Last Tuesday night, students from Years 7 to 12 competed in Round 4 of the Victorian Schools Debating Competition. After weeks of rigorous training and intense practice debates, our hardened debate teams were ready to take on Mentone Grammar and Mentone Girls Grammar. The round was ‘power paired’ which means teams were paired up with…
Funding Commitment On Wednesday the Premier of Victoria, Mr Daniel Andrews visited the school, along with our local member Mr Tim Richardson and Federal member Mr Mark Dreyfus QC. After taking them on a tour of the school and speaking about the future direction of the school and current building needs to cater for our…
Le Concours Berthe Mouchette 2018 Year 7-8 Finals Dechlan Burkitt (Yr 8) and Jordan Shenouda (Yr 7) – 2018 Finalists for the French Poetry competition, attended the Alliance Française in St Kilda on Sunday 24 June. Both boys proudly represented Mordialloc College and performed in the Finals for the Berthe Mouchette Poetry Competition. Thank you to…
On Wednesday 6 June, our Year 9 students participated in workshops regarding various careers during their Mentor session. Students could choose from careers in construction, IT, physiotherapy, personal training and exercise physiology, hairdressing, property management, business and outdoor recreation. We even had a few teachers who presented about their previous careers! Many students elected to hear…
Earlier this Semester Mordialloc College was lucky enough to receive a DigiTech start up grant from the Department of Education and Training. This grant has been used to purchase a number of exciting new robotics resources that are going to be utilised in both Digital Technologies and STEM subjects. These subjects provide students with an…
The Intermediate VCAL students have been participating in the Scope Young Ambassadors Program which is a great way for students to learn about diversity in the community. The program provides students with skills to understand disability and diversity in the community, successfully communicate with people who have a disability, be aware of some of the challenges faced by…
Last Tuesday night, students from years 7 to 12 competed in Round 3 of the Victorian Schools Debating Competition. After weeks of rigorous training and intense practice debates, our hardened debate team were ready for their first secret topic round. A secret topic round is where students find out the topic only one hour before…
One of the biggest and most exciting events to feature on the Performing Arts Calendar this year is our upcoming school production of ‘The Addams Family: School Edition’. Rehearsals are well underway and the show is really taking shape. In order to make this production the best the College has seen yet, we are raising…
International Student Forum The 2018 International Student Forum was held at the Victorian State Library by the Department of Education and Training Victoria on 3 May 2018. International Student Coordinator, Li Ping Virgo, and two students, Anna and Lee, attended this forum. The point of the forum was to help get international students more involved…
On Tuesday 2 May, our Year 11 Biology class ventured to Ricketts Point in Beaumaris to analyse the organisms found in the intertidal area. From a field guide of twenty seven creatures we distinguished the different types of adaptations to the area. On our excursion we came across swans, a blue ringed octopus, crabs, striped periwinkles,…
