Blackburn High School 21 December 2017

ISSUE TWELVE

In this issue:

Principal’s Report

Dunlop House

Freeman House

Hollows House

Melba House

Primary School Transition

Science

Languages

Studio Arts

VCE Media

Multimedia

Sport

Community Links

RSL Remembrance Day visit Chinese delegation in the 3D printing room

Principal’s Report

Presentation Night

Congratulations to all the award winners at last Wednesday’s 2017 Blackburn High School Presentation Night. They embody the School Values of Respect, the pursuit of Excellence and Citizenship. At this significant night that recognises and celebrates outstanding academic achievement and effort for students from Years 7-12, we had a number of special guests attend including: the School Council President Mr Geoff Hugo, Ms Diane Fischer from Bendigo Bank, Mr Campbell Liggins from Charman Partners, the Hon Michael Sukkar MP the federal member for Deakin and Major Nathan Xu from the Australian Defence Force.

The notable student results have been enabled by the school’s strong emphasis on the holistic development of each student through their involvement in the rich academic, co-curricular and student leadership programs and by the contribution of the dedicated professional team of teachers and support staff. In addition, parents, carers and families have been active partners with the school by supporting the learning and development of the students.

Thank you to everyone who has encouraged and inspired the students to believe in themselves and realise their potential.

2017 VCE Results and the Year 12 Class of 2017

We are very proud of this year’s outstanding VCE results and I would like to announce that Allegra De Gleria Clark is the 2017 Dux of Blackburn High School and she achieved an ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) of 99.5, with 14% of students achieving an ATAR of 90 or more and 31% an ATAR of 80. Students also attained 40 or more in their study scores for a range of subjects with the highlight being a perfect 50 in music.

Principal’s Report Farewell to Mr Tim Dalton

Farewell to our much-loved Assistant Principal Mr Tim Dalton who will be taking leave in Term 1 of 2018 and then retiring. The school community recognises and acknowledges Tim’s outstanding contribution to State education over the past 37 years, of which 30 have been at Blackburn High School. He has held a number of positions of responsibility including: 22 years as Assistant Principal, School Council representative, PE coordinator, Sport and student activities coordinator, timetable coordinator and union representative. Tim has been a steadfast advocate for State education and he will be remembered for his strong stance on teacher conditions, a focus on OHS, tirelessly working to improve the school facilities, his passion for history and the Melbourne Footy club. Mr Dalton will be missed.

2017 School Council

On behalf of the Principal Team, thank you to the School Council for its support and contribution to the continual whole school improvement process throughout the year. The Council has worked collaboratively and effectively to achieve a number of important outcomes that will lead to improved student outcomes: raising the parent voice, a more flexible Bring Your Own Device Program, implementing a new student reporting process, implementing a new curriculum model, improved canteen processes, funding the masterplan for Stage 2 Building Program, improving the mode of communication between parents and the school through the introduction of the weekly COMPASS feed bulletins.

The School Council provides a voice for parents and I would like to acknowledge in particular the parent school councillors who have been ably led by the president, Mr Geoff Hugo: Mr Jim Rushby (Vice President-Facilities subcommittee chair), Mr Graham Whyte (Treasurer-Finance subcommittee chair), Ms Tanya Burton (Education & Policy chair), Ms Kim Twigg Ho, Mr Rob Vague, Mr Rowan Gronlund, Ms Nerilee Rinkquest (Promotion & Communication chair), Ms Rebecca Hawkins and Ms Katherine Koh. Thank you also to the Blackburn High School staff members: Mr Tim Dalton, Ms Jane Richards, Ms Nicole Taylor, Ms Arlene Roberts, Mr Martin Baxter and Mr Geoff Vezey. A special acknowledgement to the amazing School Captains Neve Anderson-Vague and Soren Maryasin, who have been great school ambassadors, ably representing the student voice at the School Council throughout the year.

