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Blackburn High School
21 May 2019
ISSUE THREE
In this issue:
Year 8 Camp
Principal’s Report Humanities
Excellence Awards Systems & Visual Communication
Dunlop House Student Leadership
Freeman House Music
Hollows House Sports
Melba House Resource Centre
Principal’s Report
ANZAC DAY OPEN NIGHT
My pride as the Principal of Blackburn High School was We were delighted by the community support for our
heightened in the first week of Term 2 with a number Open Night that was conducted on Wednesday, 24th
of commemorative ANZAC Day events that April, at the earlier time of 4:00-6:00 pm. We warmly
acknowledged the Australians who served and died for welcomed prospective parents and students to our
us in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations. wonderful school and encouraged them to enjoy this
This included the Whole School assemblies, the visit by event that showcased and celebrated the outstanding
a group of our students who attended the Whitehorse programs we offer and provided an opportunity for
Schools ANZAC Ceremony in Box Hill Gardens and, on them to meet our dedicated teachers and our
25th April, where the Symphonic Band marched with fantastic students, who are our greatest
other bands in honour of our service men and women advertisement.
during the Melbourne ANZAC Day march.
COVERED SPORTS FACILITY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
On Monday, 29th April, Mr Paul Hamer, the State Over the past few weeks we acknowledged and
Member for Box Hill, officially opened the new celebrated student achievement and effort at special
covered sports facility where School Council year level assemblies where students received their
representatives, staff and student leaders were academic awards for Term 1. We encourage all
present. We thank the School Council for its support in students to continue to improve in all aspects of their
ensuring that our school community continues to learning.
provide its students and staff with first class learning
and teaching facilities. We also acknowledge the All the best to Ryan Holmes who will be participating
contribution of Mrs Nicole Taylor, our Business in the First Lego League competition which is a world
Manager. wide competition open to children aged 9-16 years.
In the 2018/2019 season there were approximately
40,000 teams worldwide, including 1000 Australian
teams. The competition requires competitors to build
and program robots to complete set challenges as
well as prepare a research project addressing an issue
facing society. Although it is a competition, the event
is governed by a number of over-arching “core
values”, namely Teamwork, Inclusion, Innovation,
Impact, Discovery and Fun.
Congratulations to the 300 students in the music
ensembles from Year 7-12 who performed at out Mid-
Year Concerts. For many students this was the
culmination of months of preparation both at school
rehearsals and at home in their practice rooms. In
addition, our team of student music leaders across
Years 8-12 demonstrated excellent public speaking
shills compering the concerts. Thank you also to the
Director of Music, Ms Jemima Bunn, and the
dedicated music staff.
Principal’s Report
We also acknowledge and congratulate the 62
students and seven staff who participated in the Congratulations to Roan
Generations in Jazz festival at Mount Gambier Nair who has won a
earlier this month. The performances across the national song writing
weekend were a credit to the whole music competition run by Music
program and the ongoing striving for excellence. Count Us In. He is one of
Thank you to Mr Andy O’Connell for his four winners and will fly to
organisation of the event, and to Mr Jeff Vague, Sydney to workshop with
Ms Marianne Rigby-Black, Ms Adrienne Gammune, professional songwriters
Mr Adam Grech, Mr Sean Hamilton, Ms Jemima and music industry professionals to co-write with
Bunn and Mr Dave Palmer for their support of this the other winners a song to be sung throughout
wonderful event. Australia on 7th November. Thank you to his choral
teacher Ms Marianne Rigby-Black for supporting and
Results achieved by Blackburn High School are: encouraging Roan.
Junior Big Band— 3rd in Division 4.2
Intermediate Big Band—2nd in Division 2.1 STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS
Senior Jazz Orchestra - 2nd in Division 1
Congratulations Ms Stephanie
Vocal Ensemble, now in their 3rd year of
Cassidy, our Wellbeing
competition, were in Division 1 small groups and
Coordinator, who was selected
continued to be praised for their musical
to represent Victoria in boxing at
expression and growing confidence in
the recent Arafura Games in
performance.
