The Kilmore International School Newsletter

The Kilmore International SchoolNewsletter

ISSUE 3, FRIDAY 23RD OF MARCH 2018

International day Fun!

A TKIS COMMUNITY PUBLICATION

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ContentSchool Messages 2

Student Activities 10

Notice Board 23

Important datesMarch27 Yr 11-12 NGV excursion27 Yr 3-6 Library excursion28/29 Year 3/4 Camp29 Term 1 Ends 3 & 429 TKIS Athletics Day29 CAS - Bounce30 Good Friday

April 1 Easter Sunday3-6 Yrs 5-12 Camp6 Term 1 Ends7 Boarding Houses Close7 Optional Boarding Program14 Boarding Houses Open16 Term 2 Starts18 Yr 7-12 State Swimming19 Dental Program (2)19 Yr 3-6 Round Robin # 120 School Social20 Dental Program (2020 Yr 8 Melb Museum exc.23 Yr 7-12 Track & Field23 Uni of NSW visit 25 ANZAC Day27 Newsletter # 4

Editor: Georgia [email protected]

Next edition: April 27 2018

The Kilmore International School40 White Street KilmoreVIC 3764 AustraliaTel: (03) 5782 2211Fax: (03) 5782 2525Email: [email protected]: www.kilmore.vic.edu.au

Message from the IBDP Co-ordinator

What an incredibly busy term this first one has been, a reminder that the IB journey is not as long as students might wish! As we approach the term’s end, and that inviting holiday break, I invite you all to consid-er another of the IB Learner Profile attributes: the quality of reflection. By reflecting on the changes in the IBDP support at TKIS, we are able to both acknowledge improvements and plan for the coming terms. One significant improvement has been the extended Friday Homeroom ses-sions, during which the IBDP team have been able to support Year 11 and 12 students in various components of their programme. Under the leadership of the Wellbeing Leaders, Ross Wright and Andrew Pharoah, this protected time has become a valuable opportunity for students to be informed, advised and inspired in ways such as:

- Sessions with a CAS focus (Year 11) in which students were present-ed with crucial information about ManageBac (the IB-approved online system for recording and reflecting on CAS experiences)

- Sessions with an Extended Essay focus (Year 12), in which students were supported in their use of ManageBac to record their research and communicate with supervisors

- An important and necessary session for all IBDP students about Aca-demic Honesty and how to conduct themselves with academic integrity throughout their programme

- Careers sessions in which Mrs McCormick has had an invaluable op-portunity to meet with Year 12 students about the deadlines for tertiary and scholarship applications

- Sessions to assist students with goal setting, with their understanding and adopting of the IB Learner Profile attributes, as well as time man-agement and planning.

To continue the targeted aims of this dedicated IB time, we have planned the coming terms by scheduling the following sessions:

- IB regulations (knowing them, following them, revision of Academic Honesty)

- Support for students undertaking their final examinations in the May session (Hindi B, German ab initio, Thai A and Vietnamese A –please see information below)

- Continued attention given to the CAS and EE Core components, in-cluding time to reflect and improve students’ ManageBac entries

- Commencing the Extended Essay with Year 11 students in Term 3

- TOK submission requirements, documentation and orals preparation

- Careers questionnaire, Open Days preparation/information and VTAC process

- Semester 1 Examination session (IB rules and regulations, study ad-vice, anxiety management)

- Year 12 Mock and Final examination preparation in Terms 3 and 4

As you can see, the Extended Homerooms are extremely useful chances

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to meet with the entire group and deliver necessary information in a systematic and efficient manner.

Our first Year 12 student examination session also approaches and we wish the students of the following subjects all the best in their completion of their IBDP courses:

Thai A/Vietnamese A: Paper 1 Monday 30th April/Paper 2 Tuesday 1st May

Hindi B/German ab initio: Paper 1 Wednesday 9th May/Paper 2 Thursday 10th May

Also wishing all IBDP students memorable and productive camp experiences: Year 12s, as they work towards comple-tion of IBDP tasks on their Study Camp, and Year 11s, as they continue to bond and extend both their friendships and their CAS experiences on Camp Kangaroobie.

All the best,

Deanna Krilis

Email: [email protected]

(Acting) IBDP Coordinator

Message from the Year 12 Wellbeing Co-ordinatorAs we approach the end of first term, we look back on a very eventful start to the year. 140 Year 11 and 12 students moved to the wonderful new IB centre and while there have been teething problems with a range of issues it is great to see how the impressive outside areas are being used as well as the new Year 12 Common Room. In the weeks and months ahead this will continue to improve.

