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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: [email protected]
School Website: www.highvalesc.vic.edu.au
Newsletter No. 13 7th September 2018
Important Dates
During the refurbishment the Uniform Shop will be operating from the Conference Room located in the Administration Building at the front of the school.
Open Times
Tuesdays 8am – 11am and Wednesdays 1pm – 4pm
Jenny Smith Uniform Shop Manager
Friday 14th September Debutante Ball
Tuesday 11th September School Council Meeting
Thursday 20th September Pupil Free Day, Parent/Teacher Interviews
Friday 21st September Last Day of Term 3
Monday 8th October First Day of Term 4
22nd October – 26th October School Dentist Week
C A R E E R N E W S
Click the link above
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 3: 16th July - 21st Sept
TERM 4: 8th Oct - 21st Dec
2019
TERM 1: 29th Jan – 5th April
Canteen
Canteen Price List click here
Menu for Food Truck that is onsite for Canteen Services.
Principal Report
Spring Concert
Last night families, students and staff had the privilege of enjoying a professional Spring Concert. Very talented students performed music from a wide range of genres. The hours of practice and rehearsal was very evident in their performances. Highvale Secondary College is very fortunate to have many interested and passionate students and committed instrumental teachers and support staff.
Parent Teacher Interviews
Parent Teacher interviews are to be held on Thursday 20th September. If you are unable to attend please email your child’s teacher for a progress report and to read the Learning Tasks for information.
The Learning Tasks are assessed and feedback is given by a range of forms. These include grades, performance range, shaded rubric, comments and combination of these. For the Year 12 SAC feedback is given but as per the guidelines from VCAA (Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority) each Learning area has guidelines that give students the opportunities to view their SAC for additional feedback.
Literacy Week
Students and staff have been engaged in activities such as debating, quizzes, book exchange and trivia, culminating in a theme dress day on Friday. All monies raised from the activities is going to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.
Healthy Food Day
Health and PE Learning Area hosted a healthy food day by hosting a healthy morning tea on Wednesday 5th September. The mobile catering truck has many healthy alternatives for the students to purchase at recess or lunchtime.
Heather Carr
Acting Principal
Heather Carr Acting Principal
CAREERS NEWS
Did you know that Highvale has a Careers website? Our aim is to provide you with all the latest information that will help you make decisions about your future career and your life beyond school. You can use this site to locate University, TAFE and any other type of course across Australia, get information about the VCE, search for job vacancies and much more.
To access our website please click on link https://careers.highvalesc.vic.edu.au/ or alternatively simply log into Compass and select “HSC Careers” from the star drop down box, as shown below.
Information on how to create an account, navigate the website and get the most of the features available to you can be found be following this link: https://careers.highvalesc.vic.edu.au/?page=help-videos Feel free to drop into the Careers Office if you have any questions, or send me an email at [email protected] Mae Batrouney Pathways Coordinator
Mae Batrouney
Careers
Year 7 art students have been working on some great sculptures using balsa wood, and finished with paint and glue. The concept is based on the famous Australian sculptor Robert Klippell, whose work can be seen in galleries around the world. The process involves some freehand drawing to generate ideas, followed by the refinement of one of those ideas to work as a sculpture. They are designed to be abstract pieces, they do not represent recognisable objects. What you see is up to you! The big challenge for the students was to ensure the pieces fit together neatly, and working out how to make the artwork look interesting from all angles while still being stable. They have done a great job of this. Some of the sculptures from last semester are appearing in the upcoming Zart Art catalogue, as well as being shown in the gallery space at the Zart Art HQ in Box Hill. The exhibition opening is Thursday 20 September 2018, 4.00 - 5.00pm. There is also an invitation for the opening and gallery times, which you can find later in the newsletter.
