The support of brilliant teachers from Haileybury and the parent community ensures students continue to achieve outstanding results.
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
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!
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.
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.
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.
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:
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
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!
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.
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)
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.
Monique Chapman
President, Haileybury Parents & Friends Castlefield
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
For queries, questions or a chat, please reach out to hcpf@haileybury.vic.edu.au.
Nina Brooks & Nadine Bissland
Co-Presidents, HPF City
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.
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.
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.
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!
We have a lot of exciting things happening in Term 4. Here are just a few key dates:
Junior School Assemblies:
Swimming:
Junior School Graduation:
Christmas Concert:
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)
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
Have a great week!
Kerry Ilic
HPFE President
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.
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.
Please head to TeamKids to secure your spot!
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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. Nihal Barthur, 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.
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)
We have so much high-quality stock and this is a fantastic opportunity to buy summer uniform ready for Term 4.
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.
If you have any queries or would like to contact the HPFK, please email: HPFK@haileybury.vic.edu.au
Lenice Norris
President, Haileybury Parents & Friends Keysborough
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?
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
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.
Rod Marshall
Director of Performing Arts & Head of Haileybury Music
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
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.
Lincoln Hilton
Director, Pipes & Drums
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:
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!
Kylie Phillips
Development Office Operations Lead
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.
The Australian Interschools Snowsport Championships began last week at Perisher. Haileybury was proudly represented by 18 students who achieved some exceptional results.
Milo Botterill (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
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
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!
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.
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.
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.
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:
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
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!
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.
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)
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.
Monique Chapman
President, Haileybury Parents & Friends Castlefield
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
For queries, questions or a chat, please reach out to hcpf@haileybury.vic.edu.au.
Nina Brooks & Nadine Bissland
Co-Presidents, HPF City
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.
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.
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.
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!
We have a lot of exciting things happening in Term 4. Here are just a few key dates:
Junior School Assemblies:
Swimming:
Junior School Graduation:
Christmas Concert:
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)
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
Have a great week!
Kerry Ilic
HPFE President
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.
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.
Please head to TeamKids to secure your spot!
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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. Nihal Barthur, 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.
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)
We have so much high-quality stock and this is a fantastic opportunity to buy summer uniform ready for Term 4.
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.
If you have any queries or would like to contact the HPFK, please email: HPFK@haileybury.vic.edu.au
Lenice Norris
President, Haileybury Parents & Friends Keysborough
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?
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
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.
Rod Marshall
Director of Performing Arts & Head of Haileybury Music
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
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.
Lincoln Hilton
Director, Pipes & Drums
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:
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!
Kylie Phillips
Development Office Operations Lead
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.
The Australian Interschools Snowsport Championships began last week at Perisher. Haileybury was proudly represented by 18 students who achieved some exceptional results.
Milo Botterill (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
In the spirit of reconciliation, Haileybury acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
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