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2016 Newsletter Issue 10, 14th October

The Kilmore International School

A TKIS Community Publication

Year 12 Principal’s Academic Awards Good luck to all Year 12 students in your upcoming IB exams!

Newsletter

ContentWe often take the expertise of our staff for granted. We come to school, we sit in our lessons, we learn, we progress. But who are these people who teach us? Are they mysterious people who live in the school and just disappear at the end of the day, only to reappear (without the puff of smoke) the next morning?

Once when I was teaching in Bendigo, I was buying the compulsory Friday night Fish and Once when I was teaching in Bendigo, I was buying the compulsory Friday night Fish and Chips when one of my primary students accompanied by her dad came into the shop. Her jaw dropped, because she had never seen a teacher outside school and it just hadn’t occurred to her that we were real humans!!

Now this article is not going to give you the dietary requirements of the staNow this article is not going to give you the dietary requirements of the staff, but I want to share with you snippets of the expertise of our Arts staff. Some of you might know some of this already but after during and after reading this, I am sure that you will agree that we are privi-leged to have these fine professionals to nurture and lead our next generation in Visual Art, Drama and Music.

Our facultyHead of the ArtsWilliam Howard

Drama and Visual ArtRobert WallaceLynda Allen

Visual ArtAdele BoothPisen Hong

MusicMusicCatherine StringerKelvin DaiAdam PrzewlockiDeborah RossMarisa HatibiLeonard BarkerGerard MapstoneGerard Mapstone

Adele Booth is with us for this semesteAdele Booth is with us for this semester, while Lynda Allen is on leave. Adele has immense ex-perience, having returned to Australia from teaching in Kazakhstan. She has taught in many countries since departing her home town of Adelaide many years ago and has a truly interna-tional flare with her inventiveness, inspiration that she engenders and a deep appreciation of and empathy for the challenges of children in an international school, be they in their home country or otherwise. Adele has presented her own works in many art shows and, as exempli-fied by the variety of work displayed in our 2016 Art Show, has developed a wide variety of abilities in our students.

Pisen Hong, as one of our most senior members of staff at TKIS, brings a lifetime of teaching and painting experience to our students. Mr Hong lived through the Chinese Cultural Revolu-tion and shared this aspect of his life with our music students in their study of the Chinese Music of that era. He is an accomplished artist and calligrapher and is currently guiding a group of year 10 students in the techniques of Chinese art and calligraphy, as well as teaching other academic subjects. Several of Mr Hong’s works can be seen throughout the school.

Lynda Allen is currently on a well-deserved extended long service leave. Lynda has been at TKIS for many years, directing the Visual Art programme to the state that we have today, where our walls are fast filling with fine works from our graduating young artists. She is also a very fine singer and actor, having been a member and leading lady of BATS and other compa-nies for some time. Her expertise in this area has seen Lynda directing our junior school musi-cals and the year 6 graduations. We look forward to her returning to TKIS in 2017.

Robert Wallace is a genuine multi-talented gentleman! Many of us have seen Robert on TV, acting in such shows as Dr Blake Mysteries and Neighbours. As well as treading the boards, Robert is an accomplished artist and designer. His home and garden are works of art and he has extended the outlooks of our current year 11s and 12s so that they have bravely experimented with new styles and media. The main gallery of our Art Exhibition showcased the accomplish-ments of his senior students. It was a superlative display that spoke volumes of not only our graduands’ artistry but also of Robert’s nurturing and guidance.

Editor: Georgia [email protected]

Contributors:Isobel Mumberson

Thomas Paul CallaghanElizabeth PickupPetr LejinsPetr LejinsReave Paleg

Next edition: Friday, 4th of November 2016

Message from the Head of Learning - The Arts

The Kilmore International School40 White St, Kilmore Victoria, 3764 AustraliaPhone: +61 3 5782 2211Fax: +61 35782 2525Email: [email protected]: www.kilmore.vic.edu.au

Message from the Head of Learning - The Arts

School messages Page 3

Student Activities Page 8

Notice Board Page 17

Term 4 CAS & Tutorial timetables Page 22

Message from the Head of Learning—The Arts (cont.)