Academically, it has been a very busy time with Internal Assessments in each of the Science subjects and a number of other subjects. Some of our students have their final examination in Vietnamese, Thai, Hindi B and German Ab Initio coming up in the May session. While this adds considerable stress to these students, the upside is that they will have one less subject to concentrate on in the second half of the year. The Extended Essays are progressing and all stu-dents should be well along the road to completing these. Most students are well on track but some will need an extra push next term to ensure that all Extended Essays are completed by the end of Second Term.

The upcoming camp at Ace-Hi on the Mornington Peninsula will give all students the opportunity to work on these. They will also get help with their TOK Essays as well as an extended session from Mrs McCormick on Careers and University Applications.

The camp will also include the normal camp activities as well as a ferry trip across to Queenscliff involving some fieldwork for the ESS and Biology students.

I continue to get many positive comments from the teachers of this wonderful cohort of young adults and I look forward to working with them over the rest of the year to help them achieve their best possible results.

Ross WrightEmail: [email protected] 12 Well Being Leader


Message from the Year 9 and 10 Wellbeing Leaders

International Day/Open day was held on Wednesday 21st of March which is our showcase day as a school. It was an-other spectacular day and many thanks go out to all of our Year 9 and 10 students who were involved. Watching the students taking pride in their country and culture through setting up rooms or preparing food. A great day and thor-oughly enjoyed by all.

What that also signals is that camp is not too far away. We head down to Angelsea on Tuesday April 3rd and come back the following Friday the 6th. Mr Schembri put together a handout recently which students received in homeroom. It had details about what we are doing and a list of clothes to be bring. Please do look carefully and pack carefully. Barring heavy torrential rain, the planned activities will go ahead therefore wet weather clothing will probably be essential.

As we head into the break, we would like to highlight the wellbeing program that the school has put in place. It is not designed to be extra work nor a chore. It is designed to help and support different aspects of the students overall wellbeing. In term 1 we have focussed on developing resiliency in students and different ways that students can work towards becoming resilient. We have also talked about how this would look in a practical sense.

Take care and have a good break

Mr Osborne and Mr Schembri

Year 9 and 10 Wellbeing Leaders

Email: [email protected] (Mr osborne)

[email protected] (Mr Schembri)


Concentric castles and Barbie dolls in dungeonsA warning before you read on: unfortunately several preloved Barbie dolls were maltreated in the undertaking of the classroom activity described below. No pictures of Barbie have been included with this article to avoid traumatizing any younger readers and equally to preserve the memories of older readers.

In the last few weeks Year 8 students have been very busy constructing model Norman castles, as part of their study of Medieval Europe.

Working in groups, the students were given the task of researching Norman castle design with a particular focus on their defensive features. The student’s attention then shifted to the designing and planning of their models. As with many a potential building construction, the students were required to submit a plan of their intended model castle, complete with an outline of ten defensive features they intended to be included.

Perhaps inspired by their study of Vikings leading up to this task, a series of raids was conducted by the students, on the Arts Faculties supplies of cut-ter knives and hot glue guns. A flurry of cutting and glueing then followed, with students working hard to bring their creative ideas to fruition.

Imagination, creativity and teamwork were rife.

Many empty toilet rolls were transformed into curtain wall towers and ice cream sticks became portcullis. Machicolations, murder holes, barbicans and ballista all started to materialize from the recyclables the students had collected. Engineering skills were put to the test, as the students sought to meet their brief, by ensuring that their portcullis and drawbridge could be raised and lowered. Toy boxes were raided in due course, with the odd Barbie doll ending up a little worse for wear, destined to spend her final days in the dungeons of several of the creations.

Some fine examples of the students work are shown below.

N.B. Barbie probably got off lightly this time, because we in due course the Year 8’s will study the Bubonic plague and Aztec sacrifice.

