Kilbreda College and St Patrick’s School Community Partnership

Last term, the Year 11 VCE VM students commenced their community partnership with St Patrick’s Mentone. The students are working with Foundation (Prep) students on a fortnightly basis. Each Kilbreda College student will plan, resource and deliver a learning session that helps their prep buddy to develop and consolidate social skills and fine motor skills. The students are required to establish a portfolio which contains lesson plans comprising learning intentions and a sequence of suitable activities. Post lesson, the students complete a self-reflection. Each session has been exciting and filled with energy and enthusiasm. Both the Preps and Year 11 students cannot wait for their next encounter.

Year 12 Kilbreda College and Yarrabah School Community Partnership

The Kilbreda and Yarrabah students are doing a splendid job of creating the six mosaic art pieces sponsored by Kingston Council. Recently, some of the Kilbreda students escorted their Yarrabah buddies on a tour around the College. It was gratifying to see the groups move enthusiastically through the grounds, meeting teachers and students along the way. The Yarrabah students enjoyed seeing our wonderful facilities and took a particular interest in the tennis courts. Thursday afternoons are a special time as the students from both schools always engage in a positive and respectful manner. The teachers are bursting with pride.

Jenny Gamble

Learning Leader: Applied Learning

Year 11 Enrichment Day

Term 3 started with a Year 11 ENRICHMENT DAY. Wheelchair Basketball Victoria came to visit us and ran a very interesting workshop with our students. Basketball Victoria is the custodian of wheelchair basketball in Victoria.

Wheelchair basketball is currently hailed as the fastest-growing sport for athletes with a disability. The game was initiated in the late 1940s when basketball players returned from World War II to the US, unable to play able-bodied basketball, and adapted the rules to enable it to be played in wheelchairs. It is now played in over 80 countries with over 100,00 players at all levels globally.

I asked our Year 11 VCEVM students to  reflect briefly  on the experience. As evidenced by their own words, the students had a wonderful time.

‘Andrea from Wheelchair Basketball Victoria came to our school to teach us how to use a wheelchair, the game of basketball and the rules. We developed a deeper understanding  of the challenges’ Sienna Oredssen

‘I enjoyed Wheelchair basketball because it gave me an inside look at what it’s like to do a sport in a wheelchair and showed me how much time and training people have to go through when having a disability and play sport. The experience gave me more respect for wheelchair sports and I think it’s so brave of them to overcome their struggles to do things they love.’ Larni Thompson.

‘Wheelchair basketball was really fun. We all got taught how to dribble and how to shoot the ball. We all had a lot of fun and leant many new skills.‘ Bella Impellizzeri

‘We played wheelchair basketball for three periods on the 15 July. It was a great experience to learn how difficult it is for people to play in real life. This was also a very funny experience.’ Teagan Johnson

‘I really enjoyed wheelchair basketball. It was fun. The instructor Andrea, was extremely encouraging towards us all. She taught us skills, drills and techniques and tricks. We learnt how to incorporate them into a game.‘ Lily Proudfoot-Napier

‘As someone who has played basketball my whole life it was really exciting to give wheelchair basketball a go.’ Olivia Simurina