2017-2020 Strategic Plan and new School Values

2017 is the first year of the new strategic plan which is Blackburn High School’s statement to the community about what we stand for and what we intend to do over the next four years to improve student outcomes. It defines what we as a school community value most and sets out our goals, targets and key strategies for improvement. Thank you to all members of the community for contributing to the development of the strategic plan. The new school values of Respect, the pursuit of Excellence and Citizenship in the strategic plan are behaviours, beliefs, and actions that we find important and are a reference point for all members of the school community.

Principal’s Report

GeoTECH Award

Well done to Lachlan Ord-Steel who was presented with the GeoTECH Award by the Deputy Premier and Education Minister, Mr James Merlino in August at the Geography Teachers Association of Victoria.

2017 Rotary Youth Citizenship Award Winner

Congratulations to Lily Collins in Year 9 Melba who is the Blackburn High School winner of the Rotary Youth Citizenship Award. On Monday 5th June, Lily and her very proud family attended the award ceremony conducted by the Forest Hill Rotary Club.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR

2017 Top Design Award Winner

I am very proud to announce that Johnson Diep of Year 11 is a Top Design winner for this year. We congratulate Johnson for this outstanding achievement and thank his teacher Ms Pei Yu Hsu who encouraged and inspired him.

Student STEM

Congratulations to two of our students, Viktoria Lonnstedt and Jessica White, who were accepted into the prestigious CAASTRO Galaxy STEM Convention in Sydney in December this year. The CAASTRO Galaxy Convention is a 2-day event focused on female innovation and entrepreneurship in the STEM space. Delegates include school students, school teachers, university students, researchers and STEM business leaders. Ms Louise Hartley, the Science Leader, attended the conference with the students.

Robot Design

Congratulations to Joshua Elrom of Year 7 who impressed us with his design of a prototype robot that folds clothes as part of his Year 7 Rich Task project.

Accounting Excellence

On Thursday 23rd November representatives from Charman Partners presented their 2018 Accounting Scholarships to Ringo Ma of Year 11 and to Alexzondra Newitt of Year 12.

Principal’s Report

Music Excellence

In May we congratulated the Blackburn High School students who achieved outstanding results again at the Mt Gambier Generations in Jazz Festival in South Australia. In August at the Victorian School Music Festival, the Symphonic Band splendidly conducted by Ms Jemima Bunn won the prestigious platinum award for their outstanding performance. At South Street, the combined Blackburn High School and Eltham High School North East Symphony Orchestra won first prize for their performance and Ingrid Martin superbly conducted them.

We congratulate and express our pride and excitement that the Symphonic Band and Senior Orchestra, were selected to perform at the 71st Annual Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference in Chicago in December.

What an honour it is to be invited to participate with a small select group of bands from around the world. The band’s inclusion in this prestigious event is an amazing achievement and a once in a lifetime opportunity to perform at the highest level. We want to thank the Director of Music Ms Jemima Bunn and the wonderful music teachers who have upheld the highest standards of excellence and helped students reach the pinnacle of musical success.

2017 Student Leadership Conference

Ninety of the student leaders from Years 7-12, the House Leaders (Ms Sharon Gardner-Drummond, Ms Claire Greve, Mr Mark Pasquali, Mr Martin Baxter), the Assistant House Leaders (Ms Jacinta Marcus, Mr Rod Bate, Ms Bronwyn Roach, Mr Peter Schneider) and the Principal Team participated in the Blackburn High School Leadership Conference at Quantum Victoria, a specialist STEM Centre of excellence. The focus of the conference was to collaborate with our students to develop a student leadership structure that will assist to embed a school culture of Respect, the pursuit of Excellence and Citizenship. Students were provided with opportunities for collaboration, reflection and discussion.

2017 Lions Award

Congratulations to Lianna Liu for winning the 29th Lions International Peace Poster Contest that depicted people from different backgrounds, religions, LGBT and country flags, a dove and some famous landmarks.

