Issue 6. 16 May 2014

Events

May 16 35 Year Reunion Library 6.00pm – 8.00pm Full Cast Production Rehearsal Dalton Hall 3.45pm – 6.00pm

17 Boroondara Eisteddfod Kew Court House 4.00pm

18 Full Cast Production Dress Rehearsal, Dalton Hall 9.00am – 5.00pm

Boroondara Eisteddfod Hawthorn Arts Centre 2.00pm – 2.30pm 19 EISM Champions Athletics Carnival Lakeside Athletics Track 12.05pm – 7.00pm

20 Y7 (all) and Y9 (boys) Immunisations Full Cast Production Rehearsal Dalton Hall 3.45pm – 5.30pm

21 Full Cast Production Dress Rehearsal, Dalton Hall 3.45pm – 7.00pm

22 Open Morning Dalton Hall 9.15am

Boroondara Eisteddfod Junior Hawthorn Arts Centre 6.00pm – 8.00pm

22 - 24 Senior School Production Hairspray Dalton Hall 7.30pm 26 Y3 – Y6 Balaclava District Cross Country, Dendy Park 9.00am – 2.00pm

28 Prep – Y3 Soiree PVC7 5.00pm – 6.15pm

30 Y10 Japanese Excursion Robert Blackwood Hall Monash University 8.45am – 3.30pm

Upcoming Events June 6 Prep – Y12 Student Free Day

9 Queen’s Birthday Holiday

From the Principal New Board Members At the recent Kilvington Grammar School AGM, two new board members were appointed and welcomed to the Board. They are Mr Koos de Keijzer and Mrs Leanne Whitechurch, and we offer them our congratulations. Koos de Keijzer, M Arch, AIA, AACA, is founding partner and Principal of DKO Architecture and is highly regarded as an urban designer and architect, with a particular expertise in residential developments. His entrepreneurial approach has seen him involved in a number of award winning projects such as The Melburnian and Beacon Cove in Melbourne, Raleigh Park in Sydney, and the Saville Apartments in Brisbane. Koos is a member of the Victorian Government’s Design Review Panel and an active member of the Australian Institute of Architects.

Leanne Whitechurch B.A., LL.B (Hons), LL.M. has joined the Board to provide legal expertise and counsel. She has 20 years legal experience working locally and internationally as an in-house solicitor, with law firms and as a university lecturer. Leanne specialises in intellectual property and is an invited member of the Golden Key International Honours Society, is the recipient of the Butterworth Prize twice, and has been published in leading law journals.

At the AGM, Prof. Jayashri Kulkarni was reappointed as Chair for a further two-year term, and Deputy Chairs Stuart Alford and Lauren Matthews were reappointed for a further year. Each of these board members continues to add immense value to the leadership of the School and we congratulate them on their reappointments. Europe Choir Tour I congratulate the students who participated in the Europe Choir Tour which proved to be an outstanding success. The 27 students performed marvellously and movingly in theatres such as St Paul’s Actors Church Covent Garden in London and La Madeleine in Paris, with good audiences thoroughly enjoying their repertoire of sacred and secular music. I was fortunate enough to hear the students sing in Paris and was delighted that their many months of preparation and hard work had paid off with stunning performances. They did the School proud. I also congratulate students Eleanor Cook, Charlotte Corke, Stephanie Talbot and Lauren Rowley who participated in the dawn service at Villers-Bretonneux on ANZAC Day in front of a crowd of 4,500 people. This was a great honour for them and they performed admirably. The service was incredibly moving and one we will never forget. Ms Gall is to be congratulated for her vision, energy and hard work to enable this trip to take place. I also sincerely thank Rev. Janet Costello and Ms Ann-Marie Quarrell who offered brilliant support.

Small enough to care, big enough to excel.

