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Parent
Newsletter
Tuesday, 12th September, 2000 Term 3 Week 10
The
timetable will be shortened on Friday and students dismissed at 2.30 pm. As
this is the final newsletter for term 3 I wish everyone a restful term break
and remind parents that, as indicated in previous newsletters and initiated by
the Minister for Education, Monday 2nd
October will be taken as an additional curriculum day. Teachers
across the state will be undertaking professional development in the
Achievement and Improvement Monitor. Students start term 4 on Tuesday, 3rd October.
It has been an exciting week for the school and as reported elsewhere in this newsletter, congratulations are due to our successful music students, volleyballers and Diegesis festival participants. The results at the Royal South Street Eisteddfod were outstanding – with the adjudicator rating the Symphonic Band a level above the other competitors in the Sir Arthur Nicholson Prize. All the other bands played wonderfully and scored well. Of particular note were the efforts of our percussionist who won the new section: The John Chenery Prize for Percussion. Many outstanding individual and group efforts are to be commended too. All volleyballers should feel very proud of their efforts in winning the Schools Cup – an outstanding team effort. Finally the photographic and video skills of our students as displayed in the Infogrames/Cinemedia Diegesis Festival are a credit to all students who entered. In particular the efforts of Tim Hester should be noted.
But above all, the
dedication of teachers must be recognised. Ken
Waterworth and his outstanding team of music educators. In addition,
Greg Thomas, Ian Clark and Kathy Hughes have worked long and hard to
assist students to achieve these success and I salute their efforts. Thank you
and Well Done!
Junior School Parent Teacher meeting
today Tuesday, 12th September, 4.00-7.00pm
EHS DOMINATE !!!
Eltham High School continued to be a dominant school in the instrumental and band competitions at Ballarat during last week. Whilst this has tended to be the norm in recent years, it certainly doesn’t happen without a huge amount of effort.
On
Tuesday and Wednesday several of our year 12 students competed in the VCE solo
sections. In the woodwind section Adam
Mikulicz was placed first, Jolynne
Yeo second with Simone Bayliss
and Kim Tan gaining honorable
mentions. In the brass section Jessica Young
gained third place with Duncan Wilson obtaining
an honorable mention. Thursday saw Kim Tan and
Adam Mikulicz combined to win the
Under 18 duet section with Jessica Green,
Stephanie Tham, Amy Doyle
and Anna Smolenaers gaining an
honourable mention. Congratulations to these students who performed so well in
these individual sections.
The
Saxophone Ensemble conducted by Sally Davis, has been working very hard
throughout the year and gave a very musical performance of its program,
impressing the adjudicators and being awarded second place.
The Clarinet Choir has been a very
enthusiastic and committed group this year and was rewarded with first place in
its section with
Meg George once again bringing the
very best out of this ensemble for this significant performance.
On
Friday the Jazz Band (along with
our Stage Band), competed in the Stage Band section which included 18 other
school bands from around Victoria. This section is conducted in two heats with
eight of the bands being selected to play off in the final. The band’s performance
was fantastic and naturally conductor Steve
Hardie and band members were thrilled. They are to be congratulated
on a great effort at this event.
The
Stage Band under the direction of Eugene Ball, has been competing at South
Street for some ten years and over this time has produced some wonderful
performances. This year the band’s performance during the heats, although a
little tentative, showed they would give a good showing in the final and that
they certainly did. Their performance in the final was outstanding. It was by
far the best performance for the year and the band was rewarded with third
place against some very stiff opposition. A fantastic effort!!
Saturday morning saw the Intermediate Band compete against nine other school bands, many with students far older than ours. The band has made remarkable improvement this term and on this occasion produced their best performance for the year to be placed third in their section. Congratulations to all the students who through hard work, can be well satisfied with this result. (Note from editor: Congratulations Ken Waterworth)
The Concert Band has continued to improve its standard of performance this year. Performances at the festivals and competitions have been outstanding and this has been in no small way due to the hard work of Mrs Meg George. The performance at South Street was once again first class and the band placed a close second. We are very lucky to have a band of this quality at Eltham High School as our second band. Many schools would be very happy to have such a band as their senior band. Congratulations to Mrs George and members of the band.
The Symphonic Band has always taken a pride in performances at South Street for many years now and this year was no exception. Saturday saw the band find that something special to produce a magnificent performance of a piece which has become a real favourite, Galilean Moons. The feeling amongst the band after the performance indicated a very special bond had developed which no doubt contributed to this outstanding performance. Yes, the band won (for the eighth year in succession), but more importantly produced a performance which will long be remembered by those who were there.
The adjudicator had this to say :
“Thank you for a performance I will never forget.
There would be very few high school bands that could perform with such an
incredible sense of style, musicianship and technical ability internationally
(and I’ve heard some of the finest in Europe and North America) as you have
this evening. You have a stunning ensemble. You must be extremely proud of your
musicians this evening and I sincerely hope that your school community
recognises how valuable you are as an ensemble of the highest calibre. A ripper
of a performance that left everyone breathless!”
