VISION, WISDOM, DETERMINATION ISSUE 8 31 · 2019. 8. 20. · June Year 10 and 11 Examinations...

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Assistant Principals David Nichols, Andrew Corr, Josie Millard

Principal ’s Perspective

School Captains Charlie Visser, Oscar Reid

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Calendar of Events

Monday 27 May - Friday 7 JuneYear 10 and 11 Examinations

Monday 10 JuneQueen’s Birthday Public Holiday

Wednesday 12 June General Achievement Test (GAT)

Friday 14 JuneReport Writting Day (student free day)

Deborah HarmanPrincipal

CONTENTS Assistant Principals’ Report

Senior School Report

Middle School Report

International Program

Student Services

News

Music

Mathematics/Science

Sport

Sharing our Learning and Learning With Others – The Balwyn MindsetProudly again this year we have taken up the opportunity to support other school communities with a focus on leadership, student voice, our processes and programs. I am strongly committed to supporting our colleagues and peers in the Victorian Government School System. In term one I acted as a Challenge Partner for Northcote High School with their Strategic Review. I had also served in this role four years ago with the previous Principal. Over the two days of the Review I was able to share some of Balwyn’s practices, leadership decisions and strategies. But equally I learnt much from another high performing school which is committed to quality outcomes for their students and staff. These Reviews are incredibly empowering for school communities and the participants. I am extremely grateful to have been approached to play a part with Northcote and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

I am equally proud to open up our school to interstate and international visiting delegations who are recommended to spend time at Balwyn High School to experience such a high performing, reflective and driven school community. I am always keen also for our leaders, staff and students to learn from others and with this in mind I hosted an Instructional Round on Friday 17 May with Principals and Leading Teachers/Learning Specialists from Blackburn High School, Kew High School, Swinburne Senior Secondary College and Vermont Secondary College. Our five schools work together as part of a North East Victoria (NEV) Region program.

With 24 visitors and 15 of our own staff, Judy Petch, Education Consultant, facilitated classroom observations of 72 classes across all Year levels, learning areas, and elective offerings. Our focus – the role of the teacher and the student in the learning process – gave rise to wonderful discussions amongst the teams following our time in the classes. Indeed our school campus and wonderful facilities looked magnificent, but much more importantly it was the quality of the teaching and learning in each classroom that made the biggest impression on our visitors. As a result of the Round we now have further confirmation of our priorities for instructional practice and staff professional learning, and the next level of work to ensure that every student in every classroom experiences success and continues to thrive.

Following the Round I received a card of thanks from Joanna Alexander, Principal of Blackburn High School:

Dear Deborah

On behalf of Blackburn High School I would like to acknowledge you and the Balwyn High School staff for hosting the Instructional Round PD on Friday 17 May. It was very generous and courageous to open up your classrooms. We were inspired and encouraged to take the next steps in our journey towards developing a new observational model for our school. Please thank Judy Petch for her outstanding work as the facilitator on the day.

Joanna Alexander

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Principals’ PerspectiveI sincerely thank Judy Petch for her expert facilitation, my dedicated Assistant Principals and Leading Teachers, members of my Leadership Development Program and the Educational Support staff who supported me throughout the planning and implementation of the Round. It was a great day of learning for Balwyn High School and our counterparts, and it reflected once again our generosity and inclusiveness as a proud school community.

Lastly, I am very excited for Josie Millard, one of our Assistant Principals, who has also been approached by NEV Region to work with them over two weeks in mid June. Josie will be working with a School Improvement team within the Region and will present and share our VCE practices and strategies to a range of schools. Balwyn High School is recognised for our consistently strong VCE results, but most importantly we are committed to always looking to improve across all studies. Josie will be a fantastic support to these school communities and will be a wonderful ambassador for Balwyn High School. Congratulations Josie!

Deborah HarmanPrincipal

Congratulations, Josie!

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Assistant Principals’ Report

David NicholsAssistant Principal

Andrew CorrAssistant Principal

Josie MillardAssistant Principal

Important DatesListed below are important dates relating to Semester 1 reports and Term 3 Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences.

Wednesday 29 May Student co-curricular reports open. Students are emailed instructions on how to complete their co-curricular report.