EISM Athletics Success Hearty congratulations to the students and staff involved in the EISM Athletics competition last week. Kilvington competed for the first time in Division Two with the boys coming a remarkable second and the girls an equally remarkable third. Overall the team came third which is an amazing result given this is only the beginning of our fourth year as a coeducational school. Special congratulations to Mr Bishop, Mr Bustin, Ms Burns, Ms Warburton, Mrs Kasapis and Head Coach, Mr Nick Bowden, for their commitment to the sport program. Middle School Centre of Excellence The new building continues to take shape and is progressing well. With the steady rain that fell in April, the project completion date may be delayed by a few weeks, with the new completion date being now around the middle of August. I thank you for your continued support and patience as the building works continue. Prep and Year 7 Enrolments The School is currently conducting interviews with families who wish to enrol their children for Prep in 2015 and Year 7 in 2016. Current families who are looking to enrol siblings will be given preference and are encouraged to complete an application form and submit it to the Registrar as soon as possible, if they have not previously done so. Road Works I also thank parents for their patience with the recent road works on the corner of Leila and Katandra Roads. These safety measures were initiated by the School for the benefit of all members of our community, and we are grateful to the Council for prioritising these works. We continue to lobby the Victorian Goverment to support the installation of a crossing at the corner of Grange and Leila Roads, which we consider an urgent need. Our local member, Mr David Southwick, has acknowledged my letter to him and has written to the Transport Minister asking him to take action. Skoolbag Application Kilvington is pleased to announce the availability of Skoolbag – a school to parent communication application. Skoolbag works via smartphones and smart devices (such as iPads and Android Tablets). You can access information including In the Know and School Calendar events. You can also activate alerts directly related to your child’s year level, or School-wide alerts. You control what you receive from the School. A web plug-in will be available on the Kilvington website from the week commencing 19 May which will get you started.

Jon Charlton Principal

From the Deputy Principal Year 9 Explore Project Presentation Nights

On the 14 and 15 May, the Year 9 students presented their Explore Projects to an audience of their parents, staff and friends. The students had been working for six weeks on their focus area and contention. Students were in small groups in the following areas: • Sports and Leisure • Architecture and Heritage • Homelessness • Grafitti and Public Art

They had the choice of presenting their contention in the following formats:

• A written thesis (800-1000 words), including a persuasive speech (3 mins). • A written thesis (800-1000 words), including a model or diorama (min 40cm square). • A website, including a podcast (min 5 pages). • A video documentary (5 mins). • An oral presentation, including photo evidence (5 mins).

A significant amount of time was spent during the City Camp in research, filming, interviewing and organising of the projects. On each of the presentation nights, parents and staff were asked to be part of the formal assessment process. An assessment rubric was explained and distributed to parents as they sat together to hear/see each group’s presentation and then assess. This aspect was added to the Year 9 project this year to engage parents in the assessment process and give them a little taste of being a “teacher” for the night as well as to enrich the experience for students. The nights were a huge success with all actively involved in the process, and a wonderful range of presentations on show. The students completed work of a high quality and enjoyed the chance to involve their parents in this way. Thank you to John Knap, Year 9 Program Coordinator, and his team; Sandra Boutselis, Fiona Radford and Charmaine Irwin for their hard work and efforts in mentoring the Year 9s. Thanks also to the many parents and staff that attended. We look forward to these nights again with the next group of Year 9s. Teresa Deshon Deputy Principal

Curriculum Highlights Year 7 Cultural Afternoons Japanese Tea Ceremony

Mr Adam Wojcinski came to Kilvington to teach Year 7 students about the amazing art of the Japanese tea ceremony. He started by teaching the students to do a formal seating called seiza. After teaching us how to bow he continued on to show us what happens when you get invited to a tea ceremony and some interesting facts about samurai and some of the tea masters.

Did you know that one of the tea masters did not like the samurai bringing their swords into his tea hut so he made the door so small that they could not get through with their sword attached so they had to put it on the sword rack next to the entrance?

After teaching us about these interesting things he showed us how to perform a tea ceremony. He started off by picking a volunteer to complete the tea ceremony with him and by cleansing his hands before creating the tea. When he was making the tea he used a lot of precision for where everything was placed. He then gave the tea to his volunteer and she respectfully looked at it and then drank it.

Adam sensei handed out a Japanese sweet to everyone and then gave them some lovely tea. While we were eating and drinking he played a video of a 24 hour tea ceremony involving him and his master.

Zander von Steigler, Year 7

Les Bâtons Français Les Bâtons Français visited Kilvington to give the Year 7 students a taste of French culture. This program has been a crowd favourite for the last five years, performing to over 70,000 students in almost 5,000 school programs nationally.

Well versed in physical theatre and comedy, the show is designed to be fun and zany while also touching on many French icons and literature, including stories such as Cyrano De Bergerac and the Three Musketeers, as well as the farcical style of Moliere and much more. The Year 7 students were able to pick up some commonly used French words as well as get a better understanding

of the theatrical aspect of France. It was a great experience; fun and laughter was incorporated with cultural learning and understanding.