Congratulations to all members for once again performing so brilliantly and showing why the band continues to be rated so highly.
This year also saw the introduction of a new section for percussion ensembles and under the direction of Stephen Hardie,. the percussion sections of both the Symphonic and Concert Bands competed. Both groups certainly played extremely well and we were pleased that the Symphonic Band section brought home the John Chenery Shield as the winner with the Concert Band student being placed third. Congratulations to Steve and all percussionists. The success at this year’s competitions is due to the hard work of all the students as well as the fantastic team of conductors, directors and instrumental teachers who put so much time into preparing the students for this prestigious event. Well done everyone.
Ken Waterworth
All Groups
Concert
Monday, 9th October at 7.30pm Yarra Valley Anglican School Performing Arts Centre
Year 12 Recitals
Year 12 students will be presenting their final recitals on Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th October. This is a great opportunity for students, teachers and parents to hear our leading instrumentalists and vocalists. Recitals will 7.30pm in the music room.
INFOGRAMES/CINEMEDIA
DIEGESIS FESTIVAL
Congratulations to all students who participated in this media and photography festival at Treasury Theatre last Thursday and Friday night.
Eltham
High School students won three of the photography categories, a judge’s
commendation (Tim Hester) and Tim
was also named in the top three students considered for the Festival winner
prize.
Advertising Evan Taylor
Still
Life Josie Lee
Urban
World Tim Hester
All
the photographic works that were submitted for this festival (as well as other
works), will be on display at our own Eltham High School Photography exhibition
“Believe”
at Montsalvat Long Gallery from Sunday, 8th October to Sunday, 15th
October. Thanks to Evan Taylor
for all his work on this exhibition.
Ian Clark.
SPORT
STOP PRESS…STOP PRESS….
We won the Victorian Schools Cup!
Eltham
is the best volleyball school in Victoria. The final scores for the event were:
Eltham 54
Mazenod 53
Upwey 51
We
also won the shield for the most teams entered (10). Congratulations to all our
talented volleyballers. A great effort.
Thank you to Mr
Ferns for coaching the UI5 boys. The U16 girls honours team of Liz Smith, Jess Crosbie, Chiara Lawry, Brigid Hanlon,
Skye Valve, Kate Nelson and Katherine Luxford, finished 4th.
Thank you to Bill McHoul for
looking after the girls.
Over
the weekend we had two
U14 girls honours teams play. Our first team won silver after
defeating Wonthaggi in 2:0 on Saturday and after being 16:21 down, came back to
win which got them into the gold play off. Our second team also defeated
Wonthaggi and came 2nd in their pool. The girls ended up coming 4th
overall which was an excellent achievement considering they were meant to be in
div.1. Well done to all the girls.
1st
team:
Georgie Young, Maddy Spawton, Laura Greve,
Laura Head, Courtney Dummett, Melissa Adams, Lotty Hudson and Rachael Apostola.
2nd
team:
Emma Baker, Holly Matheson, Erica Marsom, Alex Oxnam, Katherine Lacy, Sue Smith, Rhiannon Taylor and Marli Greenway.
Thank you Max
Balchin and Jess Vreulink for doing a wonderful job of coaching both U14 girls
teams over the 3 days.
Our U14 division 1 boys team played very well to win a silver medal in their division. They
were Bryce Martin, Callum Poliness, Steven Keast, Brendan Kerss, Alister
Skelly, Brent Tilly, Matt Searle and Dean Prowse.
Thank you to Luke Thomas for coaching
the U14 boys.
Our U14 boys honours team of Shaun Griffin, Ryan Dunn, David Parsons,
Scott Cary, Elliot Winfield, Stefan Courtot and David Drapac, who are now known as the ‘come-back kings’, won a
thriller in the gold medal game to defeat Mazenod 25-23, 26-24. Thank you to Tom
Western from Kew Sports for coaching the
‘come-back kings’. Shaun Griffin
also won the M.V.P. for the U14 boys honours division.
Our U15 boys honours team August Skipper, Matt Godden, Cameron Blewett,
Lucas Simpson, Mitchell Edward, Adrian Franklin, Jarrod Burke and Ryan
Bridgeman played great volleyball to defeat
Billanook and win the bronze medal game. Thank you to Thomas Bull for coaching the U15 boys.
The U15 girls honours team of Hannah Trethowan, Rebbie Creed, Steph
Barens, Jen Tan, Vanessa Costolloe, Skye Holder, Anastasia Clendinnen, Mirian
Fishwick and captain Evie Lake defeated Fairhills in the gold medal game 25-22, 25-9
to retain their title of Victorian champions for the 2nd year. Rebbie
Creed was awarded the M.V.P. for the U15 girls
honours division.
