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Year 10 Blessing Night: A Memorable Evening of Celebration and Growth

On Friday 13 September, 2024 we came together for a truly remarkable Year 10 Blessing Night, celebrating a key milestone in the lives of our students. This event, which marks their transition into adulthood, was a night of recognition and a profound moment of reflection, growth, and blessing.

The night was filled with heartfelt moments as family, friends, staff, and community members gathered to honour these young men and women of God. The theme of the evening—centred on the Coming of Age program—highlighted the spiritual, emotional, and mental growth our Year 10 students have experienced over the term. As part of this program, they explored their identity in Christ, strengthened key relationships, and embraced their God-given potential. The program served as a catalyst for their growth, guiding them toward maturity, responsibility, and purpose.

Throughout the night, the students’ presentations were truly inspiring. From personal reflections to musical performances, it was evident every presentation was a proud testament to their hard work and dedication.

A heartfelt thank you to the staff who have taught, mentored and guided our students, and to the families and friends whose love and encouragement have been invaluable. Your presence made this night even more special, and your prayers and guidance have helped shape these young lives in immeasurable ways.

As we reflect on this memorable evening, we cannot help but feel immense pride for our Year 10 students. Their journey is just beginning, and we look forward to seeing them continue to grow, thrive, and shine in the years to come. May God’s blessings continue to be with them as they embrace their future with courage and faith.

Joseph Kan

Head of Student Wellbeing – Secondary

SRC

As we begin to head into our final term of the year, members of the Student Representative Council remain driven with fresh plans to enhance the student experience at LCC. However, we have also been pleased to reflect upon some excellent student-led initiatives. Here’s some insight on our most recent activities:

Breakfast Club: One of the most prominent initiatives taken on was the renewal of a greatly missed Breakfast Club, in which a combined effort with the Vice Captains has made this program possible and exceeded our expectations through its success.

LCC 2-Square Championship: In creating an engaging competition for students of all year levels, the 2-square championship has proven to excel in its ability to bring our school community together, directly demonstrating the relevance of our student council.

Show Your Colours Day: Through this well-received initiative, SRC members enacted their support for HPE week by promoting a day in which students could dress up according to their favourite sport teams, followed by a friendly match between staff vs students.

The SRC has played an integral role in developing our close-knit culture within the college and have embraced their plans to continue this work throughout Term 4. They are currently preparing to oversee community service projects aimed at making an impact both within and outside our Lighthouse community. We are so incredibly proud of the SRC’s and their dedication to their roles and are grateful to have had the opportunity to lead them throughout 2024.

We wish all the SRC’s the best of luck with their future projects!

Lewis and Cristina

SRC Captains 2024

Year 3 and Year 12 Buddies

It has been a joy spending our Tuesday homerooms with the Year 3s. The Year 3 Buddy system was implemented at the start of Term 3 to improve the connection between the Primary and Secondary students in the Lighthouse community. The buddy system being able to reinforce the importance of community within Lighthouse.

Not only providing the younger students with an opportunity to build relationships with our friendly Year 12s and giving them someone to look up to, but the Year 3s in return have fostered a sense of muchly needed joy and gratification in our busy schedules and academically driven lives. For the Year 12s, this initiative has served as a time of reflection of our time at Lighthouse as we come to the end of our final year of schooling.

It has been fulfilling being able to witness the interactions between the buddies, and we look forward to continuing this program and seeing the positive impact it has on both the Year 3 and Year 12 students.

Monique Grieg

College Captain

Year 9/10 Visual Communication Design – Fashion Design

The year 9/10 Visual Communication Design students have looked into fashion over the decades and analysed various trends and styles. From here, they selected a period of fashion that they were most interested in to guide their design process. They started by researching the selected area, created a mood board, and then concluded with a final rendered work of clothing they designed. It was fantastic to see the students take on the task with great enthusiasm and produce excellent work!

Brittany Assad

Head of Arts

Year 12 Chemistry Excursion: Gaining Knowledge and Creating Lasting Memories

After a hectic week filled with tests and assignments, the VCE Units 3 -4 Chemistry students went to attend Analytical workshop at Swinburne University.

It was a pleasant way to engage my brain in a different way, but more importantly, it was a fantastic learning opportunity. Having read the underlying theory, I was eager to apply the concepts of infrared spectroscopy and carbon-13 NMR in a practical setting. It was exciting to gain firsthand experience using instruments to analyse organic chemicals in a criminology context. Seeing the machines in action and learning how they operate opened my eyes to a new area of interest I hadn’t previously considered.

My favourite part was seeing the machine that generates mass spectrometry graphs, which we use to determine molecular formulas, up close. Additionally, our presenter walked us through a few exam-style questions, highlighting the minute details and how to answer them. The combination of hands-on experience and applying the topics we had been learning made it much easier to understand and remember complex concepts—while also being a lot of fun.

Here is what others had to say:

The chemistry excursion we were provided with at KIOSC, Swinburne, was a productive and interactive experience. This excursion not only aligned with our chemistry curriculum, but it also exposed our class to the various applications our studies can have in the real world. Gabriella Tam

My experience during the excursion was exciting. I gained valuable insights of industry work available for those within a Chemistry degree and feel inspired to pursue a career in the field. Bradon Wambui

The recent chemistry excursion was both insightful and incredibly helpful for my Year 12 studies. Overall, it was a fun and enriching experience. Learning how different scientific instruments operate, along with gaining hands-on lab experience with my fellow students, created lasting memories as we approach the end of our time at Lighthouse.

Indigo Santhongnot

The excursion to KIOSC was really fun, given that I'm intending to pursue a career in the pharmaceutical/chemical engineering field, it was really great to get some hands-on experience here using all the expensive fancy machines that are probably worth more than my house. Owen Cheung

Jayden Rajeshkumar

Year 12 Chemistry student

9/10 Applied Learning Elective - LCC Vegetable Patch

The students of 9/10 Applied Learning are excited to have replanted the vegetable patch for Spring. The students had the opportunity to cook with the vegetables they planted last term a few weeks ago. They are looking forward to harvesting the vegetables that they have recently planted. The vegetables they planted include a variety of lettuce, tomatoes, spinach both large and small leaf, basil and chillis. Next week they are participating in a Barista course.

The students focused the employability skill of planning with considering the timing for the replanting. They considered the time it takes for the vegetables to be ready for harvest, the flexibility needed to work around the weather, when their order could be fulfilled and other things the class had committed in determing when best to perform the replant. During and after the replant the students discuss and reflect upon the employability skills they have been learning about during the semester.

9/10 Applied Learning team

On Thursday, 29th August 2024, five of our students—Dave Setiawan, Remy Huynh, Jayden Rajeshkumar, Owen Cheung, and Gabriel Cruz—took part in the Australian Informatics Olympiad (AIO) from 9am to 12pm. The AIO is a prestigious programming competition that challenged our students to solve complex algorithmic problems under timed conditions. The event allowed students to apply their computational thinking and problem-solving skills, which are crucial in both academic and real-world contexts. Their participation fostered resilience, creativity, and precision in coding, offering an invaluable learning experience. We are proud of our students’ dedication and efforts and look forward to supporting them in future events like this.

Christian Morabito, Software Development Teacher