Catherine Stringer comes from a dynasty of music educator s and musicians. She is equally at home teaching our grade 3 students fun songs and rhythm games as she is teaching analysis of full orchestral works and inspiring original compositions with our senior students. A superbly dedicated teacher, Catherine has taught in several school in and around Melbourne, lectured at Victorian University, led vocal and instrumental ensembles and directed music departments. Kelvin Dai is one of several educator s who are cur rently teaching at TKIS who actually were students her as well! After graduating from TKIS some years ago, Kelvin studied piano and music education at Melbourne University, graduating from that esteemed institution with both teaching and performance qualifications. Kelvin now teaches Chinese, TOK, piano and Class-room Music as well as teaching in his own highly successful private studio. He has also become a music entrepreneur, having created an annual piano competition in Melbourne.

Adam Przewlocki is our senior piano and voice teacher, as well as our concer t accompanist. Adam has just r eturned from a very successful tour of the USA where he performed at Carnegie Hall, New York – arguably the most prestigious concert venue in the world. He worked with the world acclaimed singer Frederica Von Strade as well as Australia’s own award winning Choir of Hard Knocks. Adam, like Catherine, is from a musical dynasty. His father was Director of Music at Salesian College in Sunbury. Adam has continued the musical life of Sunbury with his many choirs in that area. Some of these choirs have appeared on television and several of his students have gone on to stardom in musicals. Adam is an outstanding performer and nurturing teacher of our students.

Deborah Ross teaches flute, piano and voice, as well as emergency classroom music and having the role of music adminis-trator. In addition to this tidy juggling act, she has three young daughters and travels to Kilmore from Bendigo!! Deborah is so energetic and is always keen with fresh ideas on how to get the students more involved with their music. To this end, in this year alone she has taken students to the Orchestra Victoria three day workshop and performances, begun a senior vocal ensemble that

has already performed several times and has great interest in ethnomusicology and developing that with her ensembles and stu-dents. Deborah has taught in international schools in Saigon and throughout Victoria. She has also lectured at Monash and Dea-kin Universities and is a music examiner. Deborah is keen on collaboration with her colleagues to create instrumental ensembles at TKIS playing pieces for various groups, such as Klezmer, African drumming and other ethnic music from around the world. Marisa Hatibi joined us very r ecently, having migrated to Australia from Albania with her family. Marisa is an exper t violinist and actually studied at Melbourne University some years ago in her undergraduate degree. In Albania, she gained her Masters’ degree and performed as soloist and professional orchestral musician. Marisa is aiming to increase her teaching studio and develop a performance profile here in Melbourne. As well as her private students at TKIS, she is currently teaching our year 7 violinists, who have all benefitted immensely by her input.

Leonard Barker teaches percussion and guitar as well as tutor ing our rock band. He is an enthusiastic educator who de-vises new and interesting ways to learn to play and to be involved in ensembles. One such way has been through his creating our newest group - the emerging percussion ensemble. This ensemble is a great way for musicians and non-musicians alike to join and play music, mainly from Africa and the USA. Leonard is also an expert in electronic music and has offered this expertise to those who would like to experience computer music.

Gerard Mapstone is a ver satile musician, a very fine guitar ist and a music scholar . He is cur rently studying for his mas-ters’ degree at Melbourne University, specialising in guitar performance. Gerard has created quite a stable of young musicians here at TKIS, with his guitar ensemble bringing together students of all levels. He listens to the students and, together with his wealth of knowledge and ability, creates individual programmes for each and every guitar student. The ensemble performed and was recorded at our August Recital. This recording is currently being transferred to become our telephone “on hold” music. Gerard has spent a great deal of time travelling and studying music around the world, principally in Spain, the home of guitar.

I do hope that this shows you the level of education that we offer here at TKIS. I am extremely proud to be the leader of this exceptional group. I know that the essential artistic aspects of your children will certainly be nurtured and developed here!

William Howard Head of the Arts Email: [email protected]

Two Weeks With the Queen, the TKIS Annual Drama Production, is set to play on Oct 19th and 20th at The Kilmore Interna-tional School. The production tells the story of a brave and resolute young man in search of a cure for his terminally ill broth-er. Notwithstanding, it peppers the heartfelt moments with love and laughter. Characters are endearing and funny and many spoken lines will linger longer in your hearts and memories. Tickets are $5, payable at the door. Showtime is 7.30 pm sharp. Theatrette. Wed Oct 19th and Thurs Oct 20th, TKIS 40 White Street, Kilmore.

