Issue 10

Collective Effort Reaps Academic Rewards

As we finish a remarkable Term 2, 2020, I thank the students, staff and all parents and guardians for collectively contributing to outstanding academic and broader education outcomes over the past 10 weeks.

From the beginning of the lockdown, Haileybury staff were determined that students would learn at the same pace as in the physical classroom environment. The rapid training of staff, the sound technology in place at the School and the repurposing of every component of the usual school day into the virtual classroom online environment were key elements to this. Also, of course, we knew that students had the extraordinary benefit of the great support from families.

The Grattan Institute — in a just released report — has noted that in a major survey of 5,000 teachers only 35% felt their students were able to learn at a normal pace during the school lockdown period. It noted across Australia “most students are likely to have learnt less”.

Few schools in Australia were able to pivot as quickly as Haileybury to a full virtual classroom environment. In contrast to the Grattan Institute report, we have been very pleased to note the assessment of students’ work during the online period and further assessment on their return confirms the anecdotal reports that students have continued at the same pace online as they would have in the physical classroom.

For example, our Year 8 English Text Response Essay saw students provided with a series of lessons to craft their essay, complete a ‘hurdle’ task to be ready for the assessment, take feedback on the areas for improvement and then complete the writing task. The task, while slightly different than previous years, saw the same marking standards applied and the average results across the School were at 75% — slightly higher than last year. A similar, slightly higher 2020 average result (than previous years) was achieved with the Year 7 English Persuasive Writing task and the Year 6 Language Skills Tests.

Another example is Year 1 Mathematics where teachers have undertaken formative assessment with the students on key Mathematics concepts that were introduced during the online virtual classroom period. These include multiplication through concrete materials, fractions and time to quarter hours. Teachers have reported the formative assessment is showing an excellent understanding of the concepts covered.

Similarly, Victorian Certificate of Education teachers have noted that students have progressed at a similar pace to normal and assessments are showing a very strong understanding of key concepts and performance and results in school assessed coursework.

Of course, we are all delighted to have the School full of student energy, discussion and laughter. Equally, teachers are delighted to be back in the collegial environment of the School. But the whole community should take great pride in what has been achieved this term.

The COVID-19 lockdown period at Haileybury has 'I believe' set a benchmark in Australia for what can be achieved when a committed trio of staff, students and families work collaboratively.

I hope you all enjoy a break — it has been well earned and deserved.

Digital Edition of the Haileyburian - A record of a moment in history

This year has been a challenging one for the community as we all faced the COVID-19 pandemic.

As part of our work to record events for the School's history, we have created a special online edition of The Haileyburian to document our successful online learning journey.

The publication features the extraordinary efforts of Haileybury staff to create world-class online learning programs, and the agility, work ethic and talent of students who quickly adapted to their new normal.

On behalf of the School, thank you to all our community members for their support of Haileybury and others during this time. Your generosity and spirit make this a wonderful community to be a part of.

To access your digital copy of The Haileyburian, please click here.

Derek Scott
CEO | Principal

Campus News

Staff, Students and Families Lead Term 2 Success

I have said it more than once, but I must reiterate how proud I am of our student cohort for the way its members have conducted themselves across the course of Term 2. What a term it has been! The students managed to transition to online learning, pick up new skills in technology, and then seamlessly move back to on-campus learning.

I could not be more impressed with how they behaved, learned, and cared during this time.

Thank you to our parents and carers for your support assisting with learning, preparing hot lunches (which have been missed) providing feedback through the surveys and attending our online Parent–Teacher Interviews. We appreciate partnering with you throughout this time.

Finally, a huge ‘thank you’ to our staff. What a remarkable team we have. I have received many emails of thanks from families in recognition of the work, compassion, and effort that the staff provided for our students and the online system of learning.

We look forward to a more pedestrian Semester 2. However, we have all shown we are prepared for any challenges that come our way.

Early Learning Centre

Pre-Prep Children Celebrate Literacy

Congratulations to the Pre-Prep children as they have learnt the letters and sounds of the alphabet and some diagraphs through song, story, actions, and play. They are developing the concept of blending and segmenting and making three to four-letter words.

The children are also excited that Milo the Monkey (our Literacy mascot) has turned five and took delight in planning a small celebration with games, decorations, and fun.

Each Child is a Unique Individual

We have a strong image of a child. Our image is that each child is capable, curious, knowledgable, creative, and competent. Each child is an individual and unique. These beliefs influence how we as educators interact, develop thinking, encourage questions, and support learning.

They also influence how we make decisions and how we organise the learning environment to challenge, spark interest and create an element of considered risk and success. Most importantly, we strive for the child to experience a sense of joy and wonder.

“There is nothing without joy.” —Loris Malaguzzi (Founder of the Reggio Emilia Approach)

Junior School

Students Show that Sharing is Caring

Amy Robb (Year 3) lovingly made and shared 1,000 hearts to share kindness. Her message to fellow students and staff was, “Keep it close and give it a squeeze when you need a reminder of love, hope, courage and comfort.”

Amy Robb (Year 3)

Harlan Ryder (Prep) shared his culture with his classmates recently. They loved listening to Harlan play the didgeridoo!

Prep students Weston Tiley, Harlan Ryder and Louis Van Der Griend

Making Virtual Assemblies Engaging

Our assemblies have looked a little different this term, with no group gatherings. Miss Claire Harvey has done a tremendous job in compiling videos of the National Anthem, House Captain messages, Students of the Week, House Cup, musical performances and incorporating special-interest items into a fast-paced presentation.

