Position Name/Picture Position Name/Picture

LATER

YEARS

CAPTAIN

Rachel Gedye

LATER

YEARS

CAPTAIN

Trent Buxton

VCAL

CAPTAIN

Tim Sawdon

BULEN SUBSCHOOL

/SPORTS

CAPTAIN

Taylor Vong

WARIN

SUBSCHOOL

CAPTAIN

Callum Sweet

WARIN

SPORTS

CAPTAIN

Sarah Lewis

GWONAWA

SUBSCHOOL

CAPTAIN

Georgia Clasby

GWONAWA

SPORTS

CAPTAIN

Jazmine Kircher

MIRRIM

SUBSCHOOL

CAPTAIN

Chelsea Asirvatham

MIRRIM

SPORTS

CAPTAIN

Danika Numanga

CONGRATULATIONS ALL OTHER CAPTAINS AND SRC MEMBERS!

THE GENERATION VOICE MONTHLY STUDENT NEWSLETTER

FOR THE STUDENTS

BY THE STUDENTS

College Student Leaders Sub-School Student Leaders

‘ 2015 Commencement ushered in a change of guard in

Kambrya’s Student Leadership. We congratulate Miranda Hall

and Alex Clark, our new School Captains, and have high

expectations for their contribution to the student body.

We also congratulate Brooke Smith and David McElhinney, our

SRC Co-Presidents who promise to “let [the student] voice be

heard more than ever”.

Congratulations Sierra Asirvatham, our inaugural Captain of

School Spirit. We look forward to your various “campaigns to

help enhance school pride”.

Last December, twelve brave girls embarked on a one day project

to make a fun, impromptu music video with no prior rehearsals or

collaboration. They swarmed Mr. Anderson’s Activity Week Movie

Making day, to film “What does the Fox Say” music video.

With Himani Sehjal stealing the spotlight wearing a full-body fox

costume, and the crazy (in a good way) acting talents of the all-

female cast, this production was a huge success!!

Rapid costume changes, frantic makeup touch-ups, and the many

location shoots added to the excitement of the day. Creative

camera work, and some editing special effects put the finishing

touches on the DVD all participants received. - Sierra Asirvatham

Issue Sections

Headline News P.1

Sub School Submissions P.2

Sporting News P.3

Sub School Submissions P.3

School Spirit Campaigns P.4

Events Calendar P.4

Classifieds P.4

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EDITOR’S NOTE

By S ie r r a As i r va th a m

Welcome to Kambrya’s

inaugural Student Newsletter, a

forum for the student voice to

be broadcast.

As the Captain of School Spirit,

it is my pleasure to introduce

new campaigns where students

can contribute and be

recognized locally, nationally

(and globally??)

For more, see the School Spirit

Campaigns section.

HIGHLIGHTS

This issue covers changes in

student leadership, interesting

2014 year end activity, a very

busy start to 2015 and nouvelle

opportunities around the corner

for the student body. It also

provides a glimpse of

newsletter contributions the

whole student body can make.

WE NEED YOU!!!

We need contributors for this

newsletter to be a success!!

Yes everyone can share their

voice, accomplishments, and

talents with the student body

through this monthly

newsletter!!

Check out the Classified

section for more details.

ISSUE

Miranda Hall (2015 School-Captains) Alex Clark

The Fox Says… What?

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When you hear the word “study” it gives off a negative vibe, and

then when you hear it in conjunction with “camp” you think of how

could this possible be any good. However the name was

misleading. Little did I know, that this camp would be one of my

most treasured memories. On the 11th of February the year 12’s

headed off to Somers Camp to spend a productive and fun-filled

three days together. During this camp we were introduced to

people who gave us motivation, people who taught us how to

manage our emotions and we were also introduced to another side

of our teachers. We also had endless amounts of fun, games and

activities for everyone to enjoy. Not to mention at the end of

everyday we all enjoyed time at the beach….Continued on pg 4

Year 12 Study Camp

‘

-Brooke Smith

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SHAKESPEARE’SNEW PLAY

By Sierra Asirvatham 2014 English Assignment W9A

Shakespeare’s back! And he’s

brought a new captivating

romance/ tragedy with him. It

has recently been brought to

the media’s attention that

Shakespeare- the

Shakespeare famous for his

legendary plays Hamlet and

Macbeth, as well as countless

other treasures- has written

what is yet another outstanding

masterpiece that is to be

performed at the Acropolis, in

Greece.

