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CHRISTIAN SERVICE

We will show respect, compassion and service to others and model Christ in our own behaviour. Christian Service Learning puts this value into practice. Through the practice of Christian Service, students and staff engage with the wider community looking for opportunities to live out the works of Jesus. This year the students have taken up the challenge to grow in our understanding of faith and as a community, to live out the Gospel message of “loving one another” and “loving our neighbour.” We have modelled Christ in our own behaviour. This has been an emphasis of what we have achieved at each year level.

SERVICE FOR OTHERS Lower school (Year 7-9) students lived this spirit of service at home, school and their local communities. Senior students (Year 10-12) served in our wider community with not-for-profit organisations.

The value of service can be measured by how our College contributes to the needs and the well-being of the community around us. This has been highlighted by the generosity of the school driven by the Student Leadership Team and the “Domino Effect.” The number of donations and assistance given to these organisations was a testament to the charity and love our community seeks to give to others.

On the Staff Service Day in July, our entire school staff found the time to go out and live this spirit of service as well. Numerous organisations were very grateful for all of the help that we were able to provide. The joy and love we were able to give to each other as well as the people we helped was immeasurable. Our community, wherever we have given our time, has spread the message of Christ in the way that we have served.

The spirit of service is something we wish to develop in the College for years to come. The enthusiasm of the students in getting involved in volunteering has been inspiring for all to see. Some students have been finishing hours of service far beyond what they have been asked to complete. Other students now volunteer regularly to contribute to the community to which they belong. Our College has committed to service in the past few years with our Warmun Immersion. This commitment highlights the value of what Christ asks of us all; to work with those that have the most need. Experience of service can also be summed up by the words of a few of our Year 11 students who have finished their hours of service to the community:

Doing Christian Service at Emmanuel means I am doing something good in our community. I like doing Christian Service as it helps me in life and faith. Jesse Falk - Year 11

“My experiences have exposed me to the lives of the less fortunate within our community. Christian Service has aided me in recognising and valuing the opportunities I have been presented with throughout my life. It has encouraged me to show respect, compassion and service to others by giving to the needy and assisting the less fortunate.” Nic Bontempo - Year 11

“While doing Christian Service I was able to see the people I was helping. Seeing their grateful faces after my service has made me feel like I had done something important and that I was helping to make someone’s life more fulfilling. I felt like I was giving my light to help someone else’s light shine brighter and giving those who have lost faith more hope.” Jennifer Vu - Year 11

Mr Nikolas Martinskis Director of Christian Service

CHRISTIAN SERVICE

EMMANUEL DAY

On Friday 24 March our Ninth Annual Emmanuel Day kicked off, with even more fun and laughter than the year previous. The day began with Mass celebrated in the SPACE. The Mass was exceptionally special on this day as it is held on the Feast of the Annunciation. Father Dat from Mater Christi Parish celebrated with us and showed us his soccer skills in the Staff versus Students Soccer Game. Each year, Year 12 students get a team together to take on staff in what is meant to be a fun soccer match. However, the competitive nature of both the staff and students made for a very serious but entertaining start to Emmanuel Day celebrations the staff defeated the students 2 – 1.

CELEBRATING EMMANUEL DAY A wide variety of food stalls and activities were set up by every Form group, reflecting the organisation and creative skills of our school community. A favourite stall was the dunk tank, where students had the opportunity to dunk teachers all for a good cause.

Incredibly, over $6300 was raised by our student body, and donated evenly towards Project Compassion run by Caritas Australia and the Warmun Immersion Program.

The funds were greatly appreciated by everyone involved, making the day’s celebrations all the more important to our community.

Emmanuel Day allows students to celebrate the College and demonstrate charity and compassion.

Concluding the days celebrations was the Emmanuel Catholic College Talent Show. The Talent show showcased a variety of talents from singing to dancing.

The Talent Show this year was a massive success and it was great to see so many students supporting their peers. Getting on stage in front of such a large audience takes lots of courage, so well done to all students who took part on the day. Congratulations to 3rd place Tania Biju (10FN) and Esther Maloba (10MA), 2nd place Monique Bodilly (8TE) and Tenaya Scholten (8FN) and the winner Rensih Maullon (11LI). Rensih amazed the students with her fabulous hip hop routine that saw a massive crowd reaction.

All performers where incredible and provided a brief insight into the hidden talents of Emmanuel Catholic College students.

Overall the day was exciting and action packed for both the staff and students, showing that hard work and commitment pays off, which made Emmanuel Day 2017 a great success and one of the best events on the College Calendar.

Emmanuel Day represents the true nature of Emmanuel Catholic College, as a community that includes every student and staff member to create not only an enjoyable day but raise money for the community and world around us.

A massive thank you to all staff and students, particularly the House Coordinators, Form teachers, and Student Leaders for their efforts, ensuring the day was as enjoyable as possible.

Sage Cuff & Joe Waters Deputy College Captains

EMMANUEL DAY

STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM

The Student Leadership Team of 2017, has been busy since day one, working behind the scenes, leading by example to make this year an exciting one. Our goal, to create positive changes to the school environment and community, all whilst making life long memories. This was achieved through the constant determination, initiative and leadership skills shown by all the students who make up the Student Leadership Team. Together, we started the year with our leadership and team building day down at Hammond Park Catholic Primary School. This gave us the opportunity to combine talents, know one another, as well as brainstorming ideas which could be implemented to achieve our goals.

LEADING THROUGH GENEROSITY Through the Student Leadership Team driven fundraiser, we saw the huge success of the ‘Domino Effect! This brought about a whole school contribution of donating various items of clothing, blankets and canned foods, essentially creating a domino effect of kindness towards the impoverished. We received a combined total of over 180 bags of clothing, 76 blankets and 210 cans of food sent to the St Vincent De Paul Society, AYLA & Shopfront.

Hopefully the Domino Effect continues to create an outcome of kindness and generosity throughout our community.

Emmanuel Day was a Student Leadership Team directed event, a great day filled with enjoyable festivities and school spirit. However, our Arts night, House days, Sports Carnivals, College Open Days and other events we led throughout the year, were amongst the successes, due to the hard work of all the Student Leadership Team.

Let’s not forget the enthusiasm shown at the Staff vs Students Football game, leading to another very competitive and exciting afternoon enjoyed by all. Congratulations to the Environmental, Art, Sport and Community areas of the College on your great achievements this year being led by our portfolio student leaders and Heads of Departments. The growth and recognition seen has been tremendous and this is going to get better in years to come. Throughout this year the Student Leadership Team have really put in a huge amount of effort to try and make these events not only run and be functional, but also to ensure that they were enjoyable and memorable. We’d like to express our gratitude to Mr Peter Sackett and Mr Dryw Edwards for coordinating the Student Leadership Team in 2017. Your dedication, ongoing support, guidance and assistance, made this year’s Student Leadership Team, stand out like no other. We would like to thank Mr Mark Claydon from “4 The Team” for being so involved in this year’s Leadership Team and for running our team building and development courses throughout the year.

A fantastic effort has been put in by all 2017 Student Leaders and we’d like to thank all representatives for all your hard work and dedication throughout 2017. As the 2017 College Captains, our message on leadership is that, great leaders don’t set out to be a leader...they set out to make a difference. We know, that the 2018 Student Leadership Team will continue to do this, making the year ahead another memorable one!

Alex Smith & Chloe De Faria

College Captains of 2017

STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM

STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM

Front Row

Olyvia Snook, Kathryn Fortune, Piper Conti, Sage Cuff, Alex Smith, Mr Peter Sackett (Deputy Principal), Mr Leo Di Gregorio (Principal), Chloe De Faria, Joe Waters, Andie Johnson, Rebecca Burgess, Annelise Meerton, Teal Cuff

Second Row

Sophie Brewer, Katie McTigue, Tara Brookes, Joshua Van Sebille, Jayden Foote, Eliza Vinci, Curtis Watts, Lachlan Feeney, Ella Smith, Alyse Tarbotton, Riley Lawton, Nikita King

Third Row

Forth Row

Back Row

Samuel Galipo, James Ierino, Ebony Grant, Vahlenna Tankam, Clarise Lorejo, Adam Chaplin, Imogen Reed, Jan Teruel, Brittney De Gouveia, Ashton Rebelo, Bayley Harrington, Desiree Bueza

Jaahnavi Cheyyur, Letesha Monastra, Briar Norman, Jaime MacDonald, Chloe Evans, Matthew Bilman, Jennifer Barrett, Romick Ediriweera, Genevieve Brink, Setayesh Zareie, Alyssa Thomas, Bailey Snook

Melissa Heane, Zaylee Olsen, Imogen Spencer, Cameron McCreanor, Riley Millar, Benjamin Harper, Kai Mayers, Jake Correia, Jordana Crane, Maddison Sandell, Nicholas Bontempo, Olivia Ward

YEAR 12

On Saturday, 11 February the Terrace Ballroom at the Hyatt hosted the Emmanuel Catholic College Ball. The students enjoyed an evening of elegance and enjoyment, starting with ‘mocktails’ on the terrace. The ladies dazzled in an array of beautiful gowns and the young men looked amazing in the variety of suits chosen for the occasion. The atmosphere was incredible with much laughter and dancing throughout the night. The high spirits by all continued throughout the night, whether having formal or fun photos, the constant anticipation of the next song, or whilst dining on the lovely three course meal. All revelled in the night one never will forget.

FINAL JOURNEY The highlight for some, was the lead up to the announcement of Belle and Beau of the ball. The attire and conduct of guests, with specific reference to ‘inclusiveness’ of all on the night, led to a very agonising decision for Mr. Bellini and myself. Congratulations to Briannon McGuinness and Alex Harding, who are to be commended on their ability to be social and sophisticated.

The 2017 ball was an opportunity for the students to embrace their last year of schooling.

The way in which the College was represented on this night was outstanding. I am extremely proud of the ladies and gentlemen from Year 12 and hope the beautiful memories of this stunning night will always remain with them.

“A night of memories to be treasured for a very long time. One of the biggest highlights of our final year.”

Chamishka Isaacs - Year 12

“The school ball was an enjoyable night as we came together as a year group to celebrate our high school journey together. It was nice seeing everyone dressed up including the teachers. The night brought us together as one, heading into the year ahead.”

Jack Myers - Year 12

“The night of the ball was filled with food, dance and laughter. Time with my friends, looking fabulous, taking photos and rocking out on the dance floor was awesome.”

Eloise Moya - Year 12

To the Class of 2017, I say you can look back over your time spent at Emmanuel with considerable pride, at your long list of achievements. – academic performance, music performance, SAS Sport, ACC Carnivals, House Feast Days, Emmanuel Days, Community Service, College trips, excursions, the Ball….the list goes on and, of course, in between all that lots and lots of hard work, study, assessments and exams.

I have enjoyed working with you and getting to know you all. I’ve shared successes and good times with many of you. I’ve shared some difficult times with a few of you. We have grown together over the past two years.

My parting words I will leave you with; “live a life that matters by never losing sight of the person you want to be.” Remember that your relationships with people are more important than material things in life. I wish you rich blessings for wherever your journey, your next chapter in your book of life, takes you and I thank all of you for your contributions.

I wish to acknowledge and thank your Form Teachers who have done a great job over the years and who have given of themselves to contribute to your journey and growth.

I wish you farewell – my Graduating class of 2017.