We even had a special Presentation Assembly to acknowledge all those students who were recipients of the Head of Campus Award this term!

Keeping up with the Basics

While the holidays are a great time to rest and recharge, we encourage all our students to maintain their basic English and Maths skills over the break. ‘Time in the game’ each day is important in retaining these skills. Building reading into the daily routine, writing as often as possible and practising times tables and number facts in short bursts is recommended.

Set timers and keep a record, so growth of speed and accuracy can be tracked. There are lots of great apps available, but quick-fire oral questions or handwritten sums are excellent too!

Middle School

A Memorable Term 2 Concludes

It is difficult to find the words to express everything that has taken place this term, and it is one that will be remembered and looked back on for years to come. Tom Roberts recently wrote a poem, The Great Realisation, which is well worth watching if you have not already seen it.

The video depicts a father speaking to his son in future years, looking back at 2020. His poem is largely about hope for the future world, and the positives that can emerge from difficult times. We witnessed this first-hand the day our students walked back through the School gates.

The simple joy of students and staff reconnecting with each other face-to-face highlighted what we already know—relationships are what truly matter. It has been wonderful to finish Term 2 back together as a community, and again we thank all our families for your support and kind words throughout.

As the term draws to a close, we wish all our families a safe and restful break. We hope you take some time out, draw breath, and reflect on the remarkable things that you and your children have achieved. Stay safe and well, and we look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

Katrina Manson
Head of Castlefield (Brighton)

Haileybury Parents & Friends Castlefield (HPFC)

Farewell and Thank You to Jano Wells

A special thank you to our School classrooms executive, Jano Wells, who will retire from her position on the HPFC at the end of June. Jano has been instrumental in finding and coordinating our classroom representatives. We will miss her valuable contribution to the HPFC and our School community.

The HPFC wishes everyone a very happy and safe holiday period. We look forward to seeing everyone back in Term 3.

Ian Green
President, Haileybury Parents & Friends Castlefield

Campus News

Deep Gratitude to our School Community

We are so grateful to our families, students and staff for their partnership in learning in our virtual classrooms. All our students excitedly returned to campus and we were thrilled to welcome their families back. Our Year 12 students formed a Guard of Honour, accompanied by three bagpipers, to honour the return of all students to City campus. Such great leadership on show.

I was humbled to accept on behalf of our staff a magnificent plaque from all of our HPF City community to say thank you. They also included a beautiful message that I read out to staff, who were so appreciative.

Dear Haileybury City teachers and staff,

This is for you.

For keeping the routine as normal as possible
For enabling us to see how our kids learn
For mailing science packs for home experiments, class materials and homework packs
For making online learning as seamless —and as close to the classroom environment —as possible
For keeping our kids encouraged, motivated and engaged
For teaching us all new technology
For nurturing and developing resilience in our kids
For being there for our kids (and for us)
For keeping us informed
For being flexible, adaptable and innovative
For making the unthinkable possible
And for much more.

On behalf of the Haileybury City Parents & Friends Association, we are all sincerely grateful… Thank you.

Happy Holidays!

Wishing all our families a relaxing and enjoyable holiday. It is thoroughly deserved by all. We know it will be a very different holiday experience but hopefully less Zooming and screen time. Enjoy some relaxation and for those who manage a road trip to ‘somewhere in Victoria’—the most popular destination when asked at the front entrance—safe travels.

Welcome Back

Pipers

Balloon Arch

Early Learning Centre

Online Adventures Complement On-Campus Learning

While the ELC children are unable to venture out on our normal City excursions, educators have explored new learning opportunities via online platforms with them.

Our first online tour was to the National Gallery of Victoria, where we explored many amazing artworks, which stimulated much conversation between children about their visual preferences. Following the success of this adventure, the ELC embarked on a tour of Uluru to hear of sacred sites and stories from The Dreaming.

The combination of hands-on experiences and virtual learning facilitates opportunities for the children to broaden their understandings and perspectives and is a resource well used in our centre. We look forward to further travelling the world in search of opportunities to extend the children’s interests among myriad activities with expert presenters.

Feedback Welcome on Haileybury Policies

City ELC policies are reviewed on a cyclical basis either annually or biannually. Families are always invited to read and provide feedback about our polices up for review. Through our Haileybury ELC app, parents are notified of policies due for review and we genuinely welcome parent participation and feedback, to ensure these are always current and reflect best practice. We are presently reviewing the Sun Protection and Water Play policy. Please see Mrs Sally Robertson if you wish to read and share your thoughts on these policies.

Junior School

Lego Masters House Competition Sparks Creativity

On every Lego Masters episode, teams take things to the next level with their mind-blowing creations. Haileybury students aren’t known to be spectators, so when Mrs Sally Robertson challenged them to a Lego Masters House Competition, our Junior School students answered the call. It was amazing to see the creativity and skill that students and their families applied to the task.

We saw working record turntables, tree houses, Harry Potter themes, helicopters, spaceships, and even whole cities come to life. In the end, Na was victorious with Main House a very close second. We congratulate all those who took part and showed their teamwork and House spirit.

