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MELVILLE MATTERS 87
MELVILLE
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
October/ November 2019
WA Winner - Governor's School STEM Awards 2019
Confident Innovative Successful
Mentally Healthy School
Ms Lisa O'Malley MLA, Premier Mark
McGowan and Principal Mr White at the
school's new Auditorium
CONTENTS
From the Principal 3
Top STEM School in WA 5
Valedictory Graduation Awards 6
Aviation 9
Mathematics 10
English 11
Arts and Technologies 12
Health and Physical Education 13
RISE 18
MLP 18
Student Services 19
Front Cover:
STEM Award Presentation Awards (Left to Right)
Dave Kelly WA Minister for Science, Dean Morris Head
Boy 2020, Alanna Sherwood Deputy Principal Middle Photos by:
School, Lisa Rodgers Director General Department of Kate Main
Education, Ashleigh Mclntyre Head Girl 2020, Phil White Sidone Race
School Principal, Professor Velerklinken AC WA Chief www.melville.wa.edu.au
Scientist, The Honourable Kim Beazley AC, Governor of 6274 1300
Western Australia. melville.shs@education.wa.edu.au
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Welcome to the final edition of Melville Matters for 2019. Our school is such an exciting and busy place
and time just seems to fly by. It seems like only yesterday that we began the year with the celebration of our
ATAR results from 2018. After starting 2019 celebrating a very successful 2018, I am delighted to note that
our Year 7 and 9 students achieved outstanding NAPLAN results while 100% of our Year 12 students passed
their OLNA which in turn enabled 100% of them to ‘graduate’ by completing all components of their WACE.
Further to this we also believe that 100% of the Class of 2019 satisfied the requirements for Attainment (i.e.
scoring an ATAR of 55+ and/or completing a Certificate II or higher). So another great year when defined
by these traditional measures of academic success.
These successes have of course been complemented by significant achievements across the full range of
the academic, sporting and cultural domains. In summary 2019 has seen our students excel in areas such as:
the Australian Mathematics Competition; the National Chemistry Quiz; Book in a Day; Word Mania; inter-
school debating competitions; and the eV Challenge - while also wining awards galore in the visual and
performing arts and across the full range of sports (culminating in a top three placing in the School Sports
prestigious McMahon Shield). As we know 2019 also saw the school reach the final of the WA Education
Awards Secondary School of the Year (for the third time) as well as Principal of the Year Awards before of
course wrapping up the year with the highest of achievements – winning the Governor’s STEM School of the
Year Award for Educational Leadership. So 2019 was very busy but also very successful year!
Onto more prosaic but equally important matters. Parents will receive a Connect notification about the
delivery of Semester 2 reports for Years 7 to 11 on or about Tuesday 17th December. Having seen quite
a few reports at the time of writing, it is pleasing to note so many successful students. There are however,
a small number of students who will be disappointed with their results. In almost every case this is as a
consequence of not applying themselves; and/or not completing their assignment work; and/or not
attending school regularly. If your child has under-achieved in their results for 2019, please have a look at
the percentage attendance figure shown on the last page of the report. If the attendance is less than 91%,
not only is your child attending school less regularly on average than their fellow students but they are also
placing themselves at risk of under-achieving.
While the overall attendance pattern at Melville SHS is better than state average (in fact our attendance
rate is 92%), there are still a small number of students who are not coming to class as regularly as they
should. Success at school and attendance go hand in hand, so please look at what you can do as a parent to
support your child attending school for an average of at least 92% (the school Business Plan target) in 2020.
I promise you that their performance will improve if they attend and complete their work.
We are still confirming a number of staffing positions for 2020 so I am unable at this stage to provide a
list of who is leaving. Sadly however we will be farewelling a number of staff and on behalf of the Melville
Community I wish them the very best of luck, acknowledging from the outset that they will be missed. A list
of all changes to staffing will be provided in the first edition of Melville Matters next year.
