The Mag

Edition 1, 17th June 2013

Editors Intro

Welcome to the inaugural edition of ‘The Mag’. We have put together the best young writers in Mallacoota to present a monthly Mag, by the students, for the student.  I would like to take this opportunity to introduce my team. Emma is a player in the corridors of power. In this edition Emma has a fantastic interview with two of our year twelve students. Marc is our music aficionado, who this month is investigating Drum and Base. Mark Hoops “Hooprez” is our adrenaline junkie. This week his reporting takes us into the world of mountain biking. Jaidyn is from the Matrix itself, informing us about all that is gaming. To finalise the introduction and launch us into the most anticipated Mag since sliced bread, bask in the glory of our writers.

– MrEduBerry


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Year 12 – Career Interviews. – Emma Spenser

My name is Emma, I am in year 11. In our vet IDM class we are making a secondary school magazine. Each month a new article on careers will appear. In this month’s issue, I decided to interview two of our year 12 students who have offered to participant. I asked the two students a few questions about year twelve and their plans afterwards, and also I have added some facts about careers that you may be interested in.

This month…
Jasmyn & Ruby

What do you wish to accomplish by the end of 2013?
Jasmyn: ‘I wish to accomplish all of my VCE subjects and obtain  a good high score that I am happy with for each subject.I wish to have made a good amount of money to help me get started and ready for uni life, and travelling.’
Ruby: ‘I wish to achieve high scores in all my classes.’

What are your plans when you finish school?
Jasmyn: ‘I plan to go to uni to study Graphic Design and Photography, and travel to countries to volunteer in disadvantage schools and also wildlife parks.’
Ruby: ‘I’m planning to move to the city, either Melbourne or Sydney.’

Dream job?
Jasmyn: ‘I would love to travel the world photographing  environmental issues in an organisation such as ‘National Geographic’. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Ruby: ‘My dream job is to be a famous actor, haha’

Do you know what you have to do to achieve your goal?
Jasmyn: ‘I have to work hard on completing tasks by the due dates for all of my subjects.’
Ruby: ‘I’m not sure what I have to achieve.’

As from seen above, one of our students is quite sure as to what they want to be, and our other student is not one hundred precent sure as to what they want to do.
Next month I will interview two of our teachers here at Mallacoota p-12 College about their career and previous careers!

Top 10 Careers in Australia.
This month the Top 10 list is about Careers! In each magazine there will be a new top 10 list of some interesting information.

1) Software developers.
2) Accountants and auditors.
3) Market research and analyst and Marketing specialist.
4) Computer Systems analyst.
5) Human resources, training and labour relations specialist
6) Network and computer systems administrators.
7) Sales representative
8) Mechanical Engineers
9) Industrial Engineers
10) Software engineer. Continue reading “The Mag”

Mallacoota P-12 2013 Cross Country

Mallacoota P-12 College held their annual Cross Country on the 21st of May. Much was at stake with the legendary Gabo VS Bastion house championship. The weather held off and we were treated to real cross county conditions. 15 degrees, bit of water, and a slippery track.

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The first of the ranks was the U7’s/U8’s and they were off like a shot. Next year we may trial pace runners :). After that it was the preps, who were very nervous but extremely brave!. They were fantastically supported by some of our secondary students (apparently onesies are back in) . Next was the very experienced 9’s and 10’s, followed by the 11’s and 12’s. The secondary senior students were off next to run 3kms (females) and 5kms (males) who all did a fantastic job managing the distance. Some students also walked, which gained their houses valuable points. The last group was the rest of the secondaries, the largest group of the day. There was a lot of negotiating for spots at the line. But once they were gone attention turned to the finishing line.

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All of the students made it to the line. Spirits were high. They were cheered on by family, friends, teachers. Great work to all. See below for the results. 

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A huge thank you to all the students. We had runners, walkers, time keepers, and directors. It is great to see such school spirit. Without student assistance events like this would be difficult if not impossible.  Thank you to all the teachers who encouraged and assisted on the day. Particularly Kathy who helped arrange the day and Narelle who completed all the scoring. Thank you to the parents and community members for their support. Its great to have extra help, and the students love the atmosphere of the crowd.

– Simon Berry

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Results

Primary to be added

Secondary

U 13 Girls: Jess Sproule-Spear

U 13 Boys: Bowan Joiner

U 14 Girls: Hannah Searl

U 14 Boys: Tom Molan

U 15 Girls: Brodie Scott

U 15 Boys: Jacob Box

U 16 Girls: Alanna Bryan

U 16 Boys: Steven Clark

U 17 Girls: Ruby Romeo

U 17 Boys: James Wetherweld

Surfing Victoria Team Titles 2013

On the 2nd of May, 2013, Mallacoota sent their best young surfers to compete against the best in the Surfing Victoria team titles. The team consisted of Chloe and Brodie Scott, Kahli and Chiara Migotto-Brown, Tom Reichelt, Hannah Searl and Arrow Embleton-Mew. A huge thank you must go to our local sponsors. Mallacoota Pharmacy, Mallacoota I.G.A., City to Surf transport and Mallacoota Butchers. Without the support of the community the students would not have been able to attend. Thank you very much. See below for the students and my report.

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On the 2nd of May, seven of Mallacoota P-12’s keenest surfers, Kahli, Chiara, Chloe, Brodie, Tom, Arrow, and Hannah accompanied by Simon and Priya travelled to Torquay SLSC for the night, to then surf at the state championships on the 3rd of May at Jan Juc. 