Oscar Alexander (Year 3) with his Car Monument City

Madeleine Clark (Year 1) with her creation

Alix Sharkey (Year 2) with her imaginative entry

Reuben Elia (Year 3) with his Intergalactic Crash Site

Aidan Wong (Prep) with a space station and airport creation

Accomplishment Award Winners Announced

Each semester, a small group of students at each year level is presented with Accomplishment Awards. One of the highest honours in the Junior School, the awards are selected on the basis of academic growth, attitude to learning and respect shown to others. These are determined and agreed upon by all Junior School staff. We are immensely proud of the following Semester 1 Junior School Accomplishment Award recipients:

Prep

Isabella Wang
Gabriel Anderson
Henry Winkett
Ella Diem
Abigail Chung
Elliette Johnson

Year 1

Raphael Bagnara
Spencer Goodson
Sonny Lim
Philippa Lynn
Lucy Prowse
Olivia Stragan

Year 2

Sammy Ellis
Clayton Johnson
Abdul Rahman
Leela Rane
William Roberts
Elspeth Paul

Year 3

Zoe Voon
Reuben Elia
Callum Winkett
Mavis Varghese
Aria Pirois
Hafeez Nonjai Noormohideen

Year 4

Annie Coghill
Bridget Cornelius
Zuhayr Hussain
Jake Budd
Alex Ge
Liam Chen

Wishing Everyone a Happy Holiday

From all the Junior School staff, we wish you a safe and happy holiday during the winter break. We thank you for your unwavering support during this term. We hope you have a chance to reconnect with your community and continue to relish the precious family time that we have enjoyed.

Middle School

Students Excel Upon Return to Campus

Middle School students and families have excelled on their return to campus. They finished Term 2 with wide eyes, the fond rekindling of friendships, and a smooth transition to face-to-face learning. We are so very proud of our Middle School students and staff for their efforts to ensure that this transition was as smooth as possible and thank them for their expert teaching and dedication.

City CAMP-US Sleep-Out for Melbourne City Mission

Our Middle School students recently participated in an online ‘at home sleep-out’ to raise awareness about the work of Melbourne City Mission. The event included reflections on our opportunities, expressions of gratitude and conversations about the experience of those less fortunate, which showed how deeply our young people are thinking about the world around them.

Reflection and Goals for Term 3

Already, Term 3 is not too far away. We are very much looking forward to our City Middle School community settling into the learning program. Over the break, we encourage our Middle School families to reflect on the year thus far and set some goals for what they would like to achieve over the remainder of the year.

Quote of the Week

“You will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, and one for helping others.” —Audrey Hepburn

Caroline Merrick
Head of City

Haileybury Parents & Friends City (HPF City)

A Warm Welcome for Years 3 to 9 Students

It was the coldest of mornings but the warmest welcome back for Years 3 to 9 students on Tuesday, 9 June. They joined the rest of the School, which returned to 383 King Street a few weeks ago. For many parents, we’re sure there were lots of last-minute questions such as “where’s my lunch box” and even “where’s my school bag” the night before.

Gift of Appreciation for City staff

HPF City was asked by our parent body to think of a gift to present to staff as a thank you for the amazing support families received during the COVID-19 lockdown period. On Tuesday, 9 June, we presented a plaque to the Head of Campus, Mrs Caroline Merrick, on behalf of the HPF City community.

The words ‘You kept our hearts uplifted and our minds engaged’ reflect the quality of care across wellbeing and academic learning for students over the past few months.

Disco Dolly Brings out the Bling

Our online Disco Dolly Trivia and Bingo Nights ran smoothly with lots of trivia, general knowledge and ‘bling’ shown off. These free events were a way of connecting with friends, making new connections online and having a fun night in (without the cleanup). Thanks to everyone involved who helped organise and plan these events. It’s really appreciated.

We hope you enjoy some rest and relaxation over the school holidays.

Nina Brooks & Jane Woolard
Co-Presidents, Haileybury Parents & Friends City

Plaque presentation

HPF City plaque

Haileybury

Campus News

Celebrating our Students’ Return to Campus

All year levels have now returned to Edrington and we celebrated this occasion with bagpipes, balloons, ‘welcome back’ signs, dancing and a great deal of in-person catching up. The students and staff were all so excited to see each other, and even though there are new health protocols in place, our campus feels like it is back to the way it should be.

Online learning has been such a success and now the return to campus has been greatly appreciated by everyone. All in all, we’ve had a very successful term. Thank you to parents and carers for their patience and understanding as we have implemented the new drop-off and pick-up procedures. These processes are now well understood and followed which means that the students are able to arrive and leave the campus safely.

Early Learning Centre

Exploring Symbols of Reconciliation

Symbols have been used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to preserve important cultural stories and traditions for tens of thousands of years, and have an important and intricate interrelationship with Country, culture, communities, and personal identity. Over the past two weeks our ELC children have continued to explore Aboriginal symbols, an interest that was sparked during Reconciliation Week.

As an ELC community that has found itself adjusting to a new way of connecting with families, we have had to be creative in our approach to remain connected. Exploring Aboriginal symbols at school was transferred to the home setting and children took home a symbol of their choice to re-create with their families.

This activity has allowed a connection between the children’s home and school setting to be made—a vital aspect in creating a sense of belonging. These artworks created in the children’s homes are now displayed beautifully throughout the rooms and the girls and boys delight in showing their teachers and friends the work that has gone into creating them.