Mrs Lee-Anne Marroccoli Head of Year 12

YEAR 12

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BARNES Guy

COTTER Altina

KIRKHAM Alyssa BEECROFT Sheriden

CROUCH Caitlin

LE ROUX Kaitlin CHINGOSHO Stanford CODORNIU Matias COLLARD Amber

CUOCCI Nicholas GARDNER-RICHARDSON Brodey HERNACHE PRADA Mary

MERENDA Rhyese

MEW Timothy NILAN Geordie

SCHELLING Grace SCHOLTEN Jacob SNOOK Olyvia

FORM TEACHER SCALLY Mr Steven STRNADICA Liam TARBOTTON Alyse

YEAR 12 - FRASSATI

BACON Ethan

EBSARY Ryleigh

LOVELL Joel

REYES Daniele COLPITTS Talicia

EE Ryan

MINERVINI Joseph COTTINGTON Brieana

FRANKOVIC Isabel

PAKDEL Bahar

RODRIGO Anushke

FORM TEACHER BHAMGARA Mrs Maharukh ROGERS Cameron CUSACK Chelsea

GAO Fanqi

POLLEXFEN Ethan

SORIAL Jackie DANIELS Brooke

GIANCASPRO Jacinta

RAJASOORIAR Siobhain

SPENCER Imogen

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ARMSTRONG Matthew

FORMENTIN Abbey

KURANGWA Leeroy CHEONG Karise

GARCIA Jannelle

LUONG QI Shan-Anisa

REBELO Phillip

Absent: BURGESS Callum RUOCCO Larissa CUFF Sage

GOMEDI Michael

MYERS Jack

VELLA Nicholas DE ABREU Jessica DE FARIA Chloe

GOWEGATI Jayden KEHANE Adam

OOMMAN Aywin

VINCI Eliza PEREZ Eleisha

FORM TEACHER TIRLI Mr Jordan

YEAR 12 - MACKILLOP

AIROLDI Shawna BHATTACHARYA Aritra

DE GOUVEIA Brittney

MANN Jaxon DI TULLIO Tiana

MCKAY Montana

SCHULTZ Calum SHAW Sophie

FORM TEACHER HALL Mrs Claire BRITTON Charlotte

DUNLOP Ashley

MOYA Eloise

SMIT Mark D’AMATO Jacob

FINESTONE Hannah

ORMSHAW James

SMITH Alexander DATSON Zane

GAVRIEL Nikolas

ROBLESS Nicholas

SMITH Ella

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BEAN Emily

GILES Samuel

LIM Rebecca CONDON Chelsea

GRANT Sharney

MCTIGUE Katie

POTTER Matthew RODRIGUES Oriana

FORM TEACHER MARCIANO Mr Mario COOPER Xavier

HARDING Alex

MELFI Zak

ROFF Jarod DYNON Travis

HUYNH Joshua

NCUBE Duncan

SAUNDERS Billy GIBSON Leilani

ISAACS Chamishka

PETROVIC Jordan

TAN Sarah

YEAR 12 - TERESA

ADAMS Sophie

ELLIOT Zachary

KERRISON Emma ANDERSON Riley

FEENEY Lachlan

MAHER Ciara

BAELI Breanna

FORTUNE Kathryn

MANICA Allessandro BRIERLEY Thomas DELA CRUZ Jeanne

FRASER Alicia GILMOUR Britney

MARINOVICH Lochlan MCGUINNESS Briannon

MURRAY-SMITH Paige SCHWARZINGER Claire STEVENS Shannae

FORM TEACHER WINFIELD Mrs Katie WATERS Joe WILLETT Kaitlin

YEAR 12 GRADUATION

2017 - YEAR 12 GRADUATION STUDENTS

Front Row

Second Row

Larissa Ruocco, Brittney De Gouveia, Jeanne Dela Cruz, Jan Teruel, Chelsea Condon, Daniele Reyes, Sarah Tan, Mr. Vincent Bellini (Deputy Principal 11/12), Chloe De Faria, Mr. Leo Di Gregorio (Principal), Alexander Smith, Ms. Lee-Anne Marroccoli (Head of Year 12), Karise Cheong, Chelsea Cusack, Jannelle Garcia, Sophie Shaw, Bahar Pakdel, Breanna Baeli, Ashley Wilson Alicia Fraser, Stanford Chingosho, Eleisha Perez, Jacinta Giancaspro, Paige Murray-Smith, Brooke Daniels, Briannon McGuinness, Altina Cotter, Brieana Cottington, Shawna Airoldi, Oriana Rodrigues, Arita Bhattacharya, Kaitlin Le Roux, Chamishka Isaacs, Abbey Formentin, Rebecca Lim, Emily Bean, Ashley Dunlop, Montana McKay

Third Row

Joe Waters, Michael Gomedi, Calum Schultz, Billy Saunders, Ryleigh Ebsary, Caitlin Crouch, Emma Kerrison, Sophie Adams, Claire Schwarzinger, Shannae Stevens, Ethan Pollexfen, Mark Smit, Jackie Sorial, Sharney Grant, Hannah Finestone, Amber Collard, Tiana Di Tullio, Talicia Colpitts, Matthew Armstrong, Kaitlin Willett, Jacob D’Amato, Sheriden Beecroft, Jordan Petrovic

Forth Row

Brody Wilson, Travis Dynon, Isabel Frankovic, Kathryn Fortune, Nicholas Cuocci, Eloise Moya, Qi Shan-Anisa Luong, Lesieli Taufaao, Grace Schelling, Charlotte Britton, Katie McTigue, Alyssa Kirkham, Leilani Gibson, Olyvia Snook, Imogen Spencer, Mary Hernache Prada, Alyse Tarbotton, Matias Codorniu, Joseph Minervini

Fifth Row

Riley Anderson, Jaxon Mann, Hannah Stonehill, Samuel Giles, Duncan Ncube, Ryan Ee, Matthew Potter, Cameron Rogers, Joshua Huynh, Aywin Oomman, Fanqi Gao, Anushke Rodrigo, Trung Hieu Vu, Siobhain Rajasooriar, Jessica DeAbreu, Jayden Gowegati

Sixth Row

Seventh Row

Zachary Elliot, Allessandro Manica, Leeroy Kurangwa, Timothy Mew, Guy Barnes, Zane Datson, Sage Cuff, Ella Smith, Britney Gilmour, Adam Kehane, Joel Lovell, Alex Harding, Lochlan Marinovich, Zak Melfi

Nicholas Robless, James Ormshaw, Geordie Nilan, Jacob Scholten, Jack Myers, Eliza Vinci, Ethan Bacon, Thomas Brierley, Lachlan Feeney, Liam Strnadica, Phillip Rebelo, Nicholas Vella, Brodey Gardner-Richardson

YEAR 12 GRADUATION

YEAR 11

2017 has certainly been a year to remember. Although it proved to be challenging at times, nothing compared to the amazing opportunities that the Year 11 students were given. The transition from Year 10 to Year 11 brings with it many personal development, educational and spiritual changes. Starting the year as senior students was daunting, and some began to thrive with the opportunities of INSTEP and work experience. Many Year 11 students were involved in a wide range of sporting and co-curricular activities. They were a part of the BStreet Smart Campaign, a road safety awareness campaign where students gained important messages to help them make safer choices whilst driving.

REALISING THEIR POTENTIAL Our Pastoral Care Program also included a variety of RAC presentations and mindfulness training making it relevant to the year group with most gaining their drivers licence this year and learning the importance of staying mentally healthy.

There have been art exhibitions and for the first time an ATAR Drama course was offered at Emmanuel indicating the wide range of talented young men and women in our year group. Many of the Arts students also took the opportunity to take part in the Japan Arts tour which allowed them to experience and immerse themselves into the beautiful and unique Japanese culture. Leadership involvement was shown with students involved in Peer Support and SLT training workshops. The Peer Support program provided opportunities for the Year 11 students to be engaged with the Year 7 students in making their transition to high school. Year 11’s also went through a highly competitive opportunity to be part of the Year 11 Immersion Program to Warmun, a remote Aboriginal community in the Kimberley. This experience provided the Year 11’s first-hand experience of this small close knit community. Upon return the students realised the lifestyles that they live in, and gave them a sense of appreciation and gratefulness to the abundant opportunities that they are provided with. This showed the growth these students had gained emotionally, spiritually and mentally. In the sporting arena, there are state and regional representatives across sports such as Athletics, Ice Skating, Netball, Cheer, Baseball and AFL. Students also showed commitment and team spirit in the school held sporting events including, the ACC Cross Country, Athletic and Swimming Carnivals.

The informal events such as the House activities, Emmanuel Day and the Year 11 Dinner Dance had all participating in great spirit and cohesiveness. It was a delight seeing all the staff and students enjoying the Dinner Dance with many of the students refusing to leave the dance floor, they were enjoying themselves

so much.

If the Dinner Dance was any indicator I look forward to the ball being even more spectacular.

At this point I would like to thank all the College community that have been involved in shaping these young lives including parents and guardians, the Form teachers, classroom teachers, pastoral team and administrative staff. Your ongoing support and assistance is greatly appreciated.

Finally, I would like to congratulate the new College Captains for 2018 – Remy Lieuwes and Jaahnavi Cheyyur as well as the rest of the Student Leadership Team. I look forward to their leadership of Year 12 and the College community.

Mrs Domanique O’Reilly Head of Year 11

YEAR 11

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BALLANTYNE Wyatt BARKER Jack BARRETT Jennifer BLOOMFIELD Austin BOK Taryn BOSNJAK Iva

BOSNJAK Mara BRAUNS Brooke CHANDLER Emily COLLICA Lilyana COOPER Cameron DE BRITO Ana

HEANE Kieran HERNACHE PRADA Valentina HOLMSEN Asha ILICIC Ivana KHAN Daniel KUZMAR Jessica

LAKE Jack LANDRO Sienna McCREANOR Cameron PLUNKETT Brodie RESIC Ashlee

FORM TEACHER DEACON Miss Sarah SLISKOVIC Domagoj

YEAR 11- FRASSATI

BHAMGARA Pearlyn BROWN Mitchell CAPPELUTI Kristen COLES Jaimee CORREIA Jess D’SOUZA Jacob

DE JESUS Samuel DOUGLAS Danika FALITI Olivia

MILLAR Riley NORTHAM Sebastien OLSEN Zaylee FORSYTH Mitchell GATH Joshua LANZA-VOLPE Nicole

PHILLIPS Liam PORTER Liam

SMITH Madeline

SULLIVAN Ryan TIERNAN Mitchell TOBIN Bianca VAN DER MERWE Damian VAN WYK Jordyn VOYSEY Michelle

FORM TEACHER NG Miss Dabelyn

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BATES Brodie CHEYYUR Jaahnavi CHEYYUR Jayanth DAWE Connor DIRCKZE Kuepper FERRARO Kayne

FUDA Austen HARRIS Joshua HASKINS Joel IRANI Neil IRVINE Joshua LA RESERVEE Jean

LEARMONT Madison MANGAN Shannon MATIC Natalia MAULLON Rensih NAPIER Michael NEAL Molly

PAUL Issac

SESELJ Stephanie SKOPLJAK Anastasia TSALLIS Luke VELLA Brianna

FORM TEACHER MIDDLETON Miss Sara VINCENT Jake

YEAR 11- MACKILLOP

BAKER Dale BARNES Kyle BLORE Murray BROWN Jacinta CARTER Jackson CHANTER Corey

CORREIA Jake Da SILVA Micaela ENNIS Georgia FORSTER MARGIOTTA Jordan GLADWELL Hannah GORE Kevin

GREGORY Bevan HULTEN Andre KRUMHOLECTSKI Anikah LIEUWES Remy MAGORIMBO David MAVICA-GARAFFA Jayden

McKENZIE Darcee MILLER Jessica PETERSEN Moses RAMIREZ Omar RICHARDS Joshua SAVIC Deyan

FORM TEACHER MOODY Mr Alvyn

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ADAMCZYK Jessica ANTIOCH Isaac ARISTONDO-RAMOS Joseph BONTEMPO Nicholas CLIFTON Matthew COLLIER Daisy

CONDON Aleisha CONDON Jack COOPER Sarah COOPER Therese CRANLEY Kaylee DA SILVA Aiden

DE BRAGANCA Amanda DUAN Yuyuan GRANT Joshua HARVEY Georgia IVANKOVIC Lidija JAKOVCEVIC Sophie

JOHNSON Ryan KOLKER Chantel LOBLEY Aleisha

NOVAK Kimberley NUNN Alivia POTTER Ashleigh

FORM TEACHER LUGTON Miss Gillian

YEAR 11 - TERESA

BLOOMFIELD Dylan BROOKES Britney BROWN Nathan BURGESS Rebecca CUBBAGE Janna DE ABREU Kayla

DI PIETRO Jamie ELLIOT Laura FALK Jesse GREEN Abby MARTIN Bethany MCCULLOCH Liam

MENDES Chevon MURRAY Hannah PESTANA Melissa READ Luke

READ Mitchell SAUNDERS Benjamin

SAYER Benjamin SCATURRO Cora SMITH Rachael

Absent: BROOKS Jordan PECOTIC Kiani

FORM TEACHER HOWARD Ms Christina THAKOR Parth TIAMZON MARLON Gabriel WATTS Curtis

YEAR 10

In my first year at Emmanuel, I have been totally impressed with this friendly and dedicated group of Year 10 students. I have enjoyed leading them on their Year 10 journey in 2017 and I believe that they now enter Year 11 as a more cohesive, more organised and better prepared year group. Each student has represented the College with dignity and pride and I couldn’t be happier with their progress over the last few months. It was a busy (and at times hectic) year; there was hardly a week where the Year 10 students weren’t involved in an extra-curricular activity or representing the College in some capacity. From participating in the ACC Carnivals, Drama Productions, Mock Trials, at Leadership Conferences or participating in the various Workplace Programs.

YEAR OF INVOLVEMENT I was proud of every student who put their hand up to be involved in extra-curricular activities this year. I encourage more to take up this challenge in their final two years at the College. A focus on ‘equality and balance’, ‘routine’ and ‘being role models’ throughout the pastoral program was integrated this year.

Students listened to presentations and gained tips through the following sessions, with the aim of having more success both within and outside of the classroom:

YEAR 10 SESSIONS • Elevate Education’s Study Tips/Exam Preparation

• Jane Genovese’s Learning Fundamentals

• Time Management and Surviving Year 10

• RAC’s Buying a Car and Back Seat Driver Workshops

• Paul Litherland Safe Social Media Presentation

• Mobile phones set off airport security screening

• Youth Specialties Australia presentation on motivation and self esteem

• Life and Work Balance Workshop

These sessions were designed to prepare the students for the last three years of their time at Emmanuel, as well in their life after school. While we still have some work to do, through the sessions the learning was informative and practical. For example, they learnt how to better utilise time, how to be safe outside of the College and how to implement strategies to be more successful in Year 11 and 12.