Jim Edmonds


Year 8 Humanities Teacher


International Day in the Mathematics Room is always a great opportunity to meet new prospective parents. We often discuss how the IB differs from VCE and the pedagogical practises we undertake in the Mathematics Department at TKIS to enhance student learning. We show examples of great work done by many of our students and generally promote what a terrific school we all belong to. The photo below shows Ms Cheung deep in discussion with enquir-ing parents whom visited our display room. This year we had a few new additional features for students to engage with during their visit to one of the most popular and exciting rooms attended. The photos below show a few of the amazing rubik’s cubes that are part of a larger collection owned by our own Mr Lineage. Mr Lineage is a master of the rubik’s cube and spent much of the day explaining how to solve these puzzles with many intrigued students.

And now for the answer to last edition’s question:

Level of difficulty: Medium Hard

A square is drawn in the corner of a right angled triangle with side lengths , and a b c as shown.

Which expression gives the ratio of the unshaded area to the shaded area in all cases?

(A) 1:1 (B) : ( )c a b+ (C) 2:ab c (D) 2 2( ) : 2a b c+ (E) 2 : 2c ab

Message from The Head of Learning Mathematics


And now for this edition’s question:

Level of difficulty: Medium-Hard Grade 7-8

At a football match, one-third of spectators support Collingwood and the rest support Richmond. At half time 345 Richmond supporters leave because their team is losing and the remaining Richmond supporters now make up one-third of the total. How many Collingwood supporters are there?

Paul Szczur


Head of Learning Mathematics


Message from the head of Learning ScienceWe were very happy to welcome many parents and students to the Science display on Internation-al / Open Day. It was wonderful to see the fun our visitors had with the dry ice demonstrations, the hair-standing-on-end Van der Graff generator, slime, curved mirrors and balloon kebabs, among other things. Thank you to Kaye Molden, Andrew Pharoah, Ross Wright, Lynne Christie and Ken-ny Ong.

Year 12 Internal Assessments

Our year 12 students have been working on their Individual Investigations. Some students are fin-ishing their write-ups in Chemistry, and the practical work is continuing in Biology. Some students designed some very interesting investigations and learned quite a lot about their chosen topics. Kaye Molden, our laboratory technician, prepared all the requirements for each student and assist-ed with setting up specialised equipment and offering support when students got into difficulties, all the while maintaining a cheerful smile. Kaye is an absolute treasure. All the IB Science teachers are very grateful to Kaye for her hard work and patience.

The Science faculty wishes all families a safe and relaxing end-of-term break.

Cheryl Moulder


Head of Learning (Science)


News from the German ClassroomDecorating an Easter Egg tree is a German tradition of decorating trees and bushes with Easter eggs. This is known as the Ostereierbaum, or Easter egg tree. The biggest tree is in Saalfeld, Thuringia.

The tradition in Germany to decorate the branches of trees and bushes with eggs for Easter is centuries old, but its origins have been lost. The egg is an ancient symbol of life all over the world. Eggs are hung on branches of outdoor trees and bushes and on cut branches inside. The custom is found mostly in Germany and Austria, but also in other German-influenced places. Other Ger-man Easter traditions include the dressing of public wells as Osterbrunnen, Osterhasen (Easter Hares) and Osterfeuer (Easter bonfires).

German Dancing for International Day

The Schuhplattler is a traditional style of folk dance popular in the Alpine regions of Bavaria and Tyrol (southern Germany, Austria and the German speaking regions of northern Italy). In this dance, the performers stomp, clap and strike the soles of their shoes (Schuhe), thighs and knees with their hands held flat (platt). There are more than 150 basic Schuhplattlers, as well as marches and acrobatic feats that are often interspersed with the basic dance in performance.


Debating News

Round 2 of the DAV Debating Tournament resulted in 4 wins and 2 defeats for TKIS. Our two Year 10 Teams both won their debates and are currently undefeated at this early stage of the competition. Special mention goes to Oscar Mikic who was awarded ‘Best Speaker’ – a commendable achievement since this was his first debate, but not too surprising for anyone who knows Oscar’s public speaking talents! The Year 10’s topic was “Australia and New Zealand should unite as one nation.” To be honest, we were all quite dumfounded by the topic, especially since both our teams had to argue the affirmative case. But, who knew, both our teams convinced the judges that uniting with our Kiwi cousins would be a brilliant idea. Amy Baim-bridge deserves a special mention for not only picking Ms. Santarossa’s brains over this thorny topic but also tirelessly supporting our two new debaters, Rosie Wood and Caitlyn Wagner.

