The endeavour of some outstanding Year 12 students shines through in their academic achievements and on the athletics track, promising a bright future.
Haileybury Year 12s had their last combined day for school on Friday and today is the final day for boys with graduation events and a valedictory dinner. Tomorrow is the graduation ceremony and valedictory dinner for Haileybury girls.
It is a great pleasure to have these significant events back on our calendar and to send the graduating class off with some pomp and ceremony. These events capture the friendly, trusted relationship between the teachers and the students and acknowledge the extraordinary commitment of families.
As a part of the ceremonial events, I ask the graduates to pledge the following:
The Pledge
That your future life will be one of endeavour, of honour and with a commitment to excellence, personal fulfillment and social justice
That you will not forget those who stand with you today
That you will not forsake your links with the School and that you keep a place in your hearts for Haileybury as you will always have a place in the School.
I like the word endeavour. Its definition is simple: try hard to do or achieve something. Much of what we face in life can be overcome with endeavour.
I think this group of graduating students has already made a good start in this direction. They have shown much endeavour in working through the challenges of COVID-19 and in keeping their studies and co-curricular activities on track coming out of the many lockdowns and restrictions.
I saw a lot of this endeavour on display at the APS athletics competition last Saturday, too. The Year 12s were outstanding, but the commitment from the whole student group involved was wonderful to watch. It was the first time the APS carnival had been a combined fully co-educational event with exactly the same events held for girls and boys. It was a credit to all the 11 APS schools.
The Girls Open 3000m was won by Haileybury Year 12 student Amy Bunnage in a remarkable record time of 9.03.19. This is world-class for her age. Amy shows great endeavour.
In Year 9 she went on a Haileybury Year 9 Option to the USA which included visits to Ivy League and other leading American universities. Amy was inspired and set herself a goal to get a scholarship to one of those universities. She continued to work hard on her extraordinary running talents and made an equal commitment to her academic study. Last week Amy received a scholarship to study at Stanford University which is ranked number 3 in the world in the QS University rankings.
On Saturday, Amy showed her commitment to her School and her fellow students with her brilliant running. She lapped every competitor in the seven-and-a-half-lap 3000m race to set her record.
Amy then waited on the track and congratulated every competitor from the A and B race, that was run concurrently, as they made it to the finish line. She gave a special double high five to Haileybury’s second competitor, Libby Craig, as she crossed the line. Libby also showed great endeavour. She is in Year 6 and ran in the Open B 3000 and finished second.
It was a great day, and I was very proud of our Haileybury girls’ team who finished a close second to Caulfield Grammar and the Haileybury boys’ team who achieved an excellent sixth place. Congratulations to Wesley boys who won the APS title for the first time since 1947.
Derek Scott
CEO | Principal
As is traditional in China, after 26 days of their first school year our Junior School held a Year One initiation ceremony. It was organised by the Chinese Department, our Year One teachers and the calligraphy staff. The aim of the ceremony was to lead students on to the path of learning and enlightenment. As part of the ceremony, the students performed a traditional dance and recited a famous education oath.
Senior School recently held Parent–Teacher Interviews to provide feedback to parents. Haileybury values the relationships that we build with parents and these interviews are extremely important to ensure parents are kept up to date with how their children are performing and how they can improve.
The online Parent–Teacher Interviews gave parents an opportunity to review the first six weeks of school and for the Year 12 students completing VAT subjects, it was a good chance to review what they need to work on for the November examinations.
Recently, our Haileybury Tianjin psychologists, Mia Su and Shawna Sun, gave two wellbeing workshops to our Years 5 and 6 students. The first part of the workshop focused on Boundaries and students were introduced to the concept of healthy relationships and why boundaries are important in healthy relationships.
The second part of the workshop focused on Friendships and how students can use certain skills to improve their relationships with a wider circle of friends.
Yanni Galanis
International Principal, Haileybury International School, Tianjin
At City, we love the arts and so our location in the cultural centre of the City of Melbourne is the perfect setting for our students and families. When I speak with parents, one of their biggest regrets is that they didn’t have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument. This is not the case at Haileybury.
A love of music starts in our ELC where, each week, our students are taught music by a specialist teacher. From Prep to Year 4, students continue to be taught music and there are also class choirs.
This term we will be entertained by every Junior School student at our Sing-Celebration on Monday, 5 December, at 2.00 pm. This will be a chance to hear our sweet songbirds sing their little hearts out.
Our Year 2 students learn a stringed instrument and have the opportunity to continue in the Scrolls program for Years 3 and 4. This term, we have two performances at Keysborough with our other campuses. It is going to be an amazing event!
In Year 5, our students join the band program and move into a new set of instruments from the woodwind and brass families. There is also the opportunity to join ensembles in Middle School that further develop musical skillsets and provide opportunities to perform.
Assemblies are another wonderful opportunity for our students to perform and we are a very respectful and appreciative audience.
By the end of Middle School, our students are well underway in their musical journey with many playing multiple instruments. The long-awaited performance each year is our City vocal, string, band and pipes and drums ensembles and the massed singing at Speech Night. It is a very special occasion when every student from Years 5–8 sings.
Our City students also love expressing themselves in art and this year they have all created pieces that will form our City Art Show. We look forward to welcoming our community to our pop-up City Art Gallery on Thursday, 1 December, from 3.30 pm – 5.00 pm. Seeing their child’s artwork proudly displayed is always a highlight for our families.
There is so much happening in Term 4 so please be aware of the Key Dates on the myHaileybury app and be sure to diarise these wonderful occasions to celebrate with your child.
Parents of Years 5–8 students are reminded that all students will attend Speech Night on Friday, 25 November, at 6.00 pm at Deakin Edge in Federation Square. It is a wonderful celebration of our students’ success across all aspects of our City Middle School. More details will follow closer to the time.
Reception children have had an ongoing interest in bugs and they have been exploring where certain bugs live. The children’s observations of snails and their gradual understanding of why we only see snails when it has been raining has been fascinating.
Further investigations will continue as we develop an understanding of these habitats and an awareness of how we care for our environment. Sustainable practices will continue to be embedded into the program as we look at the effect our actions have on the habitats of different small creatures.
Our ELC families will be spending a lot of time observing bugs in their native habitat at home with their resident young entomologist!
An emerging interest in the importance of culture has been the focus in Pre-Prep. This has been extended as we share our families’ histories and cultures and some words from different languages.
Children have been given opportunities to share their cultural background with their peers and educators. Conversations will continue as children discover similarities and differences between each other and understand how everyone is different and special.
Our Junior School students engaged in a magnificent House Arts event which was hosted by Majeda Beatty, a proud First Nations singer, actress and dancer. All students from Prep–Year 4 participated in Majeda’s immersive performance through song, dance, stories and language.
Majeda wowed the audience and took our students on a journey of Australia’s First Nation Dreaming. They learned about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and heard Majeda’s perspective on being an Indigenous millennial woman.
It was fantastic to see our students learning songs and dances while being exposed to cultural instruments and artifacts including the importance of ochre and the significance of body paint. The students were grateful to work with such a fantastic performer to continue their focus on being ‘outward looking and future focused.’