Two Weeks With The Queen

This year, all of the language B teachers have put in extra effort by incorporating ICT; using the most ‘up to date’ resources within their daily teaching in order to make each lesson easy to follow and allow our students to achieve greater understanding of the importance of learning another language and its culture. This allows the two cultures to intermingle without losing their separate identities. We have built a strong professional English B team to help our international students settle in well in ESL class. By imple-menting a standard assessment after a period of ESL learning, many students have been promoted into our mainstream classes. Congratulations to the students and the English B department! This program has been running very effectively and we wel-come more international students to join our language B classes in Term 4.

Chinese Program in Our Primary School The Chinese Language program in the primary school division has been running at TKIS since 2015, offering two sessions each week. The program endeavours to not only develop children’s language skills, but also foster their cultural awareness of the Chinese speaking community. Students learn and practice prescribed content and language skills in a variety of activities, such as singing songs, language games, research projects and more, in a vibrant learning setting. They are also encouraged to link what they have learnt in class to extra-curricular activities. In Terms 2 and 3, students from Year 3-5 showcased the Chi-nese songs they learnt in class on Mother's Day and Father’s Day. The Year 6 students are now looking forward to their excur-sion to the Chinese Museum in Melbourne in Term 4.

Our Indonesian B Program Indonesian students who made it to final in the State-wide Indonesian Oral Competition held at the University of Melbourne by VILTA (Victorian Indonesian Language Teacher Association) are: Year 7: Taryn FURLETTI, Jarrah NOEL-MACPHERSON, Jeremy KRIETEMEYER Year 8: Nicholas PHAROAH Year 9: Lachlan HEYWOOD, Matthew SPAIN Year 10: Jack HEANLY, Jacob KNIGHT, Jonathan KRIETEMEYER Year 11: Jonathan PHAROAH, Jayson SYNNOT, Yesaya Andre WINARDI The following students who participated in the Victorian Indonesian Speaking Competition have achieved a winning place: Year 8C: Nicholas PHAROAH (1st place) Year 9C: Lachlan HEYWOOD (1st place) Year 11: Yesaya Andre Winardi (1st place), Jayson SYNNOT (3rd place)

2017 TKIS India Trip We aim to give students a meaningful cultural experience, including the opportunity to travel to various countries to enhance their language learning. Our school is planning a trip to Kerala (India) for TKIS students from 14th April to 23rd April in April 2017. On behalf of our language B teachers, I wish our class of 2016 every success in their exams and in their future beyond. Head of Learning—Language B Ms Mei Yue Email: [email protected]

Message from the Head of Learning—Language B

Message from the Head of Learning—Humanities

Nestle factory visit…. The Year 10 commerce students were very fortu-nate to visit the Nestle factory at Broadford on Tuesday 11th October. The students were intro-duced to the various department managers who each spoke about their schooling and working life. This was an excellent opportunity to hear firsthand how each of them had come to work at Broadford and what was necessary to achieve their success. Each gave an insight as to their own aspirations at school and their individual progress through vari-ous jobs throughout their working lives. They also spoke about their current role at the Broadford Nestle plant. We were indeed very fortunate that Nestle were prepared to devote so much of their valuable time to help educate our students. Following our introduction to the business students changed into their “work clothes” which consisted of steel capped boots, hard hats, overcoats and hairnets! Phones and jewellery had to be left behind as the plant sees worker and customer safety as paramount. We then proceeded to tour the plant and were fortunate to see the packaging operation in full flight – so many bananas! Next was a visit to the operations room where meetings are held every day to assess progress and discuss any issues that need to be overcome. Key performance indicators were displayed throughout the room and students had an opportunity to discuss these. Our final stop was to view the robot that mixes the various jellybean colours. It was a great oppor-tunity to see automation in action. The robot would pick up a large box-es of jellybeans, tip it, shake it to make sure all the beans had been re-moved, and then move onto the next colour. The robot was put in place due to workplace health and safety concerns with staff having to previ-ously undertake this job. Lifting and tipping the 28kg boxes was caus-ing staff to suffer shoulder and neck injuries and the robot allowed the staff to undertake other duties that were not so detrimental to their health.

