Haileybury students win a raft of 2021 Premier’s VCE Awards in an array of subjects, showcasing the impacts of hard work and brilliant teaching.
I am pleased to share with you that 17 Haileybury students—16 from Melbourne and one from Haileybury Senior School Tianjin—have received 18 Premier’s VCE Awards. This further adds to the brilliant VCE outcomes achieved by our students in 2021.
The Premier’s VCE Awards are given to the top group of students in each subject, with the number given dependent on enrolment numbers for the subject across the state. Generally, there are two to five students per subject.
What was incredibly impressive about the awards achieved by our 17 students was that they embraced 12 different subjects, highlighting the brilliant teaching that is in place across the School.
In addition to the Study Awards, Jeremy Nielsen won the award for Top All-Round High Achiever for accomplishing a study score of 46 or above in five or more subjects. Jeremy has been accepted to read Medicine at Oxford University in the UK.
Haileybury’s English program is exceptional and three students achieved a Premier’s Award for English—Jerry Hao, Rufaro Zimbudzi and Ain Mohiddin. Rufaro also collected the Premier’s Award for drama.
Three students also won Premier’s Awards for accounting: Chloe Lay, Bradley James and Chirandith Suraweera, and two students were recognised for sociology: Finlay McGrath and Molly Vulcan.
Languages were well represented with Chloe Li receiving the award for Chinese Second Language and Duvin Nambuwasam for French.
Haileybury students’ received exceptional mathematics results last year and Jiaqi Lu won an award for mathematical methods and Casper Appelberg for further mathematics. Haileybury Senior School Tianjin student, Yuan Xu, won the Premier’s Award for physics.
The performing and creative arts were well represented. As well as Rufaro’s award for drama, Lila Ni won the creative and digital media award, Melanie Nguyen won an award for dance and Brodie Nash for music sound production.
These are a wonderful set of awards achieved by diligent and conscientious students working with their brilliant teachers.
Derek Scott
CEO | Principal
As part of our focus on Respectful Relationships and Consent, we are hosting webinars for our parents.
Please join us and Elephant Ed, a leading education provider endorsed by the eSafety Commissioner, for a discussion around the physical, social and emotional changes that can be part of puberty. This webinar is specifically for parents with students in Years 5 and 6.
Parents will be provided with strategies to manage and support their child with these changes and to start effective conversations at home.
Growth, Development and Embracing Change will be held on Wednesday, 27 July at 7.00 pm.
Raising Respectful and Courageous Young People will be held on Wednesday, 3 August, at 7.00 pm for Years 5 to 8 families.
In this webinar for parents of students in Years 5 to 8, Dannielle Miller from Enlighten Education will discuss how parents can support boys to be good men, and raise girls who find their voices.
Term 3 and Semester 2 are off to a great start in the ELC. The children have returned refreshed and enthusiastic to see their peers and educators and to continue their learning journey.
There are some key dates for families to note:
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Thursday, 4 August
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day
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Monday, 15 August
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National Science Week
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Monday, 22 August
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Book Week
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Wednesday, 24 August
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Reception Book Week Dress-Up Day
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Friday, 26 August
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Pre-Prep Book Week Dress-Up Day
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Wednesday, 31 August
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ELC Fathers Day celebration
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Wednesday, 7 September
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Indigenous Literacy Day and Reception Drama Toolbox
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Wednesday, 14 September
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Pre-Prep Drama Toolbox incursion
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In her books, Australian parenting author, Maggie Dent, highlights the importance of play.
‘Basically, our children learn almost everything they need to know about life through play, from physical coordination, decision-making and problem solving to empathy and social and emotional skills,’ she writes.
Every day the children in our Junior School play during recess and their lunch break. They have access to the beautiful East Quad, Clark Oval, downball courts, the basketball ring and the play space behind our Prep and Year 1 classrooms.
Over the term break, the facilities team were busy upgrading the back playground and our children have loved exploring and using this great area. Students can make the most of directed play with our Year 4 leaders, and our new House Captains have introduced their recess and lunchtime clubs for the term.
Should a problem arise, there are always three roving teachers on duty who are easily spotted in their high-visibility vests!
We read to learn, understand and apply, and teachers often hear, ‘My child can read that!’ Your child may be amazing at decoding letters and words quickly and sound like a fluent reader, but are they understanding what they have read?
When teachers complete a reading benchmark assessment, the first thing they ask our students is to retell and summarise the text. They then ask literal and inferential questions and we encourage parents to do this at home with your child whenever they read.
Look for great vocabulary, explain the meaning and use it in a different context. Ask about the main character and how they solved the problem? Was there an experience in the text that your child can relate to? Reverse the teaching and have your child ask you questions, too. Have fun and model great reading habits.
Term 3 provides our Middle School students with much promise. After a long and very well-deserved break, it has been wonderful to welcome back our students and to hear their stories of warmer weather, sleep ins, adventures and much needed rest.
It’s always a great feeling to have everybody back. There is a sense of unity as we face the term ahead together as a School—teachers and students alike—approaching the joys, challenges, wins and the continual learning cycle with gusto, a great attitude and resilience.
This term our Culture of Learning and Culture of Connectedness continue to underpin all we do. Our students know the skills needed to be prepared, ready and engaged in their learning, however, we also know that after a three-week break these skills may need some dusting off and fine tuning. So, we continue to teach the valuable skill of ‘learning to learn’ every day.
We will continue to offer a variety of ways to connect with our families and friends throughout the term. We look forward to welcoming our parents back to our Creative Arts nights and sporting events and to bringing our community together once more.
Welcome back! Here’s to a wonderful term ahead.
Katrina Manson
Head of Castlefield (Brighton)
The HPFC invite all parents to attend our Community Events meeting on Monday, 25 July, at 7.00 pm in the Sholto Black room. We will discuss upcoming events in Terms 3 and 4 and how parents can help, coordinate and be involved in the process. This is a great way to meet fellow parents while forming connections in the school community.
The HPFC has organised a series of coffee mornings after school drop-off for parents of each year level. These will be held at Townhouse Café on Hampton Street. This is a great way to catch up and meet parents of your child’s year level.
An invitation flyer will be sent to parents, but feel free to add these dates to your calendar today:
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Monday, 25 July
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ELC
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Tuesday, 26 July
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Prep
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Wednesday, 27 July
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Year 1
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Friday, 29 July
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Year 2
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Monday, 1 August
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Year 3
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Tuesday, 2 August
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Year 4
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Wednesday, 3 August
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Year 5
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Friday, 5 August
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Year 6
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Monday, 8 August
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Year 7
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Tuesday, 9 August
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Year 8
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We look forward to seeing you there.
Monique Chapman
President, Haileybury Parents & Friends Castlefield
It was a busy end to the academic year for the Haileybury community, with many events to celebrate a successful 2021 into 2022 academic program.
Primary School held their annual Chinese Cultural Festival and parents, students and staff celebrated together with art, traditional singing and a special dance performance from the Grade 5 students.
Middle School concluded the year with Parent–Teacher Interviews in the gymnasium with families receiving feedback on their child’s achievements so far and how their children can continue to improve in the next academic year.
Senior School concluded their Term 1A Start Up program with some very special House events, including the induction of the Year 9 students into their respective House.
During the last week of the school year, various Tianjin Education delegates visited the School including Qin Zeming, Vice President of Tianjin Education Society, Zhao Pu, Deputy President and Secretary General, Chen Zipeng, Vice President of Tianjin Education Society, and Han Yinghong, Director and Professor of Education, Zhujiang College, and a number of municipal education society leaders.
Haileybury’s Executive Principal, Peter Rogerson, International Principal, Yanni Galanis, Chinese Principal, Brian Gao, and Vivian Jia, Vice Principal of Primary and Middle School received them warmly. They introduced Haileybury’s educational philosophy, development history and management model, and highlighted the School’s achievements over the past nine years.
Recently, the International School Award Ceremony recognised Haileybury with the School receiving the award for the best ‘International School with Australian Characteristics’. The award recognises academic innovation that promotes the development of China’s international education and cultivates international talents. It also recognises Haileybury’s strong links to Australian teaching and education.
Peter Rogerson, Executive Principal of Haileybury, accepted the award on behalf of the School.“There are many schools in China that offer an Australian curriculum at the Years 10 to 12 high school level,” he said.
“Haileybury School in Tianjin has always maintained a close relationship with its Australian counterpart, especially in terms of teaching and management, to ensure the essence of Australian education is brought into the high school classroom. I am honoured to accept this award on behalf of Haileybury Tianjin School.”
Yanni Galanis
International Principal, Haileybury International School, Tianjin
Each year, glorious North Australian winter weather draws thousands of tourists to Darwin and the Northern Territory. This year has seen a colder than usual dry season and during the recent school holidays the temperature in Darwin dropped below 20°C on several nights. Freezing!
Agricultural shows are a popular dry season tradition where locals and visitors gather for two days of entertainment, socialising and healthy fun. The Darwin Show is the centrepiece of these festivities and the Darwin Show Day is a popular public holiday—this year it falls on Friday, 22 July.
Since Haileybury Rendall School opened in 2018, it has been a tradition for us to run a marketing and publicity stall at the Darwin Show. Each year we pull out the magenta banners and our staff run the stall, answer questions, look for enrolments and celebrate our progress.