With many other more relaxed events, like games throughout Form, Emmanuel Day, the River Cruise and other social opportunities, the cohort was able to show how friendly and genuine they are. It was wonderful seeing these young adults interacting in a non-classroom environment and displaying skills such as teamwork, respect and enthusiasm.

I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of the Year 10 students to thank the staff of the College for their assistance, passion and time in facilitating their many successes. The Form teachers, Classroom teachers, Teaching assistants, and Administrative and Library staff have played an integral role in the development of this year group. Your support has been essential and I thank you all for your dedication and wisdom.

Congratulations to the Year 10 students of 2017. You all have grown and matured into confident and inspiring young ladies and gentlemen.

I have thoroughly enjoyed working with all of you this year and I look forward to spending the final two years of your College journey with you.

Mr Michael Rathmann Head of Year 10

YEAR 10

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AYLMORE Joshua BARTLETT Samuel BIJU Tania BURRIDGE Cort CANICOSA Gabrielle CASCIOLI Clara

CROMMELIN Kirstie DAVIES Marcus DE FLORENCAS Jordan GARBIN Daniela HARVEY Deklan HEANE Melissa

JAENA Eduardo III

JONES Christian LAZZARO Daniel LEACH Alyssa MAZZUCHELLI Jake McDONALD Ethan

MONASTRA Luca PARSONS Luca SELDEN Zoe STIDWILL Emma TAYLOR Jaylen TELFER Nathan

FORM TEACHER WIJAYA Mr Joni

YEAR 10 - FRASSATI

ALDERSEA Preslee ASCENSO Ashlee BORDA Sergio BREWER Sophie CATALANO Joshua COLPITTS Kaiden

CONTI James DRAGICEVIC Niksa DRZANIC Ivan GITTINGS Iska HOBAN Molly KIRIWATHTHUDUWA Yasiru

LAWTON Blake MAHILUM Crystal MANN Isabella PARKER Kai RIVERA Adrianna ROBERTS Lachlan

ROGERS Justin SHREEVE Brayden SHREEVE Matthew SKINNER Kiara STOUT Caitlin

Absent: PERRY Liam

FORM TEACHER JERMY Miss Emma THOMSON Kyah

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BARR Joshua BRADY Grace CANESTRARO Isaac CUFF Teal DE ANDRADE BASTO Alessandro

DEBOO Kyle FREITAS ROCHA Owen

MARTIN-PROUD Ethan MICALE Jacob HART Nathan

NEVEU Noah LA MACCHIA Daniel

NOLAN Benjamin MAHONY Callum

PAVICH Bianca

PHILANDER Alexis POORE Sally

FORM TEACHER MALLON Miss Samantha SELDEN Jordan

Absent: CUFF Sienna D’ALESSANDRO Sienna SWEETMAN Maxwell WALLEY-KAEHNE Jayden

YEAR 10 - MACKILLOP

ADAMS Declan

DAY Telisha

MacKENZIE Grace BIJU VARIATH Aalfi

DRAKESMITH Jasmine

MALOBA Esther

POLKINGHORNE Jack POWELL Maxine CALDERARO Stephanie CASTRO SUAREZ Angelica CROZIER Jared

EDIRIWEERA Romick

McKAY Cheyenne FARINOLA Julian LY Julia

ORMSHAW Thomas POLKINGHORNE Alyssa

SMITH Lara STURMER Liam SUM Fabien

Absent: SEAL Ryley

FORM TEACHER CAMP Miss Jenae

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BEAN Caitlin BLAZEVIC Joel DA SILVA Indianna DE JESUS Noah DIXON Layne FERNANDES Fredrick

FOOTE Jayden GILLESPIE Kyle HARDING Ryan

LEE Aaliyah LEWIS Lachlan

LIM Nicholas

LOH Grace McCABREY Connor MIGNACCA Sebastien MIRAFLOR Jerica MONTEIRO Benjamin MULLER Ashleigh

NICHOLSON Anita NICOLA Jordan RAMOS Dylan ROURKE James SALLUR Harrison SANTICH Luke

Absent: GOSNEY Jasmine

FORM TEACHER DRIVER Mrs Serra

YEAR 10 - TERESA

BOWS Patrick BULL Connor CAYGILL Ellie CLIFTON-JAMES Stuart COLLARD Stene CRAIGIE Mason

DOMAGALSKA Weronika ELLIOTT Jade GILMOUR Sarah GLASSON Austin KERRISON Bradley

LI Wenting

MAHER Jared MARINOVICH Jaedon MURRAY Sophie MURRAY-SMITH Chloe NIYONKURU Adoinette NORMAN Briar

ONG YIU Rafael PEPPER Jack PICCARO Isabella PYPER Callum ROBERTS Ashley ROBINSON Caitlin

Absent: MARCHANT-CARR Riley

FORM TEACHER O’SULLIVAN Ms Aisling

YEAR 9

Emmanuel Year 9 students were heavily involved in a great many activities throughout 2017. This year’s Pastoral Care Program had the focus of ‘reflection and thinking first, in order to make good decisions’. This focus was well supported, with students lucky enough to have a number of guest presenters during Pastoral Care periods. ‘Good decision making when using IT devices’ was heavily discussed. Mid-year, the Year 9 cohort experienced a ‘Year 9 Retreat’. This day-long event gave students the opportunity to reflect, with the content covered on the day having strong ties to the focus of the Year’s Pastoral Care Program.

CHALLENGED TO SUCCEED Late in the year, students were challenged to start preparing themselves right now as Year 9 students, prior to them having to make subject selections for upper school mid next year. Another highlight of this years’ Pastoral Care Program was when students received a surprise ‘Reflection’ letter from their parents in their last Pastoral Care period of the year.

In 2017 a small number of Year 9 students were recognised for achieving Academic Honours & Excellence Awards for both the Semester Two reports from 2016 as well as the Semester One reports this year.

This year significant numbers of Year 9 students elected ‘Bush Rangers’ as one of their subjects. The camp components of this course once again was the real highlight for most students, with many getting the ‘opportunity to excel’ outside of a traditional classroom.

Many Year 9 students were relieved this year in that they did not have to sit through any more Immunisation sessions, but at the same time, many were not all that thrilled that they did have to revisit NAPLAN testing.

The Year 9 Canberra Tour was very well supported this year, with fifty Year 9 students touring in the second week of the Term Two holidays. Being fortunate to be on this tour myself, I got to see first-hand just how successful this tour was. The College’s junior footballers had a great experience playing in the ‘curtain raiser’ for the last ever AFL game played at Domain Stadium for the final of the Year 8 & 9 Junior Boys School Boys Cup. Although the team suffered a narrow defeat, the experience for all would have been a real highlight of their football year.

A significant number of our Year 9 girls committed to being involved in the 2017 ‘YohFest’ Performance.

The Emmanuel ‘Dance Group,’ comprising of girls from Years 7 to 9, gave up several hours of their own time over several weekends prior to their performance. Their performance at the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre late in September was first class, and well supported by many Emmanuel families. It was great to see throughout the year at College assemblies students in Year 9 recognised for their achievements.

Equally, it was great to see a number of Year 9 students regularly ‘adding’ to College assemblies by sharing their musical talents.

Congratulations to all Year 9 students on a great year and a huge thanks to all staff, particularly the Year 9 Form Teachers, who have helped the Year 9 cohort throughout this year. It is hard to believe that this group of students are now half way through their ‘Emmanuel journey.’

Mr Troy Foote Head of Year 9

YEAR 9

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ATMADJAJA Dustin BECK Aaliyah CHANDLER Daniel COLLICA Maya COOPER Chanelle CUROVIC Tristan

FRASER Angus HADFIELD Faye-Olivia JONES Cordelia

JOSEPH Jerin Maria KELLETT-LEWIS Emily LANDRO Faebian

MARKOVIC Aleksa McCREANOR Alexander MERENDA Jacob O’HARA Maxwell PIROMALLI Jayden PLUNKETT Jacob

RESIC Jorjah

ROSS Brianna SANTOS Julianne SLISKOVIC Katarina SNOOK Bailey TAUFAAO Lutoviko

Absent: ABDRASHITOVA Aleksandra IVICEVIC-BASILE Marc

FORM TEACHER GAYNOR Mr Ryan

YEAR 9 - FRASSATI

BILL Christopher CAPELINHA Alisha CODISPOTI Claudia CODISPOTI Peter COELHO Alyssa CORREIA Savannah

COTTINGTON Madison DAWSON Aidan GARBIN Grace HARPER Benjamin HOBAN Megan HOLM Thomas

JONES Rhiley LINDON Tyla MAMEDOV Anissa MARCELINO Michael MUGWARA Isheanopa OSBORNE Courtney

PHILLIPS Holly PHILLIPS Michael RAIC Kalani ROBERTS Bailey ROGERSON Jaymon

Absent: MALLETT BAXTER Kane SALESH Edwin

FORM TEACHER DALTON Mr Ian

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AITKEN Ryan ARNOLDI Damian BERRISFORD Jacob BRUCE Jazlyn CAPPELLUTI Benjamin CHAPLIN Shannen

CROOKS Jalena CROSBY Elliot

HOOGEWERF Chloe JOHNSON Liam FINUCANE Keeley

KLIER Aaron FORD Chelsea

LEE Maxx FURNESS Alfie HOAD Tiana

McAULIFFE Erin MERENDINO Joe

NOVENO KYAN Janssen PEREZ Ella PERRY Michael POWELL Georgia RYDER BUTLING Sarah SOLDO Adriana

STANNARD Braedan TATTERTON-DOWN Keenan THURGOOD Tiggi VAN SEBILLE Joshua

FORM TEACHER MARILLIER Mr Vernon WALKER Taite ZUVELA Daniella

YEAR 9 - MACKILLOP

ABEYSINGHE Vidura BAXTER Mason CHADWICK Cole CRAWFORD Jessica DATSON Ethan DHILLON Palvinder

DUNLOP Jarrod

IRVINE Morgan DUNLOP Megan

JIJIMON Greeshma DYSON Teagan EVANS Chloe HESLIN Chloe

JOSHY Sona KATSAMBALOS Isabella KING Sasha HULTEN Julian

LOVINDA Sally

MARTIN Amber NIGHTINGALE Riley PERERA Brandon

SHAW Isabel SHEEHY Jack SMITH Rebekah

Absent: JEPIT Dawne

FORM TEACHER DI GIACOMO Miss Louise POLLARD Madelin

RAMIREZ Angelina-Maree RYAN Krystal

WALKER Brandon

WALKER Christopher

YOU Kai Wen

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ALEXANDER Daniel ALFORD Allana BEVACQUA Sebastian BONHAM Lachlan CHRISTOPHERS Tia

CUTAB Kim Harvey

DOWD Jessica FORMENTOS Frianiz GIBSON Jai

GILES Meghan HOBBS Jack HOUSE Layton

HUYNH Jordan McELROY Aideen McKELVIE Olive MIFSUD Jessica MONASTRA Letesha

NICOLA Stephanie

PHILLIPS Aidan PRICE Shani SAHNI Aayush

FORM TEACHER MORRIS Miss Amy STEPHENS Caleb TING Rachel VAN GELDER Floris

YEAR 9 - TERESA

ATKINSON Sophie BODILLY Kyle BURGESS Robbie CHEUNG Adria CRIMMINS Elyssa DONOVAN Jack

FALK Jamie-Lee GRAHAM Brooke HENRIQUEZ Dante HUMBERSTONE Brendan JOHNSON Jayanne JOSEPH Delina

KERRISON Harry MacLURE Amy MARTIN Grace MENDES Sayge MUSURUVARI Rutendo ONG YIU Renee

PAPARONE Caleb PARABIA Hoofrita PAYNE Zoe RANDAZZO Shayla SANDELL Maddison SCARANGELLA Victoria

FORM TEACHER BRANLEY Miss Sarah

YEAR 8

2017 has proved to be a busy year for the Year 8 students. It can be a daunting time for students, as the workload of homework and assignments increases and they need to manage their time more effectively in order to produce quality work. It has been wonderful to see so many students be rewarded with some outstanding results in various areas of the curriculum. This year has seen the Year 8 students participating in electives that they had selected. It was wonderful to see the eagerness and application of the students working in these classes, that were of a particular interest to them.

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING Through these elective subjects, students have been given the opportunity to be involved in some truly memorable experiences. The Year 8 Bush Ranger students participated in three camps and were able to reinforce what they had learnt in the classroom and develop their leadership skills throughout these camps. The July school holidays was a busy time for students involved in the Football and Netball Academies. The boys in the Football Academy had the privilege of touring Melbourne while the girls in the Netball Academy had the honour of representing the College, while on tour at the Gold Coast.