2016 Australian Economics Competition: Year 12 IB Economics students once again participated successfully in the 2016 Australian Economics Competition. The competition is run by the University of New South Wales which is a member of the prestig-ious, “Group of Eight” Australian Universities. Notable achievers were Andrew Lansdowne with a ‘Certificate of High Distinction’ and Madison Nuske, Oliver Parsons, Ju Rong (Ryan) Tham, Lingzi (Lynn) Chen and Ilana Scerri who all received a ‘Certificate of Distinction’. Congratulations is also extended to Lapat (Jeff) Jitsangvorawong, Olivia Lau and Tylah Ryan who received a ‘Certificate of Credit’. Ian Bennett Head of Learning—Humanities Email: [email protected]

Message from the Head of Learning—Mathematics It’s great to be back in Australia, and great to be back at TKIS. I would like to thank Ms Burns for the wonderful job she did as Head of Mathematics whilst I was away on long service leave, especially continuing to provide the very popular maths quiz questions for each news-letter. I would also like to thank Mr Chris De Sousa, Mr Kahlon, Ms Chueng and Mr Wright for looking after my classes. In recent months, we have been fortunate to have Americian intern Jenny Hefner teaching classes ranging from Year 7 to Year 11. I have had the pleasure of viewing some of her classes and have found them to be highly engaging and well instructed. It is so inspiring to have such a dedicted and motivated young teacher amoungst our staff – even if it is only for a relatively short time. Just a quick reminder that the Year12 Revision Mathematics Competition will be held on Tuesday the 18th October. All students in year 12 are expected to attend. Throughtout the evening we will be revising the entire syllabus, covering 70 question types, that will be built into a fun and engaging competition format. The evening starts at 6.30pm and will finish around 8.30pm. All those interested are welcome to attend. As I have indicated in past newsletters, significant changes will be made to the Higher Level Mathematics subject from May 2017 reducing the length or number of question in the examinations. If you are considering HL mathematics in future years it is worth reading the below message released from the IB.

Change to DP Higher Level mathematics – specimen papers now available As you are aware, from May 2017, the number of questions on all HL mathematics papers will be reduced by approxi-mately 20 per cent. We have taken this action in response to evidence from schools, feedback from students, and our analysis of results that suggest that candidates struggle to reach their full potential in these papers. Based on the November 2014 papers, we have developed new specimen papers which are now available on the Online Curriculum Centre (OCC). These provide teachers with an indication of how we are implementing this change. As announced earlier this year, the number of marks has been reduced to reflect the number of questions on the paper. This means that pa-pers 1 and 2 will be marked out of 100 and paper 3 will have a maximum mark of 50. We expect the same quality of mathematics and believe that giving students more time to reflect on the questions will enable them to demon-strate more fully their mathematical knowledge, skills and understanding. We will continue to provide reminders about this change as we approach the May 2017 examination session.

Answer for Newsletter No. 9 Challenge question: Level of difficulty: Medium Katrina rides her bike at a constant speed of 25 km/h and arrives at school at 8:00 am. If she was to leave home at the same time and ride at a constant speed of 15 km/h, she would not get to school until 8:30 am. What time does she leave home?

So Katrina rides her bike for ¾ of an hour. Given that she arrives at school at 8:00 am, therefore she leaves homes at 7:15 am.

And now for this newsletter’s quiz question: Level of Difficulty: Medium

A gardener wishes to put a circular water feature (pool) in a right-angled triangle plot that has sides of 6m and 8m on its two smallest sides. What is the radius in metres of the largest pool that will fit?