Darwin. The Arafura Games is an
Small Chamber Group— 2nd Place: Daniel Fearn-
international multi-sport event,
Wannan, Gabriel Ioannou-Booth, Pat Skarajew,
hosting participants from the
Laura Heaney, Tom McCracken, Sohjin Baek.
Asia-Pacific region and beyond.
Stephanie competed in the Women’s 60kg
Individual awards went to:
lightweight division and was the winner of the silver
Division 2 Super Band—Cherie Bridgman, Parmida
medal for this competition in her weight class.
Taheri
Division 1 Super Band—Daniel Fearn-Wannan,
Well done Mrs Maria
Tom McCracken, Stpehanie Burger, Luca Manfield,
Konstantinidis, our Canteen
Gabriel Ioannou-Booth
Manager, who has worked
Future Finalist—Tess Hickey
tirelessly over the past few years
to continue to ensure that our
canteen achieves a 5 Star Food
Safety Assessment rating.
Mrs Joanna Alexander, Principal
Excellence Awards
Term 1 Academic Award Recipients
We are excited about the new Year 7 Excellent Learning Norms Year 7 Academic Excellence
academic awards that were presented
Behaviour
to students during the Mentor
Lauren Baker
Program recently. The awards are
Kira Bourke Jack Barrett
given in two categories: Rory Crothers Kira Bourke
Sayuri Hioki-Walker Oscar Bowman
Learning Excellence. Top students in
Harvey Irvin Abbey Busuttil
each year level based on their report Emma Kittelty Hamish Clarkson
achievement data in more than one Thomas McCrohan Clara Fitzpatrick-Robertson
subject.
Sophia Phillips William Glenn
Mankirat Singh Sayuri Hioki-Walker
Learning Norms. Teacher nominated Lola Symmons Chenyezi Li
students who have displayed our
Rebecca Yaacoub Noa Natario-Yong
learning norms which are:
Sebastian Poynter
- We enter class on time, prepared Elsa Reynolds
and willing to actively contribute Mankirat Singh
to our learning. Rebecca Yaacoub
- We learn from our mistakes. Grace Zhu
- We challenge ourselves and others
to do our best.
- We value curiosity, creativity and
thinking.
- We behave in a respectful and
constructive way.
The aim of these awards is to
recognise student achievement in
terms of excellence in more than one
subject and to help raise learning
expectations across the Blackburn Year 9 Excellent Learning Norms Behaviour
High School community as a whole.
We aim to further embed our learning
Jasmine Ammann
norms through recognising students
Daniel Frankish
for their learning endeavour. These
Bridget Lawlor
award ceremonies will be repeated in Ashleigh Perkin
Terms 3 and 4 of the school year, as Jamie Ryan
we continue to build on our excellent Meg Serong
foundations for student achievement. Caitlin Silva
Congyue Sun
Congratulations to all students who Laura Vosinthavong
received an academic award for their
Nathan Wong
Term 1 learning.
Excellence Awards
Year 9 Academic Excellence Year 10 Academic Excellence Year 11 Excellent Learning
Mia Barrett Lauren Antoniou Norms Behaviour
Michael Beech Madelene Bishop Rachael Curwen
Emma Busuttil Jessica Cho Jamie Fitzsimons
Ruhui Fu Sarah Cotterell Maria Gavrilidou
David Goddard Jasmine Kellock Georgia Miers
Sarah Lai Talia Langton Yesha Parikh
Jamie Ryan Karina Wong
Rina Yamamoto
Each Zhang
Year 12 Excellent Learning
Year 10 Excellence Learning Norms Behaviour
Norms Behaviour Ella Holden
Lauren Antoniou Julia Jephson
Megan Burton Year 11 Academic Excellence Ali Moeini
Olivia Campbell Rachael Curwen
Jasmine Kellock Jamie Fitzsimons
Carlos Lai Maria Gavrilidou
Talia Langton Gemma Goold
Charlotte Hammond
Tess Hickey
Kaja Jeffrey
Miranda Kinrade
Isabelle Martin
Georgia Miers
Year 12 Academic Excellence
Roan Nair
Angus Field
Yesha Parikh
Alyssa Forato
Mandy Wong
Ella Holden
Yufei Wu
Aidan Marinelli
Xiao Zhang
We now challenge all
students to continue
improving their learning.