Students showing Melville technology at STEM School Award judging
Finally, on behalf of the School Board, our students, parents and the wider community, I would like to take
this opportunity to thank all of the staff at Melville SHS for their outstanding efforts throughout 2019. As said
above, the school has achieved many great successes while providing a comprehensive, I think better than
world class, education for all of our students from Years 7 to 12.
Acknowledging that we have once again needed to turn away over 300 students who have applied for
cross-boundary enrolment at Melville SHS, I note that in 2020 we will remain at our maximum capacity of
just over 1,400 students. With this in mind 2020 promises to be another very exciting year. So until then, and
on behalf of all of us here at Melville SHS, have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and New Year. For staff
and students please have a great break and safe and relaxing holiday.
Yours sincerely,
Phillip White AM, RFD, BA, Grad Dip Ed, MEd (Man)
PRINCIPAL
Premier Mark McGowan drops in to see the new Performing Arts Auditorium build
TOP STEM SCHOOL IN WA
The prestigious State final STEM award for schools was announced in week 7
... AND THE WINNER IS... Melville!
On Tuesday 26 November, Mr White accompanied by Mrs Sherwood and the 2020 Head Boy and Head
Girl attended Government House where Melville Senior High School was announced the winner of the
Governor’s School STEM Awards for 2019. Comments at the awards ceremony included “Melville Senior
High School has various achievements include engaging industry and the local community to develop
innovative programs that increase student achievement in and enthusiasm for STEM”. The school won
$2000 and the opportunity for up to 90 students to visit Scitech as winner against other three finalist schools
which were Hale School, Cecil Andrews College and Presbyterian Ladies’ College (PLC).
In the last Melville Matters there was a summary of the nomination for the Governor’s STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering and Maths) School of the Year competition. The different activities proved that our
school is providing these initiatives for all students in all areas of the school life - not just the top students
in Science. The judges witnessed the initiatives in action during their visit to Melville. Here are some of
the activities they witnessed in and around the school, courtesy of our dedicated and talented staff and
students:
• Drones in action with Aviation Teacher in Charge, Mr Randall Brink and Year 10 Aviation students who
are studying for their drone licence.
• HOLA of Science, Mr Kim Rosenthal, taught Aboriginal Science and used the Swivl to video the activity
as the students completed an indigenous art painting activity.
• Ms Sara Wood’s students from Year 8 showed their robotics prowess with Creative Kids coding programs.
• Ms Dee Lewis guided the judges through the Resource Centre and the demonstrations of ICT and
STEM that occurs in the LRC library space.
• GDM teacher in Charge, Mr Sam Cavallaro and Year 8 GDM specialist students used the 3D printer.
• Judges then saw the editing suite for Film students.
• Mr Dave Anderson introduced the editing suite and the display of laser cut 3D architecture models and
electronic light and sound models.
• Music teacher, Mr Lachlin Brooks-Crew showed STEM thinking with music students who used their own
devices to record and mix music.
• At the school’s new 300 seat auditorium, Mr Guy Stapleton presented his Hip Hop song about the
Periodic table that is on YouTube.
• Maths teacher, Mr Steve Miller, introduced the judges to his Year 8 class to outline the use of class ipads
and STEM thinking with digital projectors.
• The winning EV electric car was on show surrounded by the dedicated students who raced the cars.
Teachers, Mr Matt Lord and Mr Dion Manby set up a projector showing the EV racing wins over the
years.
• At the Aviation Centre, Head Boy Dean Morris gave a demonstration on one of our flight simulators.
• Mr Josh Barker ran a Dewie and YouTube class.
• Ms Kristy Ramage demonstrated a Year 7 microbits activity, where a banana was programmed to play
music.
• HASS teacher, Mr Jamie Lockyer was at the big screen with students on their ipads and they built an
Eduminecraft world.
• Ms Tini Hassan and Ms Bev Wild showed judges the STEM and design-thinking activities they run
across a range of classes in Digital Technology and D&T. Some of these activities are also part of the
Melville Makers club.
