HIGHVALE SECONDARY COLLEGE

NEWSLETTER ISSUE #4 27th MARCH 2018

EXCELLENCE | INTEGRITY | RESILIENCE |RESPECT |RESPONSIBILITY

Capital Avenue Glen Waverley, 3150

Phone: (03) 9803 5144 Facsimile: 9803 4310

Email: highvale.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au

School Website: www.highvalesc.vic.edu.au

Newsletter No. 6 11th May 2018

Important Dates

Tuesday 15th May NAPLAN testing until Thursday 17th May

Tuesday 15th May Debutante Ball Information Evening

Tuesday 22nd May NEVR Sound Check Day and Performance Evening

28th May to 8th June Year 7-10 Exams

1st June to 8th June Year 11 Exams

Monday 11th June Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday

Tuesday 12th June Student Free Day – Report Writing Day

Wednesday 13th June G.A.T. Exam

Friday 29th June Last Day of Term 2

Monday 16th July First Day Term 3

Monday 16th July First Debutante Ball Practice

C A R E E R N E W S

Click the link(s): 27th April 2018 4th May 2018

Uniform Shop Hours

Tuesdays 8.00am to 11.00am

Wednesdays

1.00pm to 4.00pm

Click here for Uniform Order Form

Student Absence Reporting Hotline

9803 5144 Press 1

Please call before 9am

Term Dates 2018

TERM 2: 16th April - 29th June

TERM 3: 16th July - 21st Sept TERM 4: 8th Oct - 21st Dec

2019 TERM 1: 29th Jan – 5th April

Canteen

Canteen Price List click here

Note: Due to renovations, the canteen will be closed for all of Semester 2.

t PRINCIPAL REPORT

Building Program

The science block refurbishment is progressing on time. Science experiments are a very important component of the science curriculum as they present a fun and engaging way to learn about science. This term all of our students have been able to continue to participate in science experiments in classes in our temporary science portable classrooms. Thanks needs to be given to the science staff for being creative and resilient in their thinking of how to incorporate this aspect of the curriculum for the students.

Student School Councillors

Next week the school will commence the student school council election process. Students who are interested in being a representative on school council can read the Information for nomination on Compass News. Other information for both students and parents of interested students and elected students can be found on Compass/School Documentation/School Council.

Nomination forms will be available on May 21st with nominations closing on 28th May.

This is an exciting venture for interested students to be involved in.

NAPLAN, Learning Tasks and Semester Examinations

NAPLAN will be conducted on May 15th, 16th and 17th. Students need to look at Compass to see when the tests are being held and come prepared with a 2B or black lead pencil, eraser, pencil sharper, ID card and calculator. They can also bring a bottle of water.

Students are encouraged to view the learning tasks feedback on Compass to gain valuable advice on how they can improve, whilst they prepare themselves for the Semester exams in late May. The school offers afterschool tutoring, Mathspace (Y7) and Edrolo (VCE subjects) programs to assist them gain a better understanding.

Heather Carr – Acting Principal

Heather Carr Acting Principal

City of Monash All Schools Leadership Program Sean LEE and Rachel HUYNH were selected to attend the City of Monash All Schools Leadership Program for 1 week (30th April - 4th May). They went to Clayton Community Centre for a 5-day workshop where they developed knowledge and skills in group development, leadership styles, conflict resolution, effective communication, public speaking and project management. They participated in a range of hands on activities and challenges that provided them with opportunities to practice their new skills, receive constructive feedback and build their confidence in a safe and nurturing environment. They also explored the various ways these skills can be applied to the real world. The feedback from the students was that they felt the program was beneficial to their learning and development and they enjoyed meeting new friends.

The Presentation Night was a culmination of the program and it was positive to see the students receive their awards.

Carly Woo

Year 10 Coordinator

Congratulations to Jessica LIEMANTARA (Y12 Class of 2015) for making it into the

Top 24 for Masterchef Australia 2018. We wish her well.

Carly Woo Year 10 Coordinator

Alumni News

This week saw the start of the rehearsals for the upcoming NEVR Concert to be held at Hamer Hall on Tuesday 22nd May.

Highvale Secondary College has one of the highest participation rates in the region, with 71 students performing in various ensembles. We also have Julie Ge playing a Chinese zither solo, Mrs Janet Govan conducting the String Orchestra and Mrs Suzi Reid managing this group.

The String Orchestra held their first rehearsal here at Highvale Secondary College, with 80 musicians from various schools filling the Theatre. The day was spent rehearsing the 3 concert pieces and meeting students and music staff from various primary and secondary schools.

Tickets for the NEVR Concert on Tuesday 22nd May are available from https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/ Search for the Youth Concert to be held on this date.

Suzi Reid

Suzi Reid Music

MUSIC NEWS WINTER CONCERTS

The winter instrumental music concert will take place on Thursday June 14th and will involve all instrumental music students and all instrumental ensembles. Due to the large demand for tickets there will be two performances on the day. Each performance will have the same program and all students will be required for BOTH performances. Concert 1 4:30pm – 6pm Concert 2 6:30pm – 8pm

Winter Concert ticket purchases open from May 28th. These will be available for purchase through the college website or via the Compass newsfeed.

We hope to see you there.