There will be academic award
ceremonies in Terms 3 and 4.
Mr Geoff Vezey
Assistant Principal
Dunlop House LEGO LEAGUE LEGEND RYAN HOLMES Ryan Holmes first wowed us with his lego skills in Year 7 when he created an incredible presentation on the history of Lego for his Rich Task. Now in Year 9, Ryan is a member of a robotics team competing in the 2018 / 19 First Lego League competition. This competition has over 40,000 teams worldwide and over 800 in Australia alone! His outstanding team has won the regional and state competitions and ranked high enough at the Sydney Nationals to compete in one of the worldwide events. His team is now heading to Uruguay, South America to represent Australia on the world stage. Congratulations Ryan, we wish you all the best for the competition and an incredible experience traveling in South America. We are all behind you cheering you on. Good Luck! CRICKET SUPER STAR Congratulations Vaishnavi Munukutla who has been selected to represent Victoria in the 14 & Under Girls Indoor Age Division. Vaishnavi will be competing at Cricket Australia's upcoming 2019 Australian Indoor Cricket Championships, held at Casey Stadium, Victoria from Saturday 6th July to 13th July. This National event will show case Indoor Cricket across Australia with all states competing and is Live- Streamed during the finals. We wish Vaishnavi the best of luck for a fantastic tournament. WORLD’S GREATEST SHAVE Congratulations to Year 10 students Lily Barnett and Ashley Leong who recently participated in the World’s Greatest Shave on the 11th May dying their hair for the cause. The girls exceeded their fundraising goal of $450 raising $580 for the Leukaemia Foundation. What an amazing effort! MENTOR PROGRAM This term Mentor Groups have already been busy with individual students spending time reflecting on their Interim Reports and setting their own learning goals to work towards for Term 2. Your child’s goal(s) can be accessed on their Compass Learning Tasks. We encourage all students to share their learning goals with their parents. Thank you to all students who have participated in the recent Year 7 and VCE surveys. This feedback is highly valuable to inform our school programs and teaching practice. This week we are focused on exam preparation, with students having time to create their own weekly revision timetables, familiarize themselves with the exam procedures and importantly learn and share study tips and strategies. We wish all our students the best of luck with the exams over the coming weeks.
Dunlop House
STUDENT LEADERSHIP and CITZENSHIP Lastly we thank all our Year 8 students for their recent work
on Environmental Duty. One of our important school values
We are proud to officially
is Citizenship. It is terrific to see our students taking
announce our wonderful
responsibility for their school environment and supporting
Year 7 leaders for 2019,
the school by doing their bit.
Annabel Burnet and Elsa
Reynolds. The girls have
already been busy LAKE DEWAR – YEAR 8 CAMP
representing the House at
the recent Open Night as A fantastic three days were had by Dunlop/Hollows at the
well as working with their fabulous Lake Dewar Camp a fortnight ago. The days were
class groups, contributing action packed with some incredible activities, including a
to student leadership magnificent flying fox over a gorge, a tranquil gorge bush
meetings and their ongoing involvement in the walk, stand up paddle boarding, kayaking, mountain biking
school’s Music Program. and more! Needless to say we all enjoyed refueling with
the delicious camp food and slept well after such
We thank and congratulate Annaliese Hughes, adventurous days. At night time we had a lot of laughs with
Mathilda Karow and Hayden Macphie for their a fun trivia night and a games and movie night. I think the
service and representation of Dunlop House and
proof is in all the smiling faces in our photos.
Blackburn High School at the recent Whitehorse
Schools Anzac Day Box Hill RSL Service. Well
done.
MOUNT GAMBIER JAZZ FESTIVAL
Thank you to the following students for being
Open Night student ambassadors. It was a Congratulations to all the students involved in the Jazz
fantastic evening that really highlighted our Ensemble performances for the Mt Gambier Jazz Festival.
wonderful students, staff and the terrific
programs that they all work so hard to at. Special Mention to Dunlop students Thomas McCracken
Congratulations: Sukraj Singh Basra, Peri Blacket, and Luca Manfield for their individual awards in Division 1
Annie Burnet, Sriram Gangireddi, Alec Garrison, Super Band.