Paul Szczur Head of Learning—Mathematics Email: [email protected]

3-6 Whittlesea Division Track and Field: On Monday October 3rd, TKIS primary students at-tended the Whittlesea Division Track and Field at Meadowglen International Athletics Track in Epping. Our students achieved some great results. Those that came 1st or 2nd all qualified to compete at the Northern Metropolitan Regional Track and Field on Wednesday 12th October. Results are as follows: Lucy Beaton – 1st High Jump, 4th 200m Aiden Ling – 2nd Hurdles, 8ths 200m Georgia Caddies – 1st Discus Georgia Gawley – 1st Long Jump Hugh Drofenik – 4th Long Jump Anastasia Minter – 2nd Hurdles, 4th High Jump Taylah Woolley – 1st Discus, 1st 800m. 3-6 Northern Metropolitan Region Track and Field: On Wednesday the 12th of October, our Primary school students competed in the Northern Metro-politan Region Track and Field which was held at Meadowglen Athletics Track in Epping. Our students results are as follows: High Jump: Lucy Beaton -10th Long Jump: Georgia Gawley- 7th Discus: Taylah Woolley 2nd , Georgia Caddies – 8th 80m Hurdles: Anastasia Minter -5th , Aiden Ling – 4th 800m: Taylah Woolley – 10th Congratulations to Taylah Woolley who all qualified to compete at the State Track and Field Fi-nals in discus. 7 -12 Hume Region Track and Field Carnival: Today was the 7-12 Hume Region Track and Field Carnival which was held at the Albury Athletics Track. Our students per-formed very well and the results are as follows: 3000m: Taryn Fur letti – 1st. 1500m: Taryn Fur letti – 1st, Zach Squire- 4th . 200m: Zach Squire – 4th . Triple Jump: Taryn Fur letti – 3rd , Isabella Simonelli – 3rd High Jump: Jot Gill – 3rd Shot Put: Kieran Minter -1st , Isabella Simonelli -1st , Jot Gill- 1st , Emily Consiglio- 4th Discus: Kieran Minter- 2nd , Isabella Simonelli – 1st , Jot Gill- 1st Javelin: Isabella Simonelli – 1st 4x100m Relay: Isabella Simonelli, Taryn Fur letti, Jot Gill, Jade Morgan – 1st The students that finished 1st have all qualified to compete at the State Track and Field Finals on Monday 17th October. A special mention to the 4 x 100m relay team……. 3 out of the 4 runners were competing in at least one age group higher than their actual age!

Sports News

The Year 11s and study camp students all turned up at school bright and early on the 19th of September. Ready to pack our things on the bus and head to Howqua for our CAS camp, when we arrived we were welcomed by the friendly camp staff. The facilities and surroundings of the camp were superb, the weather was pleasant on arrival, but unfortunately didn’t stay that way for the remainder of the camp. It was great to undergo team building activities with our group members in an after-noon of initiatives and low ropes obstacles. Tuesday was the first day of full sessions for all of us, with a variety of activities from archery to the survivor challenge. Luckily for the groups participating in survivor on Tuesday, the tap was left on the night before so the mud pit was more like water! The film night and talent show were held on Wednesday and Thursday night, with a wide variety of talent being show-cased, such as singers, dance groups and even a drama performance by some of the teachers. Over the course of the camp, we all participated in many activities that challenged us mentally and physically, and many students got to experience new things such as horse riding and the high ropes course, which were really rewarding to take part in. It was also really great to see more people forming friendships with people other than who they would usually speak to at school. The variety of activities and the friendly nature of the camp staff contributed to what was a truly enjoyable and valuable experience. Quotes on Camp The CAS opportunities helped us to challenge ourselves more and the activities were tiring but fun ~ Rae Hew, 11B The CAS opportunities helped us to challenge ourselves more and the activities were tiring but fun ~ Rae Hew, 11B CAS camp was great, it gave me the opportunity to mix with different groups of people in my year level ~ Carol Chalermsin 11B "I felt like the CAS camp at Howqua was a very worthwhile experience. The lack of Internet, while difficult to get used to at first, helped me strengthen my friend-ships with more people. The activities were also useful in building leadership and teamwork skills and presented new challenges for us to find our weaknesses and build upon them. All in all, a very fun and useful camp" ~ Ervin Ma-cawili 11C On behalf of the Year 11s and the study camp

participants I would like to thank the teachers who accompanied us on this camp, especially Mr Schembri and Mr Koo for organising this

amazing opportunity for us.

