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Issue 04—21 March 2014

From the Principal

Issue 04 21 March 2014

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From the Principal

School News

Melba House

Dunlop House

Freeman House

Hollows House

Careers Corner

LOTE News

Chaplaincy News

Maths News

Sport News

Working Bee

Music News

eLearning News

Café News

Other News

School Calendar

Please remember to advise the relevant House

Assistant by 9:30am if your child will be absent

from school

Melba—8804 6407 Freeman—8804 6408

Hollows—8804 6409 Dunlop—8804 6410

Music Dept: (Direct) 8804 6411

Term Dates in 2014: 1. 30/01—04/04 2. 22/04—27/06 3. 14/07—19/09 4. 06/10—19/12

Next School Council

Meeting - Wednesday 26 March 2014

Dr Sandra Woodman

Principal

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]

2014

School Captains

Michael Lo & Sarah Fearn-

Wannan

School Council Elections

Thank you to the parents and staff who nominated for school council. It’s great

for our school to see such a healthy level of interest.

Congratulations to the following parents and staff who have been elected to

School Council.

Parents: Carolyn Nette, Marija Crnjac Burborough, Jim Rushby Tanya Burton

Staff: Jane Richards, Martin Baxter

School Council – Community Reporting Meeting

The annual Community Reporting Meeting (open to all members of the school

community) is scheduled for Wednesday 26th March at 6:00pm and the 2013

Annual Report will be presented at this meeting. Once approved the 2013 Annual

Report will be available on the website. This will be the first meeting of the new

Council for 2013. At this meeting the election of office bearers will be conducted.

Student Progress Conferences - Thursday 27th March 2014.

We are looking forward to the opportunity for our students to talk with their par-

ents and teachers regarding their goals and progress so far this year. Please en-

sure you take this opportunity and that your student accompanies you to these

conference, this is very important, as it is their progress and they need to lead

the conversations. Reports are available on Compass now and bookings are

available through Compass from 20th March.

Working Bee

Thank you to Carolyn Nette, Tim Dalton, Jane Richards and the willing band of

parents, who participated in a working bee last Sunday. The new plantings look

fantastic and the school community greatly appreciates your time and effort.

New Staff

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome new staff to the school.

Director of Music – Jemima Bunn (Semester 1)

Classroom Music – Adrienne Ferre

English Teacher – Matthew Wirth

Bursar – Andrea Julien


From the Principal Dr Sandra Woodman

Principal

Athletics carnival

The Athletics Carnival occurs on Friday 4th April. This is a required day of attendance and we

look forward to seeing all of our students and staff in their house colours.

Autumn Concert in the Gym

This event is coming up and will be held in the gym on 3rd April. A great opportunity to showcase our

students .

Night of the Notables Parent Presentation

It is an exciting time in Year 8 at BHS. All students have been engaged in the program over the last two

weeks, which has been led by Val Webber, with her team of Year 8 teachers. It is an exciting develop-

ment of interdisciplinary inquiry learning where each student has selected their very own ‘Notable’ to

investigate. Their presentations were held this week and were of a very high calibre.

First Aid

We are extremely fortunate to be able to offer the service of first aid for our students with two highly

trained nurses, Karen and Fiona delivering quality care. We would like to ensure that as parents and

guardians you are aware that this service is for providing ‘first aid’ only and please ensure that you do

not send students to school who are ill. We have had an increasing number of students present to first

aid with issues that would not be described as such and we are asking as parents and guardians that

you speak with your students about what constitutes ‘first aid’, something that requires urgent attention

such as bleeding, broken or dislocated bones etc. Your cooperation would be appreciated

REMINDER: PARENT VEHICLES using drop off Zone

Parents are requested to use only the drop off zone on the left hand side to let their children off and not

stop just inside the gate. Please do not enter the staff car parking area at any time. In addition, due to

security requirements, parents must wait for their students at the school boundaries and if they require

to come into the school they must sign in at the front office.

Thank you for helping keep our students and yours SAFE

REMINDER TO PARENTS

No scheduled classes—27 March 2014 Student Progress Conferences

Students to attend interviews with their parents

Half day on 7 May 2014 Students will be dismissed at 1.05pm (due to Open Night)

Student free day— 21 May 2014 (Staff Professional Development Day)


School News

Hosts for International Students

at Blackburn High School

We are currently refreshing our list of Homestay Providers for our International Student Program.

You must be English-speaking, willing to help the student(s) adjust to life in Australia and improve their

English through a variety of means. Some of our current hosts provide daily conversation, homework

assistance, watching Australian television and reading through an English novel or magazine together.

You will act in a semi-parental role and keep the school informed about any welfare issues. As a host of

a student under 18, you will need a Working with Children’s Check. You will also be given lots of support

and 24/7 access to the International Student Coordinator.

We need homes within walking distance or with good transport access to the school and students must

have their own room, furnished with bed, cupboard/wardrobe, desk, chair and lamp.

