School Captains - Blackburn High School€¦ · Page 2 Issue 12 - 21 August 2015 From the Principal...

Issue 12 - 21 August 2015

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From the Principal

Assistant Principal

Dunlop House

Freeman House

Hollows House

Melba House

Teaching and Learning

e-Learning

Sport News

Music News

Literacy News

Int. Exchange Program

School News

School Calendar

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Please remember to advise the relevant House Assistant by 9:30am if your child will be absent from

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Melba—8804 6407 Freeman—8804 6408 Hollows—8804 6409 Dunlop—8804 6410

Music Dept: (Direct)

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Term Dates in 2015: 1. 30/01—27/03 2. 13/04—26/06 3. 13/07—18/09 4. 05/10—18/12

Next School

Council Meeting

Wed 16 Sept 2015

Blackburn High School 60 Springfield Road, Blackburn Vic 3130 Website: www.blackburnhs.vic.edu.au

Telephone: +613 8804 6464 Facsimile: +613 8804 6499 Email: [email protected]

Tristan Webb & Bonnie Hodge

School Captains

Joanna Alexander Principal

Principals Student Advisory Group As Principal, I believe it is important that student leaders are provided with an opportunity to have direct access to the Principal team about issues relating to their school experience. This week, the Principal Team met with the student leaders for the Principals’ Student Advisory Group breakfast where we discussed a range of issues relating to their school experience over scones and jam. The concept of improving the ‘student voice’ within our school community is important because it facilitates the development of an inclusive learning environment where students feel that they are heard, valued and respected. Photographs of our student leaders are proudly located at reception and in the Principal’s Office.

Working Bee On Sunday, the Assistant Principal Tim Dalton was joined by a small but very determined group of parents who generously volunteered and participated in the school’s working bee. Parents were involved in weeding and planting around the school grounds that improved the learning environment for all of our students. Involvement in schools by parents and carers helps students achieve the best possible learning outcomes and is a powerful symbol that helps to build strong bonds between the home and school. Acknowledgement of Carolyn Nette On behalf of the Blackburn High School Community I would like to acknowledge the outstanding contribution of Carolyn Nette as both a School Council President and as a Councillor for the past decade. Carolyn stepped down as the Council President last term following five years at the helm, where she demonstrated her commitment to ensuring that we placed the students at the front and centre of our decision making. She worked closely with the previous Principal Sandra Woodman during a period of significant growth in student numbers, the completion of the first stage of the building upgrade and the transformation to the new organisational structure. In addition, Carolyn was a strong advocate for the school’s herb garden and a keen participant in the working bees.


From the Principal cont. Joanna Alexander Principal

Debating at Blackburn High School I am pleased to announce that Alyse Clarke has been appointed to the newly created student leadership position of Debating Captain. Alyse will join the other student leaders on the Principals’ Student Advisory Group. Congratulations to Chris Mcduff for his work, passion and leadership of the Debating Program at Blackburn High School. He ensured that our students have been able to pursue their interest in public speaking. The Debating program has, this year, increased to six teams across all divisions. The Year 7-12 students competed in the Debater's Association of Victoria School Competition in the highly competitive Camberwell region. Individual team success came across all grades, particularly with one Year 11 team finishing in equal third position, and one of the Year 10 teams in equal fourth, after a total of 5 rounds. The competition formally opens at Year 9 level, but our Year 7 students decided to take on the challenge and learned so much through the experience of coming up against seasoned debaters. All of the students grew throughout the year in terms of confidence, critical thinking, and speaking ability, which was amazing to see. The Year 11 teams also traveled to Blackburn Primary School to engage with the Grade 6 students and perform a debate and share their experiences. Chris is hoping to expand the program next year and encourage all students to consider the opportunities for self-growth, both personally and academically that are available in debating. Symphonic Band Performance at the Victorian School Music Festival I was privileged to be in the audience at the Victorian School Music Festival on Tuesday 18th August, where our Symphonic Band under the direction of Jemima Bunn brilliantly performed songs from Lyndsay-Andrew Boysen Jr and the folk song suite no.3 by David Stanhope. Feedback from the visiting expert was very positive and highlighted the solo performances as well as the cohesion of the band. Congratulations to the students and to their teacher, Jemima Bunn.