Amelia Gilbert, Ethan Hewitt, Ryan Holmes,
Daniel Hooper, Madeleine Lamb, Jerry Lauw, Ella Ms Claire Greve, Dunlop House Leader
Mason, Stephanie Podsiadly-Soto, Liana Rahman,
Elsa Reynolds, Emily Rushby, Samantha Spencer,
Taya Strahan, Anthony Waymouth, Kyan Wilson,
Willow Woodman, Benjamin Ball, Angus
Devereux, Luca Mansfield, Charly Andrew,
Tamanna Bharaneedharan, Isobel Frankish, Ruby
Mullenger, Zoe Nie, Sophia Phillips, Madeleine
Snaidero and Max Yarra.
Freeman House
TERM 2 MENTOR PROGRAM Diving Champions – Senior
In Mentor Group last week, students were working on Senior Boys –Joshua Lambert
Learning Goals for Term 2, reflecting on their Term 1 Senior Girls – Molly Roche
Interim Reports and previous goals. Mentor Teachers
and the House Leadership Team have been looking at Top Aggregate Points Scorers Swimming:
the students’ goals, and it would be worthwhile for Boys 13 Years– Finnegan Castor
parents to also see what their children have written.
You should be able to see their document on their Diving Champions:
Learning Task submissions. Mentor Groups F3 and F6 Junior Boys – Jaymes Miles
won the special breakfast for having all students Junior Girls – Olivia Roche
complete their goals within the week
Next week we are concentrating on students’ study Big Splash Champion:
habits in preparation for their exams in a fortnight’s Junior Boys – Daniel Kelly
time. There is also a planning tool available on Compass
Resources for students to use to help them organize Athletics Champions
their own study schedule. Boys 13 Years – Alexis Shade
Girls 13 Years – Lucy Freeman
FREEMAN HONOUR ROLL Girls 14 Years – Hannah Linnett
Congratulations to Madison Freeman, Emily White and Girls 20 Years – Emily McGuffie
Atticus Cullinan who have been chosen as our 2019 Year
7 Leaders. They will be involved in School Tours, running
special Year 7 activities and hopefully providing us with
more insight into what programs we can conduct for
that year level.
Congratulations to Liv Roche and Torin Whitehead for
their amazing achievements becoming School Sport
Victoria State Diving Champions.
Swimming Champions 2019:
Girls 13 Years – Lucy Freeman
Girls 14 Years – Olivia Roche
Boys 16 Years – Koby Crothers
Girls 16 Years – Mikayla Freeman
Girls 17 Years – Millie Castor
Girls 20 Years – Emily McGuffie
Top Aggregate Points Scorers Swimming 2019
Girls 15 Years – Madeline Aujard
Boys 16 Years – Jason Kelly
Girls 16 Years – Elise McWilliams
Girls 17 Years – Molly Roche
Freeman House
YEAR 8 CAMP: LAKE DEWAR LODGE, BACCHUS MARSH
On 29th April, Melba and Freeman students went on camp to the Lake Dewar Camp in Myrniong. We did heaps of
activities over our three days there. My favorite was definitely the flying fox because we got heaps of challenges to do
and Harry and I were trying to catch a rock when going down it. I wasn’t scared at all but when we had to walk off with
our eyes closed that was a bit scary. The mountain biking was also very good because it was a challenge and also a
really good experience. The camp environment was very good with lots of nice people and staff and with beautiful
scenery. It was surrounded by sort of a forest but with lots of rocks and things around as well. It was a very beautiful
camp in a very beautiful setting. The overall experience was very good because you never got bored. There was always
something to keep you occupied and there was always a lovely view to look at. You can even stay there with your
family and do all the activities, and go in the pool and use the oval. Overall a very good camp that is definitely worth
going to with your mates or your family. I would give it 5 out of 5 stars.
Luke Bell, 8FB
On 29th April, Year 8 students at Blackburn High school set off to go to Camp Lake Dewar in Myrniong. We did many
activities over the three days we were there. My personal favourites were the flying fox, gorge walk, adventure
tunnelling, stand up paddle boarding, kayaking and mountain biking. Mountain biking was probably my favourite
because the views were amazing and the track took us around the whole camp. The camp environment was just as
good too. One of my favourite parts of this experience was just sitting in my cabin hanging out with friends. It was nice
and cosy there and it was great talking to some of my friends that I don’t really hang out with anymore. There were
plenty of activities to keep you occupied when you had free time like foosball, pool, and various courts for playing
tennis and basketball. Overall I had a great time and was glad I had this experience. I have many great memories to
take away from this camp.
