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Eltham
High School
Parent
Newsletter
Tuesday, 25th October, 2000 Term 4 Week 4
Principal’s Report
Dear
parents
Once
again Eltham High School Year 12 students demonstrated their maturity and sense
of responsibility, as well as their positive relationship with the school. The
last day was a celebration – beginning with a breakfast at school, and
finishing with the formal held at Rivers. We were all very proud of them –
and their understanding that having fun doesn’t mean behaving irresponsibly.
Our best wishes go with them during the exam period.
In many
schools across Victoria, the behaviour of Year 12s on their last day has become
a matter for media discussion. The last day, in some schools and for some
students has become a licence to behave badly, a rite of passage involving
damage to property, the humiliation of staff and members of the public and the
bullying of younger students. But, at Eltham High School, this was a day of
celebration and, we believe, a reflection of a maturity and sense of social responsibility,
which the school’s discipline approaches have helped to engender in students.
Another
celebration of a different sort is planned for next weekend, the 28th
and 29th October. We would encourage all parents to take the
opportunity to drop into the Arts Festival, which will be held at the school
during this time.
Helen Rix, Assistant Principal, Paul Rose, Principal
YEAR 8 STUDENTS AND PARENTS
MIDDLE SCHOOL INFORMATION NIGHT FOR 2000
All parents and students are invited to attend the
Middle School Information night on Wednesday, 25th October at 7.30pm
in the school hall. Handbooks and
students selection sheets will be issued and the Middle School Program will be
explained. Small group workshops will
allow parents and students to clarify issues relevant to them and seek further
details of the selection process. A light supper will be provided. Looking
forward to meeting with you.
ARTS FESTIVAL
All parents, friends and students are invited to our
Arts Festival this weekend on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th
October between 12 noon and 4.00pm.
Work from all
levels will be displayed in the visual arts and technology subjects which
include the following: Ceramics, Graphics, Painting, Print Draw, Photography,
Drawing, Wood, Metal, Textiles, Beading, Food, Media.
The
festival will be officially opened at 2.00pm by ex student Dominique Falla who is a
very talented professional illustrator who will also be displaying some of her
own work.
At
2.10pm the following students will receive art technology awards for achieving
two or more A’s in their Art Technology Subjects:
Excellence in Art Technology Awards 2000
7A Kym
Grundy, Ryley Broekman
7B Tayo
Takzawa, Jem Edsall, Steven Keast, Erica Marson, Luke Alteri
7C Arwen
Pagon, Brittany Gardiner
7D Holly
Baldwin, Peter Poposki
7E Dane
Norgate
7F Matthew
Shand
7G Jessica
Trask, Kate Van Noorden
7H Rhiannon
Taylor, Peter McMahon
7J Leah
Holmes, Kate Dorrington
8A Emma
Gutleridge, Tom Richardson,
Mirian Fishwick
8B Belinda Stubbs
8C Ruby Tobin, Skye Holder, Simon Walshe
8D Ben Plant
8E Elise White, Nina Barwald
8F Emily Darling Filby, Caitlin Davey,
Nina Bowes
8G Amy Davey, Kallan Smyth
8H Julia Hemingway, Yasmin langly, Jessica
Butler
8J Laura Johnstone, Caleb Longfield,
Candice McKay
Middle School Architectural Studies
Andrew Clarke, Tristan Hopkins (&
Print/Draw)
Middle School Lead lighting
Anna Fogarty
Middle School Photography
Oki Gardiner
Middle School Ceramics
Jessica Green, Reuban Liversidge, Stephanie Camera, Sam
Dowely, Gemma Mathew, Nashira Car
Middle School Art Studies
Alana Pallister, Michael Carter, Anne Marie Scarce
Middle School Print/Draw
Vanessa Davis, Katherine Lumford, Liam Scott, Kerryn Ablitt,
Corrine Haby & VCD, Tristan Hopkin
Middle School Drawing
Thea Osborne, Allison Lemcke, Lily van Eeden,
Middle School Visual Communication
Corrine Haby, Brooke Palmer, Anna Smolenaers, Natasha
Filaton, Blake Griffiths
Middle School Metal
Anna Fogarty
Middle School Beading
Juliet Martin, Larissa Salter, Bandice Batty, Liam Scott
Middle School Painting
Briana Barling, Steven Constantinas, Emily Buffan
Friedrichson, Nicola Dougherty, Emma Agius
VCE Ceramics
Matthew Salvo, Sonya Patterson, Nicholas Agius, Selene
DeBree, Juanita Watkins
VCE Materials Technology
Matthew Watson
VCE Art
Gemma Lethborg, Juanita Lacey, Kate Berry, Mona Ray Grief,
Zoe Spawton, Georgina Butterfield, Andrea Tham, Sarah Berners, Josie Lee, Lucy Goode
VCE Visual Communication and Design
Kim Moore, Jason Isaks
VCE Materials Technology Wood
Chris Tucker
During Saturday and Sunday there will be
music dance and drama performances, face painting, devonshire tea and
Indonesian food.