If you thought arguing Australia and New Zealand should unite was a tough one, what about the Year 11 topic: ‘That the West should lift sanctions against Zimbabwe’? It was steep learning curve to prepare for this debate which required a fair amount of research. Thanks to Dr. Tanko, the teams were able to gain a deeper insight into African politics as well understanding the nature of Zimbabwe’s new leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa, a.ka. ‘The Crocodile’. Unfortunately, the Year 11 team narrowly lost the debate against a very strong team from Parade College. Their third speaker was pretty phenomenal and had actually appeared as a high school panellist on ‘Q &A’. Kelly Wu, a recent returnee to TKIS, deserves a special mention for taking the place of a team member who was unable to attend. Thanks also go to Zach Squire for helping Kelly with her speech.

The Year 9 team suffered a loss this time round. Charlie Attard, who was participating in his first debate, took on the challenging role of third speaker. He made a brave attempt at rebuttal, but lack of experience worked against him. However, the adjudicator was very encouraging and complimented Charlie on his innate charisma which believed would take him far in debating.

The next round of the tournament is on May 21st.

That the West should lift all sanctions on Zimbabwe

Zach Squire

Good evening adjudicator, fellow debaters and audience members. Tonight the Affirmative team will per-suade you that the West should lift all sanctions on Zimbabwe.

Sanctions were imposed on Zimbabwe by Australia, the United States of America, Britain and the European Union in 2002 in an unsuccessful response to the ex-dictator Robert Mugabe’s human rights abuses and corruption as he failed to uphold a democratic government or provide for fair elections. Now that Mugabe has now been removed from power, the issue of sanctions has been reconsidered by Western nations. The affirmative team firmly believe it is time for the West to stop these sanctions.

My first point is that sanctions are ineffective and essentially do not work so there is no point in continuing to impose them on Zimbabwe. How long should it take for the west to understand that their sanctions are ineffective? It is now 2018 and these pointless sanctions were implemented in 2002. Those of us debat-ing here tonight were mere babies back then! If 16 years isn’t long enough for sanctions to work, it seems unlikely that more time will result in a different outcome. Although Mugabe was ousted last November, the man who replaced him was a member of the previous government and a part of the human rights viola-tions such as intimidation, forced participation, assault and disruption of political gatherings. Nicknamed ‘the crocodile’, Mnangagwa is a man who is highly unlikely to improve the conditions of Zimbabwe under current sanctions. The sanctions in Zimbabwe in the last 16 years have be counterproductive as not only did the Mugabe government blame the sanctions for the country’s deteriorating economy and rising unem-ployment but by undercutting the sanctions, ex-dictator Mugabe rose above these sanctions whilst the rest


of the country collapsed. Let me tell you when sanctions do work. Sanctions ONLY work against a states whose leaders ultimately must answer to its people. This is not the case in Zimbabwe. Sanctions DON’T work when the sanctioned state has protectors that undercut the sanctions regime. This unfortunately is the case in Zimbabwe. Even if it was originally thought that these sanctions would be successful, by now the west must realise that these sanctions haven’t worked, no matter how patient the West has been, and that we might as well lift the sanctions now and observe what happens to Zimbabwe, and if the situation deteriorates, is it really the right of the European Union to enforce their idea of help on a country with a totally different way of life? Maybe, for now at least, Zimbabwe should be free from its ineffective sanctions to potentially sort its own problems out. But that doesn’t mean that the west shouldn’t do something almost guaranteed to have a positive impact.

And that brings me to my second point, the affirmative team’s model, an alternative solution to the prob-lems of Zimbabwe that may actually be effective. We propose that the West should provide machinery for Zimbabwe to establish a mining industry – similar to the way the USA provided Japan with the machinery to build a car industry after World War Two. By providing Japan with help, America was able to support Japan to recover and rebuild after the devastation of the 2nd World War. Why couldn’t the West help Zimbabwe out and boost the local economy by assisting them with creating a mining boom. By doing so, Zimbabwe’s un-employment would begin to decline, and the economy would gradually recover even further. A rising middle class will undoubtedly put pressure on the government to develop a fairer system as they will want to have a say in how the country is governed. Zimbabwe contains significant amounts of gold, diamonds and has some of the world’s largest lithium deposits. With the support of mining machinery from the West, Zim-babwe’s economy could be strongly boosted by a new-found mining industry. You may ask why the West would provide this support. I’ll tell you why. It is because Western nations carved up Africa between them-selves in the 19th century. At that time there were no countries like Zimbabwe, Nigeria or Tanzania – these were all artificially created by Western countries who were looking to exploit that land for resources and the people for labour. To be honest, the West owes Africa help. We should not be punishing these countries, especially when it is the poor unemployed who are suffering, not those who have the wealth and power.