Monday 3 June 3.30pm Students to complete the ‘Responsibility’ section of their Tutorial reports.

Monday 10 June Queen’s Birthday Holiday

Friday 14 June Report writing day. No classes.

Monday 24 June 8.00pm Student co-curricular reports’ deadline.

Thursday 27 June 4.00 pm Student reports available through Compass.

Monday 15 July Semester 2 commences.

Tuesday 23 July 5.00pm Bookings for Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences open on Compass.

Tuesday 6 August 5.00pm Bookings for Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences close.

Wednesday 7 August 1.00pm – 8.00pm

Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences.

Semester 1 Student Co-Curricular ReportsAll students are required to complete their co-curricular report for Semester 1, 2019. Co-curricular reports will be available to students through Compass as from Friday 31 May, 2019. An ‘Insights Cycle Open’ alert will appear on a student’s Compass home page.

While the achievement of academic success at school is very important, participation in a wide range of school-based activities contributes to the development of the individual, the team and aligns with the vision and values of Balwyn High School. The purpose of the co-curricular report is to reflect students’ involvement in co-curricular school-based programs throughout this semester. Please ensure your son/daughter completes this report by the closing time of 8.00pm Monday 24 June, 2019. The co-curricular report forms part of the Semester 1 report which is available through Compass from 4.00pm Thursday 27 June, 2019.

School Uniform – A School Community ResponsibilityBalwyn High School is an excellent school and all students should be proud to be a member of the Balwyn High School community. Being a member of our school community does entail having rights and responsibilities and these cover more than just the academic area. A wider responsibility is for students is to wear the school’s winter uniform proudly. Parents have a responsibility of ensuring their son/daughter maintains the culture of wearing the Balwyn High School uniform correctly and proudly every day. Uniform can be obtained from either the school’s second-hand uniform shop which is open every Thursday from 3 pm or Bob Stewart’s of Kew. Let’s have ‘uniform uniform’.

Year 10 Work ExperienceMost of our Year 10 students have finalised their arrangements for work experience which they will be undertaking in the last week of Term 2 from 24 June. Work Experience is a very popular activity amongst our students and provides them with experience and information that they will draw upon as they begin to make decisions about what they will study in VCE and consider their post secondary school pathways. During the week of work experience students will be visited by a Year 10 teacher in their workplace. Teachers enjoy these visits as they get to see some of the students they teach within a workplace setting which is a totally different environment than they typically interact with their students.

David Nichols, Andrew Corr and Josie Millard Assistant Principals

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Senior School Report

Julien EscuratDirector of Senior School

Year 10 and Unit 1 ExaminationsSemester 1 examinations for students in Years 10 and VCE Unit 1 have commenced this week on Monday 27 May and will run until Friday 7 June. Examinations are undertaken for the purpose of establishing levels of student performance over the entire semester’s work. They enable students to demonstrate the knowledge, skills and understanding across the subject content. Year 10 and VCE Unit 1 examinations are an important aspect of a holistic education. They facilitate the development of effective preparation and study skills as well as preparing students for future state-wide examinations such as VCE examinations. All students have been notified via Compass and email of the timetable and instructions for the completion of their examinations. Please ensure that students attend each examination punctually in full school uniform. It is normal (and beneficial) for students to experience some anxiety as they prepare for examinations. Balwyn High School provides an examination experience as close as possible to the VCAA experience in order to assist students in learning to manage normal examination stress well. If parents feel that students need further assistance in managing examination stress, please contact the relevant Year level Student Learning and Wellbeing Managers.

Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority (VCAA) General Achievement Test (GAT)All students studying any Unit 3 subject will be required to complete the General Achievement Test (GAT) on Wednesday 12 June. The GAT is a three-hour examination, with 15 minutes reading time, commencing at 10.00am and concluding at 1.15pm. It is conducted at Balwyn High School by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) according to their examination guidelines. It is a public examination that is undertaken by all VCE students across Victoria and abroad. For many students, this will be their first experience of a public examination and they should familiarise themselves with the formal procedures. Please note that there will be no Senior School classes scheduled on this day. Further arrangements for Senior School students have also been posted on the Compass Newsfeed.