Come along and
enjoy !!
Parents are most welcome to come along and
help us set up the display on Friday, 27th October.
Many thanks. J.Carter Visual Arts Co-ordinator.
MATHS NEWS
Congratulations are in order for Felicity Rodda of Year 11
who has received the Mathematics Encouragement Award from LaTrobe University.
The award is given to the best achieving Year 11 mathematics student. The
primary objective of the Awards Program is to encourage talented students of
mathematics to continue their studies in maths.
Congratulations
are also in order for the following students who took part in the Australian
Mathematics Competition for the Bank of Melbourne Awards:
Year
7/8: Matt
Bolger, Jem Edsall, Georgia Simon, Carlie Alexander, Hilary Guilfoyle, James
Alexander, Jake Greenway-Read, Robert Clark, Caitlin Davey, Lachlan Giles, Shae
Hart, Daniel Bass and Rebecca Norman.
Year
9/10: Andrew
Wembridge, henry Sherrell, Aaron Humber, Paul Skeen, Carolyn Deller, Michael
Carter, Catherine Macrae, Adam Grigoropoulos, Jessica Green, Sophie Chilton,
Elise Rynia, Michael Gurling and Nashira Car; and also to Tim Maxfield
of Year 11. Remaining certificates will be given to students during
class or they can be picked up from Mr Coventry in the Science office.
Edassist
are offering students going from Year 10 to Year 11 the chance to participate
in their Summer School which will run from Monday 8th January to
Friday 12th January 2001. Further details, including brochures are
available from Mr Coventry.
Rob Coventry, Maths KLA
7.30pm 31st
October to 3rd November
EHS hall
– children $4; adults $8
Bigger
than Ben Hur,
better
than the Bee Gees,
more
profound than the collected works of Slim Dusty
.
the first Eltham High School original production for 2 years,
it’s
PUNKY FUNKY SPUNKY NIGHT FEVER
Romeo
and Juliet with a touch of buffy and a heap of disco.
What the critics have said .. “Great Lighting”.. Aaron Chidley; “Better than the olympics” .. Juan Antonio Samaranch; “My plays would have been better with disco”.. Shakespeare; “It went right over my head” .. Einstein.
ENROLMENT
FOR 2001 AND SECOND HAND BOOK SALES
Shown
below are the dates for enrolment and second hand book sales. This is to help
families plan for the end of the school year. Complete and detailed information
will be sent home with each student in the next few weeks. Please read the detailed information
carefully as this will help to ensure that each student is
administered accurately and efficiently.
|
2000 Year Level |
2001 Year Level |
Hand in 2000 Texts for Sale NOTE 1. |
Purchase 2001 2nd Hand Texts NOTE 2. |
Complete Enrolment Procedures by: |
Submit New Texts Booklist by: |
|
12 |
N/A |
29/10
– 16/11 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
11 |
12 |
13/11
– 21/11 |
22/11
NOTE 3 |
23/11 |
24/11 |
|
10 |
11 |
21/11 |
22/11
NOTE 3 |
23/11 |
24/11 |
|
9 |
10 |
24/11 |
23/11 |
24/11 |
24/11 |
|
8 |
9 |
1/12 |
30/11 |
1/12 |
1/12 |
|
7 |
8 |
1/12 |
4/12 |
5/12 |
5/12 |
|
6 |
7 |
N/A |
4/12
& 5/12 |
5/12 |
5/12 |
NOTE 1: Years 11
& 12 students will individually hand in texts at the school office. Years 7
– 10 students will hand in texts by class groups in Room 503.
NOTE 2: All 2nd
hand texts sold 3.30 – 7.00 pm in Room 503 (Year 7 2nd hand texts
from 2.00 – 7.00 pm).
NOTE 3: Year 11
and Year 12 new English and Literature novels will also be available for
purchase. This gives students the opportunity to read the novels over the
holidays.
