August - Tasmanian Academy

EALS
afternoon
On Tuesday 28th June, 20 EALS (refugee and humanitarian) students,
9 Parents and other relatives and most of their teachers attended a
welcome afternoon tea at college. The aim of this was to enable the
students’ parents to meet some of their teachers and support staff and
find out a little more about college life and their student’s progress. The
event was very well received and supported, which has encouraged us
to host more of these occasions in the future.
Here are some of the comments made by some students who attended:
It was a good idea. It gave an opportunity for family and teachers to
get to know one another.
It was a chance for parents to ask about how their sons and daughters
were doing with their school work.
It is important to have interaction between the school community
and parents.
It is nice to have a social occasion with cake and coffee/tea.
tea
We were grateful that Geraldine, Mary- Lou and Helen Beach organised the
afternoon tea for us and our families and had an interpreter available to help
with the language barrier.
Results
Competitions
A great night at the competitions in the contemporary acoustic section.
Four sections entered and four wins for Newstead- all at Launceston College!
Youth in Blues Award ($200 prize) - Won By the Heloise Sowerby band made up of Heloise, Nic Symons,
Brock Nadler, Elliott Coutnage and Sam Fair. Our other band Inertia came third (Daniel Bochenek ,
Jacob Best, Adrian McCleod and Jono Davis)
Contemporary Vocal Solo - Won by Lauren Atkins, second to Alison Court and third to Heloise Sowerby
Contemporary Guitar solo - Won by Daniel Bochenek
Country Club Lounge Award ($150)- Won by Heloise Sowerby and Nic Symons
Words by Roger Francis
Agfest
Excursion
Here are some of the
highlights for the class:
Subash - how to load and fire a gun, particularly using
the sight to find a target at night time.
Hari - the arts and crafts pavilion.
Asok & Beda - watching the dog work with the sheep.
Dhan - looking at the Braap motorbikes.
Kadiatu - the place where they sold jeans.
Muna & Tulasha - the fashion parade.
Nirmala & Karna - the eye testing.
Kelvina - seeing the horses.
Mohammed - demonstration of sheep shearing.
Arjun - looking at the farm machinery.
Nara - learning about the Police and Army.
Bal-Bir - the place which told people about financial advice.
Italian
Dinner
On Friday the 20th May, members of the Japanese and Italian
classes went to a restaurant in Launceston La Cantina for dinner.
All the guys looked smart in their suits (or vests) and the girls were
spectacular in cocktail dresses. The dinner was to farewell two of
our international students, Gregor and Katharina, and it is very sad
to see them leave.
As you might expect of an Italian restaurant, the food was delicious
and there was plenty of it. We ate seafood pasta and spaghetti, and
of course, pizza, with ice-creams and tiramisus to finish it off. Plenty of
photos were taken with the usual camera silliness occurring, resulting
in some hilarious moments! All in all, it was a wonderful evening for
all involved, despite that we froze the second we stepped outside
afterwards.
Words by Holly Murgatroyd
On Thursday, 5th May, the English as a Second Language 2 class
were very lucky to go to Agfest, which is an important celebration of
agriculture in Tasmania. It was a fairly cold day but fortunately it did
not rain. We caught the bus to Quercus Park, Carrick, along with
the students from the Tourism class.
There were thousands of people at Agfest but we didn’t get lost.
Before we left, we were given a map of the site, which showed the
location of all the attractions and stalls. We were able to walk around
in small groups for a couple of hours before we met for lunch. After
lunch, we had more time to visit the many exhibitions.
It was a relaxing day and we learnt many things about farming in
Tasmania. We were grateful that Geraldine and Mary-Lou were
able to take us there.