The annual Winter Concert showcased the extraordinary efforts, passions and talents of Haileybury’s music students and staff.
One of the great advantages of Haileybury’s one school model is the capacity to give students choice and breadth of opportunity as they try different things and, hopefully, follow a passion.
Last week, this was very evident in the glorious Annual Winter Music Concert held in Aikman Hall in front of a large and appreciative audience.
Attending co-curricular events in music, the creative arts, drama and sport has been one of the joys of ‘COVID normal’ operations.
The Winter Concert featured more than 200 students in the Symphony Orchestra, three different singing groups, the Senior Guitar Ensemble, Senior Brass Ensemble, Stage Band, String Orchestra, Senior Percussion Ensemble and Wind Symphony. The works covered music from the 1800s through to the present day.
There were two thoughts that came to me as I listened to Haileybury’s talented musicians, who were well led by the brilliant music teaching team.
First was the wonderful collaboration and teamwork required for each of the groups and ensembles to perform to such a high level. Music is indeed the epitome of collective endeavour, producing something better than the sum of its parts.
My second thought was acknowledging the extraordinary effort that the students and their music teachers have made over the past two-and-a-half years to keep the musical development of each student progressing through ongoing lockdowns and government imposed restrictions. This required innovation, passion, skill and resilience.
It was a wonderful night. I congratulate all students and staff who were involved and encourage all Haileybury’s young musicians to continue their hard work.
Derek Scott
CEO | Principal
When something goes wrong in your day, how do you react? When someone does something that upsets you, what do you say? If something doesn’t go according to plan at work, how do you feel and how do you manage those feelings?
As adults, most of us have learned how to recognise our emotions and we’ve developed strategies to handle anger, frustration, resentment, fear or sadness. We might go for a walk, talk to a friend or have some quiet time.
Helping children to pay attention to their feelings, to recognise feelings, and to find ways to process them is important and parents play a key role in this, says Maria Bailey, Haileybury Director of Counselling Services.
“Younger children can experience strong emotions – either positive or negative – and it’s important that they learn to manage and tolerate those emotions,” says Maria.
“Parents can help children tune in to their feelings, pause, express emotions appropriately with their own behaviours and build skills to work through them.”
Diane Furusho, Haileybury’s Deputy Principal (Student Wellbeing, Respectful Relationships & Consent), says many schools, like Haileybury, adopt a traffic light system to help younger children manage their emotions.
“As children become agitated, they learn that they are going from green to yellow and they recognise that means they are starting to feel that someone inside isn’t quite right. Those feelings come before they enter the red zone and lose self-control,” says Diane.
“Emotions are helpful and normal and it’s important that children realise emotions are OK. They are part of growing up and unless we experience negative emotions like sadness and frustration, we will never know what happy feels like. Parents can support children as they learn about emotions and how to manage them.”
So, what can parents do to help children recognise and regulate their emotions?
Here are ten things you can do.
A strong focus on academics within the classroom is carefully paired with our Curious Minds program that brings opportunities for students to be involved in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and LEAP (Literature, Enterprise, Arts and Politics). In combination, these activities allow students to broaden their critical thinking and creativity.
Monday, 6 June, marked the start of LEAP Week with many activities and clubs open for our students, like debating, public speaking, Art Works, Drama Club, Library Trivia, Future Problem Solving, $20 Boss and Model United Nations to name a few.
This week celebrates Languages at Castlefield with students immersed in cultural quizzes, trivia contests, calligraphy lessons, designing travel posters, origami sessions and Education Perfect competitions with our fabulous LOTE teachers.
Zoom conversations with students in Japan, writing pen pal letters, a Taiko drumming performance and international food being served at the canteen are also part of the week-long event. Our students are certainly going to have a wonderful week of cultural engagement.
Linking children’s curiosity beyond the classroom lends itself to more complex engagement and deepens the kind of learning that can be transformative.
Reception children recently took part in a Wild Action incursion that grew their understanding and knowledge about the native Australian animals they have been exploring in their classrooms. The children enjoyed the hands-on opportunity to hear about and hold a variety of native animals.
A highlight was seeing a real echidna and koala — gawarn and gurborra in Boonwurrung language and also the names of the Reception classes.
Pre-Preps have ventured out and about, exploring plants, bark and insects and being aware of what is under foot, and so, treading gently. The children walked with care, using their senses as they considered road safety along the way.
Hampton Beach Patrol visited ELC to talk about the importance of picking up rubbish and disposing of it correctly. The children enthusiastically walked around the Haileybury grounds collecting rubbish, discussing the different types of rubbish they found and how they could try to stop rubbish from ending up on the land.
It’s been great to return to our normal program this year with events like the House Cross Country that was held in tough conditions. Students took to the soggy course but House spirit was high as runners rounded the bend into the home stretch. Russell House were the victors.
Students and staff certainly relished wearing their dressing gowns and Ugg boots on one of the coldest days of the year! Thank you to our community for their generous donations that have gone to St Kilda Mums to support families in need.
On Monday, 30 May, a team of Year 4 students took part in the Just Dance competition. Organised by Adrian Lam, Middle School Science teacher and STEM Coordinator, the esports event connected Year 4 students from across Australia. Our team had a great day competing.
“We performed twenty dances over the day and finished the competition in third place!”Emmanuel Gioutlou
In Term 3, assemblies will occur on the following dates:
Within our 'culture of learning' at Castlefield, students continually move through the cycle of ‘learning to learn’ by being prepared, ready, engaged and reflective. This allows students to approach assessments, tests and exams with the knowledge that every process and outcome, no matter what the result, is a chance to self-reflect, to have healthy conversations around improvement and to celebrate — the result, their effort or the grit they have demonstrated.
Our Years 7 and 8 students are to be commended for their efforts throughout their exam period. They were delighted to be rewarded with a pizza lunch in the sunshine to celebrate.
The Middle School is abuzz with activities that see our students come together — from House events and challenges to fundraising BBQs, incursions, Creative Arts nights and the sport program. So, while the young members of Haileybury Castlefield are learning to learn, they are also learning invaluable life skills of collaboration, communication and connecting with each other.
Katrina Manson
Head of Castlefield (Brighton)
Last Monday, the HPFC held their General Meeting which was well attended. Thank you to the parents who joined us and provided fabulous ideas we can organise this year. We look forward to showcasing several events in the coming months.
Ian Green
President, Haileybury Parents & Friends Castlefield
Our Senior, Primary and Middle Schools recently celebrated their students’ artwork with exhibitions where students could reflect on their own work and see the creative talents of their classmates.
More than 100 artworks were produced, including paintings, drawings, photographs, ceramics and sculptures.
“Having the opportunity to display their artwork for their peers and teachers in a gallery style setting gives students an opportunity to take pride in the art they have created while in school.”Head of Studio Art, Francis Ge
After completing their final examinations, Year 12 students enjoyed farewell activities including the Year 12 Graduation Ball and the VCE Graduation Ceremony.
The Year 12 Graduation Ball brought students and staff together in the Nicholas Dwyer Courtyard where they celebrated and exchanged their memories of the year.
The Ball was a spectacular event organised by the school student leaders — complete with a red carpet for staff and students to walk along dressed in their beautiful attire. Later in the evening, there was plenty of dancing and many photos were taken.
