As we are well into term two our Junior Students have been involved in a number of events that have offered them a range of different learning opportunities.

Our language Students have been involved in the following activities:

• On 7 May, four students took part in the Berthe Mouchette French Poetry Competition organised by Alliance Française de Melbourne: Jacob A and Khadeejah R from Year 7, and Maeve D and Yashika B from Year 8.
• Two groups of students from Years 7 and 8 are currently preparing for Le Plat du Jour Competition organised by Association of French Teachers in Victoria, where they will create a video in French explaining a recipe.
• As part of Language Week, students from both year levels will be preparing Crêpes Suzette. We are also planning additional activities including French songs and a drawing competition.
• During Language Week our Italian students will be playing ‘Tombola’ and learning a typical Italian song ‘Sara perche ti amo’ along with learning how to make a classical Italian desert ‘tiramisu’.

Our Student Ambassadors have also been busy involved in activities such as school tours and our LEAP program where they have welcomed students from our local Primary Schools to our Senior Campus where they have been able to participate in specialised workshops. We have had also over 25 student ambassadors that have been involved in producing videos filmed on our Junior Campus to be able to support new students to Penola.

We have been fortunate to be able to showcase work from our Year 8s in ‘image making’ and ‘print making’ along with work from our Year 7s in design wood of their ‘Desk Top Tidy’ projects. I have included photos below. Our teachers Ms Thornton and Mrs Leonard are very proud of the student achievements this semester.

Our Year 7 and 8 Students have also been participating in the Premiere’s Reading Challenge. We congratulate the following students on their achievements so far.

Looking ahead to the week beginning 9 June our Year 8 students will be involved in an immersion day where they will visit the Senior Campus to participate in some specialist workshops and that same week they will have their annual reflection day at the Junior Campus. We look forward to hearing about these experiences.

Finally, I would like to thank our dedicated staff who continuously provide our students with lots of opportunities where they are able to flourish and learn.