Currently known as “Romeo

and Juliet,” his new, entrancing

title is set in ancient Verona,

Italy, and briefly in Mantua. It

underlines the profound

leitmotifs of death when

opposed with life; youth when

in the over-shadowing

presence of age; love in the

menacing arms of hate, as well

as the an answer to the

question many of us have

wildly struggled with since the

unfolding of mankind: What is

the indefinite outcome of free

will, when up against the

ultimate power of fate?

SUMMARY

The tragedy revolves around a

young couple, each belonging

to enemy families: Romeo, of

the Montagues, and Juliet, the

Capulet. Juliet is determined

to marry her “only love” at the

age of fourteen, but only

realises his conflicting family

background too late; for she

has already fallen deeply and

hopelessly in love with her

beloved Romeo.

TEASER (Spoiler Alert!)

The opening act is a noticeably

large sword fight between the

two feuding families, where the

audience is acquainted with

Romeo’s two best friends,

Benvolio and Mercutio, who

have a major impact in the

outcome of the drama.

Mercutio, a rather cocky young

fellow, provokes the respected

Capulet, Tybalt, and in turn is

killed in their mêlée. Once

again, there is a furious clash

of weapons, and Romeo kills

his Tybalt with vengeance.

The deed has been done! His

enemy is dead! Though now

Romeo is confronted with an

even greater problem. Blood.

Dripping from his hands and

spelling out his fate. No sooner

does Romeo find himself

banished for his hasty, poorly

planned crime, than Juliet is

forced into a very undesirable

arranged marriage with none

other than the haughty Paris.

The Anzac spirit is a key part of Australia’s identity and history, and it is all the more important this year as we approach the 100th anniversary of Anzac Day, when thousands of Australians and New Zealanders came ashore at Anzac Cove in a tragic attempt to fight the Turkish in their homeland at Gallipoli. Ever since that day, the Anzac legend has been imprinted upon the minds of a nation, shaping us and inspiring us for generations. That is why the State Government of Victoria has sponsored a wide range of activities and events to commemorate 100 years of Anzac service. On the 2nd of March, the ‘Commemorating the Anzac Centenary’ show was held at the Cranbourne Community Theatre. It was attended by many members of the community, including a delegation from Kambrya. The show was mainly in the form of an entertaining and highly informative play, interceded with other smaller presentations and videos. The show was of an exceptional quality for a relatively small production cast. The event was just one of many running this year throughout the entire country to both celebrate and pay reverence to the great achievements and great sacrifices made by the Anzacs. Lest we forget.

I stood in the middle of the room, hesitating to place my foot

on the few clear spots of the carpet. Books, shoes, boxes

and ginormous suitcases were scattered across the limited

space of my sister’s dorm. She accumulated all these

things during her two years of Uni life, and it was time for us

to pack them up and head home for the holidays.

The walls were decorated with Audrey Hepburn photos

frames, dangling jewellery, vintage dresses and a

handmade poster of movies from the 60s. I’ve always

admired my sister’s unique style and indisputable good

taste in fashion and movies. Since I was a child, I was

curious of everything she owned and did. Her room was a

wonderland to me; a place full of exciting things that I could

only dream of. I remembered once I discovered a new,

furry, red and white pillow just lying peacefully on my

sister’s bed. Now that I think about it, it was nothing special.

But back then, the thought that it belonged to my sister

made it something I couldn’t resist.

I was caught red-handed. My sister furiously marched into

the room and bombarded me with hysterical words; words I

now choose to forget. She tore me apart from her pillow

and dragged me out the door like a dead body. It was

always like that – we would get into dramatic fights, often or

always caused by me, but in no time, they would be quickly

resolved.