Sculptures by (Left to Right)
Damien Juan, Tara Katouzi, Eddie Izwan, Jacinta Trinh, Sasha Tewari, Ringo Wu, Ebony Smart/Charlotte Pearson
Chris Cane
Technology / Art
SPORTS REPORT
Congratulations to all competitors who competed in the District Athletics Meet held at the Knox Athletics Track on Thursday 23rd August. A big thank you to Ms Douglas, Mrs. Gomes, Mr. Jarvis, Mr. Tawa and Mr. Schmid for coming along on the day to help and support our students. Well done to the following students who placed first in their events and have qualified for the Eastern Metropolitan Region Finals which will be on Friday 12th October in Term 4 at the Knox Athletics Track – Molly Taleo, Sarah Duncan, Rowena Taleo, Jakeb Pearson, Jayson Hong, Dominic Mikus, Eli Bouchier, Grace Zhang, Hayley Mavropoulos, Talia Allen, Ruby Chung, Carly Hewett, Matthew Ongko, William Yon A special mention to Jakeb Pearson, Talia Allen and Jayson Hong who were all awarded the overall age group champion.
Congratulations to the following girls who placed in their events- Daniella Currenti, 3rd U13 100m
Daniella Currenti, Nisa Shahrun, Rachel Chan, Laila Pakzad, 2nd U13 4x100m Nisa Shahrum 2nd U13 80mh
Talia Allen 2nd U14 1500m, 3rd 200m Samantha Bignell, 2nd U15 400m
Molly Taleo 2nd U15 Shot Put Yasmin Oroji 2nd U16 Javelin
Anthea Wu 3rd U17 High Jump Carly Hewett 2nd U21 Javelin
Congratulations to the following boys who placed in their events –
Kyle Wong 3rd, U13 1500m Ethan Puls 3rd, U14 1500m,
James Zhu 3rd, U14 Long Jump and 200m Ruotian Qin U14 2nd Javelin Harvir Singh U14 2nd 200m
Jakeb Pearson 2nd, U16 200m Liam Hewett 3rd U16 1500m
Kyle Balej 3rd U16 Triple Jump Chris Dennis 2nd U16 High Jump
James Anderson 2nd U16 Shot Put David Kim 2nd U16 Javelin
Nathan Marshall 2nd U17 Discus Justin Phady 3rd U17 Shot Put
Kyle Laver 3rd U17 1500m Paul Taleo U17 2nd 100m, 200m
Ms Dwyer - Sport Coordinator
Kelsey Dwyer
Sports Coordinator
The Year 8 Girls Hockey team enjoyed a great day of interschool sport on Monday. Although they didn’t manage to secure a win they were very competitive and improved significantly after each match. Evelyn Ly did an outstanding job as goal keeper and Felix Chung (Year 9) provided the team with valuable feedback and words of encouragement as student coach. The team should be very pleased with their efforts and should be congratulated on their excellent teamwork and behaviour.
There was a lot of fun to be had in the library at recess today (Friday 7th) with the Dress Up Day for Literacy Week. We had all sorts of characters wandering around the school and there was a “Parade” in the library at recess. Check out some of the fun….
Amanda Gomes
Sports/Health
Marian Johnson
Library
And our wonderful student winners of a voucher each were….
Plague Doctor - Jasmin Smith, Jack Sparrow – Jaz McLennan, Deadpool – Josh Tran, Bathrobe Boy – Nathan Wong
Here are all our Library competition winners for the week…
Dress Up - Jasmin Smith; Jaz McLennan; Josh Tran; Nathan Wong Book Raffle - William Tia; Chloe Phang; Jaxon Campbell; Mallika Gummadi How Many Lollies in the Jar? - Julie Ge; Thrrymund Palany; Mallika Gummadi How Many Paperclips in the Jar? - Harold Cortez
Highvale Treasure Hunt - Angel Choong; Jacinta Thomas; Jaimie-Lea Earle, Lauren Gilmour & Charlotte Cross
The School Dentist will be visiting us at Highvale Secondary College during the week Monday 22nd to 26th -Friday October 2018
The innovative mobile dental service was created to meet the needs of the fast paced/time poor lifestyles of many parents. The dental team and equipment are coming to Highvale Secondary College to provide onsite dental services to students.
Full details of the service and the paperwork required are provided – click this LINK.
Copies will be handed out to students in Focus Groups next Wednesday 12 September 2018 or you can print it out from the link.
Service snapshot:
Children from families eligible for Family Tax Benefit A may be eligible for up to $1000 of free dental over a 2-calendar year period.
Not eligible for Family Tax Benefit A? Your child can be seen in the clinic for an examination/clean/scale/fluoride at the heavily discounted price of $99
For any queries about the dental service you will be able to contact them direct 9369 9893
A tray will be available at the main office for return forms and the Dental service will pick them up from our school and liaise direct with parents.
