A recent Productivity Commission interim report into schooling in Australia highlighted once again that education outcomes across the country in the last five years have not improved.
The report found new initiatives were needed to raise academic outcomes, boost student wellbeing, address education equity gaps and improve quality teaching.
Across the last decade, Haileybury has continued to focus on what makes the biggest difference to student education outcomes—teacher effectiveness in the classrooms. As a result, we have seen continued improvement in student academic outcomes and strong social and broader education outcomes.
Haileybury’s focus on quality teaching of core literacy and numeracy skills has consistently seen student combined achievement in NAPLAN amongst the very best in Australia. This has flowed through into VCE results achieved by students supported by the brilliant teaching of Haileybury’s Senior School team. The improvement journey has been significant across the last decade and has moved students’ results from very good to exceptional.
I regularly highlight—and will do so again here—the exceptional work of Haileybury’s brilliant teachers. They have a deep content knowledge, an outstanding pedagogical practice, a strong understanding of assessment to inform the progress of students, and a deep commitment to student welfare.
The Productivity Commission report highlighted again the emerging teacher shortages around Australia. Contributing to this is an increasing burden of government-imposed regulation and compliance matters which teachers have to deal with, as well as increased expectations from parents of what schools and teachers are responsible for.
I ask that all parents consider this second point. Haileybury’s teachers are amongst the very best in Australia and we must give them the support they deserve to continue to deliver on the brilliant student outcomes that have been achieved.
Derek Scott
CEO | Principal
Wellbeing
Why your child needs to take risks
It might be as simple as getting on a bike for the first time and having the courage to shakily pedal a few metres. Or it might be stepping on to a sport's field to play a new sport.
Standing up to speak in front of an audience, or going to a social event where you know nobody but go anyway…these all require a person to step up and take a risk.
In some cases, and perhaps particularly for parents of adolescents and teenagers, the word ‘risk’ conjures up negative connotations and, of course, not all risks are worth taking. But in the lives of children and young people, taking some risks is key to helping them learn about choices, decisions, responsibility and consequences.
“Taking risks helps young people find their passion in life. If they don’t try anything new, they won’t know what they like and don’t like.”
Diane Furusho, Haileybury’s Deputy Principal Student Wellbeing.
“It also teaches them that when they do something new, they won’t get it right the first time, but then they learn the importance of practice and perseverance. It can be challenging for parents to let their children take risks but it’s part of our role, as parents, to teach our children to take risks and to support them when they do that.”
So how can parents support risk-taking and help their children learn from the experiences and consequences that are part and parcel of that process?
Here are 10 ways parents can support children.
Understand that children and young people need to take risks. “Teenagers will push the boundaries and create chaos sometimes – expect that,” says Maria Bailey, Haileybury Director of Counselling Services. “It’s part of the natural developmental journey that helps young people become independent, learn to problem solve, understand their moral compass and make choices. It’s an essential part of a young person’s development and your child will learn a lot about themselves in the process.”
Learn about the how a young person’s brain grows and matures – so much brain remodelling happens during adolescence and continues until the mid-20s. Parts of the brain associated with thrill seeking and risk taking are prominent and the parts of the brain involved with reasoning and impulse control are still developing. So read useful resources about brain development so you can better understand what is happening inside your own child’s brain.
“If children are nervous to try something new, recognise there is a risk that they won’t get things right first time and reassure them that is OK,” says Diane.
Have a conversation about the pros and cons of the risk. “For example, if you have a Year 12 student going to Schoolies, talk through the positives of going and also the challenges and possible dangers. Let your child know you are there to support them and if they understand there are risks and know what could go wrong, some of the fear in a situation can be removed,” says Diane.
Maria recommends encouraging children to pause and think about the risk before they act. “Get them to think about whether it is good for them or not. Give them space to think about it and they might then decide to step away,” she says.
Encourage positive risk-taking behaviour and find opportunities for healthy risks to be taken in school, sports, the community and through extra-curricular activities. So encourage your child to be part of the school play, to volunteer, play sport or to get involved in a cause that matters to them.
The other side of the coin is that it’s a parent’s job to keep children safe and, for teenagers particularly, there will be ‘stop’ moments, says Maria. “Safety trumps everything. There will be risk situations where you have to say ‘this is not OK’” she says. “There need to be conversations, boundaries and a discussion about what is happening and how it impacts them and their relationship with people around them.”
The art of parenting involves knowing when it’s time to step in while not being a vacuum parent who follows up behind their child picking up the mess and fallout from their mistake. When children take a risk and it doesn’t work out, be supportive but let them learn from the consequences.
“Give examples of where your child has failed in the past and got back up. If a parent says ‘when I did this and this happened and I did that and that’…the child doesn’t care. Keep it about your child and recall experiences they’ve had where they took a risk, it didn’t pay off and they got back up again,” says Diane.
Be mindful of the language you use with your young person. “We often tell our children how wonderful and brilliant they are. However, when they take a risk and it doesn’t go the way they want, they feel they have failed,” says Diane. “Remind them that you admire the wonderful risk they took and remind them of what they learnt from that. Keep reinforcing to children that when they take a risk and fail, that’s OK.”
Castlefield
Campus News
A Great Team
A big thank you to our families, students and staff for an incredible term. It has been a term of focus as our older students head towards their exam period in Week 5 of Term 4, but it has also been a term filled with events and activities.
We haven’t seen some of these events for a few years, like our recent Years 5 and 6 inter-campus House Cross Country competition, Book Week Parades, Fathers Day Assemblies, 100 Days of School for our Preps and STEM Week experiments.
What an abundance of celebrations our students are provided with!
Castlefield’s Russell House won the inter-campus House Cross Country event. (Jack McEwan and Lulu Doherty)
A Big Tick for Naplan Once Again
The 2022 NAPLAN results were outstanding once more and we congratulate students on their individual results. The NAPLAN papers for students in Years 3, 5 and 7 have been sent to families to review, celebrate and share.
Ready for Term 4
Term 4 begins on Monday, 3 October, with students wearing their summer uniform. There is a two-week grace period to allow for variations in the weather and for the organisation of uniforms.
Our Second-hand Uniform shop, run by the HPFC, is a fabulous source of uniforms, so pay them a visit near the Rouen Street gate on Wednesdays from 8.15 am – 10.15 am, and on Thursdays from 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm.
Speech Night Date
An important date for our Middle School families is Speech Night. This year the Castlefield Speech Night will be on Tuesday, 29 November at 7.00 pm in Aikman Hall at the Keysborough campus. Further information will be forwarded to families as this compulsory event draws closer.
Early Learning Centre
Super Educators!
We recently celebrated Early Childhood Educators Day which is a chance to recognise the work of Australia’s educators in early learning services and their wonderful contribution to the wellbeing, learning and development of young children.
We all know the saying ‘not all superheroes wear capes’, but on this occasion, the ELC teachers did!
Here are some messages of appreciation from our ELC children and families:
“I love my teacher because she helps me learn.”
“Thank you so much for teaching me every day.”
“Thank you so much to all the Haileybury ELC teachers. We’ve had two wonderful years of high-quality curriculum, kindness and TLC from the very special teachers. A huge thank you to you all. We just feel so lucky and privileged to have had our son cared for and taught by you!”
“Thank you for your hard work, love and encouragement that you give every day. AMAZING!”
“The positive impact you have on our children gives them the best start to formal learning. Thank you.”
“You do an amazing job! So vital in the formative years of our children. We love you.”
“So lucky.”
Junior School
Forest Edge Camp Highlights
Our staff were excited to embark on the first Year 3 camp to Forest Edge in Neerim South. This group of young people took everything in their stride—from setting up their cabins and mealtime duties to strenuous bush walks and learning the skill of archery. They laughed, danced and ran through the activities with a smile and beautiful manners.
Camp provides children with so many wonderful opportunities, such as a chance to be independent, learn new skills, problem solve and step out of their comfort zone a little. Memories have been made!
“It’s so beautiful here, you don’t get to do stuff like this every day.”
Hugo
“It’s a chance to get out of your friendship group and be with other people.”
Isabella
Life Ed with Healthy Harold
Once again this year, Healthy Harold the giraffe and Life Ed visited the Junior School to ‘give kids the smarts to deal with the hard stuff’. Life Ed Victoria is an impactful preventive health organisation that provides vital life skills for children.
The instructor delivered different programs to each year level on subjects like friendships, healthy eating and cyber safety. Harold the giraffe continues to delight students with his silliness and jokes!
Middle School
Disco Fever
When the Year 8 Student leadership team, championed by Cooper Curley, proposed a vision for a Year 5 and 6 ‘Glow’ Disco, they left no stone unturned and their vision coming to life was a highlight of Term 3 in the Middle School.
Dickinson Hall took on a whole new look as our Years 5 and 6 students came together, were decorated in UV paint and danced the night away to their favourite tunes. There was also a limbo competition and a chance to pose in the photobooth.
It was a fantastic evening of fun and great energy—and a chance for some of our teachers to show their best dance moves much to the delight (or embarrassment) of the students!
This wonderful event could not have taken place without the tireless work and efforts of Cooper and the extended team of leaders. Thank you.
Girls Rugby Sevens
On Friday, 2 September, 11 of our Year 8 Castlefield girls attended the ISV Rugby Sevens competition. The day consisted of a rugby clinic, a practice match and culminated in a tournament between competing schools.
The Haileybury Castlefield team drew their first game with Siena College but went on to win the next two games and secured a place in the Grand Final.
The girls, despite playing half the game with only six players, applied their newly developed skills and beat Siena College 2–1 in the Grand Final, winning the inaugural Cattermole Cup.
The day was an exciting opportunity for the girls to develop their skills and to be a part of an exciting new development in the Rugby Sevens pathway. We look forward to the opportunity to defend the Cup next year.