As we grew up, these fights diminished, and I had ever more

hope to spend more time with my sister. She went to a boarding

school for high school; those days were excruciating for me. The

school was far away, so my sister couldn’t come back for the

weekends but only for holidays. The partings were not good

memories. Every time I hugged her goodbye, the thought that the

next time meeting her would be after months struck me. That was

when I made myself an absurd promise: I will always stay by my

sister; I will follow where she goes.

“I still can’t believe I’m going to NEW YORK!!!”

I looked at my sister as I continued to pack, joy and excitement

written all over her face. That was when I accepted the fact that

my promise to stay by her side was just stupid words of a stupid

kid. My sister is now a 20 year old adult, independent, and

heading to New York with a big dream. I am a 13 year old

teenager, going back to China with so little plans. We had

different futures and different paths to walk. Our paths would

never intersect.

My sister was holding onto her precious posters and struggling to

make a decision. She had to cut down some of her belongings.

“You gotta lose to gain.”

“You’re right.” And she rolled up her posters.

I pondered the words of advice I gave her, and wondered if the

gain of her dreams and future came with the price of losing me.

Warin Later Years

Years

Commemorating ANZAC Centenary by Matthew Harper-Gomm

Girls 50m Breast Stroke U13 Apryl Tonkin M

U14 Tia Rice G

U15 Hailey Cook W

U16 Sierra Asirvatham W

U17 Megan Hedges W

OPEN Haley Close G

Boys 50m Breast Stroke U13 Clayton Cook W

U14 Nathan Wright G

U15 Matt Kent M

U16 Dylan Blackwell B

U17 Jack Clark M

Girls 50m Butterfly

U13 Katelyn Tully W

U14 Tia Rice G

U15 Hailey Cook W

U16 Sharna Emanuelli G

U17 Megan Hedges W

OPEN Haley Close G

Boys 50m Butterfly U13 Cameron Lambie B

U14 Nathan Wright G

U15 Matt Kent M

U16 Dylan Blackwell B

U17 Jack Clark M

Girls 50m Freestyle U13 Brooklyn Featherstone G

U14 Tia Rice G

U15 Hailey Cook W

U16 Sharna Emanuelli G

U17 Megan Hedges W

OPEN Haley Close G

Boys 50m Freestyle U13 Clayton Cook W

U14 Nathan Wright G

U15 Matt Kent M

U16 Dylan Blackwell B

U17 Morne O'Donoghue W

Girls 50m Backstroke U13 Apryl Tonkin M

U14 Tanisha Dooley B

U15 Hailey Cook W

U16 Sharna Emanuelli G

U17 Brooke Smith W

Boys 50m Backstroke U13 Clayton Cook W

U14 Nathan Wright G

U15 Matt Kent M

U16 Jim OShannessy M

U17 Dhesan Chetty B

On Tuesday the

24th of February

over 1000 students

and teachers

descended upon

Doveton Swimming

Pool to celebrate

Kambrya College’s

annual whole-

school swimming

carnival.

For many years the

swimming carnival

has remained one

of the

unforgettable

highlights of the

school year, a time

when students and

teachers of all ages

get together to

compete and enjoy

themselves.

Later Years

Years

Swimming Carnival 2015 by Matthew Harper-Gomm RESULTS

highly anticipated part was the announcement of the winners.This year

Gwonawa managed to make quite a splash by succeeding in not coming

last for the first time in years beyond count. The dubious honour of fourth

place went instead to Bulen-Bulen, with Gwonawa coming in at an

unprecedented third. Second place went to Warin, and congratulations

were given to the school champions in Mirrim.

However, the true champions on the day were all of the staff and students

who enthusiastically participated and helped make the swimming carnival

an extremely fun and enjoyable day for all.

Virgin Galactic, led by Sir Richard Branson, is the pioneering

company of space tourism. They were in the final stages of testing

their sub-orbital spaceship, last month (Oct 2014), when disaster

struck. The six-seater spacecraft broke apart in the upper

atmosphere and crashed to the ground, killing one of the two pilots.

Fortunately, no one else was on board; however, many are now

questioning the viability of space tourism.