Pre-Prep and Reception

“Our language is sacred…Words are given to us by the land and those words are sacred…Words make things happen—make us alive. Words come not only from our land but also from our ancestors…. Language is what we see in people. Language is what we know of people…Language is how people identify themselves. Being you is to know your language. It is rooted in your relationship from creation—in your kinship that cycles from then and there, onwards and onwards...”—Ms Amelia Turner, Lhere Artepe Aboriginal Corporation.

Junior School

Thank You Parents!

We are incredibly proud of our Junior School students and how they have approached online learning this term. They have come back to school ready to learn and keen to physically see their friends and teachers. Over the past few weeks, they have settled into routines well and shown us how they have continued to learn despite the challenges they were presented with.

We would like to acknowledge and thank all our parents for their support this term. Your willingness to spend time during the day supporting our younger students, assisting the children with organising themselves and speaking regularly with teachers about how to improve things in this environment was so appreciated. We could not have done it without your commitment.

Berwick has a wonderful parent community which supports our School and we are very thankful for everything you do.

Henry Giummarra

Gabriella Guedes Reis De Oliveira

Arjun Sriram, Lily Montague, Ray Gu, Sophia Aung

Middle School

Smiles, Chatter and Laughter Return

It was wonderful to see many smiling faces and hear laughter, chatter, and a busy working hum around the Middle School in the final weeks of Term 2. Both staff and students alike were happy to return to school and enjoyed face-to-face teaching and learning once again.

We were indeed lucky to have Zoom as a tool for online learning and we are extremely proud that our students’ academic program went largely uninterrupted during the period of online learning. However, these last two weeks back at school have highlighted the importance of relationships and connection to peers and teachers within the physical school environment.

Students have enjoyed the collaboration that the classroom space has provided. They have relished the outdoor spaces and physical activity in PE classes and utilising the Library, Art, Music and CDT facilities at school.

Wishing Everyone a Safe and Restful Mid-Year Break

It has certainly been a busy term and many new skills have been acquired. We wish all our students and families a safe and restful mid-year break. We are looking forward to returning to a settled and productive Term 3.

Year 7 students Allegria Tettis, Indi Sherritt, Meg Cooper, Bobbie Sheehan and Frohar Masudy

Dareen Elkassaby (Year 8) Zoe O'Brien (Year 8)

Karina Hun (Year 5)

Jeanette Rawlings
Head of Edrington (Berwick)

Haileybury Parents & Friends Edrington (HPFE)

Wonderful to be Back on Campus

We are back! How wonderful was it to hear the bagpipes on our stunning grounds driving in on our first day back at School?

A huge ‘thank you’ to our uniform shop coordinators, Diana and Kelly, for managing our new online system and delivering orders straight to our classrooms for families seeking secondhand items. This service is very much appreciated by our community.

It has been a challenging time for many and on our semester break we can all take a little time with our family and friends as restrictions begin to ease. Stay well everyone.

Take care.

Linda Rabot
President, Haileybury Parents & Friends Edrington

Campus News

Thank You for Your Adaptability and Positivity

As we commence our Term 2 break, I hope that everyone can take this opportunity to relax and re-energise in preparation for a return to School in Term 3. We have certainly experienced challenging times over the past term, and I commend everyone for their ability to adapt and remain positive, resulting in exceptional wellbeing programs and online curriculum delivery.

Our return to School was not without its challenges either, as our campus access plan was implemented to ensure a COVID-19 safe drop-off and pick-up for more than 900 students daily. Traffic was busy and there were delays, but overall we managed to keep calm and safe with a smile.

With social distancing rules and hand sanitation the ‘new normal’, on-campus learning was welcomed by all. If COVID-19 has taught us anything, it's that Newlands means the world to our most important stakeholders—the students.

Two thumbs up for an exciting return to campus for Harper Quinn (Year 7) and Kartik Sivasubramaniam (Year 7)

Education of the Future—Zooming in from Sri Lanka

Newlands staff and students are incorporating many of the new skills acquired during isolation into their regular teaching and learning. Davina Giraga Hewage (Year 5) has been zooming into lessons from Sri Lanka throughout Term 2 from 2.00 am due to the time difference.

As Davina is still unable to return to Australia, she can now attend the on-campus lessons ‘virtually’ on the iPad using Swivl technology that automatically follows the classroom participants’ voice and teacher movement. Now nicknamed ‘D-Swivl’ by her peers, Newlands has readily embraced yet another opportunity to supersede geographical limitations, ensuring that Davina’s high-quality education continues.

Technology in full swing in the Year 5B classroom with Davina Giraga Hewage appearing on screen via iPad Swivl while Wendy Wang and Keira Brown watch on with Year 5B teacher Ms Kaitlyn Walker

Early Learning Centre

Time for Nature on Environment Day

The Early Learning Centre recently celebrated World Environment Day, which is a day highlighted by the United Nations for encouraging awareness of and action to protect the environment. This year’s theme is ‘Time for Nature’.

The children explored the meaning of this day with nature walks and exploration of their outdoor environments. They discussed the ways in which they could be activists in caring for their environment.

During the School Holiday Program, the children will plant Indigenous plants such as lemon myrtle and yam daisy in the ELC. In support of the children’s program, families are asked to visit local parks and playgrounds to collect natural resources such as gum nuts, pine cones, driftwood, and seedpods to bring to the ELC.

Developing Confident Mathematicians

ELC educators continue to work closely with Dr Rachel Pollitt, Director of Early Learning, to develop the Numeracy Curriculum for Reception and Pre-Prep classes. Children are invited to interact in myriad meaningful experiences offered to develop the skill sets required to be confident mathematicians.

