2014 School Captains Issue 09—13 June2014 Michael Lo & Sarah Fearn-Wannan Inside this issue Page From the Principal Dunlop House Freeman House Hollows House Melba House Music News Math's News Chaplain’s New LOTE News Friends of Music Community News School Calendar 1 2-3 4-5 6-7 8-9 10-11 12 13 14 14 15 16 From the Principal Team Martin Baxter Acting Assistant Principal Michael (trombone), Bronson (piano), Matt (trumpet), Zac (Saxophone), Olly (drums) and Ronan (double Base) from Blackburn High School. Picture: Stuart Milligan Source: News Limited Student Achievement Please remember to advise the relevant House Assistant by 9:30am if your child will be absent from school The talents of the students at Blackburn High School never cease to amaze me. This is particularly evident in the recent successes and performances in the field of music. With Blackburn High School’s stage band recognised as the best in the country at the prestigious Generations of Jazz Music Festival in South Australia, with many of the band members being singled out for individual awards and recognition. The Symphony Orchestra playing in the Victorian Schools Music Festival and the Winter Concert of last week provide further clear evidence of these continuing high standards. I am sure that the Blackburn Bands Concert on the evening of Saturday June 14, involving the Concert and Symphonic Bands will prove no exception. Melba—8804 6407 Freeman—8804 6408 Hollows—8804 6409 Dunlop—8804 6410 Semester 2 Starts Monday 16 June, 2014 Music Dept: (Direct) 8804 6411 Year 12 Formal 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 Issue 9 - 13 June 2014 A reminder to parents/guardians and students that the whole school (Years 7 – 12) commences the second semester in the last two weeks of this term starting on Monday 16 June. To conclude and celebrate the mid-year, the School again held its annual Year 12 Formal on the night of Wednesday June 11. This year the Senior Social was held at ‘The Manningham’. This VCE social event has been organised by a student committee in liaison with the Senior Social Events Coordinator, Ms Bronwyn Roach. All of whom should be congratulated. A special thankyou must be extended to Caitlin Jamieson for all her work in developing the various awards that the students received on the night. The Year 12 Formal once again proved to be a highlight of the student calendar and we have always been very proud of the exemplary conduct and presentation of our students on this special occasion. All the staff and students thoroughly enjoyed the evening! Blackburn High School Telephone: +613 8804 6464 60 Springfield Road, Blackburn Vic 3130 Facsimile: +613 8804 6499 Website: www.blackburnhs.vic.edu.au Email: [email protected] Freeman House News Geoff Vezey House Leader Lion King - Signups The Lion King rehearsals have started to take place. Good luck to all performers and we hope that the rehearsals go as planned and that the Lion King is a great success. Edwin Cornish The GAT Good luck to all Freeman Year 11/12 students. We hope your participation in the GAT goes smoothly. House Flag Thank you Ms. Chislett and Ms. Roach for their work on the Freeman house flag. Let’s fly the Freeman Phoenix high with pride. House Assistant Denise Strahan 8804 6408 Page 2 13 June 2014 Written by Thomas Saar and Andy Lu House Captain Freeman House News Geoff Vezey House Leader House Organisation Congratulations to all students who have submitted work on time. The third cycle of reports is published today. Take time to examine your report to reflect on what classes you are achieving good grades in (and why), as well as areas to improve in. Refer to your learning goals in your diary. Are you achieving these goals? Attendance The Compass system allows us to closely examine student attendance. Freeman staff and students have been examining the attendance data all year and comparing it to previous years. Overall Freeman students have improved their attendance to school which I have praised them for. This is a high priority and students who need to improve are being assisted. Would parents continue to help their son or daughter to arrive at 8.30 am for a 8.40 am start. It is important to arrive early (an not at 8.40 am) to get organised and to ensure they have a good start to the day. Edwin Cornish House Captain Walk to the G’ Thank-you to all students and staff who participated in the ‘Walk to the G’ on the 31st of May. Freeman House support the Freeman Foundation on this walk. We had the opportunity to meet students and staff from Palm Island who visit Melbourne for one week during this time. Students from Palm Island are selected for the trip through their