The next morning, the 2022 Graduation Ceremony and Lunch took place to farewell our 105 graduates. The graduating students, Senior School staff, school leaders and the Years 9–11 students were joined by the graduate students’ parents and the wider community who celebrated this special occasion via live video stream. With confidence and smiles, the Year 12 students now embark on a new journey in a bigger world.
Executive Principal, Peter Rogerson, congratulated the graduates and spoke about how they would now enter a global Haileybury community where graduates share core values, such as striving for excellence, social justice and having an international outlook.
He encouraged graduates not to forget that as graduates from China, they hold an extra special mission which is to contribute their wisdom to share in building a better world.
Haileybury CEO | Principal, Derek Scott, sent a special video message that recognised the achievements of each graduate and of the teaching staff. Russell Davidson, President of the Old Haileyburian Association (OHA), also sent a video message of congratulations and welcomed each graduate to the OHA.
Many staff spoke about the growth they had witnessed in the graduates over the past three years and how they hoped each graduate will embrace life with passion and will experience everything this magnificent world has to offer.
At the courtyard lunch, graduates were again encouraged to live life to the fullest, to never forget their roots, and to find inspiration in everything they encounter as they explore the wider world.
Congratulations to our Haileybury 2022 graduates!
Yanni Galanis
International Principal, Haileybury International School, Tianjin
What an exciting night we had with popping balloons, splashes and magenta everywhere! Our City community — minus those with sick children or hit by the nasty flu themselves — enjoyed the fun that began with a magenta cocktail served by James Bond and ended with the pop of balloons to reveal hidden winning tickets.
I thank all our HPF City members who planned, organised, decorated, donated and partied the night away. Who will ever forget the auctioneer and his banter? We look forward to the next HPF event as we celebrate our 130th year of Haileybury in 2022.
In the busy Haileybury calendar, we slot in special weeks to focus on the many opportunities available at our School. LEAP Week provides many wonderful experiences, events and activities for the mind, body and soul and brings together Literature, Enterprise, Arts and Politics.
In their Thrive classes, our Middle School students collaborated to design some very creative hats, fascinators, crowns and other headwear for their Mad Hatter Parade. We loved watching the learning process unfold in the group as they used everyone’s ideas and skills. These enterprise skills are transferable in every role and job and I thank Kelsey Collins, our City LEAP Coordinator, for leading LEAP week.
In recent weeks, children in Reception have enjoyed regular cooking opportunities. Most recently, our embedded Indigenous perspectives saw children making saltbush soda bread from our very own saltbush plants.
Cooking provides rich opportunities for children to connect with culture and to experience hands-on mathematical and literacy concepts. Families are encouraged to send in any special family recipes they would like to share with the ELC and we look forward to welcoming families to join future cooking experiences.
As we continue to explore how to care for ourselves and each other, children in Pre-Prep have shown a keen interest in the important role people in the medical profession play in caring for people. The Pre-Prep room now has a doctor’s surgery complete with two patient beds, stethoscopes and all the equipment needed to diagnose and help patients feel better.
We also welcomed parents, Dr Diane Hanna and Dr Bambie Lee, who came to speak with the children in Pre-Prep. Dr Hanna talked about her important role as a medical specialist working with children and Dr Lee talked about what to expect when visiting the doctor and the ways in which doctors help people.
Dr Hanna and Dr Lee are just two of the amazing mums in the ELC who work in the medical profession and the Pre-Prep room and entire ELC thank them for everything they do each and every day to care for others.
Our Junior School students couldn’t wait for the new play equipment on Level 3 to be unveiled. They and the Junior School staff are grateful for the new equipment which includes a ‘Masterchef’ kitchen, a shop front and a kinetic sand play area.
Our students gathered together for the official unveiling and we explored how the equipment can be used. Students were excited to use the play equipment for the first time and we thank our HPF members for raising funds to purchase these items and are reminded of how grateful we are to be at Haileybury City.
Thousands of students around Australia gathered at their schools to participate in National Simultaneous Storytime. This year, children’s laureate, Gabrielle Wang, read Family Tree written by Josh Pyke and illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh.
Our Pre-Prep to Year 4 students listened intently to the story in our library space and then moved to watch Year 4 students perform the book. Led by teachers Allie Kuhne and Philippa Bell, our Year 4 students put on a fantastic show as they dramatised and narrated the story. The audience even called for an encore! It was a fantastic celebration of reading and performing arts.
Our Junior School students immersed themselves in a number of learning experiences linked to National Reconciliation Week’s 2022 theme, Be Brave. Make Change.
As well as classroom activities and stories, our Year 4 Social Justice and Arts Captains teamed up to run a First Nations artwork session for students at lunch time. Over 50 students took part and sharpened their dotting skills using the outline of a kangaroo. It was a wonderful example of our leaders being Outward Looking and Future Focused.
Congratulations to our Middle School students for seamlessly managing their academic studies, while also being active members of the Haileybury community. It has been wonderful to walk around the campus after school each day and see students embracing the many extra-curricular programs on offer.
We look forward to enjoying the musical talents of our Middle School at the upcoming Middle School Music Concert at Keysborough campus on Wednesday, 15 June.
On Tuesday, 7 June, our Years 7 and 8 students participated in the Middle School House Cross Country Championships at Aberfeldie Park. Each year level ran the same distance around the course and were encouraged to focus on their own personal achievements. A great day was had by all.
Thank you to House Co-Conveners, Rachael Quirk and Caitlin Rosewarne, for putting on such a successful event. Our Years 5 and 6 students will take part in a cross-campus Cross Country event in Term 3.
In Week 7, we were delighted to celebrate LEAP Week. Throughout the week, Middle School students enjoyed activities and initiatives focused on Literature, Enterprise, Arts and Politics (LEAP). Students took part in a Photography Competition, Library Challenge, Mad Hatter Parade, created art works and there was also a sausage sizzle. It was lovely to see students engaging with LEAP subjects and we would like to extend our thanks to LEAP Co-ordinator, Kelsey Collins, for her hard work and organisation.
Caroline Merrick
Head of City
Winter has certainly arrived but we hope you have all enjoyed your long weekend.
The final tally for our HPFC Cocktail Party auction items is in and we raised $7,880 from our live and silent auctions. Thank you to those families who donated to the auction with a big shout out to the Garofalo family for their support.
Equally, we also thank all the Haileybury families and businesses who donated auction, lucky door and balloon pop items. We look forward to supporting the purchase of gym equipment that will benefit all children as they embrace a healthy and active lifestyle.
Without the amazing support of HPF City members Michelle White, Vicki Huang, Melissa Tolani, Bryce Binnie and Joel and Sarah Hitt the event would not have happened. Thank you all for donating your time and incredible skills.
We also thank Julianne Brabant, Gabe Di Martino, Teni, and David and Chris from the Facilities team who helped make the event space a true Magenta Club. We also acknowledge the tireless work and assistance of Caroline Merrick and her Executive team at City. Thank you for helping to create a great night and roll on the 2023 Cocktail Party!
We also introduced our HPF City scholarship on the night of the cocktail party and you can head to the Haileybury Foundation’s web page to discover more information on how to help support a student who otherwise would not have access to the academic and social opportunities that our students are fortunate to have. Below is a link where you can donate.