Elisabeth Yeo, Year 7

House Cross Country

Congratulations to all students from Prep through to Year 12 who participated in and supported the recent House Cross Country event. It was a tremendous whole-of-school effort by students and staff and there were some outstanding House and individual results. See below. • Junior School Cup: Burman • Year 7-9 Cup: Burman • Year 10-12 Cup: Fethers • Overall Trophy: Burman

Photograph supplied by Justine Clark

Event 1st 2nd 3rd 10 Year old Girls Charlotte Hallson Isabel Hayes Amelia Pummeroy 10 Year old Boys Lane Donohue Oliver Miles-Fine Tim Senior-Skinner 11 Year old Girls Kasey O’Connor Lily Wallis Rosie Morrison 11 Year old Boys Harry Durand Dylan Redman Toby Wareham 12 Year old Girls Bridie Linehan Ellie Owen Katya Richardson 12 Year old Boys Spencer Tighe-Martin Sam Clark Erik Jurgensen 13 Year old Girls Stacey Flaounas Elissa Mori Eliza Wallis 13 Year old Boys Jack Kirkham Thomas Robb Tieren Hem 14 Year old Girls Cat Linehan Jemima Price Jade Redman 14 Year old Boys Jasper Pickering Bryson Konoroth Blake Pfeiffer 15 Year old Girls Sarah Hedger Ally Doyle Hannah Bahn 15 Year old Boys Peter Yu Kunal Bais Lachlan Wotherspoon 16 Year old Girls Lexie Opray Bridie English Emma Hedger 16 Year old Boys Quinn Kane Simon Hultqvist Tom Smith Open Girls Maddy Hendy Matilda Blyth Emma Casey Open Boys Lantos Wang Edison Sands Corey Marshall

Back Row: Victoria Hronas, Xavier Clark, Sam Clark, Theodore Tsirelas and Rhea Gupta Front row: Natasha Tsirelas and Jonathan Yew-Cheong

Athletics Going from Strength to Strength

The School has seen a strengthening in its sports program due to the introduction of highly qualified and dynamic coaches and mentors. The result was evident at the recent EISM Athletics Carnival.

Having been promoted to a very tight Division 2, with much larger schools, due to a strong performance last year, our expectations were low – around sixth would have been an achievement. However, it was a stunning result with the School coming third overall, the girls coming third, and impressively, the boys coming second. Since going co-ed, it is the first time the boys have pipped the girls!

Ben Bishop, Head of Sport

Preparing Our Future Coaches and Mentors The last two Fridays at Kilvington have seen the Year 10 students host a Tabloid Sports tournament for the Year 3 students, and students from the nearby Katandra School. As part of their assessment in PE for a Coaching unit, the Year 10 students were required to organise and be in charge of a station where the junior students had three minutes to test their fundamental motor skills and score points for their team.

The Year 10 ‘coaches’ showed excellent leadership skills, were extremely enthusiastic and encouraging, and ensured the junior participants had lots of fun and enjoyment. A very worthwhile and rewarding experience! Steve Bustin, Academic Dean of PE and Health

Co-curricular Highlights

Europe Choral Tour

On Sunday, 13 April 2014, 27 excited Kilvington students and three accompanying teachers set off on a trip to Europe to start our long awaited Europe Choral Tour. First stop was London. While there, we had the privilege of performing in three of London’s most beautiful venues, including the Old Royal Naval College, Hays Galleria and The Actors’ Church. We also had the opportunity to visit some well-known attractions, including the National History Museum, Greenwich Market, Hampton Court, Windsor Castle, Covent Garden and the West End, where we saw one of the most incredible musicals, ‘Matilda’. The second part of our trip was really exciting! France definitely lived up to our expectations, and the sights we saw were beautiful. Our favourite experiences of France were going to the top of the Eiffel Tower, eating delicious crepes and being able to attend an ANZAC Day Dawn Service in Villers-Bretonneux, starting at 4.30am! For us, the Europe Choral Tour was one of the most memorable trips ever! We made many new friends and learnt many life skills. We loved singing in the most spectacular venues and visiting different places in London and Paris. Everyone on the tour was so friendly, and we all got along very well, which is what made the tour all the more fun to be a part of. Our teachers, Ms Gall, Ms Costello and Ms Quarrell, took such great care of us, and we are very appreciative of their dedication and hard work. This trip felt like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and we loved every minute of it. Ashwini Sakthiakumaran and Amanda Kretschmer, Year 11

Hairspray – Senior School Production

Our block buster Senior School production is less than a week away. Opening Night is next Thursday, 22 May. Hairspray will run for three nights on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night from 7.30pm in Dalton Hall. Tickets are selling quickly so book your tickets now! Child/Concession $20; Adults $30; and Family $80 (2 Adults and 2 Children). Remember: The Tutor Group that sells the most tickets will win a fantastic pizza lunch, so when you order your tickets please select your child’s Tutor Group.

