HIGHVALE SECONDARY COLLEGE

NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3 16th 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

Important Dates

Thursday 22nd March Year 8 Sport Round Robin

Tuesday 27th March Regional Swimming

Wednesday 28th March Parent Teacher Interviews (booking info closer to date) – no classes

Thursday 29th March Last Day of Term 1 & Yr 12 Pyjama Day Group Photo

Friday 30th March Good Friday Public Holiday

Monday 16th April First Day of Term 2

Wednesday 18th April State Swimming

Thursday 19th April State Diving & Intermediate School Golf & Yr 7 Immunisation

Wednesday 25th April ANZAC DAY Public Holiday

Thursday 26th April Intro To Outdoor Ed (Warburton) Departs

Thursday 3rd May Senior Sport Round Robin

Tuesday 8th May Cross Country

Friday 11th May Intermediate Sport Round Robin

Tuesday 15th May NAPLAN testing until Thursday 17th May

Tuesday 22nd May NEVR Sound Check Day and Performance Evening

C A R E E R N E W S

Click the link(s): Career News 2nd March

Career News 9th March

Career News 16th March

Uniform Shop Hours

Tuesdays 8.00am to 11.00am

Wednesdays

1.00pm to 4.00pm

Click here

for Uniform Order Form

Canteen

Canteen Price List click here

Student Absence Reporting Hotline

9803 5144

Press 1 Please call before 9am

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

Term Dates

2018

TERM 1: 30th Jan -29th March

TERM 2: 16th April - 29th June

TERM 3: 16th July - 21st Sept

TERM 4: 8th Oct - 21st Dec

Camp Rumbug

I would like to congratulate all the Year 7 students for making the annual Camp Rumbug such a success. We know that this cohort approached their transition camp with enthusiasm and their efforts fostered a positive sense of cooperation and support. Team building activities will be further supported by our peer support students later this term.

On behalf of the students I would also like to thank Mrs Valentine and all the staff for their organisation and support.

Curriculum day

On Thursday teachers were fortunate enough to have Mr Glenn Pearsall present a very intense professional learning on high impact teaching strategies. This complements the work that Glenn began last year on the school’s instructional model. We appreciate the opportunity to hone skills and draw upon up to date research on teaching and learning which the school will be able to put into practice to support all students.

School Council Elections 2018

There were two nominations at the close of the second nomination period for parent representation on school council. As a result I have called for a ballot. The Ballot paper can be downloaded from Compass or collected from the Office. The Ballot papers are to be placed in the dedicated voting box at the General Office by 3pm on Monday 19 March.

Free after-school tutoring

I would like to encourage all students undertaking a VCE subject to consider the free afterschool tutoring. It is held in the senior study centre between 3.00-4.30pm from Mondays to Thursdays.

The subjects are available on the following nights;

Monday- Further, Methods, Specialist and General Mathematics, Biology, Physics, Chemistry,

Health and Legal Studies Tuesday- Accounting, Business Management, EAL, Further, Methods and General Mathematics,

Media, Chemistry and Psychology Wednesday- Core English, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, German, Specialist and General

Mathematics Thursday- Economics, English Language, Literature and French

Ian Watkins Principal

Ian Watkins Principal

Senior Interschool Round Robin “On Tuesday the 27th of February, the senior girls cricket team set out to Lum Reserve to play Mount Waverley in what could have been our last game of cricket for Highvale after 4 years with Ms. Dwyer. We were excited, a little nervous, but eager to see how we would go. We were sent into bat first, which was something different for us. We had outstanding efforts by Zoe Glazner, who got 29 runs, and Carly Hewett, who scored 21 runs. We managed to put a solid total of 96 runs on the board, after being bowled out in the 19th over. In terms of fielding, we had excellent results from several bowlers. We had multiple wicket takers, with Grace Zhang, Grace Bignell, Anthea Devitsakis and Carly Hewett all taking wickets. Despite our best efforts, Mount Waverley took the win by 5 wickets in the 15th over. It was a well-played game with great sportsmanship shown by both teams. All in all, we would like to give big thanks and shout out to Ms. Dwyer for the past 4 years and her constant effort to ensure we were always able to play at our best and represent Highvale to our best ability. It has been a pleasure playing cricket for Highvale and we are all going to miss being a part of this team.” Written by Ash Hall, Carly Hewett and Grace Zhang (students)