Each child is introduced to Numeracy concepts through intentional and incidental teaching opportunities, specialist classes, and their interactions within the indoor and outdoor play environments. Children are encouraged to use appropriate mathematical vocabulary within their play and to reflect on their learning to promote further thinking.

Amelia Tai (Reception N) copied the pattern on the card to decorate her pipe cleaner and then counted the beads. She found the wooden number 8 to match her counting

Junior School

Junior Scientists in the Lab

While online learning continued for the Middle School, our Year 1 students were able to utilise the Boys Middle School Science Lab for a lesson. All the students were excited to put the lab coats on and become junior scientists.

They are learning about the way things grow, change, and have offspring. During this lesson, they investigated the parts of an egg from the inside out. It certainly was an intriguing and stimulating lesson for the very inquisitive Year 1 students.

Sarah Luc (Year 1) and Joelene Dang (Year 1) enjoy having the opportunity to utilise the Middle School Science Labs, a facility not normally available to the Junior School students

Ariyana Perera (Year 1) and Daniel Cotton-Stapleton (Year 1) work together to discover the structure of an egg

Middle School

Haileybury Start Up Sparks Critical Thinking

Year 8 students are making great use of their new-found confidence in conducting Zoom meetings. Emma Le, Ti Ti Hoang and Kaye Liu, all in 8B, spent their lunchtime meeting with their mentor to get advice on their Haileybury Start Up project.

Throughout Term 2, students commenced the design thinking process to identify a problem they would like to solve. The mentors are members of the wider Haileybury community who have experience in entrepreneurship and enterprise and have been allocated to the student groups to assist them to come up with a solution, test and pitch it.

Haileybury Start Up is a new subject in 2020 that all Year 8 students are taking and is designed to enhance their critical thinking, teamwork, presentation and digital literacy skills.

Over the holiday break, the students’ ‘customer discovery’ will see them interview a sample of customers from the various segments they have identified. We look forward to hearing about their experiences upon their return.

Year 8 students Emma Le, Ti Ti Hoang and Kaye Liu meet online with their mentor

Bringing the Quad to Life

Newlands grounds staff have been busy bringing our Boys Middle School Quad to life with some beautiful camellia trees in huge rustic pots. They are nicely positioned among the students’ vegetable plant boxes that are all thriving with life. The quadrangle is a beautiful place in which to share conversations, enjoy each other’s company and socialise once more after our weeks in isolation.

A welcome sight of new camellia plants in the Boys Middle School Quad has made the outdoor spaces even more welcoming after our time at home

Cardboard Boat Challenge

Can you design and build a boat from cardboard that’s strong enough to float, even with a weight on board? Using Archimedes’ principle—the physical law of buoyancy—our Year 8 Construction students took the challenge while learning from home. The task encouraged them to take risks, be creative and have fun.

They used problem solving skills, mathematical modelling and innovative research to design boats made entirely from cardboard and duct tape. With hands-on experience, students now understand many of the key design features used in successful watercraft.

Andrew Keo (Year 8) designs and constructs a boat made entirely from cardboard and duct tape

Special Guests Zoom into Assembly

Middle School assemblies continued through online Learning. Khanh Ong (OH 2009) a current contestant on television hit show MasterChef, joined the Years 5 and 6 boys during Languages Week. Khanh provided the boys with some excellent advice. He encouraged them to be proud of their heritage and to learn more about each other’s culture.

Khanh described how he dealt with performing under pressure—which was to just focus on doing his best and not worry about what others are doing.

Earlier this term Max King (OH 2018) a current St Kilda Football Club player, joined the boys’ Zoom Assembly. Max spoke about his time at the Middle School, his love of Haileybury Sport and dealing with adversity. He encouraged the boys to stay active and to look after each other.

Another highlight of the assemblies has been the boys showcasing their creative talents, ranging from trick shots, time-lapsed artwork, physical isolation videos and musical performances.

Khanh Ong (OH 2009) Zoomed into the Boys Middle School Assembly as a very exciting guest speaker

Max King (OH 2018) speaks to the Year 5 boys during a Zoom Assembly

Jane Gibbs
Head of Newlands (Keysborough)

Haileybury Parents & Friends Keysborough (HPFK)

Thank You to our Amazing Teachers

The parent community has been overwhelmed by the dedication, professionalism and resilience demonstrated by our amazing teachers during online learning. On Friday, 19 June, HPFK provided a 'Thank You’ Morning Tea for all our teaching staff at Newlands and Senior School Keysborough campus.

HPFK Uniform Shop Online Orders

Our Uniform Shop is currently closed, and we will announce on our Facebook page and myHaileybury when we are able to open.

We will have access to the HPFK Uniform Shop over the school holidays and are happy to organise an online sale if you have any uniform requirements for Term 3. Please email the HPFK team at hpfk@haileybury.vic.edu.au with your request and a contact phone number and we will let you know whether we have your requirements in stock and how to purchase the item online.

Join HPFK on Facebook

We now have 473 members in our Haileybury HPFK Facebook Group and would like to increase that to more than 500. It would be great if current members could 'invite' their Haileybury friends to join, or if you would like to join our Facebook page please click here.

Enjoy the term break!