So, ladies and gentlemen, in conclusion, sanctions are so rarely effective and only so in situations with a government that represents the people, which is not how Zimbabwe’s government functions. By providing Zimbabwe with machinery and trade connections, Zimbabwe could export its extensive lithium supplies to improve the economy and provide jobs for the people. The affirmative team strongly believe that the West should lift all sanctions on Zimbabwe. Thank you.


Wallan Multicultural Festival Report by Year 10 Publications Captain, Alexis Ngyen

On the second of March 2018, our boarders participated in the Wallan Cultural Festival. We brought two impressive performances to this festival. The Year 9 and 10 boys group enthusiastical-ly danced to “Not today” by Korean boy band BTS. Yolanda, year 11 student, entertained everyone in a demonstration of her instrumental skill on the Chinese Koto.

Furthermore, we could taste many delicious foods such as churros, fries and ice cream. This is also a wonderful opportunity to connect and socialise with the community. We had some volun-teers to take part in doing the Southern Lion Dance that successfully caught the participants’ eyes. Moreover, beside our school performances there were other interesting activities which included tattooing, Bollywood dancers, African drummers, an Aboriginal cultural performance, face painting, jumping castle, giant games and interactive workshops.

On the whole, the festival provided everyone with an opportunity to celebrate the diverse cultures, flavors and traditions from across the world. Also as an internation-al school we enjoy sharing our cultures and standing in solidarity with other people from diverse cultural back-grounds. We had a fun time in the Wallan Multicultur- al Festival.


Moomba Japanese paradeJason Ruan (International captain), 12C

Demonstration of multiculturalism from the perspective of a Cantonese international student

On 12th March, I was excited to have an opportunity to take part in the Moomba Japanese parade which was a part of the Moomba festival held in Melbourne. 30 students and Mr. Tamura attended the event which was sponsored by JCV (Japan Club of Victoria).

When we arrived at the place where everybody was preparing to perform for the parade, I saw a lot of people wearing various clothes, and I thought some of them were extremely weird. I saw Maori people dressed in traditional costumes, Australian indigenous people with special tattoos, and mid-dle aged ladies who danced Chinese square dances. While teachers and students from TKIS were all wearing Japanese traditional costumes, our costumes used red as the main color, highlighting the cultural spirit of Japan.

In this parade, although I am not Japanese, I felt a strong sense of Japanese pride in their national culture during this festival. They banged their drums and shouted “wasshoi” one after another, and dozens of people walked in such a unified pace like one person while uplifting the “Mikoshi” which is a small divine palanquin (portable Shinto shrine). I could feel their enthusiasm and the atmosphere was very warm.

This year’s Moomba Festival was more lively than the previous year’s. However, I had a small regret because I was not able to see the perfect Japanese dream dragon lady this year. I hoped to meet her and receive her blessings. Finally, I sincerely thank Mr. Tamura and fellow students for giving me this opportunity to enjoy a wonderful festival.


Time Capsule in Year 7 SOSE

To conclude our ‘Introduction to History and Digging up the Past Unit’ the Year 7s decided to make a Time Capsule. Each Year 7 student wrote a letter to their Year 12 self which will be kept in the time capsule box at TKIS until the year 2023. They will be in Year 12 in 2023. They will open it on their last day before their IB exams begin.

• Will they be doing the subjects that they thought in Year 12?

• Will they still be at TKIS?

• Will they still be interested in the same career or University course?

• What will TKIS be like in 2023?

These questions and many more will be answered when they open their letters to their Year 12 self, written 5 years before.

Here are some thoughts from the Year 7’s about the activity:

“The idea of writing a letter to your Year 12 self was a great idea because it gave us a sense of excitement when writing the letter because you may over time for-get what you have written and then in Year 12 you will be able to read it again and perhaps be surprised!” Oliver Robinson 7B

“I think the time capsule is a good idea as we will be able to reflect on what we have done over the past years and see how we have grown and matured”. Ella Clark 7B

“The letter for the time capsule was really fun. Writing the letter was kind of hard when we had to think about our futures.” Melek Alinc 7B

“I loved the time capsule letter because when we will be opening it on our last day of Year 12 we will be happy and surprised.” Ryan Haque 7B


Primary Buddy ProgramThere was much excitement in the Primary School a couple pf weeks ago as it was the first time the Year 6’s were paired up with a Year 3 buddy. This initiative came directly from the students and was a hot topic last year during the School Captain elections. Stella and Michael organised and coordinated with the teachers for the 2 classes to share a ‘Play Is the Way’ session. The fo-cus was on our Life Raft….”Be Brave-participate to progress”.