The Year 11 FormalTicket sales for the Year 11 Formal will open in June via Trybooking and students will be informed of the booking details. The Year 11 Formal is one of the biggest social events of the year in the Senior School and one which students look forward to with much anticipation.

Details of the event are below:• Date: Friday 26 July• Time: 7pm – 10pm• Venue: Fenix, 680 Victoria Street, Richmond VIC 3121• Ticket price: $100

The price includes finger food, drinks and DJ entertainment for the whole night. All Year 11 students are welcome to attend the event and may purchase up to two tickets. If inviting a guest from Balwyn High School, the invited student must be a Senior School student. The names of all guests must be registered via Trybooking at the time of ticket purchase. All dietary requirements will also need to be indicated at that time.

Julien Escurat Director of Senior School

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Middle School Report

Andy SmithDirector of Middle School

Assessment is an important and necessary part of the school experience for students, teachers and parents alike. For instance, NAPLAN testing has just finished for all Year 7 and Year 9 students. Under test conditions student completed language conventions and writing tasks, reading tasks and numeracy tasks over three days. Students should be congratulated for their dedication and commitment to the different tasks through the week. The NAPLAN results provide a valuable source of information about student’s numeracy and literacy skills that impact the planning teachers undergo when differentiating work. NAPLAN results are also taken into consideration when planning whole-school initiatives including the recent focus on writing skills at all Year levels.

This year, for the first time, we are introducing a self-reflection task as one of our three Common Assessment Tasks (CATs) at Year 7. As this type of assessment has quite a different focus we have asked the Director of Pedagogy – Tegan Knuckey to provide her thoughts on this task and why it is an important part of our overall assessment approach at Year 7.

The Importance of Self-ReflectionResearch indicates that it is important for students to think about their own thinking or engage in metacognition. Through metacognition students are able to reflect on the way they have approached their learning, the thinking involved and the strategies they are employing. When they become more aware of how they think, they can understand more about how they learn. This can lead to increased motivation and persistence to take on challenging tasks. One way that we are supporting our Year 7 students to improve their metacognition is by having them engage in a range of self-reflection tasks that focus on the skills associated with the Victorian Curriculum (VC) Capabilities. The VC Capabilities include: Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social, Ethical, and Intercultural. Improving skills in the Capability areas is important because these Capabilities encompass the 21st Century Skills that we endeavor to build in our students.

When a Year 7 student completes their ‘CAT 3: Self-reflection on a Capability’ in one of the learning areas below, we encourage you to have a conversation with them about their key strengths, as well as their areas for improvement.

• Music• Visual Art and Design• Science• Humanities• Health and Physical Education

As with all assessment tasks, this is a rigorous task and we expect that the students will benefit significantly from it as it will allow them to set their own improvement goals for next semester.

Tegan KnuckeyDirector of Pedagogy

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Student Services

Hamish AndersonDirector of Student Services



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Student Services News - A Thought from Student ServicesExamination StressExamination time can be a stressful time. However, stress is not always a “bad” thing. Stress is a normal human response that we all experience when faced with a challenge. If we can think about stress as our friend, trying to point us in the right direction and get us motivated, often we will find this will help change our experience and lead to us feeling less overwhelmed.

If you are feeling stressed, use the below steps to help you rise to the challenge, so that you no longer feel stuck and overwhelmed:

Five Steps to Prepare for ExaminationsGet OrganisedSet yourself up with a clean and tidy space to study. Preferably somewhere quiet. Remove distractions and make sure you have everything you need to study effectively in arm’s reach.

20-Minute Study RuleNo one can study for six hours straight and be effective. Break up your time into twenty-minute chunks for the most effective use of your brain.

Find What Works for YouExplore what style of studying works best for you. You might learn best by drawing pictures and diagrams, making up songs with matching dances, sharing your learnings out loud with family and friends, or you might learn by simply writing things down.

Breaks = Good, Constant Distraction = BadTaking planned and timed breaks will help you remain on task, but checking your social every 5 minutes is a sure-fire study fail. Research shows that it can take up to twenty minutes to refocus on your task once you’ve been distracted.

Sleep is Your FriendIf you get a good night’s sleep before your examination, you are scientifically proven to retain more of what you studied the day before than if you stay up crazy late.

