Lunny Tina 2022

TINA LUNNY

CO-DIRECTOR OF CAMPUS

Student empowerment means giving students the ability to not only have a voice and share their thoughts and ideas but to believe that their voice can lead to positive change. Throughout term 3, we have continued to encourage student empowerment, whilst building community connections, and discovering and embracing the God-given talents of our students. In the extracts below, students have shared their experiences as to what this has looked like at Tyabb throughout the second half of the term.

Student Empowerment

On Friday 19 August, we participated in the staff professional development day, which focused on student empowerment. We got the opportunity to speak about times when we have felt empowered as students at Padua.

To us, student empowerment is very important to keep us interested and focused on our school work. Here are some times when we have felt empowered as students:

  • I feel empowered as a student when teachers let me and the whole class make decisions on how we learn.
  • I feel empowered as a student when I can freely use the music equipment and prac rooms at lunchtime.
  • I feel empowered as a student when I get chosen for extracurricular activities, like what we are doing now.
  • I feel empowered as a student when everyone can make decisions in the difficulty of their school work.
  • I feel empowered as a student when I get to help run events as a part of SRC.
  • I feel empowered as a student when my teachers understand how everyone learns and adapts the work to fit everyone's needs.
  • I feel empowered as a student when I have the opportunity to join a range of different clubs and groups that suit everyone's interests.
  • I feel empowered as a student when teachers listen to our thoughts and opinions.
  • I feel empowered as a student when teachers allow us to give feedback on what we have been learning.
  • I feel empowered as a student when me and my classmates are responsible for things like looking after the chickens.

These are just 10 times when we have felt empowered as students at Padua College but there are always many other ways to empower students and give them their own voice.

Written by Fyonn Munro and Jake Symes

Tyabb’s Got Talent

On Wednesday 10 August, the Tyabb SRC held a talent show called 'Tyabb’s Got Talent'. We had five acts of students from Tyabb and Mornington performing, and we had an SRC flash mob of the Nutbush. We were lucky enough for the Year 10 rock band to come and perform for us. Although there weren't many people performing among the students there were five brave Year 7s, and their performances were spectacular. We were blown away by the talent and the confidence these students had. The performances we had were poetry reading, singing, and flute performance. We can’t forget the Tyabb rock band and their awesome performance in which they played the song ‘October’ so we would like to give a big thanks to them. Finally, thank you to the whole Student Representative Council, who organised and set up the day. Also, a big thank you to all the students that got involved because without performances this day would not have happened.

Written by Morgan Glanz & Miller Mantel

SIS Book in a Day

On August 11 the Tyabb SIS Book in a Day team went to Balcombe Grammar to write a book. The first thing we did was planning out our book, and our team decided to do a book about a man called Alfred who was a toymaker that wanted to be remembered. Once we finished planning, we all got assigned a chapter to write or things to draw/paint. We did this for about 5 hours. Then we did some edits and changed some things around. At the end of the day, we printed out the book, and submitted it. It was a great experience.

Written by Rebecca Waring

SIS Athletics

On Tuesday 23 August, Tyabb was joined by both the Mornington and Rosebud Campuses of Padua for the SIS (Southern Independent School) Athletics, and a large group of students from each campus was selected to represent Padua and to perform the very best they could.

Arriving at the stadium, we were met by seven other schools and after a quick introduction started off with shot-put, discus, high jump, and long jump. I was brought along as an emergency but got to compete in both shot-put U15s and discus U17s taking third place in shot-put and fifth in discus.

After finishing up, I was in for a long day of cheering on the Padua team as we still had many races and age groups to get through. After a long battle for first place with St Francis Xavier College, with both schools winning multiple awards in different events, Padua took home the final award for the overall win.

All in all, it was a great day out, especially considering last year was canceled due to Covid. I think everyone from all schools had a great day out in the sun and enjoyed competing against one another in good faith.

(Written by Harrison Davies)

St Brendan’s Partnership Retreat

A few weeks ago, the Liturgy leaders traveled to St. Brendan’s in Somerville to engage in a workshop for their upcoming Confirmation. We worked with the Year 5 and 6 students in small groups discussing what it means to be a leader and what qualities a good leader has. As some of the students were completing their Confirmation, we also discussed how they can use their Fruits and Gifts of the Holy Spirit to be a good leader. We engaged in ice breaker activities to get to know the students and to make them feel more comfortable. The students had many great things to say, and everyone really enjoyed themselves.