Tahlia Corigliano, 8FB
On 29th April, Melba and Freeman went to Lake Dewar Camp. When we arrived at the camp, I could see a huge lake
with kayaks and SUPs lined up neatly along it, and other schools playing games in the bush and having a lot of fun.
Seeing all the activities was very exciting. My favourite activity were the SUPs (stand up paddleboards). When we
started to learn how to stand up, there was a small island in the middle with tiny stone sculptures. We had lots of races
and challenges to do. When we went mountain biking, we went through a practice course, but afterwards the
instructor said that we were ready for the real deal. It was amazing how long the bike ride went for. We went down
slopes, hills and even got to stop to see the amazing view. There were mountains with great big trees and a long
winding river that went past the mountains. This was probably the best camp I’ve ever been to. It was amazing how
many activities there were to do in free time and the food was delicious. I would like to thank all the instructors, chefs
and teachers for letting me have the best camp experience I could ever have this year.
Mei Hurley, 8FB
Ms Sharon Gardner-Drummond, Freeman House Leader
Hollows House
Hi Hollows families! Hollows House Captain Update
It’s been a busy start to Term 2 Hey everyone, it’s Francesca Tan your Hollows House Captain for 2019!
and the year is going extremely
fast. Soon our Year 10 and 11 First off, a little bit about myself - I came to this school at the end of
students will be doing exams and Year 9 (in 2016) after moving from Perth and quickly settled in,
other students doing final surrounding myself with amazing friends.
assessment tasks for Semester 1.
This year, the subjects I am taking are Biology, Further Maths, English,
Thanks to all students and families Physical Education and Music Performance in which I try to work hard
who have been complying with for my last year of school. I am aiming to study Sports Physiology at
our uniform policy. Most students LaTrobe University which needs a high ATAR score.
are looking great in the winter
uniform. If there are issues with Along with this, my position as the Hollows House Captain has been
uniform please do not hesitate to very rewarding, letting me view a different side of our school as a
contact the Mentor Teacher to try leader. I have participated in several leadership-based events including
and resolve the issue. Year 7 Orientation Day, being a leader in House Performing Arts (in
which we came second!), Open Night, awards assemblies and the most
Finally, a huge thank you again for recent, the Hollows House Bake Sale and sausage sizzle.
all the families that donated goods
for the bake sale. It was once That day was honestly one of the best days as everyone had heaps of
again a great success. Our fun buying delicious homemade food, knowing that all the money was
students are very proud to be going towards two great causes: the Fred Hollows Foundation, helping
associated and assist such cure cataracts for people in dozens of countries, as well as a donation
worthwhile charities. to a hospital. The amount of food being brought in by all the Hollows
students was amazing, ranging from delicious homemade brownies to
Mr Mark Pasquali gorgeous cupcakes and it just goes to show how dedicated the Hollows
Proud Hollows House Leader students are.
I was running around selling the sweets, cooking the half broken veggie
patties (never trust me to cook), and transporting things in the rain
which added to the fun!
On top of that, we raised a total of $3800 which is super impressive and
I am super proud of our House! At the end of the day, the amazing
home baked goods and delicious half-ripped patties made the
fundraiser amazing and knowing that every single cent is going to help
people from around the world was the extra cherry on top of an
amazing day!