Source: This article referred to content from Reachout.org.

If you need help or support with implementing the above, Student Services are here to help. Come by and say hello. Alternatively, you can speak to someone through a confidential service like eHeadspace (website: https://www.eheadspace.org.au/, phone: 1800 650 890) or Kids Helpline (website: https://kidshelpline.com.au/, phone: 1800 551 800)

Navigating the Online WorldThe Project Rockit Forum – Navigating the Online World presented to parents/carers and teachers on supporting pro-social behaviours online. Some of the key learning from the workshop included:

• Setting & modelling boundaries associated with the use of technology • Making time to discuss what’s occurring online • Blocking, Reporting, Screenshotting negative comments made online • Using online resources to support appropriate use including; e-safety, family online

safety institute & games aware.

Year 11 Wellbeing MorningYear 11 students were treated to a wellbeing morning tea and presentation on healthy habits during the examination period. We hope that all families can continue to model and support our young people through positive habits, during the next couple of weeks.

Student Services Team

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NewsSTEP Program The STEP program is a program where Year 10 students apply and are elected to help the Year 7’s have a smooth and comfortable transition into high school. During the last week of Term 1, we had a First STEP’s celebration. During this event, the Year 7’s, in their tutorial classes, came down to the sports field and participated in a series of fun team-building games and activities, such as trivia, puzzles and egg and spoon races, led by the STEP leaders. Through problem solving, fast decision making and enjoying each other’s company, this event has built a stronger relationship within the Year 7 classes, as well as a stronger relationship with their STEP leaders.

Being a STEP leader, especially while leading these activities, has taught me a lot of valuable skills. Skills such as patience, the best way of communicating effectively with your group and being adaptable when something happens that is not planned.

Being a part of the STEP program is truly a rewarding and fulfilling experience. Stephanie Spanos

STEP Leader

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News

AINGER Peck Public Speaking Award 2019It was flattering to progress to the final of the AINGER Peck Public Speaking Award 2019, which was held on 20 May at the luxurious Amora Hotel Riverwalk, Richmond, followed by a two course dinner with a speaking element and 120 audience members. It was such a delight to have our Principal, Ms Harman and our two Public Speaking liaison teachers, Ms Gibson and Mr Land accompanying me over the evening. Although I was unable to bring home the trophy, it was a humbling experience to compete with some of Victoria’s best orators and to take the podium and stir the audience with my speech on ‘Dare to Dream’.

With each Public Speaking competition that Balwyn High School has trusted me to represent, it has always kept me pushing forward and has constantly taken my public speaking skills to the next level. From the various oratory competitions at Regional, State and National levels, I have learnt that it is true what they say about public speaking: it is ‘What has stood us in good stead – or the contrary, has gotten in the way for us’. There will be times when we might have given an impactful speech without breaking a sweat up on stage, yet it’s not enough as not every audience is going to love us and not every speech is going to be a success. To be a better speaker, we need to take successes in stride without becoming overly confident and have the ability to bounce back with confidence and self-belief after a setback. In closing, I am appreciative of all the internal and external Public Speaking opportunities I have had from the Balwyn High School Public Speaking Club as my oratory skills has improved tremendously through practice and feedback. I would like to thank Ms Ward who went the extra mile to work with me tirelessly throughout this competition.

Clarice Wong, Yr 11

Year 11 Health and Human Development - Baby Clothes Wanted!During Term 3, Year 11 Health and Human Development students will be participating in an exciting project. As part of the curriculum, students will be learning about the responsibilities associated with becoming a parent. In order to enhance their learning, they will participate in a parenting simulation project which involves caring for a lifelike, electronic parenting manikin (baby).

In order to successfully care for the baby, we are in need of some baby clothes. If you have any old baby clothes, it would be greatly appreciated if you are able to donate the clothes to help support the project. Clothes can be donated via the main reception or delivered by your son/daughter to the Sport Office.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Dusanka Devic Health and Human Development Teacher

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NewsAnything GoesRehearsals for our school musical of Anything Goes are intensifying as we approach our performance week from Thursday 20 June till Saturday 22 of June. Tickets are on sale from the Balwyn High School website and tickets are selling fast. Make sure you purchase your tickets soon so you don’t miss out on this fabulous show.