To advertise the opening of our new Boarding House in January 2023, we have also been visiting regional shows across the north of Australia, including Mt Isa in Queensland, Kununurra in Western Australia, and Alice Springs and Katherine in the Northern Territory. Along the way we’ve been encouraging families to send their children to our new facility.
I wonder if any Melbourne families are interested in sending their children to Haileybury’s northernmost School? If you want to know more, please check out our website for Boarding. We run the Australian Curriculum and the VCE and we might just be a great option!
Andrew McGregor
Principal, Haileybury Rendall School
Jessica Barwick (Year 6) has been nominated for a Fred Hollows Humanity Award. Jessica recognised that local aged-care residents were feeling disconnected and produced beautiful handmade cards for them, each containing a personalised message. Congratulations to Jessica for being acknowledged for her empathy and community spirit and we wish her well with the awards.
Term 3 is off to an excellent start. The students are fully engaged in their learning and are taking every opportunity to extend themselves and to enjoy all that Haileybury has to offer.
This term, the Berwick campus will host a cross-country event for all students in Years 5 and 6 across the four Melbourne campuses. Years 7 and 8 students from City campus will also compete.
We are very fortunate to have such spacious and well cared for grounds and we look forward to an exciting event. Parents from all campuses are very welcome to attend. More details will follow soon.
Late last term, the ELC and Junior School participated in a parent information session run by Julie Liptak, a respected Speech Pathologist, Behavioural Specialist and Social Thinking expert. Julie introduced parents to the Zones of Regulation and Social Thinking program used in the ELC and Junior School.
Haileybury has worked with Julie for several years to implement this program across each classroom. The program is designed to help students gain skills to consciously regulate their actions, which leads to increased control of emotions and problem-solving abilities. These are skills that help children socially and promote better concentration and overall learning.
Students are guided through the program to help recognise when they are in different states or ‘zones’ and they are taught how to use strategies or tools to stay in one zone or move from one to another.
Calming techniques, cognitive strategies, story books and sensory supports are introduced to children, so they have a toolbox to use. Children are taught to read facial expressions and recognise a broad range of emotions and perspectives about how other people might see and react to their behaviour.
Each day, educators discuss the zones with students to check in with their current state and wellbeing and you may also hear your children using words that they have learned through the program.
You may hear your child use phrases like ‘flexi brain’ and ‘rock brain’, ‘big problems’ versus ‘little problems’ to assist with teaching appropriate reactions to situations, and ‘following the group plan’ which is all about staying on task and following the direction of the group.
Below are some examples of how people feel or act in each of the different Zones of Regulation.
BLUE ZONE: sick, sad, tired, moving slowly, bored
GREEN ZONE: happy, calm, focused, ready to learn
YELLOW ZONE: frustrated, worried, silly, wiggly, anxious, excited
RED ZONE: angry, mean, out of control, I need space
We have lots of events across Term 3 that you may like to put in your diary:
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Friday, 29 July
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100 Days of School for Prep and Year 1
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Friday, 12 August
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Student Free Day
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Wednesday, 31 August
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Junior School Parent-Teacher Interviews
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Friday, 2 September at 2.30 pm
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Fathers Day Afternoon
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Wednesday, 7 September to Friday, 9 September
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Year 3 Camp
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Haileybury is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all our students and we have a legislative obligation to promote child safety and wellbeing within the School environment.
Students are informed of their rights through the Wellbeing Curriculum that focuses on ensuring all students are provided with the knowledge, skills and confidence to recognise unsafe situations with adults or other students and to speak up and act if they have concerns for themselves or their peers.
We ensure our students know who to talk to if they are worried or feeling unsafe, and we encourage them to share concerns with a trusted adult at any time. Students and families are encouraged to speak with their Head of Campus, Head of School, Homeroom Teacher or a School psychologist if they have any concerns.
Students and families can also access information about Support Services on the Haileybury Healthy Minds page and on the School parent portal, myHaileybury.
The Childwise program in the Junior School is a structured age-appropriate series of lessons covering a range of child safety areas to assist students with their safety and wellbeing. The program covers topics including:
Students are to be commended for the efficient manner in which they have eased back into the school term and Heads of Middle School have praised students for their commitment to the co-curricular program.
Term 3 is set to be a busy term for many of our students who are participating in a variety of competitions and performances.
Some of our Years 7 and 8 students are in the midst of their final rehearsals as they prepare for what should be a fantastic play on Thursday, 4 and Friday, 5 August, in John Twist Hall.
Murder’s in the Heir is designed as a play-within-a-play and the audience even votes during the intermission with the outcome of that vote changing the course of Act 2. It is a comedic and lively show that should be a wonderful experience for the audience and students.
Please join us and Elephant Ed, a leading education provider endorsed by the eSafety Commissioner, for a discussion about the physical, social and emotional changes that can be part of puberty.
This webinar is specifically for parents with students in Years 5 and 6. Parents will be provided with strategies to manage and help their child with these changes and to start effective conversations at home.
Growth, Development and Embracing Change will be held on Wednesday, 27 July.
Raising Respectful and Courageous Young People will be held on Wednesday, 3 August, Years 5 to 8.
In this webinar for parents of students in Years 5 to 8, Dannielle Miller, co-founder and CEO of Enlighten Education will discuss how parents can support boys to be good men, and raise girls who find their voices.
We are all striving for children to be equally confident and courageous.
Jeanette Rawlings
Head of Edrington (Berwick)
We’ve survived the holidays and the HPFE are pumped and ready for Term 3. We will be holding our Fathers Day Stall, providing platters for the Middle School production, Murder’s in the Heir, and planning our Term 4 events.
The Uniform Shop will be open every Wednesday morning and every second Friday from 2.45 pm – 4.00 pm, to coincide with Junior School assembly.
Our HPFE meetings this term are on:
Monday, 1 August 9.00 am – 10.00 am
Monday, 5 September 6.00 pm – 7.00 pm
We will also be holding our Fathers Day Stall on Monday, 29 August for ELC and on Wednesday, 31 August for Junior School and Years 5/6. We would love a helping hand to sell our very carefully procured items for the special men in our lives. Please let us know here if you are available to give us a hand.
Kerry Ilic
HPFE President
I extend a warm welcome to the Newlands community as we return to another exciting term. I trust you enjoyed the break with your family.
Classes commenced on Tuesday, 19 July and full winter uniform is to be worn this term. Work on the Gadsden Pavilion has commenced on Fisher Oval, so please take care entering and exiting the school grounds and when parking your vehicle.
From Friday, 1 July, Ministerial Order 1359 introduced changes to strengthen the existing Child Safe Standards. The new standards set minimum requirements and outline the actions that organisations must take to keep children and young people safe.
Executive staff undertook training during the term break and Newlands staff completed compulsory training and attend a workshop conducted by Diane Furusho, Deputy Principal (Student Wellbeing, Respectful Relationships & Consent) to ensure everyone is updated on the changes.
Angela Jiang (Thomas Li-PPK) was invited to sing to the ELC students as part of Language Week. Angela is a Chinese opera singer and the first piece she performed was part of a modern Chinese Opera story set during WWII called Sha Jia Bang.
The second song was a traditional Chinese song called Lu Hua, which is a flower.
The children and staff very much appreciated Angela performing her beautiful songs during this special event.
We were also excited to welcome Haileybury LOTE teachers, Maud Fugier-Sola, Ting Hu and Lauren Wainwright, who presented stories and songs to the children in French, Chinese and Japanese.
We are fortunate to have multilinguistic parents and educators across the ELC who supported the children’s learning during Language Week with songs, stories and dances.
NAIDOC Week from Sunday, 3 July, to Sunday, 10 July, celebrates the achievements and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee and NAIDOC WEEK is a special time.
This year’s theme was Get up! Stand up! Show up!
ELC children continue to enjoy learning about First Nations people and culture through stories, activities and discussions. A beautiful display of rock art work depicting children’s interpretation of living on country has been added to the rock art mural display at the entrance to the ELC.
During Early Learning Matters Week from Monday, 25 to Friday, 29 July, the early childhood sector highlights the importance of early learning for children’s development and wellbeing.
This is a week to acknowledge the work of the ELC educators and the children are creating an art display dedicated to their educators. Parents and children are encouraged to write letters of support and acknowledgement as part of this display.
The last week of Term 2 was Newlands Arts Week and as part of this, Junior School held its annual House singing competition. This was an interactive event where Houses sang their hearts out to compete for the coveted winner’s title.
The competition had a cultural feel with some songs sung in Japanese, African, Korean, Maori and French. Each House performed enthusiastically and with confidence.
The adjudicators, Jane Gibbs and Bronwyn Harrop, were very impressed and Cox House were announced the winners. Congratulations, Cox!
On Wednesday, 27 July, the Newlands Prep students will celebrate their 100th day in the Junior School. Throughout the day, they will create and participate in activities that revolve around the number 100.
First, they will make their 100-day glasses to wear and students will then have a chance to get creative and make a painting using 100 colourful dots. For maths, children will be asked to bring in 100 items from home and to sort these items into 10 equal groups.
We look forward to celebrating this wonderful milestone with the students.
Newlands celebrated Languages Week in style with a multitude of activities including sampling famous cuisines to cultural immersion in Japanese, Chinese and French.
Some highlights were a French immersion class presented by The French Loop, playing traditional French games and showcasing singing and language talents in multilingual karaoke. The activities were organised by the Middle and Senior School Languages department.
Japanese drumming and Chinese lion dancing were also part of the week and students were thrilled by Japanese comedian, Takashi Wakasugi, who thoroughly entertained the audience.