attendance, attitude and achievement at school. They are rewarded for their hard work. House Assistant Denise Strahan 8804 6408 Geoff Vezey Page 3 13 June 2014 HOLLOWS HOUSE NEWS Mark Pasquali House Leader HOUSE PERFORMING ARTS Well done to all the students who have signed up to be part of our house musical “Happy Feet”. Our first rehearsal took place yesterday and there was lots of enthusiastic students. The rules of House music mean that each house only has two weeks to rehearse and perform their production. After school rehearsal times are listed below and permission forms available on compass for students involved. House Assistant Kaye Sampson 8804 6409 REHERSALS AFTER SCHOOL Monday June 16 Tuesday June 17 Thursday June 19 Monday June 23 Tuesday June 24 CONGRATULATIONS JULIAN Well done to Julian Harris who spoke at our last assembly about his participation at the Stawell gift running carnival. Julian participated in a number of events at the famous Central Park track and performed exceptionally well. Congratulations Julian on this great achievement. The famous central park track where Julian ran MENTOR GROUP NEWS Our mentor groups will be undertaking a number of Pathways activities over the next few weeks. This will lead up to the all important selection of subjects for the more senior students. The subject selection process will begin early in Term 3. Page 4 Issue 9 - 13 June 2014 HOLLOWS HOUSE NEWS YEAR 7 AWARD WINNERS Congratulations to the following Hollows students who won awards at the recent “Rich Tasks” project. House Captain Ned Clear Best Multimedia presentation: Luke Foulcher (Lasers) HA Best presentation: Flynn Nott (Rocket) HA Runner Up: Maya Hunter Clear (Perfume) HB Best presentation: Zach Hazeldine (Helicopter) HB Runner Up: Lotus Wintersea (Saddle) Well done to all the students who participated. REMINDERS ABOUT UNIFORM Just a further reminder that the Blazer is to be the outer garment at all times. If students do not have their blazer for any reason they must request a uniform pass from their mentor teacher with a signed note explaining the reason. We thank parents for their support in this matter. THANKS TO MR HOLLAND Farewell to Mr Holland who will be finishing with us this week. Mr Holland has been the mentor teacher for H5 as a short term replacement and has built a great rapport with the students. We wish him all the best as he returns to Great Britain later this year. Page 5 Issue 9 - 13 June 2014 Mark Pasquali House Leader MELBA HOUSE NEWS Ron Hansen Acting House Leader The last few weeks of school have been a frenzy of activity with exams. Staff have been busy doing marking and preparing reports. Music students have been busy with the winter concert last week. Year 9 Music Technology Radio broadcasts at SYN radio have continued with Allegra De Gleria Clark and Caitlyn Hurly doing a show this week. It was no surprise that there was a segment about flautists (as both girls play flute). It is nice to see Melba students having a high profile in the community (at least 10 000 people listen to the different “Schools on Air” shows each week). House Assistant Wendy Atkinson 8804 6407 The House Music competition is quite soon with Tanya Kononov, Jackie Hu, and James Kearney starting off the rehearsals for the upcoming performance. This week rehearsals began and students of all abilities are encouraged to come along and be a part of the performance on June 26 th in the Gym. This is also a busy time for me personally as I end up getting heavily involved in organizing lights and sound for the performance. Alpine school students – Year 9 Daniel Curwen, Lachlan Hives and Neve Anderson-Vague have been at the School for Student Leadership all of this term. It will finish soon with a presentation in late June. Recently they completed a second overnight camping expedition as well as coping with the rigours of rain and mud. They have some exciting ideas for their Community Learning Project and it will be great to see them put this into practice when they come back to BHS. CONGRATULATIONS MATTHEW CRUNDALL – Victorian Champion in Rings M2 Over the long weekend, Matthew competed in the Victorian Gymnastics Championships through his club Bulleen Templestowe Youth Club (BTYC) in Level 7 Open. He became the Victorian champion in Rings, winning gold with a score of 12.9 for this apparatus. His team included Kynan and William Whitehead (from Freeman) and two others not from BHS, won 1st place and is the champion team in Level 7 Open. It was a tough two days of competition with 48 gymnasts from across the State. Well done to Matthew and the other gymnasts who competed. Page 7 Issue 9 - 13 June 2014 MELBA HOUSE