The overarching theme of the

Pastoral Care Program for Year 8 was Respect; for themselves, College, peers and adults who support them. Congratulations to the students who embraced the theme in their ‘Attitude is Everything’ lessons and to those who embodied respect in the way they conducted themselves this year. The Year 8 Retreat Day gave the students an opportunity to enrich their Faith development and develop their respect for one another, through their engagement in the activities they partook in on the day. The Year 8 Father’s Day Breakfast and Liturgy was again a huge success. It was fantastic to see so many students inviting their Fathers and sharing breakfast together before they started their busy day. The Year 8 Social event was again well received. It was great to see so many of the students at the Ice Skating Disco at Cockburn Ice Arena and assisting each other and the Year 7 students to get around the ice rink. A big thank you to the Student Leaders who have been busy planning what the social event for

next year will be. As was the case last year, many students have shown exceptional commitment to their chosen sport and co-curricular activities. Students displayed their talents on the sporting fields each week, in addition to using their musical and dancing gifts in the many

College ensembles. Other areas of student contribution are the many House Carnivals and activities and of course our very special Emmanuel Day. The Year 8 involvement in such events is invaluable in assisting the students in their engagement in our College community. I challenge all students to continue to find a way they can contribute to College life.

To all the teachers who have been involved with Year 8 this year, in particular the Year 8 Form teachers, thank you, for the support and guidance you provided the Year 8 students. I would also like to thank the students and their parents for their involvement in the College and I look forward to seeing the cohort continue to strive for excellence in everything they do next year.

Mrs Susan Kennedy Head of Year 8

YEAR 8

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AYLMORE Emily BARNES Jack BATTISON Tayla CIELMA Patrick COPPEN Hannah CRANE Jordana

GARBIN Marin

LIMA Elijah HADFIELD Eve-Caitlin

MAZZONE Dion HARBURN Riley

McMAHON Julian JACOVIC Bodhi

NICI Kiara JOHNSON Andie

PAPALIA Alex JONES Caleb

PERRY Destiny

PETERSEN Genevieve

PHILLIPS Paxton-Rose

STIDWILL Kate TAYLOR Jordan

FORM TEACHER BOWE Miss Taylah PITOUT Sydney SCHOLTEN Tenaya SHARP Lillian SHERIDAN Heath

UDY Kurt URQUILLA AVALOS Luis WILMER Sean WOODENBERG Jorja

YEAR 8 - FRASSATI

BROOKES Chad BROOKES Tara BUTT Rorie CAUREL Aaron CLISSOLD Tarrant CONTI Piper

CORICH Ante

KARRA Brooke DANIELS Abbey

LEGERSTEE Benjamin DAWSON Jaxon

LINDON Lucy FORSYTH Harrison

McCLEERY Natalhia

RAMSHAK Trent REDMAN Azalea ROBINSON Lilly SCAGLIOTTA Kiara

TOTTEN Hayley TYSON Kalia

FORM TEACHER HALL Mr Alexander WARDLE Tiana

WILSON Christopher GARBIN Lara

PORTER Blair

SPILL Jaydan

YAO Kexin GROBLER Jordyn

PORTER Luke

TIERNAN Peter

ZHANG Jia

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BAILEY Meisha BARR Amy BEALES Abbey BURNS Joshua CANESTRARO Montanna CHAPLIN Adam

CHEN Yujie

LLOYD Cooper CUFF Noah FERRARO Meah FREITAS ROCHA Samara JAMES Chloe

MACKINTOSH Jack MAHONY Ben McKENNA Michael MICALE Joshua LECLERCQ Dylan

MYERS Hannah

NEVEU Taylor PETKOVICH Tayla REBELO Michael ROBERTS Larni

SKOPLJAK Angela SWEETMAN Olivia TATTERTON-DOWN Charlie TAYLOR Maisie

FORM TEACHER FORM TEACHER KNIGHT Miss Shannon SCARPUZZA Maria SILVA Caleb

WALLHEAD Thomas WILLIAMS Darcy

YEAR 8 - MACKILLOP

BILMAN Matthew BLIGHT Dylan

BRINK Genevieve BROWN Kaela

CAMMILLERI Nathan

FERNANDEZ Emily CARTER Ben DE AZEVEDO Ryan de ROSARIO Zye

FURFARO Michael HILLS Liam LAMPORT Luke

MALIK Ashwin MARY SUMOD Absa MATHEW Davis

PRIEST Madison TAPPER Campbell

FORM TEACHER RYAN Mr Thomas TEPANA Patrick MATTIOLI Chloe

WARD Isabelle BROWN Talarah

ENNIS Rosie

LANG Denzel

MILLER Bailey

ZAMMIT Oliver CALDERARO Sophie

EVANS Jai

LUCAS Olivia

POOLE Jack

ZUVELA Lachlan

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ALDER Samantha BABU Eric CUCEVIC Angus

CUI Fengrui CUMMING Aimee DAVINO Aleia

DIXON Bronte

MAYERS Kai

FORD Benjamin GRANT Keegan GUMINA Cailan HARVEY Cooper LANGLEY Imogen

MULLER Harvey MUSHONGA Tadiwanashe NANKIVILLE Tristan NICHOLSON Olivia PARR Ryan

RAMOS Jonathon RODRIGUES Carla ROTBOL Oliver

SWEETMAN Dylan TANG Yuxi TANKAM Vahlenna

FORM TEACHER FORM TEACHER BAXTER Miss Zoey SALLUR Darcy

THORN Nicole SANDFORD Victoria

TING Joel SHANG Xuelan

TURNER Jessica

YEAR 8 - TERESA

ABRAHAMS Dayna BAKER Ethan BLOOMFIELD Luke BODILLY Monique BROWN Seann CHANDRASEKHAR Praveen

COLLARD Tanar

CORK Monique CUTHBERT James Da LUZ Mitchell DRAPER Joshua ELLIOTT Sophie

FERNANDES Cassidy JAYAKUMAR Avinesh KOVACS Hudson LOREJO Clarise McCULLOCH Isabella

MUTASA Tawananyasha

NAIR Ritika PATRICK Darwin PEPPER Thomas REILLY Tomas ROBERTS Larah SAYER Lily

FORM TEACHER SHARIAT Mrs Melanie

YEAR 7

On February 1, 2017, the silence at Emmanuel Catholic College was broken when 186 Year 7 students ascended onto the grounds to begin their high school journey. The move from primary to secondary school is a major milestone. Some students were full of fun and excitement, looking forward to new experiences, but others looked a little nervous trying to find a familiar face in the crowd maybe someone they met at orientation a few months previous. All students had one thing in common, they were all new, mixing with different groups, learning new forms of school organisation and having many more teachers.

EXPLORATION THROUGH LEARNING They were told to explore the school grounds whilst they had the chance – little did they know what this really meant as the following day they had to share the campus with an additional 800 students.

The Year 7’s have been involved in many events, the first being the Retreat. This is where they gained an insight into our Core Values and how we develop House Spirit. Throughout the year this was put to the test during events such as sport competitions during lunch time, Form quizzes, fundraising for many different organisations and the Emmanuel Day stalls.

Our social event was held at the Cockburn Ice Arena, this was the first time many stepped onto the ice and a fabulous time was had by those that attended.

The Hills Forest experience was a great day off campus. The students were involved in Aboriginal activities, tracking animals and conservation. They then applied their knowledge to subjects they were studying at school.

We attended THRIVE at the Convention Centre as part of the Pastoral Care focus designed around building relationships, self-confidence and personal resilience.

Throughout the year our lessons explored the seven essential resiliency skills; Emotional awareness & self regulation, Impulse control, Optimism, Flexible & accurate thinking, Empathy, Self efficacy, Connecting & reaching out. I would like to take the opportunity to thank my Form Teachers, and to all students for their participation and willingness to embrace Emmanuel. I am aware you are all at different stages on this journey however, if we all work together over the next five years the experiences will be rewarding.

STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES OF YEAR 7 “One of my favourite lessons is sport because the facilities here at Emmanuel are fantastic and there are lots of opportunities.” Riley Lawton - Frassati

I recently took part in the athletics competition against other schools, which was great fun, we won! Charles Betts - Teresa

“I was really nervous when I started high school but I have had a brilliant time during my first year and look forward to the next five years. Since starting, I have made lots of new friends. My favourite lessons are all of them because I am learning new things in each subject.” Fionnuala McElroy - More

“My favourite lessons are all of the performing art lessons because I can show off all my creative skills. Next year I am looking forward to taking part in the school Production. My best day at Emmanuel was Book Week dress-up day.” Brigette Garces - Francis

YEAR 7

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ARKELL Joshua BARTLETT Sophie

BOK Danielle BUEZA Desiree

CLARK Jessica

GARCES Brigette CORNISH Amelia

HOOKHAM Nicholas CURRY Luke

JONES Mason DEMARTE Jett

LANDRO Julian

MAZZUCHELLI Brady PARISSE Ashlee REBELO Ashton SHYNN Chloe

THOMSON Amber UDY Brent

Absent: KHOURY Daniel PEARCE Jackson

FORM TEACHER REYNOLDS Miss Kerry-Jayne VAN DE WETERING Samuel VOGLER Jack CAIULO Vanessa CALLAGHAN Anthony

ENGLAND Aiden

LAVERY Isabella GALLOWAY Daniella

LORETO Madison

STOKES Annabelle TAYLOR Olivia

VOST Zoe WILKINSON Sam

YEAR 7 - FRASSATI

ABREU Katelyn ARTEMIS Madeline BARRON Anna

CODISPOTI Jessica CORREIA Monique DAY Jared

GANGEMI Luca HARRINGTON Bayley JOHNSON Angel

McINNES Evan MINERVINI Roseli

SKINNER Chloe

FORM TEACHER PARRY Mr Jarrod STEPHENSON Molly

Absent: THOMSON Jahla CLIFFORD Tom MUNRO Marcus

TOBIN Cody BOZANIC Jessica

EBSARY Hudson

LAWTON Riley

MURPHY Seth

TRICHET Jaxon BROOKER Alexi BROWN Wesley

ESAU Sakeenah

MAMEDOV Lunetta FALITI Orlando

MANN Anastasia

PHILLIPS Tahlia ROTONDELLA Vincent

WILLIS Shaeyla WISEMAN Dante

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ALLEY Laela ALLISON-FORREST Cooper ARNOLDI Caitlin BRISTER Baily CHEONG Olivia CONSTANTINO Alexthia Grace

EDWARDES Liam

JACOB Deborah GEORGE Neha

JAMES Tayah

GILL Maddison

JOHNSON Kane HART Ethan

KAMID Kaylah HENDRAWAN Anastasia HOOGEWERF Joel

LEE Zacc MANNING Joseph

McAULIFFE Carly McDONALD Seema MEERTON Annelise NORTHEY Marcus

POWELL Cameron

REED Imogen

RENNIE Hunter-Marie

FORM TEACHER FORM TEACHER de SOUZA Mr Gerard SUTTON Tayla OTERI Bella

WILCOX Tayla PATTEL Antonio

WINSLADE Max

YEAR 7 - MACKILLOP

ADLEY Kayla AGUILAR Shantelle COLLARD Lola

GAUCI Chiara GELLATLY Riley GOODIN Georgia

KARWACKI Adrian KATSAMBALOS Natasha KING Nikita

MOTHERWAY Jude MURRAY Tahlia

RICH Trinity

SHAW Mcalister

Absent: JEPIT Daniella

FORM TEACHER PENDLETON Mr Steven PATEL Kavya

SMITH Ellie COPPOLA Isabella DAY Taryn FAIRBAIRN John

HULTEN April

McCOY Amy HUNT Samuel IERINO James

McMILES Dylan

MEREDDY Yashvardhan

PERERA Isabella RATCLIFFE Sean

WAKELING Charlotte ZUPP Samuel RENNER James

ZUVELA Riley

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ANTIOCH Ella ANTIOCH Georgia ARAYA Isabella BEAN Hayley CHRISTOPHERS Ava CRAIG Jackson

CUTAB Kim Harold DE JESUS Samuel DELA PIEDRA Adriel

GRENFELL Angel Mae HAMILTON Matthew HANSFORD Harrison FOOTE Brooklyn

HEGNEY Lachlan GIBSON Kody

HEY Emily

MAYERS Alexis McELROY Fionnuala MIGNACCA Nikita PYNE Riley REDDY Jordan

SMITH Gracie TAN Shaun THOMAS Alyssa

TOLITOL Sean Raythaniel WATKINS Elizabeth

FORM TEACHER FORM TEACHER FIELD Dr Lynette GRANT Ebony

LOH Gina

SMITH Caleb

WHINCUP Caitlin

YEAR 7 TERESAYEAR 7 - TERESA

ATKINSON Wade BELL David BERRY Nicole BERTOLATTI Hayley BETTS Charles CHIAPPINI Simone

CLOTHIER Jett

HARRIS Zoe CRIMMINS Jayden

HAYDEN Isaiah FERREIRA Ashton

JOHNSON Ayla GADHVI Aditi

KILRAIN Hannah

MacDONALD Jaime McCULLOCH Hayley MOURA SAIOTE Jasmine PHILLIPS Helena

SANTIAG Jabriel SCATURRO Noah SHILLING Indianna

FORM TEACHER GHERARDI Mr Kieran

SILAS Christian GALIPO Samuel

LYNDON Amy

QU Huansheng

SMITH Tristan GRAHAM Amelia

LYONS Isabella

RAI Aarya

WATTS Bridget

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2017 has proven to be a very successful year for Francis! For the first time in our short history we have managed to take out the Trifecta. This meant we were the champions of the Swimming, CrossCountry and Athletics Carnivals! We were even fortunate enough to take out the Tassie Devil for outstanding participation in the Swimming Carnival. These achievements however don’t just happen. They are a result of hard work and dedication from each and every member of our House. It was also great to see our SLT’s take their roles seriously at each of these Carnivals, led by our upper school leadership students, Alyse Tarbotton, Cameron McCreanor and Melissa Heane.