Katrina Manson
Head of Castlefield (Brighton)
Haileybury Parents & Friends Castlefield (HPFC)
End of a Busy Term
What a busy end of Term 3 we have had! Events held recently have all been well attended.
The Fathers Day Stall was a great success and many students were able to purchase gifts. Thank you to Annie Karamountzos for sourcing the gifts and to Lisa Dangerfield and volunteers for their time at the stall.
We also had our Fathers’ night at the Marine and the Years 5 and 6 had their disco that was organised by the Year 8 leaders. The students had lots of fun!
Term 4 brings our Middle School bowling nights and a Junior School Hallowe’en Disco. Keep an eye out for notices on the myHaileybury app.
This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival coincided with Teacher’s Day in China. It is the first time the two events have fallen on the same day since 1985.
Mid-Autumn Festival, or Zhongqiu Jie in Chinese, is also called the Moon Festival or the Mooncake Festival and it is the second most important festival after Chinese New Year.
It is a time of reunion for families and Haileybury celebrated by gathering together to share food, make paper lanterns, practice calligraphy, and give staff and students mooncake gifts.
At Senior School, each House prepared special gifts for their teachers to celebrate the festival and acknowledge all teachers on their special day.
New Teachers and Interns Morning Tea
As part of Haileybury’s ongoing commitment to the development of new teachers and interns, we held a special afternoon celebration. Our Head of Senior School, Cathy Qi, shared some advice and she and Executive Principal, Peter Rogerson, presented them with special gifts.
We are pleased to support the new teachers and interns as they begin their teaching careers.
Direct Instruction Workshop
As part of our professional learning and development program and through our links to Haileybury Melbourne, we recently had a Junior School English workshop on direct instruction. This was presented by Niki Preston from the Junior School English Department.
Niki is also Deputy Head of Junior School - Teaching and Learning and she has been helping to mentor the Haileybury Tianjin Junior English team in her role as EAL Direct Instruction coach.
Niki unpacked a Reading Hierarchy which helps students use their explicitly taught phonics skills and decode unfamiliar words. She also took the JS English teachers through an explicit writing lesson and showed the teachers how to use writing structures to help scaffold writing, so that every student can achieve success.
General Achievement Examination
The return of our Year 12 students for the start of the Northern Hemisphere Timetable academic year also saw students who study studio art, Japanese and business management sitting their General Achievement Test (GAT).
This year the GAT will play an important role in the quality assurance of VCE assessments and the introduction of the new literacy and numeracy section will provide Year 12 students with an opportunity to demonstrate their literacy and numeracy skills.
I am pleased to report that under the direction of our Head of VCE, Sam Li, everything went seamlessly.
Yanni Galanis
International Principal, Haileybury International School, Tianjin
City
Campus News
NAPLAN Results Arrive
It has been pleasing to see that our NAPLAN results continue to be strong. Parents of students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 will have received their NAPLAN report envelopes in the mail by now. At City, we are delighted with the growth, application and effort of our students in terms of their literacy and numeracy skills.
Our staff are now in the process of analysing the NAPLAN data and looking at trends and areas for future focus. Our staff are brilliant teachers and they are proud of their students and their excellent results.
Parents also play an important part in supporting homework, learning behaviours and the attitude and effort of their children and we thank you. It is this strong partnership that ensures our students can make the best of the wealth of learning opportunities afforded to them by a Haileybury education.
Most importantly, it is the growing of kind hearts and sharp minds every day that matters.
Building Emotional Agility
Our staff and students have continued to find the joy in so many Haileybury City activities this term. It has been a courageous journey for all as we navigated the ‘Blue Zone’ and learned more about emotional agility.
Dr Susan David, author of Emotional Agility, says the price of a meaningful life is opening ourselves up to experiencing love and hurt.
The metaphor that we have been using all year in the Junior and Middle Schools is ‘being in the driver’s seat’. Emotions such as sadness, anger and frustration are sometimes passengers in our car, but we don’t want our emotions taking the wheel.
It is important we take a pit stop, identify the emotion, acknowledge its presence, understand why it is present and manage our response. We can then start our car again and move along the road. The more we learn how to regulate our emotions, the more the passengers get out without us even noticing!
Our students have been learning these lessons through messages from their Heads of School and Homeroom teachers and through assemblies, one-on-one discussions, pastoral support, restorative conversations and supportive friendships. We have a great team of pastoral leaders who have led this important skill building in our young people.
Early Learning Centre
Exceeding in the ELC
Throughout Australia, early childhood settings are assessed and rated against seven quality areas that focus on providing a high-quality environment for children.
Our ELC has just undergone the assessment and rating process and has been rated as ‘Exceeding’ in all seven areas. This process was an opportunity for us to showcase our exceptional program and practice and celebrate our Social Thinking curriculum that supports children and families with social development and emotional regulation.
Our exceptional environments were highlighted and children’s agency was noted as evident throughout all spaces. Time was also spent positively reflecting on our collaborative partnerships with families and our wider community and how these enhance children’s learning.
We are thrilled our ELC’s high standards have been reflected in our ‘exceeding’ rating thanks to the highly dedicated and caring professionals that provide exceptional opportunities for children’s learning and development every day.
Junior School
Flying Fox and Crate Climbing
Among the lush green surrounds of Forest Edge, our Year 3 students immersed themselves in many memorable outdoor learning experiences at their recent camp. With sunlight sprawling across the river, hills and valley, they were thrilled to build their skillset with their peers and approached each activity with enthusiasm.
The highlight for many was the exhilarating flying fox—300m of pure joy that flew them through the valley. When the students took aim during their archery practice, their focus was truly tested due to a mob of kangaroos in the background.
During Crate Climb, our Year 3 students clambered up as many milk crates as they could while harnessed. Thanks to the tranquil sounds of the bush and some steep hilly climbs, the bushwalk experience was both relaxing and tiring.
Students collaborated to problem solve and complete activities, a scavenger hunt and a hut building exercise. They were exhausted on the bus ride home—a key indicator of a successful, enjoyable and memorable camp.
R U OK? Day
Our Junior School students are always looking for ways to be outward looking and future focused and R U OK? Day was a fantastic opportunity for our Year 4 leaders to work towards this goal.
Our Semester 2 Social Justice Captain, Dimitri Macris, brainstormed ideas about how he could support students on R U OK? Day. In conjunction with Semester 1 Social Justice Captain, Sophie Hallam, they arranged for Year 4 leaders to wear fluoro vests at lunchtime and those leaders were available to offer support and guidance to Junior School students during playtime.
Some students also joined in a domino building exercise and used dominoes to construct the letters R U OK?
We are proud of our Year 4 leaders for being outward looking and future focused.
Middle School
Memorable Moments
Congratulations to our Middle School students for the successful way in which they ended the term. There were many memorable moments over the last nine weeks including Dance and Aerobics Nationals, Alices in Wonderland, humanities excursions, House Cross-Country and RUOK? Day.
We would like to congratulate the Middle School students for their positive attitudes and academic rigour. We wish all Middle School families a restful break and we look forward to welcoming students back on campus in Term 4.
Boys Games Night and Girls Night In
In celebration of the Boys and Girls Middle School community, our Year 8 leadership team hosted our Boys Games Night and Girls Night In on Thursday, 15 September. This was a wonderful opportunity for students to connect and enjoy an afternoon of activities planned and run by our Year 8 leaders.
Thank you to all involved in celebrating another successful term in the Middle School.
Caroline Merrick
Head of City
Haileybury Parents & Friends City (HPF City)
Rest and Refresh
As we head into the school holidays, we would like to wish our Haileybury teachers and staff a refreshing and restful break after a wonderful term of learning, sport, productions and camps. It is wonderful to have the children engaged and representing our fantastic school in so many disciplines.
The HPFC hosted a Magenta Movie Night at Coburg Village Drive In. It was well attended by families with younger members of our community getting into the fun of The Rise of Gru.
A huge thank you to Richard Winkett, our Middle School executive member, for coordinating this event. We are so grateful for your hard work.
We will have our HPFC social representative and community meeting via Zoom on Monday, 10 October. We would love you to join us and we will provide an agenda shortly but please bring any fundraising ideas and events to the discussion. We would love to hear them!
Finally, please consider donating to the Haileybury Parents and Friends City Scholarship to help us with our aspirational goal of supporting a child who may not otherwise be able to attend our amazing school.
On Thursday, 8 September, R U Ok? Day allowed students across the School to explicitly learn the language of the ‘check-in’.
Check-ins are a process where parents, teachers and friends invite our young people to stop, pause, explore and appreciate their emotions. By checking-in, we normalise talking about feelings and empower students to view their emotions as resources.
Research published by the Centre for Wellbeing Science at the University of Melbourne says that the simple act of students acknowledging their emotions can help reduce the intensity of the emotions or stress they feel. By naming emotions, students can also feel more in control and they are less likely to experience an ‘emotional hijack’ when they label their feelings.
To mark R U OK? Day, students wore a ‘touch of yellow’ to support the R U OK? mission to inspire and empower young people to meaningfully connect with those in their world and to lend support when they are struggling with life. The R U OK? mantra is that when we are all connected, we are protected.
This year, R U OK? taught us that you don’t need to be an expert to reach out—just a good friend and a great listener. The four steps below could change a life:
Asking ‘Are you ok?’
Listening to the answer
Encouraging Action
Checking-In.
We were reminded that if you notice that someone you know or care about isn’t behaving as they usually would—perhaps more agitated or withdrawn or just not themselves—trust your gut instinct and act.
By starting a conversation and commenting on the changes, you could help that person to open up. If they say they are not OK, by following the four steps above, you can show them that you care, that they are supported and help them reach out.
Our Way Our Say
Throughout Term 3, Haileybury Rendall School has also been fortunate to participate in a wonderful pilot program called Our Way Our Say. It is another resource developed by Headspace for Darwin schools and is designed to build awareness around mental health and suicide prevention.
