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Senior School Ball 2020
6th March, 2020 held at Crown Perth in the Astral Ballroom
‘Belle of the Ball’ Sue Agnete and ‘Beau of the Ball’ Dylan Irula
1 1 From The Principal
Thank you to all of our families for your patience as we have effectively re-invented education over the past few weeks. We expect that this situation will seem far more “normal” to us all as the weeks progress. We’re very proud of our students who have expressed a genuine desire to maintain their education, and in doing so, have created a huge workload for our staff. I have also been very proud of our Gilmore College staff who have answered phones, prepared materials, run photocopiers around the clock, developed innovative approaches to online learning and worked to maintain our great education programs to the best of their ability, while worrying about their own families and loved ones at home. I have seen a lot of resilience on display. This is the R in SOAR. We can’t wait until everything returns to normal, but we feel that we’re gearing up well for the “normal” we have right now in the best possible way that we can. All the best to you and the ones you love. Rohan Smith Principal
2 2020 KIC Youth Art Awards Exhibition The annual Kwinana Industries Council Youth Art Awards provides a fantastic opportunity to exhibit student artwork from the high schools in the KIC Education Partnership. Lachlan Harris was awarded Runner Up in Category 6: Creative Use of Materials in Design and Technology. Lachlan and his family were beaming with pride. Lachlan is one of our Building and Construction Year 12 boys. Patrice Kilpatrick Coordinator - Industry & Enterprise
Amy’s logo will be Amy Fewson in Year 7 worn at the coaches has won the 2020 Aboriginal Grassroots carnival. Aboriginal Amy will receive her own polo shirt Grassroots Site with her design on it and also attend one of West Coast Fever’s netball Coordinator games. Polo Shirt Congratulations Amy and well done for putting your competition talents out there.
3 Water in the World Year 7s have been learning about water in the world. They understand that there is plenty of water and that most of it is inaccessible. Students have empathized with the struggles of people living with water scarcity in North Africa, and have described ways in which we are lucky in Australia, such as having dams, pipes, taps and water free of disease. Year 7s have learned that many girls miss out on education because they are collecting water, and that a lack of safe drinking water can lead to starvation and conflict. They have identified and described strategies to address water scarcity including desalination and fog harvesting.
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Students have also enjoyed learning about First Nations perspectives on water scarcity from the Dreaming story, Tiddalik the Frog whose message is that ‘we must only take what we need and share what we already have’. Lesley Brown Teacher - Humanities and Social Science
4 Optus Stadium Tour On Thursday the 5th March, Year 12 Business Management and Enterprise class went on a tour at Optus stadium.
The reason for the tour was for students to have an idea on how marketing and branding is done at a bigger scale. The tour was even more eye opening for students because apart from the stadium operating as a stadium, they have other special events that takes place such as weddings, school balls and races to increase their revenues. The students also had an opportunity to see where the football teams have their lockers. They were able to see the player’s lockers and the sponsors that they represent. At the end of the tour, students were given an opportunity to ask questions about the stadium. Francis Beyan was one of the students who asked a question about the cost of building and the time frame that it took to build the stadium. Overall, the students were happy that they went for the tour because their Task 2 is about marketing and branding. The students said they will be very confident now to put pen to paper after this experience. Esther Jere-Edward Teacher - Humanities and Social Science
Kaitlyn Andrews, Ma Zyreen Austria, Bendu Beyan, Francis Beyan, Joseph Fernandez, Gerome Jones, Serina Kelly, Sarah King, Kaitlyn Love, Nicholas Macklin, Isaac McAndrew, Callym Nugent, Gabriel Sales-Bucal, Thomas Semper, Tayla Smith, Francisco Soares, Denzel Thorne, Alex Webb
5 Senior School Ball 2020 The Senior School Ball was held on the 6th March, 2020 at the Crown Perth in the Astral Ballroom. The ball committee decided on a Hollywood theme, which fit in with all the glitz and glam that Crown has to offer.
It was the biggest Gilmore College Ball to date, with roughly 225 students and 30 staff. The night went amazingly well with students and staff enjoying all the food, music and good company. The staff all agreed that the students’ behaviour was a credit to the College and that they all looked fantastic.