Students from all four Melbourne campuses converged upon Haileybury City on Friday, 7 October, for the annual Scrolls Workshop. We love our Arts at City and our Years 3 and 4 Scrolls students filled the Level 9 space with the magnificent sound of their stringed instruments—from violas and cellos to violins and the double bass.
Guided by our superb strings team, led by Head of Junior School Strings, Ms Ho, our musicians rehearsed numerous songs which they will perform at events throughout Term 4. Our students relished the opportunity to collaborate with other students during play time and the Scrolls Workshop.
On Tuesday, 11 October, our Middle School students competed in our annual House Athletics Carnival at Moonee Valley Athletics Track. Students had a wonderful time competing in the many track and field events.
Thank you to our Year 8 House Captains who inspired the House spirit and showed wonderful organisational skills throughout the day.
Friday, 28 October, is World Teachers’ Day and it’s a day when we recognise the contributions of our wonderful Middle School staff. Below is a message from Sean Cunningham and Leah Vom, 2022 Middle School Captains, expressing their gratitude to City teachers.
‘World Teachers’ Day is a chance for us to acknowledge and celebrate the inspiring work that our teachers do every day. At Haileybury City, we are so fortunate to be educated, motivated, and mentored by the most dedicated and caring teachers. Our teachers bring their passion and expertise into every lesson. Thank you for always fostering our development with empathy and kindness. To the wonderful teachers, thank you so much.’
Caroline Merrick
Head of City
Term 4 is off to a flying start with the real buzz of learning and activity around the campus. Already the children are diving into their musical, sporting and academic pursuits.
The HPF City Annual General Meeting is being held on Thursday, 3 November. This is the perfect opportunity to put up your hand and get involved as we will be holding elections for all committee roles where you can make an important contribution to the fundraising and community life of the City campus. All details are available via the myHaileybury app.
Looking a bit further ahead, ‘Up Day’ is not far away. This is when the children meet their new teachers for 2023. The HPF City will be holding a Second-hand Uniform Shop that day to help kit out students in readiness for next year.
As always, we welcome your contributions and ideas. Should you wish to contact us please email hpfcity@haileybury.edu.au
Nina Brooks & Nadine Bissland
Co-Presidents, Haileybury Parents & Friends City
Our campus focus last week was about Mental Health and ways we can stay mentally well. There was a music concert, visiting animal farm, a pledge canvas, and many other activities.
A highlight of the year for our Year 12 students is their final assembly at Berwick. Some of our students have 'known no other school' and each were presented with a gift from a Prep student. We wish all of our Year 12 students all the very best for the future.
Children and young people from across Victoria can take part in the Young Archie portrait competition. They must choose a significant person in their life and then create a portrait of them on paper.
This year more than 2400 young people took part, and 70 artists were selected as finalists and displayed in a special exhibition.
Two Edrington Middle School students have had their works included in the exhibition. Sunny Wu (Year 5) produced a creative portrait of her dad using collage and watercolour painting techniques. Tiani Jayasena (Year 8) produced a portrait of her grandfather using acrylic paint on paper. Congratulations to them both.
Spring has sprung in the ELC! The Reception classes planted sunflower seeds towards the end of Term 3 and they have now sprouted into seedlings. Children are curious about the inside of a sunflower seed and the germination process and they are using measurement tools and units to measure the growth of the seedlings and plot that on a simple graph each week.
At the moment, Pre-Prep children have a creative focus in their programs. Pre-Prep D children have explored the art form of pointillism. They were encouraged to plan their work first and, as a group, discussed different techniques to create larger or smaller dots on paper depending on how much pressure they applied with their painting tool. After learning about the works of famous artists, children trialed the same techniques in their own paintings.
In Pre-Prep C, children have been inspired by realism in art and by spring blossoms, particularly lavender. They closely observed a lavender plant in bloom and created a detailed painting of it from real life. Realism offers children a starting point and they can then launch themselves into different artistic styles as they grow.
To support our Health Curriculum in 2022, SEA Australia will deliver a program called Living and Growing to Year 4 students. This three-week program is designed to help schools implement particular aspects of the Health Curriculum including the physical, social and emotional changes during puberty.
The approach is age-appropriate, simple, straight forward and sensitive and covers a range of topics:
Our Year 4 parents are invited to attend an information session on Wednesday, 19 October, at 7.00 pm via Zoom.
The Middle School students have had a busy start to the final term of the year.
Our Year 6 girls had a fantastic time on camp in Ballarat and Bendigo. They enjoyed exploring Sovereign Hill, sifting for gold, visiting local wildlife and venturing into mine shafts. A highlight was AURA, an immersive theatre experience at night that follows the journey of gold from its creation to the present day.
The Years 5 and 6 Middle School play will be performed next week and the students are busily rehearsing. Fairy Tale Misfits is sure to be a crowd-pleaser with students of all ages, so be sure to come along. Tickets are still available through the myHaileybury app.
The Girls School has officially launched their sustainability initiative, led by our Captain, Isabelle Tomah (Year 8). A planter box has been built for each year level and the girls began planting everything from flowers to strawberries and even some basil! We look forward to watching these grow over the spring.
A reminder that the two-week transition period for uniform has ended and all students are now required to be in full summer uniform, with hats compulsory at recess and lunch.
Jeanette Rawlings
Head of Edrington (Berwick)
Term 4 is already FLYING BY!! Christmas is in the air! The HPFE warmly invites you to an end of year dinner celebration on Friday, 4 November, at 6.00 pm @ The Orchard at Montagues. Tickets are $100 per person for a gourmet three-course meal with drinks at bar prices.
Reach out to the parents in your child’s class and get a table together. Please note that this is a parents or guardians only event. Please pop the date in your diaries and keep an eye on myHaileybury to book your tickets.
The Uniform Shop is open every Wednesday morning from 8.30 am – 10.15 am and on every second Friday from 2.45 pm – to 4.00 pm (to coincide with JS assembly). Come along and 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 in the shop as our Uniform Shop Coordinator, please send us an email Shus-berwick@haileybury.vic.edu.au
Thank you
Kerry Ilic
HPFE President
Hpfe@haileybury.vic.edu.au
Lisa Christopher, Amanda Simon and Sakan Pyseth recently attended the national Early Childhood Australia Passion to Power: Our future profession conference. They heard from Dylan Alcott, Australian of the Year 2022, who delivered a powerful message about changing people’s perceptions of disability.
Julia Gillard, former Australian Prime Minister, focussed on strategies to support future educational leaders, particularly addressing challenges for women aspiring to leadership roles.
Dr Laura Jana, an American paediatrician, gave a presentation about supporting children to develop the skills to succeed in the 21st century. The speakers across the three days were engaging, inspirational and at the forefront of best practice in early childhood education in Australia.
The conference learnings will be shared with educators across Haileybury over the coming weeks.
Please note there will be no late buses (5.30 pm schedule) on Monday, 17 and Tuesday, 18 October 2022, due to Year 12 Graduation events. The normal schedule will run as usual after school, but there will be no late buses scheduled.
Monday, 31 October, will be a student free day due to the Melbourne Cup public holiday on Tuesday, 1 November.
