Program Highlights
French Film Culture
In early August, Year 10 and 11 French classes had the remarkable opportunity to travel into the city to see a movie called Le Nouveau, (The New Kid) as a part of the Melbourne International Film Festival at ACMI.
Both Year 10 and 11 French classes have been studying French film culture in class so this movie screening was something we were all looking forward to. The movie was spoken in French with English subtitles, which made the film accommodating to all abilities. The movie was a very light, humorous film about a young boy settling into a new school in Paris, and in the end became a movie that many of us could relate to.
It was a thoroughly enjoyable experience for all involved and really gave us a chance to experience the French film culture first-hand. Overall, it was a really fantastic experience that allowed us to further enhance our French learning.
Allison Doyle, Year 11
Science Week at Kilvington
National Science Week took place from 15 to 21 August, and at Kilvington we celebrated in style. The purpose of Science Week is to engage students in Science and help them immerse themselves in all things scientific.
We ran 17 events over the five days, ranging from ELC workshops, to Junior School hovercrafts, to liquid nitrogen ice cream making, the Year 7 Amazing Race and the ever popular Dissection Club. A highlight of the week was the ‘Who Shot Mr Brinson?’ forensics activity, where every Senior School Tutor Group in the four Houses had to solve a series of clues to prove that their House Dean was innocent in Mr Brinson’s (fake!) murder. This culminated with the arrest of Mrs Lehman, esteemed Barrett House Dean. We thank Mr Brinson and all the House Deans for helping us to stage the murder!
Another highlight was the Science Careers Event aimed at students from Year 9 upwards. Representatives from a wide range of careers and universities joined us in Dalton Hall in order to give students more information about the different possible careers in Science. We had representatives from nursing, medicine, midwifery, Monash University, Melbourne University, aviation, Zoos Victoria, Swinburne University, clinical psychology and many more, who were able to help students understand the pathways into different careers and what the job entailed. A huge thank you to everyone who gave up their time to attend, particularly Margot Nash, Dale Godfrey, Sam Hayes and Karl Glazebrook from the parent community.
The week culminated in the Science Trivia Pizza Lunch on Friday, where students from Years 7-12 battled it out to claim their title as Science trivia kings. Well done to joint winners Team H2O2 (Moriel, Gabby, Sasha, Navya and Amisha from Year 10) and the King Wontons (Lachie, Vincent, Damian, George and Ashil from Year 11).
The week was an enormous success. Thank you to everyone who supported us, including staff Peter Woolfrey, Jordan Adams, Kerrie Kelly and Nicole Pearce. Particular thanks to the Science Faculty for their enthusiasm and unending energy, and to Julie Runchey and Rachel Carmen for organising all the practicals across the week. Well done as well to our Science Leaders, Kyra Von Steigler and Alex Hyde who helped out every step of the way.
Kilvington Klefs Win Bronze
The Kilvington Klefs recently travelled to Ballarat to compete in the Royal South Street Eisteddfod. They presented themselves superbly and gave the best performance of the year to date. The adjudicator awarded the Bronze standard medal for our section. Well done to each choir member for their commitment and energy!
Many thanks to Rachel Cetrola, Year 10, and Kevin Nguyen for accompanying. Also to Laura Hollingsworth and Ken McClimont for their support on the day.
Fiona Radford, Junior School Music Coordinator
Guest Speaker – Tasneem Chopra
In early August, cultural consultant and activist, Tasneem Chopra, gave a talk to the Year 12s about cultural diversity and multiculturalism in Australia and the way in which the Australian media portrays this.
Tasneem was passionate, intelligent and considered in her presentation which provided valuable insight into the perspective of a Muslim Australian. We all gained important knowledge surrounding issues such as distorted media images and racism. Additionally, this presentation is highly relevant to our area of study in VCE English of ‘Encountering Conflict’, and is a great lead into our next text, A Separation, which explores similar issues of cultural difference and adversity.
Tasneem took a measured approach throughout her presentation, informing us of her perspective and illustrated concepts in a way we could all understand and benefit from. Tasneem was glad to answer the number of questions asked by the inquisitive minds of the Year 12 students, and we all benefited greatly from her presentation.
Harry Boon, Year 12
Kilvington Student’s Artwork Selected by ISV
Congratulations to Daniel Strom, Year 9, whose artwork was selected by the art team at Independent Schools Victoria (ISV) to promote the power of art to build literacy skills.