Student Achievements Our Future Leaders

Congratulations to all our Junior School Student Leaders who were inducted at the recent Induction Assembly in Dalton Hall. Many proud family members of the students attended and the students conducted themselves beautifully. We wish them all the very best in these roles.

Photograph supplied by Justine Clark

Diving into National Championships Charlotte Hallson, Year 5, has been selected by School Sport Victoria as a member of the 2014 Diving Team. She will represent Kilvington and Victoria at the School Sport Australia Diving Championships to be held in Melbourne from 20 to 26 July 2014. Charlotte has also been asked to represent Diving Victoria in the National Talent ID division at the Junior Elite Nationals in Sydney in June. Congratulations Charlotte. The Kilvington community wishes you the very best of luck. Jeanette Rawlings, Head of Junior School

Left to right: Mrs Jeanette Rawlings (Head of Junior School), Bridie Linehan (Barrett House Captain), Lily Boghikian (Fysh House Captain), Katya Richardson (Music Captain), Luc Mascitti (Junior School Co-Captain), Annika Challice (Junior School Co-Captain), Sam Clark (Burman House Captain) and Eleanor Owen (Fethers House Captain).

Our Community Life

We Love Our Mums It was lovely to have so many mothers and special helpers come to our Prep Mother’s Day morning tea. We started with a creative craft activity in the Prep classrooms and then went onto The Green for a delicious treat and a play. Thank you to everyone for coming and celebrating this special occasion with us. We hope you all had a great time!

Year 11 and 12 Formal The Year 11 and 12 Formal will be held on Thursday 5 June from 7.00pm in The Ballroom at The International in Brighton. Tickets are now on sale. For further information, contact Karen Bryce, brycek@kilvington.vic.edu.au. Host Japanese Students

For two weeks in Term 3, Kilvington will again be hosting a group of Japanese students and teachers

from Hiroshima Jogakuin Junior High School. The Japanese students are 13 to 14 years old. They will come to school every day and spend time

practising English, visiting the sights of Melbourne and mixing with Kilvington students. This will be a wonderful opportunity for families to host a student, learn about the Japanese culture and make a

new friend.

We are hoping to have as many students as possible hosted by families from Kilvington, so this opportunity is open to all students from Pre-Prep to Year 12. Some points worth noting: * The students do not have to have their own bedroom. * You do not have to cook Japanese food or speak Japanese. *The Group Coordinator provides families with cultural information and 24/7 support throughout the program. *A tax-free stipend of $30 per night will be provided to host families. If you are able to offer accommodation for a student or teacher from Saturday 26 July to Saturday 9 August, please express your interest by email or telephone AIIU Group Coordinator, Joy, 9576 7500, or email eliteshoptours@primus.com.au, or Regional Manager, Christine, at AIIU on 9798 4233 or 0418 742 641 email chrisi@aiiu.com.au.

AIIU is an Australia-wide exchange student organisation operating for 25 years. We are a not for profit organisation, which organize cultural and educational exchanges. One of our principal objectives is to provide scholarships to Australian students to enjoy academic year studies in Japan. We are fully accredited with state education authorities. Our web site is www.aiiu.com.au