Rachelle HeathHead of Performing Arts and Production

My name is Nenah Jones and I am playing the character Hope Harcourt who is a debutant engaged to a wealthy Englishman, Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. She is willing to sacrifice love, and marry to satisfy her mother’s wishes. Her mother, Evangeline Harcourt, is over-bearing and is mainly concerned with money and social status. Hope on the other hand has a sweet personality with a strong sense of morals and duties. She also has a sense of humor and is mischievous at times. Billy Crocker who is in love with Hope is trying to prevent Hope’s marriage. Hope has similar feelings towards Billy, but has not the confidence to admit it. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with the cast so far and I am looking forward to three great performances!

Nenah Jones - Hope Harcourt

From the mean streets of New York City comes Moonface Martin. The dreaded ‘Public Enemy No. 13’. A notorious gangster and con man who struggles between his want to get out of the gangster life and his addiction to the reputation that comes with the said gangster life. This comic relief goes through the show dodging metaphorical bullets and tricking the passengers of the S.S. American alongside his partner in crime, Erma. He may not have the smarts nor the intimidation of a gangster but, at heart, Moonface Martin is a decent human being who tries his absolute best to help Billy fall in love with the girl of his dreams. This show has been a real treat. The cast has an immense amount of talent. The likes of which I value and adore. As rehearsals continue along, I get to see so much energy, dedication and zeal from this cast. Our rehearsals under the direction of Ms Heath, Mr Bartalotta and Mr Anderson have had a plethora of creativity, vibrancy and fun. Needless to say, this show will be a brilliant way to finish my theatre life at Balwyn High School.

Noah Gill – Moonface MartinTheatre Arts Captain

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News

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Chaplaincy Second-Hand Uniform Shop News

Help the Chaplaincy Second-hand Uniform Shop collect Woolworths Earn & Learn stickers

The Chaplaincy Second-hand Uniform Shop will be participating in this year’s Woolworths Earn and Learn promotion. Collect Woolworths Earn & Learn stickers when you shop at Woolworths up to Tuesday 25 June, 2019 and then pop your stickers in to one of our collection boxes located at the canteen, sport office and The Wellbeing House.

All stickers collected will be redeemed to purchase items used at the Chaplaincy Second-hand Uniform shop. The more we collect, the more we can redeem. There are thousands of products available through the Woolworths Earn & Learn program, and it is a great way to show your support for Chaplaincy at Balwyn High School.

We are situated in the canteen in the Science block. Look for the signs.

Open Thursdays, during school terms, 3.00 - 4.30pm.

We are the place to go to buy and sell second-hand school uniforms.

Full details are on the school website. Click on School uniforms under the Parents’ tab and follow the links to Second-hand Uniforms or email [email protected]

Help us recycle and support Chaplaincy at Balwyn High School

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Bernadette ClaytonDirector of Music and Community Engagement

MusicAustralian Music Examination Board Practical ExaminationsInstrumental music teachers have now finalised the students who will be presenting for the Australian Music Examinations in Term 4. Parents will be able to pay through Compass. We wish all students every success for these up coming examinations.

North East Victoria Region Concert - Hamer HallThe Victorian Regional Concert was held at Hamer Hall on Tuesday 28 May. Students from Primary and Secondary Government Schools in the North Eastern Victoria Region perform in a variety of combined music ensembles including massed concert bands, string orchestras, stage bands, symphony orchestra and a massed primary school choir. Each year the Regional Concert takes place at Hamer Hall in May. On Tuesday 28 May, 800 students from all over the North East Victoria combined to form stage bands, wind bands, orchestras and choirs.

For all students it gives an opportunity to play on one of the great stages in the country. Importantly though, the concert allows students from smaller music programs the chance to play in ensembles with a full instrumentation, something that cannot always occur at a performance level that is challenging individually. Some ensembles had three rehearsals prior to the concert, others just two. The concert also allows time for students to interact together away from the rehearsal room which is something that time does not always permit during a regular rehearsal.

Congratulations to David Wang Year 11 who played percussion in the Symphonic Band.

