The Student Media Site of William Clarke College

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The Student Media Site of William Clarke College

We Are

The Student Media Site of William Clarke College

We Are

The Horror of Heatwaves
The Horror of Heatwaves
Elaine L (Year 9), Chief Contributor • March 15, 2023

Heatwaves been Freaking me out!!    Summer has come early. Except it hasn’t, it just finished. So why is it so stinking hot? Well, we...

World War III? The Russia-Ukraine War has gone Nuclear
World War III? The Russia-Ukraine War has gone Nuclear
Ananya V (Year 12), Chief Contributor • March 8, 2023

The Russia-Ukraine War. It’s been a primary news topic since just over a year ago and for people in Australia, it’s been a distant example of...

Photo from Flickr, Edited by Alexandra S (Yr12)
Social Media Detectives: The role of TikTok in the Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
Shikha S (Year 9) March 8, 2023

A 21-year-old by the name of Julia Faustyna has claimed to be Madeleine McCann, a three-year-old girl who went missing from a family holiday...

Macadamia Mania
Macadamia Mania
Elaine L (Year 9), Chief Contributor • March 8, 2023

Macadamia Nuts. What a weird topic to read about in the news. Among all the natural disasters happening in the world, how does a nut make it...

A Doctor under the Microscope
A Doctor under the Microscope
Shikka S (Year 9), Chief Contributor • March 1, 2023

Charlie Teo, a once highly profiled neurosurgeon, now an alleged fraudster has been accused of being “too radical” with two operations leaving...

Cyclone Gabriel
Cyclone Gabriel
Elaine L (Year 9), Chief Contributor • March 1, 2023

The world had hardly recovered from the first Turkey and Syria Earthquake when, yet another, disaster struck on the other side of the world....

Chinese Spy Balloons
Chinese Spy Balloons
Elaine L (Year 9) February 22, 2023

We’ve heard it all: spies, top secret hacking jobs, FBI agents. But a flying balloon collecting data on all the people below? This may be where...

The Deadliest Earthquake of the Decade
The Deadliest Earthquake of the Decade
Shikha S (Year 9) February 15, 2023

“I can’t describe how long it lasted because of the pain, fear, anger that I felt. I saw my entire life flash in front of me and I was frozen...

Taken from Sky News Australia
The Voice Referendum: Truly Australia's Voice?
Ananya V (Year 12) February 15, 2023

For the first time since 1999, Australia is having a referendum to change our Constitution. Even if most of us are not old enough to vote yet,...

What to Expect in 2023
What to Expect in 2023
Shikha S (Year 9) February 8, 2023

2022 was a chaotic year: the world faced the aftermath of covid, a new Prime Minister and of course the Russia and Ukraine war. It is safe to...

Aarya K (Year 12)
Your News in 2022
Ananya V (Year 12) February 1, 2023

TIMELINE   January   Flooding   Australian Open    Novak Djokovic’s visa and COVID Vaccination – 16th   ...

Timothy S (Year 11)
"Mayday! Mayday! We have another Qantas Issue!"
Elaine L (Year 9) February 1, 2023

What is happening in the sky?  Only just regaining Safest Airline in the World, Qantas has turned five flights around mid-air in the past...

The Mystery of Melisa Caddick
The Mystery of Melisa Caddick
Shikka Shah (Year 8), Chief Contributor • December 7, 2022

The 12th of November 2020, the day Melisa Caddick ran away from her home, ran away from her life and carried nothing with her except the shock...

1000 Days of Covid
1000 Days of Covid
Elaine L (Year 8), Chief Contributor • November 30, 2022

Celebrating? The A Thousand Day Anniversary of COVID-19  On October 20th 2023, Australia “celebrated” the 1000-day mark since authorities...

Manly West Explosion
Manly West Explosion
Taylah C (Year 12), Chief Contributor • November 30, 2022

At about 1pm on Monday the 21st of November, eleven 10-year-old children and one adult was rushed to hospital after a science experiment went...