Vicki Clark

On Wednesday the seventh of November Vicki Clark from the Aboriginal Catholic ministry dropped on by to Christian Brothers’ College St Kilda in the year 9 campus to present the proud race project. Vicky laid down her opinion on national sorry day and explained what it meant to be an Indigenous Australian.

A clever idea from the Aboriginal Catholic Ministry Victoria in enabling Catholic schools to celebrate local indigenous people and their stories. Proud race is the unique initiative, capturing the attention of school community across Australia.

Since proud race was launched in June almost 200 schools have signed up to take part in the program including Christian Brothers’ College St Kilda. The proud race concept will enable each school to record and celebrate the stories of indigenous Australians on life-size bollards which will be exhibited in venues throughout Australia.

This initiative is hoping to skyrocket through schools around Australia and promote the idea of not only what it means to be an Indigenous Australian but to get recognised for the great they have accomplished.

Proud race empowers communities to participate in keeping the spirit alive of the “I feel proud today” campaign, to commemorate the national apology delivered by former Prime Minister of Australia, Mr Kevin Rudd.

The aim for 2012 is to have over 1,000 bollards placed in venues right around Australia, each one telling a story of a member of a ‘proud race’. It is the Aboriginal Catholic Ministry Victoria’s hope that the Proud Race program will grow as the bollards are added to each year to commemorate National Apology Day.

 

http://www.cam.org.au/acmv/Proud-Race.aspx

Local Languages

Local Languages:

The local Aboriginal language should be taught in schools all over Australia.

There are more than 200 Australian Indigenous languages. Less than 20 languages are strong, and even these are endangered. The others have been destroyed.

In recent years, there has been an increase in the teaching of Indigenous languages in government, Catholic & independent schools. In 2005, when 133 languages were taught in schools, 45 were Indigenous languages. So why should we stop now?.

Melbourne do not seem to be doing much about the indigenous work even though they have indigenous people living there.

How dare we cover up a language and culture that we have no authority over. Australians need to respect, and see the bigger picture when it comes to this great land. They were here first and their here now and we must respect and not sweep the indigenous culture under the rug.

Australians need to know about their own country’s history as if we do not generations to come will start asking questions that we will not have the answer too. In schools teachers teach other languages such as Italian so why not our own.

http://australianmuseum.net.au/Indigenous-Australia

Sin Radio (90.6)

The boys from Christian Brothers’ College have been heading into the city through a subject called Front Page News. Front Page News is a class all about journalism. The city experience isn’t to go to the movies or go hanging out in the city but to a radio station called Sin Radio (90.6). Sin Radio gives the boys an opportunity to let their voice be heard to raise topics that don’t seem to be heard and let them express themselves. Sin radio is designed for students of all sorts to come in. The radio station gives the boys the motivation, confidence and self-belief of talking to an audience.

 The boys got split up into about a group of four. Each week a new group of boys got to experience the radio station and express themselves. But it is not as easy as you might think. It takes a lot of planning from writing a script of what you are going to talk about to choosing the music. You got to get the times right on track as you only get an hour minute to minute second to second. There are a few things to look out for such as keeping approximately a palm away from the microphone, not reading directly off the script, not laughing to loud, not interrupting a person when talking, no shout outs and not to move the microphone as it makes a terrible sound.  

The Social

The year 9 boys from Christian brothers’ college interacted with the girls from Presentation college Windsor in an event called the Social on Friday the 2^nd of November. The social was an event set up by the PCW girls to get both year levels to interact with one another, and have a great time. There was dancing and a lot of socialising there were a lot of different songs which meant a lot of unique dances such as the gangnam style dance. It was a hit for both the schools and something to be remembered for a life time. The social was an interesting, unique and a successful great event.

Cafe' Balaclava

Once again, a new group of students have been selected for Café Balaclava and have made some great meals again!

From chicken snitchels to ice cream food cannot get any better.

The first week, the group made pasta, brownies and milk shakes. The milkshakes were perfect, as were the brownies. Judging by all the comments, the pasta was prepared to perfection.

The next week, Café Balaclava made chicken parmigiana, fried rice, orange slushies, chocolate ice-cream in a cup and lamington. The chicken parmigiana was a little undercooked, but despite this, many students had taken the risk of contracting salmonella and ate the chicken which they said tasted very nice. The fried rice was under salted, however the chicken was prepared perfectly and the vegetables complimented the dish perfectly. The orange slushy was very well made, many had descried it as a 7-11 slurpy and the crushed ice was greatly adored by the tiered students eager for refreshment. It is evident that their chocolate ice-cream was home brand, yet it did not stop any students in eating and greatly enjoying it. The lamington was very sweet, making it an absolute pleasure to eat.

The third week of Café Balaclava, the students made Teriyaki Chicken wraps, orange juice, milkshakes and brownies. The Teriyaki Chicken smelt as though it had been made in a restaurant, it was precisely salted and the vegetables were yet another bonus. The drinks group made the most tasteful orange juice many had tasted, despite all the pulp. The milk shakes were an absolute delight to drink and were very refreshing. The brownies were soft and had been made very well; however, they did not beat the brownies made by the first group this year.