Francesca Tan
Proud Hollows House CaptainHollows House Year 8 Camp were also really fun trying to push everyone into the lake At the Lake Dewar Camp I really enjoyed all of the and jumping off the jetty. activities and all of the staff at the camp made them I think everyone had a really good time at Lake Dewar and possible for our school. We did activities such as a gorge all of the people there treated us really well. Also, a thank walk where we walked down rocks to the Werribee River you to our BHS staff that made it possible for us. and crossed it and the Flying Fox that was 280 metres long. We also did kayaking and paddle boarding which Emma Nilsson, H5
Melb House Athletics Carnival On the last day of Term 1, our annual House Athletics Carnival was held. It was amazing to see so many people in blue not only participating in track and field events, but cheering and encouraging competitors. Well done to everyone who participated, cheered or dressed up. Melba were bridesmaids again this year coming second, but fingers crossed for our dominance next year! Swimming & Athletics Age Champions We would also like to recognise our Age Champions from the Swimming and Athletics Carnivals who were recognised at a Whole School Assembly earlier this term. Swimming Champions 2019 - Year 7-9 Boys 14 Years – Harry Stephenson Girls 15 Years – Briella Humphreys- Crouch Big Splash Champions - Senior Senior Boys – Ethan Maea Athletics Champions Boys 14 Years – Joshua Pratt Girls 15 Years – Grace Hayen Athletics Champions 2019 – Year 10-12 Girls 17 Years – Bethany Hayen Boys 20 Years –Keith Ngugi
Melba House
OPEN NIGHT
It was great to see so many Melba students involved
in helping out with Open Night in various capacities - STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
as student ambassadors, in Learning Areas and the
House area. A special thank you to Jack Cotterell, Jade
Roan Nair—Winner, Music Count Us In
Maea, Ryan Stevens and Cyanne Fang who
songwriting competition
represented Melba on the night.
YEAR 8 CAMP I remember being in a class when I got an email from
my wonderful teacher, Marianne Rigby-Black that
This year was the second year we attended the YMCA contained the brief for this song writing competition
Lake Dewar Camp and it was as good as ever. that was supposed to be for a national program called
Students participated in a range of activities, with Music Count Us In. The brief told me that I had to
some being particularly challenging. write a song on how music helps and heals young
people which was inspiring so I spent the weekend
writing the song on guitar and submitted it the day
before the closing date. I had honestly put the
competition aside but when I got the call from Music
Australia and was told that I had won I was elated
Year 8 Camp was such a great experience! The and completely shocked.
activities were so fun and they were not just in the
camp so we got to go all around the area that we
were in. My favourite activities were the dual flying What I had won is basically they would fly me out to
fox, kayaking and stand up paddle boarding. Our night Sydney with the other winners (the other three) and
activities were fun as well. My favourite night activity co-write the official program song that gets
was the basketball tournament because we got to see performed by over 700,000 children across the entire
the students play the teachers. The food was also country. It was an amazing experience and writing
pretty good and the staff there were so nice. Overall, music with the other winners and two amazing
this was a terrific camp to go on and to get to hang celebrity mentors, Jack River and John Foreman was
out with my friends. phenomenal. I learnt a lot and it was such a
rewarding experience. We ended up writing a killer
By Jade Maea tune that will be released sometime next month so
keep your eyes and ears out for it.... It was truly life-
changing and I am indebted to my teacher, Marianne
Mrs Jacinta Marcus Rigby-Black for believing in me and supporting me
Melba House Leader through my journey as a musician.
Roan Nair, M4Year 8 Camp The Year 8 Adventure Camp was held during the week starting Monday 29th April at Lake DeWar Lodge YMCA in Bacchus Marsh. Freeman and Melba Houses attended Monday to Wednesday and Dunlop and Hollows, attended Wednesday to Friday. The camp gave the Year 8 students an opportunity to be challenged with fun outdoor activities. Dana Murphy provides a student’s perspective on the next page. Mrs Georgia Pashias, Camps Coordinator
Year 8 Camp
‘Mountain bike riding, canoeing,
stand-up paddle boarding, adventure
tunnelling, flying fox, hiking, an
amazing race, life outside the
classroom was full of adventure and
fun. The Year 8 camp was held at
Lake DeWar, located an hour and a
half north of Melbourne. We were
greeted by two Labradors, and the
camp owners who looked after us all
well. The highlight of the camp was
when my group was trying to flip our
instructor off the stand-up paddle
board. I’m glad to say we were
successful. Thank you to the teachers
for fun, laughs and adventures,
resulting in us all returning home
exhausted but really happy.’
Dana Murphy, H7
‘The Year 8 camp was very
engaging and fun. Almost all of the
activities were fun and there was a
lot of free time in between
activities, where we could play
basketball, footy, sit with friends
etc. The food was pretty decent and
the curfew was reasonable.