Hi, I’m Chelsea Asirvatham, and I am here to argue that Virgin

Galactic should continue their sub-orbital space tourism program,

despite the recent disaster. Firstly, Virgin Galactic’s program is the

initial step towards space travel for the general public. Secondly,

human error is no reason to discontinue a program, and lastly,

astronauts who have seen the Earth from space have come back as

changed people.

To begin with, Virgin Galactic’s sub-orbital space program is the

first step towards space travel for the general public. Virgin Galactic

is pioneering in the arena of space tourism and is the world’s first

ever commercial space line, so I think that their successes are by far,

much more significant than a minor mess-up. Virgin Galactic is a

trail blazing company, which means that they are faced with

completely new and unexpected problems. You see, people didn’t

give up on cars during the early stages when accidents and debts

were prevalent, so why should we give up on space tourism after

the first crash? Because we chose to invest our time in developing

cars, we now safely use them as our main mode of transportation. If

we do the same with space travel, just imagine what benefits we

would realise in the years to come.

Secondly, the reason space craft two broke up in the upper

atmosphere was not due to a faulty design, but to pilot

miscalculation. Therefore, human error is no reason to shut down a

program. All scientific endeavours and breakthroughs come at a

cost; be it time, money, excommunication from the church, the loss

of family or a life. For example, Galileo, a dedicated Astronomer,

came up with the theory that the sun is the centre of the universe,

when the rest of the world thought otherwise. But, despite his

extensive research, and vast knowledge of science, he was publicly

ridiculed by society and excommunicated from the church. Because

of this, it took over a hundred years before Galileo’s theory was

accepted. You see, the only way to improve and make progress is to

learn from mistakes, not to shut down a program or reject and idea,

as in Galileo’s case.

Finally, Astronauts who have seen the Earth from space have come

back as changed people. Space travel is a life changing experience,

and it can transform the views people have of the world. Astronauts

see the world differently and are not separated by countries or

boundaries; they return seeing the world as a fragile planet, with

limited resources for humanity to share and manage carefully. This

new perspective, if shared by many, will help bring people together

and put aside differences and divisions. What society needs to

recognise is that we tend to judge people by what they look like,

Finally, Astronauts who have seen the Earth from space have come back

as changed people. Space travel is a life changing experience, and it can

transform the views people have of the world. Astronauts see the world

differently and are not separated by countries or boundaries; they

return seeing the world as a fragile planet, with limited resources for

humanity to share and manage carefully. This new perspective, if shared

by many, will help bring people together and put aside differences and

divisions. What society needs to recognise is that we tend to judge

people by what they look like, like judging a book by its cover. For

example, Adolf Hitler didn’t like the Jews according to their looks, and

set out to abolish their kind. This and money are the root causes of war,

conflict and friction within the world. The thing is, people have their

heads stuck in the sand, and they cannot see beyond themselves. They

don’t see the big picture. Seeing the Earth as a whole helps people value

the important things in life,

the important things in life, and

see how a lot of things they hold

dear to themselves are

insignificant compared to the big

scheme. Therefore, the Earth

would be a much better place if

everyone had the opportunity to

see the Earth from space.

Despite all this, sceptics say that

Richard Bronson's space tourism

program is a pointless effort and

is only for the rich, as the cost for

one ticket is outrageously

overpriced and would take years

of savings to pay off for the

average person. However, if we

listened to Sceptics we would

never have discovered America or

landed on the moon. Nevertheless, I do acknowledge that the tickets are quite expensive, at two hundred

thousand dollars for a single seat. However, costs will go down as more competitors enter the space tourism

market. Richard Branson’s goal is to endeavour, explore, develop and succeed in the area of commercial space

travel so that the general public can travel to space at an affordable cost, in an ensured and safe environment.

To conclude, I believe that Virgin Galactic should continue their commercial space tourism program as firstly, it is

the inaugural step towards space travel for the general public. Secondly, human error is no reason to shut down a

program, and lastly, because astronauts who have seen the Earth from space have come back as changed people.