Languages Week Assembly was a huge success and celebrated the diverse languages spoken within our Haileybury community. This ties in with the School’s philosophy on respectful relationships across languages and cultures.
Other highlights were staff Kahoot competitions, a karate demonstration by Year 8 Homeroom and Japanese teacher, Kyoko Tsujimura, and Rachel Yu (Year 8), and the fabulous solo Chinese dance performance by Ella Zhang (Year 6).
Students were also given the opportunity to taste authentic Chinese fried rice and noodles and French croissants, quiche and Orangina.
Year 7.1 hosted a Kahoot fundraiser for a school in Pokhara, Nepal. It was recently devastated by a flood that destroyed most of the school’s resources. The school has a very low literacy rate, so raising money to build a library is vital to improve education opportunities for the students.
The school needed to raise $10,000 to achieve their goal of building a new library. After many days of hard work and careful planning, the class of 7.1 decided to raise money by making a Kahoot with every class in Year 7 donating a gold coin to participate.
Max Crouch (Year 7) sourced prizes for first, second and third place, including Melbourne Stars BBL backpacks and caps.
In total, 7.1 raised $65 for the library in Pokhara and this has been added to the $7,000 raised from other events throughout the week.
Well done, Year 7.1!
The Kahoot winners were:
1. Oliver La Nauze
2. Kendrick Suon
3. Jackson Marr
This term our Year 7s will be involved in incursions run by the Wellbeing team. Boys Middle School will explore Man Cave and have discussions regarding healthy masculinity, and Girls Middle School will be visited by Enlighten who will work with the students to decode mixed messages and develop self-esteem and confidence.
Our Years 5 and 6 students will have an incursion from Elephant Ed that covers age-appropriate sex education.
We encourage our Years 5 and 6 parents to join the Growth, Development and Embracing Change parent webinar which will be held online on Wednesday, 27 July.
A reminder to our Middle School parents to join the Raising Respectful and Courageous Young People parent webinar which will also be held online on Wednesday, 3 August.
As an additional resource to the Cyber Safety Project, the eSafety Commissioner has provided excellent resources for parents on how to safely navigate the online world with children.
The eSafety Commissioner website also offers parent webinars and support for families. Join us for a parents and carers webinar on popular apps such as TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube. You’ll find out more about how to support young people to use technology safely and you’ll get tips on what to do if your child has a negative experience online.
The sessions are free to join and start on Monday, 1 August 2022.
There are many other useful resources for parents and students available through the eSafety Commissioner. Be an eSafe kid helps your child to develop positive online behaviours.
The eSafety Guide provides information about popular apps, games and social media. For example, did you know that some apps offer safety and privacy features, like Messenger Kids, which allows parents to monitor their child’s chat?
Parents can also support their child to report online bullying to the platform where it occurred. If the platform does not take action within 48 hours, you can report cyberbullying and other harmful content to eSafety.
The eSafety Commissioner also points out that technology is always changing, so it’s important to update devices and check privacy settings regularly. Read more about parental controls and using technology safely in the home here.
Jane Gibbs
Head of Newlands (Keysborough)
The Second-Hand Uniform Shop is full to the brim with very good quality second-hand uniform items.
Term 3 Second-hand shop dates
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
Haileybury’s entire Year 9 cohort spent the final two weeks of last term engaged in a range of experiential learning activities at various locations around Australia.
Haileybury Girls College students completed their options with groups travelling to Uluru, Cairns and the Barrier Reef. These are wonderful opportunities for them to diversify their travel experiences.
The Year 9 Haileybury College students have been on expeditions that involve completing challenging hikes and sleeping out under canvas. With the weather turning colder, our students are really building their resilience under difficult circumstances.
Congratulations to our Sport Captains who held a bake sale during the last week of Term 2. Their focus was the ‘be kind to the environment’ initiative and they asked students to bring in old sport tops to be turned into socks by Upparel.
The delicacies were amazing and baked to MasterChef quality! Amazing work was done by Josie Lawton (Year 12) in arranging the roster and well done to everyone who played their part and served at the stall.
Their efforts raised $695 which is an extraordinary amount of money that will be used to purchase new socks for a community in need.
Our school is participating in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which takes place between Monday, 15 August, and Friday, 9 September 2022.
PISA is an important part of the National Assessment Program in Australia—the measure through which governments, education authorities and schools determine whether young Australians are meeting important educational outcomes.
All Australian Education Ministers have agreed to Australian schools’ participation in PISA, which is reflected in the Australian Education Act 2013.
International assessments provide a wide range of valuable information for education policy and review in Australia and overseas, and also enable Australia to consider how our education system is performing compared with others.
Since the first PISA assessment in 2000, which involved 32 countries, the survey has continued to be of interest to educators and policy-makers worldwide. In 2022, Australia will be one of over 85 countries participating in PISA with around 15,000 students from around 800 schools representing our country.
What will PISA Mean for Haileybury?
A random sample of 15-year-old students, mostly from Years 10 and 11, will complete a two-hour, computer-based assessment consisting of mathematics, science, reading and creative thinking. These students will also be asked to complete a questionnaire.
A random sample of teachers will be asked to complete an online questionnaire that will collect information on classroom instruction, and teachers’ educational backgrounds, training and teaching experiences.
As this is an international assessment, every participating school and student has an important role in showing the rest of the world what Australia can do.
ACER will provide our school and participating students with a certificate recognising our contribution.
Pam Chamberlain
Senior Vice Principal and Head of Haileybury Senior Schools
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
This term, at each of our Melbourne campuses, you will have the opportunity to experience several fantastically diverse and engaging live theatre events. There is something for everyone.
You can see the Senior Students display their Shakespearian skills in a shortened version of Much Ado About Nothing, immerse yourself in a promenade production of Alice in Wonderland, be part of the action in Murder’s in the Heir, or celebrate the work of Stephen Sondheim with Into the Woods Jnr.
See below to find out more about these wonderful shows.
Term 3 will see the Year 5 students putting on a Creative Arts Evening. Every Year 5 class across BMS and GMS will display the work they have been developing in their art, music and drama classes.
In one evening, you will experience a showcase of passion and skill as students share different perspectives on the world through diverse art forms.
Years 7 and 8 students at our Berwick campus are ready to take to the stage. Almost every character in Murder’s in the Heir has the weapon, opportunity and motive to commit the unseen murder and it’s up to the audience to decide who actually did it! Come and be part of this wonderful live theatre experience!
The City campus continues to present engaging and exciting theatre and this term is no different. Alice in Wonderland will see the audience move through the beautiful City campus and experience Lewis Carrol’s classic tale like never before. Just like Alice explores Wonderland, you too can make your way through the magical maze and enjoy this theatrical adventure!
Into the Woods Jr is a multi-award-winning musical from legendary composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim. This wonderful show is based on a range of classic fairy tale characters and includes a score filled with brilliant music. This one-act version will introduce the audience to some hilarious characters and take you on a very joyous journey.
Senior School students have skilfully brought Shakespeare’s classic comedy, Much Ado About Nothing,
to life. This 70-minute version of Benedick and Beatrice’s merry war is a delightful mix of fools, fun and feuds.
Book now to avoid disappointment!
Nick Waxman
Head of Drama and Theatre Studies
There has been a buzz of excitement around the Music department this first week of term. As musical tuition progresses beyond the year’s half-way point, students are rapidly developing their skills due to lessons, home practice sessions and ensemble rehearsals. At this point, I would particularly like to acknowledge the outstanding achievements of everyone who has participated in the new Year 5 Band program.
Following the success of the recent Middle School concert series, the department is looking forward to providing Middle School musicians with a number of exciting performance opportunities this term.
The first whole school music event will be the Haileybury Jazz Nights. These performances will take place on Monday, 1 August, and Tuesday, 2 August, at St Kilda’s live music venue, MEMO Music Hall.
Each night will feature jazz combos from Middle School, Senior School and the VCE Music program. The Haileybury Stage Band will perform both nights and tickets are available now.
The Music department is also excited to announce a new concert for the whole school music calendar, Chamber in the Chapel. A refined night of orchestral music, Chamber in the Chapel will feature our most developed smaller ensembles from within the orchestral, voice and concert band programs.
The event will take place in the Keysborough Chapel on Thursday, 1 September.
Rod Marshall
Director of Performing Arts & Head of Haileybury Music
Add your contribution to Haileybury’s history by donating your own unique piece of artwork to celebrate 130 years of our great school.
Throughout Semester 2 we will display works created by students, teachers, or families that celebrate your special connection to Haileybury. Be as creative as you like and be sure to share your special stories. Works must be no larger than A2, any medium (pencil, paint, digital etc.), and should be 2-dimensional.
To donate your work, please submit your piece to your campus Arts Department prior to Week 7, Term 3. Please ensure your work is clearly labelled with artist/s name, title, date and a short artist statement if you wish. There will be one winner per campus and each winner will receive a $500 voucher to spend at the Melbourne Art Supplies!
Part of the requirements of Unit 4 studio arts includes the study of how artworks are exhibited in galleries and other arts industry spaces. With this in mind, the 2022 cohort visited the Collective Movements exhibition at Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), followed by the Duldig Studio House Museum.
The students were treated to a comprehensive lecture by the education officer at MUMA who detailed the behind-the-scenes processes of exhibition design, logistics, curation and promotional strategies.