In summary - in the
3 day competition:
U14
boys honours gold medal
U14
boys division 1 silver medal
U14
girls honours A silver medal
U14
girls honours B 4th
U15
boys honours bronze medal
U15
girls honours gold medal
- In the one day
tournament:
U16
girls honours 4th
U16
boys honours gold medal
U15
boys honours gold medal
Open
mens honours gold medal
Congratulations to
all players on a great display of skill and sportsmanship. You all deserve the
great results you have achieved. Thank you also to all the proud parents for
your support and for getting our young athletes to their games over the
weekend.
Greg Thomas,
Head Volleyball Coach
School Calendar
Wed.13th.Sept |
VCE Dance &Drama |
Fri. 15th Sept. |
Last day of term 3 |
Tues. 3rd Oct. |
First day of term 4 |
Mon.
9th Oct. |
All
Groups Concert |
2000 Victorian Schools Track and Field
Entry
forms are now available for the Victorian Schools Track and Field
Championships. The U17/18 and U20 Championships on 7th and 8th
October. Entries are due by 5pm this Friday 15th September. The
U12/U13/U14/U15 & U16 Championships will be held on 4th and 5th
November. Entries close 5pm on Friday, 13th October. Mr Balchin for
entry forms.
Bookings are now open for term 4 with the Swim squad. A 10 week term with coach Neroli Nixon will cost $55.. Contact Mr Balchin
The
Olympic dance competition held last Thursday was a great success – well done to
all performers, in particular Emily Buffam
Friedrichsen (1st), Kate
Dorrington, Emily Mason,Kathryn
Farell (equal 2nd).
The
dance and drama evening is this Wednesday at 7pm. The evening will include a
variety of group and solo performances. All are welcome. Enquiries George Franklin, Kiah Gudde or Liz Lacey
Reminder that term 3 is almost over and there are still a number of students with outstanding accounts. Please finalise as soon as possible.
The
next dance performance evening is planned for Friday, 13th October.
All dance students will be involved in the evening so please keep it free.
In the September school holidays we will take delivery of $9,000 worth of new lockers and the interiors of the Commerce Block and the English/Music Block will be painted. The following lockers need to be emptied and contents taken home.
Year 8 – lockers in the Commerce Block corridor and
the Commerce Block toilets breezeway;
Year 10 – Lockers on the Commerce
Block verandah; Year 11 – Lockers in the area outside 808
and 809 (both sides of the locker area); Year 12 – Lockers in the upstairs corridor
of the English Block.
LOTE NEWS
Year 9 French students meet a
Parisian performer.
On Tuesday 5th September, the students taking
French in year 9 joined together and were introduced to the songs and music of
France by Ced le Meledo, a
talented entertainer. Born in Paris,
Ced now lives in Melbourne. The
students discovered the "orgue de barbarie" or street organ and some
helped in the performance, which featured songs made famous by Edith Piaf and George Brassens, amongst
others.
Another
opportunity for our students to experience French and an aspect of the French
culture.
O. Wheatley,Teacher of French
CANTEEN ROSTER
WED.. D.Shepherd,J.Kilkenny,C.Richards
THURS
M.Russell,J.Samphier,N.Phillips,J.Davey
FRI. K.Nelsen, S.Lynch,S.Paull, Di
Term 4 MON Pupil free day
TUES B.Honeyman,
T.Edgoose, K.Daniel, Di
How to drug
proof your kids - Hosted by Eltham Baptist Church
Are your children at
risk? Your answer may be
NO, because you see them as too young. The sad reality is the drug problem
isn’t going away. Statistics now show drug use includes primary school children
which means nearly every child is at risk – even
yours. At last – something for
parents. ‘How to Drug Proof Your Kids’
is a remarkable six weeks program (2 hours per week). Developed by Focus on the
Family Australia, its for every parent who is saying “show me how?”
Around Australia nearly 12,000 parents have already
been exposed to the principals of ‘How to Drug Proof Your Kids’. Parents
following the steps of this drug proof plan will save thousands of children the
anguish of drug abuse. Whilst that’s no guarantee, it’s the best prevention
measure you can take!
The ‘How to Drug Proof
Your Kids’ program will be in your area SOON.
Using facilities at Eltham High school, Eltham Baptist Church will host this
program. Commencing 12th October
and concluding 16th November. Thursdays from 7.30-9.30pm - $35 per
person or $45 per couple. To register ph. Peter/Di Roberts 9435 7794
or Eltham Baptist Church 9431 1115.
Lower
Plenty Cricket Club Inc Training at Lwr Plenty oval Para Rd.:U16 & U14 Thurs from 4.30pm
U12 Sundays from
10.30am. Ph.9439 6258
FREEEZA Live @ The Show. Live
Webcast: 21stSept.-1stOct. 10am-5pm daily. A HOT PROGRAM OF FREE … Live youth
bands and music industry workshops @ The Royal Melbourne Show, Government
Pavilion, Theatrette. Proudly presented by the Office for Youth/FreeZA www.freeza.vic.gov.au
Sponsored by: Ausmusic Workshops, The Push, Tripple R/HITZ FM/PBS FM