Overall it was a good experience.’
Daniel Kelly, F4Humanities
Medieval day was overall a wonderful day where we all learnt
Humanities - Medieval Day
about a long lost culture. We spent the day at different
th
On 28 March all Year 8 students participated in the annual locations and activities around the school learning about
Medieval Day. Students participated in a range of different Europe in the medieval times. We participated in activities
activities, in order to consolidate their understanding of such as tournament, archery, weapons and armour, crime
Medieval Europe, a topic that they had spent Term 1 and punishment, and troubadours. In Tournament we learnt
exploring in their Humanities classes. The presenters from about knights and their tournaments and later used some
‘Medieval Education’ engaged students with their enthusiasm fake swords to attack our instructor. After that, my group
and specialist knowledge and were able to bring the medieval went to the troubadour activity, where we learnt about the
period to life! class system, and were taught several tricks and games such
as juggling, as well as being taught how to respect your upper
Ms Siobhan Dwyer , Humanities Learning Area Leader
class. We then went to crime and punishments. We learnt
about what crimes there were and the cruel and stupid
punishments that followed. Finally we went to archery where
we learnt how to handle a bow and arrow, as well as shoot
one. Very few of us actually hit the target. Though there were
5 activities there was only enough time for 4 so everyone
missed out on one, and my class missed out on weapons and
armour. Overall, medieval day was a great experience for all
who participated.
Alec G , D11Systems & Visual
Communication
On Friday 10th May, Year 11 Systems
and Year 11 Visual Communication
students travelled to see Top Designs at
the Melbourne Museum.
This is a presentation of work created
by students who completed VCE Media,
Product Design and Technology, Theatre
Studies, Systems Engineering, Visual
Communication Design and VCE VET
studies in 2018
The work and Portfolios on display
where incredible and it gives our
students the opportunity to be
informed and inspired by their peers.
Each student will examine one System
or Materials Portfolio in detail.
Each student was asked to examine a
particular Portfolio of their choice and
report back to the class on how it was
presented and how it addresses the
School Assessment Tasks (SATs).
Top Designs 2019 takes place until
Sunday 14 July 2019.
Mr Adrian Metheringham
Systems TeacherStudent Leadership
& Community Links
On the afternoon of Wednesday 24th April
a group of about 20 students attended the
Whitehorse Schools ANZAC Ceremony in
Box Hill Gardens. After a chilly morning,
the sun came out for the ceremony. Amy
Dowler and Ryan Stevens laid a wreath,
along with the other schools, and the
students listened to a moving address by
Adam Lawson from the RAAF. Also in
attendance were Ryan Lyddieth and
Lachlan Steele who were representing the
Army Cadets. It was a great afternoon.
Well done to the students who, given it
was an early finish day, gave up their free
time to represent the school and thanks to
Sam Cousins for accompanying me and the
students.
Ms Louisa PennellMusic
It is difficult to describe the pride felt during the
ANZAC Day commemorations last month.
The behaviour and commitment to the meaning
of ANZAC Day by our wonderful students was
admirable. I am very privileged to work with
them.
It is very special to share these experiences with
the students and parents of Symphonic Band and
Concert Choir at the Assemblies on Wednesday
and Symphonic Band at the March on
Thursday. The students understanding of music's
role in the ceremonies and their commitment to
attend rehearsals and to perform at their highest
standard is admirable.
It is wonderful to see the students of the Music
Department taking on roles as great citizens in
our community in such respectful and fulfilling
events. Such great people to hang out with too!
If you missed us you can have a look on iView
ABC coverage around 20 minutes.
Ms Jemima Bunn,
Director of MusicSport—
Interschool
On 26th April we sent out a team of 60 students to Ruffey Lake Park for the Whitehorse Division Cross Country
Competition. It was a cold and wet day, however this did not dampen the Blackburn spirit with some fantastic
results. Congratulations to all of the students for their efforts and to the 41 students who have qualified to go
through to the next round of competition—Eastern Metropolitan Region which will be held at Yarra Glen
Racecourse on Tuesday 18th June.