The benefits to you are that you can share in the life of a young person, playing a role in their successes

in life and learn more about the world. They will pay generously for their accommodation.

Please contact me at [email protected] if you have any questions or would like an

application form.

Simon Veerhuis

International Student Coordinator

Blackburn High School

Phone: 8804 6464

Simon Veerhuis

International Student Coordinator

Student Progress Conferences

27 March 2014

Sessions: 1-4pm & 5-8pm

No scheduled classes on this day.

Students should attend interviews with their parents

Reports available on Compass now

Online bookings for Student Progress Conferences will also be available

through your Parent Compass Portal from 20th March 2014

If you have any difficulty accessing Compass please call your relevant House assistant asap.

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

mailto:[email protected]


School News

Immunisations Any children that missed out on being immunised on Tuesday 18 March, we

have arranged for a catch up session on 26th March 2014.

Attention: All Parents Please assist us by ensuring your child’s property, including uniform is clearly

marked with their name.

A number of items are being handed into lost property each week without any

identification, particularly blazers. We cannot ensure the return of lost proper-

ty if the item does not have a name.

Parents who have a student with a medical condition are required to inform the school nurse with details

including medications and management plans. Please provide details to the school nurse as soon as

possible.

Asthma and allergy plans are available from the school nurse and must be signed by a Doctor.

Parents who have a student with Anaphylaxis are to provide the school with an Adrenaline Auto-injector

(EpiPen) which will be kept in the sick bay.

If you have any questions, please contact the school nurse via the general office on 8804 6464.

Many thanks for your assistance.

擁有健康狀況的學生家長請注意：我們要求您將詳細的信息告知學校護士，包括治療的藥物和管理策劃。請盡快向學校

護士提供詳細情況。

哮喘和過敏的企劃書都可以從學校護士那兒索取，必須由孩子的醫生簽署。

擁有過敏反應的學生家長，需要提供給學校一支腎上腺素自動注射器（EpiPEn），它將被保存在學校醫務室以便在緊急

情況下使用。

如果您有任何疑問，請通過學校辦公室的電話88046464聯繫學校護士，如果需要中文翻譯請説明。

非常感謝您的協助。

아나필락시스 및 응급처치 정책

의료 조건을 가진 학생이 부모는 약물과 관리 계획등의 세부사항을 학교 간호사에게 통보해애 합니다. 가능한 한 빨리

학교 간호사에게 세부 정보를 제공해 주시기 바랍니다.

천식 및 알레르기 계획응 학교 간호사 에게서 사용할수 있으며, 의사의 서명이 있어야 합니다.

부모님들은 어떤 학생이 아나필락스가 있다면 학교에 제공 할수 있으며 아드레날린 자동주사기(EpiPan) 와 함께 학교에

보관 됩니다.

Fiona Beveridge

School Nurse Student Medical Information


Martin Baxter

House Leader MELBA HOUSE NEWS

House Assistant Wendy Atkinson

8804 6407

Tanya Kononov

House Captain

Student Progress Conferences We are looking forward to seeing many Melba students and parents at the

Student Progress Conferences on Thursday March 27. These conversations

form a key part in teacher-student feedback and build upon the information contained

within the first round of reports. In addition, they provide the basis of developing suc-

cessful strategies at home, as well as in the classroom, to improve student outcomes.

If any parents were unable to make these then please contact the Mentor Teacher of

your child directly to request feedback from the teachers of your children.

Athletics Carnival We finish the term with the House Athletics Carnival on Friday April 4. It promises to

be a great day which our students will be preparing for over the next few weeks. We

encourage any parents who can make their way to the athletics track to do so. Be sure

to wear something blue and loudly support the efforts of Mighty Melba.

Student Leadership On Friday the 14th of March, the leadership team of Melba house attended a leader-

ship workshop just across the road at St Alfred’s Anglican Church. The Mentor Group

Leaders, Year 7 leaders and House Leaders participated in a variety of activities to

develop the skills essential to being a great leader. Students worked on public speak-

ing, working as a team, listening and over all caring for the fantastic group of people

they will be leading throughout the year. It is very important to everyone at Melba

House to be supportive of each other in all the ways they can and this was a really

fun way to reinforce that. The presenter of my group was really animated and engag-

ing and made sure everyone got involved. One of my favourite activities was one in

which everyone in the group had to make a 40 second speech on something they

were passionate about; it was a great way to get to know my fellow leaders and prac-

tice my public speaking skills.

As a leader, I found the workshop very constructive and a lot of fun, too. It made my

friends - who also have a leadership position - and I realise just how important it is to

use this as an opportunity to make further connections with our community at school

and make improvements of the environment we all share.