There was special emphasis on the First Nations co-curated Collective Movements show that brings together a variety of Indigenous Victorian historic and contemporary cultural practices and knowledge to: “make more visible a language and terminology beyond Western art concepts of ‘collaboration’ and ‘collectivism’—one that better describes and acknowledges the way Indigenous creatives work within a broader community and its inheritances”.
Students were also welcomed into the stock room to examine conservation, storage and transport methods used by the gallery to care for their valuable collection and loan items.
2022 3/4 Studio Arts students at the front of the Monash University Museum of Art and interacting with this mob’s Gunyah Manu (Home Camp) 2022 installation.
After lunch we visited the Duldig Studio in Malvern East to travel back in time to the creative world occupied by Viennese refugee artists, Karl and Slawa Duldig.
Their home, replete with their original furniture that was preserved in a Parisian basement during their flight from Europe, has been transformed into a museum celebrating the internationally influential sculptor’s work.
Through displays of Karl’s tools, works in progress, and his studio and sculpture garden, students were immersed in a vastly different exhibition experience. This gave them valuable insight into the rich diversity of the arts industry in Melbourne for their upcoming SAC and end of year examination.
3/4 Studio Arts students in situ in the Duldig Studio garden among the bronze and terracotta sculptures. The preserved studio is in the background.
Rachelle Rae
Head of Visual Arts Senior School
Term 2 was another busy term for the Pipes & Drums, ending with the Middle School concerts at Newlands, City, Brighton and Berwick. Students across all campuses performed in front of large audiences, with many pipers and drummers debuting their new musical skills.
They amazed the crowd with an energetic pop piece, Wake Me Up, by the late Avicii and an awe-inspiring Drummers Fanfare. They finished with the band favourite, Silver Threads Among the Gold.
We are very proud of each band member and, as usual, the Pipes & Drums were a huge hit! All students displayed professionalism well beyond their age and experience level.
On Saturday, 9 July, senior Haileybury pipers represented the Pipes & Drums in the State Victorian Pipers Association (VPA) Solo Piping Championship—the final contest for the season.
Jessie Sun (Year 9) was crowned 2022 Novice State Champion and Novice Piper of the Year (an aggregate prize across all VPA run competitions). Brodie Nash (Year 12) achieved a commendable 3rd place overall in the D Grade championship.
Both students delivered top-tier performances against other competitors in their respective grades and placed in every event they entered.
Along with winning the Novice Championships and Piper of the Year, Jessie has now been upgraded to D grade for the 2023 season.
Novice – 2/4 March
2nd: Jessie Sun
Novice – Strathspey and Reel
2nd: Jessie Sun
Novice – Piobaireachd
1st: Jessie Sun
Novice – Overall Spot (15 competed)
1st – Jessie Sun
D Grade – 2/4 March
2nd: Brodie Nash
D Grade – Strathspey and Reel
4th: Brodie Nash
D Grade – Overall Spot (10 competed)
3rd – Brodie Nash
The Haileybury Pipes & Drums joined over 200 pipers, drummers and highland dancers who paraded down Collins Street. The parade started in front of the Old Treasury Building before turning into Regent Place, where the massed pipes and drums did a short recital before the parade concluded.
Haileybury was front and centre for the parade. Band leaders Pipe Major Brodie Nash (Year 12) and Pipe Sergeant Oliver Perry (Year 12) led the group of performers for the crowd favourite, Amazing Grace.
The official party was led by the Hon. Ted Baillieu, Chieftain of Pipe Bands Victoria, Mr Reg Davis, Chairperson, Scots of Victoria Coordinating Group, and Mr Hamish Tadgell, Chairperson, Victorian Scottish Heritage Cultural Foundation.
It was a wonderful opportunity to support the pipe band community and to celebrate Tartan Day in Melbourne!
Lincoln Hilton
Director, Pipes & Drums
We recently asked our Haileybury Foundation Scholarship students to write to their benefactors, update them on their first semester and thank them for their significant impact on each student’s education.
The appreciation from our students for the gifts they are receiving was heart-warming. Here are some of the comments:
'Haileybury has opened my eyes and allowed me to think of doing things that I would never have thought of doing before. As each goal of mine is accomplished, I keep setting myself new ones that are even more difficult.
It is all thanks to your generous donation that I have been able to reach so many of my personal goals. I promise that I will keep aiming higher and higher. Thank you truly for making it so that I may come to Haileybury. Thank you.'
‘I am head over heels in love with this school and can’t wait to see what the next semester is going to be like. I am forever grateful for everything you have done to help support my journey at Haileybury! There are no words for how much I appreciate your support and I will continue to strive to make you all proud.
Being at Haileybury had always been something I could only dream of, but you have made this dream a reality. You have given me the stepping stone on the flight of steps ahead. You have opened the door to my future. You have given me the opportunity to do such wondrous things.’
‘Thank you so much. I’ve never had the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest teachers in the state and to play sport with some of the best basketball players that I’ve ever played with. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to go to a school like this and to have the chance to do things I’ve never thought about. This experience has truly changed my life and I will be forever grateful.’
On Thursday, 11 August, 2022 our community has another opportunity to change a life forever.
Haileybury will be conducting its first Giving Day with the aim of providing a scholarship for a student who would otherwise never have dreamed of attending our School.
The funds raised from the Giving Day will have an enormous impact as they will support a Scholarship, the Haileybury 130 Scholarship, that celebrates 130 years of the School.
All funds raised on Giving Day will go to the scholarship that will be open to a student in Year 7, 9 or 10 at any of Haileybury’s Melbourne campuses.
All donations, regardless of size, will contribute to an amazing cause that will change a student’s life and provide them with a world class education.
All Giving Day donors will be notified of the first scholarship recipient when they are announced in September 2022. The scholarship recipient will begin at Haileybury at the start of the 2023 School year.
For more information on how you can assist, please contact:
Russell Davidson, Director of Development & Alumni Relations at Russell.davidson@haileybury.vic.edu.au
Antonio Mercuri has successfully operated his property valuation business, Mercuri Property Valuers & Consultants, for 17 years. Antonio began the business after completing a Bachelor of Business, majoring in Property Valuations, at RMIT University.
His memories of his Haileybury school days are happy ones. He vividly remembers the sausage roll wrapped in a sesame seed bun, smeared with butter and sauce which had to be followed with a Chocolate or Blue Heaven Big M.
Antonio’s other Haileybury memories are diverse. He recalls ‘good times with Twinkle Toes Twisty’ and Friday pie days in Form 2 maths with Mr Rebbechi. Despite Mrs Lyons being a hard marker, Antonio also remembers scoring an A in English in Year 12 VCE.
The Old Haileyburian is happily married to Vikkie, loves playing golf, is a loyal North Melbourne supporter and can’t wait to resume his family’s annual overseas holidays.
Antonio will enjoy reminiscing some more with his Class of 1992 mates at their 30-year reunion on Friday, 26 August, at the magnificent Haileybury City campus!
We are delighted to announce that Clearwater Plumbing has agreed to support the OHA over the next 12 months. Clearwater Plumbing is owned and operated by Sinan Mustafa (OH 2001). Thank you, Sinan.
Read more about becoming a major sponsor, club sponsor or event sponsor on our website below.
Kylie Phillips
Development Office Operations Lead
I hope that all students have had a restful break.
The Winter Sports season starts again from Week 1 with all teams playing on Saturday, as per their respective fixtures.
Please check all information carefully and ensure that you have all your gear ready to go from Week 1.
During the recent holiday period, Flynn Gregor (Year 10) was selected for the National Trampoline Team and represented Australia in the FIG Trampoline World Cup held in Coimbra, Portugal in late June.
The Australian team faced competition from countries including Spain, Portugal, Germany, the UK and Hungary. Flynn placed an impressive third in the individual trampoline event and he came seventh in the synchronised trampoline event in which he performed with another member of the Australian team.
Flynn then travelled with the Australian team to Switzerland where he competed in the Nissen Cup event, an international junior trampolining event.
Recently, some of our cricketers have been involved in the Indoor Cricket National Championships. The tournament was held at Casey Stadium in Cranbourne East and ran from Sunday, 26 June, to Saturday, 9 July.
Siddhant Goel (Year 8) was Co-Captain of the Victorian Under 14 Boys Indoor Cricket Team. They finished third in the National Championships. They won their semi-final against New South Wales but lost their preliminary final to Western Australia—a win would have taken them through to the Grand Final.
Dinal Gamage (Year 11), Alex Russell (Year 11), Zac Grech (Year 11) and Nic Tindall (Year 11) represented the Victorian Under 18 Boys Indoor Cricket Team. After finishing third on the ladder after their round matches, the Victorians won all their finals games which were all sudden death elimination contests.
They beat the previously undefeated Western Australian team in a thrilling Grand Final to claim the Under 18 Boys Indoor Cricket National title. Following the tournament, Nic Tindall (Year 11) was selected in the Under 18 Boys 2022 All-Star Team for his performances. A phenomenal achievement.
Zac Grech (Year 11) was also good enough to be selected in the Victorian Under 22 Boys Indoor Cricket Team that finished third. Being selected was an outstanding achievement given that Zac is 17-years-old.
Siddhant Goel (Year 8) was selected in the Under 14 Boys 2022 All-Star Team for his performance. The All-Star Team is made up of the 10 best players from each division playing in the tournament. Siddhant scored the most runs for the Under 14 Boys achieving 203. The second highest score was 166.
Sean Allcock
Director of Haileybury Sport
I am pleased to share with you that 17 Haileybury students—16 from Melbourne and one from Haileybury Senior School Tianjin—have received 18 Premier’s VCE Awards. This further adds to the brilliant VCE outcomes achieved by our students in 2021.
The Premier’s VCE Awards are given to the top group of students in each subject, with the number given dependent on enrolment numbers for the subject across the state. Generally, there are two to five students per subject.
What was incredibly impressive about the awards achieved by our 17 students was that they embraced 12 different subjects, highlighting the brilliant teaching that is in place across the School.
In addition to the Study Awards, Jeremy Nielsen won the award for Top All-Round High Achiever for accomplishing a study score of 46 or above in five or more subjects. Jeremy has been accepted to read Medicine at Oxford University in the UK.
Haileybury’s English program is exceptional and three students achieved a Premier’s Award for English—Jerry Hao, Rufaro Zimbudzi and Ain Mohiddin. Rufaro also collected the Premier’s Award for drama.
Three students also won Premier’s Awards for accounting: Chloe Lay, Bradley James and Chirandith Suraweera, and two students were recognised for sociology: Finlay McGrath and Molly Vulcan.
Languages were well represented with Chloe Li receiving the award for Chinese Second Language and Duvin Nambuwasam for French.
Haileybury students’ received exceptional mathematics results last year and Jiaqi Lu won an award for mathematical methods and Casper Appelberg for further mathematics. Haileybury Senior School Tianjin student, Yuan Xu, won the Premier’s Award for physics.
The performing and creative arts were well represented. As well as Rufaro’s award for drama, Lila Ni won the creative and digital media award, Melanie Nguyen won an award for dance and Brodie Nash for music sound production.
These are a wonderful set of awards achieved by diligent and conscientious students working with their brilliant teachers.
Derek Scott
CEO | Principal
As part of our focus on Respectful Relationships and Consent, we are hosting webinars for our parents.
Please join us and Elephant Ed, a leading education provider endorsed by the eSafety Commissioner, for a discussion around the physical, social and emotional changes that can be part of puberty. This webinar is specifically for parents with students in Years 5 and 6.
Parents will be provided with strategies to manage and support their child with these changes and to start effective conversations at home.
Growth, Development and Embracing Change will be held on Wednesday, 27 July at 7.00 pm.
Raising Respectful and Courageous Young People will be held on Wednesday, 3 August, at 7.00 pm for Years 5 to 8 families.
In this webinar for parents of students in Years 5 to 8, Dannielle Miller from Enlighten Education will discuss how parents can support boys to be good men, and raise girls who find their voices.
Term 3 and Semester 2 are off to a great start in the ELC. The children have returned refreshed and enthusiastic to see their peers and educators and to continue their learning journey.
There are some key dates for families to note:
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Thursday, 4 August
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day
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Monday, 15 August
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National Science Week
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Monday, 22 August
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Book Week
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Wednesday, 24 August
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Reception Book Week Dress-Up Day
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Friday, 26 August
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Pre-Prep Book Week Dress-Up Day
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Wednesday, 31 August
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ELC Fathers Day celebration
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Wednesday, 7 September
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Indigenous Literacy Day and Reception Drama Toolbox
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Wednesday, 14 September
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Pre-Prep Drama Toolbox incursion
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In her books, Australian parenting author, Maggie Dent, highlights the importance of play.
‘Basically, our children learn almost everything they need to know about life through play, from physical coordination, decision-making and problem solving to empathy and social and emotional skills,’ she writes.
Every day the children in our Junior School play during recess and their lunch break. They have access to the beautiful East Quad, Clark Oval, downball courts, the basketball ring and the play space behind our Prep and Year 1 classrooms.
Over the term break, the facilities team were busy upgrading the back playground and our children have loved exploring and using this great area. Students can make the most of directed play with our Year 4 leaders, and our new House Captains have introduced their recess and lunchtime clubs for the term.
Should a problem arise, there are always three roving teachers on duty who are easily spotted in their high-visibility vests!
We read to learn, understand and apply, and teachers often hear, ‘My child can read that!’ Your child may be amazing at decoding letters and words quickly and sound like a fluent reader, but are they understanding what they have read?
When teachers complete a reading benchmark assessment, the first thing they ask our students is to retell and summarise the text. They then ask literal and inferential questions and we encourage parents to do this at home with your child whenever they read.
Look for great vocabulary, explain the meaning and use it in a different context. Ask about the main character and how they solved the problem? Was there an experience in the text that your child can relate to? Reverse the teaching and have your child ask you questions, too. Have fun and model great reading habits.
Term 3 provides our Middle School students with much promise. After a long and very well-deserved break, it has been wonderful to welcome back our students and to hear their stories of warmer weather, sleep ins, adventures and much needed rest.
It’s always a great feeling to have everybody back. There is a sense of unity as we face the term ahead together as a School—teachers and students alike—approaching the joys, challenges, wins and the continual learning cycle with gusto, a great attitude and resilience.
This term our Culture of Learning and Culture of Connectedness continue to underpin all we do. Our students know the skills needed to be prepared, ready and engaged in their learning, however, we also know that after a three-week break these skills may need some dusting off and fine tuning. So, we continue to teach the valuable skill of ‘learning to learn’ every day.
We will continue to offer a variety of ways to connect with our families and friends throughout the term. We look forward to welcoming our parents back to our Creative Arts nights and sporting events and to bringing our community together once more.
Welcome back! Here’s to a wonderful term ahead.
Katrina Manson
Head of Castlefield (Brighton)
The HPFC invite all parents to attend our Community Events meeting on Monday, 25 July, at 7.00 pm in the Sholto Black room. We will discuss upcoming events in Terms 3 and 4 and how parents can help, coordinate and be involved in the process. This is a great way to meet fellow parents while forming connections in the school community.
The HPFC has organised a series of coffee mornings after school drop-off for parents of each year level. These will be held at Townhouse Café on Hampton Street. This is a great way to catch up and meet parents of your child’s year level.
An invitation flyer will be sent to parents, but feel free to add these dates to your calendar today:
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Monday, 25 July
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ELC
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Tuesday, 26 July
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Prep
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Wednesday, 27 July
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Year 1
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Friday, 29 July
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Year 2
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Monday, 1 August
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Year 3
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Tuesday, 2 August
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Year 4
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Wednesday, 3 August
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Year 5
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Friday, 5 August
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Year 6
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Monday, 8 August
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Year 7
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Tuesday, 9 August
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Year 8
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We look forward to seeing you there.
Monique Chapman
President, Haileybury Parents & Friends Castlefield
It was a busy end to the academic year for the Haileybury community, with many events to celebrate a successful 2021 into 2022 academic program.
Primary School held their annual Chinese Cultural Festival and parents, students and staff celebrated together with art, traditional singing and a special dance performance from the Grade 5 students.
Middle School concluded the year with Parent–Teacher Interviews in the gymnasium with families receiving feedback on their child’s achievements so far and how their children can continue to improve in the next academic year.
Senior School concluded their Term 1A Start Up program with some very special House events, including the induction of the Year 9 students into their respective House.
During the last week of the school year, various Tianjin Education delegates visited the School including Qin Zeming, Vice President of Tianjin Education Society, Zhao Pu, Deputy President and Secretary General, Chen Zipeng, Vice President of Tianjin Education Society, and Han Yinghong, Director and Professor of Education, Zhujiang College, and a number of municipal education society leaders.
Haileybury’s Executive Principal, Peter Rogerson, International Principal, Yanni Galanis, Chinese Principal, Brian Gao, and Vivian Jia, Vice Principal of Primary and Middle School received them warmly. They introduced Haileybury’s educational philosophy, development history and management model, and highlighted the School’s achievements over the past nine years.
Recently, the International School Award Ceremony recognised Haileybury with the School receiving the award for the best ‘International School with Australian Characteristics’. The award recognises academic innovation that promotes the development of China’s international education and cultivates international talents. It also recognises Haileybury’s strong links to Australian teaching and education.
Peter Rogerson, Executive Principal of Haileybury, accepted the award on behalf of the School.“There are many schools in China that offer an Australian curriculum at the Years 10 to 12 high school level,” he said.
“Haileybury School in Tianjin has always maintained a close relationship with its Australian counterpart, especially in terms of teaching and management, to ensure the essence of Australian education is brought into the high school classroom. I am honoured to accept this award on behalf of Haileybury Tianjin School.”
Yanni Galanis
International Principal, Haileybury International School, Tianjin
Each year, glorious North Australian winter weather draws thousands of tourists to Darwin and the Northern Territory. This year has seen a colder than usual dry season and during the recent school holidays the temperature in Darwin dropped below 20°C on several nights. Freezing!
Agricultural shows are a popular dry season tradition where locals and visitors gather for two days of entertainment, socialising and healthy fun. The Darwin Show is the centrepiece of these festivities and the Darwin Show Day is a popular public holiday—this year it falls on Friday, 22 July.
Since Haileybury Rendall School opened in 2018, it has been a tradition for us to run a marketing and publicity stall at the Darwin Show. Each year we pull out the magenta banners and our staff run the stall, answer questions, look for enrolments and celebrate our progress.
To advertise the opening of our new Boarding House in January 2023, we have also been visiting regional shows across the north of Australia, including Mt Isa in Queensland, Kununurra in Western Australia, and Alice Springs and Katherine in the Northern Territory. Along the way we’ve been encouraging families to send their children to our new facility.
I wonder if any Melbourne families are interested in sending their children to Haileybury’s northernmost School? If you want to know more, please check out our website for Boarding. We run the Australian Curriculum and the VCE and we might just be a great option!
Andrew McGregor
Principal, Haileybury Rendall School
Jessica Barwick (Year 6) has been nominated for a Fred Hollows Humanity Award. Jessica recognised that local aged-care residents were feeling disconnected and produced beautiful handmade cards for them, each containing a personalised message. Congratulations to Jessica for being acknowledged for her empathy and community spirit and we wish her well with the awards.
Term 3 is off to an excellent start. The students are fully engaged in their learning and are taking every opportunity to extend themselves and to enjoy all that Haileybury has to offer.
This term, the Berwick campus will host a cross-country event for all students in Years 5 and 6 across the four Melbourne campuses. Years 7 and 8 students from City campus will also compete.
We are very fortunate to have such spacious and well cared for grounds and we look forward to an exciting event. Parents from all campuses are very welcome to attend. More details will follow soon.
Late last term, the ELC and Junior School participated in a parent information session run by Julie Liptak, a respected Speech Pathologist, Behavioural Specialist and Social Thinking expert. Julie introduced parents to the Zones of Regulation and Social Thinking program used in the ELC and Junior School.
Haileybury has worked with Julie for several years to implement this program across each classroom. The program is designed to help students gain skills to consciously regulate their actions, which leads to increased control of emotions and problem-solving abilities. These are skills that help children socially and promote better concentration and overall learning.
Students are guided through the program to help recognise when they are in different states or ‘zones’ and they are taught how to use strategies or tools to stay in one zone or move from one to another.
Calming techniques, cognitive strategies, story books and sensory supports are introduced to children, so they have a toolbox to use. Children are taught to read facial expressions and recognise a broad range of emotions and perspectives about how other people might see and react to their behaviour.
Each day, educators discuss the zones with students to check in with their current state and wellbeing and you may also hear your children using words that they have learned through the program.
You may hear your child use phrases like ‘flexi brain’ and ‘rock brain’, ‘big problems’ versus ‘little problems’ to assist with teaching appropriate reactions to situations, and ‘following the group plan’ which is all about staying on task and following the direction of the group.
Below are some examples of how people feel or act in each of the different Zones of Regulation.
BLUE ZONE: sick, sad, tired, moving slowly, bored
GREEN ZONE: happy, calm, focused, ready to learn
YELLOW ZONE: frustrated, worried, silly, wiggly, anxious, excited
RED ZONE: angry, mean, out of control, I need space
We have lots of events across Term 3 that you may like to put in your diary:
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Friday, 29 July
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100 Days of School for Prep and Year 1
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Friday, 12 August
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Student Free Day
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Wednesday, 31 August
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Junior School Parent-Teacher Interviews
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Friday, 2 September at 2.30 pm
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Fathers Day Afternoon
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Wednesday, 7 September to Friday, 9 September
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Year 3 Camp
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Haileybury is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all our students and we have a legislative obligation to promote child safety and wellbeing within the School environment.
Students are informed of their rights through the Wellbeing Curriculum that focuses on ensuring all students are provided with the knowledge, skills and confidence to recognise unsafe situations with adults or other students and to speak up and act if they have concerns for themselves or their peers.
We ensure our students know who to talk to if they are worried or feeling unsafe, and we encourage them to share concerns with a trusted adult at any time. Students and families are encouraged to speak with their Head of Campus, Head of School, Homeroom Teacher or a School psychologist if they have any concerns.
Students and families can also access information about Support Services on the Haileybury Healthy Minds page and on the School parent portal, myHaileybury.
The Childwise program in the Junior School is a structured age-appropriate series of lessons covering a range of child safety areas to assist students with their safety and wellbeing. The program covers topics including:
Students are to be commended for the efficient manner in which they have eased back into the school term and Heads of Middle School have praised students for their commitment to the co-curricular program.
Term 3 is set to be a busy term for many of our students who are participating in a variety of competitions and performances.
Some of our Years 7 and 8 students are in the midst of their final rehearsals as they prepare for what should be a fantastic play on Thursday, 4 and Friday, 5 August, in John Twist Hall.
Murder’s in the Heir is designed as a play-within-a-play and the audience even votes during the intermission with the outcome of that vote changing the course of Act 2. It is a comedic and lively show that should be a wonderful experience for the audience and students.
Please join us and Elephant Ed, a leading education provider endorsed by the eSafety Commissioner, for a discussion about the physical, social and emotional changes that can be part of puberty.
This webinar is specifically for parents with students in Years 5 and 6. Parents will be provided with strategies to manage and help their child with these changes and to start effective conversations at home.
Growth, Development and Embracing Change will be held on Wednesday, 27 July.
Raising Respectful and Courageous Young People will be held on Wednesday, 3 August, Years 5 to 8.
In this webinar for parents of students in Years 5 to 8, Dannielle Miller, co-founder and CEO of Enlighten Education will discuss how parents can support boys to be good men, and raise girls who find their voices.
We are all striving for children to be equally confident and courageous.
Jeanette Rawlings
Head of Edrington (Berwick)
We’ve survived the holidays and the HPFE are pumped and ready for Term 3. We will be holding our Fathers Day Stall, providing platters for the Middle School production, Murder’s in the Heir, and planning our Term 4 events.
The Uniform Shop will be open every Wednesday morning and every second Friday from 2.45 pm – 4.00 pm, to coincide with Junior School assembly.
Our HPFE meetings this term are on:
Monday, 1 August 9.00 am – 10.00 am
Monday, 5 September 6.00 pm – 7.00 pm
We will also be holding our Fathers Day Stall on Monday, 29 August for ELC and on Wednesday, 31 August for Junior School and Years 5/6. We would love a helping hand to sell our very carefully procured items for the special men in our lives. Please let us know here if you are available to give us a hand.
Kerry Ilic
HPFE President
I extend a warm welcome to the Newlands community as we return to another exciting term. I trust you enjoyed the break with your family.
Classes commenced on Tuesday, 19 July and full winter uniform is to be worn this term. Work on the Gadsden Pavilion has commenced on Fisher Oval, so please take care entering and exiting the school grounds and when parking your vehicle.
From Friday, 1 July, Ministerial Order 1359 introduced changes to strengthen the existing Child Safe Standards. The new standards set minimum requirements and outline the actions that organisations must take to keep children and young people safe.
Executive staff undertook training during the term break and Newlands staff completed compulsory training and attend a workshop conducted by Diane Furusho, Deputy Principal (Student Wellbeing, Respectful Relationships & Consent) to ensure everyone is updated on the changes.
Angela Jiang (Thomas Li-PPK) was invited to sing to the ELC students as part of Language Week. Angela is a Chinese opera singer and the first piece she performed was part of a modern Chinese Opera story set during WWII called Sha Jia Bang.
The second song was a traditional Chinese song called Lu Hua, which is a flower.
The children and staff very much appreciated Angela performing her beautiful songs during this special event.
We were also excited to welcome Haileybury LOTE teachers, Maud Fugier-Sola, Ting Hu and Lauren Wainwright, who presented stories and songs to the children in French, Chinese and Japanese.
We are fortunate to have multilinguistic parents and educators across the ELC who supported the children’s learning during Language Week with songs, stories and dances.
NAIDOC Week from Sunday, 3 July, to Sunday, 10 July, celebrates the achievements and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee and NAIDOC WEEK is a special time.
This year’s theme was Get up! Stand up! Show up!
ELC children continue to enjoy learning about First Nations people and culture through stories, activities and discussions. A beautiful display of rock art work depicting children’s interpretation of living on country has been added to the rock art mural display at the entrance to the ELC.
During Early Learning Matters Week from Monday, 25 to Friday, 29 July, the early childhood sector highlights the importance of early learning for children’s development and wellbeing.
This is a week to acknowledge the work of the ELC educators and the children are creating an art display dedicated to their educators. Parents and children are encouraged to write letters of support and acknowledgement as part of this display.
The last week of Term 2 was Newlands Arts Week and as part of this, Junior School held its annual House singing competition. This was an interactive event where Houses sang their hearts out to compete for the coveted winner’s title.
The competition had a cultural feel with some songs sung in Japanese, African, Korean, Maori and French. Each House performed enthusiastically and with confidence.
The adjudicators, Jane Gibbs and Bronwyn Harrop, were very impressed and Cox House were announced the winners. Congratulations, Cox!
On Wednesday, 27 July, the Newlands Prep students will celebrate their 100th day in the Junior School. Throughout the day, they will create and participate in activities that revolve around the number 100.
First, they will make their 100-day glasses to wear and students will then have a chance to get creative and make a painting using 100 colourful dots. For maths, children will be asked to bring in 100 items from home and to sort these items into 10 equal groups.
We look forward to celebrating this wonderful milestone with the students.
Newlands celebrated Languages Week in style with a multitude of activities including sampling famous cuisines to cultural immersion in Japanese, Chinese and French.
Some highlights were a French immersion class presented by The French Loop, playing traditional French games and showcasing singing and language talents in multilingual karaoke. The activities were organised by the Middle and Senior School Languages department.
Japanese drumming and Chinese lion dancing were also part of the week and students were thrilled by Japanese comedian, Takashi Wakasugi, who thoroughly entertained the audience.
Languages Week Assembly was a huge success and celebrated the diverse languages spoken within our Haileybury community. This ties in with the School’s philosophy on respectful relationships across languages and cultures.
Other highlights were staff Kahoot competitions, a karate demonstration by Year 8 Homeroom and Japanese teacher, Kyoko Tsujimura, and Rachel Yu (Year 8), and the fabulous solo Chinese dance performance by Ella Zhang (Year 6).
Students were also given the opportunity to taste authentic Chinese fried rice and noodles and French croissants, quiche and Orangina.
Year 7.1 hosted a Kahoot fundraiser for a school in Pokhara, Nepal. It was recently devastated by a flood that destroyed most of the school’s resources. The school has a very low literacy rate, so raising money to build a library is vital to improve education opportunities for the students.
The school needed to raise $10,000 to achieve their goal of building a new library. After many days of hard work and careful planning, the class of 7.1 decided to raise money by making a Kahoot with every class in Year 7 donating a gold coin to participate.
Max Crouch (Year 7) sourced prizes for first, second and third place, including Melbourne Stars BBL backpacks and caps.
In total, 7.1 raised $65 for the library in Pokhara and this has been added to the $7,000 raised from other events throughout the week.
Well done, Year 7.1!
The Kahoot winners were:
1. Oliver La Nauze
2. Kendrick Suon
3. Jackson Marr
This term our Year 7s will be involved in incursions run by the Wellbeing team. Boys Middle School will explore Man Cave and have discussions regarding healthy masculinity, and Girls Middle School will be visited by Enlighten who will work with the students to decode mixed messages and develop self-esteem and confidence.
Our Years 5 and 6 students will have an incursion from Elephant Ed that covers age-appropriate sex education.
We encourage our Years 5 and 6 parents to join the Growth, Development and Embracing Change parent webinar which will be held online on Wednesday, 27 July.
A reminder to our Middle School parents to join the Raising Respectful and Courageous Young People parent webinar which will also be held online on Wednesday, 3 August.
As an additional resource to the Cyber Safety Project, the eSafety Commissioner has provided excellent resources for parents on how to safely navigate the online world with children.
The eSafety Commissioner website also offers parent webinars and support for families. Join us for a parents and carers webinar on popular apps such as TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube. You’ll find out more about how to support young people to use technology safely and you’ll get tips on what to do if your child has a negative experience online.
The sessions are free to join and start on Monday, 1 August 2022.
There are many other useful resources for parents and students available through the eSafety Commissioner. Be an eSafe kid helps your child to develop positive online behaviours.
The eSafety Guide provides information about popular apps, games and social media. For example, did you know that some apps offer safety and privacy features, like Messenger Kids, which allows parents to monitor their child’s chat?
Parents can also support their child to report online bullying to the platform where it occurred. If the platform does not take action within 48 hours, you can report cyberbullying and other harmful content to eSafety.
The eSafety Commissioner also points out that technology is always changing, so it’s important to update devices and check privacy settings regularly. Read more about parental controls and using technology safely in the home here.
Jane Gibbs
Head of Newlands (Keysborough)
The Second-Hand Uniform Shop is full to the brim with very good quality second-hand uniform items.
Term 3 Second-hand shop dates
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
Haileybury’s entire Year 9 cohort spent the final two weeks of last term engaged in a range of experiential learning activities at various locations around Australia.
Haileybury Girls College students completed their options with groups travelling to Uluru, Cairns and the Barrier Reef. These are wonderful opportunities for them to diversify their travel experiences.
The Year 9 Haileybury College students have been on expeditions that involve completing challenging hikes and sleeping out under canvas. With the weather turning colder, our students are really building their resilience under difficult circumstances.
Congratulations to our Sport Captains who held a bake sale during the last week of Term 2. Their focus was the ‘be kind to the environment’ initiative and they asked students to bring in old sport tops to be turned into socks by Upparel.
The delicacies were amazing and baked to MasterChef quality! Amazing work was done by Josie Lawton (Year 12) in arranging the roster and well done to everyone who played their part and served at the stall.
Their efforts raised $695 which is an extraordinary amount of money that will be used to purchase new socks for a community in need.
Our school is participating in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which takes place between Monday, 15 August, and Friday, 9 September 2022.
PISA is an important part of the National Assessment Program in Australia—the measure through which governments, education authorities and schools determine whether young Australians are meeting important educational outcomes.
All Australian Education Ministers have agreed to Australian schools’ participation in PISA, which is reflected in the Australian Education Act 2013.
International assessments provide a wide range of valuable information for education policy and review in Australia and overseas, and also enable Australia to consider how our education system is performing compared with others.
Since the first PISA assessment in 2000, which involved 32 countries, the survey has continued to be of interest to educators and policy-makers worldwide. In 2022, Australia will be one of over 85 countries participating in PISA with around 15,000 students from around 800 schools representing our country.
What will PISA Mean for Haileybury?
A random sample of 15-year-old students, mostly from Years 10 and 11, will complete a two-hour, computer-based assessment consisting of mathematics, science, reading and creative thinking. These students will also be asked to complete a questionnaire.
A random sample of teachers will be asked to complete an online questionnaire that will collect information on classroom instruction, and teachers’ educational backgrounds, training and teaching experiences.
As this is an international assessment, every participating school and student has an important role in showing the rest of the world what Australia can do.
ACER will provide our school and participating students with a certificate recognising our contribution.
Pam Chamberlain
Senior Vice Principal and Head of Haileybury Senior Schools
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
This term, at each of our Melbourne campuses, you will have the opportunity to experience several fantastically diverse and engaging live theatre events. There is something for everyone.
You can see the Senior Students display their Shakespearian skills in a shortened version of Much Ado About Nothing, immerse yourself in a promenade production of Alice in Wonderland, be part of the action in Murder’s in the Heir, or celebrate the work of Stephen Sondheim with Into the Woods Jnr.
See below to find out more about these wonderful shows.
Term 3 will see the Year 5 students putting on a Creative Arts Evening. Every Year 5 class across BMS and GMS will display the work they have been developing in their art, music and drama classes.
In one evening, you will experience a showcase of passion and skill as students share different perspectives on the world through diverse art forms.
Years 7 and 8 students at our Berwick campus are ready to take to the stage. Almost every character in Murder’s in the Heir has the weapon, opportunity and motive to commit the unseen murder and it’s up to the audience to decide who actually did it! Come and be part of this wonderful live theatre experience!
The City campus continues to present engaging and exciting theatre and this term is no different. Alice in Wonderland will see the audience move through the beautiful City campus and experience Lewis Carrol’s classic tale like never before. Just like Alice explores Wonderland, you too can make your way through the magical maze and enjoy this theatrical adventure!
Into the Woods Jr is a multi-award-winning musical from legendary composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim. This wonderful show is based on a range of classic fairy tale characters and includes a score filled with brilliant music. This one-act version will introduce the audience to some hilarious characters and take you on a very joyous journey.
Senior School students have skilfully brought Shakespeare’s classic comedy, Much Ado About Nothing,
to life. This 70-minute version of Benedick and Beatrice’s merry war is a delightful mix of fools, fun and feuds.
Book now to avoid disappointment!
Nick Waxman
Head of Drama and Theatre Studies
There has been a buzz of excitement around the Music department this first week of term. As musical tuition progresses beyond the year’s half-way point, students are rapidly developing their skills due to lessons, home practice sessions and ensemble rehearsals. At this point, I would particularly like to acknowledge the outstanding achievements of everyone who has participated in the new Year 5 Band program.
Following the success of the recent Middle School concert series, the department is looking forward to providing Middle School musicians with a number of exciting performance opportunities this term.
The first whole school music event will be the Haileybury Jazz Nights. These performances will take place on Monday, 1 August, and Tuesday, 2 August, at St Kilda’s live music venue, MEMO Music Hall.
Each night will feature jazz combos from Middle School, Senior School and the VCE Music program. The Haileybury Stage Band will perform both nights and tickets are available now.
The Music department is also excited to announce a new concert for the whole school music calendar, Chamber in the Chapel. A refined night of orchestral music, Chamber in the Chapel will feature our most developed smaller ensembles from within the orchestral, voice and concert band programs.
The event will take place in the Keysborough Chapel on Thursday, 1 September.
Rod Marshall
Director of Performing Arts & Head of Haileybury Music
Add your contribution to Haileybury’s history by donating your own unique piece of artwork to celebrate 130 years of our great school.
Throughout Semester 2 we will display works created by students, teachers, or families that celebrate your special connection to Haileybury. Be as creative as you like and be sure to share your special stories. Works must be no larger than A2, any medium (pencil, paint, digital etc.), and should be 2-dimensional.
To donate your work, please submit your piece to your campus Arts Department prior to Week 7, Term 3. Please ensure your work is clearly labelled with artist/s name, title, date and a short artist statement if you wish. There will be one winner per campus and each winner will receive a $500 voucher to spend at the Melbourne Art Supplies!
Part of the requirements of Unit 4 studio arts includes the study of how artworks are exhibited in galleries and other arts industry spaces. With this in mind, the 2022 cohort visited the Collective Movements exhibition at Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), followed by the Duldig Studio House Museum.
The students were treated to a comprehensive lecture by the education officer at MUMA who detailed the behind-the-scenes processes of exhibition design, logistics, curation and promotional strategies.