Newlands ELC and Junior School are collecting items to be donated to Backpacks 4 VIC Kids. This Australian charity provides essential material aid to displaced children. Families are being asked to please donate any of the following items:
Collection boxes are located in Berthon Hall and are clearly labelled. The boxes will be picked up on Friday, 21 October, so be sure to drop off your items before then!
Early Learning Matters Week is celebrated nationally and recognises the importance of high-quality early childhood education for young children.
Over the past five years, Newlands ELC and community leaders have highlighted the significant learning and wellbeing outcomes of children’s involvement in an exemplary play-based, educational program.
During this week we will celebrate some of the wonderful initiatives announced by the Federal and State Governments to support the early childhood sector and young families.
Tim Richardson MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Schools and Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health and Social Inclusion, will visit Newlands ELC on Tuesday, 18 October at 9.30 am to read to the children and enjoy morning tea.
The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP, Attorney-General of Australia, is visiting on Wednesday, 19 October at 11.00 am. He will have morning tea and a discussion time with the children and their educators. We are looking forward to sharing the children’s learning projects and interests with our visitors.
Lead Educators are currently writing the Pre-Prep Transition Learning and Development Statements (TLDS) ready for the move to Prep in 2023. This document summarises children’s learning and development, and identifies their individual approaches to learning and their abilities and interests.
The document is passed on to the children’s Prep teachers and helps the teacher to get to know each child and plan appropriate learning and teaching programs. Parents are invited to contribute to the information that is shared and families will receive a copy of the TLDS.
Junior School recently enjoyed Footy Colours Day. Students could wear their favourite sporting colours and enjoy the excitement of this annual event.
Each year level enjoyed an AFL Football Clinic with some AFLW and AFL stars! The Junior School welcomed Bradley Hill from St Kilda, Luke Cleary from the Western Bulldogs, Eliza James from Collingwood and Charlotte Taylor from Collingwood.
On Fisher Oval, the students practised their hand balling and kicking and finished each skills session with set shots on goal and some Q & A time. Each Year level went into a raffle to win a football signed by our wonderful guests and the lucky recipients were over the moon
Excited Year 3 students attended their first camp at Forest Edge. Although the weather was a bit drizzly, they all had a lot of fun with activities including the flying fox, low ropes, crate climb and archery.
Students enjoyed relaxing in their cabins with friends and spending quality time together outside on the trampoline and in the soccer dome. During the evenings, they took part in a trivia competition and enjoyed a popcorn movie night.
Camp taught them a lot about teamwork, persistence and resilience and Newlands students established many new friendships with students from the Edrington campus. They are now eagerly awaiting their next camp to Portsea in Year 4.
The Middle School Movie Night was a great success with so many of our wonderful community joining together for a twilight showing. Congratulations to Jessica Lam, Raena Umezu and May Vu (Year 8) for donating their hair to the Alopecia Awareness Australia Foundation.
Thank you to all the families who donated to the Trash to Treasure Marketplace.
The Environmental Club set up the marketplace in the BMS Quad during lunchtimes this week, with all items selling for $1.00 to $5.00.
All funds raised will go towards the Australian Wildlife Conservancy and the Magnetic Island Koala Hospital. Any remaining items will be donated to the Salvation Army.
Please help support the Environmental Club and visit the Trash to Treasure Marketplace!
Girls Middle School students are enjoying a four-day tour of Ballarat and Bendigo and Boys Middle School students are making the most of a four-day tour of Warrnambool and the Great Ocean Road as part of their 2022 camp experience.
Students travel by bus, leaving at 8.00 am on Tuesday, 18 October, and return on Friday, 21 October, at 3.30 pm. Students will participate in a variety of hands-on activities, including guided tours and education programs.
Specific details, including the equipment list, can be found on Consent2Go.
Students have been asked to provide their own morning tea, lunch and water bottle for the first day. Students are also reminded to leave iPads, iPods and/or phones at home.
Years 7 and 8 students can use the Help Desk to prepare for the approaching examinations. The Help Desk will run for two weeks from Monday, 17 October, to Friday, 28 October, and will be offered during lunchtimes and after school via Zoom at 5.00 pm.
A timetable will be released on Friday, 14 October. Students are advised to use this service throughout the week, to bring their revision booklets and have a number of pre-prepared questions to make the most of this session.
Jane Gibbs
Head of Newlands (Keysborough)
This is a great time of year to pop in to the HPFK Uniform Shop for all your uniform needs. Whether it’s covering a growth spurt, purchasing a few additional items to save the mid-week washing panic, or getting in early for next year, our friendly volunteers look forward to helping you find the perfect items.
Please find our hours on the myHaileybury app.
Volunteering is fun! We would love to hear from you if you are able to volunteer in the HPFK Uniform Shop. It’s a great way to connect with your community, meet new people and it enables us to provide this wonderful service for our families.
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.a
Lenice Norris
President, Haileybury Parents & Friends Keysborough
I hope that the time away from classes has given students an opportunity to get some well-earned rest and to spend some time on examination preparation.
Revision sessions have been running throughout the holidays and were planned in a way that students could meet their individual needs to revise and have some time away from screens.
The last few days for Year 12 students are often filled with mixed emotions. Excitement at beginning life away from school have to be contained by a strong commitment to finishing the year well and preparing for examinations.
All staff have only positive things to say about the way our Year 12s have persevered during the last three years, and they have earned the life-long admiration of all who have worked with them.
My best wishes and sincere thanks to you all.
Haileybury’s Pipes & Drums Band is supported by a wonderful community of staff, parents and past pipers and drummers. At the recent National Championships in Sydney, Pipe Majors from multiple generations attended to support the Band. Pipes & Drums are part of the great tradition of Haileybury and we thank our past players for their ongoing support.
Senior School was thrilled to see Year 9 students from Haileybury Rendall School visit Melbourne in the first week of Term 4.
The Pre-Senior staff and students at Keysborough enjoyed hearing about Rendall and participating in a scavenger hunt that included a visit to Senior School office and to Wendall, our Koala that was decorated by the Rendall School ELC students and purchased for Senior School by Keysborough Parents and Friends.
Our thanks to the Heads of Pre-Senior, Samone Davidson and Daniel Bradley, and to our Coordinator of Pre-Senior Options/Expeditions, Marco Cudizio, who organised the Melbourne logistics of the trip.
On Wednesday, 5 October, Chloe Fan (Year 9) competed at the 2022 Northern Star Chess State Final. After some very intense and challenging games, Chloe triumphed in her division. She played exceptionally well throughout the day, winning six out of her seven games. Chloe won gold and is the 2022 NSC Victorian Schools State top player in the Years 9–10 Girls Division.
Chloe said the tournament was fun and it gave her the opportunity to meet students from other schools while playing chess. She competed against students of different chess levels, with some matches being quite social while others were more challenging.
Haileybury congratulates Chloe on her tremendous achievement and wishes her and the Senior School Chess team good luck at the Open Secondary School State Final later in October.
If you are a Senior School student interested in playing chess, you can do so through Haileybury’s Curious Minds program. Please contact your campus STEM coordinator for more information.
Congratulations to students who recently competed in the Alliance Française Competition.
ANNEE 12 (Year 12)
EPREUVE ECRITE (Year 12 written)
ANNEE 12 (Year 12)
EPREUVE ECRITE (Year 12 Written)
ANNEE 12 (Year 12)
EPREUVE ECRITE (Year 12 Written)
ANNEE 12 (Year 12)
EPREUVE ORALE (Year 12 Oral)
Prix Ambassade de France
MEILLEUR candidat en année 12 (BEST Year 12 Student Award)
ANNEE 11 (Year 11)
Prix du Consulat-Général honoraire de France
ANNEE 11 (Year 11)
EPREUVE ECRITE (Year 11 Written)
EPREUVE ECRITE (Year 11 Written)
The French Team are over the moon.
Campion Booklists are now open to review and purchase through myHaileybury. Booklists for students in Years 9–12 are due in by Wednesday, 26 October if Term 1A delivery is required. Orders can be made after this date, however, delivery will be made after the commencement of Term 1A.
Annika Pest (OH 2017) recently provided an interview to The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Australia. A copy of the interview can be located here.
Congratulations to Charlie Bamford (Year 11) on achieving his Silver Level Award.
Pam Chamberlain
Senior Vice Principal and Head of Haileybury Senior Schools
Following a student survey and weeks of speculation we are thrilled to announce that next year our Years 9–12 musical will be a Victorian school first. We are putting on the Tony Award-winning SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical!
It is going to be bigger, crazier, funnier and more ridiculous than ever as we bring to life this all-dancing, heart-warming tale of disaster, fake-news and friendship. This show has more roles, more songs and simply more moreness than any Haileybury musical in recent memory!
We are also excited that the Senior Musical will include Year 9 students. So, any student in Years 9–12 (2023) who can commit to the rehearsal and performance season can be part of this major Performing Arts event. Auditions are on Tuesday, 22 November at Keysborough Campus and students are invited to audition for the ensemble or one of the lead roles.
Audition and rehearsal information will be emailed to all current Years 8–11 students on Friday, 14 October, so watch your inbox! Until then, put the Broadway soundtrack on repeat, stream some classic episodes and get into the SpongeBob spirit because this show is going to make a splash.
Rehearsals will be held every Friday from 4.00 pm – 6.30 pm and on Sundays from 10.00 am – 4.00 pm in Keysborough throughout Terms 1 and 2. There will also be holiday rehearsal days in late January and April. Transport is provided from Berwick, Brighton and City for Friday rehearsals.
Grab a Krabby Patty, put on your jet-pack and get ready to hail Patrick Star because Bikini Bottom is coming to Haileybury!
Nick Waxman
Head of Drama and Theatre Studies
Events such as Twilight Concert, Annual Concert, Middle School Concerts, Aria Night, Soiree afternoons, Jazz Nights, Junior School String concerts, musicals, VCE performance nights and Chamber in the Chapel provide a diverse array of performance opportunities for students.
Having attended these events, I am proud that each opportunity adds a unique and exciting dimension to the broader music program.
This Sunday we will hold one of the Music Department’s largest concerts, the combined Middle School Spring Concert, in Aikman Hall.
It will feature a staggering 620 students from Years 5–8 and the concert has become so big that it has been divided into two events on the same day. The Concert Band and Percussion ensembles will perform in Concert 1 at 12.00 noon, while the Strings, Choir and Guitar Orchestra will perform at 3.30 pm. We expect more than 1700 parents will attend the day.
Before each concert, students will travel to Keysborough for a final sound-check, rehearsal and staging run-through. This logistical feat has been masterfully coordinated by Roslyn Rodgers, the Music Department’s Performing Arts Coordinator. Many thanks to Ms Rodgers.
My heartfelt thanks also go to the instrumental staff who give their time, expertise and unwavering passion to ensure our concerts provide the highest quality musical experiences.
Rod Marshall
Director of Performing Arts & Head of Haileybury Music
Over the past few months, children and young people from across Victoria were invited to participate in the Young Archie portrait competition. Across four age categories, students were asked to choose a person who was significant in their life and to create a portrait of them on paper.
This year more than 2400 young people took part, and 70 artists were selected as finalists and displayed in a special exhibition. Two of our Middle School students from Edrington had their works chosen.
Congratulations to Sunny Wu (Year 5) who produced a creative portrait of her dad using collage and watercolour painting techniques. Congratulations also to Tiani Jayasena (Year 8) who produced a portrait of her grandfather using acrylic paint on paper.
Rachelle Rae
Head of Visual Arts Senior School
We could not be prouder of each and every P&D member who competed in the Australian Pipe Band Championships on Saturday, 1 October and Sunday, 2 October. The students in our A and B bands have put in a lot of hard work over the past few months and they should be proud of their performance at the championships.
Both bands were the talk of the town with some bands even taking their kids’ bands to meet Haileybury to inspire their pipers and drummers.
On Saturday we performed in the Grade 4A and 4B adult grades. While the B Band didn’t place in Grade 4B where 11 bands competed, they performed amazingly and represented the P&D in fine form.
We are proud to announce that our A Band are now Grade 4A Australian Champions. They competed against nine other bands to win.
Grade 4A
The A band also won:
On Sunday, the A and B bands competed in the juvenile contest and gained a credible 3rd place in Novice A and 4th place in Novice B. The band’s performances were definitely winning material, but the judges’ decisions didn’t go our way this time and the results were so close it was almost a three-way tie.
Novice Juvenile A
The A band won:
Novice Juvenile B
A big thank you to Susan and the Friends of the Pipes & Drums for waking up in the early hours to make breakfast for the students on Saturday and Sunday—this certainly helped them play their very best!
Thank you also to the staff for your exceptional work as always keeping the bands at such a professional level on and off the field. Finally, thank you to Rhonda Allen for joining us on the trip and for your huge help organising 50 pipers and drummers. We couldn’t have done it without you! Until next time, GO HAILEYBURY!
Watch some of the band’s winning performances from the weekend here.
Lincoln Hilton
Director, Pipes & Drums
Oliver Thompson (Year 11) has just returned from the AIS in Canberra where he had a fantastic experience training with the National Futures squad. Oliver was one of six students selected within the elite group for specialised drag flick training—a special technique used in hockey. The VIS and U21 Australian coach, Jay Stacey, has advised they intend to develop Oliver’s skills further in this area. Very promising.
Haileybury was the dominant school at the recent Athletic Victoria Track and Field Relay Championships. The girls teams were clearly the teams to beat. With 37 relay teams entered, Haileybury was impressive as they used this meet to build towards the APS Finals.
Congratulations to the athletes who competed and who achieved numerous close finishes, finals and fourth places. We also won a few medals!
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Anika Dovaston (Year 12) has been selected for the NTC (National Talent Challenge) Tournament in Canberra. Anika will represent Victoria in the U18 national soccer tournament which runs through October. She’s also joined the Melbourne Victory A-League women’s team as a ‘train-on’ player for 2023. We wish Anika the very best.
Michael Lettieri (Year 9) has also been very busy on State duties. He recently represented Victoria at the National U15 Soccer Championships. Michael had a wonderful tournament and we look forward to him representing Haileybury next season.
Isabelle Angelatos (Year 8) represented Victoria in the 15 and Under Water Polo at the National State Championships on the Gold Coast in September. Well done, Isabelle.
Sean Allcock
Director of Haileybury Sport
Haileybury Year 12s had their last combined day for school on Friday and today is the final day for boys with graduation events and a valedictory dinner. Tomorrow is the graduation ceremony and valedictory dinner for Haileybury girls.
It is a great pleasure to have these significant events back on our calendar and to send the graduating class off with some pomp and ceremony. These events capture the friendly, trusted relationship between the teachers and the students and acknowledge the extraordinary commitment of families.
As a part of the ceremonial events, I ask the graduates to pledge the following:
The Pledge
That your future life will be one of endeavour, of honour and with a commitment to excellence, personal fulfillment and social justice
That you will not forget those who stand with you today
That you will not forsake your links with the School and that you keep a place in your hearts for Haileybury as you will always have a place in the School.
I like the word endeavour. Its definition is simple: try hard to do or achieve something. Much of what we face in life can be overcome with endeavour.
I think this group of graduating students has already made a good start in this direction. They have shown much endeavour in working through the challenges of COVID-19 and in keeping their studies and co-curricular activities on track coming out of the many lockdowns and restrictions.
I saw a lot of this endeavour on display at the APS athletics competition last Saturday, too. The Year 12s were outstanding, but the commitment from the whole student group involved was wonderful to watch. It was the first time the APS carnival had been a combined fully co-educational event with exactly the same events held for girls and boys. It was a credit to all the 11 APS schools.
The Girls Open 3000m was won by Haileybury Year 12 student Amy Bunnage in a remarkable record time of 9.03.19. This is world-class for her age. Amy shows great endeavour.
In Year 9 she went on a Haileybury Year 9 Option to the USA which included visits to Ivy League and other leading American universities. Amy was inspired and set herself a goal to get a scholarship to one of those universities. She continued to work hard on her extraordinary running talents and made an equal commitment to her academic study. Last week Amy received a scholarship to study at Stanford University which is ranked number 3 in the world in the QS University rankings.
On Saturday, Amy showed her commitment to her School and her fellow students with her brilliant running. She lapped every competitor in the seven-and-a-half-lap 3000m race to set her record.
Amy then waited on the track and congratulated every competitor from the A and B race, that was run concurrently, as they made it to the finish line. She gave a special double high five to Haileybury’s second competitor, Libby Craig, as she crossed the line. Libby also showed great endeavour. She is in Year 6 and ran in the Open B 3000 and finished second.
It was a great day, and I was very proud of our Haileybury girls’ team who finished a close second to Caulfield Grammar and the Haileybury boys’ team who achieved an excellent sixth place. Congratulations to Wesley boys who won the APS title for the first time since 1947.
Derek Scott
CEO | Principal
As is traditional in China, after 26 days of their first school year our Junior School held a Year One initiation ceremony. It was organised by the Chinese Department, our Year One teachers and the calligraphy staff. The aim of the ceremony was to lead students on to the path of learning and enlightenment. As part of the ceremony, the students performed a traditional dance and recited a famous education oath.
Senior School recently held Parent–Teacher Interviews to provide feedback to parents. Haileybury values the relationships that we build with parents and these interviews are extremely important to ensure parents are kept up to date with how their children are performing and how they can improve.
The online Parent–Teacher Interviews gave parents an opportunity to review the first six weeks of school and for the Year 12 students completing VAT subjects, it was a good chance to review what they need to work on for the November examinations.
Recently, our Haileybury Tianjin psychologists, Mia Su and Shawna Sun, gave two wellbeing workshops to our Years 5 and 6 students. The first part of the workshop focused on Boundaries and students were introduced to the concept of healthy relationships and why boundaries are important in healthy relationships.
The second part of the workshop focused on Friendships and how students can use certain skills to improve their relationships with a wider circle of friends.
Yanni Galanis
International Principal, Haileybury International School, Tianjin
At City, we love the arts and so our location in the cultural centre of the City of Melbourne is the perfect setting for our students and families. When I speak with parents, one of their biggest regrets is that they didn’t have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument. This is not the case at Haileybury.
A love of music starts in our ELC where, each week, our students are taught music by a specialist teacher. From Prep to Year 4, students continue to be taught music and there are also class choirs.
This term we will be entertained by every Junior School student at our Sing-Celebration on Monday, 5 December, at 2.00 pm. This will be a chance to hear our sweet songbirds sing their little hearts out.
Our Year 2 students learn a stringed instrument and have the opportunity to continue in the Scrolls program for Years 3 and 4. This term, we have two performances at Keysborough with our other campuses. It is going to be an amazing event!
In Year 5, our students join the band program and move into a new set of instruments from the woodwind and brass families. There is also the opportunity to join ensembles in Middle School that further develop musical skillsets and provide opportunities to perform.
Assemblies are another wonderful opportunity for our students to perform and we are a very respectful and appreciative audience.
By the end of Middle School, our students are well underway in their musical journey with many playing multiple instruments. The long-awaited performance each year is our City vocal, string, band and pipes and drums ensembles and the massed singing at Speech Night. It is a very special occasion when every student from Years 5–8 sings.
Our City students also love expressing themselves in art and this year they have all created pieces that will form our City Art Show. We look forward to welcoming our community to our pop-up City Art Gallery on Thursday, 1 December, from 3.30 pm – 5.00 pm. Seeing their child’s artwork proudly displayed is always a highlight for our families.
There is so much happening in Term 4 so please be aware of the Key Dates on the myHaileybury app and be sure to diarise these wonderful occasions to celebrate with your child.
Parents of Years 5–8 students are reminded that all students will attend Speech Night on Friday, 25 November, at 6.00 pm at Deakin Edge in Federation Square. It is a wonderful celebration of our students’ success across all aspects of our City Middle School. More details will follow closer to the time.
Reception children have had an ongoing interest in bugs and they have been exploring where certain bugs live. The children’s observations of snails and their gradual understanding of why we only see snails when it has been raining has been fascinating.
Further investigations will continue as we develop an understanding of these habitats and an awareness of how we care for our environment. Sustainable practices will continue to be embedded into the program as we look at the effect our actions have on the habitats of different small creatures.
Our ELC families will be spending a lot of time observing bugs in their native habitat at home with their resident young entomologist!
An emerging interest in the importance of culture has been the focus in Pre-Prep. This has been extended as we share our families’ histories and cultures and some words from different languages.
Children have been given opportunities to share their cultural background with their peers and educators. Conversations will continue as children discover similarities and differences between each other and understand how everyone is different and special.
Our Junior School students engaged in a magnificent House Arts event which was hosted by Majeda Beatty, a proud First Nations singer, actress and dancer. All students from Prep–Year 4 participated in Majeda’s immersive performance through song, dance, stories and language.
Majeda wowed the audience and took our students on a journey of Australia’s First Nation Dreaming. They learned about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and heard Majeda’s perspective on being an Indigenous millennial woman.
It was fantastic to see our students learning songs and dances while being exposed to cultural instruments and artifacts including the importance of ochre and the significance of body paint. The students were grateful to work with such a fantastic performer to continue their focus on being ‘outward looking and future focused.’
Students from all four Melbourne campuses converged upon Haileybury City on Friday, 7 October, for the annual Scrolls Workshop. We love our Arts at City and our Years 3 and 4 Scrolls students filled the Level 9 space with the magnificent sound of their stringed instruments—from violas and cellos to violins and the double bass.
Guided by our superb strings team, led by Head of Junior School Strings, Ms Ho, our musicians rehearsed numerous songs which they will perform at events throughout Term 4. Our students relished the opportunity to collaborate with other students during play time and the Scrolls Workshop.
On Tuesday, 11 October, our Middle School students competed in our annual House Athletics Carnival at Moonee Valley Athletics Track. Students had a wonderful time competing in the many track and field events.
Thank you to our Year 8 House Captains who inspired the House spirit and showed wonderful organisational skills throughout the day.
Friday, 28 October, is World Teachers’ Day and it’s a day when we recognise the contributions of our wonderful Middle School staff. Below is a message from Sean Cunningham and Leah Vom, 2022 Middle School Captains, expressing their gratitude to City teachers.
‘World Teachers’ Day is a chance for us to acknowledge and celebrate the inspiring work that our teachers do every day. At Haileybury City, we are so fortunate to be educated, motivated, and mentored by the most dedicated and caring teachers. Our teachers bring their passion and expertise into every lesson. Thank you for always fostering our development with empathy and kindness. To the wonderful teachers, thank you so much.’
Caroline Merrick
Head of City
Term 4 is off to a flying start with the real buzz of learning and activity around the campus. Already the children are diving into their musical, sporting and academic pursuits.
The HPF City Annual General Meeting is being held on Thursday, 3 November. This is the perfect opportunity to put up your hand and get involved as we will be holding elections for all committee roles where you can make an important contribution to the fundraising and community life of the City campus. All details are available via the myHaileybury app.
Looking a bit further ahead, ‘Up Day’ is not far away. This is when the children meet their new teachers for 2023. The HPF City will be holding a Second-hand Uniform Shop that day to help kit out students in readiness for next year.
As always, we welcome your contributions and ideas. Should you wish to contact us please email hpfcity@haileybury.edu.au
Nina Brooks & Nadine Bissland
Co-Presidents, Haileybury Parents & Friends City
Our campus focus last week was about Mental Health and ways we can stay mentally well. There was a music concert, visiting animal farm, a pledge canvas, and many other activities.
A highlight of the year for our Year 12 students is their final assembly at Berwick. Some of our students have 'known no other school' and each were presented with a gift from a Prep student. We wish all of our Year 12 students all the very best for the future.
Children and young people from across Victoria can take part in the Young Archie portrait competition. They must choose a significant person in their life and then create a portrait of them on paper.
This year more than 2400 young people took part, and 70 artists were selected as finalists and displayed in a special exhibition.
Two Edrington Middle School students have had their works included in the exhibition. Sunny Wu (Year 5) produced a creative portrait of her dad using collage and watercolour painting techniques. Tiani Jayasena (Year 8) produced a portrait of her grandfather using acrylic paint on paper. Congratulations to them both.
Spring has sprung in the ELC! The Reception classes planted sunflower seeds towards the end of Term 3 and they have now sprouted into seedlings. Children are curious about the inside of a sunflower seed and the germination process and they are using measurement tools and units to measure the growth of the seedlings and plot that on a simple graph each week.
At the moment, Pre-Prep children have a creative focus in their programs. Pre-Prep D children have explored the art form of pointillism. They were encouraged to plan their work first and, as a group, discussed different techniques to create larger or smaller dots on paper depending on how much pressure they applied with their painting tool. After learning about the works of famous artists, children trialed the same techniques in their own paintings.
In Pre-Prep C, children have been inspired by realism in art and by spring blossoms, particularly lavender. They closely observed a lavender plant in bloom and created a detailed painting of it from real life. Realism offers children a starting point and they can then launch themselves into different artistic styles as they grow.
To support our Health Curriculum in 2022, SEA Australia will deliver a program called Living and Growing to Year 4 students. This three-week program is designed to help schools implement particular aspects of the Health Curriculum including the physical, social and emotional changes during puberty.
The approach is age-appropriate, simple, straight forward and sensitive and covers a range of topics:
Our Year 4 parents are invited to attend an information session on Wednesday, 19 October, at 7.00 pm via Zoom.
The Middle School students have had a busy start to the final term of the year.
Our Year 6 girls had a fantastic time on camp in Ballarat and Bendigo. They enjoyed exploring Sovereign Hill, sifting for gold, visiting local wildlife and venturing into mine shafts. A highlight was AURA, an immersive theatre experience at night that follows the journey of gold from its creation to the present day.
The Years 5 and 6 Middle School play will be performed next week and the students are busily rehearsing. Fairy Tale Misfits is sure to be a crowd-pleaser with students of all ages, so be sure to come along. Tickets are still available through the myHaileybury app.
The Girls School has officially launched their sustainability initiative, led by our Captain, Isabelle Tomah (Year 8). A planter box has been built for each year level and the girls began planting everything from flowers to strawberries and even some basil! We look forward to watching these grow over the spring.
A reminder that the two-week transition period for uniform has ended and all students are now required to be in full summer uniform, with hats compulsory at recess and lunch.
Jeanette Rawlings
Head of Edrington (Berwick)
Term 4 is already FLYING BY!! Christmas is in the air! The HPFE warmly invites you to an end of year dinner celebration on Friday, 4 November, at 6.00 pm @ The Orchard at Montagues. Tickets are $100 per person for a gourmet three-course meal with drinks at bar prices.
Reach out to the parents in your child’s class and get a table together. Please note that this is a parents or guardians only event. Please pop the date in your diaries and keep an eye on myHaileybury to book your tickets.
The Uniform Shop is open every Wednesday morning from 8.30 am – 10.15 am and on every second Friday from 2.45 pm – to 4.00 pm (to coincide with JS assembly). Come along and 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 in the shop as our Uniform Shop Coordinator, please send us an email Shus-berwick@haileybury.vic.edu.au
Thank you
Kerry Ilic
HPFE President
Hpfe@haileybury.vic.edu.au
Lisa Christopher, Amanda Simon and Sakan Pyseth recently attended the national Early Childhood Australia Passion to Power: Our future profession conference. They heard from Dylan Alcott, Australian of the Year 2022, who delivered a powerful message about changing people’s perceptions of disability.
Julia Gillard, former Australian Prime Minister, focussed on strategies to support future educational leaders, particularly addressing challenges for women aspiring to leadership roles.
Dr Laura Jana, an American paediatrician, gave a presentation about supporting children to develop the skills to succeed in the 21st century. The speakers across the three days were engaging, inspirational and at the forefront of best practice in early childhood education in Australia.
The conference learnings will be shared with educators across Haileybury over the coming weeks.
Please note there will be no late buses (5.30 pm schedule) on Monday, 17 and Tuesday, 18 October 2022, due to Year 12 Graduation events. The normal schedule will run as usual after school, but there will be no late buses scheduled.
Monday, 31 October, will be a student free day due to the Melbourne Cup public holiday on Tuesday, 1 November.
Newlands ELC and Junior School are collecting items to be donated to Backpacks 4 VIC Kids. This Australian charity provides essential material aid to displaced children. Families are being asked to please donate any of the following items:
Collection boxes are located in Berthon Hall and are clearly labelled. The boxes will be picked up on Friday, 21 October, so be sure to drop off your items before then!
Early Learning Matters Week is celebrated nationally and recognises the importance of high-quality early childhood education for young children.
Over the past five years, Newlands ELC and community leaders have highlighted the significant learning and wellbeing outcomes of children’s involvement in an exemplary play-based, educational program.
During this week we will celebrate some of the wonderful initiatives announced by the Federal and State Governments to support the early childhood sector and young families.
Tim Richardson MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Schools and Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health and Social Inclusion, will visit Newlands ELC on Tuesday, 18 October at 9.30 am to read to the children and enjoy morning tea.
The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP, Attorney-General of Australia, is visiting on Wednesday, 19 October at 11.00 am. He will have morning tea and a discussion time with the children and their educators. We are looking forward to sharing the children’s learning projects and interests with our visitors.
Lead Educators are currently writing the Pre-Prep Transition Learning and Development Statements (TLDS) ready for the move to Prep in 2023. This document summarises children’s learning and development, and identifies their individual approaches to learning and their abilities and interests.
The document is passed on to the children’s Prep teachers and helps the teacher to get to know each child and plan appropriate learning and teaching programs. Parents are invited to contribute to the information that is shared and families will receive a copy of the TLDS.
Junior School recently enjoyed Footy Colours Day. Students could wear their favourite sporting colours and enjoy the excitement of this annual event.
Each year level enjoyed an AFL Football Clinic with some AFLW and AFL stars! The Junior School welcomed Bradley Hill from St Kilda, Luke Cleary from the Western Bulldogs, Eliza James from Collingwood and Charlotte Taylor from Collingwood.
On Fisher Oval, the students practised their hand balling and kicking and finished each skills session with set shots on goal and some Q & A time. Each Year level went into a raffle to win a football signed by our wonderful guests and the lucky recipients were over the moon
Excited Year 3 students attended their first camp at Forest Edge. Although the weather was a bit drizzly, they all had a lot of fun with activities including the flying fox, low ropes, crate climb and archery.
Students enjoyed relaxing in their cabins with friends and spending quality time together outside on the trampoline and in the soccer dome. During the evenings, they took part in a trivia competition and enjoyed a popcorn movie night.
Camp taught them a lot about teamwork, persistence and resilience and Newlands students established many new friendships with students from the Edrington campus. They are now eagerly awaiting their next camp to Portsea in Year 4.
The Middle School Movie Night was a great success with so many of our wonderful community joining together for a twilight showing. Congratulations to Jessica Lam, Raena Umezu and May Vu (Year 8) for donating their hair to the Alopecia Awareness Australia Foundation.
Thank you to all the families who donated to the Trash to Treasure Marketplace.
The Environmental Club set up the marketplace in the BMS Quad during lunchtimes this week, with all items selling for $1.00 to $5.00.
All funds raised will go towards the Australian Wildlife Conservancy and the Magnetic Island Koala Hospital. Any remaining items will be donated to the Salvation Army.
Please help support the Environmental Club and visit the Trash to Treasure Marketplace!
Girls Middle School students are enjoying a four-day tour of Ballarat and Bendigo and Boys Middle School students are making the most of a four-day tour of Warrnambool and the Great Ocean Road as part of their 2022 camp experience.
Students travel by bus, leaving at 8.00 am on Tuesday, 18 October, and return on Friday, 21 October, at 3.30 pm. Students will participate in a variety of hands-on activities, including guided tours and education programs.
Specific details, including the equipment list, can be found on Consent2Go.
Students have been asked to provide their own morning tea, lunch and water bottle for the first day. Students are also reminded to leave iPads, iPods and/or phones at home.
Years 7 and 8 students can use the Help Desk to prepare for the approaching examinations. The Help Desk will run for two weeks from Monday, 17 October, to Friday, 28 October, and will be offered during lunchtimes and after school via Zoom at 5.00 pm.
A timetable will be released on Friday, 14 October. Students are advised to use this service throughout the week, to bring their revision booklets and have a number of pre-prepared questions to make the most of this session.
Jane Gibbs
Head of Newlands (Keysborough)
This is a great time of year to pop in to the HPFK Uniform Shop for all your uniform needs. Whether it’s covering a growth spurt, purchasing a few additional items to save the mid-week washing panic, or getting in early for next year, our friendly volunteers look forward to helping you find the perfect items.
Please find our hours on the myHaileybury app.
Volunteering is fun! We would love to hear from you if you are able to volunteer in the HPFK Uniform Shop. It’s a great way to connect with your community, meet new people and it enables us to provide this wonderful service for our families.
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.a
Lenice Norris
President, Haileybury Parents & Friends Keysborough
I hope that the time away from classes has given students an opportunity to get some well-earned rest and to spend some time on examination preparation.
Revision sessions have been running throughout the holidays and were planned in a way that students could meet their individual needs to revise and have some time away from screens.
The last few days for Year 12 students are often filled with mixed emotions. Excitement at beginning life away from school have to be contained by a strong commitment to finishing the year well and preparing for examinations.
All staff have only positive things to say about the way our Year 12s have persevered during the last three years, and they have earned the life-long admiration of all who have worked with them.
My best wishes and sincere thanks to you all.
Haileybury’s Pipes & Drums Band is supported by a wonderful community of staff, parents and past pipers and drummers. At the recent National Championships in Sydney, Pipe Majors from multiple generations attended to support the Band. Pipes & Drums are part of the great tradition of Haileybury and we thank our past players for their ongoing support.
Senior School was thrilled to see Year 9 students from Haileybury Rendall School visit Melbourne in the first week of Term 4.
The Pre-Senior staff and students at Keysborough enjoyed hearing about Rendall and participating in a scavenger hunt that included a visit to Senior School office and to Wendall, our Koala that was decorated by the Rendall School ELC students and purchased for Senior School by Keysborough Parents and Friends.
Our thanks to the Heads of Pre-Senior, Samone Davidson and Daniel Bradley, and to our Coordinator of Pre-Senior Options/Expeditions, Marco Cudizio, who organised the Melbourne logistics of the trip.
On Wednesday, 5 October, Chloe Fan (Year 9) competed at the 2022 Northern Star Chess State Final. After some very intense and challenging games, Chloe triumphed in her division. She played exceptionally well throughout the day, winning six out of her seven games. Chloe won gold and is the 2022 NSC Victorian Schools State top player in the Years 9–10 Girls Division.
Chloe said the tournament was fun and it gave her the opportunity to meet students from other schools while playing chess. She competed against students of different chess levels, with some matches being quite social while others were more challenging.
Haileybury congratulates Chloe on her tremendous achievement and wishes her and the Senior School Chess team good luck at the Open Secondary School State Final later in October.
If you are a Senior School student interested in playing chess, you can do so through Haileybury’s Curious Minds program. Please contact your campus STEM coordinator for more information.
Congratulations to students who recently competed in the Alliance Française Competition.