Molly Ellery

World's Greatest Shave! This year, we have Connor Smith doing the World's Greatest Shave. Connor wants to

be part of this fundraising event as his nephew passed away due to leukaemia. I would

love for all Melba students and everyone else to come and support Connor next Friday

28th of March 2014. We will be holding the event in the yard, just under the shade ar-

ea near the front of the canteen, but if it's on a rainy day, it will be held up in Melba

House. Hopefully I will see you all there with a gold coin donation to spare. Please

come along and support Connor in this magnificent event.

Graziella Estrada


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.

Whitehorse Division Swimming

Congratulations to our House Captain, James Zukiewicz who came first in the 100

metres breaststroke.

Likewise Mathew Zukiewicz was awarded first placing in the 50 metres breaststroke.

Wow what an achievement. Well done !

Debating

Year 7 Dunlop House students Stephanie Podsiadly–Soto

and Viktoria Lonnstedt have joined the Blackburn High

Debating Program.

This is a great first initiative and we wish both Stephanie

and Viktoria all the best.

Anuda Basnayaka

James Zukiewicz

House Captain

Mathew Zukiewicz

Leadership Training Day

On Friday 14th of March the Dunlop Leaders went across the road to the New Hope

Church for a leadership training day. We had two presenters from Stride to help us

become better leaders. Overall it was a good day and we learnt a lot.

Year 7 Leaders

We are excited to announce Anuda Basnayaka and Bridgette Parratt as the Dunlop

Year 7 Leaders for 2014. We would also like to acknowledge the other Year 7 appli-

cants for their efforts. We were very impressed by the calibre of students. We look

forward to these students working together to form the Year 7 activities team and

helping to organise Year 7 lunchtime activities in the future.

Bridgette Parratt

James Zukiewicz


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.

-by Gemma Hooper & Amber Jackson

Inter-House Mentor Activities At the moment in Mentor Group Dunlop and Melba are doing activities together. So far

we have done a clapping activity and a food activity. It’s been really good working with

Melba House and hopefully we will get to work with Hollows House and Freeman House

soon.

LET”S GO DUNLOP LET”S GO!

HOUSE ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

Dunlop staff and students are excited about the upcoming Athletics Carnival. The stu-

dent leadership team have been busy brainstorming different ideas to help celebrate

this event!

We encourage all Dunlop students to attend and come in RED, including their House T

-Shirts! We had an outstanding participation rate at the Swimming Carnival placing

2nd overall and we look forward to doing our best and going one better at the Athlet-

ics! GO DUNLOP!


House Assistant Denise Strahan

8804 6408

Freeman House News Geoff Vezey

House Leader

Year 7 Camp.

In the previous newsletter we provided information about the Year 7 Camp. We are

able to provide photos for you to view.

Student Leadership Day Last Friday (14th of March) Freeman, Hollows, Dunlop and Melba Houses

participated in the Stride Leadership Workshop, across the road at the local church.

Our speaker for the day was Selina. She taught us many, many things about leader-

ship. She taught us skills varying from inclusion of people, to planning out entire

events for the school.

Using group games, activities and stuffed toys. Selina taught all involved valua-

ble skills that we can all take with us through our schooling and leadership roles.

By Dominic Hook.


Freeman House News Geoff Vezey

House Leader

Edwin Cornish

House Captain

Mentor Program

Students have had time to reflect on their set goals. The recent reports have provided

students feedback on their learning. This information, your discussions at home and dis-

cussions with their Mentor Teachers has enabled students an opportunity to examine

their Term 1 progress. They are able to identify what learning, study and revision strat-

egies have worked and areas for improvement. I encourage parents to attend the Stu-

dent Progress Conferences next week.

VCE students had an assembly to provide them with important information and to sup-

port them with filling in VCE forms. This meant students did not have to miss important

class time.

Between now and the end-of-term we are working creatively on our new House mascot,

new songs and new flags. This is exciting to be part of as this continues to built on our

strong School and House culture. All students and staff will be working together on

these new projects. We will vote for

new House mascot on Friday 21st

March—today.

Recently in the program students and

staff played games against Hollows.

The aim of these sessions have been

to be active, have fun and get to know

more students and teachers from an-

other House. Thanks to Mr Hlasko and

Ms Monda for organising these games.

Organisational. A focus area for Freeman staff has been assisting and challenging all students to attend

Mentor Group on time (8.40am). This will enable students to hear information to help

them be organised for school, be active participants in the program, be connected to

school and their Mentor Group, as well as build strong relationships with staff and stu-

dents.

VCE students who have a ‘study period’ in the morning are expected to attend and be

involved in the Mentor Program. At 9am they would then work in the House area, Year

12 room or Library.

The uniform is being worn well by students. In Terms 2 and 3 boys are able to wear

their short or long sleeve shirt with the tie. It is an expectation the tie will be worn with

either shirt.


House Assistant Kaye Sampson

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HOLLOWS HOUSE NEWS Mark Pasquali

House Leader

We have finally managed to get the Hollow leaders in order so

congratulations and a round of applause to the following:

Mentor Group Leaders

H1 Ben McCarthy

H2 Leslie Zhou

H3 Holly McCarthy

H4 Karlie Huang

H5 Lucy Fist

H6 Ady read

H7 Bridie Ronalds-Greatbatch

H8 Jordie Skarajew

H9 Nori Mills

H10 Darren Kemp

H11 Isaac Barassi

Also the Hollows SRC reps are:

Year 7 - Phillip Ruggieri

Year 8/9 - Bridie Ronalds-Greatbatch

Year 10/11 -Darren Lee

Year 12 - Hope Wearne

Year 7 leaders are: Julia Jephson, Clancy Kost and Luke Seymour.

What a wonderful turn out at the leadership day!

Good job to all the leaders and a huge thank you to

the teachers who helped set up and supervise, I know

I learnt a lot about how to be a leader! Also a special

thank you to the Stride Foundation for teaching us.


HOLLOWS HOUSE NEWS Mark Pasquali

House Leader

CONGRATULATIONS DARREN

An amazing effort by Darren Lee who competed in the Lions Youth of the Year Zone

competition last weekend. Darren was the winner of the competition which now places

him into the regional final. What an amazing effort by Darren who did his speech

about “Education’ as well as impromptu questions.

Good luck to Darren in the next level and we will keep you posted.

HOLLOWS BREAKFAST

The Hollows Leaders put on a fantastic breakfast for our Year 7 students last week.

The breakfast included bacon and eggs, fruit and muffins made by the leaders.

Thanks to all the leaders who put on the breakfast and to Ms Monda for organising.

Darren Lee

Ned Clear

House Captain

Chilli Champions


Terry McGann

Pathways Coordinator Careers Corner Time is running out…….Work Experience places for Yr 10s – June 6 -13. Many interesting Work Experience placements are starting to appear on the yellow forms at the Pathways Office. If you don’t have a place yet, ask your parents if they have some contacts and if nothing happens with these, come and see Mr McGann and together we can open up some more leads. Remember…..other schools are also doing Work Experience so the longer you wait to ask, the more chance that someone else may ask before you and you miss out on the spot. For our VCE Students…………What’s happening at MONASH???

MONASH UNIVERSITY NEWS - ‘AT MONASH’ SERIES – More Seminar dates for your diary:

Arts (Humanities and Social Sciences), Tues 25 March (Clayton) Design and Fine Art, Wed 26 Mar (Caulfield) Teaching, Sport and Outdoor Recreation, Thurs 27 Mar (Peninsula) MORE ‘AT MONASH’ DATES – Architecture (Caulfield) Tues 29 April; Interior Architecture (Caulfield) Wed 30 April; Psy-

chology (Clayton) Thurs 1 May; Medicine and Biomedical Science (Clayton) Tues 6 May; Law (Clayton) Wed 7 May. A fantastic opportunity to check out courses; more dates to follow. More dates and book: www.monash.edu/seminars.

MONASH OFFERS – Monash has announced that offers of places made this year increased by 4.4% to 9749 on 2013 figures. This reflects the strong demand for Monash courses and underlines the university’s commitment to expanding higher education opportunities, said Vice-President Prof Edwina Cornish. The biggest increase has been in courses related to biomedical science, education, science, and business and economics.

INFORMATION FOR PARENTS – Monash has a site for parents who wish to help their children in the transition from school to university: www.monash.edu/study/options/parents. It also looks at the reasons for studying at university, choosing courses, costs, and so on. A useful site.

PHYSIOTHERAPY AT MONASH – As indicated in the last newsletter, the UMAT (domestic students) and the ISAT (international students) will no longer be required for students applying for the B. Physiotherapy for entry in 2015 and beyond. Applicants will still undertake an interview. Applicants will be ranked for interview eligibility based on the academic record (Year 12 equivalent studies or GPA) and demonstrated completion of prerequisite subjects. Applicants must be available for face-to-face interview at the designated time. Info (after Feb 2014): www.monash.edu/physio/index.html.

And at the other Unis…………

AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY (ACU) – ACU is a publicly funded university, open to all. It has campuses in Ballarat, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Canberra, with a new one in Adelaide. It has about 24,000 students and is recognised for its supportive and nurturing environment and close links with industry. This year, first preferences increased by 5.7% in Victoria, and 7.4% ACU wide. ACU offerings are set to expand further with the introduction of new courses and facilities (eg expecting a Bachelor of Biomedical Science and a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Birth-5) at Melbourne campus in 2015). The Melbourne campus is to have renovations, and a new building is to be constructed on a vacant block at the corner of Victoria Parade and Brunswick Street, Fitzroy.

CHECK OUT LA TROBE UNIVERISTY IN THE HOLIDAYS – ‘Experience La Trobe’ takes place in April, June and July each

year. The event is structured around discipline-based workshops. This is a great chance for future students to chat to La Trobe staff, to be a university student for a day, and to pick up course information. The first event for 2014 is on Friday 11 April (Melbourne campus). For details, other campus dates, and to book see: www.latrobe.edu.au/experience.

