From Year 10
It's been a busy and exciting few weeks for our Year 10 students, who have been actively involved in a range of excursions, competitions, and cross-year level activities. These opportunities have allowed students to extend their learning beyond the classroom, develop new skills, and strengthen connections within the wider school community.
The Year 10 French class went to the Alliance Française on Bourke Street. With their tutor, they had some discussions about French clichés & stereotypes, and whether they are true. It was fun discussing this in French, and even better with some croissant for snacks!
Alongside these enriching experiences, this period also brings a significant number of assessments and increased study demands. As students balance their academic commitments and extracurricular involvement, they are encouraged to develop effective organisational and study habits. Using planners, calendars, and to-do lists can help students stay on top of assessment deadlines, manage their workload effectively, and reduce unnecessary stress.
At the same time, we continue to emphasise the importance of student wellbeing. Year 10 students are encouraged to maintain a healthy balance between study and personal time, ensuring they take regular breaks, get enough rest, and engage in activities they enjoy. Most importantly, students are reminded that support is always available. Whether they need assistance with their studies or simply someone to talk to, we encourage them to reach out to their teachers, Year Level Team, or wellbeing staff whenever needed.
We are proud of the resilience, maturity, and enthusiasm our Year 10 students continue to demonstrate as they navigate this busy stage of the school year and look ahead to their senior years.
January Ma
Year 10 Leader
Student Reflections
These past first few weeks at St Aloysius have been a good start, as I, and along with other students, have been appointed as new Class Captain for Semester 2 and in my case it’s the first time being given a new responsibility and title to hold up to. In addition, Year 10s also had a period dedicated to mentoring the year 7s in their choice of subject, helping them in giving advice and study plannings for now and in future.
Yusuf El Hassan 10A
The past few weeks have been eventful, consisting of year 7 and 10 mentors, French excursion, bake sales, Frayne, Sage Competition, cross country, debating and more activities opened up for us year 10s. The most interesting event that has happened to me(Laura) is the SAGE competition where we get to compete with other schools for a topic of our choice. This year, our team chose STEM, in which we made a modelled rocket and explained its functions while also watching other schools come up with all kinds of different ideas that were very fun and interesting to see and learn. During the past few terms we continued to connect with our mentees and helped them to find ways to improve their studies and school workload throughout their weekly lives. Throughout the school year I (Marcus) have been participating in many co-curricular activities such as the College band and the Chess Club. The co-curricular activities happen once a week which makes them highly manageable and balances out the commitment from the school work. Overall, the past few weeks have been engaging as well as eventful!
Marcus Ng and Laura Nguyen10C
The Year 7 and 10 mentoring day was good because it helped us all build new friendships with each other, and create a positive connection between our two year levels. We got to teach our buddy study tips about the subject we were given; I was in English and we worked on imbedding quotes into body paragraphs. I really enjoyed doing this and I think it was really helpful for both year 7s and 10s.
Enid Burke 10D
A few weeks ago, the Year 10 cohort took part in a mentoring activity with the Year 7s for many different subjects. I mentored a group of four in mathematics, and it was quite enjoyable and, in my opinion, a valuable learning experience for both cohorts.
Vincent De Rango 10D
Recently, our year level undertook the year 7 mentor program. In this program we dispersed across year 7 subject classes and worked with them in order to hopefully impasse some lessons we've learnt from our own high school experience. I was placed in an English class and explained the ins and outs of imbedding quotes to year 7s, it was an entraining experience, and a trip down memory lane for me. Reflecting upon what I have learnt and attempting to pass it on to the current year 7s.
Howie, 10E
Throughout this term it has been busy yet quite few weeks. There have been many assessments such as the Humanities essay, physics test and Measurement test. There also has been the opening of the senior campus which has added some much need clarity to the timetables for the year level. Although the term has had its quite moment such as when we hosted the Frayne festival and the hallways where hushed with only the murus of the seniors and year 10 as well as the many days off we been enjoying. Overall, I am hopeful for what this term will bring to the school and this year level as well as the new leadership role that I have embraced.
Jonah Accaputo 10E
On Thursday, the year 10 Italian students had the opportunity to visit the NGV to observe and admire Italian art. We took a tour around the gallery with a guide who showed us Italian art dating back over 600 years. One particular piece depicted Cleopatra and Mark Antony at an extravagant banquet. It was extremely interesting to discuss the meaning behind the art, learning more about life, from the medieval times to the renaissance. We were extremely grateful for the chance to expand our knowledge of Italian culture and recommend others to visits the NGV for an incredible experience!
Audrey Tinkler by 10F
So far, the first half of term 3 has been quite a rollercoaster of events. The start of our new semester-long electives have been very successful. While many assessments have been piling up, it has been a fun time consisting of many co-curriculars such as the year 7 and 10 mentors, the Australian Math Competition and our house co-curricular activities. Outside of our usual classes, we participated in Tournament of Minds through SAGE, a problem-solving challenge where we created a miniature rocket to be used in a film as one of our solutions to alternatives for CGI. With the first wave of assessments passing, we begin new units in many classes. In science, we have started our unit on evolution, and in humanities, we are starting our unit on civics and citizenship. We are excited to receive new opportunities in the latter half of term three, and are happy to be class captains.
Gregory Jenkins and Holly Trang 10F