Jane Richards Assistant Principal

Subject Selection We are progressing through our subject selection timeline with most of the students in Years 10-12 having now submitted courses for 2016. We have also received elective information from students going into Year 9 in 2016. If your child has not submitted their course preferences, they should do so promptly or they risk missing out on subject choices. Developing a timetable is a complex process and we now need to develop the blocks or groupings for each subject for Years 10-12. Sometimes this results in clashes which is why students have reserve choices as part of their selections. Students Not Returning in 2016 If your child is not returning in 2016, please advise your child’s House Admin Assistant so that we can remove them from the lists and put in place the relevant information to ensure a smooth transfer to their new school. Volunteers As the Principal team, we would like to acknowledge the work of all the parents and other members of the community who give time to support programs at Blackburn High School. We are grateful for the time and expertise provided by members of the Friends of Music (FoM), School Council, Chaplaincy, those who assist with working bees and of course all the parents who get students to school events and spend time supporting our school programs by being audience members at concerts, debating and sporting events. Student Leaders Blackburn High School is fortunate to have such high calibre student leaders. Thank you to all our student leaders for their work running our assemblies and providing valuable feedback to the Principal team on what matters to them from a student perspective. We met with the Student Advisory team this week for breakfast and enjoyed great discussions about school life at Blackburn High School. Uniform We have reminded members of the community about expectations regarding our uniform in the last two editions of the newsletter. We ask parents to assist us by ensuring that their child has the appropriate uniform and wears it according to the guidelines. Students out of uniform with a legitimate reason must bring a note from a parent or guardian explaining why they are out of uniform and when they will be back in full school uniform to avoid consequences for being out of uniform.

Vale Jenny Morrish The Blackburn High School community was saddened to learn of the death last week of one of our class of 2001, Jenny Morrish. Jenny was heavily involved in the Music Program at Blackburn High School and played violin in the Symphony Orchestra and was principal percussionist in the Symphonic Band (see photo left) and continued her love of music after leaving school playing overseas and with Orchestra Victoria. We extend our condolences to Jenny’s family and friends. The “Music for Jenny” tribute event will be held at the Orchestra Victoria hall 25 Albert Road, Drive South, Albert in Albert Park on Sunday, August 23rd, with funds raised

being split between the Alfred Hospital and the Peter McCallum lung cancer research group. We have posted details of this event on our Compass system.


Assistant Principal


DUNLOP HOUSE NEWS Claire Greve

Dunlop House Leader

House Assistant:

Liga Darzins 8804 6410

“I have a conviction that it is only when we are put at full stretch that we can realise our full potential’ Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop.

NOTICES AND INFORMATION As things settle down in to a more comfortable rhythm here in Dunlop after the Fundraising Day and Weary Dunlop commemorations, we would like to remind you of some very important school procedures. SIGNING IN AND OUT It is very important that all students coming late to school or having to leave early, do so via the Sign In/Out book in Liga’s office. All students coming in late or leaving early need to provide a parent note, a note on Compass or a parent telephone call to the school. Year 11 and 12 students leaving early on Wednesdays must also sign out. This week we are sending home student absence letters, which list all of the periods that a student has been marked absent from class. Please discuss these absences with your students and advise the school of reasons for absence by completing the details on the absence letter and returning it to Liga in the Dunlop office. UNIFORM Please continue to wear correct school uniform. A note must be provided, and a uniform pass obtained from your Mentor Teacher or from the Dunlop Office if, for unavoidable reasons, you are not able to wear full, correct winter uniform.

SUBJECT SELECTIONS FOR 2016 By now everyone should have submitted their online subject selections for next year, including preferences for Year 9 Art, Technology and Sports units. If you have not done so, please speak to your Mentor Teacher as soon as possible. Please note that special forms are required for VCE students who will be studying Unit 3 and 4 Chinese, Chinese Advanced, Korean, Indonesian and Japanese as a Second Language at an external Language School. P lease see Liga in the Dunlop Office to get these forms. Students intending to study Unit 3 and 4 EAL next year also need to complete a special application form, which will be given to you in your Mentor Group sessions this week. Please make sure you see your Mentor Teacher about this.

D5 Mentor Group Presentation


DUNLOP HOUSE NEWS Claire Greve

Dunlop House Leader

“I have a conviction that it is only when we are put at full stretch that we can realise our full potential’ Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop.

House Captain Sarah Turner

MENTOR GROUP PROGRAM The mentor group program this semester has included sessions on:

Looking after your health and mind

E-smart

Pathways options

Report reflections

Learning to learn

Engage with Asia activities

KLA activities, and more. Mentor Groups have also had time to create their presentations to the rest of the House and we thoroughly enjoyed the D4 Family Feud presentation last Friday, and the D5 Deal or No Deal presentation last Tuesday.