The most recent Café Balaclava dishes were: “The Lot” burger, Malteser muffins, strawberry smoothies and potato chips. All the dishes looked great and were very tasty and not to mention very refreshing. The burger was great but cooled down very quickly and that was the only down side to that. The malteser muffins tasted great; in fact it was one of the best desserts that the café Balaclava team have created. The strawberry smoothies tasted great and were very refreshing and the potato chips were good but a little soggy and they cooled down really fast. The café Balaclava team did great and finished the term strong.

The new Café Balaclava team has put a lot of effort into preparing the food and have created a beautiful impression of all the staff and students in the Balaclava campus all on a plate!!!

Fit for life artical

Last Thursday a class from Christian brothers’ college in year 9 Ryan went on two separate bike rides, one was the higher ability group and the other the lower riding abilities group. Mr Edwards and Mr Owens two teach from the school took the higher ability groups, and rode from CBC to the out skirts of Port Melbourne then right down to Elwood beach and back to School. The ride took 1 hour and 10 minutes and was approximately 22 kilometres.  The group with the lower ability were taken by Mr Williams and an emergency teacher.  The group rode from CBC to Brighton Beach then back to CBC.  All the students enjoyed the experience and had a lot of fun riding together and being active.

The Tasmanian Devil

Today the devil is a Tasmanian icon. The Tasmanian Devil seemingly headed for extinction, But the population gradually increased after they were protected by law. They were particularly common in forest, woodland and farming areas of northern, eastern and central Tasmania.

These numbers have dropped since the Devil was introduced to a fatal Facial Tumour Disease. The condition in Tasmanian devils, characterised by cancers around the mouth and head.

Today the devils are being introduced to a new area of living and breeding, as Australia hopes to protect their native iconic animal from extinction in a place called Maria Island, Tasmania.

In a behavioural test designed to find out whether Tasmanian Devils are suitable to be sent to Maria island, the devils are first being tested in such ways such as with tourists e.g. cameras and reflections. What happens next will determine if the animals are suitable to be released into the wild on Maria Island and hopefully determine the solution in saving our own iconic animal from extinction in our own backyard.

 

http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3619585.htm

Humpty Dumpty

Today was a day like no other the sky’s was blue, the birds where out but then a tragedy hit the world. At 10am this morning just outside the arts centre the famous Humpty Dumpty was playing on a wall attempting somersaults until he over balanced and missed the wall.

All the kings horses and all the kings men rushed to the scene as they witnessed the terrible accident. They immediately called the paramedics but all hope seemed lost, something great turned all so bad but the question was, was it fate or just pure bad luck. Shortly the paramedics arrived with Humpty in a series condition with a cracked head, broken neck, arm, leg, a broken pelvis and a fractured lung he was immediately take to the Alfred hospital the question is will he survive this terrible ordeal. As the world helplessly sits on the edge of their couch hoping for some sort of miracle, the question is. Will it come?

Thomas white a night for the king, a witness for this tragic day as well as one of the hero-wick saviours of the day says.

Thomas: He was busking, he was entertaining a crowd with his breakdancing moves, but he over balanced and fell to the ground. It was all so fast, I just ran to help.

Another hero of the day is Chris smith, Chris is one of the first of many paramedics to arrive at the scene

Chris: As soon as I got to the scene all I sore was blood. I did all I could but now we all wait for the doctors ok.

The scene has now been closed by the Victorian police as an investigation to find out if this was indeed an accident or an attempt on Humpty Dumpty’s life.

Jill Meagher holiday news article

ABC employee Jill Meagher was abducted just minutes from her home after having a drink with friends. Soon after a man wearing a blue hoodie was caught on CCTV footage approaching her on Brunswick Street on 9^th/26^th/2012. Soon later Jill’s handbag was found in an alleyway but there was no sign of Jill to be found. This quickly turned into something very serious, turning into a homicide case. There was very little hope for her to be found alive but soon ended under a wattle tree beside a dirt road in the country area of Melbourne's north-west.

It was there that police made the heartbreaking discovery of a shallow grave containing the remains of the 29 year old woman. The shallow grave in Gisborne South is where the body of missing woman Jill Meagher was found. Adrian Ernest Bayley, the 41 year old man now charged with raping and murdering Ms Meagher, accompanied police to the remote location, off Black Hill Road in Gisborne South.


A 45-minute drive from Sydney Road in Brunswick is where Ms Meagher's final moments were captured on a CCTV camera as she walked home from a bar. This all happened on the school holydays.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/cctv-released-in-jill-meagher-case/story-e6frf7kf-1226481749068

term 3 school holyday article (ingrown toe nail)



On term 3 of the school holydays Mark Ponirovsky a student at Christian Brothers’ College set a new record for himself he set out a painful record managing to have his 6^th ingrown toe nail operation awake. Mark has had his painful ingrown toe nails for over  two years on each of his big toes on both sides of the toes, and has managed to see the inside of his toe. One of the questions the doctor raised during the operation was, “Is this ever going to end?”. The doctor has operated on Marks toes six times.