Young Women’s Leadership Program
The last round for 2018 is happening and we are calling for applications. This is for young women looking to build leadership skills, meet likeminded peers, talk about women’s issues and learn how to leap over barriers to achieving goals.
This is an accelerated program from October 1st-3rd, during the school holidays from 9am-4pm. Delivered by MYS and SECL at the Oakleigh Seminar & Training Centre, Oakleigh.
This program is FREE. For enquiries or bookings call MYS on 9518 3900. Limited places, bookings essential.
This program is proudly supported by the VicHealth Bright Futures funding.
Dee Kearsley
Welfare
Dee Kearsley
MUISC NEWS
SPRING CONCERT 2018
Last night, the 2018 Spring Concert was held in the College Theatre showcasing the work of the more senior performance groups of the instrumental music program. The HSC Orchestra, Chamber Strings, Highvale Harmonix, Stage Band, Sticks tricks as well as the Flute Choir, Brass, Saxophone & Clarinet Ensembles and VCE solo performance students all presented on the evening. They performed musical items ranging from classical guitar works to big musical numbers from shows such as ‘Wicked’, which was performed by our 72 piece orchestra.
Congratulations to all the student performers involved.
Anne Linton
Director of Music
The high standard of performances were a direct result of the hard work and effort of both our student musicians and instrumental music staff.
A big thank you to our instrumental music staff and the students and staff of our stage crew, who did such a wonderful job.
STAFF
Audio Technician: Mr. Chris Mitchell Visual Technician: Mr. Harrie Kingston Back Stage Management: Mrs. Dee Kearsley and Mrs. Gay Thorpe Instrumental Music staff: STRINGS: Mrs. Janet Govan (HSC Orchestra/Chamber Strings/), Mrs. Lynn Chew (strings), MR. Daniel Beng, Mrs, Yin Lam WOODWIND: Mrs. Suzi Reid (Stage Band/ HSC Orchestra), Mrs. Lisa Gaudion (Flute Ensemble) PERCUSSION: Mr. Nick Milosevic (Stick Tricks) BRASS: Mr. Jim McGuffie STAGE CREW: Charlie Burbidge, Jaxon Campbell, Ashton Campbell, Nadia Khan, Daniel Khan & Michael Wu.
Our junior performers will have an opportunity in Term 4 to present their work at the Junior Concert on November 16th. The concert will involve the String Orchestra, Rhythm Riders, Junior Stage Band and Highvale Harmonix.
CHAMBER STRINGS RETURN TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE
Once again the Chamber Strings group, Directed by Mrs. Janet Govan, has been invited back to Government House to perform for the Victorian Multicultural Awards for Excellence. The Chamber Strings have been invited to perform at Government House next week, on the evening of September 12th. This will be their 6th performance at Government House over the last 3 years. A testament to the high standard of their performance.
REHEARSAL CHANGE FOR NEXT WEEK.
There will be no rehearsal for HSC Orchestra next week (Sept 12th). Rehearsals will resume the following Wednesday afternoon Sept 19th in the theatre.
Mrs. Anne Linton - Director of Music
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 [email protected] to enquire about how you can get involved.
Kellie Egan Tutoring Coordinator
COMMUNITY NEWS
Protecting Children from Abuse: For Parents and Carers
保护儿童免遭虐待： 父母和照顾者须知
Bảo vệ Trẻ em khỏi bị Ngược đãi: Dành cho Cha mẹ và Người chăm sóc
학대로부터 어린이 보호하기: 부모와 보호자를 위한 정보
Çocukları Tacizden Korumak: Anababalar ve Bakıcılar İçin
Dear parents,
As adults we play a critical role in protecting children from harm. The following link provides you detailed information.
For English version, please click the following website,
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/about/programs/health/protect/ChildSafeStandard5_ParentsProtecting.pdf
For other languages, please click the following website,
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/health/protect/Pages/translations.aspx
Highvale Secondary College "Making a difference"
Highvale Secondary College Capital Ave, Glen Waverley Melbourne, Victoria, 3150
Phone: (03) 9803 5144 Facsimile: 9803 4310
Email: [email protected]
School Website: www.highvalesc.vic.edu.au
