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TERM 3 - 2021
Languages at Emmanuel
Showcase
LEGO Masters Competition
PRINCIPAL’S
Reflection
Over this year the College has highlighted
a number of issues around unjust
Father’s Day
discrimination:
• IDAHOBIT day – where the College
stood up in continuing to oppose
unjust discrimination of the LGBTQIA+
community
Homeroom Session
On Thursday 2 September we welcomed fathers, grandfathers, and
• Refugee support – students and staff
other special men to our extended Homeroom. In the session our
attended a number of vigils outside the
Faith Captains Georgia and Hieu shared a prayer about our fathers.
Carlton motel in which refugees had
Our College Captains Jordan, Amelia and Nathan and some of our
been unfairly incarcerated for a lengthy
student leaders explained why we love our fathers/ father figures
period.
and their importance to us. This video was created by William Diffey
• RUOK Day – in asking RUOK? we (Year 12, NDC). To view this video scan the QR code.
are particularly concerned with those
in our community who are unjustly
discriminated against, including on the
basis of gender, ethnicity, skin colour or
religious beliefs.
• Anti-discrimination week – where we
drew attention to and raised awareness
of different marginalised groups who get
mocked solely for being who they are.
The wonderful efforts of our Mission
Integration Team and Social Justice Captains
made these events vibrant statements of
College support for the marginalised and
oppressed. In particular, congratulations to
Social Justice Captain, Yadani Fekadu, on
receiving the One Wyndham Young Person
of the Month award.
We hear sometimes that Catholics, and the
Church, ‘should not be involved in politics’.
This misunderstands the Good News of
God’s coming Kingdom proclaimed in the
life, death and resurrection of Jesus – the
call to love all, to stand with the oppressed
and marginalised – a Kingdom of and for the
poor.
Even more so in this continued time of a AFLW
global pandemic.
As the Pope was quoted in 2020: ‘he hoped
Draft Pick
humanity had developed the “antibodies Congratulations to Ms
of justice, charity, and solidarity” when Runnalls who has been
faced with the temptation to return to “the selected to be part of the
globalization of indifference.”’ AFLW Fremantle squad for
2022. We wish her well and
cannot wait to see her star
Christopher Stock on the big stage.
Principal
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Virtual
Activities
Library
This term the Library held many remote activities for our students. As usual we had many creative
submissions for our annual LEGO Masters Competition and it was difficult for our judges (Ms Derrig, Ms
Lever, Mr Gray and Mr Martin) to choose a winner each week. Themes for the different rounds included
food, ‘Old Worlds/ New Worlds and Other Worlds’, and buildings. It was wonderful to connect with our
students during remote learning.
PLACINGS
Week 1 – Joshua Rowe (Year 8, SPC) and Darcy Ianna (Year 8, SPC)
Week 2 – Mateo Spiteri (Year 7, NDC) and Jarryd Niemczyk (Year 8, SPC)
Week 3 – Joshua Pilling (Year 7, NDC) and Nilein Perera (Year 7, NDC)
JOSHUA PILLING
NILEIN PERERA
MATEO SPITERI
Virtual Book Week 2021 was such a great success and we saw many
students participate in the competitions. The theme for this year was
‘Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds’. Congratulations to Beatrice
Manganip (Year 10, NDC) and Matthew Sy (Year 7, SPC) for their creative
short story entries. Both students won a gift voucher from the Sun
Bookshop and their stories will be available to read from the Library. We
also had many students enter the History Challenge quiz and the top
three at each campus were:
NDC SPC
Milena Teklemichael – Year 7 Lucas Giardina – Year 7
Hannah Knell – Year 9 Oscar Hallam – Year 8
Georgia Wedding – Year 12 Noah Thomas – Year 8
Paralympic
Champion
A huge congratulations to alumnus Nathan Pellissier
(pictured on the right) on winning a silver medal in
table tennis at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Nathan
and team mates Ma Lin and Joel Coughlan won
silver in the Class 9 – 10 final against China. We look
forward to seeing him at the Paris 2024 Paralympic
Games.
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Young Person
of the Month
Yadani Fekadu, currently in Year 12 and our Mission Social Justice Captain,
has been announced as the September Young Person of the Month for One
Wyndham. This award is given to a Wyndham resident aged between 12 – 25
who positively contributes to the community. Yadani was nominated as she
regularly raises awareness of injustices, promotes inclusions and volunteers
her time to help others. She has also helped provide platforms to fundraise,
engage and promote positive change. We are proud of the achievements she
has made so far.
Cultural Diversity
Week
In mid–August the College community
came together to celebrate Cultural
Diversity Week. We have many staff
and students and they all come from
different cultures and backgrounds.
Some activities during the week
included learning phrases from another
language, completing “Where are you
from?” quizzes, and changing Zoom
backgrounds to represent the different
heritages.
Languages
at Emmanuel
Our Languages staff have recently been featured in
publications relating to their language specialties.