An ingrown toenail is a painful condition of the toe. It occurs when a sharp corner of the toenail digs into the skin at the end or side of the toe. Luckily there are ways to prevent this from happening to you. Tight-fitting shoes or high heels cause the toes to compress together and pressure the nail to grow unusually. The incorrect trimming of toenails can also cause the corners of the nail to dig into the skin. Nails should be trimmed straight across, not rounded. Disorders such as fungal infections of the nail can cause a thickened or extended toenail to develop. Even an injury near the nail or anything that causes the nail to be damaged frequently (such as playing soccer) can also cause an ingrown nail. If a member of your family has an ingrown toenail, then you are more likely to develop one too.

Mark borrowed crutches for the weekend and rested his foot and then came back to the doctors on the next three days after the operation. They got rid of all the bandages and he's now recovering at home following these simple but effective steps to prevent another ingrown toe nail. Mark is now able to have showers and play soccer with his mates again.

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/ingrown_toenails/article_em.htm 

 

The Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is one of Australia’s most breathtaking reefs. It is one of the seven wonders of the natural world and is the world's largest coral reef. It contains plenty of marine life and includes over 3000 individual reef systems. The Great Barrier Reef is larger than the Great Wall of China and the only living thing on earth visible from space. Unfortunately crown thorn starfish, Cyclones and coral bleaching are the top 3 environmental things that are threatening our magnificent Australian back yard and all of this is related to global warming.

All the plants and animals on the reef play a big part in keeping this reef healthy and strong. Humans are relative newcomers to the reef, and we have brought some big changes. Many things that we do on the reef and on land have the potential to threaten the reef's fragile environment.

It is up to us to protect our magnificent marine life, for it is up to us to save and protect one of our best features of Australia let alone the world. We must protect the reef for it is up to us to show the next generation. If we do not it will cease to appear, half of the reef has already vanished in the past 27 years.

 

http://www.greatbarrierreef.org/

 

Weekend story (made up)

Mark Ponirovsky is your normal everyday civilian. Mark was taking a shortcut through an alleyway around 5pm on a Sunday coming home after work in St Kilda as a taekwondo instructor. Mark heard the sound of scream shouting help from an alleyway. He knew all too soon someone was in trouble. Mark ran towards the sound of screams and sore a kid named Riley smith at knife point getting robbed and abused by two cowardly thugs.

Mark: I couldn’t just stand there and do nothing the police would have taken too long and well maybe it’s destiny I mean I’m a taekwondo instructor. Maybe I was meant to save that kid.

Riley: He just came out of know where and said ‘stop back off’ and one of them just ran towards him with a knife and he just laid out his moves it was so fast and quick. Then the other thug just dropped me and ran towards him and in a blink of an eye they were on the ground.

Constable Jerry White: We arrived about five minutes after the incident. I guess Mark did know what he was up against but he was a little over his head. Two men with knives, I understand he does this for a living and even though everything went right he was very lucky. It’s very important to think these situations through as it could mean your life.  Mark and Riley are now both safe and that is our main concern.

Both men have been arrested and police are now investigating the scene and looking at any possible links to this almost tragic day. Nearby CCTV cameras are being looked and reviewed at by Victorian police.   

Mitchell River year 9 camp Article:

On Tuesday the 21^st of August 2012 the year 9 Walsh boys from Christian Brothers’ College St Kilda went to the Mitchell River National park in Gippsland. The Mitchell River is south east of Melbourne and only a four hour drive from Melbourne’s CBD.  The challenge was to survive the Mitchell River and they thrived at the challenge and completed such a challenging and tricky task. There where major rapids including the Amphitheatre but they all worked together using teamwork and that was the way they survived. They also used this clever skill off the river at setting up their camp site, cooking their own food, making there fire, pumping and using there rafts and surviving the cold and frosty nights. This camp was all in the name of survival and they did just that.

 

 

 

 

Olympic basketballer gets mugged

A teenager who robbed and bashed Olympic basketballer Rachel Jarry during a rampage in Melbourne's CBD has been sentenced to three years in a youth justice centre.

 I chose this article because she is an Olympian. This is what attracted me and got me interested in this article. I think the newspapers chose to publish this peace because people like to read about famous people/sports stars. In my opinion I don't think it was a major thing to put into the newspapers but I don't mind reading about it. This is probably because she’s famous. I do not have an opinion on this topic besides its unfortunate. I learnt that an Olympian was robbed and bashed by a pregnant teenager. Today she was found guilty and jailed for 3 years.

 

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/pregnant-teen-jailed-for-attack-on-basketballer-20120803-23jnz.html

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/pregnant-teen-jailed-for-attack-on-basketballer-20120803-23jnz.html

First entry

Why I love animals

 

Animals like dogs are great creatures their curies, interesting, funny, smart, playful and make enjoyable and great friends. Their loving creatures that make great family pets. Dogs are used for many things like herding sheep, helping police, work in airports due to their great sense of smell (sniffer dogs), the blind but most of all they help us show the inner us. That's why dogs are man’s best friend.

 

About me

I'm attending Christian brothers college and in year 9. I enjoy/like:

- animals
- skiing
- swimming
- music

As help me find my area of happiness and help me relax.