A fabulous time was had by all!

Classic QuotesIbrahim (giving advice to his Year 3 buddy) The work is easy in Year 3 but when you get to my age it’s so hard. You need to work hard and be brave!Marlie (groups question) Why is it important to talk about your problems? Its important because it takes the weight off your shouldersJessica (groups question) Why are we made so brave? So we can face our fearsMiss Garner- Being brave might mean that we can disagree with people but still be friendsSameera-“Ms Mac, how do you deal with these Year 3’s? They talk so much!!”


2018 UNYA Victorian State ConferenceBetween 9th March and 12th March (yes, the long weekend!), 13 students (Alexis, Hazel, Aom, Eve, Oscar, Bilaal, Remi {Year 10} Lachlan, Sophia, Emily, Annie {Year 11} Janina and Jasmine {Year 12}) from TKIS took part in a three-night camp in Somerton, as a part of the United Nations Youth Australia Victorian State Conference. The four days were packed full of interesting guest speakers, workshops (based on the general conference theme of power and diplomacy), interac-tive problem solving sessions and general assemblies, as well as fun social breaks, a movie night, trivia night and social night.

The weekend began with students wearing casual clothes to school on Friday and missing out on period 6 + 7 (which was awesome, I must admit). Due to the large number of students, TKIS sup-plied a bus for the 2.5 hour trip down to the camp.

“INSERT QUOTE ABOUT FIRST NIGHT HERE”

I arrived early on the Saturday morning and I was extremely grateful for 2016 graduate Maddy Lezon to be there to greet me. She introduced me to the two girls I would be sharing a room with for the remaining two nights which was great and super helpful. The first thing I remember one of my new roommates saying to me outside was: “Don’t stand on the passive lawn!” There was genu-ine panic and urgency in her voice which almost made me laugh and freak out at the same time. Obviously, being a day late, I wasn’t going to disobey anyone, no matter how confused I was about this odd passive lawn. What I later found out was that the passive lawn was a large, round bit of green lawn that was only to be walked on quietly and not to be used as a short cut to get to rooms or anything like that. As eating was a passive activity, many small groups of people would scatter across it at meal times and several social group activities commenced there.

I should probably explain the general vibes of the conference. As the Victorian State Conference was a part of United Nations Youth Australia, all facilitators (paid staff who were in charge of your welfare, running the camp, running workshops, helping out with the general assembly and social activities, who were really just like your friends) were aged between 18 and 25, which made them extremely approachable for us if we had a problem, question or concern about anything under the sun (well.. not quite). Everything was very relaxed, due to the amount of young people around, however, if an event was scheduled, you were required to attend (which made sense, considering that was why we were there at the camp in the first place!). Every student was given a country (re-quests were made prior to the camp) apart of the United Nations (there weren’t enough students to fill up each), a social group name, a United Nations committee and a workshop group. These were mostly randomised and encouraged interactions of students from other schools. For exam-ple, my social group consisted entirely of new people, which was reasonably daunting, however, I made many new friends that way.

There is so much to explain, so I’ll focus on my favourite part of the camp to avoid rambling. I en-joyed the general assemblies the most (even though they were both outside, while it was cold and windy). It was so professional and were made to model the real general assemblies of the Model United Nations, which made the experience slightly daunting. I was grateful for the previous expe-rience I had with Evatt last year (mock United Nations Security Council) and the TKIS held gen-eral assembly with Wesley College. The idea of these GAs was to debate a resolution to make it more in favour of your own country. For example, I had the country Norway, which was reasonably


neutral on many different topics, which meant I had to read the resolutions more carefully to make sure I agreed with it. Note passing was allowed, which is generally used for finding out other coun-try’s stances on the resolution or negotiation. As everyone was in a good mood, puns, memes and jokes were sent from every direction to literally anyone. The facilitators had to read every note to make sure nothing inappropriate was being passed around) I received puns from Uruguay, Brazil, Senegal and other countries, as well as sending them around a few (okay, probably over 20) of my own. It made the environment really fun, relaxed and much less daunting (considering the outdoor space had over 100 people in it), which was very different to Evatt (in a good way, though!).