Archie Dehne with Mum Vanessa

A Reminder…. Safety When Crossing Roads Please be aware that the Crossing Supervisor is stationed at the Leila Road pedestrian crossing from 8.00am to 8.45am. Students are expected to be in class by 8.25am (Senior School) and 8.40am (Junior School), however, if your child arrives at School after 8.45am, and are crossing the road, including the unsupervised crossing, they must take extra care. Students who catch the morning 625 bus that stops on the corner of Leila and Grange Roads are encouraged to get off closer to North Road, cross at the lights, and then walk up to school. All students who choose to cross at Grange Road must cross with extreme caution to ensure traffic is clear in both directions. The School is continuing to lobby both Council and VicRoads to have some traffic management measure installed near this intersection. Students who catch the train should cross at the school crossing in Leila Rd and cross Katandra Road close to the station (North Road end), where cars are looking out for pedestrians. When leaving school, students are encouraged to use the Lillimur and Leila Rd pedestrian crossings. Students walking east to Grange Road from the Dalton Hall side of Lillimur Road should use the Lillimur Road pedestrian crossing first and then walk to the intersection of Leila and Lillimur Roads and cross carefully. Parking Behind the Counselling Centre Some parents are parking behind the Counselling Centre on the corner of Lillimur and Leila Roads in the morning when they drop off their children. Please note that this is private property. The Counselling Centre has given permission for designated Kilvington staff only to park on their site every day except for Thursdays. If you wish to park and leave your car at drop off, please park in the parking available around the School and side streets.

PFA Report

Events Year 5 - Parents’ dinner, 7.30pm Saturday 31 May, Bombay Club, 564 North Road, Ormond Year 5 - Bounce, 10.00am Friday 6 June, 2 Weir St, Glen Iris Year 6 - La Porchetta’s in Elwood, on Saturday 14 June from 6.00pm Year 7 - Ten Pin Bowling at AMF in Moorabbin, Sunday 18 May from 3.00-5.00pm Year 8 - Barefoot Bowling on Sunday 1 June from 3.00-6.00pm at the Glen Eira Bowling Club ELC Marine and Daintree - Cocktail evening at 7.30pm on Thursday 5 June at Brown Cow Café in Hampton Mother’s Day Stall Thank you so much to all the lovely parents – Marina Palaskas, Kylie Owen, Kylie Brown, Christina O’Connor, Eleni Stamenos, Kim Wareham, Kay Conser, Melanie Tighe, Diane Frangoulis, Jacqui Moore, Louise Broadbent, Ana Molloy, Anna Chisholm, Briohny Marshall, Sen Young Chi, Megan Moore, Arabella Daniel, Vanessa Dempsey, Bridget Glazebrook, Andrea Ewenson, Jacqui Phillips and Vanora Jurgensen who helped with the Mother’s Day Stall. A very special thank you to the amazing Sarah Russell and Claire Morris who coordinated the event. It was a huge success and we really hope you enjoyed receiving your lovely gifts on Mother’s Day. Next year we are aiming to have at least three gifts for each child as we realised students wanted to buy for grandmothers as well.

The lucky winners of the amazing raffle prizes were: 1st - Rhea Sanjanwala, Year 3 2nd – Yui Horikoshi, Prep B 3rd - Roy Yang, 8D 4th - Miles Nathan, Year 5M Congratulations to you all. Thank you to Anna Chisholm (Bungalow), Alka Jain, Simone Case and Kylie Owen for donating items for the raffle. Thank you Morning Tea for Teachers A thank you morning tea will be held for our hardworking teachers and staff on Wednesday 18 June. If you would like to help out with this event, please contact Kirsten Brooks on ck.ten@hotmail.com or pfa@kilvington.vic.edu.au Trivia Night 2014 The planning for this exciting event is well under way so we hope you have booked the babysitter for Saturday 2 August as this is a night you won’t want to miss! The venue is the Brighton Bowling Club in Dendy Street, East Brighton. More details to follow in the coming issues of In The Know. Secondhand Uniform Shop The Secondhand Uniform Shop is open for purchasing and drop off on Saturday 14 June, 10.00am to 12noon in the old K-Gym. Please bring in items if you have them for sale as stock is a little low with some sizing and it is a great way to make some money back. Victorian Parent Council VPC is having their next school meeting hosted by St Michaels School on 28 May. If you are interested in attending this meeting could you please contact Marina Palaskas on marina.palaskas@bigpond.com PFA Meeting Please join us at our next meeting which will be held in the School Library on Tuesday 3 June from 7.30pm. Entertainment Books So much money to save!! Order your new 2014-2015 book from kimwareham@gmail.com or CLICK HERE TO ORDER ONLINE NOW. Community Event Meeting Please join us for our next meeting which will be held in the School Library on Tuesday 17 June at 7.30pm. Kim Wareham PFA Vice President – Junior School - pfa@kilvington.vic.edu.au

Kylie Brown and Yui Horikoshi

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