September 2011

BYE-Ivanhoe Girls take on Transport Issues

Ivanhoe Girls Grammer School-Transport & Safety Concerns
 
A group of Year 11 students from Ivanhoe Girls Grammer have been working with Year 8 students to explore transport issues and safety concerns that impact on their daily commuting. They had a guest speaker from the Transport Authority to discuss their concerns and look at possible solutions

BYE-Viewbank College is improving Price Park

Improving Price Park-Viewbank College

BYE-NMIT hosts Drug Action Day

Drug Action Day at NMIT Heidelberg Campus
 
Concerned with the dangers that alcohol and drug consumption would have on their fellow students, a group of students at NMIT worked hard to organise a number of activites to raise awareness on the effects of drugs and alcohol.
The team of students invited a number of guest speakers to attend a class and speak on the effects of drugs and alcohol to enable students to see first hand how dangerous this type of behaviour can be.

BYE- Banyule 100 @ Loyola College

Banyule 100 @ Loyola College
 
Year 11 students at Loyola College interviewed a number of inspirational members of the Banyule community as part of the Banyule 100 project.
Banyule 100 is a project that seeks to challenge the stereotypical negative images of young people portrayed in mainstream media. The students researched, interviewed and wrote articles for the project. The articles will accompany a portrait taken by local young photographer Sean Porter and can be viewed at www.banyule100.com

BYE-St Helena College group"PRISM" People Respecting Individuals Sexuality Movement

St Helena College new group PRISM
 

BYE-Macleod's Community Concert

Community Concert-raising awareness on depression
 
Our names are Maddison Goldsworthy, Angelene Alexandrakis and Adriana Blom and we are Year 9 students at Macleod College. The focus for the term 2 'Self in the Community' Unit was to investigate an issue in our community, try to find a solution for it and carry out a community based action.

BYE-Concord tackle drug education

School: Concord School
Project: Alcohol and Smoking: Aims to reduce alcohol related harm among secondary school students
 
Year 11 and Year 12 Students at Concord school in Bundoora having been working together throughout the year on drug education and harm minimisation.
The students choose to complete a project on alcohol and smoking.

September/October School Holiday activities in Banyule

Friday 9th September until October 7th - DJ Workshop @ Ivanhoe Library
 
Saturday September 24th - North Western Skate/BMX Titles @ Greensborough Skate Park
 
Monday 3rd October - Free Scooter/Skate/BMX BBQ & CDDJ Event @ Malahang Reserve
 
Friday 7th October - Free Journalism Workshop **BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL**