As Haileybury celebrates and recognises the significant contributions of outgoing Head of Senior Schools, Pam Chamberlain, we also welcome her successor, Dr Nicholas Grigsby.
From an outstanding field of applicants, I am pleased to announce that Dr Nicholas Grigsby has been appointed as Deputy Principal Head of Senior Schools. He will oversee the operations of the Senior Schools on each of our four Melbourne campuses.
Nicholas is currently Senior Deputy Head at Stonyhurst College, which is a Catholic, co-educational boarding school in Lancashire, England.
Nicholas will continue the outstanding work of Senior Vice Principal and Head of Senior Schools, Pam Chamberlain, whose time at Haileybury draws to a close at the end of the year.
Pam has provided 18 years of outstanding service to Haileybury students. During her time in charge of the Senior Schools she has overseen the unique One School delivery model and the delivery of academic results that position Haileybury as one of the very top performing academic schools in Victoria.
Pam was also the Founding Head of Campus of Haileybury City. I look forward to recognising her contribution to Haileybury at events through Term 4.
Nicholas has a music teaching background and, as well as working in the UK, he has worked in excellent schools in Poland and China, and spent more than 10 years at schools in New Zealand. He has an outstanding academic background, an excellent understanding of the evolution occurring in senior secondary education, and is a very strong advocate for the performing and creative arts.
Nicholas will join us at the end of Term 1 in 2023. Theo Georgakopoulos will be Acting Head of Senior Schools for Term 1, 2023.
Derek Scott
CEO | Principal
Welcome back to all our Brighton students and families—we face a busy, fun-filled and productive term ahead. Our Years 7 and 8 students begin preparations for their exams, which are held in a few weeks’ time.
There are also several major events, graduations, concerts and our Middle School Speech Night is on Tuesday, 29 November at Aikman Hall, Keysborough. This is a significant celebration of the School year.
In Term 4, students will wear their summer uniform. There is a two-week grace period to allow for variations in the weather and to organise uniforms.
Our Secondhand Uniform shop, run by the HPFC, is a fabulous source of uniforms. Drop into their space near the Rouen Street gate on Wednesdays from 8.15 am – 10.15 am and Thursdays from 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm.
The ELC children recently enjoyed a Drama Toolbox incursion where they were immersed in an ocean adventure. Through music, drama and costumes, the children explored underwater sea creatures, ocean habitat and the negative impact that rubbish has on marine life. There were some wonderful learning opportunities.
During Term 3, the Pre-Preps monitored two nesting projects via live streams—the peregrine falcons in Melbourne’s CBD and a local magpie nest. The children have been observing the birds’ nests and watching the baby birds grow.
You might like to check on these projects, too: Peregrine Falcons and Magpies.
The Junior School supports the SunSafe policy in Terms 4 and 1 with our ‘No Hat, No Play’ rule for outside play. All children must wear the Junior School bucket hat at recess, lunch and during outside PE classes.
If they are not wearing a hat, they will be instructed to seek the shade of the veranda area near the ‘Meeting Place’. Also, please remember that teachers are not permitted to apply sunscreen to children but they will remind children about using sunscreen before outside play.
Please ensure your child has a named sunscreen in their bag and that they know how to apply it independently.
Reminders
Haileybury Castlefield was awash with yellow as we celebrated R U OK? Day. This is a day where the whole community ‘checks in’ with one another and we highlighted the many ways in which this can occur, such as with an R U OK? inspired game of soccer and basketball.
What matters is that each game and activity is inclusive and that communication and sharing are encouraged. Bear, our Castlefield Therapy Newfoundland dog, worked overtime and visited every classroom to share pats, licks and cuddles.
A big thank you to our whole community who embraced this special day.
The Year 6 Boys Warrnambool Camp took place in the last week of term after previous attempts were postponed and cancelled because of all things COVID. What a joy it was to discover this coastal city and to learn about its history.
Placed outside of their comfort zone and in new environments, our students were so impressive and were praised everywhere they went. The local historian was ‘blown away’ that many of our students had conducted pre-reading and knew so much about the local history. They even discretely called him out on some slight errors in the presentation!
The Year 6 students are to be commended on an exceptional away from home experience.
The Year 6 Girls head off on their Ballarat Camp on Tuesday, 4 October and we are positive they will also have a wonderful experience.
Katrina Manson
Head of Castlefield (Brighton)
We hope everyone enjoyed their well-deserved break and is ready to start Term 4.
We have some exciting events organised for Junior and Middle School this term.
Look for notices in the myHaileybury app and we would also appreciate any help with organising these events, too.
Thank you
Monique Chapman
President, Haileybury Parents & Friends Castlefield
Recently, we held two very important events in the Haileybury Tianjin Theatre / Auditorium. We celebrated our End of Year Awards and Scholarship Ceremony and the Student Leadership Induction Assembly.
The End of Year Awards Ceremony acknowledged last year’s academic achievements for the Years 10 and 11 students, while the Scholarship Ceremony was an opportunity for our 2022 graduates, who graduated in July, to return to Senior School to receive Pathway Scholarships and Special Achievement awards.
The scholarships recognise ‘Excellence in VCE’ and the recipients were students who individually excelled in subjects and in their overall VCE and ATAR performance. These scholarships assist students as they embark on further studies overseas.
The Student Leadership Induction Assembly inducted the student prefects—our School and House Captains—and formally acknowledged them as leaders of our student body.
This semester, as part of the Junior School Science Festival, Middle School students have been busy preparing for the G20 Mock Summit. The theme for this year is ‘Should all nuclear weapons and biological weapons be destroyed?’
The issue has been discussed in class and students have researched countries and the viewpoints of various governments and they have presented and defended G20 priorities around the nuclear weapons theme.
Primary School staff and students celebrated the inaugural Harvest Festival by taking part in fun activities and enjoying some wonderful food stalls that showcased local products and taught students about local agriculture. Students learned to make dumplings and shared recipes and cooking tips.
The Australian Mathematics Trust (AMT) is a national not-for-profit organisation that aims to enrich the teaching and learning of mathematics for students of all standards. AMT holds mathematics and informatics competitions, conducts workshops for students and teachers, and publishes books on mathematical enrichment for Australian and international students.
Recently, Primary, Middle and Senior school students competed in the annual ASDAN Mathematics Competition and will all be awarded their certificates during upcoming assemblies.
The annual House Choral Competition was held recently and students and staff dressed in house-coloured shirts to compete against each other in the theatre.
Congratulations to Gold House for their outstanding performance and being judged the winners.
Yanni Galanis
International Principal, Haileybury International School, Tianjin
I am delighted to let you know that the sensory garden in the Quad has now been completed. The Quad is an important community space where families gather before and after school. The children have enjoyed exploring this area today and have given it their seal of approval!
In collaboration with Rotary Club of Berwick, we recently installed a Peace Pole at our campus. The message, ‘May Peace Prevail on Earth’, is written in the languages of our school community.
The importance of this message was explained in a ceremony attended by Rotary members and all Junior School students. Our sincere thanks to Rotary for their collaboration on this project.
ELC children have access to natural environments, a vegetable garden, trees and plants, rock patches, water, sand and logs. Natural materials are provided to stimulate children’s thinking, collaboration, communication and their ability to make choices in their learning.
Children in Reception and Pre-Prep also enjoy exploring the outdoors and visiting different parts of the campus. They have enjoyed learning about bees and visiting the beehives, going for nature walks and seeing what interesting things they can find with their peers.
Our Year 3 students finished last term by attending camp at Forest Edge and they had a wonderful time. The Flying Fox was a big hit and they made lots of new friends with the Newlands Year 3 students.
Excursions have been a big hit, especially after three years without them. At the end of last term, our Year 4 students headed off to Twisted Science with great excitement. They participated in different science investigations and explored biological, chemical and physical sciences. It was a terrific day.
Welcome back to all Middle School students, we hope you are well rested and ready for a busy Term 4.
A reminder that, this term, students have a two-week period to transition back to their summer uniform.
Below is an important list of dates for all Middle School students and parents:
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4 – 8 October
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Year 6 Girls Camp
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14 October
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House Swimming
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26 and 27 October
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Fairy Tale Misfits performances
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4 November
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Spring Sports Award Assembly
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4 – 8 November
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Years 7 and 8 Exams
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11 November
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Middle School Graduation
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14 November
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Term 1A Begins
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18 November
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Art Exhibition
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22 November
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Up Day
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30 November
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Speech Night
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2 December
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Semester 2 Academic Awards Assembly
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Jeanette Rawlings
Head of Edrington (Berwick)
On Wednesday, 26 and Thursday, 27 October, the HPFE are selling show bags and snack bags at the Middle School production of Fairy Tale Misfits. If you are available to help sell or pack bags, please let us know here.
We would also love to invite you to our final HPFE meetings for 2022 which are being held on:
Please RSVP here.
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 and 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 Coordinator, please send us an email Shus-berwick@haileybury.vic.edu.au
Kerry Ilic
HPFE President
Term 4 classes commenced today and it was wonderful to see staff, students and their families return to Newlands ready for another engaging term. I hope you enjoyed the break.
Can I please remind everyone to take care when driving through the campus and to be patient when looking for car parking spaces? In particular, please observe changes to pedestrian and road access near the construction site at Gadsden pavilion. Safety for all is paramount.
Congratulations to our Head of ELC, Lisa Christopher, who is a finalist in the HESTA Early Childhood Education & Care Awards to be held in Canberra in October. The awards recognise individuals who deliver high-quality education to young children in Australia and who make a valued contribution to their profession.
Lisa embeds an anti-bias curriculum across the ELC community, ensuring everyone belongs. To be acknowledged as a finalist is significant recognition and we wish Lisa all the best.
Haileybury’s Director of Early Learning, Rachel Pollitt, and several educators from the Melbourne campuses will attend the Early Childhood Australia National Conference in Canberra as part of the School’s ongoing commitment to professional development.
The theme for this year’s conference is Passion to power: Our future profession.
The conference is a key event in the field of Early Childhood Education where current and emerging trends in early childhood teaching and learning are presented. This year, Lisa Christopher, Amanda Simon and Sakan Pyseth are presenting a paper about the development of the Anti-Bias Curriculum at Newlands ELC.
The ELC regularly hosts Haileybury students participating in the Duke of Edinburgh Award program. The program involves senior school students developing skills, taking part in challenging physical activities and completing community service.
The ELC is currently hosting four students who have made a commitment to regularly visit the ELC to interact with children during their learning experiences, to support children as they play and to read stories and talk with the children.
This year the ELC philosophy is being reviewed. It is a ‘living document’ that reflects the values and beliefs of the educators, families and children who currently belong to the ELC and it provides a foundation for the outcomes of the educational program.
The Newlands ELC philosophy is nearing completion and will be shared with current and new families in coming weeks.
The ELC children have been enthusiastically listening to stories read by Head of Newlands, Jane Gibbs, Deputy Head of Newlands, Mark Harrop, and Deputy Principal of Junior School, Grenville Green.
Each of our celebrity readers was warmly welcomed by our youngest Haileyburians and they have an open invitation to return when their time permits.
In Term 4, students may wear their summer uniform on non-PE days. Please note that Junior School students are not required to wear their blazers with their summer uniform.
Junior School students are reminded to bring their named black Haileybury SunSmart hats to school to use during play breaks and PE lessons. For the first two weeks of Term 4, there will be the option of wearing winter or summer uniform, depending on the weather.
Please note, students are not to wear a combination of both uniforms during this time.
Prep and Year 3 students begin their swimming program on Monday, 17 October, which consists of eight 45-minute sessions in the pool. The lessons are taught by qualified Aquastar instructors who cater for students at all levels, including those at the very beginning stages of swimming. Water safety is also incorporated into the program.
Details and a parent questionnaire were sent home at the end of Term 3. The questionnaire assists swimming instructors to determine an appropriate grouping for each student.
We are excited to announce that Zachary Lim (Year 7) and Haveesh Surendran (Year 7) have reached the top three in Victoria in the 2022 National History Challenge.
This year’s competition theme was ‘Cause and Consequence’. Students selected a period of history that they wanted to learn more about, conducted independent research and then constructed an essay.
Zachary wrote about Asia-Australia relations and Haveesh wrote about Indigenous history.
Their entries will now go to a national judging panel that will choose the Victorian and National winners.
This is a wonderful achievement and we wish Zachary and Haveesh all the best in the national judging.
Congratulations to Anay Ashwin (Year 7) and Grace van Haaster (Year 9) who have been invited to compete in this year’s Future Problem Solving National Final in Melbourne. The event will be held at Carey Grammar.
The topic this year is ‘Mining’. The growing demands of mined materials continues to see the mining industry expand at an incredible pace. The technologies in use today and that will be used in the future are more minerals intensive than ever before. While technology has made mining safer and more environmentally sensitive, environmental and other risks remain.
Yet without the collection of these important materials, the cornerstones of society like buildings, machines and communication would not be possible. With environmental protections varying greatly from country to country, how can the world collaborate on the best way to extract and share geological materials? With mining as the foundation of countless communities, how will they be impacted by the changing landscape of mining? In the future, are there new areas that might be mined for resources?
These are the issues that Anay and Grace will tackle as they compete against other future problem solvers.
In week 2 of Term 4, Year 5 Students will visit the Haileybury Beehives as part of their Science Unit: Love Food? Love Bees!
Each student will enter the apiary to see what is happening in our very own Haileybury hives. Students will also take part in a number of educational activities to complete their Term 4 assessment task for science.
Throughout this term, we will be learning how plants and bees have adapted to mutually benefit each other and how removing flowers or bees from the environment can have large impacts on food production.
Students will also learn how the structure of flowers suits their method of reproduction and, most importantly, how humans rely on animal pollinators for food production. Our Year 5 students will also have the chance to understand some of the current threats posed to bees by human actions.
This exciting program will run for Year 5 students at all Haileybury campuses. Students at Newlands and Edrington will visit their own beehives and students at Castlefield and City will visit these hives on an excursion.
We look forward to seeing all Year 5 students engaging in a rich and rewarding event and raising their awareness of the world around them.
We look forward to finally coming together as a community for this highly anticipated event.
All ticket holders for the previously cancelled event will be able to attend. Unfortunately, for those who do not have a ticket, this event is booked out.
Jane Gibbs
Head of Newlands (Keysborough)
We have so much high-quality stock and this is a fantastic opportunity to buy summer uniform 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
I hope the time away from classes has provided an opportunity for our students to get some well-earned rest, as well as some time to prepare for exams. The trial exams provided a great basis for students to practice their examination techniques and to identify any gaps in their learning.
Revision sessions have been running at Haileybury throughout the holidays and I know many of our students have been to other revision programs offered during the last fortnight. Our Year 12 students will have only two weeks of classes in Term 4 and it is crucial that they make the most of this time.
The last few days for our Year 12 students are often filled with mixed emotions. Feelings of excitement at beginning life away from school have to be contained by a strong commitment to finishing the year well and preparing for examinations.
I hope our graduating students maintain a connection with their school—we all enjoy seeing ‘Old Haileyburians' return to tell us of their activities.
On Monday, 26 September I was pleased to see a Herald Sun article, ’Students get an Early Start-Up’ referring to Haileybury’s Enterprise Academy. The Academy is led by our Head of Entrepreneurship, Damien Meunier, and provides a wonderful opportunity for students to become innovative and creative thinkers.
My best wishes to you all and sincere thanks for your support.
Recently, our Years 11 and 12 students attended a Game Plan Coaching session. Game Plan's School Programs focus on maximising student potential through positive study habits while fostering important wellbeing behaviours in students.
Finally, summer uniform may be worn from Monday, 3 October, with two weeks when winter uniform may be worn. Year 12s are required to wear full winter uniform for Graduation.
Pam Chamberlain
Senior Vice Principal and Head of Haileybury Senior Schools
This year our target is to reach 1,000 Haileybury HPFK Facebook Group members. If you would like to connect with our community, please join our Facebook page.
If you have any queries or would like to contact the HPFK, please email: HPFK@haileybury.vic.edu.au
Lenice Norris
President, Haileybury Parents & Friends Keysborough
The VCE Drama, Theatre Studies and Dance students have worked tirelessly on their upcoming performance exams. The holidays were full of workshops, one-on-one sessions and mock exams.
One workshop was run by the inimitable Emily Goddard (pictured below). Emily is an incredible writer, performer and creative who has worked with MTC, Malthouse and Red Stitch and she is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts.
Emily worked with Enya Lucas (Year 12) at the Brighton campus to help her develop her Bouffon style Theatre Studies monologue. Emily is one of Australia’s leading Bouffon specialists having created the award winning This is Eden—a production many of our students watched in 2020 and 2021.
Emily helped Enya develop a six-minute monologue performance that is powerful and dynamic.
In the final week of Term 3, Keysborough campus hosted Unit 2 VCE Drama students from Berwick, Brighton and City campuses. The day of workshops was led by VCAA assessors Jane Marshall, Nicole Smith and Nick Waxman.
The intensive sessions took students through the process of creating a solo performance that moved beyond reality of life as it is lived. Students experimented with expressive skills, transformation techniques, scripting, improvising, dramatic element explorations and other core drama concepts.
The work created by the students was of extremely high-quality and the day was a great opportunity to share learning across campuses.
Nick Waxman
Head of Drama and Theatre Studies
During the recent holiday and the break from formal classes, VCE Music students completed final rehearsals for their upcoming Unit 4 Performance examinations. For most students, the exams will take place in the second week of term.
Students must present a 25-minute recital program to a panel of external VCAA assessors. The exams represent a significant highpoint in the musical journey of these elite students, most of whom began instrumental lessons at Haileybury in Junior School.
Across their developmental journey, these students will have likely received 300 instrumental lessons and attended over 500 ensemble rehearsals. Despite the interruption of COVID-19, most students have performed to thousands of people at more than 100 concerts.
Like most long-term pursuits, the journey won’t always have been smooth. At times, students may have felt like quitting, or felt like they weren’t progressing as much as their peers.
This year, like every year, we have had a diverse range of instrumental and stylistic disciplines within the VCE Music cohort. This includes: violin, viola, contemporary voice, piano, electric bass, acoustic bass, drumkit, classical guitar, flute, electric guitar, bassoon, percussion and saxophone.
I know the music staff are extremely proud of our 2022 cohort. They have been an outstanding group of young adults to work with.
Rehearsal recordings in the weeks before the exam date
Please click on the links below to view the rehearsals:
Rehearsal Ryan Seymour, Daragh Rodrigues, James Dong, Tom Caspers
Rehearsal Nathan Su, Anson Zhang, Myfanwy Bramble
Rehearsal India Buntman-Bryant, Josh Reed, Nirujan Vijayarayan, Harry Marshall
Rehearsal Estelle Verner, Nicholas Adams, Daragh Rodrigues, Shown Plowmans
Rod Marshall
Director of Performing Arts & Head of Haileybury Music
Visual Arts students had a busy and energised end to Term 3. All Units 3 and 4 folio and theory work were due before the break and students worked with gusto to create incredible final artworks, products, presentations and media. Congratulations to all students for their dedication, inspiring creativity and the high level of skill demonstrated in their submissions.
Similarly, the Units 1 and 2 and Year 9 students are finalising folios and coursework and amazing and innovative works are appearing throughout the campuses. It will be wonderful to celebrate the hard work, thought and talent that has been applied throughout the year through the annual exhibitions in Term 4.
Units 3 and 4 students ended the term with trial examinations and undertook revision lectures in the first week of the break. We hope students are making progress towards the upcoming VCAA examinations and are also making time to rest and recharge before this last round of assessments.
Units 1 and 2 and Year 9 students commence in-class revision in Term 4, before the Haileybury examinations begin. We wish all students the very best.
We also encourage students to develop effective study strategies with their teachers to manage their workloads and make the important incremental gains that make a difference on the day of the examination.
Congratulations to Alicia Lewis (Year 11) whose portrait has been selected and exhibited in the Young Archies division of the Archibald Prize. Alicia’s work is on show at Bunjil Place in Narre Warren until Friday, 14 October.
It is testament to the passion of our creative students that Haileybury continues to be represented in significant art industry events across Melbourne and we couldn’t be prouder.
Rachelle Rae
Head of Visual Arts Senior School
On Saturday, 17 September, the second annual Australian Young Drummer of the Year competition was held at St Mary’s Band Club, NSW. The event was open to drummers aged 17 or under who are residents of Australia.
Haileybury drummer Sofia Carollo (Year 9) represented the Pipes & Drums in fine form, delivering a solid performance in front of a large crowd. Sofia achieved a commendable third place in her first attempt at the title. Well done, Sofia!
Australian Young Drummer of the Year Results
1st: Damon Wright
2nd: Josh Niuila
3rd: Sofia Carollo
Hear Sofia’s amazing performance here.
Lincoln Hilton
Director, Pipes & Drums
Congratulations to the Old Haileybury Amateur Football Club Men’s team who defeated University Blacks to win the VAFA Premier B Grand Final at Elsternwick Park recently.
The match was played in challenging conditions, akin to football in the 1970s. Heavy rain just prior to the match made for a wet, slippery affair that suited neither team’s fast paced style of play.
The game was a slog throughout with neither side able to gain ascendency. In the end, it was Old Haileybury who had the score on the board winning by five points in a ridiculously low scoring match: 2.10.22 to 2.5.17.
It was a fine effort by Old Haileybury that now earns them a promotion to the Premier section of the VAFA in 2023.
We congratulate Captain, James Paul (OH 2010), Coach, Daniel Ward, and the committee and supporters of the club. It was extremely pleasing to note that 17 of the 22 players were Old Haileyburians.
Congratulations!
Russell Davidson
Director of Development and Alumni Relations
From an outstanding field of applicants, I am pleased to announce that Dr Nicholas Grigsby has been appointed as Deputy Principal Head of Senior Schools. He will oversee the operations of the Senior Schools on each of our four Melbourne campuses.
Nicholas is currently Senior Deputy Head at Stonyhurst College, which is a Catholic, co-educational boarding school in Lancashire, England.
Nicholas will continue the outstanding work of Senior Vice Principal and Head of Senior Schools, Pam Chamberlain, whose time at Haileybury draws to a close at the end of the year.
Pam has provided 18 years of outstanding service to Haileybury students. During her time in charge of the Senior Schools she has overseen the unique One School delivery model and the delivery of academic results that position Haileybury as one of the very top performing academic schools in Victoria.
Pam was also the Founding Head of Campus of Haileybury City. I look forward to recognising her contribution to Haileybury at events through Term 4.
Nicholas has a music teaching background and, as well as working in the UK, he has worked in excellent schools in Poland and China, and spent more than 10 years at schools in New Zealand. He has an outstanding academic background, an excellent understanding of the evolution occurring in senior secondary education, and is a very strong advocate for the performing and creative arts.
Nicholas will join us at the end of Term 1 in 2023. Theo Georgakopoulos will be Acting Head of Senior Schools for Term 1, 2023.
Derek Scott
CEO | Principal
Welcome back to all our Brighton students and families—we face a busy, fun-filled and productive term ahead. Our Years 7 and 8 students begin preparations for their exams, which are held in a few weeks’ time.
There are also several major events, graduations, concerts and our Middle School Speech Night is on Tuesday, 29 November at Aikman Hall, Keysborough. This is a significant celebration of the School year.
In Term 4, students will wear their summer uniform. There is a two-week grace period to allow for variations in the weather and to organise uniforms.
Our Secondhand Uniform shop, run by the HPFC, is a fabulous source of uniforms. Drop into their space near the Rouen Street gate on Wednesdays from 8.15 am – 10.15 am and Thursdays from 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm.
The ELC children recently enjoyed a Drama Toolbox incursion where they were immersed in an ocean adventure. Through music, drama and costumes, the children explored underwater sea creatures, ocean habitat and the negative impact that rubbish has on marine life. There were some wonderful learning opportunities.
During Term 3, the Pre-Preps monitored two nesting projects via live streams—the peregrine falcons in Melbourne’s CBD and a local magpie nest. The children have been observing the birds’ nests and watching the baby birds grow.
You might like to check on these projects, too: Peregrine Falcons and Magpies.
The Junior School supports the SunSafe policy in Terms 4 and 1 with our ‘No Hat, No Play’ rule for outside play. All children must wear the Junior School bucket hat at recess, lunch and during outside PE classes.
If they are not wearing a hat, they will be instructed to seek the shade of the veranda area near the ‘Meeting Place’. Also, please remember that teachers are not permitted to apply sunscreen to children but they will remind children about using sunscreen before outside play.
Please ensure your child has a named sunscreen in their bag and that they know how to apply it independently.
Reminders
Haileybury Castlefield was awash with yellow as we celebrated R U OK? Day. This is a day where the whole community ‘checks in’ with one another and we highlighted the many ways in which this can occur, such as with an R U OK? inspired game of soccer and basketball.
What matters is that each game and activity is inclusive and that communication and sharing are encouraged. Bear, our Castlefield Therapy Newfoundland dog, worked overtime and visited every classroom to share pats, licks and cuddles.
A big thank you to our whole community who embraced this special day.
The Year 6 Boys Warrnambool Camp took place in the last week of term after previous attempts were postponed and cancelled because of all things COVID. What a joy it was to discover this coastal city and to learn about its history.
Placed outside of their comfort zone and in new environments, our students were so impressive and were praised everywhere they went. The local historian was ‘blown away’ that many of our students had conducted pre-reading and knew so much about the local history. They even discretely called him out on some slight errors in the presentation!
The Year 6 students are to be commended on an exceptional away from home experience.
The Year 6 Girls head off on their Ballarat Camp on Tuesday, 4 October and we are positive they will also have a wonderful experience.
Katrina Manson
Head of Castlefield (Brighton)
We hope everyone enjoyed their well-deserved break and is ready to start Term 4.
We have some exciting events organised for Junior and Middle School this term.
Look for notices in the myHaileybury app and we would also appreciate any help with organising these events, too.
Thank you
Monique Chapman
President, Haileybury Parents & Friends Castlefield
Recently, we held two very important events in the Haileybury Tianjin Theatre / Auditorium. We celebrated our End of Year Awards and Scholarship Ceremony and the Student Leadership Induction Assembly.
The End of Year Awards Ceremony acknowledged last year’s academic achievements for the Years 10 and 11 students, while the Scholarship Ceremony was an opportunity for our 2022 graduates, who graduated in July, to return to Senior School to receive Pathway Scholarships and Special Achievement awards.
The scholarships recognise ‘Excellence in VCE’ and the recipients were students who individually excelled in subjects and in their overall VCE and ATAR performance. These scholarships assist students as they embark on further studies overseas.
The Student Leadership Induction Assembly inducted the student prefects—our School and House Captains—and formally acknowledged them as leaders of our student body.
This semester, as part of the Junior School Science Festival, Middle School students have been busy preparing for the G20 Mock Summit. The theme for this year is ‘Should all nuclear weapons and biological weapons be destroyed?’