CHECK OUT THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE IN THE HOLIDAYS - ‘A Day at Melbourne’ will be of interest to anyone considering studying there. It will provide an opportunity to explore the Parkville campus and find out about study options. Hear from current students, find out about entry requirements, course structures and other opportunities available. You can include a tour of the Southbank campus (Victorian College of the Arts) if you wish. When: 10am-3.30pm, Fri 11 April; Reg-ister: www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/events, or call 13 MELB for information.

Other Career happenings………..for all Students KEEPER FOR A DAY AND VET FOR A DAY – Thinking of a career involving animals? Then attend a Keeper or Vet day to find out the realities of these careers. Werribee Open Range Zoo’s ‘Keeper for Day’ program on 8, 10 and 14 April. Find out first hand from keepers, the skills and

experience helpful in gaining a position as a zoo keeper. Who: 13-18yo; Cost: $103; Book: 9285 9406, www.zoo.org.au/werribee/whats-on/keeper-for-a-day

Healesville Sanctuary’s Vet for a Day program on 9, 10, 16 & 17 April. Work alongside vets on real life cases at Healesville Sanctuary’s vet hospital. Who: 15-18yo; Cost: $125; Book: 9285 9406 www.zoo.org.au/healesville/whats-on/healesville-sanctuary-vet-for-a-day

Healesville Sanctuary’s Keeper for a Day program on 8, 9, 15 & 16 April. Get close to precious and endangered animals; help the keepers, and learn about a very rewarding job. Who: 13-18yo; Cost: 4103; Book: 9285 9406.

SO YOU WANT TO BECOME AN ACCOUNTANT? Accountants analyse financial dealings of organisations, and give advice about meeting legal requirements and the keeping of financial records. Some specialise in certain areas such as auditors, investment analysts, cost accountants and taxation agents. Accountants qualify by studying at university for a Bachelor of Business or a Bachelor of Commerce with a ‘major’ in accounting, or a Bachelor of Accounting.

Reminder

Hear from students, graduates and staff at the ‘At Monash’ seminar series. Coming up (6.30-8.00pm): Business

and Economics; Nursing, Midwifery and Emergency Health; Science; Physio-therapy and Occupational

Therapy; IT; Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. More dates below; dates of other seminars and reg-

ister: www.monash.edu/seminars. Info: 1800 MONASH.

http://www.monash.edu/seminars

http://www.monash.edu/study/options/parents

http://www.monash.edu/physio/index.html

http://www.latrobe.edu.au/experience

http://www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/events

http://www.zoo.org.au/werribee/whats-on/keeper-for-a-day

http://www.zoo.org.au/werribee/whats-on/keeper-for-a-day

http://www.zoo.org.au/healesville/whats-on/healesville-sanctuary-vet-for-a-day

http://www.zoo.org.au/healesville/whats-on/healesville-sanctuary-vet-for-a-day

http://www.monash.edu/seminars


Alan Keeble

LOTE Coordinator LOTE News

The year has started well in French and German. Our new Year 7 students are mak-ing great progress in a short period of time. The mainstream Year 7 classes will soon

be changing over in term two to experience the other language before choosing which one they prefer to continue with for the rest of Year 7 through to the end of Year 9.

Year 8s have also made a good start to the year, with a number of students choosing to re-search famous French and German people for the Night of the Notables.

Our Year 9 students will soon be making choices with regard to their future studies, and we hope to see many of them next year in Languages. Our senior students are focused on their VCE studies and we wish them well.

Upcoming events include the French Crêpe Day, the German Film Festival and the German Day Out.

Megan Thompson

Chaplain Chaplaincy Program

"Chaplaincy at BHS is partially supported by the Federal Government's National School Chaplaincy and

Student Welfare Program".

We held our 41st Annual General Meeting of the Chaplaincy Committee on Wednesday 12th March at 7.30pm. It is always great to have ‘visitors’ to our AGM and I trust that

this was helpful for some to get further information about the Chaplaincy Program at Blackburn High.

I reported on highlights (and some low points) in the 2013 year and was quite surprised to find that my monthly statistics show that I had over 750 ‘pastoral encounters’ with young people dur-ing that year. There were also many phone calls and meetings with parents and guardians. It is

always a great privilege to work with teenagers and their families —and I do think that our school has fantastic young people.

I would like to thank all our committee members, particularly Julie Jancik who took on the role of treasurer for 2013 and who retired at the end of the year.

Our Committee Executive for 2014 is Graham Whyte (President), Dennis Eastwood (Treasurer), Jennnifer Leong (Assistant Treasurer), and Heather Mitchell (Secretary). Thank you to those who self nominated or accepted a nomination from others. It’s great to have such a willing and capa-

ble team. Committee meetings generally happen on the second Wednesday of each month (during term time) and are held in the Conference Room in the administration building at 7.30pm. Meetings are always open to all and membership of the committee is always open.