The social-emotional literacy of our students is critical to developing protective strategies for mental health and wellbeing. In-person interactions and connections help build the skills our young people need to get along with others and to fit in. They also develop their emotional resilience and the skills to cope when pressures build.
Felicity Pearson
Deputy Principal, Haileybury Rendall School
Edrington
Campus News
NAPLAN Success
Edrington students have once again performed incredibly well in NAPLAN and our outstanding results are a testament to the hard work of the students and the dedication and skill of our teachers. Well done to all.
A wonderful term
Thank you all for a wonderful term. The students have enjoyed so many exciting experiences—from Book Week activities to Fathers Day events and from STEM Week to the Gala Cross-Country event! All these opportunities have fostered a love of learning and community.
A reminder that next term, students will have a two-week period to transition back into their summer uniform.
Early Learning Centre
Joining Together
In preparation for 2023, children across the ELC have been connecting with their peers and exploring the ELC as a whole. Our Reception children have joined together in the Reception playground and it has been wonderful to see so many bonds forming.
Our Pre-Prep children have also joined in play in the Pre-Prep playground in anticipation of their move to Prep in 2023. The orientation process will formally commence during Term 4.
Community is an integral part of our philosophy and is something we value at Haileybury Edrington. Being able to come together for whole school events this year has been wonderful and has aided in building a sense of belonging for the school community. Seeing families at drop off and pick up time has also developed strong connections between staff and families.
As Term 3 comes to an end we look forward to a busy time ahead, with lots of opportunities to celebrate with families and to continue to grow our Edrington community.
Junior School
The Matter of Matter
This term, our Year 2 students were super excited to be involved in a hands-on science incursion called ‘The Matter of Matter’. They learnt about liquids, solids and gases and were mesmerised by many exciting experiments. The highlight for many was seeing the effects of dry ice!
Weeks 6 to 9, Monday, 7 November to Friday, 2 December
Junior School Graduation:
Friday, 2 December
Christmas Concert:
Tuesday, 6 December
Middle School
Wrapping up the Term
Term 3 has culminated with the Middle School House Public Speaking competition which was another opportunity for students to demonstrate their House spirit and pride. This ends a particularly busy term in the Middle School and we certainly hope that all students and parents have a restful break.
Term 4 will soon be upon us and will prove to be full of positive challenges as our students prepare for end of year assessments and their transition to a new year level. A comprehensive list of important Term 4 dates will be issued at the beginning of Term 4.
Years 7 and 8 students will commence exam preparation and revision classes early in Term 4. We strongly encourage them to spend some time over the break reviewing texts and notes.
Congratulations to our Boys Middle School who raised $1,200 for Youth Beyond Blue through their BMS arcade. The money raised will go to providing mental health support, advice, information and resources to those in need.
Jeanette Rawlings
Head of Edrington (Berwick)
Haileybury Parents & Friends Edrington (HPFE)
Hello Edrington!
We hope you are enjoying the Term 3 break and we look forward to seeing you all in Term 4.
In Term 4 the HPFE will be supporting the Middle School production of Fairy Tale Misfits by selling show/snack bags before the show begins in the foyer of the John Twist Hall.
If you are available to help pack the bags or are available for an hour on Wednesday, 26 October or Thursday, 27 October to help us sell the bags before showtime it would be greatly appreciated.
The Uniform Shop is open every Wednesday morning from 8.30 am – 10.15 am and every second Friday from 2.45 pm – to 4.00 pm to coincide with JS assembly. Take the opportunity to fulfil your summer uniform requirements.
The Uniform Shop is managed by the HPFE team and relies on our community to keep it running. If you are available for a couple of hours a week to help as our Uniform Shop Co-ordinator, please send us an email Shus-berwick@haileybury.vic.edu.au
As our term draws to a close, I take this opportunity to wish everyone an enjoyable term break. Classes resume in Term 4 on Monday, 3 October.
Spring with TeamKids
TeamKids have another amazing Spring Holiday program ready to roll out. Children can learn new skills and make new friends, enjoy a digital detox because there is a no screens policy, and all this is done under the supervision of qualified educators.
There are nutritious morning and afternoon snacks to maintain energy levels and TeamKids is also recognised as CCS-approved care.
Pre-Prep Lead Educator, Sakan Pyseth, was recently invited to be a panelist on the Early Childhood Australia Victorian Branch forum. Each year the ECA plans several forums designed around contemporary issues or topics.
Sakan responded to early childhood practitioners’ questions and curiosities about play and ECA members from across Victoria participated in the forum. Sakan is passionate about the importance of play and has developed innovative strategies to embed literacy and numeracy curriculum into our children’s learning experiences.
Opening the Door to Social Justice
ELC children, their families and educators are collecting toiletries to donate to the Open Door foodbank distribution centre in Keysborough. Many families and individuals are experiencing hardship and Open Door provides essential food and grocery items to those in need.
A collection basket for donations is in the classrooms. Isabelle Nash volunteers at the Keysborough foodbank and is coordinating this project for us.
Taking the Lead in the Classroom
ELC children are actively encouraged to assume leadership roles within the classroom. They are introduced to expectations for different positions of responsibility and are supported in learning new skills as they take on roles such as roll caller or compost collector.
Through their daily interactions, the children experience authentic leadership experiences that develop their ability to collaborate and build feelings of self-achievement and pride in accomplishments. Teaching children the skills they need to lead is one way that educators can help prepare children to become responsible citizens of the future.
“I ring the bell and tell people to pack up. When I’m the teacher I can sweep the floor.”
Isabella Yu (Reception)
Junior School
Fathers Day and Special Friends Afternoon
The Junior School students welcomed their fathers and special friends to the School for the annual Fathers Day Challenge. Classrooms offered opportunities for fun, ranging from paper plane creating and biscuit eating competitions to a Mintie wrapper challenge and a tremendously competitive Kahoot Quiz.
It was an extremely memorable day for our students and their loved ones. Thank you to all the guests who attended and to the teachers for arranging and facilitating such engaging activities.
Cyber Safety Photos
Students from Junior School were joined by Sam and Kiah from the Cyber Safety Project for a thought-provoking incursion. The session was a fantastic way to introduce the new Cyber Safety unit that is part of the Wellbeing curriculum. Students learnt the differences between personal, private and public spaces online and what steps to take when you are feeling unsafe online.
Campus Cross Country
Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 students completed their race after recess, while Years 3 and 4 ran the course after lunch. The rain stayed away and the sun peeked through the clouds as the races began.
Students ran laps of Fisher and Hazlitt Ovals and first, second and third place ribbons were awarded to boys and girls in each year level, however, everyone who completed the track was a winner and should feel proud.
Shum House was the overall winner followed by Cox, Kemp and Sangwell. Congratulations to all competitors.
Middle School
Solar Buddy Program Bake Sale
The Year 6 girls donated their time and creative baking skills to hold a lolly and bake stall to raise funds for the Solar Buddy Program. The program creates awareness of the issues surrounding energy poverty by gifting innovative and sustainable solutions, such as mini solar lamps, to children worldwide.
The girls were very thankful to raise $590. Well done!
Recently, three students competed at the Frankston-Susono Japanese Speech Contest at Monash University’s Peninsula campus. NihalBarthur, Josephine Williams and Aurelia Lee (Year 8) had to introduce themselves and recite a section of the Momotaro (Peach Boy) folk tale. All three students represented Haileybury wonderfully.
Congratulations to Aurelia for coming third. We are so proud of them all for taking on such a daunting task and for doing so well.
Congratulations Pia!
Pia Cincotta (Year 5) was a finalist in the 2022 Ballet Teachers’ Workshop, Victoria’s premier ballet scholarship and a revered classical ballet competition.
The BTW scholarships are adjudicated by pre-eminent figures in the Australian dance scene including the Artistic Director and Principal Artists of the Australian Ballet Company.
This was Pia’s first ever solo performance and she was awarded an Honorable Mention for her section. A great achievement for her first competition!
Jane Gibbs
Head of Newlands (Keysborough)
Haileybury Parents & Friends Keysborough (HPFK)
The HPFK Uniform Shop Sale!
We have so much high-quality stock and this is a fantastic opportunity to buy summer uniform ready for Term 4.
Haileybury HPFK Facebook Page
We did it! We reached 1,000 Haileybury HPFK Facebook Group members!
Our new target is now 1,100. If you would like to connect with our community, please join our Facebook page.
While the September break offers some time for Senior School students to relax and unwind it is also an important time for revision and preparation. Haileybury academic staff will run a series of revision activities for Units 3 and 4 studies throughout the September school holidays.
While attendance at these sessions is not compulsory, families may want to take this into account when planning holidays. A timetable detailing the times for these revision lectures will be made available to students through Canvas.
Last Day of School
Friday, 14 October will be the last day when all Year 12 students are at school together. Berwick, Brighton and City students will travel to Keysborough to participate in the final Whole School Assembly.
Graduation Ceremonies
It is Haileybury tradition that our Year 12 cohorts have separate final day celebrations and individual graduation ceremonies and valedictory dinners. Our Haileybury College Year 12 students graduate on Monday, 17 October, so all Haileybury College students from Years 10 to 12 will go to Keysborough on that day. There are no Haileybury Girls College Years 10 to 12 students at school that day.
Our Haileybury Girls College Year 12 students graduate on Tuesday, 18 October, so all Haileybury Girls College students from Years 10 to 12 will go to Keysborough on that day —there are no Haileybury College Years 10 to 12 students at school that day.
ADF Long Tan Awards
The ADF Long Tan Youth Leadership and Teamwork Awards were launched in 2006 to recognise students who demonstrate leadership and teamwork within their school and local community. At the same time, the awards recognise young people who display strong values, such as doing their best, respect for others and ‘mateship’—characteristics that are integral to Australian society.
The awards are an important initiative by the Australian Government and the Australian Defence Force to encourage senior students—tomorrow’s leaders—to actively participate in the life of their school and community. In 2007, around 2,100 schools participated. The number of schools participating today is over 2,400.
Congratulations to HivinSilva (Year 12) and Sanvi Arora (Year 10) on receiving the Long Tan Award for 2022.
Duke of Edinburgh Awards
Congratulations to Pranav Biju (Year 11) on completing his Silver Award and ChirandithSuraweera (Year 12) on achieving her Gold Duke of Edinburgh award. Their efforts display huge commitment, motivation and resilience for this internationally recognised award.
Pam Chamberlain
Senior Vice Principal and Head of Haileybury Senior Schools
Haileybury Parents & Friends Keysborough (HPFK)
Haileybury HPFK Facebook Page
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.
Rehearsals have begun for Edrington’s Year 5 and 6 play, Fairy Tale Misfits by Jeff Fluharty. It will be performed on Wednesday, 26 and Thursday, 27 October.
When Ellie follows the wombat who stole her homework, she finds herself in the Land of Rejected Fairy-Tale Characters. There, she meets all kinds of misfits who didn’t quite make it into the stories that we know and love.
Come and see the show for your chance to meet Mac, the eighth dwarf, Jacqueline and her accordion—not to be confused with her famous brother Jack, Indecisive Goldilocks, Sleepless Beauty, Big Bad Platypus and countless more.
However, be warned. Queen White-Out is out and about and ready to put her evil plans into action with the help of Pink Pearl and Big Mistake.
Will these misfits be erased forever, or will they find their own happy ending?
Building Connections
Drama in the City Campus thrives with a wonderful performance experience for our Grade 1s. The excited youngsters were part of the Year 8 Collaboration to Creation class presentation.
The Year 8 class specifically designed a performance with the younger students in mind and even interviewed them to get a sense of what they liked. The performance explored those themes and the result was a show full of diverse and exciting characters.
From the photo below you can see that everyone had a great time!
Nick Waxman
Head of Drama and Theatre Studies
Music
Chamber In the Chapel’s Spectacular Success
As a very busy term ended last week, the Music Department celebrated an outstanding night of orchestral chamber music at the inaugural Chamber in the Chapel concert.
The rain held off just long enough for the 200 strong audience to enter and fill the David Bradshaw Chapel. The new event on the Haileybury concert calendar showcased our School’s finest trios and quartets, supplemented by performances by String Orchestra, Chamber Brass and Viva Voce choir.
Guests enjoyed a glass of champagne or lemonade and a sweet treat before entering the chapel. Despite the rain and wind outside, the chapel was warm and the musicians performed beautifully.
While we have come to expect our large ensemble concerts to be spectacular, the depth of understanding and sophistication shown at Chamber in the Chapel was humbling.
Special thanks go to Thomas Heywood, our compere for the evening. His knowledge and passion for classical music was obvious to the very appreciative audience.
Events like this are inspiring for all those who attend and I encourage families to follow the school calendars for details of future events.
Director of Performing Arts & Head of Haileybury Music
Visual Arts
Student Painter Exhibits Work
Congratulations to Ashley Tonelli (Year 12) for being selected to exhibit two paintings for the Spring Select Gordon Moffat AM Spring Award at the Victorian Artists Society Exhibition. The event will be held from Friday, 9
to Thursday, 22 September.
The Spring Exhibition award of $750 is sponsored by former VAS Honorary Treasurer, Gordon Moffatt AM.
The Victorian Artists Society holds three Select Exhibitions throughout the year and Ashley’s work has been selected through the VAS Young Artists Program. This initiative encourages young VCE Studio Arts students in their creative endeavours.
Throughout the year the VAS selects students to exhibit alongside VAS members. The student’s work must be of a very high standard and exhibiting guest students are given a free junior membership to VAS. This allows them to exhibit in VAS exhibitions, attend functions and join life drawing sessions, classes and workshops at Junior member rates.
Rachelle Rae
Head of Visual Arts Senior School
Pipes & Drums
One Hundred Band Performances Later…
In a typical year, the Pipes & Drums perform at more than 100 gigs including assemblies, competitions, speech nights and community events such as the Anzac Day march, the Melbourne Tartan Day Festival and the 2022 Government House Concert.
On Friday, 9 September, Newlands pipers and drummers logged their 100th gig for the year at the Newlands Junior School Accomplishment Awards Assembly. More than 20 pipers and drummers played the processional and recessional—many debuted their new skills in front of their peers.
This remarkable milestone reminds us that the Pipes & Drums are at the very heart of Haileybury. We are always honoured to perform for our Haileyburians and we look forward to the upcoming graduations and speech nights in Term 4.
Two generous and committed groups within the Haileybury community have proven to be significant allies of the Haileybury Foundation.
Members of the 1892 Circle now number close to 100. They contribute to a scholarship and qualify as members through their annual contribution of $500 or more over a period of three years. Membership is also attained when a pledge is made to the Foundation office to make this three-year commitment. Members of the 1892 Circle include parents, alumni, past parents and staff.
The Winged Heart Society is made up of community members who intend leaving a gift of any size in their will to Haileybury Foundation. The Foundation has been able to provide educational life changing opportunities to students due to the generosity of members of the Winged Heart Society.
Members and those interested to learn more are welcome to join a luncheon at the Brighton campus on Tuesday, 15 November.
Please contact Russell Davidson if you wish to know more about either of these groups.
Thank You
Donations to Haileybury Foundation continue to stream in and are tax deductible.
Our students are incredibly fortunate to receive such a high-quality education that would otherwise be out of reach. Our donors are certainly having enormous impact and we have been delighted with the involvement of our community—from past parents, alumni and staff to current parents and former staff.
We were excited to finally launch the inaugural OHA Week on Monday, 22 August.
OHA Week is a week of engaging activities for students across the Senior and Middle Schools. Students can learn more about their alma mater, the people that have gone before them and the opportunities available after they leave Haileybury.
OHA Week has three objectives:
To raise awareness of the OHA for current students.
To bring awareness to the activities and services the OHA can provide to alumni.
To raise awareness of prominent Old Haileyburians.
On Tuesday of OHA Week, it was the Senior School’s special day. The weather may not have been ideal but that didn’t discourage the students from immersing themselves in our mini-carnival filled with interactive virtual reality, bubble soccer and mini golf activities.
They were also treated to delicious snacks from food trucks, listened to tunes by Skratch DJs and had the opportunity to relax in a bean bag when the sun finally broke through the clouds. Alumni representing the OHA Football and Cricket Clubs generously volunteered to help run these activities while promoting their clubs.
Pre-Senior students took part in one of 15 different activities after lunch. Along with activities such as bubble soccer, group fitness with Chris Poppleton, martial arts with Allstars Martial Arts Defence Academy, mini golf and giant games, they learned how to draw caricatures with the talented Anthony Pascoe, painted with The Art Factory and enjoyed a very relaxing yoga session.
We were thrilled to have our alumni involved in the afternoon as well.
Former Outstanding Young Alumni Award winner Hayley Marlow (OH 2013), Founder of Colours & Honey, conducted a jewellery design workshop where students created gorgeous acrylic earrings and key rings. Barbara van der Merwe (OH 2015), also a former Outstanding Young Alumni Award winner and Founder of Money Matters, presented an insightful session on the Hidden Costs of Buying a Car and other important money matters.
Tom Bainbridge (OH 2008), another former Outstanding Young Alumni Award winner and a well-known stand-up comedian, had the students in stitches and encouraged them to try their hand at comedy.
Brent Law (OH 1992), a MICA Paramedic, provided a hands-on session called The Life of a Paramedic and brought along a MICA vehicle.
Mark Thompson (OH 1982), President of the OHA Bowls Club, had the students bowling like Olympic champions and Marc Peterson (OH 1998) inspired our future female engineers with a powerful workshop on Women in Engineering and Construction.
Our AFL and AFLW superstars and this year’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award winners, Cody Weightman (OH 2019) and Alice Burke (OH 2020), together with Jessica Matin (OH 2020) conducted a masterclass on the Rendall Oval for anyone who wanted to improve their footy skills.
And what better way to conclude the festive week than with a BBQ? Middle School students across all campuses enjoyed a delicious BBQ courtesy of the OHA.
We thoroughly enjoyed building connections between the OHA, alumni, students and staff who celebrated with us throughout the week. Thank you to everyone involved.
We look forward to making next year’s OHA Week even bigger and better!
Haileybury Girls College Sports Captain Josie Lawton (Year 12) recently represented Victoria in the Under 21 Hockey National Championship in Perth. She performed extremely well and is staking her case for National selection.
Josie’s elder sister, Amy, has been nominated as the Federation of International Hockey (FIH) Rising Star of the Year. This is an award for the best player in international hockey under the age of 21.
Let’s get behind Amy and vote for her via the button below.
Campbell Wilson-Moran (Year 9) has had a stellar swimming season and has received the award for Age Champion for Under 14 Boys swimming. The accolade is awarded to the swimmer with the highest number of points in their age division across all events.
Congratulations, Campbell.
Snow Sports
The Australian Interschools Snowsport Championships began last week at Perisher. Haileybury was proudly represented by 18 students who achieved some exceptional results.
MiloBotterill (Year 8) qualified for the National Championships in: Snowboard Giant Slalom, Snowboard Cross, and Snowboard Slopestyle events.
Milo has had an outstanding season, earning selection in the Snow Australia Emerging Talent Program with the Australian Institute of Sport for 2022/2023. This is a fantastic achievement and is a credit to his ongoing commitment and dedication to the sport.
Jake Ring (Year 8) and Nicholas Johnston (Year 8) competed alongside Milo in Snowboard Giant Slalom and Snowboard Cross events and the boys finished as the 1st and 2nd placed teams respectively.
Sean Allcock
Director of Haileybury Sport
Insight, Issue 17
Online news from Haileybury
Issue 17
In this issue
Victorian Artists Society Honour for Year 12 Painter
Snowboarding Students Win at Snowsport Championships
ADF Long Tan Awards for Young Leaders
CEO | Principal's Report - Issue 17
A recent Productivity Commission interim report into schooling in Australia highlighted once again that education outcomes across the country in the last five years have not improved.
The report found new initiatives were needed to raise academic outcomes, boost student wellbeing, address education equity gaps and improve quality teaching.
Across the last decade, Haileybury has continued to focus on what makes the biggest difference to student education outcomes—teacher effectiveness in the classrooms. As a result, we have seen continued improvement in student academic outcomes and strong social and broader education outcomes.
Haileybury’s focus on quality teaching of core literacy and numeracy skills has consistently seen student combined achievement in NAPLAN amongst the very best in Australia. This has flowed through into VCE results achieved by students supported by the brilliant teaching of Haileybury’s Senior School team. The improvement journey has been significant across the last decade and has moved students’ results from very good to exceptional.
I regularly highlight—and will do so again here—the exceptional work of Haileybury’s brilliant teachers. They have a deep content knowledge, an outstanding pedagogical practice, a strong understanding of assessment to inform the progress of students, and a deep commitment to student welfare.
The Productivity Commission report highlighted again the emerging teacher shortages around Australia. Contributing to this is an increasing burden of government-imposed regulation and compliance matters which teachers have to deal with, as well as increased expectations from parents of what schools and teachers are responsible for.
I ask that all parents consider this second point. Haileybury’s teachers are amongst the very best in Australia and we must give them the support they deserve to continue to deliver on the brilliant student outcomes that have been achieved.
Derek Scott
CEO | Principal
Wellbeing - Issue 17
Why your child needs to take risks
It might be as simple as getting on a bike for the first time and having the courage to shakily pedal a few metres. Or it might be stepping on to a sport's field to play a new sport.
Standing up to speak in front of an audience, or going to a social event where you know nobody but go anyway…these all require a person to step up and take a risk.
In some cases, and perhaps particularly for parents of adolescents and teenagers, the word ‘risk’ conjures up negative connotations and, of course, not all risks are worth taking. But in the lives of children and young people, taking some risks is key to helping them learn about choices, decisions, responsibility and consequences.
“Taking risks helps young people find their passion in life. If they don’t try anything new, they won’t know what they like and don’t like.”
Diane Furusho, Haileybury’s Deputy Principal Student Wellbeing.
“It also teaches them that when they do something new, they won’t get it right the first time, but then they learn the importance of practice and perseverance. It can be challenging for parents to let their children take risks but it’s part of our role, as parents, to teach our children to take risks and to support them when they do that.”
So how can parents support risk-taking and help their children learn from the experiences and consequences that are part and parcel of that process?
Here are 10 ways parents can support children.
Understand that children and young people need to take risks. “Teenagers will push the boundaries and create chaos sometimes – expect that,” says Maria Bailey, Haileybury Director of Counselling Services. “It’s part of the natural developmental journey that helps young people become independent, learn to problem solve, understand their moral compass and make choices. It’s an essential part of a young person’s development and your child will learn a lot about themselves in the process.”
Learn about the how a young person’s brain grows and matures – so much brain remodelling happens during adolescence and continues until the mid-20s. Parts of the brain associated with thrill seeking and risk taking are prominent and the parts of the brain involved with reasoning and impulse control are still developing. So read useful resources about brain development so you can better understand what is happening inside your own child’s brain.
“If children are nervous to try something new, recognise there is a risk that they won’t get things right first time and reassure them that is OK,” says Diane.
Have a conversation about the pros and cons of the risk. “For example, if you have a Year 12 student going to Schoolies, talk through the positives of going and also the challenges and possible dangers. Let your child know you are there to support them and if they understand there are risks and know what could go wrong, some of the fear in a situation can be removed,” says Diane.
Maria recommends encouraging children to pause and think about the risk before they act. “Get them to think about whether it is good for them or not. Give them space to think about it and they might then decide to step away,” she says.
Encourage positive risk-taking behaviour and find opportunities for healthy risks to be taken in school, sports, the community and through extra-curricular activities. So encourage your child to be part of the school play, to volunteer, play sport or to get involved in a cause that matters to them.
The other side of the coin is that it’s a parent’s job to keep children safe and, for teenagers particularly, there will be ‘stop’ moments, says Maria. “Safety trumps everything. There will be risk situations where you have to say ‘this is not OK’” she says. “There need to be conversations, boundaries and a discussion about what is happening and how it impacts them and their relationship with people around them.”
The art of parenting involves knowing when it’s time to step in while not being a vacuum parent who follows up behind their child picking up the mess and fallout from their mistake. When children take a risk and it doesn’t work out, be supportive but let them learn from the consequences.
“Give examples of where your child has failed in the past and got back up. If a parent says ‘when I did this and this happened and I did that and that’…the child doesn’t care. Keep it about your child and recall experiences they’ve had where they took a risk, it didn’t pay off and they got back up again,” says Diane.
Be mindful of the language you use with your young person. “We often tell our children how wonderful and brilliant they are. However, when they take a risk and it doesn’t go the way they want, they feel they have failed,” says Diane. “Remind them that you admire the wonderful risk they took and remind them of what they learnt from that. Keep reinforcing to children that when they take a risk and fail, that’s OK.”
Castlefield Issue 17
Campus News
A Great Team
A big thank you to our families, students and staff for an incredible term. It has been a term of focus as our older students head towards their exam period in Week 5 of Term 4, but it has also been a term filled with events and activities.
We haven’t seen some of these events for a few years, like our recent Years 5 and 6 inter-campus House Cross Country competition, Book Week Parades, Fathers Day Assemblies, 100 Days of School for our Preps and STEM Week experiments.
What an abundance of celebrations our students are provided with!
Castlefield’s Russell House won the inter-campus House Cross Country event. (Jack McEwan and Lulu Doherty)
A Big Tick for Naplan Once Again
The 2022 NAPLAN results were outstanding once more and we congratulate students on their individual results. The NAPLAN papers for students in Years 3, 5 and 7 have been sent to families to review, celebrate and share.
Ready for Term 4
Term 4 begins on Monday, 3 October, with students wearing their summer uniform. There is a two-week grace period to allow for variations in the weather and for the organisation of uniforms.
Our Second-hand Uniform shop, run by the HPFC, is a fabulous source of uniforms, so pay them a visit near the Rouen Street gate on Wednesdays from 8.15 am – 10.15 am, and on Thursdays from 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm.
Speech Night Date
An important date for our Middle School families is Speech Night. This year the Castlefield Speech Night will be on Tuesday, 29 November at 7.00 pm in Aikman Hall at the Keysborough campus. Further information will be forwarded to families as this compulsory event draws closer.
Early Learning Centre
Super Educators!
We recently celebrated Early Childhood Educators Day which is a chance to recognise the work of Australia’s educators in early learning services and their wonderful contribution to the wellbeing, learning and development of young children.
We all know the saying ‘not all superheroes wear capes’, but on this occasion, the ELC teachers did!
Here are some messages of appreciation from our ELC children and families:
“I love my teacher because she helps me learn.”
“Thank you so much for teaching me every day.”
“Thank you so much to all the Haileybury ELC teachers. We’ve had two wonderful years of high-quality curriculum, kindness and TLC from the very special teachers. A huge thank you to you all. We just feel so lucky and privileged to have had our son cared for and taught by you!”
“Thank you for your hard work, love and encouragement that you give every day. AMAZING!”
“The positive impact you have on our children gives them the best start to formal learning. Thank you.”
“You do an amazing job! So vital in the formative years of our children. We love you.”
“So lucky.”
Junior School
Forest Edge Camp Highlights
Our staff were excited to embark on the first Year 3 camp to Forest Edge in Neerim South. This group of young people took everything in their stride—from setting up their cabins and mealtime duties to strenuous bush walks and learning the skill of archery. They laughed, danced and ran through the activities with a smile and beautiful manners.
Camp provides children with so many wonderful opportunities, such as a chance to be independent, learn new skills, problem solve and step out of their comfort zone a little. Memories have been made!
“It’s so beautiful here, you don’t get to do stuff like this every day.”
Hugo
“It’s a chance to get out of your friendship group and be with other people.”
Isabella
Life Ed with Healthy Harold
Once again this year, Healthy Harold the giraffe and Life Ed visited the Junior School to ‘give kids the smarts to deal with the hard stuff’. Life Ed Victoria is an impactful preventive health organisation that provides vital life skills for children.
The instructor delivered different programs to each year level on subjects like friendships, healthy eating and cyber safety. Harold the giraffe continues to delight students with his silliness and jokes!
Middle School
Disco Fever
When the Year 8 Student leadership team, championed by Cooper Curley, proposed a vision for a Year 5 and 6 ‘Glow’ Disco, they left no stone unturned and their vision coming to life was a highlight of Term 3 in the Middle School.
Dickinson Hall took on a whole new look as our Years 5 and 6 students came together, were decorated in UV paint and danced the night away to their favourite tunes. There was also a limbo competition and a chance to pose in the photobooth.
It was a fantastic evening of fun and great energy—and a chance for some of our teachers to show their best dance moves much to the delight (or embarrassment) of the students!
This wonderful event could not have taken place without the tireless work and efforts of Cooper and the extended team of leaders. Thank you.
Girls Rugby Sevens
On Friday, 2 September, 11 of our Year 8 Castlefield girls attended the ISV Rugby Sevens competition. The day consisted of a rugby clinic, a practice match and culminated in a tournament between competing schools.
The Haileybury Castlefield team drew their first game with Siena College but went on to win the next two games and secured a place in the Grand Final.
The girls, despite playing half the game with only six players, applied their newly developed skills and beat Siena College 2–1 in the Grand Final, winning the inaugural Cattermole Cup.
The day was an exciting opportunity for the girls to develop their skills and to be a part of an exciting new development in the Rugby Sevens pathway. We look forward to the opportunity to defend the Cup next year.
