Languages Week at Broadmeadows Campus (17 to 21 May)
What a great week that we have enjoyed celebrating the Italian, French and Japanese languages and cultures. Many activities have taken place, amongst them pizzelle making, Italian lunch with the Advanced year 10 class, senior Japanese students enjoying an Obento box for lunch, and year 10 Japanese students enjoying a workshop with Toshi and his thundering TAIKO drums, just to name a few.

A highlight of the week was, of course, the year 9 Languages Banquet, where there was fun, food, quizzes, tongue twisters, prizes and an exceptional performance of WA-SA-BI (TAIKO drums and SHAMISEN – both traditional Japanese instruments).

In addition, this week there has been international music playing over the PA and 2 competitions, one initiated by Jayan for the Penola Student Council and the other by the Languages Department. My thanks must go to all the Languages staff and assistants at the Broadmeadows campus for organising and supervising activities and encouraging students to take part.

Inaugural Languages Rock Competition
This year, an extra special Education Perfect Competition was organised on both campuses for our Languages Students. Education Perfect is a great way to revise, study for tests or exams, build on the skills of Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, and learn a language in a fun way.

The prizes are as follows:

Overall Campus Winner - $75

Prizes per language:

• 1^st $50
• 2^nd $40
• 3^rd $30
  

And the winners are …

Glenroy Campus:
Overall Campus Winner – Dinuth (Italian, yr 7) – 6117 points

Broadmeadows Campus
Overall Campus Winner – Joshua T (Italian, yr 10) – 4150 points

Merci, Grazie, ありがとう 間投