6 Special thanks to all those who made the school ball possible, including Ms McCaig, Ms Daly, Mr Jones, the Student Services Team, the School Leadership Team and all other staff that attended or helped with the planning and setting up of the event. With it being an important event to organise, I was quite nervous to take over from Jarrad Jones, our previous Year 12 Coordinator. I could not have done it without the help of the Ball Committee. With that said, I would like to say a big thank you to its members - Sue Agnete, Ali Gharibyar, Taynesa David, Teneesha Coyle, Kyra Henderson, Avril Dunmow, Tahnia Price, Kaitlyn Love, Cherish Rawhiti, Amberley Nita, Ema Racic, Gelianne Tallorin, Jimmy Stidworthy, Mikayla Belle and Beau Sue Agnete and Dylan Irula Armitage and Dylan Irula. I thoroughly enjoyed working with my colleagues and the Ball Committee, and look forward to planning On the night the following students were awarded: future events for the Year 12 cohort. Belle of the Ball: Sue Agnete Craig Davies Coordinator - Year 12 Beau of the Ball: Dylan Irula Best Dressed Year 11 Female: Georgie Ross-Burgess Best Dressed Year 11 Male: Kaia Clarkin Miss Social Butterfly: Teliah Coleman Mr Suave and Sophisticated: Shannon Beaman Cutest Couple: Avril Dunmow and Shannon Beaman Best Hair and Make Up: Chole Donnelly Best Dancer: Axis Woodall, Francis Beyan, Savannah Hayward and Codi Wakens
7 Perth National Young Leader’s Day - Halogen
Student councillors from Years 10-12 attended the Perth National Young Leader’s Day in the Perth Exhibition and Convention Centre on the the 9th April. The conference was organised by Halogen Australia. An organisation that “exists to inspire & influence a generation of young people to lead themselves and All speakers were highly stories resonated long after their others well”. engaging and connected talks were over. The Halogen deeply with their audience. The There were four inspirational speakers: Perth NYLD was indeed question and answer sessions inspirational to all the student John Coutis, Eamon Sullivan, Dana also allowed student leaders to councillors who attended. Hooker and Lachlan Smart. have a better understanding of Nethia Duraisamy The event was hosted by Jade Slater, how they overcame obstacles Student Council who is the Product Manager at the and recharted their courses for Cotton On Foundation. All speakers were success. Their messages and from diverse backgrounds with various accomplishments under their belt. John Coutis had been born with a severe disability and had overcome a lifetime Halogen’s mission statement revolves of bullying and challenges to rise to around providing, “the right conditions for where he is now. His was a message producing a generation of leaders who will burn of resilience and overcoming the odds. Eamon Sullivan is a former swimmer bright on behalf of those they lead”. who has represented Australia in the Olympics back in 2004. He spoke of the importance of hard work, training and ability to remain flexible in the face of adversity. Dana Hooker, a pioneer player in women’s AFL, also spoke about the challenges she had faced and how she remained resilient and committed throughout it all. Lastly, Lachlan Smart spoke to his audience about how he had been the youngest pilot to fly solo around the world in a single-engine plane. His story highlighted the importance of organisation, goal-setting and being aspirational.
8 Chromatography with Year 7.3 Science 7.3 Science did a chromatography experiment looking at the different components that make up the ink in our pens. Using a normal writing pen, a felt tip pen and a normal black texter, the students dipped the tips of the chromatography paper into methylated spirits and watched the liquid travel up the paper.
Bellah Winter and Thia Garlett with their experiment and Samuel Moss and Tyler Oliver in the background working on their own experiment.
The ‘normal’ pen separated into purples and blues. The ‘felt tip pen’ separated into purples, blues and browns. The texter separated into yellow, red, brown, purple and a striking light blue! The final result! Lisa Doomen Teacher - Science
Chromatography is actually a way of separating out a mixture of chemicals, which are in gas or liquid form, by letting them creep slowly past another substance, which is typically a liquid or solid. ... As the mobile phase moves, it separates into its components within the stationary phase.
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