We are currently needing some new committee members and if you would like further information

about what’s involved, please don’t hesitate to contact me at the school. Being on one of the par-ent based committees is a fantastic way to continue to be involved in your child’s school after they have left primary school. The primary role of the Chaplaincy Committee is to fund raise to

ensure continuation of the program at the school. Finally, if you have uniform items that your child has grown out of (and no younger siblings to

grow into it) please consider donating uniform to the Second Hand Shop. We are in great need of skirts at the moment.


Steve Thomson

Maths Coordinator Maths News

The 2014 Maths Horoscope

The following provides a vivid vision into the future!!

Your future!

And you didn’t even realize that Maths was part of it! Well then buckle up, for you are in for another

amazing year of Maths.

The Maths Department provides great opportunities for students to engage with their learning inside

and out of the classroom. We are hoping that students will respond in an overwhelmingly positive

fashion, as they did in 2013. The early signs are good!

Outside of the classroom some of the activities that students can engage in are as follows:

Maths Club

The Maths Club is running again in 2014. It is held in H5 every lunch time from 13:15 to 13:45. The

Club provides a supervised and structured environment in which students can complete class work or

homework. Attendance has been up on previous years. Some days there have been upwards of 25 stu-

dents. A number of students have already volunteered to be Maths tutors. Acting as a tutor refines

your understanding and therefore acts as an excellent extension activity. So congratulations to the

students that have volunteered so far: Sabrina Poon, Shelley Zhou, Lawrence Leung, Aaron Chan and

Minjie Ye.

Competitions

Students will be provided with the opportunity to participate in a number of competitions.

“The Don’t Say Eleven” competition is a whirlwind event, staged at lunchtime, where students have to

plot, conspire and strategize to ensure that they are not the one who says the number 11. Students

are eliminated until one person is left standing!

Competition Last Date

For Entry

Competition

Date

Who Cost

University Of Melbourne

Maths Competition

30th April 7th May 7—12 $3

AMC (Australian Maths Com-

petition)

18th July 7th August 7—12 $6

ICAS (International Competi-

tions And Assessments For

Schools)

18th July 12th August 7-9 (school pays

entry fee for students

in Years 7-9) 10-12(Optional)

$8.80


Steve Thomson

Maths Coordinator Maths News

Activity Weeks

Each day during Numeracy Week students will be able to gather at lunchtime to exercise their white

matter, to have fun, and to vie for the Numeracy Week titles up for grabs. The likely program for

2014 will consist of the Paper Tower competition, the Bloxorz ITC gaming challenge, the title of Su-

preme Sudoku Sensei Master, the Maths Science race and lastly the Number Target Challenge.

In addition during Education Week the Maths Department will run a full program of activities. The

likely activities will be The Straw Tower competition, TicTacToe Sudden Death, The Toothpick Puzzle,

the Rubik’s Cube race and lastly the Maths Olympiad.

MangaHigh

Every student from Year 7 to Year 11 General Maths has access to MangaHigh via http://

www.mangahigh.com/. This is a great website that allows students to practice their Maths skills even

when no homework has been set. Alternatively they can play the great (strongly maths based) inter-

active games which can be found on the site.

So make the most of the opportunities that have been created and have fun. Some photos from last

year’s activities can be found below.

Thanks to all of the Maths staff who make the program of events during the year possible.

Steve Thomson

Maths Coordinator

http://www.mangahigh.com/

http://www.mangahigh.com/


Sport News Nadine Roche

Sport Coordinator

Whitehorse Division

Swimming Success

Last Tuesday our swimming team headed off to the Boroondara Sports Centre for

the Whitehorse Division Swimming Carnival. It was a fabulous effort by all of our swimmers. Blackburn finished in 4th place out of the 7 schools in the division.

Special mention to the following students;

James Zukiewicz—1st 100m Breaststroke

Mathew Zukiewicz—1st 50m Breaststroke Sarah Fearn-Wannan, Holly McCarthy, Gabby Berman & Emma Ward—

1st 17 Years Girls 4 X 50m Freestyle Relay Kynan —1st 14 Years Diving

William —1st 16 Years Diving

These students will all go on to Eastern Zone Finals.

Viktoria Lonnstedt—3rd 50m Breaststroke

Holly McCarthy—3rd 50m Breaststroke Sarah Fearn Wannan—2nd 50m Breaststroke, 3rd 50m Freestyle

Clancy Kost—3rd 50m Breaststroke James Zukiewicz—3rd 50m Breaststroke

Chris Khuong—2nd 50m Butterfly, 2nd 50m Freestyle Mathew Zukiewicz—2nd 100m Freestyle

Tara Knoll—3rd 50m Backstroke Amelia Monk—3rd 50m Backstroke

Yash Khushalani—3rd 50m Backstroke Gabby Berman—2nd 50m Backstroke

13 Years Girls 4 X 50m Freestyle—2nd 13 Years Boys 4 X 50m Freestyle—3rd

14 Years Girls 4 X 50m Freestyle—3rd 14 Years Boys 4 X 50m Freestyle—3rd

15 Years Boys 4 X 50m Freestyle—3rd

16 Years Girls 4 X 50m Freestyle—2nd 16 Years Boys 4 X 50m Freestyle—3rd

Emma Burborough—2nd 16 Years Diving Emma Ward—3rd 20 Years Diving

Gabby Berman—5th 20 Years Diving

A huge thank you to Mr. Nicassio and Mrs. Maclean for helping out on the day.