Principal’s Report

Extension and Enrichment Opportunities through the Clubs

In 2017 a large number of students have taken up the invitation to participate in 20 clubs which provide a wonderful opportunity to broaden their skills and knowledge and become involved with peers that share the same interests. I would like to thank the teachers who also share the same passion as the students, and have volunteered their time to support them. The Blackburn High School clubs that are being offered are: Maths, Cheerleading, Now Mustard Group, LGTBTIQ, Zumba, Fitness/Gym, Chemistry, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Chess, Badminton, Debating, Knitty Gritty, Love2read books, History, Movie appreciation, Tech and Breakfast.

On behalf of the Assistant Principals Mr Tim Dalton and Ms Jane Richards, and our staff, have a safe and restful Christmas break and we look forward to working with you in 2018.

Ms Joanna Alexander Principal

Debating News

Well done to Mr Chris McDuff who has ably led the students involved in debating. The year-long Debating Association of Victoria competition finished up in August and involved 32 students. The interest in debating has exploded with a significant increase in student participation.

House Performing Arts

We continue to be enthralled by the quality of the student led performances in the House Performing Arts competition. In 2017 with: Freeman House mesmerising us with their rendition of Suessical the Musical, Dunlop House enchanting us with The Little Mermaid, Melba House engrossing with a unique adaptation of Hercules and the Hollows House captivating arrangement of the Wizard of Oz. The quality of the choreography, acting, singing and musicianship of the students was amazing. Well done to the winners, Dunlop House.

Camps and Tours

The Year 7 and 8 students and their teachers enjoyed the challenges and new experiences during the camps that occurred in Semester 1. In Term 3, twenty-eight students from Years 9-12 participated in the Intercultural Tour to London and Paris with Ms Nicole Taylor, Mr Geoff Vezey and Mr Adrian Ferres. The tour was a great success and everyone had a wonderful learning experience.

District Athletics Achievement

Blackburn High School had 160 students participate in the District Athletics competition in Term 3 and achieved first place with 31 students going on to the next level. In addition, eight of our students came away as award age champions (out of twelve)

Blackburn HS - 1707 points Koonung SC - 1461 points East Doncaster SC - 1238 points Box Hill HS - 966 points Box Hill Senior - 749 points

Dunlop House

THE YEAR THAT WAS

It is hard to believe that we have reached the end of another academic school year- and what a year 2017

was! A new curriculum, new assessment and reporting models, over 20 new teachers and a win for

Dunlop in the House Performing Arts. As we reflect on the year that was, we look forward to seeing our

students continue to grow and thrive in all that 2018 has to offer.

Welcome

With the start of the new academic year we welcome some new families and students who are joining us.

We hope you find your time at Blackburn fruitful.

2018 Dunlop House Captain

Thank you to all of our applicants for the position of 2018 Dunlop House Captain. The caliber of interviews

and speeches was outstanding. We are pleased to announce that James O’Hehir will be the 2018 Dunlop

House Captain. We also want to congratulate Alice Turner on her appointment to Debating Captain. We

look forward to seeing you fulfil these roles.

Assistant House Leaders

Dunlop welcomes Mr Anthony McGirr and Mr Scott Conte who have been appointed as the 2018

Assistant House Leaders. We know the students and staff are looking forward to working with them. Ms

Jacinta Marcus farewells Dunlop after three years, to undertake a new role in Melba House.

Dunlop House House Values Awards

In Term 4, students were asked to nominate people in

their Mentor Group who they felt exhibited the core

School Values: Respect, Citizenship and pursuit of

Excellence. Students nominated were presented with

certificates over a number of House Assemblies.

Congratulations to all recipients, listed on the next

page.