VALEDICTORY GRADUATION AWARDS
The school’s Valedictory evening was held at the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in
week 2 Congratulations to the following students who were awarded Special and
Course awards.
Dux ATAR Amir Aminy
Dux VET Letisha Van Der Merwe
Year 12 Special Awards
Female Sports Person of the Year Daniella Titoko
Male Sports Person of the Year Evan Perera &
Joshua Yeo David
Sam Hurst Memorial Award for Best Sportsman Joseph Hart
Sam Hurst Memorial Award for Best Sportswoman Mim Strom
P & C Citizenship Award Steven Aldrin
Caltex All-rounder Alexander Brunswick
ADF Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork Award Steven Aldrin
Cultural Award Monika Kataragadda
Academic Excellence Award for the G&T Program Aden Lukan
Gifted and Talented Ambassador Award Luke Kirkby
Personal Excellence Award Josh Hounslow
Curtin University Principal’s Recommendation Awards Aden Lukan
Curtin University Principal’s Recommendation Awards Josh Hounslow
Certificate of Merit Certificates of Distinction
Brianna Allison Evan Perera Amir Aminy
Chloe Back Nipun Ratnayake Cameron Brown
Alexander Brunswick Mathilda Richards Nicholas Brown
Joseph Brunswick Abhinav Saini Josh Hounslow
Lakindu De Silva Veronique Sanders Aden Lukan
Kara Dropulich Hollie Smith Shrey Nigam
Nicole Howman Jason Song
Luke Kirkby Daniella Titoko
Shizuka Lau Kinsey Wegwermer
Shelbi Mott Mia Willis
Linh Nguyen Josh Yeo David
Michael Peoples
Course Awards Science Aviation: General Emma Collins Chemistry Amir Aminy Biology Shelbi Mott Physics Amir Aminy Human Biology Shelbi Mott Integrated Science Mia Willis Arts and Technologies Visual Arts: ATAR Ruchida Saenmuang Visual Arts: General Rodelle Navarro Certificate II Dance Lily Hansen Certificate II in Creative Industries (Live Prod) Rodelle Navarro Design Graphics: ATAR Hollie Smith Media Production & Analysis: ATAR Joshua Hounslow Certificate II in Media Kyle Gammidge Applied Information Technology: ATAR Thomas Mylotte Music: ATAR Olivia Jones Certificate III in Music Industry Joshua Hounslow Food Science and Technology : General Kara Dropulich Children, Family and Community: General Rodelle Navarro Building and Construction: General Chloe Back Materials Design Technology Wood: General Chloe Back Design Technical: General Luella Cutler Certificate II in Engineering Pathways Kaden Gallant-Harvey
English English: General Olivia Cahill English: ATAR Alicia Correia Literature: ATAR Alexander Brunswick English as an Additional Language: General Honey Branzuela English as an Additional Language: ATAR Amir Aminy Health and Physical Education Health Studies: General Mia Willis Health Studies: ATAR Shelbi Mott Certificate II Sport Coaching Blake Rodger Physical Education: General Daniel Morrell Physical Education Studies: ATAR Daniella Titoko Outdoor Education General Elsie Gelley Certificate II Outdoor Recreation Nicole Howman Vocational Pathway Program Workplace Learning: General (VPP) Joseph Evans Vocational Pathways Program Jack Donnellan Mathematics Mathematics Essential: General Eleanor Wilkes Mathematics Applications: ATAR Andreas Kovacich Mathematics Methods: ATAR Jason Song Mathematics Specialist: ATAR Aden Lukan Languages Chinese First Language: ATAR Helena Lu Chinese Second Language: ATAR Shizuka Lau Italian Second Language: ATAR Nicholas Howman Humanities and Social Sciences Economics: ATAR Aden Lukan Modern History: ATAR Mathilda Richards Politics and Law: ATAR Kwai Wo Alexander Pang Accounting and Finance: ATAR Daniella Titoko Geography: ATAR Kinsey Wegwermer Certificate ll Business Cameron Brown Career and Enterprise: General Kara Dropulich
AVIATION
Aviation Awards Night
In week 8, Aviation students and their families attended the yearly Aviation Awards
Ceremony. The Awards Recipient are listed below but all Aviation students
should be congratulated with their efforts during the year in this intense course.