Mrs. Roche—Sport Co-ordinator


Sport News (cont’d) Nadine Roche

Sport Coordinator

Swimming Team 2014 Callum Alder-Goad Jocelyn Appleyard Chris Baldwin Anuda Basnayaka Gabby

Berman Emma Burborough Luke Dema Johnson Diep Sarah Fearn-

Wannan Bradley Fong Dylan Fulton Nick Hugo Kazuki Kamada Poon

Chris Khuong Yash Khushalani Tara Knoll Clancy Kost Molly Lacey

Viktoria Lonnstedt Holly McCarthy Emily McCosh Emily McGuffie Cody Miers

Amelia Monk Quynh Nguyen Alice Pamminger Eliana Parratt Charlee Parratt

Darcie Penny Sophie Peters Tayla Pethick Emma Read Cahill Ross

Sydney Schokman Lauren Schreiber Julian Scott Michael Steinke Will Strachan

Ardian Strybosch Anna Tonti-Filippini Sarah Turner Alice Turner Emma Ward

Jessica White William Kynan James Zukiewicz Mathew Zukiewicz

Working Bee News


Tim Dalton

Assistant Principal

Working Bee Thank You Our first Working Bee for 2014 was held last Sunday. Thanks to all the willing workers, we now have a

large vegetable garden to start planting.

The vegie garden will be planted by the Environment Group, and the produce will be used by the Food

Tech students.

Working Bee helpers included: Deb Longman, Stephen To, Melissa White, Oliver White, Jessica White,

Dominic White, David Yates, Mitchell Yates, Andrew & Christina Moore, Carolyn & Simon Nette, Jane

Richards, Tim Dalton, Megan Thompson, Fiona Field and Peter Hives.

The helpers not only moved 10 cubic metres of soil (that’s a BIG pile!), but also planted out an empty

garden bed, while Megan Thompson, the School Chaplain, did some further planting in the Memorial

Garden.

The next Working Bee dates are: Sunday 4 May, Sunday 24 August and Sunday 26 October.


Music News

Contact

Details

Music Department

8804 6411* *Direct line to Maureen

Jemima Bunn

8804 6464 (extn 6526)

Fax: 9894 2751

Jemima Bunn

Director of Music

Upcoming

Events

Term 1

Sat 29 March 2014 @ 7.30pm

Symphonic Band playing at

Mission to Kuching Concert @ Waverley Salvation

Army Temple

Thurs 3 April 2014

Autumn Concert in the Gym

Hi,

Our names are Ollie Iacano and Jackie Hu and we’re the Music

Captains for 2014.

We would like to welcome everyone back to a fresh new start to the year. We

would also like to welcome the newly appointed Director of Music, Jemima Bun

who will be staying with us until the end of Term 2. We would also like to thank

Tess Sakkas for filling in for Mr Hanson for the rest of Term 1.

We hope all the music students have settled into their allocated lessons and/or

ensembles. We will be running

The House Performing Arts

Festival in June where each

House will present a musical

production.

The first major concert of the

music program is the Autumn

Concert which will happen on

the 3rd of April.

We hope all the music students

have settled in well.

Jackie Hu


Music News Jemima Bunn

Director of Music

Session 1

Concert Band

Clarinet Choir

Chamber Flutes

Junior Stage Band

Junior String Orchestra Junior Band

Flute Ensemble

Intermediate Stage Band

Intermission

Session 2

Guitar Ensemble

Choir Symphony Orchestra

Chamber Strings

Symphonic Band

Percussion Ensemble

Senior Stage Band

Please ensure all students scheduled to play in

Session 1 to arrive no later than 5pm and Session 2 to arrive no later than 7pm


Music News Jemima Bunn

Director of Music

Music Performance Uniform

The Music Performance Uniform is worn for all concert performances. Due to our profile as a music

school, we regard our onstage presentation as a very important aspect of our stagecraft.

The music performance uniform is divided into two codes within the major ensembles. Performance en-

sembles are divided thus:

A) Junior – Intermediate Dress

Concert Band, Junior Band, Novice Band, Junior String Orchestra, Quattro Strings, Junior Stage Band,

Intermediate Stage Band, Concert Choir.

Male

Black cotton shirt; black trousers; black shoes; socks.

Boys’ shirt to be worn tucked in.

Female

Black cotton shirt: preferred ‘fitted’ w/. ¾ sleeves; black pants or skirt; black shoes; socks.