The issue has been discussed in class and students have researched countries and the viewpoints of various governments and they have presented and defended G20 priorities around the nuclear weapons theme.
Primary School staff and students celebrated the inaugural Harvest Festival by taking part in fun activities and enjoying some wonderful food stalls that showcased local products and taught students about local agriculture. Students learned to make dumplings and shared recipes and cooking tips.
The Australian Mathematics Trust (AMT) is a national not-for-profit organisation that aims to enrich the teaching and learning of mathematics for students of all standards. AMT holds mathematics and informatics competitions, conducts workshops for students and teachers, and publishes books on mathematical enrichment for Australian and international students.
Recently, Primary, Middle and Senior school students competed in the annual ASDAN Mathematics Competition and will all be awarded their certificates during upcoming assemblies.
The annual House Choral Competition was held recently and students and staff dressed in house-coloured shirts to compete against each other in the theatre.
Congratulations to Gold House for their outstanding performance and being judged the winners.
Yanni Galanis
International Principal, Haileybury International School, Tianjin
I am delighted to let you know that the sensory garden in the Quad has now been completed. The Quad is an important community space where families gather before and after school. The children have enjoyed exploring this area today and have given it their seal of approval!
In collaboration with Rotary Club of Berwick, we recently installed a Peace Pole at our campus. The message, ‘May Peace Prevail on Earth’, is written in the languages of our school community.
The importance of this message was explained in a ceremony attended by Rotary members and all Junior School students. Our sincere thanks to Rotary for their collaboration on this project.
ELC children have access to natural environments, a vegetable garden, trees and plants, rock patches, water, sand and logs. Natural materials are provided to stimulate children’s thinking, collaboration, communication and their ability to make choices in their learning.
Children in Reception and Pre-Prep also enjoy exploring the outdoors and visiting different parts of the campus. They have enjoyed learning about bees and visiting the beehives, going for nature walks and seeing what interesting things they can find with their peers.
Our Year 3 students finished last term by attending camp at Forest Edge and they had a wonderful time. The Flying Fox was a big hit and they made lots of new friends with the Newlands Year 3 students.
Excursions have been a big hit, especially after three years without them. At the end of last term, our Year 4 students headed off to Twisted Science with great excitement. They participated in different science investigations and explored biological, chemical and physical sciences. It was a terrific day.
Welcome back to all Middle School students, we hope you are well rested and ready for a busy Term 4.
A reminder that, this term, students have a two-week period to transition back to their summer uniform.
Below is an important list of dates for all Middle School students and parents:
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4 – 8 October
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Year 6 Girls Camp
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14 October
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House Swimming
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26 and 27 October
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Fairy Tale Misfits performances
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4 November
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Spring Sports Award Assembly
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4 – 8 November
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Years 7 and 8 Exams
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11 November
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Middle School Graduation
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14 November
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Term 1A Begins
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18 November
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Art Exhibition
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22 November
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Up Day
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30 November
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Speech Night
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2 December
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Semester 2 Academic Awards Assembly
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Jeanette Rawlings
Head of Edrington (Berwick)
On Wednesday, 26 and Thursday, 27 October, the HPFE are selling show bags and snack bags at the Middle School production of Fairy Tale Misfits. If you are available to help sell or pack bags, please let us know here.
We would also love to invite you to our final HPFE meetings for 2022 which are being held on:
Please RSVP here.
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 and 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 Coordinator, please send us an email Shus-berwick@haileybury.vic.edu.au
Kerry Ilic
HPFE President
Term 4 classes commenced today and it was wonderful to see staff, students and their families return to Newlands ready for another engaging term. I hope you enjoyed the break.
Can I please remind everyone to take care when driving through the campus and to be patient when looking for car parking spaces? In particular, please observe changes to pedestrian and road access near the construction site at Gadsden pavilion. Safety for all is paramount.
Congratulations to our Head of ELC, Lisa Christopher, who is a finalist in the HESTA Early Childhood Education & Care Awards to be held in Canberra in October. The awards recognise individuals who deliver high-quality education to young children in Australia and who make a valued contribution to their profession.
Lisa embeds an anti-bias curriculum across the ELC community, ensuring everyone belongs. To be acknowledged as a finalist is significant recognition and we wish Lisa all the best.
Haileybury’s Director of Early Learning, Rachel Pollitt, and several educators from the Melbourne campuses will attend the Early Childhood Australia National Conference in Canberra as part of the School’s ongoing commitment to professional development.
The theme for this year’s conference is Passion to power: Our future profession.
The conference is a key event in the field of Early Childhood Education where current and emerging trends in early childhood teaching and learning are presented. This year, Lisa Christopher, Amanda Simon and Sakan Pyseth are presenting a paper about the development of the Anti-Bias Curriculum at Newlands ELC.
The ELC regularly hosts Haileybury students participating in the Duke of Edinburgh Award program. The program involves senior school students developing skills, taking part in challenging physical activities and completing community service.
The ELC is currently hosting four students who have made a commitment to regularly visit the ELC to interact with children during their learning experiences, to support children as they play and to read stories and talk with the children.
This year the ELC philosophy is being reviewed. It is a ‘living document’ that reflects the values and beliefs of the educators, families and children who currently belong to the ELC and it provides a foundation for the outcomes of the educational program.
The Newlands ELC philosophy is nearing completion and will be shared with current and new families in coming weeks.
The ELC children have been enthusiastically listening to stories read by Head of Newlands, Jane Gibbs, Deputy Head of Newlands, Mark Harrop, and Deputy Principal of Junior School, Grenville Green.