Qualifiers for Eastern Metropolitan Region
Winning Teams—13 Years Boys, 14 Years Boys, 16 Years Girls and 20 Years Boys
13 Years Girls—Lucy Freeman, Maya Smith, Abigael Procter, Madison Freeman, Piper Kelly, Kirra Webber.
13 Years Boys—Alexis Shade, Jackson Conroy, Hamish Clarkson, Sebastian Poynter, Joshua Drummy, Oliver Schley,
Corey Heerman.
14 Years Girls— Lily Carroll, Grace Mullenger, Hannah Linnett, Sharnah Atkins
14 Years Boys—Harry Eales, Kynan Brown, Cody Tuder, Luke Bell, Ruben Madden, Kaiden Marshall, Jake Wright,
Declan Reilly.
15 Years Boys—Joel Carter, Luke Casey, Lee Martin
16 Years Girls—Elise McWilliams, Cate Laurie, Rachel Morton, Indiana
Zeniou
16 Years Boys—Tom Carroll, Jason Kelly, Tim Antoniou
17-20 Years Boys—Patrick Fiyalko, Maurice Valle, Joel Casey, Tom Donelly,
Daniel Fearn-Wannan, Salman GhulamiSport—
Swimming & diving
On 26th April, our diving team headed out to Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre for the School Sport Victoria
Regional and State Final Diving Championships. The Regional competition was run in the morning and those
that had qualified dived in the afternoon State Final.
We had some fabulous results and special mention to our less experienced divers—Jaymes Miles, Amber
Chaffer, Ashley Spowart and Luke Martin who all had a great day and gave it their absolute best.
Blackburn was certainly the best performing secondary school in the competition with 5 divers placing in the
regional competitions, hence progressing to the State Final;
Our Results were as follows;
Amber Chaffer—5th Eastern Region (9-12 Yrs Girls), James Miles— 4th Eastern Region (13-14 Yrs Boys)
Luke Martin 5th Eastern Region (13-14 Yrs Boys)
STATE FINALISTS
Molly Roche—1st Eastern Region, 3rd State Final (17-19 Yrs Girls)
Emily White—2nd Eastern Region, 5th State Final (13-14 Yrs Girls)
Ashley Spowart—3rd Eastern Region, 10th State Final (9-12 Yrs Girls)
STATE CHAMPIONS
Olivia Roche—1st Eastern Region, 1st State Final (13-14 Yrs Girls)
Torin Whitehead—2nd Eastern Region, 1st State Final (13-14 Yrs Boys)
Nadine Roche—Carnivals Co-ordinator
Olivia Roche
State Champions
Olivia & Torin
Diving Team 2019
Ms Nadine Roche, Sports TeacherResource Centre
Highly recommended new books
From time to time we get great feedback from staff and
Did you know?
students on the books that they have read. If you are looking You can search our Resource Centre catalogue
for something new to read, the following are highly from your own computer. Click on the
recommended—take a look! “Resource Centre” tile on your Blackburn High
The Quiet at the End of the Universe—Lauren James (futuristic, School home page and use your normal log in
relationships) details to access the catalogue.
Promise Me Happy—Robert Newton (friendships, You can search fiction and non-fiction
relationships) collections by book title, author or topic.
Illuminae—Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff (futuristic, adventure) Use it for your research tasks—type in your
topic and see what electronic, web page and
Aurora Rising—Kaufman/Kristoff—for those who loved book resources are available to help you with
Illuminae! the tasks!
Summoner series—Taran Matharu (mystical, adventure) Give it a go :)
Brotherband series—John Flanagan (mystical, adventure) If you need more assistance, please see Liga in
The Innocence Treatment — Ari Goelman (futuristic, suspense) the Resource Centre.
Foolish Hearts— Emma Mills (friendships, relationships)
Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to
read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their
parents and teachers. Children
The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open from Year 3 to Year 10 are
and Blackburn High School is excited to be participating. challenged to read 15 books.
The Challenge is open to all Victorian children All children who meet the Challenge
from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the will receive a certificate of achievement
importance of reading for literacy signed by the Victorian Premier and former
development. It is not a competition; Premiers.
but a personal challenge for children To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the
to read a set number of books by 31 booklists and for more information about the Victorian
August 2019. Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit:
www.education.vic.gov.au/prcYou can also read