2018 Year 7 Orientation Day & Parent Information

Night

Next year Dunlop welcomes 75 Year 7 students in

three classes. These students had their first taste of

secondary school earlier this month, guided by our

student helpers:

Ryan Holmes

Daniella De Marco

Meg Williams

Tom McCracken

Nelson Spencer

Tamsin Killeen

A big thank you as well to two of our Year 7 leaders

who spoke beautifully at the Parent Information Night

on Monday 13th December, Dominic White and

Daniella De Marco. It was inspiring to hear their

reflections of their first year at Blackburn.

Happy Holidays

Dunlop would like to wish everyone a safe, relaxing

and fun holiday break. We look forward to seeing

refreshed faces in the new year.

Ms Jacinta Marcus, Assistant House Leader

Dunlop House DUNLOP HOUSE VALUES

AWARD RECIPIENTS 2017

Respect

Madison Killeen

Gordon Chan

Jocelyn Appleyard

Viktoria Lonnstedt

Ellen Tobin-Spall

Mandy Wong

Charlotte Kinnear

Daphne Papamichael

Jasmine Lefebure

Annaliese Hughes

Lauren Antoniou

Tim Antoniou

James Manu

Tamay Fathi

Stephanie Antoniou

Thomas McCracken

Philip Kandel

Liana Rahman

Meg Serong

Emma Busuttil

Citizenship

Madison Killeen

Gordon Chan

Mathew Zukiewicz

Jocelyn Appleyard

Chris Khuong

Thalia Papamichael

Gemma Hooper

Oscar Messenger

Annika Lad

Joanne Yang

Bridgette Parratt

Tom Donelly

Kristy Andreeva

Viktoria Lonnstedt

Sam Ondaatje

Mandy Wong

Kaja Jeffrey

Daphne Papamichael

Jamie Messenger

Annaliese Hughes

Anthony Waymouth

Dominic White

Lizzie Cooper

Stephanie Antoniou

Kayla Carr-Walker

Nelson Spencer

Emma Busuttil

Ryan Holmes

Daniella De Marco

Pursuit of Excellence

Madison Killeen

Mathew Zukiewicz

Damon Ashby

Bradley Keats

Lucas Pamminger

Rujuta Kulkarni

Annika Lad

Martin Carroll

Alice Turner

Kristy Andreeva

Viktoria Lonnstedt

Sam Ondaatje

Mandy Wong

Daphne Papamichael

Jayden Weller

Jerome Tan

Annaliese Hughes

Hansi Mamidi

James Howlett

Dominic White

Thomas McCracken

Kayla Carr-Walker

Freeman House Farewell to the class of 2017

As you can tell from the smiling faces in the photos, we farewelled our Year

12s last October with a final House Assembly and the Valedictory Dinner. At

that dinner, we reflected on the contribution they had made to the House

and the school, and I’d like to share my thoughts with you that I spoke about

on that night-

“To the Fantastic Freeman Year 12s, there are two main aspects that I think

characterize the year for me and were my highlights:

Firstly, your participation and involvement in House activities has been really

appreciated. We have loved watching the way you interacted with other

students in the House, from the first day of the year as you welcomed the

new Year 7s, to your leadership in House Performing Arts. Whether it was

being dressed as Horton the elephant conducting the band, or

choreographing the most beautiful dance that showcased all students’

talents, your contributions were outstanding. At Swimming Sports, the diving

competition drew a great deal of attention as one ever so skillfully dived,

another jumped with a great yellow cape flowing behind, while others

bombed to great aplomb! You have often led by example through your

participation, and for that, we applaud you. We thank you for being Mentor

Leaders over the past few years, especially to those who took on the role

this year in their busiest time.

Secondly, on a different note, I have admired from afar the determination

displayed by many of you throughout the year. Quietly going about your

school day, you were engaged in your learning in every lesson, studying in

whatever free space you could find, and importantly, being respectful to all

of us in the House. When we needed eggs and bacon cooked, frying pans

cleaned, students to care for who needed a kind word or two, we knew we

could rely on you. It seemed you were determined to make the most of the

year, and determined to help those around you.”