By Isobel Mumberson, Year 11 Publications Captain

CAS Camp

CAS Experience: Melbourne Cup Tour

Five TKIS students, Jonathan, Owen, Le, Qian and Kenneth were invited to Melbourne Cup Tour organised by the Kilmore Racing Club and Tour Party on Wednesday October 5th 2016. The students attended a bbq lunch, educational ses-sion about the Melbourne Cup and had an oppor-tunity to ask questions and had some photos with the real Melbourne Cup which is valued more than $150,000. This excursion helps them devel-op an awareness of the most significant event on the Australian sporting calendar and allows them to enjoy the day. “On the 5th of October, I went on a tour at the Kilmore Racing Club to learn more about what is the Melbourne Cup. I felt very proud of myself when I learned a lot about the Melbourne Cup. What shock me the most is that the Melbourne Cup Trophy is made out of lots of gold and it is also worth lots of money.” Jonathan Y11 “On the 5th of October, I went to the Kilmore race club to participate in the Melbourne cup tour. We were able to ask many questions about the event and the trophy. It was a very enriching experience because I was able to learn a lot about the Melbourne Cup, a big part of Australia's history.” Kenneth "After lunch, Mr. Koo drove us to the Kilmore race course for the Melbourne cup tour. Although it was only a few hours, they told us the significance of the Melbourne, invited a former champion to talk about his experience, had a Q&A and showed us a video of how "the loving cup' is made, and took a bunch of photos with it. The reason I wanted to go was because I get to skip classes, but mainly to learn more about the history and significance of the Melbourne cup and experience something new, and that is what I got." Owen “I've learned that Melbourne cup is a big day not only to Australian but also people around the world. So far, I started to feel interested in Melbourne cup by the way they prepared and set up for the big day.” Le “The Melbourne Cup Tour was a great event to have the opportunity to participate in. Not only were we provided a delicious

buffet lunch, we were also given the opportunity to hold the real Melbourne Cup and take some photos. It was interesting to learn about the history of it and listen to some of the guest speakers' speeches. The organizers of the event were all very kind. The most interesting thing I have learnt from the tour was that the Melbourne Cup is made in 18 carat gold and costs $175,000.” Qian

Our famous dancing group, Project N (Serena, Shannon, Olivia, Amy & Lauren) participated in 2016 Korean Performance Con-test. They have been awarded the Third place (certificate & $200 voucher) in the Year 7-12 performance category of the 2016 Korean Performance Contest organised by the Korean Education Centre – Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Syd-ney. Congratulations to Project N. The following link is the students’ performance. Please enjoy Mr Koo’ awkward acting and Project N’s glamorous choreogra-phy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiVuMGwqHEA

Hooray Project N! Outstanding results in the Korean Performance Contest 2016!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiVuMGwqHEA

On the first Tuesday back from school holidays, the school held the annual art exhibition that showcased some of the art-works that the students have been working on over the year. For the Year 12s, it was a culmination of two years’ worth of creation and hard work. The whole of Room 46 had been closed off to other students in to build anticipation for the open-ing night of the exhibition. Throughout the Year 12 art class, we had various different themes for our exhibitions. One of the most important parts of our assessment included the Curatorial Rationale, which outlines how we chose to exhibit our works and develop and ex-pand our interpretations and executions of our themes. “For my IB Art journey, I have chosen to interpret the theme of ‘Passing’. I was concerned with the illusion of time and how subtly but surely it passes. … However, I soon realized that I needed to expand my thinking in order to fully under-stand the potential of my chosen theme. The products of this are pieces that I believe encourage viewers to consider the various aspects of my theme such as the passing of boundaries, both physically and metaphorically, as well as the concept of being unable to change as time passes.” - Thomas Callaghan “Throughout my exploration of my central theme “Recesses of the heart”, my interpretation and demonstration of the associated ideas have altered and manifested differently in my art. I began with artwork that generally tied back to my theme, which referred to our concealed emotions that we do not want other people to see, or perhaps even hide from our-selves.” - Elizabeth Ivanciv The night was not without contributions from other year levels, though, as students of all ages exhibited their works for the

public and student body to enjoy. The Year 11s also displayed some of their work, who will next year be able to showcase

their entire body of artworks for the IB Art grade as the Year 12s have this year.