Katrina Manson
Head of Castlefield (Brighton)
Haileybury Parents & Friends Castlefield (HPFC)
End of a Busy Term
What a busy end of Term 3 we have had! Events held recently have all been well attended.
The Fathers Day Stall was a great success and many students were able to purchase gifts. Thank you to Annie Karamountzos for sourcing the gifts and to Lisa Dangerfield and volunteers for their time at the stall.
We also had our Fathers’ night at the Marine and the Years 5 and 6 had their disco that was organised by the Year 8 leaders. The students had lots of fun!
Term 4 brings our Middle School bowling nights and a Junior School Hallowe’en Disco. Keep an eye out for notices on the myHaileybury app.
This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival coincided with Teacher’s Day in China. It is the first time the two events have fallen on the same day since 1985.
Mid-Autumn Festival, or Zhongqiu Jie in Chinese, is also called the Moon Festival or the Mooncake Festival and it is the second most important festival after Chinese New Year.
It is a time of reunion for families and Haileybury celebrated by gathering together to share food, make paper lanterns, practice calligraphy, and give staff and students mooncake gifts.
At Senior School, each House prepared special gifts for their teachers to celebrate the festival and acknowledge all teachers on their special day.
New Teachers and Interns Morning Tea
As part of Haileybury’s ongoing commitment to the development of new teachers and interns, we held a special afternoon celebration. Our Head of Senior School, Cathy Qi, shared some advice and she and Executive Principal, Peter Rogerson, presented them with special gifts.
We are pleased to support the new teachers and interns as they begin their teaching careers.
Direct Instruction Workshop
As part of our professional learning and development program and through our links to Haileybury Melbourne, we recently had a Junior School English workshop on direct instruction. This was presented by Niki Preston from the Junior School English Department.
Niki is also Deputy Head of Junior School - Teaching and Learning and she has been helping to mentor the Haileybury Tianjin Junior English team in her role as EAL Direct Instruction coach.
Niki unpacked a Reading Hierarchy which helps students use their explicitly taught phonics skills and decode unfamiliar words. She also took the JS English teachers through an explicit writing lesson and showed the teachers how to use writing structures to help scaffold writing, so that every student can achieve success.
General Achievement Examination
The return of our Year 12 students for the start of the Northern Hemisphere Timetable academic year also saw students who study studio art, Japanese and business management sitting their General Achievement Test (GAT).
This year the GAT will play an important role in the quality assurance of VCE assessments and the introduction of the new literacy and numeracy section will provide Year 12 students with an opportunity to demonstrate their literacy and numeracy skills.
I am pleased to report that under the direction of our Head of VCE, Sam Li, everything went seamlessly.
Yanni Galanis
International Principal, Haileybury International School, Tianjin
City - Issue 17
Campus News
NAPLAN Results Arrive
It has been pleasing to see that our NAPLAN results continue to be strong. Parents of students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 will have received their NAPLAN report envelopes in the mail by now. At City, we are delighted with the growth, application and effort of our students in terms of their literacy and numeracy skills.
Our staff are now in the process of analysing the NAPLAN data and looking at trends and areas for future focus. Our staff are brilliant teachers and they are proud of their students and their excellent results.
Parents also play an important part in supporting homework, learning behaviours and the attitude and effort of their children and we thank you. It is this strong partnership that ensures our students can make the best of the wealth of learning opportunities afforded to them by a Haileybury education.
Most importantly, it is the growing of kind hearts and sharp minds every day that matters.
Building Emotional Agility
Our staff and students have continued to find the joy in so many Haileybury City activities this term. It has been a courageous journey for all as we navigated the ‘Blue Zone’ and learned more about emotional agility.
Dr Susan David, author of Emotional Agility, says the price of a meaningful life is opening ourselves up to experiencing love and hurt.
The metaphor that we have been using all year in the Junior and Middle Schools is ‘being in the driver’s seat’. Emotions such as sadness, anger and frustration are sometimes passengers in our car, but we don’t want our emotions taking the wheel.
It is important we take a pit stop, identify the emotion, acknowledge its presence, understand why it is present and manage our response. We can then start our car again and move along the road. The more we learn how to regulate our emotions, the more the passengers get out without us even noticing!
Our students have been learning these lessons through messages from their Heads of School and Homeroom teachers and through assemblies, one-on-one discussions, pastoral support, restorative conversations and supportive friendships. We have a great team of pastoral leaders who have led this important skill building in our young people.
Early Learning Centre
Exceeding in the ELC
Throughout Australia, early childhood settings are assessed and rated against seven quality areas that focus on providing a high-quality environment for children.
Our ELC has just undergone the assessment and rating process and has been rated as ‘Exceeding’ in all seven areas. This process was an opportunity for us to showcase our exceptional program and practice and celebrate our Social Thinking curriculum that supports children and families with social development and emotional regulation.
Our exceptional environments were highlighted and children’s agency was noted as evident throughout all spaces. Time was also spent positively reflecting on our collaborative partnerships with families and our wider community and how these enhance children’s learning.
We are thrilled our ELC’s high standards have been reflected in our ‘exceeding’ rating thanks to the highly dedicated and caring professionals that provide exceptional opportunities for children’s learning and development every day.
Junior School
Flying Fox and Crate Climbing
Among the lush green surrounds of Forest Edge, our Year 3 students immersed themselves in many memorable outdoor learning experiences at their recent camp. With sunlight sprawling across the river, hills and valley, they were thrilled to build their skillset with their peers and approached each activity with enthusiasm.
The highlight for many was the exhilarating flying fox—300m of pure joy that flew them through the valley. When the students took aim during their archery practice, their focus was truly tested due to a mob of kangaroos in the background.
During Crate Climb, our Year 3 students clambered up as many milk crates as they could while harnessed. Thanks to the tranquil sounds of the bush and some steep hilly climbs, the bushwalk experience was both relaxing and tiring.
Students collaborated to problem solve and complete activities, a scavenger hunt and a hut building exercise. They were exhausted on the bus ride home—a key indicator of a successful, enjoyable and memorable camp.
R U OK? Day
Our Junior School students are always looking for ways to be outward looking and future focused and R U OK? Day was a fantastic opportunity for our Year 4 leaders to work towards this goal.
Our Semester 2 Social Justice Captain, Dimitri Macris, brainstormed ideas about how he could support students on R U OK? Day. In conjunction with Semester 1 Social Justice Captain, Sophie Hallam, they arranged for Year 4 leaders to wear fluoro vests at lunchtime and those leaders were available to offer support and guidance to Junior School students during playtime.
Some students also joined in a domino building exercise and used dominoes to construct the letters R U OK?
We are proud of our Year 4 leaders for being outward looking and future focused.
Middle School
Memorable Moments
Congratulations to our Middle School students for the successful way in which they ended the term. There were many memorable moments over the last nine weeks including Dance and Aerobics Nationals, Alices in Wonderland, humanities excursions, House Cross-Country and RUOK? Day.
We would like to congratulate the Middle School students for their positive attitudes and academic rigour. We wish all Middle School families a restful break and we look forward to welcoming students back on campus in Term 4.
Boys Games Night and Girls Night In
In celebration of the Boys and Girls Middle School community, our Year 8 leadership team hosted our Boys Games Night and Girls Night In on Thursday, 15 September. This was a wonderful opportunity for students to connect and enjoy an afternoon of activities planned and run by our Year 8 leaders.
Thank you to all involved in celebrating another successful term in the Middle School.
Caroline Merrick
Head of City
Haileybury Parents & Friends City (HPF City)
Rest and Refresh
As we head into the school holidays, we would like to wish our Haileybury teachers and staff a refreshing and restful break after a wonderful term of learning, sport, productions and camps. It is wonderful to have the children engaged and representing our fantastic school in so many disciplines.
The HPFC hosted a Magenta Movie Night at Coburg Village Drive In. It was well attended by families with younger members of our community getting into the fun of The Rise of Gru.
A huge thank you to Richard Winkett, our Middle School executive member, for coordinating this event. We are so grateful for your hard work.
We will have our HPFC social representative and community meeting via Zoom on Monday, 10 October. We would love you to join us and we will provide an agenda shortly but please bring any fundraising ideas and events to the discussion. We would love to hear them!
Finally, please consider donating to the Haileybury Parents and Friends City Scholarship to help us with our aspirational goal of supporting a child who may not otherwise be able to attend our amazing school.
On Thursday, 8 September, R U Ok? Day allowed students across the School to explicitly learn the language of the ‘check-in’.
Check-ins are a process where parents, teachers and friends invite our young people to stop, pause, explore and appreciate their emotions. By checking-in, we normalise talking about feelings and empower students to view their emotions as resources.
Research published by the Centre for Wellbeing Science at the University of Melbourne says that the simple act of students acknowledging their emotions can help reduce the intensity of the emotions or stress they feel. By naming emotions, students can also feel more in control and they are less likely to experience an ‘emotional hijack’ when they label their feelings.
To mark R U OK? Day, students wore a ‘touch of yellow’ to support the R U OK? mission to inspire and empower young people to meaningfully connect with those in their world and to lend support when they are struggling with life. The R U OK? mantra is that when we are all connected, we are protected.
This year, R U OK? taught us that you don’t need to be an expert to reach out—just a good friend and a great listener. The four steps below could change a life:
Asking ‘Are you ok?’
Listening to the answer
Encouraging Action
Checking-In.
We were reminded that if you notice that someone you know or care about isn’t behaving as they usually would—perhaps more agitated or withdrawn or just not themselves—trust your gut instinct and act.
By starting a conversation and commenting on the changes, you could help that person to open up. If they say they are not OK, by following the four steps above, you can show them that you care, that they are supported and help them reach out.
Our Way Our Say
Throughout Term 3, Haileybury Rendall School has also been fortunate to participate in a wonderful pilot program called Our Way Our Say. It is another resource developed by Headspace for Darwin schools and is designed to build awareness around mental health and suicide prevention.