Freeman House

So, on that note, on behalf of all the Freeman staff,

we wish the class of 2017 good luck and great

fortune.

House Citizenship Awards have been presented to

the following very worthy students:

Respect

Jessica Baird, Leo Dykes, Claudia Harvey, Elouise Kiss, Victoria Lazaris, Ella Nash, Connor Noble, Adam Pierlot, Daniel Pizzey, Georgina Shand.

Citizenship

Joey Armstrong, Tran Tran Bui, Megan Burton,

Millie Castor, Dylan Hosken, Jordon Lionetti,

Jasmine Robinson, Elliot Shute, Vivian Wei, Tayona

Whitehead.

Pursuit of Excellence

Tink An, Jessica Cho, Vanessa Choong, Chelsea De

Witt, Cindy Huynh, Harriet Jenkins, Jason Kelly,

Mishko Novometsky, Dae Kim Ong, Oliver Shute.

House Captain 2018

It is with great pleasure that we announce that

Chelsea De Witt will be the Freeman House Captain

for 2018. All of the Freeman staff look forward to

working together with Chelsea to continue

developing a culture of student participation and

involvement.

Finally, on behalf of the Freeman staff, I’d like to

wish you all a safe and happy festive season.

Ms Sharon Gardner-Drummond, House Leader

Hollows House

I would like to thank all students, teachers and families

of Hollows for a fantastic year. Again it has been a busy

year with many highlights. Some of these include:

Our great participation in the House Carnivals in Term 1

Our amazing fundraising effort in Term 2 which saw us

raise more than $4000 for the Hollows Foundation

Our final ‘Luda Zhang’ Memorial Basketball match in

Term 3

Saying farewell to our first group of ‘original’ Hollows

students in Term 4.

I am looking forward to next year when we all come back

energised. We will be welcoming another 50 Hollows

students from various schools at our Orientation Day on

Tuesday and I am sure we will make them feel welcome.

HOUSE MUSIC 2018

Hollows will be doing Shrek for House Performing Arts

next year. We look forward to seeing lots of students on

board and having fun.

HOLLOWS PHOTO

Thanks to Mr Metheringham for organising our massive

2017 Hollows photo. The photo is more than 2 metres

long and will take pride of place in our entrance to the

House along with the 2013 and 2015 photos. See photo

above.

CONGRATULATIONS JACK

Congratulations to Jack Laurie for being named our

Hollows House Captain for 2018. This is a well -deserved

honour for Jack who has been a hard working member

of our house. I would also again like to thank Bridie

Ronalds-Greatbatch for her great work this year.

Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and New Year.

Mr Mark Pasquali

House Leader

Melba House FAREWELL

Another Term 4, another amazing year in the House of Melba.

As always, I welcome the opportunity to reflect upon what has been achieved in the school year. Again there have been many happenings, and challenges that have been overcome. They are a testament to the students, parents and staff that form both the Blackburn High School and Melba House communities. This year is particularly poignant for me as I will be moving from the position of Melba House Leader. In 2018, I will be moving to the position of Director of Learning and Teaching which will also mean a move to Dunlop and taking up the role of Mentor Teacher. Looking back at the past six years it is has been a pleasure and a privilege to be part of such a wonderful learning community. I have witnessed Melba grow from an initial community of 180 students and ten Mentor Groups to a very vibrant 330 students and fourteen Mentor Groups. The Mentor Groups have grown in size and responsibility. I am very proud of the respectful manner in which students of all ages engage with each other and the leadership they display in all facets of school life. This would not be possible without the high level of care and support they have been provided by their respective Mentor Group Teachers throughout these years. It is due to this combined effort and passion that we continue to improve and thereby develop a real sense of belonging and community.

Our students continue to show great leadership skills, consistent with our core values.

Finally, once again we all have shown that as individuals and as a community we can, we do and we will continue to make a positive difference in our own lives and the lives of others. We are well along the way to creating a legacy that centres upon a culture and an environment that actively supports and challenges each other to ‘do our personal best’ and nothing less will suffice. So on that note I bid you all a very happy and safe Christmas and New Year and for the final time, “Go Melba”.