Congratulations to Dux, Emma Collins (pictured right with Principal, Mr White).
Category Name Year
Dux Of Aviation Emma Collins 12
Academic Ryan Rijesh 7
Excellence Maurice Lissmann 8
Most Improved Mitchell Johnston 7
Felix Chuan 9 Taewoo Kim 8
Zachary Alpers 10 Logan Pratt 9
Devadarshan Balasubramanian 10 Eli Sewell 10
Citizenship Meenakshi Rupesh 7 Haley Tucker 12
Alaina Groney 8 Scholarship Tryphon Kerr 10
Arjun Mungekar 9 Dylan Harris 10
Xavier O’Brien 10 Xavier O’Brien 10
Emma Collins 12
Drone Licence
The following 16 students have passed all flight testing and theory by CASA and three are more to come.
They will received their CASA drone licence soon and be able to work as a drone pilot.
Zachary Alpers Finn Grieve Tashfeen Muhammad
Harshvardhan Chaudhry Dylan Harris Alexander North
Jamie Dobson Michael Henning Xavier O'Brien
Tyler Farr Anay Joshi Kai Wei Renneth Seet
Alexander Gayton Tryphon Kerr Jonathan Young
Jake Lustig
Come Fly with Me
The Term 3 Come Fly with Me students, who have attended the school to learn about Aviation, were taken to
the skies on their last week. Anyone who knows current Year 4s or 5s who may wish to find out more about
Aviation can apply for the program next year. It runs for two hours a week in school time.
Alumni
Former students Rohan Glickman and Ray Meer are flying the B747 freighter as a Second Officer for Cathay
Pacific between Hong Kong and Anchorage.
Luke Brandstater won a $50,000 scholarship to fly as an instructor in the USA and was the first alumni to get
his commercial helicopters licence. He is now busy as First Officer with Babcock up north. He flies a S92
helicopter (19 passengers) and an AW139 (12 passengers). David Hart is now a Captain for Delta Airlines
in USA flying MD11s.
MATHEMATICS
This is an exciting time of the year in the Mathematics Department. Teachers are busily setting assessments,
completing lots and lots of marking and communicating with parents and carers on student achievement.
Term 4 can be very stressful for students as they prepare for their exams, but I encourage them to think of
this time of year as a chance to show us the concepts they have learnt and the skills they have developed. It
does not matter which pathway or level the student is at, they will know if they have put in their best efforts
and should be very proud if they have.
After the exams, our students in Years 7-9 will continue with their Mathematics topics as shown on their term
planner. Year 10 students will be enhancing particular skills which will be required in their upper school
courses and Year 11 students will commence studies for their Year 12 courses.
Mathematics – Literacy Strategies
Some of the literacy strategies employed in Mathematics during 2019 have been:
• Word Walls – both electronic and tangible
Teachers have been working on Word Walls so that students can familiarise themselves with the
spelling and meanings of key mathematics terms. An innovation that has been introduced in 2019 is
Electronic Word Walls which can be uploaded onto Connect for students to practice with at home.
• STEM Project incorporating literacy
Literacy strategies have been incorporated into STEM projects. For example have brainstormed for
words relating to aviation and this has been used as a basis for developing spelling, vocabulary and
writing skills.
• Inclusivity
ESL students are supported to explore new words, both in verbal and written form in a range of
contexts. Links are made between the usages of words in mathematics and their usage in a more
general context.
• Question of the Session
The teaching focus of lessons frequently incorporates a question of the session within a mathematical
context. For example, the Year 11 students have been learning how to use data to answer questions
such as ‘What type of cloud-seeding chemical is the most effective?’
• Writing skills as an integral part of assessments.
