A SYLLABUS mix-up at Peninsula Grammar School, Mt Eliza had the community buzzing on Friday. Principal Stuart Johnston said he “unreservedly apologised to students and their families” over the error, uncovered in October, in which material taught in two units of a VCE subject was not part of the official course. In a statement, Mr Johnston said the school had “identified differences in cross-marked grades awarded to students of the visual communications design course offered by the school”. “These errors were due to both teacher error, and failures in our oversight processes in the faculty,” Mr Johnston stated. “We deeply…
Day: December 17, 2018
RYE dancer Aleksander Hughes gave himself a fitting ninth birthday present last week by winning a raft of Australian championship titles. The Boneo Primary pupil took out 11 events at the 2018 Australian Dancesport Championships at Hisense Arena, Friday 7 December. The winning list is as long as Aleksander’s talent: He won in a variety of styles, including a prize for juvenile couples dancing with his partner, Isabella Macri-Mikai, 11, with whom he trains five days a week at Star Studios, Bentleigh, under instructor Meagen Alderton. Aleksander’s efforts earned him Australian champion in Recreational Sub-Juvenile Boy Standard, New Vogue and…
HEAVY rain and un-summery weather late last week was expected to further degrade water quality at peninsula beaches “for at least the next few days”, the Environment Protection Authority says. “There’s a 28 degree day forecasted for Wednesday (19 December) so EPA is encouraging people to check the water quality website before swimming and consider the local pool instead.” Thursday’s thunderstorms dumped as much as 48mm of rain in bayside areas and showers are forecast to continue this week. “These heavy rains will result in poor water quality for a number of days,” EPA marine specialist applied scientist Alison Kemp…
The coming year is likely to see the state and federal governments pay more attention to the Mornington Peninsula. The Labor state government has won one of the peninsula’s “safe” Liberal seats and the shire’s new mayor, Cr David Gill, wants to make sure there is no weakening of land use regulations, especially in the green wedge zone. A federal election is due by May, and while the Liberals will want to win back support, Labor will want to build on the sentiments that saw Chris Brayne take Nepean. Ironically, Cr Gill and shire CEO John Baker were last Friday…