NEWS House Captain Tanya Kononov X Factor Award— (handmade item) SAILING SHIP JOSHUA 7MA Issue 9 - 13 June 2014 Acting House Leader Best Knowledge Award—Research—STEAM ENGINE CALEB 7MA Melba House Year 7 Rich Task Award Winners Page 9 Ron Hansen Visually Exciting Award (eye catching display) ECOSYSTEMS SARAH 7MB BEST IN CLASS AND RUNNER –UP 7MA SUBMARINES— Sean TEDDY BEARS Emma 7MB BARBIE—Lily MONOPOLY— Gabriel 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. DUNLOP HOUSE FUNDRAISING House Assistant: Thursday 19th June Support the Weary Dunlop Appeal by buying badges, coming in free dress and helping at and promoting the lunchtime BBQ. All proceeds will benefit the Weary Dunlop Medical Research Foundation which endeavours to find a cure for cardiovascular disease, prostate cancer and more. Rich Task Congratulations to Cameron Twidale for winning The Best Presenter for Oral Information. Welcome Back A big welcome back to Ms Greves who has resumed her role as house leader after being away on long service leave. Thank you to Mr Bate and Ms Jallais for all their help and support whilst Ms Grieve was away. Liga Darzins 8804 6410 Year 7’s Hope all of the year 7’s have had a good transition into high school and have enjoyed being in Dunlop house. House Captain: James Zukiewicz Page 8 Issue 01 7 February 2014 Maths News Steve Thomson Maths Coordinator Student Teacher Visits The Maths department has made itself available for a number of student teacher visits. Deakin University Pre-service Teacher Visits On two occasions Maths staff hosted up to 25 preservice teachers from Deakin University in a day. They took great interest in BEEM which is our year 7 problem solving flagship. They were also keen to view the innovative teaching and learning practices used to teach Maths in the High Achiever’s Program (HAP). In the mainstream classes they enjoyed the way tasks were differentiated and also the way students were grouped. The pre -service student teachers provided a lot of positive feedback as did their convenor. Patricia Kaoull In May, Georgia Pashias’ Year 8 classes were taught by a pre-service teacher, Patricia Kaoulla, who is studying at La Trobe University. The students welcomed Ms Kaoulla as their Mathematics teacher and responded enthusiastically to her teaching style. The Year 8 Maths classes enjoyed the Congruency and Transformations work booklets she prepared as well as the chance to use a compass and protractor to construct triangles. Equally engaging was the work booklet covering Pythagoras’ Theorem that she prepared for the Year 8 HAP Maths class. A highlight for the Year 8FA Maths class was the celebrity heads game. Students had to ask questions in an attempt to find out which mathematics topic their hat displayed. The Year 10 Maths Methods class responded positively, having fun and This year all of the year 10 Maths learning maths. classes were timetabled to run at the Patricia also organised a scavenger hunt activsame time and in adjoining classrooms. ity for the Year 8 HAP Maths class. Students had to solve a question to reveal a hidden Amongst the many advantages it enables message. This activity gave students a chance team teaching to occur, as the classes to work and learn in teams. Student feedback can be collapsed together. It also allows was again overwhelmingly positive with the for different student groupings and difactivity being compared to the Amazing Race. ferent activities to run. Over the last sevWe thank Patricia Kaoulla for her contributions eral months the classes were collapsed whilst at Blackburn High School and wish her for two revision activities; one in preparation for a test and the other in preparaall the very best for her teaching career. tion for an exam. Students responded positively to both a “Pinwheel” revision activity on the topic of Linear Graphing and then to a “Lucky Dip” activity in preparation for the Common Test. Open Night There was a great display of interest from the public in the Blackburn High School Open night. Maths was no exception with a large number of prospective students and their parents participating in the diverse range of activities on offer in the room. Maths staff were on hand to provide expert opinion and advice and to answer the raft of questions. Page 9 Issue 01 7 February 2014 Jemima Bunn Acting Director of Music Music News Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Connect Program A day of music making in the Blackburn High School Music Department brought forth visitors from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Workshop with Wendy Clarke Wendy presented some great ideas about intelligent practice using differing