As we near the end of term, we encourage our social representatives to think about coordinating an event for early Term 3. It would be great to have some class events and photos to share in this space.
We also look forward to our Second-Hand Uniform Shop that will run at the end of term on Friday, 17 June. Enjoy your winter school holidays and stay safe and well with your families.
Best wishes,
Nina Brooks & Nadine Bissland
Co-Presidents, HPF City
I am delighted to announce that the roof covering two tennis courts has been completed. This gives us an additional undercover area for PE classes and for recess and lunchtime activities. We will also use this space for events and interschool sport matches. The courts will be resurfaced in September, once the weather improves.
We are also very fortunate to have the Pavilion and Main Oval at the Berwick campus — the Main Oval is the size of the MCG. This means that 1st sporting teams can compete at Berwick and we recently held the 1st Football match between Haileybury and Geelong College. The facilities were enjoyed by all.
Lincoln Hilton, Director of Pipes & Drums, recently spoke to all Middle School students about joining the Pipes & Drums. Haileybury has a very strong team that competes nationally and internationally and students in Years 5 to 8 are encouraged to join.
A Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) is a document created by every Early Childhood Centre in Australia to help them self-reflect on the quality of education and care being given, and set clear goals and targets to achieve improvement.
The QIP is divided into seven Quality Areas:
Every member of the ELC staff contributes to this document on a regular basis as we continuously look to improve our practice and care.
Our QIP is in the ELC foyer with more information on the plan and we encourage families to share any feedback on any of the above quality areas. You can place your feedback in the box in the main ELC foyer or by completing this form.
Children are also an important part of this process and we regularly look for their feedback and input.
Students in Year 3 were recently learning about 2D and 3D shapes and their nets. Students were asked to use hands-on equipment to create 2D shapes and then used their 2D shapes to create a net before converting that into a 3D shape. They loved this activity!
As part of their science unit, our Year 1 students have been looking at the life cycle of animals. They have specifically looked at the life cycle of chickens and hatched baby chicks in their classroom. There has been a lot of learning — and a lot of cuddles.
The Middle School is looking forward to celebrating Languages Week next week and plenty of activities have been organised. These include cultural dancing, Japanese Taiko drumming, Bento Boxes, pain au chocolat croissants and a language assembly.
A big thank you to our language staff for organising such a fantastic week.
The Phillip Island camp was a wonderful opportunity for the boys to bond over three days and it was fabulous to see them relishing the challenges presented to them. We are especially proud of the way they conducted themselves and the way in which they supported each other throughout the camp. They will have some great memories of their experiences and look back very fondly on their time at Phillip Island.
Once again, Edrington Middle School has supported the local Salvation Army. Throughout the day on Monday, 30 May, some of our Year 7 students were in Main Street, Berwick collecting donations on behalf of the Salvation Army. This was a wonderful opportunity for our students to gain some insight into the role of the Salvation Army and to give their time to support such a worthy cause.
Jeanette Rawlings
Head of Edrington (Berwick)
It’s been a busy term for the HPFE! We’ve had our amazing Winter Warmers and we met with the leaders of Haileybury community groups to float ideas for future events.
We are also working on setting up some Saturday Sport pop up breakfast BBQs! We will post more to the calendar and socials soon.
As always, the Uniform Shop is open every Wednesday morning from 8.15 am – 10.30 am for all your uniform requirements! If you have any specific requests, email Di at shus-berwick@haileybury.vic.edu.au.
Kerry Ilic
HPFE President
This term we have a wonderful group of Years 7 and 8 Middle School students who have volunteered to spend time in the Junior School Playground during lunchtimes. They will help facilitate play-based learning for our younger students in Prep and Years 1 and 2.
Play-based learning is, essentially, learning while playing.
Tarryn Godfrey, School Psychologist, and Paul Dooley, Head of Junior School, held an information session with the volunteers to outline ways in which they can help Junior School students develop cooperative play skills.
Our Middle School students are joining in with games, assisting in the sandpit and playing with the younger students on the playground equipment. While playing, the older students will be encouraged to talk through scenarios with the younger children to help them make good decisions and to model expected behaviour during games.
Younger students have loved having the older students in the playground and we are already seeing the benefits in terms of how Junior School students are interacting with each other.
The Newlands Music Concert will be held on Monday, 20 June, at 6:30 pm in the Aikman Hall, Senior School. The concert will feature performances from the Newlands Chamber Strings, Concert Band, Newlands Singers and smaller ensembles. Newlands Scrolls & Voicebox — our Junior School large ensembles — will also be performing.
There will be complimentary refreshments for families from 6:00 pm, served in the Senior School quadrangle. The Newlands Jazz Combos and Newlands Piano Trio will provide some pre-concert music.
Family and friends are warmly invited to attend. Our young musicians always appreciate your presence and support for their performances.
This concert is not a ticketed event.
Haileybury Educators lead the way within the early childhood sector by delivering a high-quality curriculum within a play-based program.
In October this year, Lisa Christopher, Head of Newlands ELC, Amanda Simon, Deputy Head of Newlands ELC, and Sakan Pyseth, Lead Educator, will present a paper at the national Early Childhood Australia conference in Canberra. The conference theme is Passion to power: Our future profession.
The paper to be presented by Newlands ELC represents work that educators have done in ‘Introducing an Anti-Bias Curriculum’ and explores the refinement of an anti-bias approach to education within the ELC. It highlights the journey of discovery as staff read, discussed and critically reflected on attitudes towards diversity and difference and considered multiple perspectives.
This work culminated in a re-creation of the Centre so it reflected more meaningfully the multicultural, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and LGBTQIA+ members of our community, so children feel confident and comfortable in their interactions with all people.
Over recent months, the ELC has audited teaching resources and books and the indoor and outdoor learning environments and spaces to embrace and embed different cultures and communities and to challenge biased and discriminatory viewpoints.
The journey that educators have been on has led them to deeply explore ethics and children’s rights. Our educators believe that every act has an impact and positive acts can create a ripple effect, spreading positivity within the community.
During Reconciliation Week, our Year 4 students visited Worawa Aboriginal College to take part in a Sports Reconciliation Carnival. The day started with a traditional smoking ceremony and Welcome to Country. The students then participated in cultural activities, such as creating stories through the painting of symbols, Aboriginal dance, Indigenous games and face painting.
The Year 4s also enjoyed netball, football and basketball clinics run by representatives of the AFL, Melbourne Vixens and South East Melbourne Phoenix.
Three students from Worawa designed Indigenous art works that were printed on netballs, basketballs and footballs to be sold to the public, and each student was presented with one of the Indigenous footballs as a memento of the day.
It was an amazing experience for the students and the learnings about Indigenous culture were invaluable.
Our Prep students participated in an incursion presented by The Drama Toolbox. The Minibeast-themed incursion explored an imaginary garden with students learning about food sources, camouflage, protective behaviours, predators and prey. The incursion links to our Term 2 science focus on Minibeasts.
It has been two years since Newlands campus celebrated Languages Week. This year we are excited to offer an array of activities —from Japanese Taiko drumming workshops to Chinese Lion Dance workshops.
All our Newlands students will have a chance to celebrate Languages Week in a special way and we hope everyone will enjoy the week as we celebrate world languages and diversity at Newlands campus.