“Interschool volleyball was held at Oakleigh Recreational Centre. Our girls A Team was the first to play and everyone played amazingly but unfortunately lost, as did the B Team. The B Team were successful in some of their games and ended up in the final but were unlucky in the end. The boys team did well throughout the whole day, with scores very close, they could have made it into the final by winning only one more set. Overall it was a great day and despite the results everyone had fun!” - Written by Ruby, Mia, Jessica, Kaitlyn, Taylah, Kiara and Julia (students)

Kelsey Dwyer Sport Coordinator

DIVISION SWIMMING FINALS

Last Friday 2nd March, a group of Highvale students made their way to Ringwood Aquanation to compete in the Division swimming finals. We saw some fantastic individual and team results for the day with our U18 Girls and U16 Boys 4x50m freestyle both finishing second in their races. The following students represented Highvale and should be proud of their achievements:

Year 8: Ashton Campbell Jaxon Campbell Charlotte Creaton Larissa Huang Year 9: David Huynh Ethan Loh Ethan Puls Jemma Sargent Year 10: Kyle Balej Joshua Duncan Ashley Graham Liam Hewett

Keeley O’Connell Matthew Ongko Year 12: Lizzie Barrat Sarah Duncan Maya Grkow Elyssa Le

Congratulations to Liam Hewett for winning his 50m freestyle race which now qualifies him to the Region Finals to be held at the end of March.

Sport

Coordinator

Natalie Valentine Year 7 Coordinator

YEAR 7 CAMP RUMBUG Friday 3rd of March saw the return of 180 Year 7’s and 18 staff from Camp Rumbug. . The weather was kind to us and fun was had by all. The Flying Fox, Canoeing and the Giant Swing were noted as some of the highlights along with the walk along pristine beaches from Squeaky Beach to Tidal River.

Our students are to be commended for the respect they showed to one another and their willingness to get involved and make new friends. Thank you to all the staff who came along and contributed to making the camp so successful.

Year 7 thoughts..

“We got to learn more about our fellow classmates”

“I enjoyed mixing with different people”

“The activities were great”

“The pancake breakfast was perfecto!”

“I made loads of new friends”

“I liked the giant swing, the view was really cool

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC LESSON COMMENCEMENT All students who have returned instrumental music registration forms to the office, should have received lesson commencement notices and should be attending lessons according to the timetables displayed outside the music room. Lessons times should also appear on student’s digital Compass timetable. There are currently 2 positions still available for violin and woodwind. Any student who is still considering enrolling for instrumental music lessons should return an enrolment form as soon as possible to the music office.

All students who have ordered and paid for hire instruments should have received their ordered instrument by now and can bring this instrument to their regular weekly lessons. Students with Double Bass instruments should leave their hire instrument at home and use the school double basses in their lessons.

Each lesson, the instrumental music teachers will complete the Lesson Plan in Compass. Parents are encouraged to check this Lesson plan weekly to check the required work for home practice.

HSC ORCHESTRA REHEARSALS BEGIN

HSC Orchestra will begin rehearsal on Wednesday March 14th at 3pm. Students enrolled in this group should check their compass timetables for scheduled rehearsals.

NEVR CONCERT APPLICATIONS

The annual North Eastern Victoria Region (NEVR) youth concert will be held once again at Hamer Hall in Melbourne, on the evening of Tuesday May 22nd.

The concert offers an exciting opportunity for Highvale’s music students to rehearse with students from all around the North Eastern Region of the state and then perform at Hamer Hall as part of a major ensemble. Hamer Hall is one of the premier concert stages in Australia.

This year, the String Orchestra will be conducted by our very own Mrs. Janet Govan (strings) who will be assisted by Mrs. Suzi Reid who will manage the group. Rehearsals for this performance group will be held in the Highvale College theatre. We encourage all our eligible strings students to apply for the String Orchestra.

Students studying other instruments will also have this opportunity. There are a number of other performance groups in which interested students can be involved. Please note that the Secondary Choir does not have any minimum experience requirements for entry.

Application forms are due back to the music office by WEDNESDAY MARCH 14TH.

Anne Linton Director of Music/Head of Performing Arts

Anne Linton Music News

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

FREE YEAR 7 - 10 TUTORING

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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