By Thomas Paul Callaghan & Elizabeth Ivanciv, Year 12 Publications Captains

Art Show

This semester in Grade 6 we have been studying Geology in Science. As part of our assessment we had to make a 12 sided ball (dodecahedron), each side was a template of a pentagon. Each of the pentagons had tasks, the tasks were spread over the knowledge Grade 6 had gathered in science class. Some of the topics that we covered were: volcanoes, plate tectonics, layers of the Earth, drought, and earthquakes. Students had to complete a draft, including diagrams. These gradually evolved into the dodecahedron by assembling with glue. Once finished the projects were hung up in the classroom for display. By Reave Paleg, Year 6

Year 6 Science—Geology

Over the September school holidays, I took part in Victorian Opera’s youth production of Four Saints in Three Acts by

Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein as the role of ‘Saint Phillip’. Rehearsals began the day after school finished and we held our three performances on the last weekend of the holidays, obtaining over 78 hours of CAS. Everyone there had a great attitude and were all trained singers of high standard. Working in this skilled environment helped me learn more about being an actor and singer on the professional stage. What made this production really special was meeting my old singing teacher, Raphael Wong, who used to teach at TKIS when I was in grade 5 at the school. Now that I am in year 11, it was a great chance to catch up with my first ever singing teacher. Being a part of this fantastic opera over the course of these holidays helped me to be-come a more skilled singer

and actor and I enjoyed every minute of it.

By Peter Lejins

Victorian Opera Youth Production

Year 10 Ball

What is The Evatt? The Evatt is a Model United Nations Security Council diplomacy competition for students in Years 9-12. It is named after H. V. Evatt, an Australian judge, lawyer, parliamentarian and writer. More than 2,000 students from around the country compete in Evatt each year. The competition aims to educate young people about Australia’s place in the world and empower them as active citizens by developing public speaking, negotiation, teamwork, research, and diplomatic skills. The competition takes the form of a mock session of the UN Secu-rity Council. Teams of two students debate, amend, and vote on a prepared resolution from the perspective of their assigned nation. The students judged the most effective diplomats proceed to the next round. The Semi-Finals Report On the 28th of August, Maddy Lezon and I headed to the Evatt State Semi-finals at the old Council Chambers at Melbourne Uni-versity - with only three days’ notice that we had actually made to the semis! Our session started very early in the morning - at 8:30 - and our efforts to make it there on time were valiant to say the least. Mad-dy had to take the earliest train from Kilmore, and I had to get up at 4:00 am to fly back to Melbourne from Canberra! After a hectic morning of attempting to do some last minute preparation and fig-uring out where we had to go, we finally made it to the council chambers. After taking in the beauty of the council chambers (and getting stuck in the bathrooms), the debates began. For the debate, we were tasked with representing Venezuela. The first resolution we were to debate was 'The Question of Western Sahara'. This resolution outlined that Morocco was occupying territory that was not theirs, and that the people of Western Sahara deserved the right to self-determination. This topic at first felt completely irrelevant to us, due to Venezue-la's lack of political involvement with the issues of Western Sahara; however, upon hours of sifting through articles, videos and transcripts, we finally discovered Venezuela’s official stance. Our stance throughout the debate was in support of the resolution, however we felt that certain clauses were overly harsh to Morocco – and wished to maintain positive relations with that country – so we campaigned strongly for changes to be made to the resolution so that Morocco suffered from few-er sanctions. Despite the lively debating amongst all involved, the resolution was vetoed by China and was therefore not passed. The lacklustre result of the first debate was crushing, however it served to inspire us to debate even harder for the final reso-lution which, also seemed irrelevant to the country of Venezuela. After spending an extensive period of time attempting to understand what exactly the resolution was about (a contested zone of land within Azerbaijan), we decided we would debate in favour of the resolution again. Despite our best efforts, the resolution was again vetoed - this time by the United States of America. Even though neither resolution was successfully passed, Maddy and I vastly enjoyed a morning of political debating, and encourage more people to participate next year! Elizabeth Pickup, Year 11 Publications Captain

