There has been a lot of activity in the NLC this month with the Fuse Cup Beatsaber team, consisting of Sathyan Muhunthan Year 7 L16, Xavier Tsioulos Year 9 L19, Hayden Stella Year 7 B19, Alex Stella Year 9 B12, Kaylan Ranasinghe Year 7 N11, Jordan Peiris Year 7 B11, Noah Litsos Year 7 B16, and Manuka Manannalage Year 7 H15, donned the VR goggles to get some last minute team training before heading off to Strathcona Girl’s Grammar on 6 June for the Interschool Championships. If victorious in these state heats, the teams will move onto the National championships. Wish them luck.
The students and staff have smashed the semester reading challenge of 126,500 minutes only a few weeks into Term 2 and are on track to potentially reach 200,000 minutes. There are always opportunities to take part in additional challenges such as the “Winter is Coming” challenge, where students simply need to log 300 minutes for the month of June. That is just 10 minutes a day! All these minutes count towards the 2025 reading challenge where big prizes are on offer.
The podcasting Club has begun with great success, with more than 30 students signing up in the first few weeks. Some groups have already been in to record several episodes during recess and lunch time. There are regular meetings on Friday lunchtimes to complete the training required to take part, and then students can record during recess and lunchtimes.
This is just one of many clubs that run at lunchtime during the week. See the club times below:
Monday - Games Club in the FIRE Carrier room
Tuesday - TTRPG in the Fire Carrier Room
Tuesday - Juggling in the Heidelberg Room
Thursday - Pokémon (card players) Club in the Innovation Lab
Friday - Podcasting in Fire Carrier Room and upstairs Multimedia Lab when recording.
New members welcomed at all clubs
One member of the Pokémon Club took part in an exciting competition, outlined below in Mr Di Pastena’s report.
On Saturday 17 May, Year 7 student Atharva Siddhartha Ganesh N16 took part in the Pokémon Regional Championships in Melbourne, competing in the highly competitive Video Game Championships (VGC). With over 400 participants across three age divisions, Atharva achieved an impressive 19th place in the Seniors Division, an outstanding result, particularly in his debut tournament.
It was a demanding and rewarding day of competition, and we are incredibly proud of Atharva's dedication, strategic skill, and sportsmanship. Please join us in congratulating him on this remarkable accomplishment. We look forward to seeing his continued growth and success as a competitor in future events.
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