Students are given the opportunity to learn and practice report writing strategies in which they
explore a particular mathematical problem and then present a written report on their findings.
An interesting article circulated recently regarding the mathematics ability of girls and boys in school. Many
of us found “Brain scans don’t lie: The minds of girls and boys are equal in math” by Kate Hunt CNN quite
enlightening. The article included the following: “We’d studied the behaviour of young girls and boys on
mathematics tests, and we’d observed that their performance
was statistically equivalent; they were indistinguishable. They’d
developed the same abilities at the same rates in early childhood,”
says Jessica Cantlon, a professor of developmental neuroscience
at Carnegie Mellon University and the study’s senior author.
So moving forward, “Typical socialization can exacerbate small
differences between boys and girls that can snowball into how we
treat them in science and math,” Cantlon said. “We need to be
cognizant of these origins to ensure we aren’t the ones causing
the gender inequities.” Food for thought.
Ms Spencer’s class were working on Symmetry and Transformations
and this amazing picture (right) was developed – how appropriate
for an Aviation specialist school!ENGLISH Interschool Debating Competition Mr Robert Delves retires at the end of this year after many years teaching English and English as a Second Language at Melville. One of his great loves is the art of debating and he has a long association with teaching the techniques to high school students. In February 1990, the English Advisor at Fremantle District Office invited all high schools in the southern region to participate in an inter-school debating competition for students. Mr Delves had loved debating since his days at Melbourne University and immediately registered three teams from his then school Kwinana SHS. They enjoyed every moment, as did the debaters from all the other schools. So, 2019 marks the 30th year of this competition - and his farewell. He commented “For every one of these 30 years, it’s been my privilege to work with talented and enthusiastic debating students, with the Melville SHS debaters surely the best of the best these last 11 years. I’d also like to thank the many Melville English teachers who’ve given up heaps of their time to advise, rally, adjudicate every year – including the wonderful Mr Jamie Brito in 2019.” I am sure many generations of students will be arguing coherently (some have since become lawyers) and remember Mr Delves fondly. The 2019 debating teams are pictured (bottom left), after their final debate for the year. The students that competed in week 9 were: Year 7: Caitlin Cottier, Giovan Munut, Aquila Lubis, Louie Cabutaje, Narumi Fukushima-Harasymow Year 8: Justina Peter, Hena Kugarajan, Jingying Chong, Sofea Hazrin, Siddhi Luhar, Albin Veluthepilly Year 9: Gracie Smith, Liam Wegwermer, Arjun Mungekar, Joshua Cabutaje, Om Sharma, Paige Pownell, Mia Edge Year 10: Micah Selvakumar, Michael Bayot, Zaq Hazrin, Jane Jojan and Phoebe Bell Shakespeare Year 8 English students in Mrs Darne Willows class put on a Shakespearean drama performance and they got into character in the photos below.
ARTS AND TECHNOLOGIES The Lester Prize for portraiture competition recently announced the 2019 winners. Year 12 student, Ruchida Saenmuang won second place in the youth award category. This highly prestigious award is a testament to Ruchida’s mature vision and technical skill as well as, the fine mentoring provided by art teacher Ms Jenna Antoniolli. More than 200 youth artists entered the prestigious portrait prize this year, with twenty-five of the finalists coming from a variety of schools in WA, and the remainder coming from VIC, TAS, SA and NSW. The Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, one of the country’s richest prizes for portraiture was renamed The Lester Prize in honour of the award’s leading patron, Richard Lester. The new name recognises the leadership and support of Richard (Dick) Lester in helping the prize grow into one of the most prestigious on Australia’s visual arts calendar. Dance and Drama Music by Night In week 7, the Music by Night concert was held under perfect warm skies in the lower school quad. The event was an opportunity for music students to sing and play to parents and the community. It was a great success and staff should be commended for the hard work that went into hosting. Showcase This term Melville’s Arts & Technologies department was both excited and nervous to host the first Performing Arts Showcase in the brand new $4.5 million dollar Performing Arts Centre. This new facility really gives a world-class performance opportunity to the students involved and everyone was excited to see the venue at full capacity for the first time. Students across Years 7 to 11 took part in the showcase demonstrating different performances pieces in the areas of dance and drama they have been rehearsing throughout the year. This high quality of performance delivered is a testament to the equally talented Arts & Technologies team. These staff members included Ms Yasmin Yap, Ms Caitlin Boogaard-Austin, Mr Lachlin Brookes-Crew, Mrs Nikala Cunningham, Zari Simmons-Houlahan and of course David Anderson. Song Writing Competition The music department have been working hard this term on developing ‘the song writer within’. A song writing competition was created and open to Years 7, 8 and 9. Melville is proud to be operating in partnership with MEGA MUSIC in Myaree who have become significant sponsors for the competition. This competition is an attempt to bring awareness to "SONG LAB", our Friday Lunch time Song writing club where all year levels are invited to attend and release ‘the song writer within’.