Mr Martin Baxter House Leader

MELBA SUCCESS

We would like to celebrate the wonderful achievements of all students in Melba House this year.

Presentation Night was held this week where many Melba students were acknowledged for their

contribution to the school community. It is important for all students in Melba and our school to also

recognise that achievement comes in different shapes and forms. As we conclude another academic

year, we would like to thank all of the parents who have supported their children throughout the year

at Blackburn High School. Your ongoing support is greatly appreciated and we look forward to another

positive year in 2018.

Melba House Well Done Lily Williams-Zangmeister We are excited to have Lily Williams-Zangmeister as our 2018 Melba House Captain! Lily is a proven leader with strong ideas about promoting student voice within our House. Lily welcomed the 2018 Year 7 students at the recent Orientation Day! Welcome to 2018 House Leader - Ms Jacinta Marcus We are similarly excited to have Ms Jacinta Marcus join Melba House as our new House Leader. Ms Marcus joins us from Dunlop House, where she was previously the Assistant House Leader. The new leadership team in Melba House for 2018 will be:

Ms Jacinta Marcus – Melba House Leader Mr Peter Schneider – Assistant House Leader Mr Liam Tobin – Assistant House Leader

Orientation Day Our two new classes of Year 7 students spent time in Melba House recently for our Orientation Day. The students were welcomed by our Year 7 student leaders, received their new timetables, toured the school, met some of their new teachers, worked through some challenging ‘ice-breaking’ activities and even had some time trying to figure out how to use their locks. We are excited to have these two classes of Melba students with us in 2018. House Music Well done to all of the students who have been actively involved in the Melba House Music production in 2018. The Melba House students will be performing Tangled. Term 1 will see a range of rehearsals take place outside of academic classes. Eastern Emergency Relief Network On Tuesday 5th December, the Melba House student leaders visited the Eastern Emergency Relief Network to help package 300 Christmas hampers to support local families in need this holiday season. This excursion builds on students’ understanding of citizenship and respect. Mr Peter Schneider Assistant House Leader

Primary School Transition

OLD ORCHARD PRIMARY SCHOOL TRANSITION WEEK

During the week 4th-8th December, a number of Blackburn High School teachers delivered transition lessons at Old Orchard Primary School.

The Decimals’ Choiceboard activities were delivered by Ms Snjezana Torbica, Ms Dale Orders and Ms Rod Bate. Ms Rebecca Bianco engaged the students in an English trivia quiz. Ms Sharon Gardner-Drummond delivered a Humanities lesson covering both History and Geography. Mr Matthew Wirth taught with the assistance of members from the History Club: Cassie, Kelly, Romina and Xavier. Kahlia Norwood and David Coulter ran with the popular Heart Dissection Science experiment. Ms Aimée Pochinco and Mr Ewan Slater presented French lessons. This year, Drama was delivered for the first time, by Mr Zac Cuthbert.

The Old Orchard Primary students were fully engaged in the ‘high school’ learning activities. They now have a better understanding of how subject teachers change at high school and have experienced different teaching and learning styles.

Thank you to the Blackburn High School teachers for their participation.

2017 YEAR 7 STUDENTS GIVE TRANSITION TALKS AT THEIR FORMER PRIMARY

SCHOOLS

In the lead up to Orientation Day, 2017 Year 7 students gave talks to Grade 6

students at their former Primary Schools.

Old Orchard Primary School: Elias, Kendall, Grace, Stephanie, Zach and Dylan.

Whitehorse Primary School: Danesh, John, Peter, Madison, Sarah, Daniel and Sujandeep.

Antonio Park Primary School: Dion, Bridie, Chloe and James.

Mitcham Primary School: Mitika, Charlotte and Daniel.