Lenice Norris
President, Haileybury Parents & Friends Keysborough

Campus News

Ending ‘Iso’ with Laughter and Shared Stories

The sounds of students returning at the beginning of a new term is one of the highlights of any first day back. The squeals of delight as friends lock eyes on each other for the first time in weeks, the hugs, handshakes and backslaps as they gather and prepare to share their stories, echo loudly through the locker bays, quads and corridors.

It was an especially heart-warming sound that rang out on Monday, 25 May, when our senior students returned to their campuses after seven weeks of lockdown. The hugs and the handshakes were out, and social distancing was in, but the pure joy of teenagers being reunited with their peers could not be contained.

In our final week of the strangest term in history, we aimed to return to many of the activities that allow students to feel connected to each other, to their teachers and to their Haileybury community. These ranged from the return of hotly contested four square competitions and Tutor Group daily quizzes to just sitting around the tables in the quads or the common rooms enjoying each other’s presence.

More formally, it also included a return to cross-campus Sport training, Prefect-run events at each campus and even an outdoor disco, Dance on Your Dot, at Keysborough.

Senior Students and Staff do their School Proud

We pride ourselves on preparing our students to cope in a rapidly changing global environment, but none of us anticipated just how suddenly their world would change. We are incredibly proud of how well our Senior School students coped with learning from home.

However, we also acknowledge that it was hard on them not being able to draw motivation and energy from being among their peers, and not having the reassurance of face-to-face contact with their teachers.

So, we take this opportunity to congratulate our seniors on the remarkable resilience they have shown during this difficult time—possibly one of the most challenging learning journeys they have been on. We now encourage them to use the holiday break to rest and to spend some time face-to-face with their friends doing the things they love.

Helen Wadden, Head of Senior Girls, and Graham Leys, Head of Senior Boys

HPF City Beanies Warm our Heads and Hearts

City campus Year 12 students were overjoyed by the generous gift that the Haileybury Parents & Friends (HPF) City Committee gave them to commemorate their final year. These beanies were designed by the students themselves and manufactured by HoMie, which uses 100 per cent of its profits to support young people affected by homelessness.

The beanies were given to the Year 12s in recognition of their “great leadership, School spirit, resilience and adaptability during a very difficult time”. HPF City has encouraged our students to “wear them with pride, continue being great role models and draw on the experience and resilience you have developed at Haileybury City. It will surely stand you in good stead for many years to come”.

On behalf of all the Year 12 students at City, we would like to thank the HPF dearly for this precious gift which has not only warmed their heads, but their hearts too.

Berwick Pre-Senior Girls Reunited

Pre-Senior Girls at Berwick were happy to return to on-campus learning. They enjoyed catching up with their friends during the Tuesday Sport session.

Brighton Pre-Senior Students Return to TikTok Challenge

After a nine-week hiatus from face-to-face classes, we welcomed our Pre-Senior cohort back on Tuesday, 9 June. With many mixed feelings about returning, the Heads of Pre-Senior and Tutors coordinated an enjoyable day of activities, as well as an eased transition back into academic classes.

At Brighton, the day included academic lessons in the morning, an Oh Na Na Na TikTok Challenge, paper plane making competitions, sporting round robins, and time for a social catch-up and reconnection with friends.

It was wonderful to welcome back our Year 9 students and have all Senior School students back for the last few weeks of term.

Pam Chamberlain

Senior Vice-Principal
Head of Senior Schools

Campus News

Boarders Return to School

For the first six weeks of term we had a maximum of 17 boarders at the School due to the biosecurity bans placed around communities in the Northern Territory. Last week, the students began to return, and by the end of this week we will have most of our boarders back at school. It will be a short term as they’ll be returning home for their holiday break soon.

Hopefully, this short stay will whet their appetite for Term 3, when they will have a full term of learning. A big ‘thank you’ to all those staff who have tried to keep our boarders’ education on track despite their absence from school. Also, thanks to the team that manages the logistics of returning the students to school, especially our Travel Officer, Ms Jodi McLean.

Reconciliation Week Celebrations

HRS celebrated Reconciliation Week with events across all year levels. I was very impressed to visit our Early Learning Centre students in the auditorium as they watched some animations related to reconciliation. They were silent and totally focused on the screen. Similar events occurred across the School. Mr Ian Smith, Head of Aboriginal Community Relations, and Mrs Melissa Cole worked hard to develop the excellent program for the week.

Students Display Confidence in VCAL Interviews

Last week, I was privileged to interview some of our Aboriginal students who are studying the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL). The face-to-face meeting assists the students with interview skills and developing the confidence to present themselves and their work effectively.

Jesse Orchard, Mr Glass and Lloyd Raymond

It was wonderful to see the confidence they displayed in discussing their program, achievements, and ambitions for the future. This confidence has certainly grown since our first interviews in 2017.

The outcomes of our VCAL program are certainly very visible in the students’ achievements and confidence. Our current students are preparing themselves effectively for life after HRS through the numerous vocational education and training programs they have undertaken, although they are yet to make up their minds about what they will do when they finish school.

Stanley Waistcoat and Mr Glass

It did make me think about how HRS and the community in general can support our students who would like to study or work in Darwin. Many of the boarders from remote communities have no, or few, networks to support them—an area we as a community need to address.

Craig Glass
Principal, Haileybury Rendall School

Campus News

School Leader Presentations and Selections

Student leadership is an important part of the HIST program and, as such, the process in selecting whole School Captains, Vice Captains, Sport Vice Captains and House Captains is quite an in-depth process.