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
SUP Champion
In October, the The National Stand Up Paddle Board event was held at Philip Island in Victoria. Melville’s
very own Year 11 student Sam McCullough (pictured right middle photo) was invited to take part. Sam did
extremely well for WA winning The National Junior Australian Champion for the 17km marathon and third
overall in the open elite Australian Junior Champion for the Technical race and third in the Australian Junior
SUP surfing.
Sam’s results for the 2019 Australian SUP Titles held at Phillip Island, Victoria are as follows:
• 17km Marathon first U18 (third overall)
• Technical Race first U18 (Fourth overall)
• SUP Surfing third U18
Award for Mr Sam McGuire
Earlier in the year, 28 community training members attended a professional development session at the
Royal Life Saving Offices of WA in Mount Claremont. The group heard speakers in the areas of interesting
topics such as health, first aid and aquatic safety. Awards were then presented to four of the trainers for
their excellent work in delivering lifesaving skills to the community. Our own Mr Sam MaGuire (middle in
the picture below left middle) was one of three high school teachers received the WA Presidents Award for
their efforts in teaching Bronze Medallion and Resuscitation awards to students at their respective schools.
Sports Dinner 2019
The annual Sports Dinner is a highly anticipated event on the Melville calendar. This event was held in
October and celebrated inter-school sporting students. It was our biggest Sports dinner to date with 306 of
the 456 invited attending. The inter-school sporting culture at Melville would not be such a success without
the dedicated work and training of the students. They train in rain, hail and shine all year round. Teachers
are also to be commended for their work throughout the year to train, coach and support the teams. The
night was filled with award winners and celebrations for all. The individual winners of the awards are on the
following pages. A special congratulations to our overall Sports Persons of the year:
Year Sportsman Sportswoman
Year 7 Luke Lester Maya Louvel-Finn
Year 8 Eben Prinsloo Tanayah Willetts-Buswell
Year 9 Brian Caffrey Indi Strom
Year 10 Harry Bilclough Amelie Prinsloo
Year 11 Jack Steele Aurorah Burling
Year 12 Evan Perera Daniella Titoko
& Joshua Yeo DavidSports Dinner Award Winners Netball Year 7 Team Most Valuable Player Runner Up MVP Most Consistent First Team Maya Louvel-Finn Caitlin Gower Zara Griffiths Second Team Tara Kearns-Flanagan Sophie Williams Mya Cunningham Third Team Savannah Virgin Fiona Chee Kim Ling Summer Fairhead Year 8 First Team Mia Karehana Tayla Byleveld Remy Robson Second Team Matilda Smith Ema Tesevic Chloe Maroney Third Team Bridget Garrity Zoe Hargreaves Maia Delgado Year 9 First Team Darcy McNamara Emily Adese Ella Wilson Second Team Eb Hinchliffe Anna Scott Tyla-Rose Ellis Third Team Amelia Wescott-Nash Georgia Savage Sophie Glance Year 10 First Team Taj Tuoro-Teata Ava Robson Sophie McFarland Second Team Aleeyah Garrett Anya Demigello Tahlia Migro Third Team Tayah Butler Gabby Pond Tyeisha Hunter
