{"id":43162,"date":"2025-11-14T13:29:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T02:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=43162"},"modified":"2025-11-14T13:29:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T02:29:43","slug":"year-8-266","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/year-8-266\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-30326\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/05\/Schurch-Kate-640x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/05\/Schurch-Kate-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/05\/Schurch-Kate-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/05\/Schurch-Kate-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/05\/Schurch-Kate-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/05\/Schurch-Kate-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>This week was a busy and exciting one for Year 8! With Ms Schurch away on Year 10 Camp, we, <strong>Amara<\/strong> and <strong>Aditi,<\/strong> the 2026 Middle Years Leaders for Mooramoora and Leawarra, have stepped in to help write the newsletter this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, our Year 8 Cadets took part in their first Remembrance Day Service, which\u00a0focused on the generations affected by war. Everyone did a great job and showed respect\u00a0throughout the ceremony, \u00a0even in the heat!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last week in Academic Care, the 2026 Middle Years Leaders<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>were announced.\u00a0Congratulations to all our new leaders:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abbeythorpe:\u00a0<strong>Hana Lee<\/strong> and <strong>Lauren Liu\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Booralee:\u00a0<strong>Matilda Hardy<\/strong> and <strong>Olivia Kalamvokis<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Churunga:\u00a0<strong>Freyja<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Grey<\/strong> and <strong>Beth Pidcock<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Leawarra:\u00a0<strong>Aditi Knowles<\/strong> and <strong>Kelsey Pham<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Lester:\u00a0<strong>Ariahna Giann<\/strong> and <strong>Ciara Ferguson<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Mooramoora:\u00a0<strong>Amara Sivagurunathan<\/strong> and <strong>Euna Cho<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Prescott:\u00a0<strong>Aleeya Sharma<\/strong> and <strong>Sophie Hong\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Sutton:\u00a0<strong>Michaela Kwaan<\/strong> and <strong>Imogen Sutton<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Wade:\u00a0<strong>Lexie Bellew<\/strong> and <strong>Baolan Nguyen<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Whitley:\u00a0<strong>Alexis Zhang<\/strong> and <strong>Leela<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Das<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The SRC representatives<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>for Year 8 were also announced. Congratulations to:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chelsea Keomanivong\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cailise Campbell\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Eloise Wong\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Well done to everyone who applied, \u00a0it was a tough selection process, and we\u2019re so proud of\u00a0you all.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Finally, this week also saw the Middle Years Production:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>Trackers!<\/em>\u00a0Many Year 8 students\u00a0took part in this exciting sci-fi play. Everyone had an incredible time and gained great\u00a0experience. Bethany Haddad said,\u00a0<em>\u201cI loved being a part of the play, \u00a0it was such an amazing\u00a0experience to be able to work with so many amazing people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to everyone involved in the show!<\/p>\n<p>This week really showed how talented, hardworking, and supportive our Year 8 group is, from cadets and performances to leadership and teamwork. We can\u2019t wait to see what the rest of the term brings!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u2013 Amara Sivagurunathan and Aditi Knowles<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\">Year 8 Students<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week was a busy and exciting one for Year 8! 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