Winter Concerts Term 3We invite the school community, and encourage families and friends to bring along guests, to enjoy an evening of fine music at the 2019 Winter Concerts. This concert series showcases the comprehensive range of ensembles available within the music program, which provide students with the opportunity to extend and enrich their music journey. Each concert evening will include an award presentation to our Year 12 music students to recognise their commitment and contribution to the music program over their time at Balwyn High School.

The Winter Concerts ensemble performance program consists of four concerts over two evenings. Due to the popularity of this event, we recommend that you book early, as we cannot guarantee that tickets will be available at the door. All concerts will commence promptly. If you arrive late, you may need to wait, until a break between items for an usher to allow you to enter the theatre.

Winter Concert 1 - Tuesday 30 July, 6:00-7.00pm Training Concert Band, Novice Concert Band, Junior Strings


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Winter Concert 2 – Tuesday 30 July, 7:30 - 8.45pm A-Train Stage Band, Intersection Stage Band, Black Orpheus Stage Band, Cantabile Choir, Year 12 Presentation

Winter Concert 3 – Thursday 1 August, 6:00 - 7.00pm A-String Orchestra, Senior String Orchestra, Newitt String Orchestra, Senior Concert Choir, Year 12 Presentation

Winter Concert 4 – Thursday 1 August, 7:30 - 8.45pm Intermezzo String Orchestra, Junior Concert Band, Intermediate Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Year 12 Presentation

Training Band / A StringsThis Term, the beginner concert band, Training Band and A Strings have commenced their rehearsals and we now look forward to hearing these ensembles in their first performance at the Winter Concerts in Term 3

Bernadette ClaytonDirector of Music and Community Engagement

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Mathematics/ScienceExcursion to the Zoo!On Monday 6 May and Thursday 9 May, Year 7 students attended the Zoo excursion in order to support the work that they have been completing in class across a range of subjects. Students were able to discover new and exciting things about conservation strategies for Science, consider enclosures for an upcoming Mathematics unit, learn about the history of the zoo for Humanities and complete drawings for Art. This supplemented learning that students have completed in English around persuasive speeches regarding the impact of zoos.

Science Task excerpt:‘Don’t Palm Us Off’ is the cause at Melbourne Zoo that supports animals including the Asian elephant. This campaign supports animals in habitat loss and the way they are trying to stop it is to fix palm oil. Now, palm oil is not the actual problem, the way the palm oil is produced is the problem and the way we are producing it is causing that habitat loss. The Melbourne Zoo campaign is trying to get big and small brands of food to start labelling their products properly. At the moment, products with palm oil in them are hiding it as different things such as ‘vegetable oil’ which is leading people to think that nothing is wrong with it. If the products were labelled clearly, people may start to stop buying those products and picking more sustainable options.

Olivia D’Alessando 7KEnglish Task excerpt:Hello, today I will be talking about my topic - Do zoos improve the lives of animals? I very strongly disagree with the notion that zoos improve the lives of animals. There are three reasons on why I believe so, 1) they have restricted freedom and are cruelly treated, 2) their mental and physical health gets affected and 3) it is very hard for them to go back into the wild.

You may think that an animal’s enclosure is very big but it is not big enough. What if you were not allowed to go out of your house for the rest of your life? That wouldn’t be too fun but it is what animals in the zoos go through.

Advait Shidid 7AArt Work

Kit-Lyn Looi 7J

Steven Liu 7C

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Mathematics/Science

Winter is coming… STEAM. On Thursday 16 May, the STEAM club along with the STEAM team, held an event to celebrate the release of the 8th season of Game of Thrones. The event consisted of using dry ice or frozen CO2. Several interactive experiments were conducted with dry ice; some included detergent bubbles, elephant toothpaste and balloons blown from sublimating dry ice. We saw an abundance of enthusiastic students especially in the Years 7 -9, who were very intrigued by the frosty phenomena.

The STEAM club wishes to provide our school community future opportunities to attend events such as the one today. Keep watch on Compass Newsfeed to know when our next event is!

Jiaxuan (Daniel) ChenSTEAM Ambassador

Stimulating your minds - Maths Riddles1. A cell phone and phone case cost $110 in total. The cell phone costs $100 more than

the phone case. How much was the cell phone?