ANNEE 12 (Year 12)
EPREUVE ECRITE (Year 12 written)
ANNEE 12 (Year 12)
EPREUVE ECRITE (Year 12 Written)
ANNEE 12 (Year 12)
EPREUVE ECRITE (Year 12 Written)
ANNEE 12 (Year 12)
EPREUVE ORALE (Year 12 Oral)
Prix Ambassade de France
MEILLEUR candidat en année 12 (BEST Year 12 Student Award)
ANNEE 11 (Year 11)
Prix du Consulat-Général honoraire de France
ANNEE 11 (Year 11)
EPREUVE ECRITE (Year 11 Written)
EPREUVE ECRITE (Year 11 Written)
The French Team are over the moon.
Campion Booklists are now open to review and purchase through myHaileybury. Booklists for students in Years 9–12 are due in by Wednesday, 26 October if Term 1A delivery is required. Orders can be made after this date, however, delivery will be made after the commencement of Term 1A.
Annika Pest (OH 2017) recently provided an interview to The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Australia. A copy of the interview can be located here.
Congratulations to Charlie Bamford (Year 11) on achieving his Silver Level Award.
Pam Chamberlain
Senior Vice Principal and Head of Haileybury Senior Schools
Following a student survey and weeks of speculation we are thrilled to announce that next year our Years 9–12 musical will be a Victorian school first. We are putting on the Tony Award-winning SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical!
It is going to be bigger, crazier, funnier and more ridiculous than ever as we bring to life this all-dancing, heart-warming tale of disaster, fake-news and friendship. This show has more roles, more songs and simply more moreness than any Haileybury musical in recent memory!
We are also excited that the Senior Musical will include Year 9 students. So, any student in Years 9–12 (2023) who can commit to the rehearsal and performance season can be part of this major Performing Arts event. Auditions are on Tuesday, 22 November at Keysborough Campus and students are invited to audition for the ensemble or one of the lead roles.
Audition and rehearsal information will be emailed to all current Years 8–11 students on Friday, 14 October, so watch your inbox! Until then, put the Broadway soundtrack on repeat, stream some classic episodes and get into the SpongeBob spirit because this show is going to make a splash.
Rehearsals will be held every Friday from 4.00 pm – 6.30 pm and on Sundays from 10.00 am – 4.00 pm in Keysborough throughout Terms 1 and 2. There will also be holiday rehearsal days in late January and April. Transport is provided from Berwick, Brighton and City for Friday rehearsals.
Grab a Krabby Patty, put on your jet-pack and get ready to hail Patrick Star because Bikini Bottom is coming to Haileybury!
Nick Waxman
Head of Drama and Theatre Studies
Events such as Twilight Concert, Annual Concert, Middle School Concerts, Aria Night, Soiree afternoons, Jazz Nights, Junior School String concerts, musicals, VCE performance nights and Chamber in the Chapel provide a diverse array of performance opportunities for students.
Having attended these events, I am proud that each opportunity adds a unique and exciting dimension to the broader music program.
This Sunday we will hold one of the Music Department’s largest concerts, the combined Middle School Spring Concert, in Aikman Hall.
It will feature a staggering 620 students from Years 5–8 and the concert has become so big that it has been divided into two events on the same day. The Concert Band and Percussion ensembles will perform in Concert 1 at 12.00 noon, while the Strings, Choir and Guitar Orchestra will perform at 3.30 pm. We expect more than 1700 parents will attend the day.
Before each concert, students will travel to Keysborough for a final sound-check, rehearsal and staging run-through. This logistical feat has been masterfully coordinated by Roslyn Rodgers, the Music Department’s Performing Arts Coordinator. Many thanks to Ms Rodgers.
My heartfelt thanks also go to the instrumental staff who give their time, expertise and unwavering passion to ensure our concerts provide the highest quality musical experiences.
Rod Marshall
Director of Performing Arts & Head of Haileybury Music
Over the past few months, children and young people from across Victoria were invited to participate in the Young Archie portrait competition. Across four age categories, students were asked to choose a person who was significant in their life and to create a portrait of them on paper.
This year more than 2400 young people took part, and 70 artists were selected as finalists and displayed in a special exhibition. Two of our Middle School students from Edrington had their works chosen.
Congratulations to Sunny Wu (Year 5) who produced a creative portrait of her dad using collage and watercolour painting techniques. Congratulations also to Tiani Jayasena (Year 8) who produced a portrait of her grandfather using acrylic paint on paper.
Rachelle Rae
Head of Visual Arts Senior School
We could not be prouder of each and every P&D member who competed in the Australian Pipe Band Championships on Saturday, 1 October and Sunday, 2 October. The students in our A and B bands have put in a lot of hard work over the past few months and they should be proud of their performance at the championships.
Both bands were the talk of the town with some bands even taking their kids’ bands to meet Haileybury to inspire their pipers and drummers.
On Saturday we performed in the Grade 4A and 4B adult grades. While the B Band didn’t place in Grade 4B where 11 bands competed, they performed amazingly and represented the P&D in fine form.
We are proud to announce that our A Band are now Grade 4A Australian Champions. They competed against nine other bands to win.
Grade 4A
The A band also won:
On Sunday, the A and B bands competed in the juvenile contest and gained a credible 3rd place in Novice A and 4th place in Novice B. The band’s performances were definitely winning material, but the judges’ decisions didn’t go our way this time and the results were so close it was almost a three-way tie.
Novice Juvenile A
The A band won:
Novice Juvenile B
A big thank you to Susan and the Friends of the Pipes & Drums for waking up in the early hours to make breakfast for the students on Saturday and Sunday—this certainly helped them play their very best!
Thank you also to the staff for your exceptional work as always keeping the bands at such a professional level on and off the field. Finally, thank you to Rhonda Allen for joining us on the trip and for your huge help organising 50 pipers and drummers. We couldn’t have done it without you! Until next time, GO HAILEYBURY!
Watch some of the band’s winning performances from the weekend here.
Lincoln Hilton
Director, Pipes & Drums
Oliver Thompson (Year 11) has just returned from the AIS in Canberra where he had a fantastic experience training with the National Futures squad. Oliver was one of six students selected within the elite group for specialised drag flick training—a special technique used in hockey. The VIS and U21 Australian coach, Jay Stacey, has advised they intend to develop Oliver’s skills further in this area. Very promising.
Haileybury was the dominant school at the recent Athletic Victoria Track and Field Relay Championships. The girls teams were clearly the teams to beat. With 37 relay teams entered, Haileybury was impressive as they used this meet to build towards the APS Finals.
Congratulations to the athletes who competed and who achieved numerous close finishes, finals and fourth places. We also won a few medals!
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Anika Dovaston (Year 12) has been selected for the NTC (National Talent Challenge) Tournament in Canberra. Anika will represent Victoria in the U18 national soccer tournament which runs through October. She’s also joined the Melbourne Victory A-League women’s team as a ‘train-on’ player for 2023. We wish Anika the very best.
Michael Lettieri (Year 9) has also been very busy on State duties. He recently represented Victoria at the National U15 Soccer Championships. Michael had a wonderful tournament and we look forward to him representing Haileybury next season.
Isabelle Angelatos (Year 8) represented Victoria in the 15 and Under Water Polo at the National State Championships on the Gold Coast in September. Well done, Isabelle.
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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