Written by Bella Walsh

August Art Attack

Over the weekend, ten of our Padua Tyabb Art students from Years 7, 8, 9 exhibited their artworks in the August Art Attack Exhibition at Crib Point Community House. Friday was opening night and we were thrilled when Jaymee Miller, Year 9 won first prize in the Secondary Student Award and received $100.

On Sunday, Jaymee also won The People’s Choice Award of $50 and sold her amazing miniature portrait oil painting. Rebecca Waring and Lucy White received Special Mention Awards, and both sold their works $50 each.

Written by Mrs Annette Dowd

National Aerobics Competition

The weekend of 20-21 August was the biggest weekend that the aerobics team ever had. It was our first time going to Queensland because last year we were in lockdown, and we had fun. We had practised very hard for the day of the comp and thanks to Mrs Bailey, we made it to Queensland. When we got to Queensland we practised on Saturday in the park and we went out to lunch. It was amazing. Then it was Sunday, and it was our big day to shine and show the judges what we had!

We had to wait a very long time because there were 13 other teams we were competing against so we went back to our hotels and waited for the right time to meet back at the convention centre. In the end, the time came and the results were down, and we came 11th out of 13 other teams. The scores were very close to each other, and we were 10 points off the team that got first place. That night we had dinner together to celebrate how far we have come, and we said thanks to Mrs Bailey for all the hard work and for taking her lunch times to practise and push us in every way she could.

Written by Saskia Jennings

Parish Athletics

On Thursday 4 August a group of Year 8 students went to the Westernport Athletics track to help with the local parish athletics. Students from St Brendan’s, St Mary’s, and St Josephs gathered to participate in track and field events. The Year 8 students helped to measure distances thrown and jumped and determine where everyone placed in the track events. Overall, we had a great day helping out and seeing some of our past teachers and friends.

Written by Nick Fraumano

SIS Cross Country

The Padua cross-country team went to compete in the SIS cross country. The kids who were selected to be on the team from Mornington, Rosebud, and Tyabb Campuses came together to compete. All the kids met at the place and we found out the times we were going to run and also got our uniforms. After we all ran the presentation for divisions A and B were in division B. When they announced who won, the Padua team got all the shields!

Written by Eden Huddy

SIS Netball

This term our Year 9 girls have had the opportunity to compete in SIS netball. So far, we have had some really tough matches and they haven't gone our way. We have an amazing team and have had many girls stand out, including Nalu and Mizuki Brothwell, Jada Taylor, Shayla Ellery and Takodah Watson. All of us girls enjoyed every game on Friday afternoon with our coach Mrs Bailey, and would like to thank her for all of her efforts she has put in for our team.

Written by Izzy Potter and Shayla Ellery

SIS Year 8 Boys and Girls Football

The Year 8 boys’ team had two coaches - Mr Peter Kerr and Mr Jayden Tomkins - and they held training on a Tuesday. The effect of the training helped the players who had no prior football experience. The boys first played Rosebud Padua and lost by 8 points then the boys did not lose after their first loss and have two more games to play against Flinders and Bayside. The team made a decision on the captain and Will Sheehan has been a great captain and team player. The best players have been Max Harter, Will Stewart, and Ethan Maxwell.

Tyabb vs Rosebud Junior Boys Football teams.

The girls’ team played two great games against St Francis Xavier and Hillcrest, winning both. Both games involved good competition, muddy grounds and loads of fun. In both games everyone in our team scored either a point or a goal with a few of the girls kicking two or more goals. So far, our best players have been Marlee Black, Scarlett Marsh, Gabby Mehrmann, Kaylee Bozelle and Georgia Kingston. Each week a new captain is chosen, and our recent captains have been Marlee Black and Scarlett Marsh who both showed great leadership and sportsmanship.

These games were a great opportunity and experience for both the boys and girls while there are still more games to go. On behalf of the girls’ and boys’ teams, we would like to thank the people who made this possible, Miss Love, Phoebe, Mr Tomkins and Mr Kerr.

Written by Brad Ratubuli

Police Address

On Tuesday 23 August, we had two police officers come out and tell and teach us about some different issues that are apparent in young people such as consent, sexting, vapes, drugs, alcohol and bullying. We found that this presentation was highly informative and taught us valuable lessons.