Blackburn Primary School: Lachlan, Zac, Joel, Max, Darcy, Emma and Alice.

Thank you to all the students who proudly represented Blackburn High School and provided valuable information to the Grade 6 students.

Ms Georgia Pashias Primary Schools Transition Team

EAL Support Science

Blackburn High School Year 10 students, Viktoria Lonnstedt and Jessica White, had the opportunity to attend the CAASTRO Galaxy Convention in Sydney, accompanied by Dr Louise Hartley. The theme of the Convention was “Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship” and the aim was to give students a taste of how an interest in STEM can lead to a range of exciting careers and chances to run their own businesses.

The students were successful in applying to get their trip fully funded by CAASTRO (The ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics), who paid for them to spend two days in Sydney meeting with students from around Australia, listening to an inspiring range of speakers and building their entrepreneurial skills at workshops. The list of speakers was formidable, including scientists who have collaborated on Nobel-Prize winning projects. Highlights included one of Google’s senior engineers Sally-Ann Williams, Natalie Lawler who is one of the 100 remaining candidates for the Mars 1 Mission and Dharmica Mistry, who turned her PhD into a company that is developing an early test for breast cancer by sampling scalp hair.

It opened our eyes to exciting projects that we can be getting involved with at Blackburn High School, such as Re:Purpose for Good, a project to collect plastic waste from the sea to recycle into 3D printed prosthetic limbs, and the Cuberider project that lets school students send their science experiments to the International Space Station.

It was an exhausting couple of days, but a fantastic opportunity. The Convention ended with a night-time trip to the Sydney Observatory and the rain cleared up just in time for us to see some stars!

Ms Louise Hartley Science

WOMEN

IN

STEM

Languages

Ambassador Pathway – French

Class of 2018

This semester saw the inauguration of the Year 9

Language Elective: the Ambassador Pathway. After

the German program in Semester 1, the French

students embarked on this journey in Semester 2.

The class was a unique opportunity for junior

students to broaden and deepen their knowledge

of French language and culture via topics and

activities that are not always possible within the

mainstream program. These included learning first-

hand about a typical French breakfast of tartine,

which consists of a baguette with a spread

accompanied by a bowlful of hot chocolate for

dunking. (Contrary to the stereotype, croissants are

not an everyday breakfast item in France but rather

are consumed as a special treat on the weekends).

Students also chose an aspect of French culture to

research.

They presented on a diverse range of topics, such

as la patisserie française, les Kanaks de la Nouvelle

Calédonie and the life and work of la Comtesse de

Ségur. Overall it was a privilege to work with such a

delightful cohort of students and I wish them all the

best in their future language studies.

Ms Emma Dickson

LOTE—French

Studio Arts

ARTBURN CLOSING PARTY: A HUGE SUCCESS

The ARTBURN exhibition closing party was a huge success on Saturday 25th November where students, parents, teachers and the public celebrated the artworks created and installed by Studio Arts and Media students from Blackburn High School.

It was excellent to see the support from members of the wider school community who came along to the BBQ to celebrate and discuss the artworks presented within the Testing Grounds arts space. We also had the pleasure of listening to a performance by Time No Changes who impressed the crowd with their improvised jazz set. It was an incredible day that highlighted the immense creative talent that we have within our school.

Ms Tameka Carter

Multimedia

ADOBE HAVE A VOICE PROJECT

Recently Ms Hsu and Ms Carter were interviewed by the Department of Education and Training for their involvement in the Adobe Have a Voice Project which they imbedded into the Multimedia curriculum. The project saw groups of students working collaboratively with Adobe products, such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and Animate, to produce a poster, a video documentary or an animation about a topic which was important to the group. For more information on the Adobe Have a Voice project, see: Have a Voice Read full article here: https://edugate.eduweb.vic.gov.au/sites/i/pages/production.aspx#/app/news/detail/1469/designing_the_future_their_way

VCE Media

VCE MEDIA PRODUCTIONS

2017 marked the first year of VCE Media at Blackburn High School and has been an exciting and rewarding

year for both the students and myself. Throughout the year, the students produced a number of media

products, from re-cut genre trailers and posters, to collaborative short film productions. They also wrangled a

range of new equipment and technologies, from clapboards and boom poles, to Premiere Pro and Photoshop.