The Victorian State Conference will run again next year and is available to any student in years 10 – 12. No experience is required, and I highly recommend it to anyone with an interest in debating, public speaking, politics or the world in general. You meet so many cool people, some whom you will probably become friends for life with and not a single moment is dull (except maybe when the guest speakers spent a bit too long answering a simple question).

Thank you to Mr Morfea for organising the bus, allowing us to wear casual clothes to school and giving us an excuse to not hand in homework on the Tuesday (to be fair, I asked several times to study and the head facilitator kept telling me we needed breaks from our busy schedule). It was an amazing experience and I can’t wait for next year!


Sports News

Year 7 & 8 Girls Volleyball

The girls played for the first time together and had a great day! They learned how to work together to get the ball back over the net in three touches and their serving became very consistent. The scoring of volleyball means that a strong lead can quickly evaporate to a near miss, and unfor-tunately this happened in two games. Our team was ahead for the first 13 minutes, then by the 14th minutes scores were level. With one minute to go, the other team got the serve and won by two points!! Our team were dis-appointed but happily congratulated the other teams and we went to watch other TKIS teams finish their games and cheer them on. Great sportsman-ship and team work girls - well done.

3 -6 Primary Swimming

In total 15 students swum and 6 students placed in the top 3. These 6 will be representing our district at the Regional Swimming Competition on March 14th.

The results are as follows:

Caiden Xing- 2nd Freestyle & not top 3 Free RelayAiden Ling- 1st BreaststrokeBryce Meuwissen- 5th ButterflyMax Carter- not top 3 Free RelayDominique Littooij- not top 3 Free RelayHaze Mitchell- not top 3 Free Relay

Lucy Beaton- 2nd Freestyle, 1st Butterfly, 3rd Medley Relay, 3rd Free MedleyEmily Beaton- 9th BreaststrokeAnika Edmonds- 7th Breaststroke, 3rd Medley Relay, 3rd Free MedleyDayna Ford- 7th Backstroke, 5th Free RelayOlivia Exell- 3rd Backstroke, 3rd Medley Relay, 3rd Free MedleyClaire Gallagher- 3rd Medley Relay, 3rd Free MedleyIndia Paleg- 5th Free Relay, not top 3 BreaststrokeAlexis Knight- 5th Free RelayElla Miller- 5th Free Relay


Sports Report by Stephanie Calderwood

7-12 Division Swimming Competition

On 6th of March, 14 swimmers competed at the Seymour War Me-morial Swimming Pool for the District swimming competition with the new Kilmore International caps. It was a very cold start but the swimmers pushed through with their events. All the swimmers did fantastic with everyone competing in a least two events and a few of the swimmers getting placings in more than one events. Three out of the four relays teams got through to the next round with 6 individual swimmers also went through. Also massive thanks to Ms Dalton and Ms Claire LeLievre for running the day and taking us to McDonalds.

7-12 Regional Swimming Competition

On Tuesday 8th March, the 10 students that made it through competed in the Secondary Hume Region Swimming Competition in Wodonga. When the students got there after a 3-hour trip it was lovely conditions for swimming. No one received first to advance to State Finals Niamh Ireland, Yanick McGregor placing 3rd and Declan Ford placing 2nd.

•Yanick McGregor, 10C

Male Open 200m Freestyle – 4th

Male Open 100m Freestyle – 3rd

Male 16Yr 50m Freestyle - 4th

•Niamh Ireland, 9A

Female 12-15Yr 200m Freestyle – 4th

Female 12-15Yr 100m Freestyle – 4th

Female 15Yr 50m Freestyle – 4th

Female 15Yr 50m Backstroke – 3rd

•Bradley Beaton, 9B

Male 12-15Yr 200m Freestyle – 7th

•Reave Paleg, 8A

Male 14Yr 50m Backstroke – 7th

•Stephanie Calderwood, Year 10

Female 16Yr 50m Freestyle – 8th

Female 15Yr 50m Backstroke – 4th

•Declan Ford, 8B

Male 13Yr 50m Butterfly – 7th

Male 12-15Yr 100m Freestyle – 2nd

Male 13Yr 50m Freestyle – 5th

•Relay Teams


Mixed 14Yr Medley (Bradley Beaton, Jack Exell, 7A, Declan Ford and Reave Paleg) – 7th