ALPINE SCHOOL A special mention this week to five Dunlop students who are attending the Alpine School for Student Leadership, living away from home for four weeks. It’s a great opportunity for students to develop their social, interpersonal and leadership skills. We look forward to hearing their stories when they return.

Keep up the good work Alice, Roy, Sophie, Faith and Jack.


House Assistant Denise Strahan

Freeman House News Geoff Vezey

House Leader

Student achievement. Chloe Salter (Year 9) represented the school during the July holidays at the Victorian Interschool State Championships. She came first in the 80cm Combined Training on her pony Roy and was awarded a State Championship rug.

Chloe is participating in dressage tests in her school uniform at State Championships. See photograph below.

Chloe has been selected to represent Victoria at Nationals during the September holidays in Sydney. Chloe will ride her pony Roy. She will be competing in Elementary Dressage and Freestyle. We wish Chloe and Roy well and look forward to hearing about her progress. Mr Vezey— Freeman House Leader


Freeman House News Geoff Vezey

House Leader

House Captain Andre Burborough

Student achievement. Many students have made significant achievements recently.

Alyssa Forato won a class award for Evita Liu was awarded a distinction in The Night of the Notables. University of NSW Science Competition.

Lisa Woods and Luke Brito-Babapulle Andrew Guo and Lazarus Pereira were awarded School Athletic won the Freeman attendance raffle. Age-Champion medals.

Gabriella De Angelis won the poster award for promoting a clean school

World Vision Nick Hugo has been raising money for this cause by getting to and from school and around school in a wheel chair. Well done to Nick for this effort and raising awareness of people who are confined to a wheelchair. If you are able to sponsor a student and/or donate please do. http://www.40hourfamine.com.au/ Mr Vezey.


House Assistant Kaye Sampson

8804 6409

HOLLOWS HOUSE NEWS Mark Pasquali

Hollows House Leader

BLACKBURN HIGH APPEARS ON FRED HOLLOWS FACEBOOK PAGE It was great to see a thank you to Blackburn High on the Fred Hollows Facebook page. The Hollows Foundation would like as many people as possible to “like” the page. Here is the excerpt of the text on the page. “We love hearing what people do to support Fred. This inspiring group of students from Blackburn High School in Victoria ran bake sales, sausage sizzles and muffin days to support our sight-restoring work. They raised an amazing $6600—outstanding effort guys, were amazingly proud of your hard work!” From Fred Hollows Facebook page 2015

FANTASTIC MENTOR GROUP PRESENTATIONS Congratulations to our last two Mentor Groups for their entertaining and informative assembly presentations. Last week Mr Conte and H5 delivered a great presentation about donating blood (they also presented this at Freeman assembly this week). This week Ms Pennell and H6 did a fantastic blind food tasting competition. Please see pictures below. The Mentor Group presentations have been well received. Well done to all involved.


HOLLOWS HOUSE NEWS Mark Pasquali

Hollows House Leader

NOT LONG TO GO FOR THE YEAR 12s! Only 7 weeks to go for our Year 12s and over the next few newsletters we will be featuring profiles of our Hollows graduation class of 2015. Here are the first 6 this week.

House Captain Lucy Fist

Name: Dylan Fulton Been at Blackburn Since: Year 7 What have you liked about BHS? The large variety of opportunities provided to me. What are your plans for next year? Archaeology at university, travel and pushing into seniors with football umpiring Favourite Subject? History Favourite Food? Grandma’s Lamb Casserole, Aaron’s dad’s fried rice Favourite Colour (apart from Hollows Green)? Red Favourite Pet? Dog (Kelpie)

Name: Kate Fyander Been at Blackburn Since: Yr. 11 What have you liked about BHS? The music and the people What are your plans for next year? Hopefully studying at Australian Institute of Music Favourite Subject? Music Performance Favourite Food? Pasta Favourite Colour (apart from Hollows Green)? Purple Favourite Pet? Dog

Name: Curt Webb Been at Blackburn Since: Yr 9 What have you liked about BHS? The support of friendly staff members What are your plans for next year? Manager of EB Games and radio trade and Save at EB games. Favourite Subject? History Favourite Food? Chilli Con Carne Favourite Colour (apart from Hollows Green)? Periw inkle Favourite Pet? Rock