2. If it took 6 people 9 hours to build a barn, how long would it take 12 people to build the same barn?

3. Eggs are $0.12 a dozen. How many eggs can you get for a dollar?

4. If you multiply this number by any other number, the answer will always be the same. What number is this?

Source: https://www.getriddles.com/math-riddles/

Solution to last Lion’s puzzleAnswer: 1-b; 2-f; 3-d; 4-c; 5-a; 6-e.

Source: http://web.mit.edu/trivia/how.htm

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Sport

Rob HandreckDirector of Sport and Sport Education

Calendar of Events

Friday 31 MayYear’s 7, 8, 9 Boys Futsal Tournament

Thursday 6 JuneYear 8 Round Robin

Thursday 13 JuneJunior Girls AFL

Tuesday 18 JuneRegion Cross Country

Thursday 27 JuneChess Tournament(Held at Balwyn High School)

Interschool Sport ResultsSenior Round Robin - Tuesday 14 May 2019

SPORT GIRLS A BOYS A GIRLS B BOYS B GIRLS C BOYS C

AFL Placed Placed

Badminton Won Won Won Won Won Won

Basketball Placed Placed Placed Won

Netball Runners Up Placed

Football (Soccer)

Runners Up Won Won

Hockey Won Runners Up

Table Tennis Won Won

Intermediate Round Robin - Tuesday 21 May 2019

SPORT GIRLS A BOYS A GIRLS B BOYS B GIRLS C BOYS C

AFL Won 3RD

Badminton Won Won Won Won Won Won

Netball Placed Placed Placed

Football (Soccer)

Won Won Won Won Placed

Left- Snr Badminton Teams

- Snr Girls Netball B Team

- Snr Girls Soccer A Team

Right- Snr Boys Hockey

- Snr Girls Netball A Team

- Snr Girls Hockey


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Sport Men’s Netball Is Shooting Goals! At the start of Term 3, a number of our boys’ netball teams will be playing in the Division Boys’ Netball competition. The teams are about to start training under the guidance of a number of our experienced and enthusiastic girl netball players.

With this in mind, it is an excellent time to highlight three Balwyn Men who are continuing to perform extremely well playing high level Netball.

Over Easter 2019, the 35th Australian Men’s & Mixed National Championships were held at Casey Stadium, Victoria.

Two former Balwyn students, Kyele Heagney (Class of 2018) & Hadley Dixon (Class of 2017) were members of the Victorian 20 & Under team who were crowned National Champions after defeating the Queensland 20 & Under team 58 – 33.

Kyele Heagney was also a joint winner of the Tournament MVP for the 20 & Under division. This is the second time he has won Tournament MVP in the last three National Carnivals.

Both Kyele and Hadley were also selected into the Australian 20 & Under team, which will travel to New Zealand later this year and compete in the New Zealand Men’s Nationals.

A current member of staff, Rein Kivivali who is the Learning Environments Technical Support manager, also played for Victoria in these Championships. His team in the Open Age Reserves also won their section of the Championships defeating Queensland 55-39.

Men’s Netball and Mixed Netball is going from strength to strength, and as you can see from the successes mentioned above, there is a clear pathway to playing representative Netball at the highest level.

Well done Rein, Kyele and Hadley and best wishes to the teams playing in the boys Division competition.

Hadley Dixon

Kyele Heagney

Rein Kivivali




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provided to your child meets their specific needs.6. If you have more than 1 child to register select “Add Student” and complete their details7. Once completed select “Save” and you are ready to begin ordering

To Place Your Child’s Order

Select “New Order” Select which Student you would like to order for Select the correct date And now select from the Delicious, Healthy and Nutritious options you wish for your child to receive for

lunch. Complete your order by paying online Now relax knowing your child will receive a Healthy Homemade lunch.

Lunch orders are focused on providing your child with a healthy and nutritious meal, just like you would provide at home. Snacks are still available for purchase from the canteen counter at Recess and Lunch.

Select as many items as you wish from our extensive menu to create a healthy and interesting lunch for your child up to 10:00am the day it is required.

Students will be given a priority line to pick up lunch orders from the canteen using their student cardas identification.

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