NEVR (North East Victoria Region)

‘Tributes’

CONCERT AT HAMER HALL

On Tuesday May 22nd, 71 Highvale Secondary College instrumental music students will be involved in a performance on the stage of Hamer Hall in Melbourne. Students who are involved in this concert, will have begun attending the scheduled rehearsals for their ensembles. This year, Highvale Secondary College students will be involved in most of the NEVR ensembles including a quartet supporting the Primary Schools Choir. Julie Ge of year 8, will also perform as soloist on the Guzheng (Chinese Zither)

This year, Highvale Secondary College is hosting the rehearsals of the NEVR String Orchestra in the College theatre. Mrs. Govan our Head of Strings, is the Conductor of this group. Mrs. Reid is the manager of the String Orchestra, an ensemble of nearly 80 students from both primary and secondary schools.

On the day of the ’Tributes’ concert, all Highvale students will be attending a sound check at Hamer Hall during the day as a group, accompanied by instrumental music staff. However, in the evening, students must return to Hamer hall with their parents to perform with their specific ensemble.

Anne Linton Director of Music

PHOT0: 2017 NEVR Concert

The NEVR ‘Tributes’ concert involves students from both Primary and Secondary schools from across the North East Region of the state of Victoria. It is always an excellent program and tickets for this event can be organized using the following website.

Tickets

On sale NOW - https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/search?q=youth

Discounted tickets for groups of 10 or more. (NB. This is a non-profit event)

First NEVR Rehearsal at Highvale

Alumni News

Division Cross-Country – Tuesday 8th May

Earlier this week, 45 students walked down to Norton’s Park for our annual Waverley Division Cross-Country event. The sunny weather was the perfect conditions for our students to complete either a 3km or 5km course. Congratulations to all students who competed on the day but a special mention goes to the following students who placed in the top 15

age group have now progressed to the EMR Cross-Country Finals where they will run at Yarra Glen Racecourse on the 19th June:

Amr Elzien, 11th place, U13 Boys Talia Allen, 1st place U14 Girls

Samantha Bignell, 5th place U15 Girls Joshua Duncan, 4th place U16 Boys

Dylan Scheltinga, 10th place U16 Boys Kael Rushton 7th place U21 Boys

Luke Pearson, 14th place U21 Boys Hazim Shahrum, 13th place U21 Boys

Sarah Duncan, 3rd place U21 Girls

Kelsey Dwyer Sports Coordinator

Year 7 Lunchtime House Basketball Tournament 30th April – 4th May

At the beginning of Term 2, Year 7 students filled out an expression of interest to take part in a basketball tournament that our sports captains had

been planning and organising in Term 1. The idea behind this tournament was to provide our Year 7 students with another opportunity to create new

friendships through sport where communication and teamwork is vital to achieve their best.

We were able to form 7 house teams. Our tournament ran every lunchtime Monday through to Friday with the Grand Final of the two teams who finished first and second on the ladder. Grevillea 2 finished on top of the ladder after the tournament and had to play Melaleuca 1 in the Grand Final.

Congratulations to Melaleuca who were crowned to Indoor Basketball Champions winning the Grand Final 7 – 3. Thank you to the following students who gave up their lunchtime to volunteer to referee these games: Liam Hewett, Year 10

Seth Gysberts, Year 10 Daniel Strapp, Year 10 Jake Glazner, Year 10

Kyle Balej, Year 10 Keeley O’Connell, Year 10 Samantha Bignell, Year 9

Grace Bignell, Year 12 Grace Zhang, Year 12

Also another big thanks goes to our sports captains Talia Allen, Hannah Darcy, Zoe Glazner, Luke Pearson, Carly Hewett and Grace Zhang who helped with the set-up, pack up, scoring and timing of games to ensure each lunchtime was enjoyable for our Year 7’s. All teams played in excellent spirit, they were all supportive of one another both playing and watching. Thank you to all involved, we thought it was a success! Miss Dwyer - Sport Coordinator

FREE YEAR 7 - 10 TUTORING

FREE VCE TUTORING

The program runs in the safe, supervised enviroment of the senior study centre afterschool between 3.00-4.30pm from Mondays to Thursdays.

All our tutors are past Highvale students who achieved outstanding results in their chosen subjects and have been endorsed by the teaching staff as being highly knowlegable of the subject content.

Tutoring can provide a number of benefits for students of all learning stages such as:

- Assist with subject content and improve results - Gain confidence. - Goal setting and time management skills. - Provide students with valuable advice, feedback and encouragement.

Please refer to the timetable below for subject availability.

Please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Egan at keg@highvalesc.vic.edu.au to enquire about how you can get involved.

Kellie Egan Tutoring Coordinator

COMMUNITY NEWS

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SPORTS FOR SCHOOLS YES, we are still collecting Sports for Schools vouchers. Please bring to the front office by the end of May 2018.

Wantirna Jetbacks Basketball Club are looking for girls to join their U14 and U16 teams for their Winter Season commencing 26/5/18 until 27/10/18.

U14 girls team – C Reserve Grade U16 girls team – A Reserve Grade

There is also a promotion of 50% off the

$200 player fees if they complete the finals qualification of playing 10 games for the season.

For more information, please contact Melissa on:

info@wantirnajetbacks.com 0417 107 284

Highvale Secondary College "Making a difference"

Highvale Secondary College Capital Ave, Glen Waverley Melbourne, Victoria, 3150

Phone: (03) 9803 5144 Facsimile: 9803 4310

Email: highvale.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au School Website: www.highvalesc.vic.edu.au