Mixed 14Yr Freestyle (Bradley Beaton, Declan Ford, Navtej Luthra, 9A and Reave Paleg) – 7th

Female 15Yr Freestyle (Stephanie Calderwood, Anissa Driver, 9A, Niamh Ireland, Eve Simmer, 10B) – 5th

7-12 Round Robin

15th of March was the day of Round Robin for 7-12. It was an enjoyable day had by all and the students demonstrated good sportsmanship and teamwork throughout the day in sports of Volleyball, Tennis, Cricket and Soccer.

This day would not be possible without the assistance of many people. A big thanks to Anthony for driving the big bus and organising the other vehicles, Jo for organising the first aid kits, the kitchen for the lunches, and the staff who supervised, scored and coached: Claire, Paulo, Jo, Judy, Robyn, David, Tom, Peter O, Pippa and Megan S.

At this stage the Senior Boys Soccer Team is the only team that made it through to the next round on the 14thAugust. These students include: Taner Alinc, David Popa, Abdul Sakr, Semih Doktoroglu, Manraj Singh, Carter Ryan, Jacob Knight, Matt Spain, Tim Spain, Alex Chantarungsi, Jaskirat Deol, Jamil Obeid, Kiril Dimovski, Berkay Iris and Jai Bryant.


International Day


Boarders Golf DayOn Sunday 11/03 at 1 PM. Mr Hope accompanied a small but enthusiastic group on a short walk from TKIS to the Kilmore Golf Club. Under the guidance of expert coach John Thalassinos, they started on the practice fairway developing the basic swing technique for a ‘tee off’ with equipment and coaching provided. Students enjoyed this considerably and soon began to make considerable improvements in the accuracy and distance of their drive shot.

After several cycles of hitting and then collecting hundreds of golf balls, they were treated to an impressive display of drive shots by John where the ball travelled well over 200m up the practice fairway!. Most students finished the afternoon at about 3:30 with a complimentary drink in the ‘pro’ shop across the road from the golf course and then walked back to TKIS. A small group, supervised and supported by Mr Hope returned to the Golf course and played the first two holes of the picturesque, eighteen hole course. Here students ex-perienced how the skills practiced earlier in the session and on the first TKIS Golf Day on February 25th are combined to actually play the game of Golf itself.

At 4PM Mr Hope led students on the short but rewarding return walk to TKIS with students enquiring whether they could make further use of the Golf Club in the future.

Mr Peter Hope


Year 7 & 8 Canberra Camp Year 7 & 8 students will be heading off to Canberra for school camp on the 3rd April. Teaching staff accompanying the students are Ms Santarossa, Mr Edmonds, Ms Booth, Ms Christie, Mr Hope, Ms Kirwan and Ms Allen.Our camp will run from Tuesday 3rd – Friday 6th April. We will be flying with Tiger Airlines and stay-ing at Canberra Park Resort.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

All students are required to assemble at TKIS at 6.45am sharp on Tuesday 3rd April, for transfer to Melbourne Airport via coach. Breakfast and Lunch are at student’s own expense on this day.

We expect to be back at TKIS at 10.00pm 6th April. Dinner is at student’s own expense on this day.

Please, no dropping off or collecting of students from the airport. Please support our staff with these arrangements to allow for the smooth and efficient running of the camp.

Students are welcome to bring a small camera to camp but we would like mobile phones to stay at home please.

You may wish for your child to bring a little spending money to camp in addition to what they will need to cover the cost of breakfast/lunch on Day 1 and dinner on Day 4 (as noted above).

Parents who have signed up to Care Monkey will have received further information regarding the attractions that we will be visiting, a ‘what to bring list’ and luggage specifications.

Contact during camp: TKIS Phone: 0407883923.

Please contact me if you have any queries prior to camp, either by phone 57822211 or email [email protected].

Regards

Lynda Allen Year 7 & 8 Wellbeing Leader


Coles Sports for SchoolsColes Sports for Schools is back to help Aussie kids stay fi t and healthy. When you shop at Coles, you’ll receive Sports for Schools vouchers that your local school can exchange for sports gear. The more vouchers you collect, the more sports gear they’ll receive. Start collecting today because the race is on!

We would be more than happy to receive any of your vouchers

Reception :)




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