Mill Park Secondary College

Families learnt about what VET subjects are and how you apply for them. As well as learning about our Vocational Major VCE program.

Year 12 Assembly today, proudly run by our Year 12 Captains.

Mid-year exams have started for Year 10 and 11 students at Mill Park Secondary College. All year 11 students sat the English exam this morning and were excellent. This will be followed by the Year 10 English exam later today. Many more exams to follow over the coming days so keep studying!

Exams will finish on Tuesday 16th and normal classes resume on Wednesday 17th.

You need to maximise your study time over the coming days to maximise your results. Good luck!

During National Reconciliation Week (27th May to 3rd June), our college community embraced this year's theme, "All In", a powerful call for all Australians to commit to reconciliation through everyday actions and shared responsibility. Students participated in First Nations sports, boomerang painting, and trivia activities, providing opportunities to learn about and celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories.

Year 9 students attended the careers expo on Wednesday as part of their first transition activity.

On Wednesday 13th May, Year 11 English students attended a production workshop of the play 12 Angry Men at the Performing Arts Centre on our Middle Years Campus. It was a very powerful performance, with highly skilled actors.

As part of this workshop, students engaged with the actors while they performed key scenes from the text. It was a fantastic opportunity for students to gain an understanding of key ideas, concerns and values in the play, as well as how the same scene can be interpreted differently depending on the directors vision.

Well done to all Year 11 students who attended!

English Language Centre students were lucky to have Favel Parrett, an Australian author entertain them with stories of the Dingo Wandi. Students are currently studying Wandi in their class in order to develop their English reading and writing skills and learn about Dingo conservation.
Favel talked of her own experiences of writing and how it sometimes took 10 drafts before she would get the chapter right. She talked of the importance of just writing and getting ideas down and then working on details. She told stories of Wandi travelling with her in the car back to Wandiligong and wanting to sit on her lap for hours rather than his crate. He has a love of apples too. It was here in the Victorian mountains where he was dropped by a wedge tailed eagle as a cub.
She showed pictures of him as he grew up at the Dingo Discovery Centre, and even pictures of his whole family. She talked of the importance of understanding how Dingoes are threatened by humans, especially on the East Coast of Australia. They are often misunderstood as dogs.
The ELC students asked questions to learn more about Favel as a writer and the uniqueness of Dingos. Yusheng gave a short speech and offered her flowers. The students are nearly finished the novel and were enthused by her visit. Ms.Philip, Ms.Pour and Ms.Pan were also supportive of the visit and came to listen today.

We had 40 students participate in cross country across a variety of age groups. A big congratulations to everyone who participated and especially those that received ribbons, keep up the good work!