Name: Aisha Paetzold Been at Blackburn Since: Yr 7 What have you liked about BHS? The teachers and students I have met over the years What are your plans for next year? Go to uni to study a Bachelor of Education (Primary) Favourite Subject? Health, German Favourite Food? Chicken Schnitzel Favourite Colour (apart from Hollows Green)? Purple and Blue Favourite Pet? Dog

Name: Holly McCarthy Been at Blackburn Since: Yr 7 What have you liked about BHS? The opportunities and the people What are your plans for next year? Event management course Favourite Subject? Food Tech Favourite Food? Anything with minced beef Favourite Colour (apart from Hollows Green)? Orange Favourite Pet? Dog(Dalmation)

Name: Law rence Leung Been at Blackburn Since: Yr 7 What have you liked about BHS? Culture and environment What are your plans for next year? University—Commerce Degree Favourite Subject? Business Management Favourite Food? Fried Rice Favourite Colour (apart from Hollows Green)? Blue Favourite Pet? No typical favourite


Martin Baxter

House Leader MELBA HOUSE NEWS

House Assistant Sally Bonnyman

8804 6407

Student Life As a house that prides itself on its academic and co-curricular programs we know that there is always something happening for students and the last few weeks have been no exception. We have had our Age Champions from the Athletics Carnival, where we came a close second to Hollows, again! They were: Tristan Webb—Boys 20 Years Issac Tuinauvai —Boys 17 Years Niamh Mebalds—Girls 13 Years In addition, here is a picture of Louise who is the Victorian Irish Dancing State Champion 2015. She won the Championship last weekend on Saturday August 8. If only we could arrange a House Irish Dancing competition we might get to beat Hollows! Finally, our Student Leadership group has been very active visiting our community partners and are working with Ron Hansen, Assistant House Leader, to plan how best to assist them in 2015. The following reports will provide an insight to their thinking on these matters. M Baxter Melba House Leader Excursion to a local charity On Thursday 13th of August, students of the Melba leadership team visited the Eastern Emergency Relief Network, based in Mitcham. A short walk from Mitcham station, the EERN is an organisation dedicated to helping those in need providing furniture, non-perishable food, toiletries, and other essential items. The students were taken on a guided tour around the warehouse which was filled with tables, chairs, bookshelves, and many other things. The EERN collects these items through donations, and people requiring these come through a member agency and receive them for free. Although the EERN receives many furniture donations, there are never enough toiletries or food, so they cannot rely solely on donations and must purchase these. Blackburn High School has assisted with this in the past, collecting hundreds of toiletry items to pass on to the EERN. We are eager to continue assisting those in need in the future, and hopefully we can donate well into the thousands this year Eamonn Field Melba Student Leader “I t was a really eye opening experience to learn about and experience the process that goes into running the Relief Network. I’m excited to be helping a charity of such caring and hardworking people” Kerryn King. M6 Mentor Group Student Leader. “Going on this excursion I have learned the effect that donating un-needed house hold items such as foods, toiletries and furniture can have on a family that really needs it and that making a donation can be a simple process.” Graziella Estrada. Melba House Captain. The people working at the EERN are volunteers and chose freely to spend their time sorting through, and organizing goods to help those who greatly need it. To see the staff work in person was a truly inspiring opportunity. I feel that I speak for all the mentor leaders when I say that I highly anticipate the upcoming fundraising day and especially after this excursion am excited to be working once again with such an amazing charity.

Callum Gibson Melba Student Leader

The fundraising day for the EERN will be on Friday September 11.

House Captain Graziella Estrada


Teaching & Learning Shona McEnaney

Director of Leaning and Teaching

I would like to take the opportunity to introduce myself as a member of the Teaching and Learning Team at Blackburn High School. I am excited to be part of a dynamic team who will be working to further improve the teaching and learning opportunities for students at Blackburn High School. In this role I will be working closely with the Principal team, other Directors of Learning and Teaching, Arlene Roberts, Margaret Graham and Jemima Bunn and the Learning Area Leaders for all the various subject areas within the school. Together we will form a Curriculum Working Party to ensure that the curriculum choices and the delivery of these within the classroom reflects high quality learning for all. Our first step is to map our current curriculum to identify opportunities for further enrichment and collaboration within and across our Faculty areas. The opportunities to reflect and share our knowledge of practice from different perspectives helps to further shape and enrich the nature of the teaching and learning environment in all classrooms. My passion is high quality teaching and learning and the development of the academic, social and wellbeing of all students. I look forward to being part of this process and will keep you updated of our progress through these newsletter editions.

