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Wheel Talk School Awareness Program Visits GSC

On Monday 14^th May, as part of the Gisborne Secondary College Year 9 Programme, Wheeltalk School Awareness Program (www.dsr.org.au) visited Gisborne Secondary College. While GSC Year 10 students are partaking in work experience over a two week period, a program was developed for our year 9 students. This included city visits, working with the CFA and then today’s wheelchair basketball.

Wheelchair Sports Victoria developed this program to raise awareness, encourage acceptance and integration of wheelchair sport and create a greater understanding of people with disabilities. Some of the things discussed with the students are the benefits of sport for all, injury prevention, in particular in relation to driving safely and their own road safety decision making. They also highlight that injury can happen to anyone.

Students were then given the unique opportunity to experience wheelchair sports for themselves by competing in a game of wheelchair basketball. This lets them feel what it is like to be in a wheelchair, if only for a short time.

Foodworks Month June 2012

At Foodworks Supermarket in Gisborne, if you spend $100.00 or more, you receive a $5.00 voucher to spend in the fresh produce area of the store.

During the month of June, if you kindly donate your $5.00 voucher to Gisborne Secondary College, Foodworks will donate the proceeds to the college.

The vouchers are valid for one week, so even if you have any expired vouchers with June 2012 dated on them, Foodworks will still donate the funds to GSC.

You can hand your vouchers in to Jill Dalton at the GSC general office.

Thank you for your participation and we look forward to being part of the program.

VCE Drama Performance

Dank Haus Cabaret

7pm 22nd May

Art News – Mali at GSC

Mali at GSC:

Year 8 sculpture students are wondering ‘Where do we start to decorate our elephant?’ Do we start at the top, bottom or trunk?

We decided to start on the toes!

Using paint and paper, students have begun to decorate our Mali.

Visitors to GSC on our recent ‘open night’ were able to view our partially completed elephant sculpture.

Look for updates on Mali at GSC over the next couple of weeks as students complete this exciting communal art work.

2012 Debutante Balls

2012 Debutante Balls – A Great Success

GSC year 11 students took part in the 2012 Deb Balls on the 3^rd and 4^th May at Melrose Receptions.

The evenings were enjoyed by all who attended.

Congratulations to those who participated in the events.

Tertiary Open days

Bricks

Art News – Mali at GSC

Melbourne Zoo is 150 in October this year. As part an exciting community art project,designed to celebrate this anniversary, 50 schools across Victoria and 50 artists have been selected to participate. GSC has been successful in being selected to work on this project, called “Mali in my school.” Year 8 students will be decorating a free standing baby elephant sculpture which will be exhibited at the Melbourne Zoo.

Well- known artists, including Graham Base and Mirka Mora will be decorating life sized baby elephants which will be exhibited in Melbourne during August and September.In October all 100 decorated elephants will form part a herd which will be exhibited at Melbourne Zoo.

The “Mali in my school’ project is designedto be both a celebration of Melbourne Zoo’s 150th birthday as well as a reminder about animal extinction.

Cycling Australia Junior Track National Championships (U17/U15), DISC, Melbourne

Congratulations to GSC Year 9 student Gemma Waterhouse. She competed in 3 races at National level: flying 200, Time Trial and Pursuit. Sprinting being her preferred race got her a final place of 7th out of 20 of the best U15 girls in Australia, Time Trial and Pursuit both with final 10th position. All races attracted an average of 6 sec pbs. Gemma did a wonderful job and dealt well with the pressures involved at competing at such a level. She has only been racing since June of last year and to achieve such results was above and beyond all that was expected.

Greatest Shave

Here are some photos from the Greatest Shave Friday 16th March. Students have managed to raise over $1200.00 for the charity.

Well done to all students involved in the day.

Odissi Dance Class

On Thursday 22nd March, as part of the Macedon Ranges Shire Cultural Awareness Week, GSC students had the honour of hosting a visit from talented Indian dancer, Monica Singh. Odissi dance is an Indian classical dance style which has origins reaching back to the 2nd century BC. Monica is one of the leading practitioners of Odissi. Students were captivated by the dance demonstration and took part in a workshop with Monica as well. The aim of Cultural Diversity Week is to celebrate the advantages and values that multiculturalism brings to our lives.

Verbal Combat

On Friday March 3rd Brainstorm Productions presented "Verbal Combat", a play about cyber bullying and harassment to GSC Year 7 students. The performance makes it clear to students that certain behaviour (such as excluding people, spreading rumours and sending unwanted text messages or emails) is in fact bullying and will not be tolerated at our school.

This is an entertaining way to promote discussion and give students strategies to avoid being a bully or a target.

Brainstorm Productions has won the Frater Award for Best Feedback from Schools for 10 consecutive years.

Swimming Sports 2012

Friday 17th saw the running of the new look house swimming sports at the Gisborne Aquatic Centre.

All up, 146 students competed, with many swimming multiple events. Being an indoor venue, the cheering and barracking certainly added to the atmosphere, with many close finishes resulting. It was also good to see the slower swimmers in each race determined to finish and thus gain a participation point for their house.

Final results were: Bennett (105 points), Wurundjeri (93), Bishop (78), Dixon (69), Barcham (48), Cherry (42), Ross-Watt (38).

Doug Hawkins Inspires Year 8 Students at GSC

On Wednesday 29th February, GSC warmly welcomed Doug Hawkins, former VFL player and legend speak to students at GSC. Doug held a captive audience of approximately 200 Year 8 students and many staff with his tales of his football career and life in general. He is a real inspiration and his stories reach across all age groups.

No matter what happens to you in life, Doug says that you have to get back up if you get knocked down. Work hard and don't ever let anyone tell you that you can't do something. Find something that you like and are good at, then work hard at achieving your goals.

Ozanam House Parent Volunteers for 2012

Parent volunteers are being sought to assist teacher Frances Hayes. Volunteers are required to drive a group of three students to Ozanam House Community Centre in North Melbourne. Trips are made once a month. You can volunteer for one trip, or as many as you like.

If you are able to assist, please contact Frances Hayes @ GSC.

Phone: 5428 3691

Cybersafety - Keeping Our Kids Safe Online

As Cyber Safety is such an important issue for our students, the College has hosted presentations from AMCA for parents and students, the Australian Communications and Media Authority  is responsible for the regulation of: broadcasting, the internet, radio communications and telecommunications, the College is focusing on Internet Safety Awareness and will continue to follow this up with further programs.

For further information contact http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/

or http://acma.gov.au