The social-emotional literacy of our students is critical to developing protective strategies for mental health and wellbeing. In-person interactions and connections help build the skills our young people need to get along with others and to fit in. They also develop their emotional resilience and the skills to cope when pressures build.
Felicity Pearson
Deputy Principal, Haileybury Rendall School
Edrington Issue 17
Campus News
NAPLAN Success
Edrington students have once again performed incredibly well in NAPLAN and our outstanding results are a testament to the hard work of the students and the dedication and skill of our teachers. Well done to all.
A wonderful term
Thank you all for a wonderful term. The students have enjoyed so many exciting experiences—from Book Week activities to Fathers Day events and from STEM Week to the Gala Cross-Country event! All these opportunities have fostered a love of learning and community.
A reminder that next term, students will have a two-week period to transition back into their summer uniform.
Early Learning Centre
Joining Together
In preparation for 2023, children across the ELC have been connecting with their peers and exploring the ELC as a whole. Our Reception children have joined together in the Reception playground and it has been wonderful to see so many bonds forming.
Our Pre-Prep children have also joined in play in the Pre-Prep playground in anticipation of their move to Prep in 2023. The orientation process will formally commence during Term 4.
Community is an integral part of our philosophy and is something we value at Haileybury Edrington. Being able to come together for whole school events this year has been wonderful and has aided in building a sense of belonging for the school community. Seeing families at drop off and pick up time has also developed strong connections between staff and families.
As Term 3 comes to an end we look forward to a busy time ahead, with lots of opportunities to celebrate with families and to continue to grow our Edrington community.
Junior School
The Matter of Matter
This term, our Year 2 students were super excited to be involved in a hands-on science incursion called ‘The Matter of Matter’. They learnt about liquids, solids and gases and were mesmerised by many exciting experiments. The highlight for many was seeing the effects of dry ice!
Weeks 6 to 9, Monday, 7 November to Friday, 2 December
Junior School Graduation:
Friday, 2 December
Christmas Concert:
Tuesday, 6 December
Middle School
Wrapping up the Term
Term 3 has culminated with the Middle School House Public Speaking competition which was another opportunity for students to demonstrate their House spirit and pride. This ends a particularly busy term in the Middle School and we certainly hope that all students and parents have a restful break.
Term 4 will soon be upon us and will prove to be full of positive challenges as our students prepare for end of year assessments and their transition to a new year level. A comprehensive list of important Term 4 dates will be issued at the beginning of Term 4.
Years 7 and 8 students will commence exam preparation and revision classes early in Term 4. We strongly encourage them to spend some time over the break reviewing texts and notes.
Congratulations to our Boys Middle School who raised $1,200 for Youth Beyond Blue through their BMS arcade. The money raised will go to providing mental health support, advice, information and resources to those in need.
Jeanette Rawlings
Head of Edrington (Berwick)
Haileybury Parents & Friends Edrington (HPFE)
Hello Edrington!
We hope you are enjoying the Term 3 break and we look forward to seeing you all in Term 4.
In Term 4 the HPFE will be supporting the Middle School production of Fairy Tale Misfits by selling show/snack bags before the show begins in the foyer of the John Twist Hall.
If you are available to help pack the bags or are available for an hour on Wednesday, 26 October or Thursday, 27 October to help us sell the bags before showtime it would be greatly appreciated.
The Uniform Shop is open every Wednesday morning from 8.30 am – 10.15 am and every second Friday from 2.45 pm – to 4.00 pm to coincide with JS assembly. Take the opportunity to fulfil your summer uniform requirements.
The Uniform Shop is managed by the HPFE team and relies on our community to keep it running. If you are available for a couple of hours a week to help as our Uniform Shop Co-ordinator, please send us an email Shus-berwick@haileybury.vic.edu.au
As our term draws to a close, I take this opportunity to wish everyone an enjoyable term break. Classes resume in Term 4 on Monday, 3 October.
Spring with TeamKids
TeamKids have another amazing Spring Holiday program ready to roll out. Children can learn new skills and make new friends, enjoy a digital detox because there is a no screens policy, and all this is done under the supervision of qualified educators.
There are nutritious morning and afternoon snacks to maintain energy levels and TeamKids is also recognised as CCS-approved care.
Pre-Prep Lead Educator, Sakan Pyseth, was recently invited to be a panelist on the Early Childhood Australia Victorian Branch forum. Each year the ECA plans several forums designed around contemporary issues or topics.
Sakan responded to early childhood practitioners’ questions and curiosities about play and ECA members from across Victoria participated in the forum. Sakan is passionate about the importance of play and has developed innovative strategies to embed literacy and numeracy curriculum into our children’s learning experiences.
Opening the Door to Social Justice
ELC children, their families and educators are collecting toiletries to donate to the Open Door foodbank distribution centre in Keysborough. Many families and individuals are experiencing hardship and Open Door provides essential food and grocery items to those in need.
A collection basket for donations is in the classrooms. Isabelle Nash volunteers at the Keysborough foodbank and is coordinating this project for us.
Taking the Lead in the Classroom
ELC children are actively encouraged to assume leadership roles within the classroom. They are introduced to expectations for different positions of responsibility and are supported in learning new skills as they take on roles such as roll caller or compost collector.
Through their daily interactions, the children experience authentic leadership experiences that develop their ability to collaborate and build feelings of self-achievement and pride in accomplishments. Teaching children the skills they need to lead is one way that educators can help prepare children to become responsible citizens of the future.
“I ring the bell and tell people to pack up. When I’m the teacher I can sweep the floor.”
Isabella Yu (Reception)
Junior School
Fathers Day and Special Friends Afternoon
The Junior School students welcomed their fathers and special friends to the School for the annual Fathers Day Challenge. Classrooms offered opportunities for fun, ranging from paper plane creating and biscuit eating competitions to a Mintie wrapper challenge and a tremendously competitive Kahoot Quiz.
It was an extremely memorable day for our students and their loved ones. Thank you to all the guests who attended and to the teachers for arranging and facilitating such engaging activities.
Cyber Safety Photos
Students from Junior School were joined by Sam and Kiah from the Cyber Safety Project for a thought-provoking incursion. The session was a fantastic way to introduce the new Cyber Safety unit that is part of the Wellbeing curriculum. Students learnt the differences between personal, private and public spaces online and what steps to take when you are feeling unsafe online.
Campus Cross Country
Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 students completed their race after recess, while Years 3 and 4 ran the course after lunch. The rain stayed away and the sun peeked through the clouds as the races began.
Students ran laps of Fisher and Hazlitt Ovals and first, second and third place ribbons were awarded to boys and girls in each year level, however, everyone who completed the track was a winner and should feel proud.
Shum House was the overall winner followed by Cox, Kemp and Sangwell. Congratulations to all competitors.
Middle School
Solar Buddy Program Bake Sale
The Year 6 girls donated their time and creative baking skills to hold a lolly and bake stall to raise funds for the Solar Buddy Program. The program creates awareness of the issues surrounding energy poverty by gifting innovative and sustainable solutions, such as mini solar lamps, to children worldwide.
The girls were very thankful to raise $590. Well done!
Recently, three students competed at the Frankston-Susono Japanese Speech Contest at Monash University’s Peninsula campus. NihalBarthur, Josephine Williams and Aurelia Lee (Year 8) had to introduce themselves and recite a section of the Momotaro (Peach Boy) folk tale. All three students represented Haileybury wonderfully.
Congratulations to Aurelia for coming third. We are so proud of them all for taking on such a daunting task and for doing so well.
Congratulations Pia!
Pia Cincotta (Year 5) was a finalist in the 2022 Ballet Teachers’ Workshop, Victoria’s premier ballet scholarship and a revered classical ballet competition.
The BTW scholarships are adjudicated by pre-eminent figures in the Australian dance scene including the Artistic Director and Principal Artists of the Australian Ballet Company.
This was Pia’s first ever solo performance and she was awarded an Honorable Mention for her section. A great achievement for her first competition!
Jane Gibbs
Head of Newlands (Keysborough)
Haileybury Parents & Friends Keysborough (HPFK)
The HPFK Uniform Shop Sale!
We have so much high-quality stock and this is a fantastic opportunity to buy summer uniform ready for Term 4.
Haileybury HPFK Facebook Page
We did it! We reached 1,000 Haileybury HPFK Facebook Group members!
Our new target is now 1,100. If you would like to connect with our community, please join our Facebook page.
While the September break offers some time for Senior School students to relax and unwind it is also an important time for revision and preparation. Haileybury academic staff will run a series of revision activities for Units 3 and 4 studies throughout the September school holidays.
While attendance at these sessions is not compulsory, families may want to take this into account when planning holidays. A timetable detailing the times for these revision lectures will be made available to students through Canvas.
Last Day of School
Friday, 14 October will be the last day when all Year 12 students are at school together. Berwick, Brighton and City students will travel to Keysborough to participate in the final Whole School Assembly.
Graduation Ceremonies
It is Haileybury tradition that our Year 12 cohorts have separate final day celebrations and individual graduation ceremonies and valedictory dinners. Our Haileybury College Year 12 students graduate on Monday, 17 October, so all Haileybury College students from Years 10 to 12 will go to Keysborough on that day. There are no Haileybury Girls College Years 10 to 12 students at school that day.
Our Haileybury Girls College Year 12 students graduate on Tuesday, 18 October, so all Haileybury Girls College students from Years 10 to 12 will go to Keysborough on that day —there are no Haileybury College Years 10 to 12 students at school that day.
ADF Long Tan Awards
The ADF Long Tan Youth Leadership and Teamwork Awards were launched in 2006 to recognise students who demonstrate leadership and teamwork within their school and local community. At the same time, the awards recognise young people who display strong values, such as doing their best, respect for others and ‘mateship’—characteristics that are integral to Australian society.