The poster below was one of the winning posters from the Poster Design Competition designed by Nathan Dang, Ethan Pong and Justin Ung from Year 6.
We are so proud to have Anay Ashwin (Year 7) and Grace Van Haaster (Year 9) representing Australia at the Future Problem Solving International Competition at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Anay is the Australian Junior Global International Problem Solving Champion in the Individual category and will be competing in the Global Issues Problem Solving Individual competition.
Grace is the Australian Middle Division Champion in Scenario Writing. She will compete in the Scenario Writing category at the Internationals.
We look forward to hearing about their experiences.
Talented golfer, Rehan Pervaiz (Year 7) has been invited to a series of prestigious international golf tournaments in July. He will play in the Boys 11 – 12 category.
Rehan will play at the: Future Champions Golf 15th FCG International Championship in San Diego from Monday, 4 July, to Wednesday, 6 July, and the IMG Junior World Championship in Torrey Pines, California from Tuesday, 12 July, to Friday, 15 July.
Rehan then heads to Palm Springs, California from Monday, 18 July, until Wednesday, 20 July, to compete in the Callaway Junior World Championship.
All these tournaments are invitation only and around 1,000 to 1,500 players from 50 to 60 countries take part. The IMG Junior World Golf Championship and Callaway Junior Championship are now the largest international events in the world.
We wish Rehan every success.
Jane Gibbs
Head of Newlands (Keysborough)
Our HPFK Uniform Shop opening times for the remainder of Term 2 are:
Friday, 17 June: 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm
Saturday, 18 June: 9.00 am – 12.00 noon
Friday, 24 June: 2.30 – 4.30 pm
This year our target is to reach 1,000 Haileybury HPFK Facebook Group members. If you would like to connect with our community, please join our Facebook page.
If you have any queries or would like to contact the HPFK, please email: HPFK@haileybury.vic.edu.au
Lenice Norris
President, Haileybury Parents & Friends Keysborough
Rufi Zimbudzi (OH 2021) is centre stage at Melbourne Recital Centre for the Top Acts 2022 concert. She pauses, looks out to the audience and reprises the soulful tune and lyric from Sam Cooke’s 1963 classic, A Change is Gonna Come.
Her voice reverberates with the promise and challenge of the song. As she sings the last line, Rufi is met with silence. The audience is spellbound. It’s a perfect, suspended moment of theatrical magic. It’s the kind of silence that’s rare… except during Rufi’s solo that poignant silence happens twice.
When Rufi performs at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Playhouse Theatre for the Top Class Concert, the audience is also silent before hundreds of students and teachers break into applause.
In just seven minutes, Rufi brings to life the story of Ida B Wells, an incredible African American journalist, educator and activist. Born into slavery and emancipated after the Civil War, Ida dedicated her life to exposing the lynchings happening in the Southern States and advocating for civil rights and the women’s movement.
Rufi’s performance is a masterclass in the transformational theatre that VCE drama aspires to. With just a gilded portrait frame as a prop, Rufi sings, raps, and presents her research in an innovate and poignant way.
Her performance examination was selected for the final evening of the VCE Season of Excellence—Top Acts. The prestigious event celebrates the top music, drama, dance and theatre studies examination pieces.
This year, Haileybury was also represented by Freya Stills-Blott (Year 12) and her exceptional dance performance.
Freya’s infectious energy and hip-hop routine immediately captured the imagination of the audience. The cheers were spontaneous and she owned the stage. Freya’s was the first Hip-Hop performance at Top Acts since its inception—an incredible achievement from an outstanding student.
Haileybury was the only school with two performers selected in Top Acts, which illustrates that the school’s performing arts culture is alive and thriving.
Nick Waxman
Head of Drama and Theatre Studies
On a bitterly blustery Thursday night, the 2022 Senior School Annual Concert for Semester One took place in Aikman Hall. However, the weather didn’t deter our dedicated audience who braved the cold to hear an outstanding and diverse program.
The Senior School large ensemble concert included performances from the Symphony Orchestra, Senior Percussion Ensemble, Senior Brass Ensemble, Haileybury Singers, String Orchestra, Senior Guitar Ensemble, Viva Voce, Stage Band, Contemporary Singers and Wind Symphony. More than 250 students performed during the 90-minute event.
Grand scale concert events like our Annual Concert are only possible with plenty of participants and a significant talent pool. With over 65 specialist instrumental music tutors and more than 800 students receiving an instrumental music lesson every week, Haileybury’s Music Department has depth, diversity and expertise that cannot be delivered in smaller schools.
Thank you to our wonderful students, music families, staff and audience for your dedication in supporting the Performing Arts. As Aristotle wrote of music specifically: “It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything; it is the essence of order and lends to all that is good, just and beautiful”.
Rod Marshall
Director of Performing Arts & Head of Haileybury Music
During last semester, the Units 1 and 2 Media students have been learning how to ‘swede’. The term was made famous by the 2008 film, Be Kind Rewind, directed by Michel Gondry and starring Jack Black. In the film, after accidentally erasing all their VHS tapes, two video store owners attempt to recreate the films they’ve lost by ‘sweding’, using available random props and actors.
The Media students were asked to do this with a film scene of their choice. They analysed the scene in class to recreate it as closely as possible, using their creative flair. Some students substituted LEGO to represent spaceships or used their televisions to create backdrops and recreated scenes from films such as The Karate Kid, Interstellar and The Social Network.
After filming their scene, students worked through the editing process, used feedback to re-edit and then recreated their final sequence to mirror the original scene. The results were
highly successful, with the groups mirroring the scene that inspired them through performance, timing, framing and editing. This helped build sophisticated Media production skills and techniques that will be useful for Unit 2.
Rachelle Rae
Head of Visual Arts Senior School
During the first weekend in June, the Pipes & Drums students from our B Band travelled to Mount Evelyn to take part in a two-day ensemble music camp. The aim of the camp was to sharpen their skills ready for the Australian Championships in October.
Students arrived at Oasis Camp on Friday afternoon and spent the following two days attending rehearsals, playing games and enjoying the incredible food. Saturday rehearsals finished with a mini concert and competition led by the student groups and were followed by individual solos with students performing pieces from their competition repertoire.
The competition was decided on a tie-break with a P&D quiz where Group B, led by piper Charlie Bell (Year 10), achieved victory at this year's Camp Royal!
‘Smiles all round’ is an excellent phrase to sum up the success of the musical weekend. The camp was very productive, it was plenty of fun and new friendships were born. We look forward to doing the same camp with our A Band in August.
Lincoln Hilton
Director, Pipes & Drums
Nominations are now open for the Outstanding Young Alumni Awards. The awards will be presented each year to a number of alumni across five fields of expertise: Arts, Business, Sport, STEM and Community.
Nominees must have graduated from Haileybury within the past 12 years and have made significant achievements in their field of endeavour either locally, nationally or internationally. They should exemplify the very best attributes of young people in today’s world.
They must also have exceptional and inspirational human values and will have provided excellent and sustained service to the OHA or its alumni community.
Nominations can be submitted via the OHA Website and must be received by Friday, 15 July 2022 via the button below.