Return or Purchase of School Netbooks As outlined in an earlier newsletter and via Compass newsfeed, we are planning to sell our school netbooks to students who are currently in possession of them. We would like to offer you the option of purchasing your child’s device at a cost of $50. If you choose to purchase your child’s device they will remain connected to the school server and have access to most of the programs they have currently whilst enrolled at the school. Please note that some software will be removed at time of purchase due to licensing issues. Once your child has left the school the programs and operating system on the device will remain active for up to 90 days, after this time you will need to purchase the software you require.

Details of the purchasing process have been uploaded to Compass newsfeed. If you decide NOT to purchase your child’s device it will need to be returned to the school by September 4th. At this point we will organize a refund of your deposit minus any damage costs. There will be no refund for devices which are not purchased or returned by the due date plus these devices will have software removed and be removed from having access to our school network. If you are planning to return the netbook and purchase a new device for your child we would encourage you to purchase a Microsoft Surface or ACER device as per our BYO Device school policy. The full policy booklet can be found on the school website and on Compass under the Community -School Documentation tab. http://www.blackburnhs.vic.edu.au/curriculum/bring-your-own-device-program/

Margaret Graham Director of Teaching and Learning

eLearning Coordinator eLearning News

http://www.blackburnhs.vic.edu.au/curriculum/bring-your-own-device-program/


Music News Jemima Bunn Director of Music

JNR BAND @ VICT. SCHOOL MUSIC FESTIVAL – Tuesday 30 July The Junior Band, conducted by Ingrid Martin, performed at the Victorian School Music Festival on Thursday 30 July. They represented the school beautifully, being the wonderful group of people they are. Thanks to Ingrid for stepping in this term after Wyana O’Keeffe left us to move to Canberra. The group has worked with their new conductor only twice before going to Festival. The band received a Platinum Award for their performance, the highest possible, scoring 'outstanding' ratings against almost all musical criteria. After they played they worked onstage with an adjudicator to polish aspects of their playing further, and heard two other bands perform in the historic Hawthorn Town Hall. This was a very exciting way to begin Term 3 and we are looking forward to further musical growth over the coming weeks. MUSIC CAMP – JNR Strings, JNR Band, Concert Band – 3–5 August The Music Department has returned from a wonderful few days at Rutherford Park with Junior String Orchestra, Junior Band and Concert Band. We left with an ‘air of excitement’ returning with ‘a sense of satisfaction of a job well done!’ Aside from room 19 and 20 – the students were well behaved and courteous to all. Aside from their work in their ensembles, they were challenged in smaller groups to rehearse and perform a set work for adjudication, to test their skills in trivia and Spicks and Specks. It was great to see leaders emerge from our ranks – some expected, some surprising – and to see the entire camp work together, with everyone pitching in and working towards a high level of music making. Thanks to conductors Robyn Carrington, Ingrid Martin and Sue Wedding; and to all the staff who attended - Dave Palmer, Adrienne Ferre, Ron Hansen, Sandra Birze, Andy O’Connell, Brendan Smith, Sean Hamilton. GLEN WAVELEY BEGINNER STRINGS AND BLACKBURN HIGH SCHOOL QUATTRO STRINGS – Wednesday 12 August Joining with the Glen Waverley Secondary College Beginner Strings, the Blackburn High School Quattro Strings enjoyed the day working in a mass string orchestra of over 60 students. With all students starting on their instruments this year, it was a great opportunity to learn from new friends, reinforce concepts covered and to put it all into practice. Students learned three works for a short concert in three periods for a short and informal concert to an appreciative audience of year nine music elective. Thanks GWSC and our own Robyn Carrington and Josh Dema. OLD ORCHARD CHOIR VISIT – Wednesday 12 August Forty primary school students from Old Orchard Primary School trooped over on Wednesday afternoon for an adventure with our Chamber Choir. Singing ‘Happy’ as a massed item, the catch up provided an opportunity for our students to perform but also to work with the primary school students on singing with good posture, good diction and good energy. Thanks to Sandra Birze and OOPS. VISIT BY JAZZ @ LINCOLN CENTRE – Wednesday 12 August Blackburn High School welcomed Reggie Thomas and Jazz at Lincoln Centre to workshop with our Senior Jazz Orchestra and Intermediate Big Band. JALC run a host of education based programs all based on preserving the historical foundations of jazz and big band music. We were honoured to have had Reggie impart his wisdom to us. The program has been quite a-buzz with students reacting so positively to Reggie and his experience as a musician and teacher. As a teacher, it was a wonderful opportunity to step back from the rehearsal process, to hear our students respond, to reflect on the further possibilities for them and to be able to see new possibilities on the horizon. Thanks Jazz at the Lincoln Centre that they should think sending people out to Australia for activities such as these to be worthy of their investment. Royal South Street: information on Compass and in hand outs to students