The awards are an important initiative by the Australian Government and the Australian Defence Force to encourage senior students—tomorrow’s leaders—to actively participate in the life of their school and community. In 2007, around 2,100 schools participated. The number of schools participating today is over 2,400.
Congratulations to HivinSilva (Year 12) and Sanvi Arora (Year 10) on receiving the Long Tan Award for 2022.
Duke of Edinburgh Awards
Congratulations to Pranav Biju (Year 11) on completing his Silver Award and ChirandithSuraweera (Year 12) on achieving her Gold Duke of Edinburgh award. Their efforts display huge commitment, motivation and resilience for this internationally recognised award.
Pam Chamberlain
Senior Vice Principal and Head of Haileybury Senior Schools
Haileybury Parents & Friends Keysborough (HPFK)
Haileybury HPFK Facebook Page
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.
Rehearsals have begun for Edrington’s Year 5 and 6 play, Fairy Tale Misfits by Jeff Fluharty. It will be performed on Wednesday, 26 and Thursday, 27 October.
When Ellie follows the wombat who stole her homework, she finds herself in the Land of Rejected Fairy-Tale Characters. There, she meets all kinds of misfits who didn’t quite make it into the stories that we know and love.
Come and see the show for your chance to meet Mac, the eighth dwarf, Jacqueline and her accordion—not to be confused with her famous brother Jack, Indecisive Goldilocks, Sleepless Beauty, Big Bad Platypus and countless more.
However, be warned. Queen White-Out is out and about and ready to put her evil plans into action with the help of Pink Pearl and Big Mistake.
Will these misfits be erased forever, or will they find their own happy ending?
Building Connections
Drama in the City Campus thrives with a wonderful performance experience for our Grade 1s. The excited youngsters were part of the Year 8 Collaboration to Creation class presentation.
The Year 8 class specifically designed a performance with the younger students in mind and even interviewed them to get a sense of what they liked. The performance explored those themes and the result was a show full of diverse and exciting characters.
From the photo below you can see that everyone had a great time!
Nick Waxman
Head of Drama and Theatre Studies
Music
Chamber In the Chapel’s Spectacular Success
As a very busy term ended last week, the Music Department celebrated an outstanding night of orchestral chamber music at the inaugural Chamber in the Chapel concert.
The rain held off just long enough for the 200 strong audience to enter and fill the David Bradshaw Chapel. The new event on the Haileybury concert calendar showcased our School’s finest trios and quartets, supplemented by performances by String Orchestra, Chamber Brass and Viva Voce choir.
Guests enjoyed a glass of champagne or lemonade and a sweet treat before entering the chapel. Despite the rain and wind outside, the chapel was warm and the musicians performed beautifully.
While we have come to expect our large ensemble concerts to be spectacular, the depth of understanding and sophistication shown at Chamber in the Chapel was humbling.
Special thanks go to Thomas Heywood, our compere for the evening. His knowledge and passion for classical music was obvious to the very appreciative audience.
Events like this are inspiring for all those who attend and I encourage families to follow the school calendars for details of future events.
Director of Performing Arts & Head of Haileybury Music
Visual Arts
Student Painter Exhibits Work
Congratulations to Ashley Tonelli (Year 12) for being selected to exhibit two paintings for the Spring Select Gordon Moffat AM Spring Award at the Victorian Artists Society Exhibition. The event will be held from Friday, 9
to Thursday, 22 September.
The Spring Exhibition award of $750 is sponsored by former VAS Honorary Treasurer, Gordon Moffatt AM.
The Victorian Artists Society holds three Select Exhibitions throughout the year and Ashley’s work has been selected through the VAS Young Artists Program. This initiative encourages young VCE Studio Arts students in their creative endeavours.
Throughout the year the VAS selects students to exhibit alongside VAS members. The student’s work must be of a very high standard and exhibiting guest students are given a free junior membership to VAS. This allows them to exhibit in VAS exhibitions, attend functions and join life drawing sessions, classes and workshops at Junior member rates.
Rachelle Rae
Head of Visual Arts Senior School
Pipes & Drums
One Hundred Band Performances Later…
In a typical year, the Pipes & Drums perform at more than 100 gigs including assemblies, competitions, speech nights and community events such as the Anzac Day march, the Melbourne Tartan Day Festival and the 2022 Government House Concert.
On Friday, 9 September, Newlands pipers and drummers logged their 100th gig for the year at the Newlands Junior School Accomplishment Awards Assembly. More than 20 pipers and drummers played the processional and recessional—many debuted their new skills in front of their peers.
This remarkable milestone reminds us that the Pipes & Drums are at the very heart of Haileybury. We are always honoured to perform for our Haileyburians and we look forward to the upcoming graduations and speech nights in Term 4.
Two generous and committed groups within the Haileybury community have proven to be significant allies of the Haileybury Foundation.
Members of the 1892 Circle now number close to 100. They contribute to a scholarship and qualify as members through their annual contribution of $500 or more over a period of three years. Membership is also attained when a pledge is made to the Foundation office to make this three-year commitment. Members of the 1892 Circle include parents, alumni, past parents and staff.
The Winged Heart Society is made up of community members who intend leaving a gift of any size in their will to Haileybury Foundation. The Foundation has been able to provide educational life changing opportunities to students due to the generosity of members of the Winged Heart Society.
Members and those interested to learn more are welcome to join a luncheon at the Brighton campus on Tuesday, 15 November.
Please contact Russell Davidson if you wish to know more about either of these groups.
Thank You
Donations to Haileybury Foundation continue to stream in and are tax deductible.
Our students are incredibly fortunate to receive such a high-quality education that would otherwise be out of reach. Our donors are certainly having enormous impact and we have been delighted with the involvement of our community—from past parents, alumni and staff to current parents and former staff.
We were excited to finally launch the inaugural OHA Week on Monday, 22 August.
OHA Week is a week of engaging activities for students across the Senior and Middle Schools. Students can learn more about their alma mater, the people that have gone before them and the opportunities available after they leave Haileybury.
OHA Week has three objectives:
To raise awareness of the OHA for current students.
To bring awareness to the activities and services the OHA can provide to alumni.
To raise awareness of prominent Old Haileyburians.
On Tuesday of OHA Week, it was the Senior School’s special day. The weather may not have been ideal but that didn’t discourage the students from immersing themselves in our mini-carnival filled with interactive virtual reality, bubble soccer and mini golf activities.
They were also treated to delicious snacks from food trucks, listened to tunes by Skratch DJs and had the opportunity to relax in a bean bag when the sun finally broke through the clouds. Alumni representing the OHA Football and Cricket Clubs generously volunteered to help run these activities while promoting their clubs.
Pre-Senior students took part in one of 15 different activities after lunch. Along with activities such as bubble soccer, group fitness with Chris Poppleton, martial arts with Allstars Martial Arts Defence Academy, mini golf and giant games, they learned how to draw caricatures with the talented Anthony Pascoe, painted with The Art Factory and enjoyed a very relaxing yoga session.
We were thrilled to have our alumni involved in the afternoon as well.
Former Outstanding Young Alumni Award winner Hayley Marlow (OH 2013), Founder of Colours & Honey, conducted a jewellery design workshop where students created gorgeous acrylic earrings and key rings. Barbara van der Merwe (OH 2015), also a former Outstanding Young Alumni Award winner and Founder of Money Matters, presented an insightful session on the Hidden Costs of Buying a Car and other important money matters.
Tom Bainbridge (OH 2008), another former Outstanding Young Alumni Award winner and a well-known stand-up comedian, had the students in stitches and encouraged them to try their hand at comedy.
Brent Law (OH 1992), a MICA Paramedic, provided a hands-on session called The Life of a Paramedic and brought along a MICA vehicle.
Mark Thompson (OH 1982), President of the OHA Bowls Club, had the students bowling like Olympic champions and Marc Peterson (OH 1998) inspired our future female engineers with a powerful workshop on Women in Engineering and Construction.
Our AFL and AFLW superstars and this year’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award winners, Cody Weightman (OH 2019) and Alice Burke (OH 2020), together with Jessica Matin (OH 2020) conducted a masterclass on the Rendall Oval for anyone who wanted to improve their footy skills.
And what better way to conclude the festive week than with a BBQ? Middle School students across all campuses enjoyed a delicious BBQ courtesy of the OHA.
We thoroughly enjoyed building connections between the OHA, alumni, students and staff who celebrated with us throughout the week. Thank you to everyone involved.
We look forward to making next year’s OHA Week even bigger and better!
Haileybury Girls College Sports Captain Josie Lawton (Year 12) recently represented Victoria in the Under 21 Hockey National Championship in Perth. She performed extremely well and is staking her case for National selection.
Josie’s elder sister, Amy, has been nominated as the Federation of International Hockey (FIH) Rising Star of the Year. This is an award for the best player in international hockey under the age of 21.
Let’s get behind Amy and vote for her via the button below.
Campbell Wilson-Moran (Year 9) has had a stellar swimming season and has received the award for Age Champion for Under 14 Boys swimming. The accolade is awarded to the swimmer with the highest number of points in their age division across all events.
Congratulations, Campbell.
Snow Sports
The Australian Interschools Snowsport Championships began last week at Perisher. Haileybury was proudly represented by 18 students who achieved some exceptional results.
MiloBotterill (Year 8) qualified for the National Championships in: Snowboard Giant Slalom, Snowboard Cross, and Snowboard Slopestyle events.
Milo has had an outstanding season, earning selection in the Snow Australia Emerging Talent Program with the Australian Institute of Sport for 2022/2023. This is a fantastic achievement and is a credit to his ongoing commitment and dedication to the sport.
Jake Ring (Year 8) and Nicholas Johnston (Year 8) competed alongside Milo in Snowboard Giant Slalom and Snowboard Cross events and the boys finished as the 1st and 2nd placed teams respectively.
Sean Allcock
Director of Haileybury Sport
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