School leaders at HIST are provided with a great opportunity to build leadership, communication, and advocacy skills, develop their ability to work within a team, foster confidence, serve others and form relationships with their peers across all the sub-schools.

David Wanghongyi — Student Leader Speech to Future HIST Leaders

The Head of Student of Year 12/Student Leadership, Mrs Eva Zhou, began the election process last week. It involves all applicants preparing a three-minute video speech, participating in a formal panel interview, preparing a written application, and undergoing an election process. We will be able to announce all the HIST leaders next month.

Fun and Games as Children’s Day Celebrated

Earlier this month, HIST celebrated World Children’s Day. As part of this celebration, the sub-schools organised a Crossing Time and Space through Singing Nursery Rhymes Together activity. It focused on enriching our students' after-school programs, creating more opportunities for parental involvement and providing a stronger connection between parents, carers and students. Students and their families played games and sang songs.

Mental Health Support for Children Returning to Class

During the pandemic period, our service centre implemented online mental health education programs which presented important psychological data and professional skills to teachers and students through weekly lectures and other platforms.

Psychology Teachers Shawna Sun and Mia Su

All of this was done to improve the emotional wellbeing of our teachers and students. Our two Psychology teachers, Ms Shawna Sun and Ms Mia Su, implemented a series of emotional wellbeing activities for students to help them to adapt back into classroom learning. This has resulted in a happier and healthier school campus.

Primary School Young Pioneers Inducted

Last week, Year 1 students participated in a Young Pioneers Ceremony, which celebrates the induction of those who lead this special group of students. Activities included the playing and singing of the Chinese national anthem, flying various team flags, singing team songs, the adorning of lead teachers with red scarves, the new members’ oath of allegiance and speeches given by senior members and teacher mentors.

Becoming a Young Pioneer is the admirable dream of many of our first-year students and on the first day back, this dream became a reality. It was definitely a fantastic occasion!

Yanni Galanis
International Principal, HIST

Performing and Visual Arts

Excitement Builds as Campus Drama Classes Resume

It was hard to work out who was most excited in the primary Drama classes across the School—the staff or the students. There was a lot of pent-up energy, and the sense of something special happening in every class was obvious. We were back to something approaching normal.

This time has proved just how important that the close interaction we take for granted is. I recently came across this statement that is driving the latest iteration of the Melbourne Festival, Rising, which asked the question, ‘Why do we make art?’ The response was, “Art is everything you don’t have to do. We could all survive without it … but in fact we don’t. We all engage.”

I can assure you the students of Haileybury are well and truly engaged in the Arts as we wind up a turbulent term and look forward to Semester 2.

Stewart Bell
Director of Performing and Visual Arts

Music

Cross-Campus Rehearsal and Lessons Resume

As we head into the mid-year break it was heartening for all musicians (students and staff) to enjoy a full week of close to normal operations in terms of ensemble rehearsal and instrumental lesson delivery.

While social distancing rules continue to apply and the size of ensembles was capped to numbers equal to that of maximum academic class sizes, ensembles were finally able to take place across every campus and year level. And what a great week it has been.

With instrumental staff also able to resume cross-campus travel, many students were finally able to have their first face-to-face Instrumental Music lesson for the term. Barring a couple of individual and specific instances, Zoom Music lessons will discontinue next term.

Movement within the Music Department

Music students and staff would like to wish Ms Sacha Pollard, Ms Kim Ho and Ms Jane Patterson all the best as they begin maternity leave next term. This is a most exciting time and we look forward the news (and pictures) in coming weeks.

Voice tutor Ms Jasmine Nelson will return to onsite teaching next term following maternity leave. I know Ms Nelson’s students are very much looking forward to catching up and resuming lessons for the second half of the year.

Ms Mary Champney, Head of Music (Castlefield) and Head of Junior School/Middle School Music Curriculum will be leaving Haileybury at the end of term to embark on an adventure of teaching in Hong Kong. We wish Ms Champney the very best for her travels and the next exciting chapter in her education career.

Ms Tracey Jacob moves into Head of Music (Castlefield) while Ms Anneliese Muller steps into the role of Head of Junior School/Middle School Music Curriculum and Head of Music (City). I wish both these outstanding educators all the best in their new positions.

Ms Emily McKenzie (voice tutor) and Ms Emma Yarosh (guitar tutor) have decided not to continue at Haileybury next term. Ms Lisa Hanley will join us as a voice tutor at Berwick and Brighton while Ms Kathleen Halloran takes on the duties of guitar tutor at Brighton. Both staff have exciting professional performance careers as well as being very impressive educators.

To parents and students, I would like to extend my warm regards. I hope everyone can enjoy a relaxing break from school (except students practising your instrument every day!) and safely recharge for the beginning of Term 3 and a resumption of almost normal operations at school.

Rod Marshall
Head of Haileybury Music

Visual Art and Design

Adobe 1-Minute Video Challenge

Visual literacy and the ability to communicate, collaborate, think critically, and problem solve are vital skills for our students to build. All these skills were combined with creativity as our students joined the Adobe 1-Minute Video Challenge.

Eighty Pre-Senior Media students worked in teams to develop films presenting one of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The videos needed to raise awareness and present ways in which we can achieve these goals by 2030 to produce a better future for our globe.