The first topic the police officers spoke to us about was sexual encounters, sexting, and consent. They taught us how to be safe and respectful in these situations. Including tips on how to be careful who we send texts, pictures, or videos to, and how doing these things can lead to run-ins with the law. We were also informed about the dangers of talking to people online and how we can get tricked by catfishes and older people to give them credit and debit card details, addresses, phone numbers and more.

The second thing the officers had talked to us about was about vaping, drugs, and alcohol. They told us about the rules behind vaping, drugs and alcohol - buying a vape is illegal, using a vape is illegal and using a vape in school is illegal. If caught doing any of those things that involve vaping, you will be penalised and have it put on your personal record. This rule goes for smoking or taking drugs as well.

Lastly, the police talked to us about bullying. Bullying can come in many forms, physical and mentally whether that is over text or not. Sometimes people can think teasing someone isn’t bad and it’s fine because “it’s just a joke” but it’s illegal. Bullying was never illegal however many years ago, but ever since all the recent killings, suicides, mental health issues it has become illegal to bully anyone.

On behalf of all students, I think that we all got lots of useful information as we grow older and get into these kinds of situations. This information will hopefully help us all to stay out of the justice system and keep on the right path to becoming good clean young adults.

Written by Max Walles

Aspire9 Hospitality Elective

Our Year 9 Hospitality elective held at the Tyabb Campus this semester has allowed students from all three campuses to explore the world of Hospitality. Investigating the hospitality industry firsthand and discussing the many roles and employment opportunities and understanding the opportunities for future employment. The students visited the RACV Resort, prepared and served a high tea with a variety of sweet and savoury foods in the school's food technology classroom. Learning new food preparation and service skills has given students many great insights.

Other Student Views

For our first day of Aspire9 Hospitality on 3 August we were lucky enough to go to the RACV resort in Cape Schanck. It was a great experience learning about the management of events as well as how the kitchen and restaurants run. We got to see behind the scenes of where the food is made, as well as enjoy a delicious pizza meal in one of their restaurants. Overall, it was a great day and I definitely recommend this as an Aspire9 elective.

Written byEmma May-Konning

Our Hospitality excursion was to the RACV resort overlooking the ocean. It was so fun looking around their resort, through the function rooms, guest facilities, huge pool, golf course and we learnt so much about how they manage it. We also got to see their kitchens in action, and what their three different restaurants were like and how they serve the guests. We were very lucky to have some delicious pizza and salads for lunch which we all enjoyed.

Written by Mizuki Brothwell

SIS Debating

On Friday 26 August four teams from Padua Tyabb went to St Margaret’s to compete in the SIS debating competition. The teams participated in multiple debates, taking the whole day. There were two teams composed of Year 9 and two teams composed of Year 7 and Year 8 students. All teams worked collaboratively with each other to achieve a great outcome with all teams putting at least one win on the board. One of the intermediate teams made it into the finals which will be next week at Flinders College. A big thank you to Mrs Holmes for coaching our team!

Written by Josh Howard

Padua Ambassadors

On Monday the 29th of August, the Hands on Learning group from Tyabb travelled to Somers Primary School to install some seating which created an outdoor classroom and some vertical garden beds to border the multi-purpose room deck. We also renovated a large garden bed and planted locally indigenous plants and grasses with Somers’ Prep/1s.

The seating and garden beds were built by Hands on Learners in our workshop at Tyabb and the plants were propagated in our hothouse from seeds that were gathered in our wetlands.

Padua students did us proud on Monday, Some showing natural leadership and others being well oiled parts of the HoL machine. All great ambassadors of Padua College and Hands on Learning.

Dave Colcott
HoL Co-ordinator

Throughout term 4, we will continue to promote student empowerment, whilst offering many more opportunities for students to embrace their God-given talents. Students are encouraged to continue to refer to daily messages on Simon for details.

I would like to take this opportunity to farewell Ms Tahlia Little for the year as she heads off on her maternity leave. We wish her and her partner Perry all the best at this very exciting time. Mrs Callaghan will be replacing Ms Little for the remainder of the year, and we warmly welcome her to the Tyabb Campus and to McCormack House.

Finally, I advise all students to use the upcoming break to ensure that their summer uniform is ready for the commencement of term 4 – including taking down dress hems if needed, to adhere to the College uniform policy. I encourage students also, to ensure that they have all class materials, replenishing pencil cases if needed, in readiness to learn when we return from the break.

I wish all students and their families a restful holiday.

Take care and God bless.

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