Contact Details

Music Department 8804 6411*

*Direct line to Maureen

Jemima Bunn 8804 6464 (extn

6526)

Fax: 9894 2751

Upcoming Events

Term 3:

26 Aug Intermediate Big

Band

27 August Junior Big Band

28 August

Senior Jazz Orchestra

3-5 September SNR Music Camp

29Aug—5 Sep

RSS Performances

17 September Senior Ensembles

Concert


Nadine Roche Sport Coordinator Sports News

House Athletics Results

Finally, the official results for the House Athletics Carnival are in. The overall house points were as follows;

1st Place—Hollows 2,709 points 2nd Place—Melba 2,668 points 3rd Place—Dunlop 2,431 points

4th Place—Freeman 2,146 points

Our Age Champions for the day were;

13 Years—Niamh Mebalds & Luke Brito-Babapulle

14 Years—Annika Lad & Bhavesh Punyani

15 Years Skye Cody & Julian Scott

16 Years—Lauren Schreiber & Iisake Tuinauvai

17 Years—Lisa Woods & Patrick Quiton

20 Years—Melissa Webb & Tristan Webb


Nadine Roche Sport Coordinator Sports News

Whitehorse Athletics Carnival

Our Athletics Team has been announced and the names and events are up in the breezeway between the gym and the music block. Due to there only being 5 schools in our division, both the

1st and 2nd placegetters for each event from our carnival have qualified to compete.

It is so important that students check this and also their Compass schedule and let me know if they are unable to attend for some reason. Bus bookings are made based on

numbers and we have a large team this year of almost 150 students so we really need accurate numbers ASAP. You can either come and find me in Dunlop House or email me; [email protected]. Also, if you wish to drop out of a particular event

let me know as I can replace you with someone else.

The event date is Wednesday 2nd September

SENIOR BOYS HOCKEY MAKE STATE FINALS

Our Senior Boys’ Hockey team played off in the State Finals last week which was a fantastic way to end a successful hockey campaign. For many of the boys it was their final day of Hhockey after making the state finals on two occasions. To get to the State Finals Blackburn had to come through a fiercely contested Regional carnival. After a strong performance against Norwood, Blackburn came up against a strong Balwyn team. After a neck and neck battle it was Blackburn that prevailed from a penalty stroke from our star player Hayden Morris. It then came down to a final game against Monash SC. Both teams were placed at the top of the pool and the winning team would go through to state. A draw would favour Blackburn as Monash had lost a game earlier in the day. The ensuing match that followed was high quality and it finished in a brilliant 2-2 draw qualifying us for the State Finals. The State Finals pitted the best 8 schools in the state and would undoubtedly be high quality hockey. The first team we played were Nagle College of Bairnsdale whose whole school team played for the club on a Saturday. The boys conceded a goal before half time before a superb equaliser from Alex Delios after a great pass from super sub Tristan Webb. Nagle scored again and we held them to 2-1 for most of the second half before our opponents went away to a strong win (they also won the State Title). Our next game against Maribyrnong College saw us lose 4-0 but another creditable performance considering our opponents run an elite coaching program out of their school. Our final game was a strong performance against St Arnoud where we finished with a 2-0 loss. I would like to thank all the boys for their amazing hockey over the years. To get that far with only one regular hockey player is a credit to all the boys involved. I would like to pay a particular tribute to Hayden who captained the side and also to Andre Burborough who was the best goalkeeper you could ever see. Mar Pasquali—Proud Coach