Hear more about last year’s amazing award winners:
Kylie Phillips
Development Office Operations Lead
One of the great advantages of Haileybury’s one school model is the capacity to give students choice and breadth of opportunity as they try different things and, hopefully, follow a passion.
Last week, this was very evident in the glorious Annual Winter Music Concert held in Aikman Hall in front of a large and appreciative audience.
Attending co-curricular events in music, the creative arts, drama and sport has been one of the joys of ‘COVID normal’ operations.
The Winter Concert featured more than 200 students in the Symphony Orchestra, three different singing groups, the Senior Guitar Ensemble, Senior Brass Ensemble, Stage Band, String Orchestra, Senior Percussion Ensemble and Wind Symphony. The works covered music from the 1800s through to the present day.
There were two thoughts that came to me as I listened to Haileybury’s talented musicians, who were well led by the brilliant music teaching team.
First was the wonderful collaboration and teamwork required for each of the groups and ensembles to perform to such a high level. Music is indeed the epitome of collective endeavour, producing something better than the sum of its parts.
My second thought was acknowledging the extraordinary effort that the students and their music teachers have made over the past two-and-a-half years to keep the musical development of each student progressing through ongoing lockdowns and government imposed restrictions. This required innovation, passion, skill and resilience.
It was a wonderful night. I congratulate all students and staff who were involved and encourage all Haileybury’s young musicians to continue their hard work.
Derek Scott
CEO | Principal
When something goes wrong in your day, how do you react? When someone does something that upsets you, what do you say? If something doesn’t go according to plan at work, how do you feel and how do you manage those feelings?
As adults, most of us have learned how to recognise our emotions and we’ve developed strategies to handle anger, frustration, resentment, fear or sadness. We might go for a walk, talk to a friend or have some quiet time.
Helping children to pay attention to their feelings, to recognise feelings, and to find ways to process them is important and parents play a key role in this, says Maria Bailey, Haileybury Director of Counselling Services.
“Younger children can experience strong emotions – either positive or negative – and it’s important that they learn to manage and tolerate those emotions,” says Maria.
“Parents can help children tune in to their feelings, pause, express emotions appropriately with their own behaviours and build skills to work through them.”
Diane Furusho, Haileybury’s Deputy Principal (Student Wellbeing, Respectful Relationships & Consent), says many schools, like Haileybury, adopt a traffic light system to help younger children manage their emotions.
“As children become agitated, they learn that they are going from green to yellow and they recognise that means they are starting to feel that someone inside isn’t quite right. Those feelings come before they enter the red zone and lose self-control,” says Diane.
“Emotions are helpful and normal and it’s important that children realise emotions are OK. They are part of growing up and unless we experience negative emotions like sadness and frustration, we will never know what happy feels like. Parents can support children as they learn about emotions and how to manage them.”
So, what can parents do to help children recognise and regulate their emotions?
Here are ten things you can do.
A strong focus on academics within the classroom is carefully paired with our Curious Minds program that brings opportunities for students to be involved in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and LEAP (Literature, Enterprise, Arts and Politics). In combination, these activities allow students to broaden their critical thinking and creativity.
Monday, 6 June, marked the start of LEAP Week with many activities and clubs open for our students, like debating, public speaking, Art Works, Drama Club, Library Trivia, Future Problem Solving, $20 Boss and Model United Nations to name a few.
This week celebrates Languages at Castlefield with students immersed in cultural quizzes, trivia contests, calligraphy lessons, designing travel posters, origami sessions and Education Perfect competitions with our fabulous LOTE teachers.
Zoom conversations with students in Japan, writing pen pal letters, a Taiko drumming performance and international food being served at the canteen are also part of the week-long event. Our students are certainly going to have a wonderful week of cultural engagement.
Linking children’s curiosity beyond the classroom lends itself to more complex engagement and deepens the kind of learning that can be transformative.
Reception children recently took part in a Wild Action incursion that grew their understanding and knowledge about the native Australian animals they have been exploring in their classrooms. The children enjoyed the hands-on opportunity to hear about and hold a variety of native animals.
A highlight was seeing a real echidna and koala — gawarn and gurborra in Boonwurrung language and also the names of the Reception classes.
Pre-Preps have ventured out and about, exploring plants, bark and insects and being aware of what is under foot, and so, treading gently. The children walked with care, using their senses as they considered road safety along the way.
Hampton Beach Patrol visited ELC to talk about the importance of picking up rubbish and disposing of it correctly. The children enthusiastically walked around the Haileybury grounds collecting rubbish, discussing the different types of rubbish they found and how they could try to stop rubbish from ending up on the land.
It’s been great to return to our normal program this year with events like the House Cross Country that was held in tough conditions. Students took to the soggy course but House spirit was high as runners rounded the bend into the home stretch. Russell House were the victors.
Students and staff certainly relished wearing their dressing gowns and Ugg boots on one of the coldest days of the year! Thank you to our community for their generous donations that have gone to St Kilda Mums to support families in need.
On Monday, 30 May, a team of Year 4 students took part in the Just Dance competition. Organised by Adrian Lam, Middle School Science teacher and STEM Coordinator, the esports event connected Year 4 students from across Australia. Our team had a great day competing.
“We performed twenty dances over the day and finished the competition in third place!”Emmanuel Gioutlou
In Term 3, assemblies will occur on the following dates:
Within our 'culture of learning' at Castlefield, students continually move through the cycle of ‘learning to learn’ by being prepared, ready, engaged and reflective. This allows students to approach assessments, tests and exams with the knowledge that every process and outcome, no matter what the result, is a chance to self-reflect, to have healthy conversations around improvement and to celebrate — the result, their effort or the grit they have demonstrated.
Our Years 7 and 8 students are to be commended for their efforts throughout their exam period. They were delighted to be rewarded with a pizza lunch in the sunshine to celebrate.
The Middle School is abuzz with activities that see our students come together — from House events and challenges to fundraising BBQs, incursions, Creative Arts nights and the sport program. So, while the young members of Haileybury Castlefield are learning to learn, they are also learning invaluable life skills of collaboration, communication and connecting with each other.
Katrina Manson
Head of Castlefield (Brighton)
Last Monday, the HPFC held their General Meeting which was well attended. Thank you to the parents who joined us and provided fabulous ideas we can organise this year. We look forward to showcasing several events in the coming months.
Ian Green
President, Haileybury Parents & Friends Castlefield
Our Senior, Primary and Middle Schools recently celebrated their students’ artwork with exhibitions where students could reflect on their own work and see the creative talents of their classmates.
More than 100 artworks were produced, including paintings, drawings, photographs, ceramics and sculptures.
“Having the opportunity to display their artwork for their peers and teachers in a gallery style setting gives students an opportunity to take pride in the art they have created while in school.”Head of Studio Art, Francis Ge
After completing their final examinations, Year 12 students enjoyed farewell activities including the Year 12 Graduation Ball and the VCE Graduation Ceremony.
The Year 12 Graduation Ball brought students and staff together in the Nicholas Dwyer Courtyard where they celebrated and exchanged their memories of the year.
The Ball was a spectacular event organised by the school student leaders — complete with a red carpet for staff and students to walk along dressed in their beautiful attire. Later in the evening, there was plenty of dancing and many photos were taken.
