and teachers for the amazing support shown throughout the whole day and want the students to know that we appreciate their efforts and thank them for a great day.
YR 9 VCD - T-SHIRT DESIGNS TO END HOMELESSNESS
Our year 9 VCD students took part in the Concern Australia 'Walk in My Shoes' T-shirt competition.
Congratulations to the following students whose designs will be featured at the 'Walk in My Shoes' exhibition launching on Tuesday 11th of May at 6:00pm at The Atrium in Federation Square. The exhibition will run from the 8th-14th of May.
Laticia Nguyen, Anghel Baris, Edwin Ortega, John Nguyen, Yousif Momika, Amber Nguyen, Brodie Ranieri, Katie Cagoroski, My Nguyen, Macdalene Kaiser, Mykej Laxamana, Saveena Sakarya, Tommy Pham.
The highlighted students will also have their design for sale on hoodies and tees at Hosier Hoodies www.hoodies.com.au
Congratulations to Laticia Nguyen and Anghel Baris who took out first and second prize.
Hosier Hoodies is a social enterprise with all profits going to the work of Steps Outreach Service and the young people experiencing homelessness that we support.
NAPLAN 2021
NAPLAN 2021 – Test Schedule (Tuesday 11th May – Friday 21st May)
Year 7 and Year 9 will complete 4 tests during this period.
- Writing (42 minutes)
- Reading (65 minutes)
- Language Conventions (45 minutes)
- Numeracy (65 minutes)
NAPLAN is just one aspect of the schools’ assessment process. As with all assessment tasks students are asked to try their best when completing the tests.
- During this time parents/guardians are asked, where possible, to arrange appointments when their child is not required to do a test. Please refer to the schedule below.
- If a student is sick on the day of a scheduled test, parents/guardians are asked to notify the school and provide a medical certificate. The test will be rescheduled.
- Students are required to ensure that their laptop is at school and that it is fully charged on the day of each test.
- Students need to bring a pen or pencil to each test.
- Mobile phones or any other devices that connect to the internet either through Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, that can transmit, extract and display or read out data to the user are not allowed.
- Each test will be conducted under strict test conditions.
Students are not allowed to leave the room during the tests.
Yr 9 SCIENCE STUDENTS LAND ON MARS
My role was an EVAO (Extravehicular Activity Officer) at Mission Control. Extravehicular relates to work performed in space outside a spacecraft. The tasks that were needed to do was to assist the engineers locate where to pick up rock samples from the surface on Mars and turn on the roving camera for us at Mission Control to see. On our computer we had to record the environment condition and if any disasters are coming putting the astronauts at risk. I personally liked doing this role because it was cool looking at the computer and the data - Alethea
MD stands for “Mission Director.” They are the ones responsible for overseeing everyone on Earth and micromanaging however they can. Mission Directors talk to the Commanders directly and tell them what is to come. As Mission Director, we assist everyone and ask them if they need support. They are also informed of any problems that will occur. Mission Directors have missions to give to their commanders. They guide the commanders to place pegs across Mars’ surface and warn astronauts of dangerous areas. We also inform the astronauts to take photos on Mars. Whilst overseeing the people on Earth, we were assigned to ask for data from the others. Overall Mission Directors oversee the whole mission and guide commanders and their assistants (everyone else on Earth). - Leon and Phillip
BSO stands for Biomedical Science Officer and the job is to look at the astronauts heart rates and vitals and make sure they stay alive. The tasks that a BSO person has to perform is use a headset and a microphone to communicate with the biologists and help them with doing their own job in Mars. The BSO also has to use their computer to monitor all the astronauts and make sure their heart rates are steady and their blood flow is a good speed.
The Commander on Mars has to make sure that the other astronauts are doing okay. They also make sure that they set the boundaries so that the others know where the dangerous places are and where the different crater zones are. The Commanders are also in charge of making sure that everyone gets off Mars' surface when danger strikes. - Laiesha and Lucy