Literacy News Madeleine Taylor

Literacy Coordinator

Once again, Numeracy and Literacy week is nearly upon us. From the 31st August to the 6th September, Melbourne and BHS will be celebrating the important cross curricular skills of numeracy and literacy. In Mentor Groups students will be competing for the prestigious title of best house speller (hopefully inspired by the painful Great Australian Spelling Bee). Year 9 students will be presenting the results of the Writers Workshops at “Stories of Us” Literary Evening. In Writers Workshops, classes have focussed on the fine details of good writing and editing using mentor texts as examples. Year 9 teachers and students have genuinely enjoyed the experience of writing, writing, writing. Staff have worked on finalising a punctuation resource sheet as part of the Whole School Literacy approach. The resource provides simplified rules around punctuation, with the aim that students have punctuation explained with consistency across teachers and subjects. We would all love to see less exclamation marks and incorrect commas, and the rise of their more sophisticated cousins the colon and semi-colon.

Nicole Taylor BHS’s International Exchange Program

We are still seeking families to host………….

2015 German International Student Exchange Program – Host a Student from our Sister School You have a wonderful opportunity for your family to make global connections with a family just like yours from our German Sister School, Friedrich- Ebert-Gymnasium (Sandhausen), by hosting one of their delightful students when they visit Blackburn in October this year. The school is bi-lingual so the students have excellent English and of course if your child is studying German he or she will be able to practise their German. The student will join your family for 14 days with the student attending classes at Blackburn during that time. Please note : Students do not need to be studying German to take advantage of this wonderful, cultural, learning experience, although this is an outstanding opportunity for students who are learning the language. Contact Nicole Taylor to register your expression of interest in hosting a student and for more information, including dates etc.

Email: [email protected] (places are limited so please register early)

Students who host a Sister School student in October will automatically be given the opportunity to travel to Germany in June 2016. 2016 German International Student Exchange – Visit our German Sister School, Friedrich- Ebert-Gymnasium (Sandhausen), Germany. If you would like your child to be part of our exciting, culturally enriching student exchange to our sister school in Germany in June 2016 please register your interest with: Nicole Taylor: [email protected] The cost will be approximately $3,400 for 17 days and will be set up as a payment plan over the next 12 months ($700 deposit, then 10 x $270 monthly payments) 2016 Chinese International Student Exchange Program A fabulous opportunity to visit this ancient and fascinating land which is a vital part of our Asia Pacific region. Students who have participated in the Global Learning Program or will be participating in 2016 are invited to express their interest in this outstanding cultural exchange program which will visit China in October, 2016. The 8 day program takes students to China where they will learn first-hand about the wonders of this mystical land and experience student life at Shaxi High School with their Shaxi buddy. The cost will be approximately $3,200. If you are interested in your child having the opportunity to join this wonderful exchange please contact: Aaron Bear, Global Learning Leader. Email: [email protected]

A World of Educational Experiences Awaits

Our International Student Exchange program provides students with a wealth of personal and educational experiences that will stay with them for the rest of their lives. It is a program that broadens students’ horizons and allows them to:

travel within the host country and further afield with local students or other international students,

Meet people from around the globe and develop new, often lifelong, friendships.

Gain independence and confidence.

Learn more about themselves and another culture

Attend classes in our sister schools

Be an Ambassador for Blackburn High School Students can choose from two International Exchange Programs visiting schools in Germany and China


mailto:[email protected]




School News

Working Bee Thankyou A huge thankyou to the families who came along to our School working bee on Sunday 16 August. We built a new garden at the pedestrian entrance on Williams Rd, rejuvenated planting at the entrance to Springfield Rd, as well as pruning and generally tidying up. It’s great to have people willing to lend a hand for a few hours... it makes such a positive difference to the School environment. Thankyou to Christina Moore, Peter Hives, Simon & Carolyn Nette, Tim Dalton, Allison Webb, Jeff Zhang, Hua Wang, Qizhi Mei and Anthony Kost.


School Calendar Aug—Sept 2015 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30 31 1 2 3 4 5

Whitehorse Division

Athletics

Year 7 Basketball, Hockey & Table Tennis

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Student Progress

Conference Year 7-9

We are looking for: Local families to host International Students

from overseas who will be studying at Blackburn High School from Years 10—12.

Homestay families are paid approximately $270- $280 per week. You must be

English-speaking, willing to help the student(s) adjust to life in Australia and help

improve their English through a variety of means. Please contact the International

Students’ Program Coordinator Isabel Zhou on 8804 6464 if you would to have any

further information please email: [email protected]

Have you lost your phone or spectacles? Please check at the front office as we have a lovely selection to choose from.

Victorian School Music Festival

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