{"id":6661,"date":"2026-09-24T11:50:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/?post_type=article&#038;p=6661"},"modified":"2026-09-24T11:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:50:44","slug":"year-7-3","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/article\/year-7-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mr Stephen Flew<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Leader of Wellbeing &#8211; Year 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The past six months have been a particularly busy and rewarding period for Year 7.\u00a0 Students commenced Term 2 with a three day camp at the Sydney Academy of Sport and Recreation in Narrabeen, where they participated in abseiling, kayaking, bushwalking and a variety of other activities designed to strengthen peer connections and build resilience.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6661 gallery-columns-3 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Students also attended an excursion to Sydney Zoo in Bungarribee to deepen their understanding of cells and animal classification.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-6661 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2026\/09\/1000024666.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2026\/09\/1000024666-480x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2026\/09\/1000024662.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2026\/09\/1000024662-480x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2026\/09\/1000024665.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2026\/09\/1000024665-480x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2026\/09\/IMG_7596.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2026\/09\/IMG_7596-640x480.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2026\/09\/IMG_7595.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2026\/09\/IMG_7595-640x480.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2026\/09\/IMG_7601.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2026\/09\/IMG_7601-640x480.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Across Terms 2 and 3, Year 7 students represented the College in a broad range of sports and extracurricular activities, including Soccer, AFL, Hockey, Rugby 7s, Chess and Debating. It has been encouraging to see such strong levels of participation and enthusiasm for the opportunities available at the College.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During Pastoral Care sessions, Year 7 marked RUOK? Day by wearing yellow and taking time to check in on their mates. They also completed the election of student leaders for next year, who will be formally acknowledged at an assembly next term. We look forward to seeing these students exemplify what it means to be a Marist.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Stephen Flew Leader of Wellbeing &#8211; Year 7 The past six months have been a particularly busy and rewarding period for Year 7.\u00a0 Students commenced Term 2 with a three day camp at the Sydney Academy of Sport and Recreation in Narrabeen, where they participated in abseiling, kayaking, bushwalking and a variety of other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-6661","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/6661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}