Each of our celebrity readers was warmly welcomed by our youngest Haileyburians and they have an open invitation to return when their time permits.
In Term 4, students may wear their summer uniform on non-PE days. Please note that Junior School students are not required to wear their blazers with their summer uniform.
Junior School students are reminded to bring their named black Haileybury SunSmart hats to school to use during play breaks and PE lessons. For the first two weeks of Term 4, there will be the option of wearing winter or summer uniform, depending on the weather.
Please note, students are not to wear a combination of both uniforms during this time.
Prep and Year 3 students begin their swimming program on Monday, 17 October, which consists of eight 45-minute sessions in the pool. The lessons are taught by qualified Aquastar instructors who cater for students at all levels, including those at the very beginning stages of swimming. Water safety is also incorporated into the program.
Details and a parent questionnaire were sent home at the end of Term 3. The questionnaire assists swimming instructors to determine an appropriate grouping for each student.
We are excited to announce that Zachary Lim (Year 7) and Haveesh Surendran (Year 7) have reached the top three in Victoria in the 2022 National History Challenge.
This year’s competition theme was ‘Cause and Consequence’. Students selected a period of history that they wanted to learn more about, conducted independent research and then constructed an essay.
Zachary wrote about Asia-Australia relations and Haveesh wrote about Indigenous history.
Their entries will now go to a national judging panel that will choose the Victorian and National winners.
This is a wonderful achievement and we wish Zachary and Haveesh all the best in the national judging.
Congratulations to Anay Ashwin (Year 7) and Grace van Haaster (Year 9) who have been invited to compete in this year’s Future Problem Solving National Final in Melbourne. The event will be held at Carey Grammar.
The topic this year is ‘Mining’. The growing demands of mined materials continues to see the mining industry expand at an incredible pace. The technologies in use today and that will be used in the future are more minerals intensive than ever before. While technology has made mining safer and more environmentally sensitive, environmental and other risks remain.
Yet without the collection of these important materials, the cornerstones of society like buildings, machines and communication would not be possible. With environmental protections varying greatly from country to country, how can the world collaborate on the best way to extract and share geological materials? With mining as the foundation of countless communities, how will they be impacted by the changing landscape of mining? In the future, are there new areas that might be mined for resources?
These are the issues that Anay and Grace will tackle as they compete against other future problem solvers.
In week 2 of Term 4, Year 5 Students will visit the Haileybury Beehives as part of their Science Unit: Love Food? Love Bees!
Each student will enter the apiary to see what is happening in our very own Haileybury hives. Students will also take part in a number of educational activities to complete their Term 4 assessment task for science.
Throughout this term, we will be learning how plants and bees have adapted to mutually benefit each other and how removing flowers or bees from the environment can have large impacts on food production.
Students will also learn how the structure of flowers suits their method of reproduction and, most importantly, how humans rely on animal pollinators for food production. Our Year 5 students will also have the chance to understand some of the current threats posed to bees by human actions.
This exciting program will run for Year 5 students at all Haileybury campuses. Students at Newlands and Edrington will visit their own beehives and students at Castlefield and City will visit these hives on an excursion.
We look forward to seeing all Year 5 students engaging in a rich and rewarding event and raising their awareness of the world around them.
We look forward to finally coming together as a community for this highly anticipated event.
All ticket holders for the previously cancelled event will be able to attend. Unfortunately, for those who do not have a ticket, this event is booked out.
Jane Gibbs
Head of Newlands (Keysborough)
We have so much high-quality stock and this is a fantastic opportunity to buy summer uniform 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
I hope the time away from classes has provided an opportunity for our students to get some well-earned rest, as well as some time to prepare for exams. The trial exams provided a great basis for students to practice their examination techniques and to identify any gaps in their learning.
Revision sessions have been running at Haileybury throughout the holidays and I know many of our students have been to other revision programs offered during the last fortnight. Our Year 12 students will have only two weeks of classes in Term 4 and it is crucial that they make the most of this time.
The last few days for our Year 12 students are often filled with mixed emotions. Feelings of excitement at beginning life away from school have to be contained by a strong commitment to finishing the year well and preparing for examinations.
I hope our graduating students maintain a connection with their school—we all enjoy seeing ‘Old Haileyburians' return to tell us of their activities.
On Monday, 26 September I was pleased to see a Herald Sun article, ’Students get an Early Start-Up’ referring to Haileybury’s Enterprise Academy. The Academy is led by our Head of Entrepreneurship, Damien Meunier, and provides a wonderful opportunity for students to become innovative and creative thinkers.
My best wishes to you all and sincere thanks for your support.
Recently, our Years 11 and 12 students attended a Game Plan Coaching session. Game Plan's School Programs focus on maximising student potential through positive study habits while fostering important wellbeing behaviours in students.
Finally, summer uniform may be worn from Monday, 3 October, with two weeks when winter uniform may be worn. Year 12s are required to wear full winter uniform for Graduation.
Pam Chamberlain
Senior Vice Principal and Head of Haileybury Senior Schools
This year our target is to reach 1,000 Haileybury HPFK Facebook Group members. If you would like to connect with our community, please join our Facebook page.
If you have any queries or would like to contact the HPFK, please email: HPFK@haileybury.vic.edu.au
Lenice Norris
President, Haileybury Parents & Friends Keysborough
The VCE Drama, Theatre Studies and Dance students have worked tirelessly on their upcoming performance exams. The holidays were full of workshops, one-on-one sessions and mock exams.