Girls’ shirt may be worn (tail) ‘out’.

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B) Senior Dress Symphonic Band, Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Choir, Senior Stage Band, Senior String Orchestra.

Male

Black Suit (or dinner suit), white shirt, black bow tie, black shoes, socks.

Hair: Any long hair to be tied back with all-black hair accessories

Female

The senior girls’ outfit is an ‘own choice’ selection and they may choose their own black evening dress/

pants, as long as they conform to the following strict guidelines:

Evening Dress

Dress Style: formal, modest, below knee when seated. Opaque black material. (No t-shirt material)

Neckline: no cleavage. Black undergarments to be worn

Arms: may be sleeved or sleeveless, but must have at least three-finger’s width straps across

shoulder.

Hosiery: black.

Shoes: may be open or closed black evening shoes. Heels must be practical for onstage / back

stage steps, wet or outdoor conditions etc..

Hair: All longer hair to be tied back with all-black hair accessories

Jewellery: Modest use of jewellery is permitted.

Can’t find the Music Dept’s smaller music groups above ?

The smaller groups in the Music Program wear a mutually-agreed code (between student and group

conductor) from the above list. Some choose to wear an additional accessory eg: scarf or tie etc

Chaplaincy also runs a ‘second-hand shop’ for used garments. The second hand shop is open every

Tuesday morning from 8.15am to 8.45am.

Margaret Graham

eLearning Coordinator eLearning News


Thank you to all parents who attended our recent Compass Information Evenings.

Parent feedback is valuable to us and we are following up on requests made in terms of photos, emails

and the view when there are multiple students in the one family—to name a few.

The information outlined below was shared on the night and we would like to share it with those who

were unable to attend.

1. Learning Tasks and Reporting

Learning Tasks Grades

This then becomes the following in our Compass Reports

EX 90, 95, 100

VG 85, 80

G 60, 65, 70, 75

S 50, 55

L 30, 35, 40, 45

NS 5, 10, 15, 20, 25

NA 0

Reports will be produced at 6 weekly inter-

vals and will reflect the work completed in

each 6 week cycle.

Depending on the curriculum delivered in

this time frame a report may reflect one or

more Learning Tasks.

Please note that the grade allocated to a

VCE learning task will reflect both work re-

quirements and school assessed coursework

if this has been completed during this cycle.

2. Reporting Schedule

3. End of Semester Reports

Years 7- 10

At the end of each semester a summative AusVELS Report will

be generated which will indicate the level of achievement in each

domain.

This information is drawn from the Learning Tasks assessments

where these have been made. Please note that reporting to

AusVELS need not occur in each Learning Task a student is

asked to complete.

VCE

The end of semester report will provide an ‘S’ or ‘N’ for each VCE

subject studied.

Donna & Maria

Canteen Cafe News


We are now well and truly into Term 1 and you will have noticed that in the Café we have

made some slight changes to our stock. We are now selling a wide variety of Schweppes drinks and Tru Blu Drinks. This includes flavoured mineral waters, flavoured iced tea and

low joule carbonated drinks. The Oak Milk continues to be a huge favourite and this is gen-erally because of the low prices we have managed to maintain for our students. Come and have a look at the different flavoured milks on offer with prices starting at $1.50 for a

300ml flavoured Oak.

In a fantastic achievement for the Café, we have been presented with a “Certificate of Commendation” from the City of Whitehorse (see below) for achieving Five Stars in our as-

sessment with a perfect score of 100%. The Five Star Food Hygiene Assessment system operates within the legal requirements of the Food Act 1984 and National Foods Standards Code and aims to Improve and maintain food safety standards within Whitehorse. A FIVE

STAR rating demonstrates Best Practice that is above and beyond legislative requirements. This is the SECOND Year in a row that the Café has been awarded FIVE Stars!!

Keep an eye out for our menu for Term 2, coming soon, which is to include favourites such

as Homemade Soup, Hot Roast Beef/Lamb Rolls with gravy, Fried Rice, Shepherds Pie and

Lasagna – just to name a few!! If you have any special requests, please, drop in and see

us as we would love to hear your suggestions.

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Simon on 8804 6464

Do you want to play Rugby Union?

We are looking for 5 to 18 year olds.

Pre-season has started, please visit our

website for more information.

www.boxhillrugby.rugbynet.com.au

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24 Year 8

Interschool Sport

Volleyball

Baseball/Softball

25 26 Higher Achievers Program Test 1 2pm-5.30pm

Immunisation Catch up for all students

School Council

AGM Meeting at 6pm

27

Student Progress

Conferences 1-4pm & 5—8pm

No Classes Students

attend

interviews

with

parents

28 29 Higher Achievers Program Test 2 8.30am—12pm

30

31

EMR Swim

01 02 03 Autumn Concert 5.30pm—10pm

In the Gym

04

House Athletics Carnival

05 06

05 06

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