Parents, please note, we will need help to staff the second
hand book sales. If you can volunteer a couple of hours to help, particularly
between 3.30 pm and 5.30 pm on any of the dates in column 4 above, please
contact Peter Gurney by phoning the school.
DANCE NEWS
Concert
The concert on
Friday, 13th October was a great success. Well done and thank you to
all performers.
Upcoming performances
Senior A/H dance Health
& well being performance Thursday 26th at Lower Valley
Montessori
Senior A/H & Yr11 2.30pm
28th and 29th October
Arts
Festival
A/H dance production 30th Oct.-3rdNov.
SHOULD AUSTRALIA HAVE A BILL OF RIGHTS?
By
Catherine
Macrae and Alice Goddard, Year 10
This
was the question posed to us as we attended the 7th annual State
Constitutional Convention as student delegates a few weeks ago. Along with
almost 150 other students we enjoyed the privilege of spending the day
occupying the seats normally taken by our politicians, which I might add, are
large, squeaky and not very comfortable. Our day commenced with a speech given
by Dr
Brian Costar who briefed us on the range of issues we needed to
consider before making up our minds on the question. We were addressed by 2
speakers Felicity
Hampel QC and Dr Nick Economou, Senior Lecturer at Monash University
who argued the cases for and against prior to our discussion of the issues.
The most popular section of the day was undoubtedly the
afternoon session, Soapbox. This was time in which we were given the freedom to
express our views and try as hard as we could to convince fellow delegates of
our opinions. This proved to be rather lively as we and approx. 90 other
students stood up to the microphone and gave it all we could in our strict time
limit of 2 mins. A much-enjoyed day concluded with a mock referendum in which
the delegates voted no to a Bill of Rights.
CANTEEN ROSTER
WED.. J.Griffiths,
L.Burleigh, J.Kilkenny, C.Snow
THURS M.Russell,J.Samphier,
N.Phillips, N.Joy
FRI. V.Vivian-Taylor,S.Lynch,
J.Goodwin
MON L.adams,
D.Baker, A.Collins, D.Lopez
ELTHAM LIBRARY
Plan for tomorrow, today
Wednesday
25th October at 7.00pm Eltham Library, Panther Place, Eltham. Gerard Ferrara
provides professional advice on how students and adults can plan today for
future career and study success. Bookings essential on 9439 9266.
Casual Sales position Fun energetic person required for sales of childrens photos. Must have car & be willing & able to travel (mobile photographic studio). Position requires work every Thursday (early start, late finish). Travel country Vic. Approx 6 times per year – requires travel Wed.-work Thursday-some Fridays or travel home Fri. Contact Penny 041 6001048
School Calendar
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October |
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Wed.25th |
Middle School Information Night |
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Sat.28,Sun.29 |
Eltham High School Arts Festival |
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November |
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Mon. 6th |
Pupil free day |
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Fri. 10th |
Year 12 exams conclude |
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Fri.24th |
Year 11 exams conclude |
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December |
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Tues.5th |
Canteen luncheon |
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Fri.8th |
Year 10 last day |
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Tues.19th |
Years 7,8 and 9 last day |
NILLUMBIK SHIRE
Robert Theobald Public lecture
Re-setting the compass
Australia’s Journey Towards Sustainability
presented by Professor David Yencken AO and Debra Wilkinson.
Thursday, 2nd November at 6.45pm
Eltham Community and Reception Centre, Cnr
Main Rd. and Pitt St. Eltham. Adults $10; concession $5.00. Tickets available
at the door. RSVP Event Voicemail Box 9433 3134. A light supper will be served.
ELTHAM CHURCH’S ROLLING CELEBRATIONS
Eltham Wesleyan/Methodist/Uniting
Church’s 150th anniversary celebrations roll on. Events began
last December with the erection of the big banner along the front of the church
facing Main Road, announcing 2000 Christ’s Millennium to the Eltham community.
In April church artists and craftswomen exhibited in Eltham’s Community Gallery
for the Millennium Moments Exhibition. Sunday 6th August marked the
official 150th anniversary, the service including acknowledgement of
one of Eltham’s members, Dr Tim Marshall and his OAM award for
research in soil sciences over more than 50 years, also reception of the
1850-2000 banner created by the women, and reception of the history written by Ken
Eckersall. In the afternoon, friends, relations, church and other
Eltham community people gathered at Eltham bookshop for the launch by the
Mayor, Margaret
Jennings, of Eltham Inhabitants; for most, the serious part: Church
in Community 1850-2000. Morag Fraser, Eureka Street editor who
wrote the foreword remarks: ‘This is sparkling local narrative with a sure sense
of national context. In Ken Eckersall’s hand, Eltham is a microcosm of
Australia’s cultural history, church history and the story of community’.
