Juli is a new student to Sacred Heart College and arrived from Guatemala in May this year. She has been learning English and last week I accompanied her on an excursion into Kyneton and then cooked a meal together.
This is an article that Juli wrote about this experience. Ms Viv Penney
On Friday we cooked chicken tortillas, guacamole, and tomato salsa. We went shopping in Kyneton to buy the ingredients. We went to Woolworths supermarket and to Watts Fresh.
At Watts Fresh, we bought fruit and vegetables such as tomatoes, onions, garlic, mango, apricot, passionfruit, lime and avocado, and coriander which is Cilantro in Spanish. At Woolworths we bought minced chicken, a tin of black beans, adobo chipotle sauce and tortillas.
At Sacred Heart, we cooked in the Frayne kitchen. We cooked the finely chopped onion and garlic. Then we cooked the chicken and added the fiery, hot adobo sauce. This made it delicious.
We chopped the ripe tomatoes, onion and coriander and added oil and seasoning to make the salsa.
For the guacamole, we mashed the avocado and added some onion and coriander and spices. A squeeze of lime made it taste very fresh.
We enjoyed a fabulous meal of tortillas and had a lovely day.
Fatima Julissa Aguilar Ramirez (Juli Aguilar) and Mrs Penney
Darren was appointed Principal of Sacred Heart College in January 2019. Darren has had almost 30 years experience in teaching and leadership across a number of Victorian Catholic secondary schools. These include eight years as Principal of Mercy Regional College, Camperdown; nine years as Deputy Principal and Director of Mission at Mount Lilydale Mercy College; seven years as a Chemistry, Religious Education and Science teacher as well as REC at Sacred Heart College, Geelong.
Darren has been committed to a lifetime of study and professional development. After completing his initial degree of Bachelor of Science and Graduate Diploma of Education at the University of Melbourne, he continued his study by completing a Graduate Diploma of Religious Education, a Masters of Religious Education and a Doctor of Education, all at Australian Catholic University. In 2018, Darren participated in the Enhancing Catholic School Identity programme in Leuven, Belgium.
Darren has a deep and passionate affiliation with the Mercy tradition and charism and believes that Mercy schools must be “…committed to holistic education; determined to ensure that each student flourishes academically, spiritually, emotionally, socially and physically”.
The purpose of the Catholic school is to provide “… an authentic Christian education, where students are called to embrace the essence of the Gospels, to flourish as whole human persons” and “… to provide exemplary learning experiences for the students who attend”.
Darren was appointed Principal of Sacred Heart College in January 2019. Darren has had almost 30 years experience in teaching and leadership across a number of Victorian Catholic secondary schools. These include eight years as Principal of Mercy Regional College, Camperdown; nine years as Deputy Principal and Director of Mission at Mount Lilydale Mercy College; seven years as a Chemistry, Religious Education and Science teacher as well as REC at Sacred Heart College, Geelong.
Darren has been committed to a lifetime of study and professional development. After completing his initial degree of Bachelor of Science and Graduate Diploma of Education at the University of Melbourne, he continued his study by completing a Graduate Diploma of Religious Education, a Masters of Religious Education and a Doctor of Education, all at Australian Catholic University. In 2018, Darren participated in the Enhancing Catholic School Identity programme in Leuven, Belgium.
Darren has a deep and passionate affiliation with the Mercy tradition and charism and believes that Mercy schools must be “…committed to holistic education; determined to ensure that each student flourishes academically, spiritually, emotionally, socially and physically”.
The purpose of the Catholic school is to provide “… an authentic Christian education, where students are called to embrace the essence of the Gospels, to flourish as whole human persons” and “… to provide exemplary learning experiences for the students who attend”.