Coming third place in our heat ‘the Coota groms’ made it into the finals placing fifth in the state. We all had a fantastic time and a great experience. Quotes from the students about the trip;

“The highlights of the day was being able to just surf” – Arrow

“A top effort from everyone who participated” – Chloe

“Making the finals and working as a team” – Tom

“Getting to surf a new break and socializing” – Brodie

“It was a great experience & improvement from last year. The highlight was touching the sand at Bells Beach” – Hannah

“An amazing experience, so much fun, great exposure to doing something that I love doing and wouldn’t be possible without all the support. Huge thank you to Simon & Priya” – Kahli

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“Surfing all day and having fun” – Chiara

 

 – Kahli, Chloe, Brodie, Tom, Chiara, Arrow, Hannah

We would like to thank the following on behalf of the seven of us; Simon and Priya Berry (for driving), Nigel Allison (for inspiration and organising), Jade Nolan (for great training). our parents (for their support), and the following for sponsorship – City to Surf transport, Coota Butchers, Coota I.G.A., and Coota Pharmacy. 

 

The students were very excited to leave school (2 hrs early mind you) for the surfing competition. Spirits were high even though the the team was looking at an 8 hr journey. We arrived in Torquay at 10pm and sought our beds quickly. The students woke and ate breakfast looking out over Torquay main beach while the sun came up. It was decided a trip to the spiritual home of surfing,  Bells Beach, was on the cards. After soaking up the ambience at Bells students headed to the competition.

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The students did not have to compete in the qualification round this year and were straight through to the semi-finals. The swell that the students received in the semi-final was extremely challenging. But thanks to the great team work, particularly of Tom, Chiara and Arrow (who all completed their 2 waves in less than 10 minutes) the team secured the 5 pts for finishing early and made it though to the final.

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The final was an extravaganza of young surf talent. Wonthaggi, the eventual winner, had every surfer completing bottom and top turns, as well as some floaters. The swell was a lot more kind this time and the Mallacoota team did fantastically. Chloe and Kahli grabbed two great waves each, which was followed up by Hannah who scored solidly on two. The team was so efficient thanks to Tom, Chiara and Arrow, Brodie was left with 20 minutes. Her last wave was the best of the day for the team. A fantastic right hander with lots of turns. The students were ecstatic after the final with such a great effort by the whole team. They placed fifth in the state, but to all it felt like first.

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A large thank you to Jade Warren for her expert coaching and training sessions. Thank you Torquay SLSC, who offered fantastic accommodation, Nigel Allison for assistance on the day and Priya Berry for accompanying us.

I lastly want to thank the students. They should be proud of themselves, as I know Mallacoota P-12 College and Mallacoota in general is. Their behaviour was exceptional, energy was contagious, and manners were second to none. Well done guys!!!

Simon Berry

Secondary Sports Coordinator

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Full Bore Shooting – Rosedale

On the 2nd of March, 2013 five of our students, Ryley B, Ryley M, Patch, Steven and Deklan, were extremely privileged to be able to participate in the  full bore shooting hosted by the Rosedale Rifle Range.  A large thanks goes out to the Rosedale rifle range for professionally hosting such a fantastic event. The coaches were fantastic! A huge thanks to Jim who’s experience and assistance in driving was invaluable.  Please read on for the students report. Also check in a week or two for some very professional photos (Thanks Ryley B)

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On Friday 22nd of March five of Mallacoota’s best young shooters, Deklan Heard, Patch Chevers, Ryley Morris, Steven Clark and Ryley Broome went to Rosedale Rifle Range.

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Ryley Morris: started off with a 21 out of 40

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Ryley Broome: Excellent score of 35 out of 40

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Patch Chevers: Got a good score of 35 out of 40

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Deklan Heard: Got a good score of 33 out of 40

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Steven Clark: Got a score of 19 out of 40

We missed out on 3rd place by 3 points.

The weather was good but it was really windy and it affected our accuracy a bit. Overall we had a really fun day and we hope to go again next year.

– Ryley B, Ryley M, Deklan, Patch and Steven

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Regional Swimming

Mallacoota P-12 had 2 senior competitors attend Gippsland secondary regional swim carnival. Kahli Migotto-Brown and Jess Gellert. Both students swam remarkably to get to this level and should be commended.

Jess won her way through to States representing Mallacoota P-12 and Gippsland in the Freestyle and Butterfly at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre next week.

A big thank you to Nicole Gellert for taking both girls to Sale to participate in this carnival. Without such fantastic parents we would not be able to give the students the opportunities of larger schools.

Simon Berry

Zone Swimming

 

Firstly a big thank you to Stephanie Mew for taking the students to Orbost for the zone swimming (hopefully you didn’t get too wet). See below for a description of the day by Steph.

The students did very well. All of them got a ribbon! Jess won everything such a sensational swimmer I want some lessons.  Arch got a second in butterfly and third in free, Arrow got some second and thirds as did Khali.  She swam amazingly well, her freestyle race was incredibly close you could have ‘thrown a blanket’ over the first three. The girls relay was a highlight as Belle stepped up an age group and they came second.

A teacher approached me from another school to remark how well we went as before three quarters of the way through the program we were less than ten points off the leaders! Next year you should push for a better lane, we were up against the wall in lane 6 simply because we were a small school. The only downside: we were caught in a massive down pour at the end and were still waiting on the relays, which the girls came 2nd in. Worth the wait

–          Stephanie Mew

Congratulations to all the students who attended and gave their all. You have done yourselves and your school proud.

Mr. Berry