LOTE Week (30 July-3 August) at the College was a big success with many activities running at lunchtimes throughout the week. It began with sumo wrestling, with many students eager to get in the big sumo suits and wrestle their friends. It was hilarious to watch and the students had a lot of fun putting on the suits and attempting to get someone else to the ground.
In the Ministry Lounge there was an insightful presentation on the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, hosted by a few of our fabulous Year 11 LOTE students, and an art activity also ran throughout the week.
On Wednesday there was origami club held in Portable 2 (which runs every Wednesday lunchtime). We learnt how to make paper cranes, a fun new skill, and I can’t wait to perfect it and learn how to do more. Thursday provided a sugar rush with the gelati truck coming to school. The gelati was delicious.
On Friday we had a dress-up day, with students dressing in their favourite country’s colours for a gold coin donation. Some students had amazing costumes, not just colours. All the money raised went to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. Friday lunchtime provided the best entertainment of the week, with the Year 12s verses Teachers soccer match. Everyone put their best foot forward and the teachers took the win 3-2.
Also on Friday, two incredibly talented actors came to MLMC to perform a short romance story for all of the Year 8 Italian students. Danielle Gazzola (Year 8 Orange) has provided detailed summary of the play in the document attached. A Japanese workshop where Year 8 students dressed up in kimonos was also held.
It was an amazing week and it was so good to see so many students embracing and enjoying different activities from other cultures. Thanks to Miss Natasha McKenzie for all of her hard work to get this week up and running and also a big thanks to all the staff that helped out during the week.