The next morning, the 2022 Graduation Ceremony and Lunch took place to farewell our 105 graduates. The graduating students, Senior School staff, school leaders and the Years 9–11 students were joined by the graduate students’ parents and the wider community who celebrated this special occasion via live video stream. With confidence and smiles, the Year 12 students now embark on a new journey in a bigger world.
Executive Principal, Peter Rogerson, congratulated the graduates and spoke about how they would now enter a global Haileybury community where graduates share core values, such as striving for excellence, social justice and having an international outlook.
He encouraged graduates not to forget that as graduates from China, they hold an extra special mission which is to contribute their wisdom to share in building a better world.
Haileybury CEO | Principal, Derek Scott, sent a special video message that recognised the achievements of each graduate and of the teaching staff. Russell Davidson, President of the Old Haileyburian Association (OHA), also sent a video message of congratulations and welcomed each graduate to the OHA.
Many staff spoke about the growth they had witnessed in the graduates over the past three years and how they hoped each graduate will embrace life with passion and will experience everything this magnificent world has to offer.
At the courtyard lunch, graduates were again encouraged to live life to the fullest, to never forget their roots, and to find inspiration in everything they encounter as they explore the wider world.
Congratulations to our Haileybury 2022 graduates!
Yanni Galanis
International Principal, Haileybury International School, Tianjin
What an exciting night we had with popping balloons, splashes and magenta everywhere! Our City community — minus those with sick children or hit by the nasty flu themselves — enjoyed the fun that began with a magenta cocktail served by James Bond and ended with the pop of balloons to reveal hidden winning tickets.
I thank all our HPF City members who planned, organised, decorated, donated and partied the night away. Who will ever forget the auctioneer and his banter? We look forward to the next HPF event as we celebrate our 130th year of Haileybury in 2022.
In the busy Haileybury calendar, we slot in special weeks to focus on the many opportunities available at our School. LEAP Week provides many wonderful experiences, events and activities for the mind, body and soul and brings together Literature, Enterprise, Arts and Politics.
In their Thrive classes, our Middle School students collaborated to design some very creative hats, fascinators, crowns and other headwear for their Mad Hatter Parade. We loved watching the learning process unfold in the group as they used everyone’s ideas and skills. These enterprise skills are transferable in every role and job and I thank Kelsey Collins, our City LEAP Coordinator, for leading LEAP week.
In recent weeks, children in Reception have enjoyed regular cooking opportunities. Most recently, our embedded Indigenous perspectives saw children making saltbush soda bread from our very own saltbush plants.
Cooking provides rich opportunities for children to connect with culture and to experience hands-on mathematical and literacy concepts. Families are encouraged to send in any special family recipes they would like to share with the ELC and we look forward to welcoming families to join future cooking experiences.
As we continue to explore how to care for ourselves and each other, children in Pre-Prep have shown a keen interest in the important role people in the medical profession play in caring for people. The Pre-Prep room now has a doctor’s surgery complete with two patient beds, stethoscopes and all the equipment needed to diagnose and help patients feel better.
We also welcomed parents, Dr Diane Hanna and Dr Bambie Lee, who came to speak with the children in Pre-Prep. Dr Hanna talked about her important role as a medical specialist working with children and Dr Lee talked about what to expect when visiting the doctor and the ways in which doctors help people.
Dr Hanna and Dr Lee are just two of the amazing mums in the ELC who work in the medical profession and the Pre-Prep room and entire ELC thank them for everything they do each and every day to care for others.
Our Junior School students couldn’t wait for the new play equipment on Level 3 to be unveiled. They and the Junior School staff are grateful for the new equipment which includes a ‘Masterchef’ kitchen, a shop front and a kinetic sand play area.
Our students gathered together for the official unveiling and we explored how the equipment can be used. Students were excited to use the play equipment for the first time and we thank our HPF members for raising funds to purchase these items and are reminded of how grateful we are to be at Haileybury City.
Thousands of students around Australia gathered at their schools to participate in National Simultaneous Storytime. This year, children’s laureate, Gabrielle Wang, read Family Tree written by Josh Pyke and illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh.
Our Pre-Prep to Year 4 students listened intently to the story in our library space and then moved to watch Year 4 students perform the book. Led by teachers Allie Kuhne and Philippa Bell, our Year 4 students put on a fantastic show as they dramatised and narrated the story. The audience even called for an encore! It was a fantastic celebration of reading and performing arts.
Our Junior School students immersed themselves in a number of learning experiences linked to National Reconciliation Week’s 2022 theme, Be Brave. Make Change.
As well as classroom activities and stories, our Year 4 Social Justice and Arts Captains teamed up to run a First Nations artwork session for students at lunch time. Over 50 students took part and sharpened their dotting skills using the outline of a kangaroo. It was a wonderful example of our leaders being Outward Looking and Future Focused.
Congratulations to our Middle School students for seamlessly managing their academic studies, while also being active members of the Haileybury community. It has been wonderful to walk around the campus after school each day and see students embracing the many extra-curricular programs on offer.
We look forward to enjoying the musical talents of our Middle School at the upcoming Middle School Music Concert at Keysborough campus on Wednesday, 15 June.
On Tuesday, 7 June, our Years 7 and 8 students participated in the Middle School House Cross Country Championships at Aberfeldie Park. Each year level ran the same distance around the course and were encouraged to focus on their own personal achievements. A great day was had by all.
Thank you to House Co-Conveners, Rachael Quirk and Caitlin Rosewarne, for putting on such a successful event. Our Years 5 and 6 students will take part in a cross-campus Cross Country event in Term 3.
In Week 7, we were delighted to celebrate LEAP Week. Throughout the week, Middle School students enjoyed activities and initiatives focused on Literature, Enterprise, Arts and Politics (LEAP). Students took part in a Photography Competition, Library Challenge, Mad Hatter Parade, created art works and there was also a sausage sizzle. It was lovely to see students engaging with LEAP subjects and we would like to extend our thanks to LEAP Co-ordinator, Kelsey Collins, for her hard work and organisation.
Caroline Merrick
Head of City
Winter has certainly arrived but we hope you have all enjoyed your long weekend.
The final tally for our HPFC Cocktail Party auction items is in and we raised $7,880 from our live and silent auctions. Thank you to those families who donated to the auction with a big shout out to the Garofalo family for their support.
Equally, we also thank all the Haileybury families and businesses who donated auction, lucky door and balloon pop items. We look forward to supporting the purchase of gym equipment that will benefit all children as they embrace a healthy and active lifestyle.
Without the amazing support of HPF City members Michelle White, Vicki Huang, Melissa Tolani, Bryce Binnie and Joel and Sarah Hitt the event would not have happened. Thank you all for donating your time and incredible skills.
We also thank Julianne Brabant, Gabe Di Martino, Teni, and David and Chris from the Facilities team who helped make the event space a true Magenta Club. We also acknowledge the tireless work and assistance of Caroline Merrick and her Executive team at City. Thank you for helping to create a great night and roll on the 2023 Cocktail Party!
We also introduced our HPF City scholarship on the night of the cocktail party and you can head to the Haileybury Foundation’s web page to discover more information on how to help support a student who otherwise would not have access to the academic and social opportunities that our students are fortunate to have. Below is a link where you can donate.