If we support Virgin Galactic’s endeavour, who knows whether we will be landing on the moon as a common

vacation in the near future?

Space Tourism Debate by Chelsea Asi rvatham ( 2 0 1 4 En g l i sh As s i g n me n t M8 A)

Another area of high enthusiasm was the costume design: On the

day there were several ninja turtles, a couple of SpongeBobs, a pair

of lifeguards and a spider-man or two, plus many more colourful

and imaginative costumes.

Even the teachers made a special effort to dress up, with many

costumes on a par with those of the students. Of course, the entire

day would not have been possible without the generous amounts

of effort and time donated by all of the teachers and staff in more

ways than imaginable.

While the day was full of highlights and amusement, the most

Photos by Chelsea Asirvatham

THE GENERATION VOICE Issue 01 March 2015

CLASSIFIED ADS

Your Talents are

NEEDED!!

Calling all

- Journalists

- Cartoonists

- Artists

- Book Reviewers

- Movie Reviewers

- Athletes

- Scientists

- Techies

- Event Planners

- Musicians

- Poets

If you have a special

interest in any area of

school life, and you can

write about it or draw it,

we want to publish it!!

OR if you would like to

contribute one of your

past school assignments

for your peers to read, we

want to publish it!!

Submit your 50 – 500

word article and/or jpeg

formatted picture to your

Sub School Captain by

the 15th of the month.

Then be on the lookout,

for your submission

could be Sub School’s

next featured article in

the upcoming issue.

• Chinese new Year THURSDAY 19 FEBRUARY

• Aladdin Auditions MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY & WEDNESDAY 25 FEBRUARY

• swimming Carnival TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY

• Division swimming meet WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH

• Cultural week MONDAY 16 MARCH –THURSDAY 19 MARCH

• Year 7 welCome musiC viDeo TUESDAY 17 MARCH – TUESDAY 24 MARCH

• Cultural Day (free dress) THURSDAY 19 MARCH

• PD stuDent Free DaY FRIDAY 20 MARCH

• JaPanese exChange stuDents

Arrive MONDAY 23 MARCH

• inaugural stuDent

Newsletter- 1st issue MONDAY 23 MARCH

• alaDDin ProDuCtion

Fundraising Free Dress Day DATE TBD

• Cross CountrY FRIDAY 27 MARCH

• Last Day of Term 1 FRIDAY 27 MARCH

• Music at Bell Times DATE TBD

School Spirit Campaigns

‘ 2015 will see a set of School Spirit Campaigns aimed at promoting school pride and a fun learning environment. The following campaigns are in the works to help the student voice be heard, and raise the school’s profile at the local, national and global arenas.

Monthly Student Newsletter A newsletter by the students, for the students, showcasing student accomplishments, student interests, and student relevant newsworthy events. We encourage all Sub Schools to submit articles, artwork, comic strips, reviews, poems and more so the whole student voice can be represented in this newsletter. Deadlines for submission are the 15th of each month.

Year 7 Welcome Music Video An exciting campaign has begun to make the newest members of Kambrya feel welcome and appreciated. 2015 kicks off the first ever Welcome Music Video, where all Year 7 students star in their very own music video, dancing and lip-synching to popular music.

2015 Kambrya College Lip Dub The biggest most ambitious School Spirit Campaign for 2015, will require the whole school participation in this fun GLOBAL competition!! Yes!! Kambrya is joining the global phenomenon of producing and posting a 2015 High School Lip Dub on YouTube! We will start off small but with an aim to post the best Australian High School Lip Dub ever!!! For this campaign to be a success we need everyone’s creativity and enthusiasm. Feel free to contact the Captain of School Spirit for more information. – Sierra Asirvatham

Camp was incredible and allowed us all to see the importance of year 12 and we should take it seriously. This camp has had a significant impact on the way I see things. This feeling is mutual among all those who attended. It was rich in laughter, friendship, joy and coming together, but also sadness and appreciation for everything that we have. Study Camp is one of my most precious memories and has certainly opened my eyes and changed my perspective. It has given us the vibe that year 12 will be the best year of our lives. - Brooke Smith

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