Senior Girls First Team Daniela Titoko Mim Strom Aurorah Burling Second Team Allisha Clark Susan Achea Abbey- Rose Heard Third Team Tawnee Bishop Elsie Gelley Christine Messenger Basketball Team Most Valuable Player Runner Up MVP Most Consistent Junior Boys Tyson Kelly Mitchell Baylis Junior Girls Lily Gammidge Sophie Killeen Senior Boy Noah Edge Kyle Gammidge Avril Sharma Softball Team Most Valuable Player Runner Up MVP Most Consistent First Senior Boys James Everitt Evan Perera Joseph Hart Second Senior Boys Jack Steele David Tyson Alex Wenban Third Team Sam Ritchie Tynan Sherwood Cooper Woods First Senior Girls Amber Hinchliffe Taige Sullivan Kyesha Potaka
Soccer Team Most Valuable Player Runner Up MVP Most Consistent Junior Boys Liam Evans Colby Gannon Thiradon (Tor) Kongpard Intermediate Boys William Sumail Rocco Rodriguez Tryphon Kerr Senior Girls Anastasia Djordjevic Izabella Parman Senior Boys Sedrique Bukuru Amir Hazrin Jack Ramsay Junior Girls Ffion Henderson Sofea Hazrin Violante Fontana Touch Rugby Team Most Valuable Player Runner Up MVP Junior Boys Ashton Smith Joshua McGrath Junior Girls Charli Laverty Mia Karehana First Senior Boys Patrick Pumfrey Edward Turagava Second Senior Boys Joshua Yeo David Thomas McIntyre First Senior Girls Daniella Titoko Shanae Cammell Second Senior Girls Allisha Clark Phoebe Bell AFL Team Most Valuable Player Runner up MVP Coaches Award Senior Boys Josh Yeo David Daniel Kerr Keedah Murrell Senior Girls Mim Strom Aleeyah Garrett Kady Sherwood
Netball Senior Boys
Team Most Valuable Player Runner up MVP
First Team Callum Thornton Jake Farrell
Second Team Daniel Morrell Dylan Scheepmaker
Third Team Aviral Sharma Joseph Hart
Fourth Team Elvin Lamprecht Tynan Sherwood
Volleyball
Team Most Valuable Player Runner up MVP Most Consistent
First Senior Girls Aurorah Burling Daniella Titoko Mim Strom & Janica Corre
Second Senior Girls Divya Syal Allisha Clark Nicole Ross
Third Senior Girls Katie Rigden Francesca Gratton Grace Taplin
Fourth Senior Girls Isabella Towers Kira Reynolds Mia Willis
Fifth Senior Girls Anya Demegillo Amelie Prinsloo Aleeyah Garrett
First Senior Boys Kenneth Garing Amir Hazrin Joseph Hart
Second Senior Boys Connor Leitch Evan Perera Keedah Murrell
Third Senior Boys Josh Yeo David Lakindu De Silva Nipun Ratnayake
Fourth Senior Boys Patrick Pumfrey Enrique Navarro Toby Glenn
Fifth Senior Boys Dylan Shaw Jeeb Bryan Revillame Kai Edginton
Sixth Senior Boys Harry Bilclough Alex Wenban Miyron Chetty
First Junior Boys Mason Ward Maxie Leitch
First Junior Girls Bianca Canlas Sofea Hazrin
Second Junior Girls Seren Simpson Indi Strom
Third Junior Girls Alaina Groney Remy Robson
Fourth Junior Girls Kinley Paterson Sophie Williams
Junior Mixed Hockey
Most Valuable Player Coaches Award
Thomas Curd Ashleigh Robertson-Wall
Junior Interschool Surfing
Surfer of the Day - Lawson Thomas
Interschool Golf
Golfer of the Day – Tyler Fong
See more photos on the last pageRISE
In week 7, the RISE classes went on an adventurous excursion to Kings Park. In partnership with Boonderu
Music, the students completed nature walks and wild flower identification throughout the sunny day.