Mr Yamamoto had his article published in JLTAV website
(Japanese Language Teachers’ Association of Victoria) and
Ms Setini had her article published in Il Globo. In their
articles both teachers talk about the successful Language
Week which was celebrated at the College. They also
discuss how our senior students were able to learn more
about their chosen language through informative seminars.
Ms Gardner–Chan was also recently featured in the
Italian newspaper Il Globo. She discusses how languages
changed her life.
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Adam Tran
Taylah Bugej
Tropical Frozen Yogurt
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Menu:
-Vanilla
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$4.50
Anjelo Fojas
Kiran Sarikonda
Fei Fei Li
Virtual
Showcase
Due to the current restrictions we
were unable to hold our annual
Showcase. Here is a collection
of artwork our Art and Visual
Communication and Design
students made during remote
learning. You can view the music
videos by heading to our YouTube or
PRINCE BONNIE Facebook page. Thomas Abalos
Ella Pavichievac
Paulina Nikolaeva
Moira Gingco Stephanie Di Maggio and Jeremiah
Eloise Perrin McNerney
Isaac Saliba and Nilein Perera
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Tessellation
Project
Our Year 8 students have been completing a tessellation project.
They used the shapes to work out a draft, then using graph paper
they extrapolated the shapes out or made them smaller using a scale
factor. As an extension to apply and transfer their skills, they then
downloaded their work in Google drawings and tried additional shapes
to fit the tessellations.
“This project was very interesting and different. I really liked it
because it got me thinking of the many possible ways to put the
shapes in a tessellation. There would be nothing that I would change
to this project, it is very fun and problem solving. We really needed
to be creative and think very hard to be able to see and connect the
shapes, and the measurements had to be perfect or else everything
falls apart.” Alexander Angelidis (Year 8)
Author
Guest Speaker
Despite the challenges of lockdown and remote
learning, the combined Year 12s participated in
the unique opportunity to meet and listen to
Rosalie Ham, author of “The Dressmaker” as part
of their English studies. It is a rare opportunity to
be able to engage an author in conversation about
their text. Our students were privileged to have
her in their virtual classroom.
G.I.R.L.
Activities
Crew
At Emmanuel we have been building connections with our feeder primary school students. This year
we introduced the G.I.R.L. Crew program where Grade 4 and 5 female students came onto campus to
participate in different after school activities. Due to the current restrictions the Term 3 classes were offered
online. It was a great success where we had students participate in Art and Dance sessions. Students
learnt basic dance moves and in the art sessions learnt how to draw buildings, faces and flowers. We hope
restrictions will ease and we can offer this program back on campus in Term 4 and beyond.
Macy King
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Games Night
Staying Connected Virtually
There are many transition events that we offer Year 6 students before they begin Year 7 at Emmanuel. This
term due to the current lockdown we had to host our annual Games Night virtually. Students and families
enjoyed two rounds of trivia questions. The first round consisted of questions about the College and
naming the different places in the picture. The second round were questions about TV shows and movies.
At the end of the night students and families had the opportunity to ask questions in an open forum. It
was great to see the enthusiasm from the students as they asked questions about homeroom, House
structure, laptops and Year 7 Camp.
Our next Year 7 event will be the Parent Information Night on
Wednesday 24 October. Further details will be sent out closer to the
day. Congratulations to the following students, prizes will be sent out
once school resumes.
GAMES NIGHT
1st Place Cameron Lindell
2nd Place Dempsey Turner
3rd Place Audrey Cristiano
MOVIE CHALLENGE
1st Place Max D’arcy Irvine
2 Place
nd
Josh How
3rd Place Cameron Lindell
St Paul’s College
and Emmanuel College
Class Reunion
Friday 19 November 2021
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1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
St Paul’s Campus – Emmanuel College
6pm – 8:30pm
All past students from these classes are warmly welcomed to a class reunion, regardless
of the year level in which you started or finished your studies. Enjoy some refreshments as
you catch up with your classmates and teachers and take a trip down memory lane.
RSVP
Register your attendance by Friday 12 November, 2021
https://ecreunion2021.eventbrite.com.au or call Ms Penny Cook on 8325 5100
PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT MAY CHANGE SUBJECT TO COVID–19 RESTRICTIONS.
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TWILIGHT TALK AND TOUR
Notre Dame Campus St Paul’s Campus
TUESDAY 9 NOVEMBER TUESDAY 16 NOVEMBER
Commencing at 6pm Commencing at 6pm
Come along and hear from College Principal, Mr Christopher Stock at our Twilight Talk and
Tour commencing at 6pm.
This event provides a wonderful opportunity for prospective students and families to hear
about life at the College and enjoy a tour of the school’s facilities.
If you are unable to attend this evening, you may wish to join one of our monthly tours of
the College.
Please register your attendance. You can use For more information, contact us on
the QR code or visit https://www.ecmelb. 8325 5100 or email
catholic.edu.au/tour-registration enrolments@ecmelb.catholic.edu.au
St Paul’s Campus Notre Dame Campus
423 Blackshaws Rd 2-40 Foxwood Drive
Altona North Point Cook
03 8325 5100 03 8325 5100 www.ecmelb.catholic.edu.au
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