The Hospitality Department and Friends of Footscray invite you to join us to experience the culinary expetise of our Year 11 and 12 students who will be guided by Sean Donovan from the Station Hotel in Footscray. Book a seat, or a table at the General Office 8387 1500

The Friends have been working hard to gather goods for silent auctions. Some of which include:

• ☺A round of golf at Medway Golf Course
• ☺A barista course
• ☺A photo shoot
• ☺Dinner at the Quietman
• or maybe at STRATUS 233
• ☺Perhaps you would like to sit in on a session on ABC radio with JOHN FAINE and then have a tour of the studios
• ☺Yoga at Yogaville
• ☺Thai Massage at True Thai in the city
• ☺Considering selling or renting out a property soon? BARRY PLANT have put together 2 great prizes reducing the price of both
• ☺A big bean bag from King Kahuna
• ☺A pack of beautiful condiments from the Regimental Condiment Company
• ☺Maybe you need a webpage designed: YTelco have offered this service valued at $495

These are just a few of what will be up for grabs at our wonderful Chef’s Dinner.

Our next astronomy night is Wednesday 15th May. Meet at the front of the college at 6pm. Bring the whole family!

There will be a lecture by an astrophysicist regardless of weather

Book Club Dates for Term 2 - Friday 31st May  & Friday 21st June

Book club will be held in the library classroom. Students are welcome to bring their lunch and we will be discussing favourite nov- els and authors. Snacks provided. Please email Emma Pollock to express interest or with any queries pollock.emma.e@edumail.vic.gov.au

Group photos show Hannah Spratling, Grace Gangl, Brett Curran, Rourk Velianovski, Briley Randall.

I want to do something for this country because this country has done so much for me.

Kazim, with his particular circumstances and his commitment to giving back to his community makes him an exemplary role model within our school and within the wider community.

Read the full article here

Fantine Banulski, one of our Year 10 students, was also featured in the Arts & Entertainment section of last Saturday’s Age. Fantine is performing in On the Bodily Education of Young Girls, a play which is directed by Adena Jacobs and will be presented as part of the Melbourne Theatre Company’s Neon Festival of Independent Theatre.

Jacobs describes it as ‘a gothic fairytale except there is no evil witch or big bad wolf to kill off, and relieve the tension..’ The article also quotes Fantine with some insightful comments on the theme which is based around the notion that ‘obedience is the only path to happiness.’

Read the full article here

The college is proud of both Fantine and Kazim and their contribution in the wider world, both making their mark in different but special ways.

A major section of this report includes the school’s data relating to VCE and NAPLAN results as well as student attendance, student engagement, retention rates and student destination data. This data is also represented graphically in relation to the results of all students in Victorian government schools.

Our students can be proud of their achievements as they stand up very well within the state wide context. To hear a more detailed account of the school’s performance and some of the explicit directions of the college please feel welcome to attend the AGM next Tuesday.

During the Term One vacation, I was given the opportunity to take part in an exciting Earth- Watch scientific field trip to Phillip Island. This involved similar field research to that which will be undertaken by the Year 8 and 9 students involved in the Teach Wild program. The highlights of the field trip included

• A presentation on recent research of Phillip Island’s penguin colony
• Completing transect studies on marine debris (eg fishing nets, rope, polystyrene and plenty of hard plastic)
• Necropsies of recently dead birds including penguins, revealing the ingestion of a lot of plastic waste
• A presentation on seal entanglement at Seal Rocks

The whole week was filled with science learning experiences which were of immeasurable professional value for us as educators and will certainly be beneficial in enriching the learn ing experiences of our students.

Michael Hardiker (Sustainability Co-ordinator)

This year FCC will be holding astronomy viewing on a tri-weekly basis beginning Tuesday 23rd April.

To avoid confusion the events will run regardless of weather/viewing conditions. To kick start these events FCC is lucky enough to have Dr. Alan Duffy, Melbourne University astrophysicist, sharing his experience at the recent Federation Square event asking the question Are we alone in this vast universe, or are there planets outside our solar system teeming with life? Proceedings begin at 6:30pm until approximately 8:30pm and will consist of a talk from Dr. Duffy in conjunction with viewing of the night sky with the schools telescope. Saturn rises shortly after sunset and offers a spectacular viewing experience at this time of the year. Students, parents and siblings are all welcome and should meet in the front foyer of the school. Further enquiries can be directed to Adam Taylor via the school.

The workshop gets the students to break into groups representing a ‘country’ and then each country needs to buy the materials to build a basic water filter. At the end of the workshop dirty water is poured through the water filters, with the aim to have the water come out as clean as possible. We then have a short class discussion about how we might solve these problems in the real world.

More information about Engineers Without Borders can be found at http://www.ewb.org.au/

On a similar note the FCC Environmental Justice Club had its first meeting on Friday to discuss the way forward. They will initially be fundraising for Sea Shepherd the anti-whaling group and further activities will be student driven.

Any students interested in joining this group may contact Elaine Rose (Science staffroom) for further information.

Isabelle Sturmey – Year 9