Year 9 students Madison Le, Maja Zajac, Scarlett Pederick and Lo-Arna McCann-Loader participating in the Adobe 1-Minute Video Challenge

Students developed scripts and learned about directing, filming, and performing to the camera. Tim Kitchen, the Senior Education Specialist from Adobe, presented learning sessions where they gained an understanding of working with industry-standard programs for film-making and editing.

At the end of the day the videos were presented in a film festival, judged by peers and teachers. We congratulate Zach, Clancy and Isaac the winners from Brighton campus for their fantastic production focusing on Inequality in Society.

Sam Lucas
Head of Visual Art and Design

Year 12 Scholarship Student Lockdown Experiences

As all our students have returned to campus to complete Semester 1, it is clear that COVID-19 left its mark on each and every boy and girl. Yet they have emerged more resilient, adaptable, and innovative than we could have imagined.

We are incredibly proud of our Scholarship students and would like to share some content from the Impact Updates we are preparing for the Benefactors of two Year 12 students, Kayla Salmons and Tyrone Foster, touching on their unprecedented Semester 1 experience.

Kayla Salmons (Year 12)—Rob Fildes Scholarship

“I was excited to return to Haileybury for the start of the new year, for what will be my final year of secondary school. I feel so privileged to be part of the first Year 12 class to graduate from City campus. At the beginning of the year, I was part of the annual Athletics and Swimming carnivals and we dressed up in the colours of our house. The theme was dragons and princesses, so I dressed up as fairy princess, complete with wand and tutu.

Although Year 12 has been stressful, the teaching staff at Haileybury have been exceptionally supportive and helpful in allowing me to strive for the best and achieve great results on my SACs.

Then, unfortunately, COVID-19 happened and, in no time, I was transitioning from the normal busy School environment to a very quiet home-schooling environment. This new way of learning took a little getting used to. However, our teachers and the School have done such a great job in supporting us and getting online classes up and running in such a short amount of time.

To have Zoom sessions for every class has been fantastic in allowing me to keep up with the required workload to get through Year 12. Although the initial change was challenging, I was able to adapt quickly and fully utilise the great education that I was receiving via Zoom.”

Tyrone Foster (Year 12)—HPFC Scholarship

“My Year 12 has been something of a different experience. In all honesty, it was in no way what I expected. This is in part due to coronavirus, having to get used to a different form of learning through Zoom, but also the increased importance of all my marks now.

I have begun to learn the guitar and expand my repertoire, yet sadly I haven’t been able to enjoy my sports such as Football yet. But this has also given me ample time to focus on my studies, which is a positive as I have been able to keep up with the work, as travelling time on the bus takes away so much of the day.

Year 12 has definitely proven that it is more pressure driven. However, I enjoy the challenge as it more closely mirrors life outside of school. I appreciate Haileybury for allowing me to be a student for so many years. I have enjoyed every one of them.”

Your Haileybury Foundation Team

Queen's Birthday Order of Australia Recipients

The OHA is again humbled to hear of more inspirational Old Haileyburians receiving Medals of the Order of Australia (OAMs) as part of the Queens' Birthday Honours list.

Dr Ian Davis (OH ’95) received his award posthumously for service to people living with Motor Neurone Disease and to medicine. Ian was the recipient of the 2018 OHA Medal.

Click here to listen to Ian’s wife, Melissa Yang, tell 3AW Breakfast Radio about the honour.

Dr Laurie Warfe (OH ’69) was recognised for service to medicine and to the community.

Mrs Fran Pfeiffer, wife of Life Governor Mr Jim Pfeiffer (OH ’66) received her award for service to the community.

Congratulations all!

OHA Annual Report 2019/20 Released

The OHA Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday, 16 June, via the Zoom platform. We thank all members who attended the meeting and welcome our new Councillors for 2020/21.

Click here to view the Annual Report.

From the Archives Podcast—Episode 18

This month the Heritage & Archives Team features two items in our From the Archives Podcast.

The first is a timely series of interviews recorded last month by Chief Archivist Mr Matthew Wootton, where he talks to senior members of staff about the early impact on the School of the coronavirus pandemic.

The second piece is from a 1983 Speech Night address by Australia’s newly successful America’s Cup captain John Bertrand, a Haileybury parent, in which he talks about the value of teamwork.

Click here to listen to the latest episode.

OHA Workshop Series to Help Business Ideas Become Reality

Got a business idea and need help getting it off the ground?

Are you a small business owner who wants guidance on how to last long into the future?

Then sign up for our FREE Workshop for Business Minds.

The OHA Springboard Sessions will be run by Cory Jimmieson (OH ’94) Partner at BJBAC Group — which is well known for its success in the hospitality industry with popular eateries BANG BANG, Sunny Boy and Main Street, to name a few.

The workshops are designed to pair Old Haileyburians with industry mentors who guide you in sharpening your business idea, working through the commercial realities, and launching it into market.

The workshop will be run over three sessions:

Session 1: Attend a virtual introductory workshop with Cory, where you will be introduced to the Business Architecture template and Workshop Tools that will frame your thinking.
Session 2: Present back to the group and be paired with an OHA mentor from your industry of interest to refine your Business Architecture template and commence your Business Plan.
Session 3: Attend the final panel series industry event where your idea will be launched for further guidance and advice. An opportunity for business partnerships and ongoing mentoring will be available to those interested.

These FREE sessions will run over three months and be held online via the Zoom platform.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the office on 9904 6015 or via email at stayconnected@haileybury.vic.edu.au.

Hayley Attard
Alumni Manager

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