As we near the end of term, we encourage our social representatives to think about coordinating an event for early Term 3. It would be great to have some class events and photos to share in this space.
We also look forward to our Second-Hand Uniform Shop that will run at the end of term on Friday, 17 June. Enjoy your winter school holidays and stay safe and well with your families.
Best wishes,
Nina Brooks & Nadine Bissland
Co-Presidents, HPF City
I am delighted to announce that the roof covering two tennis courts has been completed. This gives us an additional undercover area for PE classes and for recess and lunchtime activities. We will also use this space for events and interschool sport matches. The courts will be resurfaced in September, once the weather improves.
We are also very fortunate to have the Pavilion and Main Oval at the Berwick campus — the Main Oval is the size of the MCG. This means that 1st sporting teams can compete at Berwick and we recently held the 1st Football match between Haileybury and Geelong College. The facilities were enjoyed by all.
Lincoln Hilton, Director of Pipes & Drums, recently spoke to all Middle School students about joining the Pipes & Drums. Haileybury has a very strong team that competes nationally and internationally and students in Years 5 to 8 are encouraged to join.
A Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) is a document created by every Early Childhood Centre in Australia to help them self-reflect on the quality of education and care being given, and set clear goals and targets to achieve improvement.
The QIP is divided into seven Quality Areas:
Every member of the ELC staff contributes to this document on a regular basis as we continuously look to improve our practice and care.
Our QIP is in the ELC foyer with more information on the plan and we encourage families to share any feedback on any of the above quality areas. You can place your feedback in the box in the main ELC foyer or by completing this form.
Children are also an important part of this process and we regularly look for their feedback and input.
Students in Year 3 were recently learning about 2D and 3D shapes and their nets. Students were asked to use hands-on equipment to create 2D shapes and then used their 2D shapes to create a net before converting that into a 3D shape. They loved this activity!
As part of their science unit, our Year 1 students have been looking at the life cycle of animals. They have specifically looked at the life cycle of chickens and hatched baby chicks in their classroom. There has been a lot of learning — and a lot of cuddles.
The Middle School is looking forward to celebrating Languages Week next week and plenty of activities have been organised. These include cultural dancing, Japanese Taiko drumming, Bento Boxes, pain au chocolat croissants and a language assembly.
A big thank you to our language staff for organising such a fantastic week.
The Phillip Island camp was a wonderful opportunity for the boys to bond over three days and it was fabulous to see them relishing the challenges presented to them. We are especially proud of the way they conducted themselves and the way in which they supported each other throughout the camp. They will have some great memories of their experiences and look back very fondly on their time at Phillip Island.
Once again, Edrington Middle School has supported the local Salvation Army. Throughout the day on Monday, 30 May, some of our Year 7 students were in Main Street, Berwick collecting donations on behalf of the Salvation Army. This was a wonderful opportunity for our students to gain some insight into the role of the Salvation Army and to give their time to support such a worthy cause.
Jeanette Rawlings
Head of Edrington (Berwick)
It’s been a busy term for the HPFE! We’ve had our amazing Winter Warmers and we met with the leaders of Haileybury community groups to float ideas for future events.
We are also working on setting up some Saturday Sport pop up breakfast BBQs! We will post more to the calendar and socials soon.
As always, the Uniform Shop is open every Wednesday morning from 8.15 am – 10.30 am for all your uniform requirements! If you have any specific requests, email Di at shus-berwick@haileybury.vic.edu.au.
Kerry Ilic
HPFE President
This term we have a wonderful group of Years 7 and 8 Middle School students who have volunteered to spend time in the Junior School Playground during lunchtimes. They will help facilitate play-based learning for our younger students in Prep and Years 1 and 2.
Play-based learning is, essentially, learning while playing.
Tarryn Godfrey, School Psychologist, and Paul Dooley, Head of Junior School, held an information session with the volunteers to outline ways in which they can help Junior School students develop cooperative play skills.
Our Middle School students are joining in with games, assisting in the sandpit and playing with the younger students on the playground equipment. While playing, the older students will be encouraged to talk through scenarios with the younger children to help them make good decisions and to model expected behaviour during games.
Younger students have loved having the older students in the playground and we are already seeing the benefits in terms of how Junior School students are interacting with each other.
The Newlands Music Concert will be held on Monday, 20 June, at 6:30 pm in the Aikman Hall, Senior School. The concert will feature performances from the Newlands Chamber Strings, Concert Band, Newlands Singers and smaller ensembles. Newlands Scrolls & Voicebox — our Junior School large ensembles — will also be performing.
There will be complimentary refreshments for families from 6:00 pm, served in the Senior School quadrangle. The Newlands Jazz Combos and Newlands Piano Trio will provide some pre-concert music.
Family and friends are warmly invited to attend. Our young musicians always appreciate your presence and support for their performances.
This concert is not a ticketed event.
Haileybury Educators lead the way within the early childhood sector by delivering a high-quality curriculum within a play-based program.
In October this year, Lisa Christopher, Head of Newlands ELC, Amanda Simon, Deputy Head of Newlands ELC, and Sakan Pyseth, Lead Educator, will present a paper at the national Early Childhood Australia conference in Canberra. The conference theme is Passion to power: Our future profession.
The paper to be presented by Newlands ELC represents work that educators have done in ‘Introducing an Anti-Bias Curriculum’ and explores the refinement of an anti-bias approach to education within the ELC. It highlights the journey of discovery as staff read, discussed and critically reflected on attitudes towards diversity and difference and considered multiple perspectives.
This work culminated in a re-creation of the Centre so it reflected more meaningfully the multicultural, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and LGBTQIA+ members of our community, so children feel confident and comfortable in their interactions with all people.
Over recent months, the ELC has audited teaching resources and books and the indoor and outdoor learning environments and spaces to embrace and embed different cultures and communities and to challenge biased and discriminatory viewpoints.
The journey that educators have been on has led them to deeply explore ethics and children’s rights. Our educators believe that every act has an impact and positive acts can create a ripple effect, spreading positivity within the community.
During Reconciliation Week, our Year 4 students visited Worawa Aboriginal College to take part in a Sports Reconciliation Carnival. The day started with a traditional smoking ceremony and Welcome to Country. The students then participated in cultural activities, such as creating stories through the painting of symbols, Aboriginal dance, Indigenous games and face painting.
The Year 4s also enjoyed netball, football and basketball clinics run by representatives of the AFL, Melbourne Vixens and South East Melbourne Phoenix.
Three students from Worawa designed Indigenous art works that were printed on netballs, basketballs and footballs to be sold to the public, and each student was presented with one of the Indigenous footballs as a memento of the day.
It was an amazing experience for the students and the learnings about Indigenous culture were invaluable.
Our Prep students participated in an incursion presented by The Drama Toolbox. The Minibeast-themed incursion explored an imaginary garden with students learning about food sources, camouflage, protective behaviours, predators and prey. The incursion links to our Term 2 science focus on Minibeasts.
It has been two years since Newlands campus celebrated Languages Week. This year we are excited to offer an array of activities —from Japanese Taiko drumming workshops to Chinese Lion Dance workshops.
All our Newlands students will have a chance to celebrate Languages Week in a special way and we hope everyone will enjoy the week as we celebrate world languages and diversity at Newlands campus.