There was special emphasis on the First Nations co-curated Collective Movements show that brings together a variety of Indigenous Victorian historic and contemporary cultural practices and knowledge to: “make more visible a language and terminology beyond Western art concepts of ‘collaboration’ and ‘collectivism’—one that better describes and acknowledges the way Indigenous creatives work within a broader community and its inheritances”.
Students were also welcomed into the stock room to examine conservation, storage and transport methods used by the gallery to care for their valuable collection and loan items.
2022 3/4 Studio Arts students at the front of the Monash University Museum of Art and interacting with this mob’s Gunyah Manu (Home Camp) 2022 installation.
After lunch we visited the Duldig Studio in Malvern East to travel back in time to the creative world occupied by Viennese refugee artists, Karl and Slawa Duldig.
Their home, replete with their original furniture that was preserved in a Parisian basement during their flight from Europe, has been transformed into a museum celebrating the internationally influential sculptor’s work.
Through displays of Karl’s tools, works in progress, and his studio and sculpture garden, students were immersed in a vastly different exhibition experience. This gave them valuable insight into the rich diversity of the arts industry in Melbourne for their upcoming SAC and end of year examination.
3/4 Studio Arts students in situ in the Duldig Studio garden among the bronze and terracotta sculptures. The preserved studio is in the background.
Rachelle Rae
Head of Visual Arts Senior School
Term 2 was another busy term for the Pipes & Drums, ending with the Middle School concerts at Newlands, City, Brighton and Berwick. Students across all campuses performed in front of large audiences, with many pipers and drummers debuting their new musical skills.
They amazed the crowd with an energetic pop piece, Wake Me Up, by the late Avicii and an awe-inspiring Drummers Fanfare. They finished with the band favourite, Silver Threads Among the Gold.
We are very proud of each band member and, as usual, the Pipes & Drums were a huge hit! All students displayed professionalism well beyond their age and experience level.
On Saturday, 9 July, senior Haileybury pipers represented the Pipes & Drums in the State Victorian Pipers Association (VPA) Solo Piping Championship—the final contest for the season.
Jessie Sun (Year 9) was crowned 2022 Novice State Champion and Novice Piper of the Year (an aggregate prize across all VPA run competitions). Brodie Nash (Year 12) achieved a commendable 3rd place overall in the D Grade championship.
Both students delivered top-tier performances against other competitors in their respective grades and placed in every event they entered.
Along with winning the Novice Championships and Piper of the Year, Jessie has now been upgraded to D grade for the 2023 season.
Novice – 2/4 March
2nd: Jessie Sun
Novice – Strathspey and Reel
2nd: Jessie Sun
Novice – Piobaireachd
1st: Jessie Sun
Novice – Overall Spot (15 competed)
1st – Jessie Sun
D Grade – 2/4 March
2nd: Brodie Nash
D Grade – Strathspey and Reel
4th: Brodie Nash
D Grade – Overall Spot (10 competed)
3rd – Brodie Nash
The Haileybury Pipes & Drums joined over 200 pipers, drummers and highland dancers who paraded down Collins Street. The parade started in front of the Old Treasury Building before turning into Regent Place, where the massed pipes and drums did a short recital before the parade concluded.
Haileybury was front and centre for the parade. Band leaders Pipe Major Brodie Nash (Year 12) and Pipe Sergeant Oliver Perry (Year 12) led the group of performers for the crowd favourite, Amazing Grace.
The official party was led by the Hon. Ted Baillieu, Chieftain of Pipe Bands Victoria, Mr Reg Davis, Chairperson, Scots of Victoria Coordinating Group, and Mr Hamish Tadgell, Chairperson, Victorian Scottish Heritage Cultural Foundation.
It was a wonderful opportunity to support the pipe band community and to celebrate Tartan Day in Melbourne!
Lincoln Hilton
Director, Pipes & Drums
We recently asked our Haileybury Foundation Scholarship students to write to their benefactors, update them on their first semester and thank them for their significant impact on each student’s education.
The appreciation from our students for the gifts they are receiving was heart-warming. Here are some of the comments:
'Haileybury has opened my eyes and allowed me to think of doing things that I would never have thought of doing before. As each goal of mine is accomplished, I keep setting myself new ones that are even more difficult.
It is all thanks to your generous donation that I have been able to reach so many of my personal goals. I promise that I will keep aiming higher and higher. Thank you truly for making it so that I may come to Haileybury. Thank you.'
‘I am head over heels in love with this school and can’t wait to see what the next semester is going to be like. I am forever grateful for everything you have done to help support my journey at Haileybury! There are no words for how much I appreciate your support and I will continue to strive to make you all proud.
Being at Haileybury had always been something I could only dream of, but you have made this dream a reality. You have given me the stepping stone on the flight of steps ahead. You have opened the door to my future. You have given me the opportunity to do such wondrous things.’
‘Thank you so much. I’ve never had the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest teachers in the state and to play sport with some of the best basketball players that I’ve ever played with. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to go to a school like this and to have the chance to do things I’ve never thought about. This experience has truly changed my life and I will be forever grateful.’
On Thursday, 11 August, 2022 our community has another opportunity to change a life forever.
Haileybury will be conducting its first Giving Day with the aim of providing a scholarship for a student who would otherwise never have dreamed of attending our School.
The funds raised from the Giving Day will have an enormous impact as they will support a Scholarship, the Haileybury 130 Scholarship, that celebrates 130 years of the School.
All funds raised on Giving Day will go to the scholarship that will be open to a student in Year 7, 9 or 10 at any of Haileybury’s Melbourne campuses.
All donations, regardless of size, will contribute to an amazing cause that will change a student’s life and provide them with a world class education.
All Giving Day donors will be notified of the first scholarship recipient when they are announced in September 2022. The scholarship recipient will begin at Haileybury at the start of the 2023 School year.
For more information on how you can assist, please contact:
Russell Davidson, Director of Development & Alumni Relations at Russell.davidson@haileybury.vic.edu.au
Antonio Mercuri has successfully operated his property valuation business, Mercuri Property Valuers & Consultants, for 17 years. Antonio began the business after completing a Bachelor of Business, majoring in Property Valuations, at RMIT University.
His memories of his Haileybury school days are happy ones. He vividly remembers the sausage roll wrapped in a sesame seed bun, smeared with butter and sauce which had to be followed with a Chocolate or Blue Heaven Big M.
Antonio’s other Haileybury memories are diverse. He recalls ‘good times with Twinkle Toes Twisty’ and Friday pie days in Form 2 maths with Mr Rebbechi. Despite Mrs Lyons being a hard marker, Antonio also remembers scoring an A in English in Year 12 VCE.
The Old Haileyburian is happily married to Vikkie, loves playing golf, is a loyal North Melbourne supporter and can’t wait to resume his family’s annual overseas holidays.
Antonio will enjoy reminiscing some more with his Class of 1992 mates at their 30-year reunion on Friday, 26 August, at the magnificent Haileybury City campus!
We are delighted to announce that Clearwater Plumbing has agreed to support the OHA over the next 12 months. Clearwater Plumbing is owned and operated by Sinan Mustafa (OH 2001). Thank you, Sinan.
Read more about becoming a major sponsor, club sponsor or event sponsor on our website below.
Kylie Phillips
Development Office Operations Lead
I hope that all students have had a restful break.
The Winter Sports season starts again from Week 1 with all teams playing on Saturday, as per their respective fixtures.
Please check all information carefully and ensure that you have all your gear ready to go from Week 1.
During the recent holiday period, Flynn Gregor (Year 10) was selected for the National Trampoline Team and represented Australia in the FIG Trampoline World Cup held in Coimbra, Portugal in late June.
The Australian team faced competition from countries including Spain, Portugal, Germany, the UK and Hungary. Flynn placed an impressive third in the individual trampoline event and he came seventh in the synchronised trampoline event in which he performed with another member of the Australian team.
Flynn then travelled with the Australian team to Switzerland where he competed in the Nissen Cup event, an international junior trampolining event.
Recently, some of our cricketers have been involved in the Indoor Cricket National Championships. The tournament was held at Casey Stadium in Cranbourne East and ran from Sunday, 26 June, to Saturday, 9 July.
Siddhant Goel (Year 8) was Co-Captain of the Victorian Under 14 Boys Indoor Cricket Team. They finished third in the National Championships. They won their semi-final against New South Wales but lost their preliminary final to Western Australia—a win would have taken them through to the Grand Final.
Dinal Gamage (Year 11), Alex Russell (Year 11), Zac Grech (Year 11) and Nic Tindall (Year 11) represented the Victorian Under 18 Boys Indoor Cricket Team. After finishing third on the ladder after their round matches, the Victorians won all their finals games which were all sudden death elimination contests.
They beat the previously undefeated Western Australian team in a thrilling Grand Final to claim the Under 18 Boys Indoor Cricket National title. Following the tournament, Nic Tindall (Year 11) was selected in the Under 18 Boys 2022 All-Star Team for his performances. A phenomenal achievement.
Zac Grech (Year 11) was also good enough to be selected in the Victorian Under 22 Boys Indoor Cricket Team that finished third. Being selected was an outstanding achievement given that Zac is 17-years-old.
Siddhant Goel (Year 8) was selected in the Under 14 Boys 2022 All-Star Team for his performance. The All-Star Team is made up of the 10 best players from each division playing in the tournament. Siddhant scored the most runs for the Under 14 Boys achieving 203. The second highest score was 166.
Sean Allcock
Director of Haileybury Sport
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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