rhythmic groupings Wendy demonstrated how these techniques could support musicians to develop more fluent technical skills. Congratulations to Jess Coyle (clarinet), Jackie Hu (flute), Ethan Grooby (bassoon), Darren Lee (clarinet) for their performances in the Masterclass. String Workshop with Michelle Woods & Monica Curro Michelle and Monica spoke of their musical backgrounds and their work with the MSO and other performing ensembles. Together they workshopped with soloist Matthew Smith (violin) on a work by Telemann and the Chamber String Orchestra. Percussion Workshop with John Aracaro It was wonderful to have John Arcaro bring his knowledge into the percussion studio, discussing the hows and whys of all things percussion – auxiliary percussion, mallet grips, playing techniques. Page 10 Issue 09 13 June 2014 Jemima Bunn Acting Director of Music Music News SONG MAKERS WORKSHOP On Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th of May, a selection of 16 lucky music students spent two days taking part in an intensive songwriting workshop as part of a APRA-AMCOS initiative titled ‘Song Makers’. This experience was led by two very experienced musicians currently working in the music industry. Lior is a Melbourne-based ARIA award winning songwriter who has toured with the WOMAD festival and Make Poverty History concerts. He is well known for the 2005 song ‘This Old Love’. Lachlan Carrick is a producer, sound engineer and arranger who has collaborated with many artists on numerous live performances and recordings. Recently, he has toured with the artist Gotye. Over the course of the two days, students split into groups of four and went through the process of picking a theme, penning lyrics, deciding on a structure, and working out chords and melodies. At first, the process was quite daunting- how do we write lyrics that are meaningful? Can we ever get around to creating a catchy chorus? What harmonies work with these chords? However, with the help of Lior and Lachlan, the songs started to take shape. The students really felt engaged after hearing both musicians’ experiences in the process of songwriting. At the end of the workshop, Lachlan set up a professional ‘studio’ where the students recorded each of their vocal and instrumental parts. Students are now awaiting their engineered demo tracks to be sent from APRA. Students who took part: Julie An, Leigh Beattie, Allegra De Gleria Clark, Kate Fyander, Susanna Hill, Gemma Hooper, Caitlin Hurly, Che Ioannou-Booth, Emma Jeffery, Tanny Law, Sam McKay, Quynh Nguyen, Eliana Parratt, Bridie Ronalds-Greatbatch, Benji Sametz, Jayden Younger What a great experience for all involved. WINTER CONCERT A fabulous night was had by all! See next newsletter for article and photos. Dates to look out for: Wind Band Fest with Symphonic Band and Concert Band – Saturday 14 June MSO Workshop for Brass – Wednesday 18 June (in the previous Newsletter this date was wrong) Jazz Ensembles @ Victorian School Music Festival – 23 – 25 July – details to come Music Camp – 3 – 6 August – Junior, Concert & Symphonic Band, String and Symphony Orchestras Concert Bands @ Victorian School Music Festival – 11 – 22 August – details to come Page 11 Issue 09 13 June 2014 Chaplaincy Program Megan Thompson Chaplain Entertainment Books for sale… the Chaplaincy Committee is currently selling Entertainment Books as a fundraiser. Books are $65 for over $2,000 value of vouchers at a range of retailers, including fine dining restaurants, fast food outlets, entertainment venues including Hoyts, and accommodation options many others. Vouchers are either for two for the price of one offers or a percentage value off a final bill. Many families will find that they only need to use 4 or 5 vouchers to well and truly recoup the $65 outlay. If you would like to look at what is on offer in the Entertainment Book, a copy is available in the reception area at school for you to look through. Orders need to be completed on the order form sent out with our appeal letters, or there are order forms available at the school office. Books can also be purchased online and as a phone app for smart phones. 