LANGUAGE

ANGELICO EXHIBITION & ATWELL AWARDS

ITALIAN

Italian this year has been jam packed! Apart from our usual annual activities of excursions, craft making, taste testing and “Mastercuoco”- “Masterchef” cooking lessons, there has been a focus on Languages Week and Language Perfect. From 15 - 25 May 2017 Language Perfect (which is a sub strand of Education Perfect) held its World Championships whereby language students from around the world competed in an online competition. This was the first year Emmanuel Catholic College entered with the Year 8, 9, and 10 Italian students as the participants. They worked extremely hard and the results were accordingly astounding.

BENISSIMO The World Wide Championship competition yielded impressive results for our Emmanuel students: TOP 5 ACHIEVING STUDENTS NAME • Dion Mazzone • Luca Monastra • Caitlin Silas • Amy Barr • Alex Papalia

YEAR 8 10 9 8 9

COLLEGE OVERALL RESULTS PLACE CATEGORY 1st In WA of the schools that entered under 50 students for the subject language of Italian 3rd In WA of the schools that had entered under 50 students (out of 130 schools) all languages 9th In Australia in the same category (out of 132 schools) 27th Overall worldwide for the same category (under 50 students) 77th Overall in WA out of 140 schools 655th Overall globally out of 1293 schools

Congratulations to all students who took part and we look forward to continuing these great results.

LANGUAGES WEEK AIMS TO: • Raise awareness and value the language diversity in WA society • Celebrate languages education in our mainstream and community language schools

Spread information throughout the wider • community about the cognitive, social, health and economic benefits of language learning and being multilingual ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK • Pasta/risotto hunt • Form quizzes • Bocce on the Green • A selection of Aboriginal instruments in the Library for students to play

There was even a note board set up in Student Services in which students were invited to stick words/messages in different languages to promote the diversity of languages.

LANGUAGES WEEK The Modern Languages Teachers’ Association of WA introduced an initiative this year whereby a number of competitions were held and offered to Language students around Western Australia during Languages Week.

One of the competitions was titled “Languages in Our Landscapes.” It involved students taking photographs in our environment and show how these related to their lives, surroundings and backgrounds. Stuart Clifton-James from Year 10 is to be congratulated for his efforts.

One last mention; I’m excited to announce that next year will see for the first time at the College, Italian being offered at ATAR level. Forza Italiano!

Mrs Marianna Fisher Italian Teacher

ITALIAN

LEARNING EXCELLENCE - CATALYST PROGRAMS

Catalyst Empower - Supported Learning Programs. The Learning Hub has supported over 80 students this year across Years 7 to 12. Programs run for OLNA interventions, individual and group numeracy and literacy remediation, and peer and staff mentoring. With a focus on Careers and Transition Pathways for post-school options; Work Preparation Pathway and Certificate courses are offered. The Learning Hub is currently designing a new Year 10 to 12 Work Preparation Program to provide an alternative pathway for students seeking to go to TAFE or other private providers post-school. It will focus on workplace literacy and numeracy tied to the Australian Core Skills Framework.

IDIVERSITY PROJECT Congratulations to Layne Dixon (Year 10), who has not only taken part in the 2017 Kwinana Industries Council iDiversity Project and iConference this year, but has also won a Scholarship to participate in the Leeuwin’s Ultimate Challenge. With this scholarship, Layne has won an opportunity to spend five days on a sailing voyage, with challenges such as steering the ship, standing watch at night, and climbing a 33-metre mast. Well done, Layne!

CODER DOJO & ROBOTICS Selected students have engaged with the Coder Dojo Program through Curtin University. Lego Robotics and Lego Education Kits are also proving popular as the basis of peer mentoring and social collaboration with the help of Ben Legerstee.

WORK PLACEMENTS Kevin Gore (Year 11) has excelled in his work placement at Bunnings Warehouse Cockburn this year. He has represented the College with accolades from Bunnings for displaying the College values of Respect and Service in the workplace.

GIFTED & TALENTED PROGRAMS Year 7 and 8 Gifted Education Program - Robotics was run by Miss Erin Drew - Head of Science. Miss Drew has inspired our future Engineers and Architects at Emmanuel this year with her gifted and talented project - Robotics and the Real World. Students have been highly engaged in practical and research based workshops that have produced bridges that carry Spheros navigated through their iPads, and designer chariots that moved around a complex maze. They wrote codes for their Spheros to successfully navigate the maze against the clock and each other!

If the Swan River Pedestrian Bridge isn’t in place at Burswood by the time these students reach year 12, we will know who to contact for engineering and architectural advice!

DETECTION & SURVEILLANCE Dr Lynette Field has run a thought provoking program this Semester for students based on the topic of crime and the associated topics of crime fiction, surveillance and information gathering.

The workshops have provided wide scope for extending and enhancing students’ critical thinking skills.

The workshops supported the students to question conventional societal ideas, and engage in discussion with their peers about challenging arguments regarding right and wrong/ good and bad.

Students have worked with the big ideas of criminality and detective fiction, detection and the reliability of witness statements, as well as personal data and personal freedoms.

Thank you for sharing your amazing expertise with students this year, Dr Lynette Field! Students have greatly valued their sessions with you.

Ms Val Martin Head of Learning Excellence

LEARNING EXCELLENCE - CATALYST PROGRAMS

CAREERS, WORKPLACE & VET

Our first Careers Expo was held on Monday 19 June. Students from Years 9 and 10 visited with their teachers during the afternoon, while students, mainly from Years 11 and 12 took the opportunity to visit after 3.30pm. Students came away with a clearer idea of what their next step should be in order to move that bit closer to achieving their career dream. This year we saw the introduction of four Certificate courses: Certificate II in Conservation Land Management, Certificate II in Arts (Photography), Certificate II in Timber Manufacturing and Certificate II in Engineering Pathways. Students and staff have been working hard and provided many new experiences and potential career pathways.

CERTIFICATE IV Eight Year 12 students have been attending classes at Fremantle Education Centre to complete a Certificate IV in Business. The final assessment involved creating a business and marketing the product or concept at a business fair held in Fremantle.

Working in groups, students from Emmanuel presented great ideas.

INSTEP Students continue to develop their employability skills and widen their experiences by taking part in the Instep Work Experience Program. A wide range of industry areas were represented this year.

TRY A TRADE As part of the Careers Development Program, students in Year 10 participated in a three-day trade experience focusing on painting and plumbing at MPA Skills in Jandakot.

Try a Trade provides a unique opportunity to give a trade a go and see if it is an occupation they would like to know more about. MPA skills offer a range of programs to assist young people to follow in the Plumbing and Painting careers.

GET REAL EXPERIENCE AND TRY (GREAT) This Nursing and Midwifery Work Experience Program was developed to encourage students to experience nursing prior to studying. This experience is done via a State Training Provider or at University. This year eight of our Year 10 students were successful in gaining a place on this highly sought after Work Experience Program. For many it helped to make important decisions regarding their career pathway.

KWINANA INDUSTRY COUNCIL As an active member of the Kwinana Industry Council a series of annual KIC iProjects has been developed to promote career pathways into industry. All iProjects include visits to industry sites and provide an opportunity for students to further explore possible career pathways available in the Kwinana Industrial Area.

This year we have had a number of students step up and get involved; for iMen Marcus Davies, Liam Perry and Ben Nolan and for iScience Joshua Aylmore and Maxwell Sweetman.

Other work places have been supported this year with four Year 10 students taking part in the Defense Force Work Experience Program. Many students complete the various courses and come away with a clear idea of what they want to do and the direction of employment they wish to pursue.