Ian
Breward, church historian commends Eltham Inhabitants as ‘a
model congregational history’. Eltham Inhabitants is available at
Unichurch Bookshop and Eltham Bookshop for $24.95, inc.GST (175pp). Or direct
from the church office or Margaret Buckland 9435 1269.It will also
be available at the Floral Art Festival 11th-12th
November & from stall in Alistair Knox Park on 12th. Saturday,
11th November will see the Floral Art Festival to be held in the
Eltham Uniting Church, also out-of-doors in its memorial garden, this being the
weekend of the Eltham Festival. Christmas Day will see the rolling celebrations
conclude with the installation of a time capsule, the day also marking the
anniversary of the present building, corner John St and Main Rd Eltham which
first opened for services Christmas Day 1881.
Voluntary Host Families Needed for Exchange
Students
We are still
trying to place a number of exchange students, both boys and girls aged 15-18,
from Germany, Brazil, Canada, Italy, France and Japan. If you feel you and your
family would like to help out for any length of time, would enjoy the
experience of having a new family member, can afford an extra person at
mealtimes and have a spare bed, share room or own, please contact Klaus
Schumann on 9758 4279. Your call and help would be greatly appreciated,
allowing a student whom you choose to come to Australia. Your student would be
here for times varying between 5 and 11 months, from next February. Klaus Schumann, International Education
Forum Aust. Ltd. Community Co-ordinator.
Do
you have 1 or 2 hours to spare each week? Do Care needs volunteers to visit socially isolated
people living in your area. Volunteer training to be held Tues 17th
& 24th October at 7pm at our Greensborough officePh.9435 1168.
INTERCHANGE
Give a kid a
break – take up the Interchange challenge. Volunteers are urgently required to
help families in the local area who have a child with a disability. Interchange
(a non government, non profit community based respite care service), is seeking
caring families, couples, singles or grandparents, to open their homes and
their hearts to a child with a disability. We ask you to give just one day or
one weekend a month in your own home. The child you are matched with gets to
make new friendships, opening up a whole new range of experiences for them.
Your contribution would also provide parents with much-needed regular break
from their constant & demanding role.
October 22 to 28
is Carers Week – celebrating the ongoing commitment to the care of
others – be they elderly, ill, or people with disabilities. For more
information please call Christine, Donna, Robyn or Jennifer on 9471 1777.
Diamond Creek swimming Club BIATHALON
13yrs
& under – 2km run - 200m swim
14yrs & over – 4km run - 400m swim
All Entrants
will receive a participation certificate
Diamond Creek Swimming Club is running a Cup Day Biathalon at the Diamond Creek pool on 7th November. There is a range of sections for boys, girls and relays which may be all male, all female or mixed. Registration can be done either at 7am on the day, by collecting an Entry Forms from the Nillumbik Swim School or by phoning Mr Butt on 9438 3123 (entry fee $10 or $15 on day). Mail Entries close : 29th October8.00am start on the Day
WORKING BEE
We would urge everyone to please note down the last
working bee for the year as Sunday, 19th November – even if you can
only make it for an hour.
Di Parry, Grounds Committee.
ENGLISH
Interested in becoming part of an Editorial Team at The Age?
If you are a secondary student just completing or
just about to complete your VCE and keen to pursue a career in journalism, this
is your opportunity to become part of the SAGE editorial team. Simply send in a
200 word or less article explaining 2 Issues important to incorporate into SAGE
for 2001. Send in your article to SAGE Publication, The Age Education Unit, 250
Spencer St. Melbourne 3000 by Friday, 27th October, 2000.
SCHOOL COUNCIL
CHARGES FOR 2001
The School Council general charge has been
set at $200 per student for 2001. The Building Fund donation remains at $30.
Payment of the School Council Charges before 15th December will
attract the early payment bonus of a pack of stationery with a retail value of
around $30. More on this, the re-enrolment procedures and second hand text book
sales in the next newsletter.
STRESSED OUT?
Are
you a VCE student? Is studying for exams completely stressing you out? Need to
relax? Need time out? A massage is just what you need. And its free! Bookings
essential. Dates: Fridays 3rd, 10th and 17th
November 10am to 6pm at Nillumbik Youth
Services Centre, 1 Youth Rd., Eltham Bookings: Mon.to Thurs. 9am-3pm 9433
3139.November, Friday, 10th November,