20% of sales will be returned to the Committee as fundraising. The Chaplaincy Committee meet every second Wednesday evening of the month during term times. Meetings are always open so that anyone can attend. We are always happy to have new members join the committee. Please phone me at the school if you would like further information. Second Hand Uniforms and text books are sold each week through the shop on the ground floor western end of the multi storey building at school. The shop is open on Tuesday mornings from 8.15am till 8.45am. We are in urgent need of skirts and spray jackets at the moment. Donations of uniform can be left at the shop on Tuesday mornings, or at anytime at the General Office. Remember that you are able to sell blazers through the shop with a 20% commission going to the Chaplaincy Committee. We are in urgent need of small size blazers if you have one in the house that is no longer needed. "Chaplaincy at BHS is partially supported by the Federal Government's National School Chaplaincy and Student Welfare Program". Page 14 Issue 01 7 February 2014 LOTE News Alan Keeble LOTE Coordinator Je voudrais une crêpe au chocolat, s’il vous plaît. In May Monieur Robert made his annual visit to our school for the traditional crêpe day. Students took the opportunity to practise their French when ordering the crêpes, some double-dipping! School News Friends Of Music Thank you to all the volunteers who assisted with the Friends of Music’s contribution to the winter concert, and to all the families who supported our fundraising efforts. Performing Arts Festival The House Performing Arts Festival is on Thursday 26th June, commencing at 7.00 pm. Admission will be $5.00 per adult, and children will be free of charge. Friends of Music will be selling sausages, vegie burgers and cold drinks from 5.30 to 6.45 pm. Hot drinks, cold drinks and biscuits will be available to purchase during the interval. Page 13 Issue 01 7 February 2014 School News News from the Vegie Garden Thanks to a group of willing parents and students the BHS Vegie Garden was set up in March this year. It was planted by members of the Environment Group, and the produce is now being used by the Food Tech students. Current crops include silverbeet, lettuce, rocket, mustard, onions, spinach, broad beans, peas, garlic, carrots, beetroot, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli and a range of herbs. Would you like to be involved? To keep the vegie garden producing, I come once a fortnight to weed, feed, sow new crops, etc. Any parents or students are welcome to join me. If you are an interested parent, please email [email protected] and I will be in touch. Students can be involved by coming to the vegie garden at lunchtime on the dates below. When: This term: Wed 18 June 12.30pm – 2.30pm Next term: Every second Wednesday: 16 July, 30 July, 13 August, 27 August, 10 September, Time: 12.30pm – 2.30pm Just a reminder the next School Working Bees are scheduled for Sunday 24 August, and Sunday 26 October. Anyone in the School community is welcome to attend. Carolyn Nette Facilities sub-committee Page 14 Issue 09 13 June 2014 School News The year 12 Formal Page 15 Issue 01 7 February 2014 Community Notices Melba House “Toiletries” drive. In 2014, Blackburn High School is continuing to build its partnership with the Eastern Emergency Relief Network. Melba House – named after the late Dame Nellie Melba – is following in the footsteps of our namesake and helping those who are less fortunate than ourselves. After a successful “food” drive in 2012, and a “toiletries” drive in 2013, we are again aiming to get the whole school community involved in collecting emergency relief items which can be distributed to those in need. The collection will happen from Monday, 19 th May until Friday, 8thAugust when Melba House will hold their free dress day and also raise some much needed money to donate to the Eastern Emergency Relief Network as well. Some common toiletry items you can donate.  Shampoo  Conditioner  Tooth Paste  Tooth Brushes  Soap and Liquid soap  Shaving foam  Ladies sanitary products  Deodorant  Front & Top loader laundry powder  Dishwashing liquid  Toilet paper  Tissues Any donations of the above items will be gratefully received at the Melba House office until Friday 8th August. There will also be a box outside the front office, and boxes in each of the other houses. Let’s work together to see how many boxes we can fill. Just as Dame Nellie Melba did, we want to make a difference, and give to those who are in desperate need. Community Notices The school is publishing the above community notices because they may interest some students or community members, but the school is unable to endorse or recommend any of these advertisements Page 16 Issue 08 30 May 2014 School Calendar June-July 2014 Sunday 8 15 Monday Tuesday 9 10 Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday Wednesday 11 Thursday 12 Friday Saturday 13 14 Year 10 Work Experience Yr 12 Formal 16 17 Semester II commences 18 19 20 21 25 26 27 28 2 3 4 5 Eastern Zone Cross Country 22 23 24 29 30 JULY 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1 Back to school Page 18 Issue 9 - 13 June 2014