LANGUAGES

Is it already Term 4? Well, well, the year really has gone quickly! However, Mooroolbark College’s Language classes are abuzz with end of Year activities. There’s the regular coursework and of course, the cultural aspects to language learning that will become more important in the coming weeks, as the grades are finalised and reports written. 

Mooroolbark College’s Night of Excellence is not just one of the term’s highlights but is in fact a true annual event. On Thursday the 20th of October we opened the College to the community, in order to show off the incredible work that our students are capable of. And what a MEGA-turnout and success it was! Staff were on their feet answering questions and proudly showing off their students’ work while the creators themselves were busily taking photos of their efforts and that of their friends, liking this, QR-Code reading that and all while keeping busy voting in the College’s People’s Choice Awards. Congratulations to all of you who had work on display and thank you to our staff for assisting in this extravaganza. 2023, you have a lot to live up to! 

For the rest of Term 4, our Year 7 Language Learners will be focusing on designing and describing their fantasy creatures for their ‘Monster Poster CAT’. We have seen many excellent designs while students are drafting and finalising their texts by working through their class materials such the Powerpoint ‘Sausage Machine Grammar SMG’ resource. Meanwhile, our Year 8 students will similarly be engaged with their work for their ‘Comprehension CAT’ in Chinese and their ‘School Uniform Poster CAT’ in German by using their SMG2 resource. Resources will of course be available in Compass as per usual. 

Parents and students, please remember that the College can only pass students who submit satisfactory CATs, but students who have overdue CATs will have the opportunity to complete these to a Satisfactory Standard if the task is more than a week late, as per the College requirements. 

Culturally we will also be investigating themes like Chinese inventions and history such as that of the Terracotta Warriors, while in German we will investigate the Fall of the Berlin Wall, German Christmas traditions and German Geography. 

It’ll be fun!  

The Languages Faculty

Yi Jiang, Jiaqi Tan, Jordan van Keulen & Jonas Bahlo