The Rowville Times

Rowville Secondary College
Term 2 Issue 7
17
The Rowville Times
Friday, May 25, 2012
Claudine Williams
Business & Finance Teacher
Winners are Grinners
As part of the Year 10 Business and
Finance elective, students from both
the East and West Campuses took
part in the ASX Sharemarket Game.
They joined over 18,000 other
syndicates nationally to compete in a
hands-on, interactive and fun
experience.
Each syndicate starts with a
hypothetical $50,000 to invest. Over a
10 week period, they use that money
to buy and sell shares in ASX-listed
companies using real market prices
and in real sharemarket conditions.
Students are able to test out their
trading strategies in a risk-free
environment.
Naturally, given this environment,
some students can become quite
competitive – and that is what
happened amongst these four
students! Two syndicates battled it
out: Taylor Seymour & Rhys Clarkson
against Scott Brooks & Zac Clifford.
Scott and Zac lead the class for most
of the way until Week 8 when Taylor
and Rhys took over. From there –
Scott and Zac tried all sorts of strategies,
but could not catch Taylor and
Rhys!
Taylor and Rhys finished 246th
nationally (out of 18206 teams) – a
fantastic achievement – well done
boys.
Motoyama Junior High School Visit
Chris Rodier
International Students Coordinator
Our Japanese sister school will be
visiting in late July. Expressions of
interest are still be called for to host
students during the week of their
stay. Families who wish to host a boy
of junior school age are especially
invited to express interest. After each
visit we receive very positive reports
from those families who host, and
encourage other families to take up
the opportunity this year.
“The visit was a wonderful experience
and an invaluable learning adventure
for the whole family. We hope Nao
enjoyed it as much as we did, and
hope one day to meet her family. A
strong relationship beyond
friendship has been formed, and I am
sure it will be one that will continue
for a long time.”
This would also be a great way for
students who would be interested in
Scott and Zac finished 671th
nationally – another great accomplishment.
Considering that only 22.5% of players
finished in profit overall, it was a great
achievement.
taking part in our next visit to Japan in
2012 to prepare themselves.
Further information can be obtained
from Daphne Clements or Chris
Rodier.