JUSTICE, STEWARDSHIP & RESPECT These students used these opportunities to mentor our younger SLTs, Bailey Snook, Andie Johnson, Jordana Crane, Ashton Rebelo and Desiree Bueza. The future of Francis House is bright indeed with such promising young people waiting in the wings to lead our great House.

Another one of our main events of the year was Emmanuel Day. The students’ House Spirit truly shone through on this occasion; the planning process had taken weeks and each of the students contributed to the stalls on display. Everyone had to run the stalls, as well as provide donations. Each student worked together for a common cause, and they should be extremely proud of the money they were able to raise for both Caritas and Emmanuel’s Immersion Program.

The year consisted of many highlights, one of which was the celebration we had for our patron Saint St Francis of Assissi.

We used this Feast Day to come together as a House to celebrate this special day. We celebrated with a liturgy in which our students used as an opportunity to reflect on the events of the year. During the Pastoral Care period on this day awareness for ‘R U OK? Day’ was raised. This was a great opportunity for staff to model to our students our House Values of Justice, Stewardship and Respect. HOUSE CHAMPIONS I am proud to say that the students gave the proper respect to these activities and walked away with a greater appreciation of the importance of the day.

Throughout the year students had the opportunity to participate in many events such as the annual spelling bee, volleyball competition and chess tournament. It is always great to see our students excel in these activities but more importantly give everything a go.

It was great to see so many students step outside their comfort zones and try something new at these events. I hope to see more House participation at these events in 2018.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank each staff member in Francis for the contributions they have made this year. Your contributions have not gone unnoticed and we have you to thank for our successes. Even more importantly is each one of our students. I am very proud to be able to bear witness to the outstanding talents of our House which you have all displayed throughout the year.

Well done to each and every one of you on all your efforts, participation and House Spirit that you demonstrated throughout the course of the year. All your achievements are a result of your hard work and I am super excited to see what 2018 has in store for all of us!

Miss Kerry-Jayne Reynolds Francis House Coordinator

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FRASSATI HOUSE

The Year 2017 has been an exciting year which has been embraced by all Frassati students and staff. Frassati staff and students model themselves on our patron Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati (19011925) born in Turin, Italy. He was born into a wealthy family, but showed great passion for helping the less fortunate. Frassati never just donated money, but instead would give of himself and would be a servant to those in need. Frassati demonstrated peace through his love of the Eucharist and meditation, and perseverance through fighting Fascism. Frassati House has adopted the values of peace, passion and perseverance, both students and staff try to live these values in their daily lives.

PEACE, PASSION & PERSEVERANCE Throughout 2017, Frassati has participated very well in numerous events and Sporting Carnivals. The Swimming Carnival is the first major House event of the year and is always full of excitement from all students, especially our Year 7’s experiencing their first College Carnival. The day is all about having fun and enjoying the time with other students from Frassati House. Although, it is a competition and in the pool we performed well finishing 4th for the overall shield and 2nd for the Tassie Devil Award.

The Cross Country had all students trying their hearts out in warm conditions on the day.

Our Year 7’s led from the front dominating the Cross-Country track, as we finished in 3rd place. The Athletics Carnival was a massive improvement from 2016. We finished in 2nd place for the overall shield and won the Tassie Devil Award. I could not be prouder of how all students participated and got involved at every Carnival. We celebrated Frassati Day with a Liturgy in the Library, which celebrated Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati’s life.

During our Feast Day, students and staff participated in an Amazing Race style activity which saw groups completing road blocks, detours and challenges around the College. Students from all years participated in the House Volleyball Competition where they showed great sportsmanship and impressive volleyball skills. All Frassati students came together in the last few weeks of Term 3 to farewell our Year 12 students. I would like to say a big ‘see you later’ to our Year 12’s, and we wish to see you all come back to the College in the future. We wish you all a safe, happy and prosperous journey in your life and hope that you never forget your time here at Emmanuel as a member of Frassati House.

A massive thanks to our amazing House leaders who showed great dedication to the House across the year helping out at so many different events. A big thank you to Imogen Spencer who led from the front as House Captain.

Thanks to Year 11 Representative Zaylee Olsen, Year 10 Representative Sophie Brewer, Year 9 Representative Ben Harper, Year 8 Representatives Tara Brookes, Piper Conti and our Year 7 Representatives Riley Lawton and Bayley Harrington.

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of all Frassati House students to thank all the Frassati House teachers for their help throughout the year. Your support for our Frassati students is fantastic!

A special thank you to Miss Gillian Lugton who was Frassati House Coordinator for Term 3 and did a fantastic job!

Mr Jarrod Parry Frassati House Coordinator

FRASSATI HOUSE

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2017 was another great year for Lisieux! We were very competitive in all aspects of the College life and gave it our all in every House competition. All members of the Lisieux House demonstrated our House Value of Spirit in 2017. Lisieux was strongly led by its Student Leaders this year and a big thank you must go out to the following students for their contribution. Eliza Vinci as House Captain, Jaahnavi Cheyyur, Teal Cuff, Joshua Van Sebille, Set Zareie, Adam Chaplin, Imogen Reed and Annelise Meerton who generously gave their time to assist with the development of House Spirit and were always enthusiastic and committed to our House.

TRUST, SPIRIT & GENEROSITY Lisieux has a tradition of being competitive at the Swimming Carnivals and 2017 was no exception. We were ready to defend our title and dreamt of getting the three-peat! We were loud which made for a very competitive and enthusiastic atmosphere, which inspired our swimmers to give it a go and have some fun. It was a two-horse race from the start with Lisieux and Francis exchanging blow for blow after every event. We came a valiant second, only going down by 1 point!

Teaching us that participation is everything and we will take this important lesson into 2018!

I would like to commend all our swimmers for their efforts and give it a go attitude.

A special thank you to the following students, who demonstrated great Spirit and commitment coming in the top three for their respective age group: Ethan Hart, Larni Roberts, Sarah Ryder-Butling, Sally Poore, Nathan Hart and Molly Neal.

Emmanuel Day is where we celebrate being a community and demonstrate generosity by raising funds for two worthy causes, the College Immersion and Caritas. We were able to raise the largest amount in comparison to the rest of the Houses with the Year 11’s doing really well. Term One is always a busy House term with the final day being InterHouse Cross-Country Carnival. A very competitive effort coming in 4th! Well done everyone! The students showed a tremendous amount of Spirit and commitment during the event, cheering each other on and enjoying the sunny afternoon. As a House, we are very proud of everyone for participating, the more students attending means the greater chance of winning! Congratulations goes out to our top three finishers: Chloe James, Larni Roberts, Josh Burns, Joshua Van Sebille, Joe Merendino, Daniella Zuvela, Teal Cuff, Sienna Cuff, Alex De Andrade Basto and Matthew Armstrong.

The final carnival was the Athletics Carnival, hoping we would take the trophy away from Francis this year. A great day that generates a lot of competition amongst the students and Houses. The competitive spirit was great to witness, students cheering each other on and giving their all. Lisieux performed well in both Championship Shield events and the Tassie Devil. Coming 3rd in both!

Some outstanding performances were achieved by the following students: Chloe James, Josh Burns, Daniella Zuvela, Teal Cuff, Alex De Andrade Basto and Kayne Ferraro who all finished top 3 for their respective year groups.

Finally, I want to thank all members of the Lisieux Community, staff and students for all your effort, commitment, enthusiasm and demonstrating Core Values of both our House and College in everything you did. You made 2017 a very special year and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Bring on 2018!

Mr Jordan Tirli Lisieux House Coordinator

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MACKILLOP HOUSE

2017 was a tremendous year for MacKillop House where we united through the colour blue and the spirit of Saint Mary MacKillop, displaying our House Values of courage, determination and integrity in not only the College events, but in all facets of school life. The MacKillop House Student Leadership Team, under the direction of House Captain Ella Smith, worked tirelessly throughout the year to ensure 2017 was a year of excitement, activity and pride for the MacKillop House Students. Efforts of Olivia Ward, Romick Ediriweera, Chloe Evans, Genevieve Brink, Matthew Bilman, Nikita King and James Ierino deserve a special thank you for their generosity and commitment.

COURAGE, DETERMINATION & INTEGRITY The Student Leadership Team ensured a wonderful year for all MacKillop House students. The year kicked off with the Emmanuel Catholic College Swimming Carnival. MacKillop House students battled tenaciously throughout the day, putting on a display of courage through competing in multiple events with every last bit of energy they have.

Tahlia Murray from Year 7 led the way, winning Champion Girl for her year group! Patrick Tepana, Cole Chadwick, Riley Seale, Georgia Ennis and Ella Smith also deserve commendations for finishing in the top three in their respective year groups.

During Term One, we held the annual College Feast Day, Emmanuel Day.

Marked on each student’s calendar as one to look forward to, the day was met with much enthusiasm from all students. The day commenced with a wholeschool Mass where the students recognised the importance of our College and what it means to be an Emmanuel Student.

We then moved on to set up our stalls, where each Form Group saw hours of preparation come to fruition in stalls varying from food, drink, games and carnival rides.

A busy Term One concluded with the Emmanuel Cross Country with MacKillop House students displaying the House Value of determination by pushing through the pain through the difficult terrain and beaming sun on the day. It was a day of great success for us as we finished in second place overall, led by inspirational winning runs by Genevieve Brink and Nicholas Robless. Jared Crozier, Luke Lamport, Micaela Da Silva and Corey Chanter also achieved top three finishes in their respective year groups.

The final Carnival of the year was Athletics, where the students gave their all in both Athletic and Tassie Devil events. Genevieve Brink continued sporting dominance with another Champion Girl award, along with Chris Walker and Teagan Dyson both in Year 9. Students who finished top three in their Year Groups were Brandon Walker, Tahlia Murray and Nicholas Robless.

Other highlights included our MacKillop House Feast Day, where the students learnt the importance of determination, as displayed in the life of Saint Mary MacKillop and how they can follow in her footsteps, integrating this House Value into their lives.

One of the highlights of the year was MacKillop House’s success in the Spelling Bee Competition. We were magnificently represented by Esther Maloba in Year 10 who, with her dictionary-like mind, ensured further success for the House.

I would like to thank every member of staff involved in MacKillop House for their unwavering support throughout the year and to every single MacKillop House student, congratulations on a great year.

MACKILLOP HOUSE

TEST TITLE PAGEMORE HOUSE

Loyalty, Strength, Wisdom. These are the three Core Values of our House and the members of More House have worked hard to meet them in 2017. It has been a great privilege to lead More House in 2017 and to work with so many talented, dedicated and enthusiastic staff and students. The arrival of 31 lively and excited Year 7’s injected a boost of enthusiasm into the House and these students maintained their participation and effort in House activities throughout the year. The Swimming Carnival saw success for some of our students in the traditional events. The Tassie Devil events also provided an opportunity for other students to be involved and support their House.

LOYALTY, STRENGTH & WISDOM The Year 7’s cheered their own chant throughout the day with great vigour and created a fantastic atmosphere for the whole House. The Cross Country in Week 10 was a highlight for More House. We won the Tassie Devil award for the best participation rate of all the Houses. This was a fantastic effort on the part of the students from the whole House.

Emmanuel Day was an opportunity for staff and students to celebrate the values of our school. Each of the forms donated time, effort and money in order to run a stall and raise money for charity. Leadership, friendship and service were all demonstrated by our students on this very special day in the Emmanuel calendar.

In Term Two, the sun shone on the Athletics Carnival and More House students had the opportunity to display their athletic skills and fantastic team work.

In Term Three the Spelling Bee gave the More House students an opportunity to demonstrate their lexical brilliance. Kaiana Wadia represented our house in the Inter House final with great skill and poise.

Term Three also saw the students throw themselves into the Interhouse Volleyball competition. Many students gave up their lunchtimes to represent their House and have a huge amount of fun. The Farewell to the Year 12’s held in Week Nine was a celebration of what these students have offered to More House. They were presented with gifts including a letter from a Year 7 More student and our sincere best wishes for their future.