One workshop was run by the inimitable Emily Goddard (pictured below). Emily is an incredible writer, performer and creative who has worked with MTC, Malthouse and Red Stitch and she is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts.
Emily worked with Enya Lucas (Year 12) at the Brighton campus to help her develop her Bouffon style Theatre Studies monologue. Emily is one of Australia’s leading Bouffon specialists having created the award winning This is Eden—a production many of our students watched in 2020 and 2021.
Emily helped Enya develop a six-minute monologue performance that is powerful and dynamic.
In the final week of Term 3, Keysborough campus hosted Unit 2 VCE Drama students from Berwick, Brighton and City campuses. The day of workshops was led by VCAA assessors Jane Marshall, Nicole Smith and Nick Waxman.
The intensive sessions took students through the process of creating a solo performance that moved beyond reality of life as it is lived. Students experimented with expressive skills, transformation techniques, scripting, improvising, dramatic element explorations and other core drama concepts.
The work created by the students was of extremely high-quality and the day was a great opportunity to share learning across campuses.
Nick Waxman
Head of Drama and Theatre Studies
During the recent holiday and the break from formal classes, VCE Music students completed final rehearsals for their upcoming Unit 4 Performance examinations. For most students, the exams will take place in the second week of term.
Students must present a 25-minute recital program to a panel of external VCAA assessors. The exams represent a significant highpoint in the musical journey of these elite students, most of whom began instrumental lessons at Haileybury in Junior School.
Across their developmental journey, these students will have likely received 300 instrumental lessons and attended over 500 ensemble rehearsals. Despite the interruption of COVID-19, most students have performed to thousands of people at more than 100 concerts.
Like most long-term pursuits, the journey won’t always have been smooth. At times, students may have felt like quitting, or felt like they weren’t progressing as much as their peers.
This year, like every year, we have had a diverse range of instrumental and stylistic disciplines within the VCE Music cohort. This includes: violin, viola, contemporary voice, piano, electric bass, acoustic bass, drumkit, classical guitar, flute, electric guitar, bassoon, percussion and saxophone.
I know the music staff are extremely proud of our 2022 cohort. They have been an outstanding group of young adults to work with.
Rehearsal recordings in the weeks before the exam date
Please click on the links below to view the rehearsals:
Rehearsal Ryan Seymour, Daragh Rodrigues, James Dong, Tom Caspers
Rehearsal Nathan Su, Anson Zhang, Myfanwy Bramble
Rehearsal India Buntman-Bryant, Josh Reed, Nirujan Vijayarayan, Harry Marshall
Rehearsal Estelle Verner, Nicholas Adams, Daragh Rodrigues, Shown Plowmans
Rod Marshall
Director of Performing Arts & Head of Haileybury Music
Visual Arts students had a busy and energised end to Term 3. All Units 3 and 4 folio and theory work were due before the break and students worked with gusto to create incredible final artworks, products, presentations and media. Congratulations to all students for their dedication, inspiring creativity and the high level of skill demonstrated in their submissions.
Similarly, the Units 1 and 2 and Year 9 students are finalising folios and coursework and amazing and innovative works are appearing throughout the campuses. It will be wonderful to celebrate the hard work, thought and talent that has been applied throughout the year through the annual exhibitions in Term 4.
Units 3 and 4 students ended the term with trial examinations and undertook revision lectures in the first week of the break. We hope students are making progress towards the upcoming VCAA examinations and are also making time to rest and recharge before this last round of assessments.
Units 1 and 2 and Year 9 students commence in-class revision in Term 4, before the Haileybury examinations begin. We wish all students the very best.
We also encourage students to develop effective study strategies with their teachers to manage their workloads and make the important incremental gains that make a difference on the day of the examination.
Congratulations to Alicia Lewis (Year 11) whose portrait has been selected and exhibited in the Young Archies division of the Archibald Prize. Alicia’s work is on show at Bunjil Place in Narre Warren until Friday, 14 October.
It is testament to the passion of our creative students that Haileybury continues to be represented in significant art industry events across Melbourne and we couldn’t be prouder.
Rachelle Rae
Head of Visual Arts Senior School
On Saturday, 17 September, the second annual Australian Young Drummer of the Year competition was held at St Mary’s Band Club, NSW. The event was open to drummers aged 17 or under who are residents of Australia.
Haileybury drummer Sofia Carollo (Year 9) represented the Pipes & Drums in fine form, delivering a solid performance in front of a large crowd. Sofia achieved a commendable third place in her first attempt at the title. Well done, Sofia!
Australian Young Drummer of the Year Results
1st: Damon Wright
2nd: Josh Niuila
3rd: Sofia Carollo
Hear Sofia’s amazing performance here.
Lincoln Hilton
Director, Pipes & Drums
Congratulations to the Old Haileybury Amateur Football Club Men’s team who defeated University Blacks to win the VAFA Premier B Grand Final at Elsternwick Park recently.
The match was played in challenging conditions, akin to football in the 1970s. Heavy rain just prior to the match made for a wet, slippery affair that suited neither team’s fast paced style of play.
The game was a slog throughout with neither side able to gain ascendency. In the end, it was Old Haileybury who had the score on the board winning by five points in a ridiculously low scoring match: 2.10.22 to 2.5.17.
It was a fine effort by Old Haileybury that now earns them a promotion to the Premier section of the VAFA in 2023.
We congratulate Captain, James Paul (OH 2010), Coach, Daniel Ward, and the committee and supporters of the club. It was extremely pleasing to note that 17 of the 22 players were Old Haileyburians.
Congratulations!
Russell Davidson
Director of Development and Alumni Relations
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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