Semi-finals of the The Evatt

https://unyouth.org.au/event/the-evatt-competition/how-debate-works/

Model United Nations in the Classroom

During the last week of Term 3, 9B SOSE engaged in a Model United Na-tions (MUN) simulation to finish our unit on global food security. Students chose a country, and then had to research and present the views of that country, role playing and debating a number of issues. Finding solutions to problems as complex as global hunger is never easy and the Year 9 stu-dents came up with a number of ways we might address a problem affect-ing 850 million people worldwide. Under the able leadership of China (Lachlan Heywood), a number of clauses were debated and voted against reflecting real world scenarios that countries often have different views on how to address major global issues. Australia (Declan Hoare), Germany (Alex Chantarungsi) & the Netherlands (Michael Meeham) were outspoken in defending the need to devote more consistent funding to the root causes of food insecurity. North Korea (Kirill Dimovski) should be commended for maintaining an accurate representation of his country’s views. MUN is an opportunity to practice research, public speaking, team-work, negotiation, and writing skills in a structured environment. Stu-dents also learn firsthand the complexities involved in getting agree-ments if each nation puts its own self-interests first. As an IB school MUN enables TKIS students to become more “active, compassion-ate…learners who un-derstand that other peo-ple, with their differ-ences, can also be right”.

Mr Peter Morfea Geography, Humanities & English A teacher

Year 12—Principal’s Awards

THAM Ju Rong Ryan

CHEN Lingzi Lynn

LEE Sehun

HOANG Viet Trong Trong

PARSONS Oliver

O'BRIEN Taylor

SIRIMAHARAJ Rinrada

HEW Wei Qian Michael

PARK Se Ho

ANDERSON Shannon

LAU Olivia Jia Ning Olivia

The following high achievers were recently awarded the prestigious Principal's Award for their achievements this year. Our year 12’s will soon be commencing their final IB exams and we wish the all the very best!

Symbols & Celebrations

Last week as part of the Year 3/4 IDL investigation into 'Symbols and Celebrations' the students were treated to a Bastille Day feast. Jason and the dining room staff prepared traditional French cuisine of croissants and crepe Suzette. A successful and very delicious morning had by all!

PARKING

Please note that the circular driveway is not a drop off zone for stu-dents arriving at school. It is largely a pedestrian zone, especially at

the start and end of the school day.

SCHOOL PHOTOS

TKIS School Photo distribution has been delayed to the week commencing 24 October 2016. Please expect photo-graph orders to be distributed to students by Friday, 28 Oc-

tober 2016.

SCHOLARSHIPS 2017 Scholarship Registrations are now open The Kilmore International School is pleased to offer a number of Academic Scholarships for 2018. Academic Scholarship Registrations for 2018 are now open to new and current TKIS students who are Australian Citizens entering Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 in 2018. Students who currently hold a TKIS scholarship do not need to register. All candidates will be required to sit the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) academic scholarship test to be held at TKIS on Saturday, 18 March 2017 at 9:00am. Students should arrive by 8:45am. Scholarships are awarded by the Principal based on performance in the ACER scholarship test and are offered as a remission on tuition fees. Please note that scholarships will be reviewed annually and may be withdrawn if the conditions of acceptance are not met. On-line applications close at 5:00pm on Wednesday, 15 March 2017. An ACER application fee of $93.00 is required when registering for the scholarship http://www.kilmore.vic.edu.au/enrolments/scholarships/ Please do not hesitate to contact us on (03) 5782 2211 or email [email protected] if you have any questions about the 2018 TKIS Academic Scholarship.

UNIFORM NOTICE TKIS has introduces House polos. As part if the school uniform. They will be used for all in-house sports days such as the athletics carnivals, house sports carnivals and possibly other house competitions. Polos are now available for purchase at Student Services for $40 and will be compulsory from the com-mencement of the 2017 school year. The house colours are: Green – Mitchell Red – Hudson Yellow – Rutledge

http://www.kilmore.vic.edu.au/enrolments/scholarships/

http://www.kilmore.vic.edu.au/enrolments/scholarships/

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

2017 INDIA TRIP!

To all parents and students, Get excited for an adventure to India planned for April 2017! TKIS is organising a 9 day tour to the of south India, often called ‘God’s own country.’ Take the chance to view traditional and cultural dances, journey through the stunning temples and tea gardens and taste the delicious authentic food. For full details please con-tact the teachers in charge and organising the trip Mr. Baldev Khalon and Ms. Bhupinder Khlaon: Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

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