Without the efforts of the student leadership team, these events would not happen. A big vote of thanks must go to this year’s team: Katie McTigue in Year 12, Nicholas Bontempo in Year 11, Jayden Foote in Year 10 and Letesha Monastra in Year 9. Year 8 More was ably represented by Kai Mayers and Vahlenna Tankem and Year 7 by Ebony Grant and Alyssa Thomas.

Each of these students contributed greatly to House activities and showed strong leadership qualities throughout the year. An equal vote of thanks must be made to the Form Teachers in More House.

Miss Zoey Baxter, Miss Amy Morris, Mrs Serra Driver, Miss Gillian Lugton and Mr Mario Marciano began the year as Form Teachers. Mr Martin Dickson and Mrs Rebecca Cummins assisted with these roles during the year. Their dedication and assistance was very much appreciated by the students, and by me as the House Co-ordinator.

I look forward to what 2018 brings to the loyal, strong and wise students and staff of More House.

Dr Lynette Field More House Coordinator

TEST TITLE PAGEMORE HOUSE

TERESA HOUSE

2017 has been a spectacular year for Teresa House here at Emmanuel Catholic College. It has been encouraging to see the many Teresa students engage with the variety of activities the College has to offer; from Sporting Carnivals and teams to participating in the Arts. Throughout this year we have been focusing on the House Values, Charity, Compassion and Dignity which are all qualities of Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta. The first major event, being the College Swimming Carnival, started with a bang in the initial weeks of Term One. It was fantastic to see all the students embracing a healthy amount of competition and adorning themselves in purple.

CHARITY, COMPASSION & DIGNITY Students from all year groups engaged in traditional races and Tassie Devil events. There were outstanding individual achievements from Christian Silas (Year 7), Caitlin Silas (Year 9), Bella Piccaro (Year 10), Connor Bull (Year 10) and Joe Waters (Year 12) who all won the individual champion in their respective Year Group.

A massive thank you to everyone who participated and cheered from the stands. Teresa led for most of the day and was only pipped at the post in the last few relays.

Emmanuel Day is another big event in the life of the College. This year Teresa Forms planned and ran stalls in the afternoon.

I must commend the students with their creativity as Teresa Forms had stalls ranging from Guess the Lolly Jars, Ice Slushies and Skill Tester Games. The day concluded with the Emmanuel Talent Quest which is always a crowd favourite. It was a fantastic way to display the many talents of the students in the College. Emmanuel Day once again was a truly wonderful celebration.

I am always astounded when it comes to the many sporting carnivals throughout the year. Students are always happy to put up their hand to help out Teresa House. This could be seen in both the College Cross Country and Athletic Carnivals in which we finished fifth in both. It would be remiss of me not to mention the outstanding efforts in the Cross Country where: Elyssa Crimmins (Year 9), Milla Zhai (Year 11) And Emma Kerrison (Year 12) won their respective Champion Year level. Teresa House also had Milla Zhai (Year 11) and Lachlan Feeney (Year 12) winning their Individual Champion Awards at the Athletic Carnival.

Term Three saw the College community celebrating Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta. All students within Teresa House gathered in the library to participate in a liturgical festivity. Students were reminded of the outstanding acts of kindness and empathy that was very much a part of this special woman.

The Liturgy also focused on the virtue of Charity as it is one of the key mottos of the house. Afterwards students enjoyed a short montage of images highlighting the major events of Teresa House.

I would like to thank all the students and staff (the purple army) that assisted and participated in many of the activities and events run throughout the year. It’s your help and dedication that make them such a success.

I would also like to wish the departing Year 12 Teresa students all the best with their future endeavours.

Thanks for the fantastic year in Teresa and let’s make 2018 bigger and better.

Mr Kieran Gherardi Teresa House Coordinator

TERESA HOUSE

NAIDOC WEEK

This year in Term Three, Emmanuel celebrated NAIDOC Week, which is usually held in the July school holidays. NAIDOC stands for ‘National Aboriginal and Islanders Day of Observance Committee’, which started in 1957. NAIDOC Week is a celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and it is an opportunity for the wider community to recognise the contributions of Indigenous Australians in various fields, such as Academic, Sport, Singing, Painting and Dancing. Each year Emmanuel celebrates NAIDOC Week to show our respects to past and present Indigenous people, and this year was no different.

CULTURAL AWARENESS To help us celebrate NAIDOC Week this year, we were fortunate to have one of Australia’s most admired Aboriginal singer-song writers; Phillip Walley-Stack to come into the College and perform for us.

Phillip performed a traditional Welcome to Country to welcome us onto Nyungar land and opened our whole school assembly.

Phillip also sang two songs for us, a traditional song, which incorporated Nyungar language, which was very special and fitting as our theme this year is to highlight the Indigenous language and all of the language groups, so Indigenous language groups do not become extinct. Philip finished his performance by singing a contemporary song about the importance of land.

Philip is an extraordinary artist, he was praised by the school community, and awed many of the students. Acacia Cultural Designs also constructed a sand mural for our college, using the traditional colours of the land, to reflect the 2017 NAIDOC theme “our language matters”. The year’s theme shows the importance, resilience and richness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. It shows the important role that Indigenous languages play in cultural identity, linking people to their land and water and in the transmission of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, spirituality and rites through story and song.

Students celebrated NAIDOC Week enthusiastically, with multiple opportunities to participate in Form quizzes, hand print activities to promote Indigenous culture and rock art to express themselves.

Overall NAIDOC Week this year was a huge success with the whole school community celebrating the Indigenous culture. NAIDOC Week would not have been possible without the support of staff and the enthusiasm of students.

Miss Chloe Collard Aboriginal & Islander Liaison Officer

INDIGENOUS EVENTS

The Indigenous Program at Emmanuel Catholic College continues to grow and develop each year. This year, the whole College community benefited greatly from the support of all staff and organisations, education on significant topics, assemblies, guest speakers and social events run by the Indigenous Program. These events all provided a rich cultural experience for our whole school community. At the start of the year, Emmanuel celebrated the 9th Anniversary of the National Apology on the 13 February. In Forms, all students watched a music video mash-up of the 2008 National Apology by former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

INCLUSIVE CULTURE The National Apology video also featured singer Will.i.am and famous Australians such as Hugh Jackman in support of the Apology, apologizing for past wrongdoings from the government towards Indigenous people.

Term Two, was a busy Term for our Indigenous Program with the important events of Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week. Students from Year 7-12 attended the Annual Sorry Day Excursion on May 26 in Perth at Wellington Square. Students learnt about Sorry Day and participated in a number of activities, including traditional bush tucker, sand murals, traditional dancing and specific schools had certain booths set up that all students could participate in to learn more about the Indigenous culture and practices.

For Reconciliation Week this year we celebrated by hosting a BBQ at the College with bush tucker.

A display on Indigenous culture was also set up so students could learn information regarding the Nyungar Seasons, Reconciliation, Nyungar culture, and Artefacts.

The College was also very fortunate to have exAFL players Gerald Ugle and Leroy Jetta present an incursion on the importance of mental health and goal setting to our Football and Netball Academy students. Term Three was another exciting term, with the celebration of NAIDOC Week in Week 2 with a full week of exciting events around the College to celebrate the NAIDOC Week theme “Our Languages Matter.” Towards the end of Term Three, we also went on an excursion to the Newman Sienna Centre to attend the Just Leadership Conference.

A selection of Year 9, 10 and 11 students attended the Conference, to learn about the theme of Reconciliation. It was an opportunity for students from various schools to come together to deepen their understanding. They were provided with leadership formation and ideas to bring back to our whole school community, to encourage our school community to work together towards Reconciliation.

In Term Four, students were lucky enough to participate in designing and painting a canvas on the Aboriginal history of the school, which will be displayed in the school. Students were also given the opportunity to attend a Mental Health Day with our Director of Wellbeing Services, Mrs Fiona McAuliffe.

At this excursion, students learnt about goal setting, listened to guest speakers share their story and participated in a smoking ceremony to cleanse, and rock painting to express themselves. We then celebrated and wrapped up the year by having a family get together and meeting our new Year 7 students for 2018.

Miss Chloe Collard Aboriginal & Islander Liaison Officer

INDIGENOUS EVENTS

WARMUN IMMERSION

In August, seven Year 11 students and three staff members embarked on the journey of a lifetime to Ngalangangpum School, Warmun. Whilst immersing ourselves in the community, we were educated by the locals about their Kija culture and lifestyles. We were privileged to experience the sacred connection between the Kija people and their land through our participation in a smoking ceremony and water blessing, to invite good spirits to keep us safe and stop our bad spirits from damaging the area. The week was spent with the kids of Ngalangangpum school, assisting both them and their teachers in their learning. We not only helped in the classrooms, but at the school café as well.

COMMUNITY SPIRIT We cooked breakfast for the students and ran a mini Sports Carnival while we were there for National Aboriginal Children’s Day. Student Olivia Faliti commented, “before Immersion I didn’t realise how different the culture was up in Warmun. Everyone has been so loving and welcoming of us. Learning about Warmun and the Kija people has been a big eye opener and an absolutely amazing experience. I am extremely grateful to the community of Warmun for welcoming us with open arms. All of us have made friendships and memories that we will cherish forever.”

Some of the highlights of our stay were the bus run to pick up students each day, learning about the local area and history from Sister Julienne and getting to know the kids and hanging out with them at morning and afternoon breaks and sometimes after school. Mass was a unique experience with Mass celebrated in a circle, with a mix of English, Kija and clapping sticks. The interesting moment of Mass came towards the end with the arrival of ‘the roaming bullock.’ We spent afternoons exploring with some of the local kids and enjoying the amazing colours in the environment.

The most eye-opening aspect of our trip was the different lifestyles that the children lead compared to us students here in Perth. Children would come to school to have breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea provided by the school, shower in the morning, clean their teeth, wash their clothes, and sleep at the school. Their behaviour at school would often reflect their home life. Most students would have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from family issues, or the floods that devastated the community in 2011. The school accommodated for these issues and incorporated calming techniques within classes. School staff have forever earned our admiration and respect for the work that they do to make the kids’ lives better.

During the cross cultural talk, we heard about the difficulties the community has gone through.

Some of the issues included long forgotten massacres due to the pastoralists, the displacement from their land and more recently, the devastation caused by floods in 2011. The children have very little and are often faced with hardships, but the entire community was so happy with what they had; it was a very inspiring thing to see.

Here are a few thoughts from the students: “The authentic cross cultural immersion has given me a deeper understanding of the spiritual and cultural aspects of Indigenous Australians.” – Nicholas Bontempo. “There are so many times during the week where I’d catch myself staring into the endless horizon.

All the High School Boys in my class are exactly the same as when I hang out with my mates at home, same conversations and jokes!” – Riley Millar.

WARMUN IMMERSION

YEAR 11 JAPAN ARTS TOUR

During the July school holidays, 15 Arts students from 11 ATAR Design, Media, Visual Arts, and Drama embarked on their annual Arts Cultural Trip to Japan. The students, accompanied by Mr Gherardi, Miss Ng and Mr Di Gregorio, visited Tokyo, Kyoto and Japan for ten days. While we were there, we were treated to a smorgasbord of cultural delights of Japan. We had plenty of Ramen, Sashimi, and some of us were even game enough and tried eel. In Tokyo, we stayed in Ikebukuro, a busy City Centre, and also known to be Tokyo’s busiest train station. More than 2.7 million people pass through it everyday.

ARTISTIC DIVERSITY The students were able to navigate their way around Tokyo whilst picking up various Japanese words. During the trip, we caught the Shinkansen, the bullet train to Kyoto and Osaka. At its fastest speed, the Shinkansen goes at 320km/ hr. One of the most amazing experiences was being taken into the old and traditional sights and then being transported into the new. From the traditional, in the old streets of Gion in Kyoto, to the bustling busiest street of Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo. From the quiet and serene tranquillity of the bamboo grove in Kyoto, to being sandwiched in Harajuku in Tokyo. We were also taken to extreme heights of 634 metres at the Tokyo Skytree. Japan truly delivered a sense of extreme proportions. Some of the tour highlights included visiting the Edo Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, Osaka Castle, Temples and Shrine. We were treated to the picturesque views of Arashiyama Bamboo Grove and Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine in Kyoto. These are all heritage sites and it was surreal just being there. A visit to the Cat Café with Mr Gherardi was exciting for some! It was summertime, which made it a little hot and humid, but we got through it in the end! We enjoyed being immersed in the culture and taking in all the amazing sights that Japan had to offer. For the extra fun part, we visited Studio Ghibli Animation Museum, Universal Studios - Harry Potter World was definitely up there, Disney Sea, and also

lots of shopping! The students were also given an insight into the most technologically advanced country in the world. We were exposed to robots (Pepper) in place of an information desk person, and just innovative video game arcades. Sometimes we felt like we were walking through the set of a futuristic Science Fiction film.

We visited the Robot Restaurant, and Monster Café and we were introduced to a unique, indescribable Pop Culture cross JPop, cross Power Rangers

experience, all jam packed in one show.