Students were also subject to a variety of talks discussing the cultural significance of the area, history of the
War Memorial, Shinrin-Yoku meditation. The day was not all work though with breaks for lunch and sport
in-between keeping everyone on task and focused.
It was great to hear feedback stating how fantastic it was to see so many young people out and about,
learning and engaging with nature. The high ropes course was a highlight of the day, watching students
sore to new heights.
The staff involved would like to say a massive thank you to the RISE team of teachers that came along for
the day of exploring. The daily running of RISE and especially these excursions could not go as smoothly
without our cohesive, adaptive and supportive team.
MLP
As a part of the schhool’s big STEM focus, the MLP students have been undertaking a ‘Predicting the
Future’ activity. The class had lots of group discussions about STEM and why it is so important for our
future focus. The class then watched a video displaying four people working to make the future a better
place and more sustainable. Problem solving activities then followed
Students brainstormed where they saw themselves in two weeks, two years and 20 years; talking about
short term predictions being easier than long term. The focus then shifted to climate change and how for
generations the environment has been neglected.
Science and Technology then became the focus and how they can improve our future, advances in
medicine and technology and how far we have come with regards to artificial intelligence etc. The final
task was to think about the future technology and predictions. We had some amazing ideas, cloning,
robots, flying cars. The future looks interesting!
Other MLP Activities that have been going on throughout term four included:
• Year 11s continued Work Placed Learning and were engaged in the work environment.
• Years 7 to 10 have just completed a five week Tae Kwon Do Course - so watch out, Melville might have
some ninja warrior contenders!
• The students have had an essential oils incursion which definitely left everyone feeling very relaxed.
• The students had a Food Sensations incursion - engaging in food with all five of their senses.
• The highly anticipated Christmas shop is always a fantastic event, on ‘opening day’ alone the students
raised $169!STUDENT SERVICES Student Mobile Phones in Public Schools Policy Recently the State Government announced a new Student Mobile Phones in Public Schools policy to take effect from the start of Term 1, 2020. The policy requires all public schools to implement a ban on the use of mobile phones for all students from the time they arrive at school to the end of the school day. This extends to the use of smart watches which will also need to be ‘Off and Away all day’. Students are to still bring their iPads/laptops to school each day. The policy specifies that Secondary School students are allowed to have their mobile phones in their possession, but must turn them off and keep them out of sight until the end of school - ‘Off and Away all day’. Exceptions are allowed for students who have approval from the Principal or their delegate to use a mobile phone to monitor health conditions. As is the case now, if your child needs to contact you, they can do so through the school’s Student Services administration. Likewise, if you need to get a message to your child, you can call Student Services on 62741321. Device Free Tuesdays In anticipation of the total ban of mobile devices in schools, Melville took the initiative to run some ‘rehearsal days’ to get students acclimatised to life without their mobile phones (a shocking thought for some!). ‘Device Free Tuesdays’ were introduced by the very ‘on-the-ball’ student services team. So how did it go you ask? Well, to quote Mr White “I was actually quite amazed to see so few (perhaps three) students using mobiles while I walked around at lunchtime. And each of these students slipped their phones away when asked. We have a great school made up or great students, great teachers and great parents. Well done again - a promising start”. Students will continue to be encouraged to go ‘device free’ at recess and lunch on Tuesday of week 7 and 8. To inspire students to be more active and social during break times, additional activities have been planned. The initiative taken by teachers from different learning areas to engage students in a device free way has been fantastic, it seems as though there could be a competition brewing for the top activity. Some examples of these activities include: • Board games and cards in the library • Handball in the quad • Christmas card making in the library • Basket ball on the courts • Lap swimming (years 9-11) at recess • Musical performances in the quad • Table tennis in the quad • Super-Size chess in the quad
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