The poster below was one of the winning posters from the Poster Design Competition designed by Nathan Dang, Ethan Pong and Justin Ung from Year 6.
We are so proud to have Anay Ashwin (Year 7) and Grace Van Haaster (Year 9) representing Australia at the Future Problem Solving International Competition at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Anay is the Australian Junior Global International Problem Solving Champion in the Individual category and will be competing in the Global Issues Problem Solving Individual competition.
Grace is the Australian Middle Division Champion in Scenario Writing. She will compete in the Scenario Writing category at the Internationals.
We look forward to hearing about their experiences.
Talented golfer, Rehan Pervaiz (Year 7) has been invited to a series of prestigious international golf tournaments in July. He will play in the Boys 11 – 12 category.
Rehan will play at the: Future Champions Golf 15th FCG International Championship in San Diego from Monday, 4 July, to Wednesday, 6 July, and the IMG Junior World Championship in Torrey Pines, California from Tuesday, 12 July, to Friday, 15 July.
Rehan then heads to Palm Springs, California from Monday, 18 July, until Wednesday, 20 July, to compete in the Callaway Junior World Championship.
All these tournaments are invitation only and around 1,000 to 1,500 players from 50 to 60 countries take part. The IMG Junior World Golf Championship and Callaway Junior Championship are now the largest international events in the world.
We wish Rehan every success.
Jane Gibbs
Head of Newlands (Keysborough)
Our HPFK Uniform Shop opening times for the remainder of Term 2 are:
Friday, 17 June: 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm
Saturday, 18 June: 9.00 am – 12.00 noon
Friday, 24 June: 2.30 – 4.30 pm
This year our target is to reach 1,000 Haileybury HPFK Facebook Group members. If you would like to connect with our community, please join our Facebook page.
If you have any queries or would like to contact the HPFK, please email: HPFK@haileybury.vic.edu.au
Lenice Norris
President, Haileybury Parents & Friends Keysborough
Rufi Zimbudzi (OH 2021) is centre stage at Melbourne Recital Centre for the Top Acts 2022 concert. She pauses, looks out to the audience and reprises the soulful tune and lyric from Sam Cooke’s 1963 classic, A Change is Gonna Come.
Her voice reverberates with the promise and challenge of the song. As she sings the last line, Rufi is met with silence. The audience is spellbound. It’s a perfect, suspended moment of theatrical magic. It’s the kind of silence that’s rare… except during Rufi’s solo that poignant silence happens twice.
When Rufi performs at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Playhouse Theatre for the Top Class Concert, the audience is also silent before hundreds of students and teachers break into applause.
In just seven minutes, Rufi brings to life the story of Ida B Wells, an incredible African American journalist, educator and activist. Born into slavery and emancipated after the Civil War, Ida dedicated her life to exposing the lynchings happening in the Southern States and advocating for civil rights and the women’s movement.
Rufi’s performance is a masterclass in the transformational theatre that VCE drama aspires to. With just a gilded portrait frame as a prop, Rufi sings, raps, and presents her research in an innovate and poignant way.
Her performance examination was selected for the final evening of the VCE Season of Excellence—Top Acts. The prestigious event celebrates the top music, drama, dance and theatre studies examination pieces.
This year, Haileybury was also represented by Freya Stills-Blott (Year 12) and her exceptional dance performance.
Freya’s infectious energy and hip-hop routine immediately captured the imagination of the audience. The cheers were spontaneous and she owned the stage. Freya’s was the first Hip-Hop performance at Top Acts since its inception—an incredible achievement from an outstanding student.
Haileybury was the only school with two performers selected in Top Acts, which illustrates that the school’s performing arts culture is alive and thriving.
Nick Waxman
Head of Drama and Theatre Studies
On a bitterly blustery Thursday night, the 2022 Senior School Annual Concert for Semester One took place in Aikman Hall. However, the weather didn’t deter our dedicated audience who braved the cold to hear an outstanding and diverse program.
The Senior School large ensemble concert included performances from the Symphony Orchestra, Senior Percussion Ensemble, Senior Brass Ensemble, Haileybury Singers, String Orchestra, Senior Guitar Ensemble, Viva Voce, Stage Band, Contemporary Singers and Wind Symphony. More than 250 students performed during the 90-minute event.
Grand scale concert events like our Annual Concert are only possible with plenty of participants and a significant talent pool. With over 65 specialist instrumental music tutors and more than 800 students receiving an instrumental music lesson every week, Haileybury’s Music Department has depth, diversity and expertise that cannot be delivered in smaller schools.
Thank you to our wonderful students, music families, staff and audience for your dedication in supporting the Performing Arts. As Aristotle wrote of music specifically: “It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything; it is the essence of order and lends to all that is good, just and beautiful”.
Rod Marshall
Director of Performing Arts & Head of Haileybury Music
During last semester, the Units 1 and 2 Media students have been learning how to ‘swede’. The term was made famous by the 2008 film, Be Kind Rewind, directed by Michel Gondry and starring Jack Black. In the film, after accidentally erasing all their VHS tapes, two video store owners attempt to recreate the films they’ve lost by ‘sweding’, using available random props and actors.
The Media students were asked to do this with a film scene of their choice. They analysed the scene in class to recreate it as closely as possible, using their creative flair. Some students substituted LEGO to represent spaceships or used their televisions to create backdrops and recreated scenes from films such as The Karate Kid, Interstellar and The Social Network.
After filming their scene, students worked through the editing process, used feedback to re-edit and then recreated their final sequence to mirror the original scene. The results were
highly successful, with the groups mirroring the scene that inspired them through performance, timing, framing and editing. This helped build sophisticated Media production skills and techniques that will be useful for Unit 2.
Rachelle Rae
Head of Visual Arts Senior School
During the first weekend in June, the Pipes & Drums students from our B Band travelled to Mount Evelyn to take part in a two-day ensemble music camp. The aim of the camp was to sharpen their skills ready for the Australian Championships in October.
Students arrived at Oasis Camp on Friday afternoon and spent the following two days attending rehearsals, playing games and enjoying the incredible food. Saturday rehearsals finished with a mini concert and competition led by the student groups and were followed by individual solos with students performing pieces from their competition repertoire.
The competition was decided on a tie-break with a P&D quiz where Group B, led by piper Charlie Bell (Year 10), achieved victory at this year's Camp Royal!
‘Smiles all round’ is an excellent phrase to sum up the success of the musical weekend. The camp was very productive, it was plenty of fun and new friendships were born. We look forward to doing the same camp with our A Band in August.
Lincoln Hilton
Director, Pipes & Drums
Nominations are now open for the Outstanding Young Alumni Awards. The awards will be presented each year to a number of alumni across five fields of expertise: Arts, Business, Sport, STEM and Community.
Nominees must have graduated from Haileybury within the past 12 years and have made significant achievements in their field of endeavour either locally, nationally or internationally. They should exemplify the very best attributes of young people in today’s world.
They must also have exceptional and inspirational human values and will have provided excellent and sustained service to the OHA or its alumni community.
Nominations can be submitted via the OHA Website and must be received by Friday, 15 July 2022 via the button below.
Hear more about last year’s amazing award winners:
Kylie Phillips
Development Office Operations Lead
In the spirit of reconciliation, Haileybury acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
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