Multicultural Committee News

The week after the Multicultural Festival, we are still recovering—and still reflecting on what an epic week it has been! We hope many of you had the chance to enjoy last Friday’s grand celebration. North Geelong Secondary College Community is immensely grateful for your ongoing support in helping us make this year’s Festival a tremendous success.

Once again, the cake stall exceeded expectations, thanks to the incredible generosity of parents, staff, students, and the entire community. We are truly blown away by the support! This famous cake stall remains the best in Geelong, and who knows—next year, we may just aim for a world title!

A special thank you goes to Mrs. Dragana Skoric, parent and owner of “The Peach Cakes and Sweets,” who dedicated her day to sharing her craft and demonstrating how her signature peach biscuits are made. I am also deeply grateful to my cake stall team: Ms. Carolyn Kent, Mrs. Irene Walters, and Mrs. Soghra Mahtabi for their hard work and dedication, which helped make the cake stall a standout success.

A big thank you to Laura Hannan-Smith, who came in on her day off to add her decorative flair. She brought elegant cake stands that added a touch of class and made our stall truly shine.

We also owe a huge thank you to our amazing Food Tech department—Alison Costa, Geraldine Eales, and Bridgette Van Der Zee—who worked tirelessly behind the scenes for the festival, both before and during the event. They provided invaluable support to the staff and helped with all the cake stall needs, making everything run smoothly. They also created an impressive gourmet spread for our VIPs on the day.

Our Festival coordinator, Ms. Suzanne Henry, delivered a stellar effort this year, raising the bar once again and making this event unforgettable.

And, of course, we can’t forget “Prince Ravi Raja,” who was a true highlight of the celebration. As he expressed:

“A quick note to thank you for including 'Prince Ravi Raja' in the entertainment program—it is greatly appreciated! It was a grand day. The weather held up, and both adults and children were intrigued and entertained. There was so much fun, laughter, smiles, and plenty of photos taken.”

With the festival now behind us, we’re approaching the end of our Multicultural C committee meetings for 2024. To celebrate and reflect on this year’s accomplishments, we’ll hold our final meeting on Monday, November 4, at 12:45 pm. Please feel free to join us for this festive occasion.

Thank you all once again for making this year’s Multicultural Festival a remarkable success!

It has been such an amazing year to date for our International Students and Term 3 did not disappoint. Each Term the International Students get together and cook up a storm.....on the menu for Term 3 were pancakes.

The International Students were very creative with their pancakes but to top it off, their creations were absolutely delicious and enjoyed by all, even the Principal Team.

As this is the last lunchtime cooking session for the year, there is another exciting excursion scheduled for this Term, watch this space in the next newsletter which will contain the photos and details regarding their experiences during this time.

Year 9 Japanese Visit the Japanese Consulate-General in Melbourne

At the end of Term 3, our Year 9 Japanese class visited the Japanese Consulate-General in Melbourne to attend a technology seminar. Zilla from the Consulate-General presented an engaging session describing what is happening in the Japanese technology scene now and discussing how this connects to Australia. Many thanks to the Japanese Consulate-General and Zilla for welcoming our class and taking the time to answer our questions. Our students really enjoyed the experience. "I really liked learning about Japan's space technology and their farming technology.""I liked learning about the current projects happening in Japan (JAXA, Pepper and Paro [robots]). The quiz was fun too. "I liked learning about the technology of Japan. I especially liked the robot named pepper and the seal (Paro).We also enjoyed a Japanese lunch at Super Hiro.

“JFF+” rebrands to “JFF Theater”.

“JFF Theater” official website:  https://en.jff.jpf.go.jp/

Japanese Film Festival

The Japanese Film Festival returns in 2024, running in Melbourne from 21 October through 3 November. Films will be screened at The Kino (Palace Cinemas, 45 Collins Street), and at ACMI, Federation Square.

Films screened at The Kino and ACMI follow the attached schedule. Please check the website https://japanesefilmfestival.net/pdf-programs/ for classification ratings. Tickets start at $25 Adult, $19 Concession, $20 JPF or Palace Cinema Members, Palace Movie Club Student: $16.50.

Please check the movie rating before buying tickets.
JFF_2024_Program_Booklet.pdf 

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Onigiri Action

#onigiriaction is on for 2024 from 3 October to 16 November 2024.
Upload any kind of image that you have created of onigiri (rice balls) with the hashtag #onigiriaction and the sponsors will donate 5 school lunches to kids in need. You can upload your images to Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram or directly on the Table for Two or the Onigiri Action 2023 websites. https://onigiri-action.com/en/
You do not have to be in the picture. You can do a drawing. If you are making it, you only need cooked rice (short or medium grain works best) and maybe a little salt to bring out the umami of the rice. Nori (seaweed) is not necessary though it is very popular in Japan.
You can even crochet an onigiri amigurumi!
Alternatively, through freerice.com (https://freerice.com), the World Food Programme raises awareness and funds for providing food around the world to people in need through every question you answer correctly (ads sponsor the food).

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