The students were super excited to have the Principal, Mr Di Gregorio with us on this trip. It is not very often we get to boast about having the chance to “hang out” and to just “chill” with the Principal, and these

students got to do just that! It was truly an unforgettable experience for all of us, and definitely something the students and teachers will all take away for their rest of their lives.

Miss Dabelyn Ng & Mr Kieran Gherardi The Arts Teachers

YEAR 11 JAPAN ARTS TOUR

YEAR 9 CANBERRA TOUR

The first week of the July holidays was a memorable one for a group of Year 9 students from Emmanuel and John Paul Colleges as we partook in the 2017 Canberra trip. The excitement that everyone felt from the very first moment at the airport, as we waved goodbye to our parents and got ready for a week-long adventure to the other side of the country was almost tangible. We met the JPC kids, unknowing of the friendships that were destined to be formed. We got on our flight and in three short hours we landed in Sydney. We walked around and saw the scenery and some famous landmarks, all of which can be summarised with just one word; beautiful.

POLITICAL AWARENESS We got on a bus to Canberra, with all of us desperately needing sleep. We arrived at the accommodation and it did not disappoint – hot showers, comfortable beds and good food.

The following days were jam-packed with activities, including; a visit to Parliament House, Questacon, the AIS, the National Museum, Government House and the Australian War Memorial.

Throughout each of these activities, we were able to learn a great deal about the history of our nation and more about its Capital, while somehow still being really enjoyable. There is so much that I won’t be able mention because I don’t have enough pages to do so, but the snow is something that had to make the cut.

Three hours of tobogganing, making snow angels, building snowmen, just rolling around, and falling; whether it was intentional or otherwise was an incredible amount of fun and one of the highlights of the trip.

We were worried that there wouldn’t be any snow as the falls hadn’t been great but 8cms fell over the two nights before we went and it snowed for most of the day we were there. It was such a great experience.

The JPC kids were a huge part of what made this tour so enjoyable. It was evident to everyone the friendships that had been forged as we said our goodbyes, not quite ready to go home.

LEARNING AWAY FROM HOME • Miss Deacon will never be a volleyball player, she is just a little too short!

Kyle’s Mum was the blogging queen, every • morning we waited for Mrs Kingdon to read the latest comments she had left.

Aideen should never be allowed near skittles • again, she spilt them all over her dorm room which earnt her the nickname ‘Skittles’

Never trust a Melbourne Airport about which • gate you need to go to for your flight, they will change it three times on you!

You can’t pay for items with an iPlay gaming card, • they don’t work at the EFTPOS machines. Thanks to Jalena for trying that one out. • Mobile phones set off airport security screening

The Australian War Memorial is a place that all • Australians should visit and you need more than four hours

I’d like to thank Mr Foote, Miss Morris, Mr Ryan, Mrs Kingdon and Miss Deacon for this amazing trip. Thank you for organising and giving up your time for this tour, managing to look after us while being fun.

I know for a fact that many of the stories that we’ll remember and share have each of you as the stars of them, and to be honest there isn’t much more we could’ve asked for.

Delina Joseph Year 9 Student

YEAR 9 CANBERRA TOUR

YEAR 8 FOOTBALL ACADEMY TOUR

2017 was the fourth occasion that we conducted a Tour of Melbourne for our Year 8 Football Academy class. This trip has proven to be one of the best experiences for our students, as they have had the opportunity to travel around Melbourne and play football games against quality Victorian opposition. The students were also able to experience the Melbourne lifestyle, as we tried very hard to immerse ourselves in the Victorian culture. We were lucky enough to stay near the Docklands and all students had a public transport card, as we used the buses, trams and trains to move around Melbourne for the week that we were away.

HOME OF FOOTBALL As well as all of the football activities, the boys were lucky enough to take part in numerous other activities, including watching a movie at the Crown Complex, Tenpin Bowling, numerous shopping activities and Go Karting, where the top speed was 60km/h. Needless to say, that this was the most popular activity amongst the boys.

The day after we landed, was a sunny day, where we took a short stroll from our hotel to Etihad Stadium, to cheer on the West Coast Eagles in an excellent game against the Western Bulldogs.

The Eagles were run out winners in a tight game, by just seven points. Throughout the game, the boys had to watch a player and take the stats on this player and then write a report. The next day, we jumped on a train and headed out to the MCG to watch Hawthorn v Collingwood. It was another excellent game as Hawthorn took the win, much to the delight of the majority of our boys.

Our three games were played back to back, and were against three very competitive teams in St Joseph’s College, John Paul College and St Kevin’s College.

The experience gained by our students was invaluable as they were exposed to a different style of football due to the smaller sizes of the Melbourne grounds. Our students quickly adjusted to the conditions and gave a great account of themselves in all three games.

Our boys also had the good fortune of visiting Essendon Football Club and Collingwood Football Club’s training facilities and they were both invaluable experiences for our students.

At the Essendon clubrooms, based out at Tullamarine, the students were taken on a tour through the inner sanctum and were able to see all parts of the “Hangar.” While at Collingwood, we were given a tour around their state of the art facilities.

At the end of the tour they were lucky enough to hold and get a photo with an AFL Premiership Cup. The students were a credit to our school and should be proud of their efforts, on and off the football field.

These events were only a few opportunities the students were able to experience. They have improved markedly over the year and I look forward to their continual development next year.

A huge thank you to Mr Steve Pendleton, Mr Jarrod Parry and Mr Jordan Tirli for their assistance in organising the trip and assistance in Melbourne.

Mr Ryan Henley Director of Sport

YEAR 8 FOOTBALL ACADEMY TOUR

NETBALL ACADEMY TOUR

Emmanuel Catholic College took four teams to the Gold Coast to participate in the International World Sports Netball Carnival. The four teams consisted of a Year 8 A, Year 8 B, Year 10 and a Year 12 team. In the lead up to the Tour all teams put in countless hours of training and team bonding in preparation for it. These trainings included specialist coaching sessions from the Coastal Sharks Netball Club who taught the girls advanced set plays encompassing elite game play and strategies. In addition to the skill sessions, the girls participated in team bonding activities to ensure team cohesion in the Gold Coast Netball competition.

DAY 1 Our girls displayed good sportsmanship, team work and a high level of skills. It was good to see Emmanuel take out a range of wins across all three age groups and represent the College to a high standard.

DAY 2 The day started with the girls doing a stretching and yoga session. Following the yoga, the girls had time to perfect their dance in which they were going to be performing in front of a thousand athletes. After lunch we headed to the courts to commence the second day of games. The girls were faced with tough competition but they didn’t drop their heads. They showed promising talent on the court and came away with a few wins in our last day of grading. DAY 3 The girls enjoyed a sleep-in followed by a rejuvenating beach walk and yoga session which was appreciated by all. After a healthy lunch the girls headed to the courts for their first day of competition. The Senior Team won the majority of their games on the grading days and as a result were placed in the top division for the competitive game days. We were pleased to see numerous wins throughout the day from all teams. DAY 4 With both the Senior girls and Year 10 girls in contention for finals there was nerves and excitement amongst the group. The Year 8 teams finished their Carnival strongly with wins on the last day. The Year 10 team missed out on finals by one point. The Senior Girls finished 3rd in their division and got through to the finals. With the support from all the Aces girls and other teams that we had bonded with along the week, the girls went out firing into their final. With scores tied at full time, we went into overtime to decide a winner. In a skilful and tight battle the girls went down by one point.

The girls spent two days together experiencing the thrills and rides of DreamWorld, MovieWorld and

enjoying each others company. REST DAYS The girls enjoyed not only the rides, but the stalls, characters and the Gold Coast sun. The Sportsmanship dinner followed one of the days where the girls got to perform a dance in front of all competitors.

The beach games were held for all athletes and the girls loved the opportunity to mingle with people from other cultures. We then ventured off to Pacific Fair where we enjoyed a full day of shopping, bowling and pizzas.

Miss Zoey Baxter & Miss Taylah Bowe Netball Coaches

NETBALL ACADEMY TOUR

ENVIRO CLUB

Enviro Club this year had an increase in the number of regular students. Students from Emmanuel, Mater Christi and Hammond Park Catholic Primary Schools once again worked together to learn about growing food and caring for the environment. Through peer learning the Emmanuel students buddied up with younger students to complete a range of tasks, including feeding the worms in our worm farms with the scraps from our afternoon tea. We spent a lot of time working on the worms this year and harvesting the castings that go into the vegetable garden to improve the soil. We also made our own mini worm farms to take home and look after.

HANDS ON APPROACH We headed out to Bunnings to create our own herb pots and learn about the different things they do to look after the environment. The box crusher was a highlight of this tour. Next we went to the Regional Resource Recovery Centre for a tour to see where all our waste goes when we put it in the bins at home.

We mulch, weed and plant around the College, including in our very own edible vegetable garden.

One of our favourite activities was completing clean ups around the College, as it was often a competition to see how much litter each of the teams could collect.

One of the best quotes of the year came from a student at Mater Christi as he came across a large amount of litter in the Year 12 area – “I will need to have a word to these Year 12’s when I get here. This is just too dirty. Don’t they know litter is bad?”

This year we have also had people visit us to talk to various students about their area of expertise. The Year 7 and 8 boys, along with Mrs Janet Durrant, had a session with an expert in Aquaponics to learn how to best look after the Aquaponics system we have in the College.

The fish and plants are grown in an integrated system, creating a symbiotic relationship between the two. The plants use these nutrients as their main nutrient supply. The students spent time cleaning, feeding and looking after the fish. PARTNERSHIPS & OUR COMMUNITY Our partnership with community groups continues to grow. We have an excellent relationship with the Cockburn City Council that provided us with another grant to help pay for some of the incursions and excursions.

Cockburn City Council allowed the College to plant over 1000 new seedlings in the local community through Enviro Club, Bush Rangers and Staff Service Days. We are very appreciative of the great work that the Cockburn City Council has done in supporting our Enviro Programs.

I would like to thank all the staff that have helped over the year, from driving buses to helping out on our various and challenging sessions. In particular I would like to thank Mrs Janet Durrant who was a regular at Enviro Club.

I have had so many parents of the Primary School students comment on what a great opportunity and experience this is for their students to get out in the environment with the older students. I thank them for their ongoing support of our program as well.

I look forward to another exciting and successful year at Enviro Club in 2018!

Mrs Kylie Kingdon Head of Humanities & Social Sciences

ENVIRO CLUB

EMMANUEL ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP SQUAD

We started this year with a renaming and restructuring of our main Student Leadership Group, the Litter Task Force. As the group deals with so much more than litter now it was renamed the Emmanuel Environmental Leadership Squad or EELS for short. The Environmental Captain led the group of students representing Years 7 to 12. The group met every fortnight to discuss different projects to help reduce the amount of waste the College sends to landfill as well as ways to educate the community about the importance of waste management for the future protection of our environment.

EEL PROJECTS

Message in a Plastic Bottle Campaign – the students tracked the number of plastic water • bottles sold at the canteen before and during our campaign on why plastic water bottles are bad for the environment

Coffee Cup Discount and Giveaways – Encouraged students to bring their own coffee cup to the • ECCpresso to get a fifty cent discount and reduce the number of coffee cups that go to landfill. We gave away over one hundred coffee cups during the year

Cash for Cans – on fundraising and House days • the EELS ran a cash for cans and other recyclable goods where students could exchange them for lollies

Co-Mingled recycling bins – the largest project undertaken by the EELS with help from a grant from the Waste Authority. New recycling bins • have been purchased to allow students and staff to recycle as they do at home with the yellow topped bins. We are hoping the new recycling bins will half the amount of waste we send to landfill ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOLADES This group was involved in the Perth Switched on School Summit hosted at the Cockburn Youth Centre. This was coming off the back of Teal Cuff (Year 10) receiving a scholarship to attend the National Summit in Melbourne.

Teal was able to attend the three day national event which included lectures on methods of action, major environmental issues in Australia and a march through Melbourne CBD.

I would like to acknowledge the work of our outgoing Environmental Captain – Sage Cuff. She has done a great job in leading the EELS and managing the changes that have occurred this year. On behalf of all the EELS we wish her the best in her future endeavours.

Mrs Kylie Kingdon Head of Humanities & Social Sciences

PUBLIC DEBATING & ROSTRUM

The ROSTRUM Voice of Youth Competition is a prestigious competition that is open to students across Australia from Year 7 to 12. It has been an annual event since 1975 and contributes to the personal growth of Australian youth. Students compete in knock out heats and semi-finals with the Grand Final event being held in a different Capital City across Australia each year. It is a rigorous competition which demands a good deal of commitment and perseverance. There are two divisions; Junior, Year 7-9, and Senior, Year 10-12. We had three Year 7 students competing this year, and many of the other competitors were in Year 8 and 9 and had spoken in the competition before.

VOICE OF YOUTH We were very proud of their efforts and I am confident they will be a force to be reckoned with as they gain more experience in the years to come. Well done to Samuel Galipo, Nikita King and April Hulten.

