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JAMIE OLIVER’S MINISTRY OF FOOD

Cooking is a life skill I thoroughly enjoyed learning this year. Jamie’s Ministry of Food is a response to the lack of basic food skills among adults. By teaching people to cook for themselves and equipping them with some simple skills and food knowledge, communities are empowered to live healthier, happier lives. From shopping tips, including reading nutrition labels and budgeting, to storing food and working safely in the kitchen to time-saving techniques and knife skills, the cooking classes taught us everything we need to know to make healthy, delicious meals.

- Sam Hyde AMAZING RACE MELBOURNE

As part of the Year 12 VCAL Numeracy course, the boys had a day in Melbourne to compete in an Amazing Race to develop navigating skills and team work. The day was spilt up into going to different destinations and getting clues to earn points which would then result in a winning team. We were split into teams of three and worked our way around Melbourne and the CBD. Some of the places that we had to pass were the MCG, Flinders Street Station, NGV, Hosier Lane and Bourke Street Mall. The day was really enjoyable and all the boys improved on their navigating skills.

- Jordan Imbrogno SYDNEY

In order to meet the VCAL Numeracy and Personal Development Skills Senior learning outcomes, students set off for Sydney. Activities undertaken over the three days included a workplace visit to the Triple J studios, an urban walk around Kings Cross covering the topics of drug use, coward punches, homelessness and sexual assault, the Amazing Race orientation and navigation task, the high ropes course at Taronga Zoo as well as team building activities. For some it was a first to travel by plane, for many spending several days in a big city like Sydney was a first. Students were challenged both physically and mentally out of their usual comfort zones, but all worked together, had fun and met the desired learning outcomes. Congratulations.