In Unit 2, over 10 weeks, the students developed their specialist media production skills in a group short film

task. The class was split into three large production teams and set to task writing treatments, screenplays,

shot lists, storyboards, and preparing their products for production. At the end of it all, they emerged with

three well-produced short films for exhibition.

Curtain Call (2017)

Director: Chelsea De Witt

Assistant Director: Morgan McMurtrie

Production Team: Alex Richardson, Breyanna Gaudion, Annika Lad, Cathy Fan, Meg Stamp, Yolanda Lu

The Follower (2017)

Director: Jaspar James

Production Team: Liam Bellingham, Patrick De Gilio, Isaac Kim, Kazuki Kamada-Poon, Xue Ting Jing,

Jamima Ahmad Yazit

The Boy (2017)

Director: Aaron Alvarez

Assistant Director: Lily Williams-Zangmeister

Production Team: Zachary Marshall, Asher Meredith, Isabel Nguyen, Cecily Braidie-Fermvall, Henry Lim,

Riley Pickering

VCE Media

Congratulations to all of the Unit 1and 2 Media students on a very successful year. We are all very excited

to see what you can produce next year!

Ms Melissa Beckett

Media teacher

Sport 2017 - A YEAR IN REVIEW

2017 was a fantastic year for Blackburn High School’s sports

program, seeing a huge increase in participation and

sustained success across all year levels.

Seven teams became Division Champions and progressed

through to the Regional Finals including: Year 7 Boys’

Baseball, Year 7 Girls’ Netball, Year 7 Boys’ Volleyball, Year 7

Girls’ Basketball, Year 8 Boys’ Hockey, Junior Boys’ Netball

and Intermediate Girls’ Hockey.

The outstanding team performance came from the Year 7

Boys’ Baseball team which progressed through to the State

Finals and ultimately were crowned the second best team in

the State, narrowly losing in the final to Strathmore

Secondary College.

Blackburn High School also demonstrated strong

performances across Swimming, Athletics and Cross Country.

The highlight came as we claimed the title for Division

Athletics, whilst also boasting 8 of the 12 Age Champions.

Continuing on from this we placed 8th at the Regional Finals

and 40th in the State Final, fantastic results from all involved.

Well done to all the students who were awarded Age

Champion throughout the year, especially those that

continued on to achieve success at Regional and State Finals.

A special thank you to our two Sport Captains Lauren

Schreiber and Mathew Zukiewicz for their hard work

through the year and also to Carnival Coordinator Nadine

Roche for doing a fantastic job looking after Swimming,

Athletics and Cross Country.

Thank you to all staff, students and parents who have

supported the program over the last year and

congratulations on a successful 2017.

Year 7 Baseball—State runners up

Sports Captains—Lauren Schreiber and Mat Zukiewicz

Intermediate Girls Hockey

State Cross Country representatives

Sport Under the supervision of Mr Bulman, a team of 10 boys in Years 8 & 9 represented Blackburn High School on Thursday, 30th November, in Interschool Ultimate Frisbee. The students showed exceptional sportsmanship and teamwork while battling the wind, which, as they discovered, makes throwing a plastic disc accurately a very challenging endeavour! Due to the fledgling nature of the sport, there were only three schools represented in the competition, however Blackburn High School won every game to claim the title of Eastern Melbourne Regional Champions in their age group. Team members: Nathan Yow, Sean Browitt, Elyas Baeini, Leo Dykes, Jesse McCarthy, Kade Cody, Inigo Lamond, Braydon Ligthart, Kyle Bryan and Pranav Vashisht.

Mr Adam Bulman, Coach

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