EMMANUEL DEBATING TEAM Following the success of our public speaking competition, a number of the students – Tristan Smith and Sam Galipo wanted to continue developing their skills. Driven by their enthusiasm we entered a team consisting of these two boys and Jared Day, in the novice debating competition with AHISA. They have a series of four debates and they performed admirably.

They argued on a number of issues including the banning of image altering software in fashion magazines, that parents should have access to their children’s social media account and that we should not have quotas for Indigenous MPs in Parliament. All very topical and complex debates, but they handled themselves brilliantly. We called upon Lily Robinson and Set Zareie to support us when Sam was needed for his Soccer finals.

I know this experience has sparked enthusiasm for the more competitive debating competition with WADL (WA Debating League) in 2018, and we are all very excited about showing the skills they are all learning in this forum.

Debating is an amazing skill which develops both the academic and social aspects of a young person.

It really is a gift to watch students grow in confidence, to be able to see them stand and deliver a well informed argument in front of an audience, and to see them develop different perspectives and ways of viewing many important issues in our society.

Ms Donna Gratton Head of English

SCIENCE CLUB

Science Club is a place where we experiment, experience and learn. It is the place for students who are interested in science to learn about all scopes of science from Medicine to Chemistry to Physics to the Environment. We discuss how to use different applications in the real world and have the freedom to do things that wouldn’t normally be done in normal science class. Science club has improved students’ personal knowledge of general science topics, more importantly, it allows students to create new friendships and learn how to work cooperatively. In Science Club, we teach students science is a way of thinking, we encourage students to always question and always wonder.

EXPERIMENTAL INQUIRY This creates a curiosity for science and a motivation to discover further. This year we have worked through a range of topics and activities, such as:

SCIENCE SUBJECTS • Elephant toothpaste • Fire snakes from carbon • Programming Spheros • VR headsets • Build Lego Mindstorm robots from scratch • Learning to code the Mindstorm robots • Dissections of brains and hearts

Lego Mindstorm in particular has been a major focus for Year 8/9 group, also known as “Contagious Intelligence.” Lego Mindstorm sets out to stimulate the imagination and the emergence of ideas and creative expression. All LEGO products are based on this underlying philosophy of learning and development through play. The main goal of Mindstorm is to encourage creativity, innovation and develop an understanding of programming through play. Science Club is a new initiative at Emmanuel, however that has not stopped a multitude of students from eagerly joining the club.

In 2016, we only had one club running but this year we have expanded to a Year 7 group calling themselves the “Lab Rats.” Often the Years 8/9 groups have been utilised to instruct the “Lab Rats” on all things programming and just to lend a hand.

This year the main focus for “Lab Rats” has been on the designing and building of an ultimate maze/ obstacle course, where two competing Spheros will battle out for the win.

Miss Erin Drew Head of Science

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

2017 was a fun and exciting year for Religious Education. At the beginning of the year we welcomed the new Year 7’s. For some this was their first opportunity at studying the subject which sparked an interest in Religious Education. They began the year full of questions, creating its own challenges. They have come a long way from religion basics to social justice and the study of conscience. Year 8 focused on what the sense of belonging to the Catholic community gives us. Creation was a major component of this course where the students learnt they are created in the image and likeness of God, an important belief encompassing our school values and our need to respect each other.

RELIGIOUS DISCOVERY They spent much of the year learning about the origins of the faith, focusing a lot on the Old Testament, with the creation stories and the creation of the Ten Commandments.

The Year 9 Course explored spirituality and emotions. Students had the opportunity to reflect on their own human heart questions that they may experience throughout their time at Emmanuel. This course involved a lot of discussion and reflection on situations that affect a student’s day-to-day life.

The students found this enjoyable and rewarding, and prepared them greatly for upper school. They began to experience the assessment types involved in upper school, with essay writing and source analysis becoming a big part of the experience.

The Year 10 students began the year learning about vocation, with a focus on discovering their own personal vocation. The students enjoyed examining conscience and different moral and ethical situations. They also were able to explore the historical side of the Catholic Church, and how it was able to spread into a global religion.

The Year 10 students were engaged in the changes and development of the Church to where it stands today. This is truly a course that develops their understanding of the Church’s beliefs and the origin of these beliefs. The students began to understand the conflicts between society and religious views, creating much debate and engaging discussion. Students in Years 11 and 12 examined the relationship between religion and life. They looked in detail at some historical events, such as the Industrial Revolution and Nazi Germany, and then learnt the Catholic response.

Students also experienced different Church teachings, beliefs and how they have developed over time.

These courses focus on the interplay between religion and society. The course is focused around this interaction. The students have developed their analytical skills, focusing on sources and making judgements about historical relationship between religion and life.

In all year groups, we looked at a range of social justice issues, from bullying and homelessness in Year 7, to forced marriage and consumerism in Years 11 and 12. The students not only learnt about the presence of these issues in society, but how the Catholic Church responds to these issues through its teachings and various social justice organisations.

I would like to thank all the Religious Education staff for all their work over the year. They have spent many hours working on making religion engaging for the students and have created tasks that challenge and support all students.

Miss Miranda Dempsey Dean of Religious Education & Faith Formation

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ENGLISH

The English Club scored some wonderful goals, took some brilliant marks and did strong tackling in 2017. The team opened strongly with solid results in the WACE results in 2016. This went from strength to strength under the guidance of dedicated coaches on board. We started well with longterm Captain, Ms Gratton, heading the team and our experienced regular coaches: Miss Morris, Ms Lagator and the effervescent Miss Jermy. The team welcomed the seasoned players, including Dr Field, Miss Camp and Mr Gaynor, developing their game-plan well throughout the year. We lost Mr Ryan to Team HaSS, he played a number of games for us and took a Year 11 ATAR team under his wing.

ENGLISH INITIATIVES We showed great strength in developing the newer players - Miss Di Giacomo and Mr Dickson. Although Mr Dickson did come from an experienced background at other clubs, he was taken into the fold and given great direction in ways of playing in the English Club, while Miss Di Giacomo created great new game-play initiatives.

It goes without saying how important our reserves were - Miss Ng and Mrs Howard. They are our regular reserves, moving over from Team Arts to support us almost every year they offer great perspectives on the bigger game, and bring a wealth of experience.

The usual games were played, the Year 12 ATAR trip to Curtin University, where our team and our protégés learned skills to help with their debut at the WACE exams. We also immersed our Year 11 ATAR students in the University of Notre Dame games, which helped them gain some game-plays for their exams.

We also had our yearly visit from leading Australian award-winning author Matt Ottley, who has been visiting our Year 10 Extension class for the last five years, and only has wonderful things to say about his relationship with Emmanuel and the students here.

The results from our NAPLAN matches were solid, showing winning opportunities ahead for the Year 7 and 9 teams. We entered a team in our Inaugural Education Perfect Competition for English Language and Literacy, where our teams reached great heights, coming in 27th out of 745 schools in Australia, 7th of 122 schools in WA. The individual medal count by our students was brilliant: 3 Gold, 6 Bronze, and 10 Credits. Go Team English!!!

A team trip to the performance of the classic George Orwell novel 1984 was undertaken by the Year 12 Literature team.

It was a wonderful initiative driven by Ms Lagator, who is always looking for opportunities to expose our teams to new experiences. This will, no doubt, add to their ability to take on the WACE exams.

We celebrated Book Week in Week Six, with some lovely creative costumes. We served 300 sausages and buns, which is the highest number of participants we have had to date.

The rest of the season is not slowing down. Early in Term Four, we will see an incursion, by Poetry in Action, for our Year 7 and 8 teams.

It was a great season all round for the Emmanuel English Club, including both teachers and students, and we look forward to even stronger participation in these events and more, in 2018.

A big thanks to everyone - students and teachers who were involved in making the 2017 season such a great success.

Ms Donna Gratton Head of English

ENGLISH

MATHEMATICS

The academic focus for Mathematics staff in 2017 has been differentiation in the classroom. It celebrates the fact that we often use slightly different understandings at different stages of our personal learning journey. Mathematics staff have employed various strategies in the classroom to enhance students’ learning. This past year, we have looked at many ways to develop understanding of mathematical concepts for our students through the use of mathematical investigation. The approach encourages students to use their knowledge of mathematical relationships to find solutions to daily problems, and enables students to explore connections and relationships in everyday life.

CALCULATED SUCCESS After all, Mathematics is an essential skill that is used by us all, each and every day.

Our major competition this year was the Australian Mathematics Trust Competition, which took place in July. A total of sixty-four students from Years 7 to 9 took part and acquitted themselves very well.

Congratulations to Tristan Smith and Shaun Tan from Year 7, Joel Ting from Year 8, Delina Joseph and Faye Hadfield from Year 9 who all earned themselves Certificates of Distinction. 48 students received Certificates of Merit and the remainder received either Certificates of Participation or Certificates of Proficiency. Well done all, it’s wonderful that you have achieved so well. The competition was presented online and students completed the questions using their devices as well as doing their working out by hand on paper. After the competition, everyone enjoyed pizza for lunch to refresh their minds and bodies.

2017 has been the first year of full implementation of Australian Curriculum. All Year 12 students have applied themselves well to their study and we are proud of all you have achieved. Our Senior School ATAR students variously studied Specialist Mathematics, Mathematics Methods and Mathematics Applications. The largest group of Senior Students study Essential Mathematics, which is a general Mathematics course covering the basics of mathematical decisions that we all make daily. This year required an external task, the EST completed by Year 12 Essential Mathematics students in Western Australia. The EST is the equivalent of an exam for those students studying general Mathematics course and is usually completed within the first few weeks of Term Two.

Our students rose to the challenge, used the study materials supplied and completed the EST to a high standard. Well done!

The Mathematics staff at Emmanuel have worked hard during the year preparing interesting and challenging mathematics for the younger students. A lot of work has gone into developing work booklets to supplement our texts and the students found the materials great value in continuing the development of skills.

2017 is the first year of implementing four Mathematics pathways in Years 9 and 10, aligning with courses on offer in Years 11 and 12. The students adjusted well and enjoyed challenges of their respective pathways.

Thank you to our hard-working and passionate members of the Mathematics Department, for all everything you do to improve the mathematics skills of our students: Dr Francis Maloba, Mr Alvyn Moody, Mr Vernon Marillier, Mr Steve Scally, Miss KerryJayne Reynolds, Mr Steve Pendleton, Mr Joni Wijaya, Mr Troy Foote, Mrs Vicki Price, Mr Peter Sackett, Mr Ian Dalton, Mrs Nicole Willey and Miss Taylah Bowe.

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SCIENCE

“Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result” – Oscar Wilde. 2017 has been an extremely busy and productive year in the Emmanuel Science Department. The emphasis on hands on learning and active participation has seen our students gain a deeper understanding of the world around them and hopefully a lifelong love of science. Our laboratory refurbishment program continued this year with two more laboratories completed ready for the beginning of the school year. These rooms were designed around the idea of flexibility in learning spaces and the students who were lucky enough to have classes in them used them to their full potential.

SUCCESS IS A SCIENCE We look forward to further refurbishments in the coming years. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the wonderful Science teachers for their dedication and passion in their pursuit for excellence in their teaching. Our students have achieved great success this year and they are a credit to your teaching.

To the students we thank you for your hard work throughout the year. We thoroughly enjoyed working with you.

SCIENCE WEEK Science week 2017 aimed to provide an opportunity for our students to acknowledge the contributions of Australian scientists to the world of knowledge whilst also encouraging them to become fascinated by the world in which they live. This year Science Week occurred in Week 5 Term 3 and the theme focused on “Future Earth” and highlighted the sustainability issues that are unique to Australia.

Students competed in online quizzes during Form time and spent class time planning and building different structures such as towers and bridges. Students across many year levels participated in the marshmallow tower challenge which asked students to build the tallest tower possible using only a certain amount of materials. The tallest tower built stood an amazing 75cm – no easy feat when only using spaghetti, tape, string and one marshmallow. STEM 2017 saw the introduction of STEM based tasks and projects in every year group. At Emmanuel STEM has been designed on the idea of educating students in the four disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics through the use of hands on creative projects. These programs asked the students to create, design and build a solution to a problem.

Students enjoyed building rollercoasters, marble runs, Pinball machines, 3D holograms and zoo enclosures. Many students also had the opportunity to learn coding skills through the use of the Sphero robots. We look forward to building on these exciting projects next year and further developing our STEM focus.

COMPETITIONS & EXCURSIONS Excursions included the Perth Zoo, Bayliss Youth Lecture and Murdoch University. We increased our participation in a wide range of competitions this year. Building on from the Australian National Chemistry Quiz in previous years, we also entered the Big Science Competition, Synergy Solar Car Challenge, Science and Engineering Competition and the Australian Brain Bee Challenge.

These competitions aimed to test our students critical thinking and problem-solving skills and their science knowledge. Our students performed exceptionally well in all of these competitions and we look forward to building on these next year.

SCIENCE