Year 9 News – 22 May 2025

ENCOUNTER DAY

On Wednesday 7 May the Year 9s participated in their Encounter Day. The theme for the day was ‘Who am I, Who do I want to Be?’  It was amazing to see their positive responses to attending the Cathedral and willingness to engage in the activities back onsite.

“On Year 9 Encounter Day, we started the day with a Year Level Mass, about the Eucharist and being thankful, at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in town, hosted by Father Jackson who was assisted by Andrew Merrett.

“We then came back to school and began our Encounter Day booklet which was based around happiness and values. The booklet helped us to better understand ourselves, what we want to be viewed as and the people we surround ourselves with. Religious Education was incorporated by understanding the meaning of different bible verses, which connected to our theme. We wrote letters to our future Year 12 selves, which we’ll be given back on our Year 12 Retreat. We wrote some of our current aspirations and what we hope to achieve in the future. Then we drew symbols which best described us and painted it onto either our faces or hands. We really enjoyed this activity and came out of it knowing more about ourselves and each other than we did before.” (Kortez George and Sophie McDermott)

UPCOMING EVENTS

Coming up we will be having Careers, Pathways and Subject Selection sessions to assist students with identifying their interests and talents and begin planning for Year 10.  Sessions will be run on site on Tuesday 10, Monday 16, and Friday 27 June.

Many Year ‘s are currently participating in the rehearsals for the college production of ‘The Adams Family’ at Ulumbarra Theatre on 5 and 6 June.  A small group presented to our assembly on Thursday 15 May.   We are looking forward to seeing them all perform on the big stage. Look out for Johara Mistica who is playing Gomez and Emma Watson as Wednesday. Other Year 9s involved include Hayley Brane, Emily Bullock, Lillyanne Crennan, Celeste Davies, Alyssa Fasham, Ellenor Gamboni, Mia James, Lillian Jones Jack, Addison Keller, Emilie Kinsella, Griffen Lynch, Chelsea Munston, Dylan Pincott, Eleana Sea, Laura Sewell, Caitlin Tarrant and Aleira Vanis.

ACHIEVERS

Congratulations to the following students who have all received a commendation so far in May. These are in a variety of categories including academic achievement, sporting achievement, community involvement and pastoral conduct: Amelia Kelly, Eli Merckel, Jamieson Westley, Ava Stephens, Heath IIsley, Wally Minne, Imogen Brown, Frankie Stevens, Ian Lau, Harry Morrish, Quinlan Cody, Patrick McNamara, Andrew Merrett, Zara Mould, Adam Holland, Jake Rosa, Thomas Connelly, Ari Sawyer, Charlie Macumber, Lucas Bell, Thomas Chaffe, Archer Tuohey, Charles Neilson, Alyssa Burns, Luke Hayes, Abby Van Emmerile, Macey Pinner, Ivan Lau, Xavier Watson and Samuel Riddle.