Out and About

Year 12 Excursion to the Yakult factory

On Monday 23 April, the four Year 12 Business Management classes went on an excursion to the Yakult factory in Dandenong.  Yakult is a fermented milk drink containing beneficial probiotic bacteria, and it originated in Japan.  We were given a tour of the factory and observed how it conducts its operations, to help us learn about our new area of study ‘Operations Management’. 

It was really interesting to view how a business operates in a real life situation to produce a product from start to finish - involving various inputs, processes and outputs.  At the end of the tour, we were all given a bottle of Yakult to taste, as well as an information pack to help us relate the operation strategies we saw at Yakult to the content learnt in class.  Many of the students asked their own questions about Yakult’s manufacturing process, and overall it was a great morning.  Many thanks to the teachers who organised this excursion.

Chloe Chiappa

Year 12 Business Management student

International Students on Excursion

Frankston High School's English Language Centre students spent a day putting their recent PE, Health and Environmental studies into action hiking in the peninsula's stunning national parks. They saw some native wildlife, walked into Bushrangers Bay and to Cape Schanck Lighthouse. For the majority of the 19 students, this was their first ever experience at a surf beach or any beach in Australia.

Ms Emma Manks

Health/EAL/PE Teacher

International Student Forum

On 3 May, three Year 12 students attended the International Student Forum in the city.  Chanel Le Roux, Hiromi Ikegami and Yande Fu represented our school and showed great leadership attributes throughout the day.  They worked with other schools to develop a plan to increase Global Citizenship and jointly presented this to a Forum of over 800 people.

Their ideas included doing a democratic vote in assembly to help students feel more welcome, helping with the Buddy program, a fun day on the weekend and better communication with all the International students.

Both Chanel Le Roux and Hiromi Ikegami have been invited to have a meeting with the Director of Internationalisation and the Deputy of Education to discuss Globalisation.  This is an honour as only 10 students from around Victoria have been selected.

Thank you to these students who took time from their Year 12 studies to attend this day.

Mrs Sharon Koning

International Student Coordinator

Models United Nations Assembly (MUNA)

On 19 May, I drove down to Phillip Island Adventure Resort to attend MUNA camp. My partner and I had decided to represent the Indian Delegation.  Unfortunately, she couldn't make it as she was ill. Nevertheless, everyone there was so supportive and extremely friendly.  With the assistance of a counsellor, I represented the viewpoints of the Indian government on issues including the situation in Myanmar and prevention of violence against women and girls. 

My partner and I spent weeks of research and preparing speeches on each resolution.  There was a variety of different students, from schools all over Victoria, with up to 30 delegations.  It seemed like I was sitting in Parliament because it was so formal.  It made me feel confident and the support I got from everyone there was incredible. 

Four resolutions were presented on Saturday including amazing debates and extraordinary speeches.  Sunday included two resolutions and ended with a bang.  I enjoyed meeting new people and engaging in conversation with them.  I had planned on not attending due to the absence of my partner. However, by being influenced by my peers and an amazing teacher, I decided to go and I'm so happy that I did.  

Representing and observing countries viewpoint were both challenging, but left me feeling like I accomplished something and boosted my confidence and my ability to speak publicly.  I highly suggest that students in Years 9 and 10 go next year.  You really don't want to miss it. 

Thank you to the Rotary Club of Frankston for sponsoring us and especially Mr David Cross for his support.

Anna Paulson

Year 11 SLC Member

On 18 May myself and 2 other class mates were given the opportunity to attend MUNA camp at Phillip Island.  My partner and I decided to represent Syria which was a very tough delegation.  We had to represent the viewpoints of the Syrian government (on issues like refugees and climate change) and given current time this was a challenge for us.  However, after countless days of research and writing speeches on each resolution we headed down to Phillip Island. There were many people from different schools, with up to 30 delegations. Friday night was an introductory session where we decided how the next few days were going to be planned.  Saturday and Sunday were days of the debates.  Overall this experience was amazing. Representing another counties viewpoint was challenging yet rewarding and now I have a sound knowledge on international affairs. 

We would like to thank Frankston Sunrise for this wonderful opportunity by sponsoring us.  We would also like to thank Mrs Sarah Bahramis for her help in organising us to attend.

Anzali Nedumaran and Liya Jose

Year 11 SLC Members

Youth Summit for Human Rights

The 2018 LEAD Class and I travelled to the Youth Summit for Human Rights which was held at ACMI in Federation Square, Melbourne.

We listened to numerous young leaders inspire us and inform us how to improve as young leaders ourselves. All the speakers wanted to impact the world in a positive way.

We learnt how to effectively communicate in groups, where we were discussing how we could convince the Australian Government and the Australian public that Sudanese Refugees should be allowed to move into our country. Everyone in my group shared their ideas, which were all very interesting, and I enjoyed getting to know the other students from different schools. This challenge proved that participating in a team together is important, and no idea is a bad idea. The LEAD Class also learnt how art and technology can unite people and change people's lives. 'The Future is Now' was my favourite, and the whole class had an excellent time of 'Pixelator' where we spelt out 'FHS' in large red font. Overall, the whole class obtained many more leadership skills, and we had an inspiring, and joyful experience. 

Matthew Gilbert

Year 9

On Friday 4 May our class attended the Youth Summit for Human Rights at ACMI. I participated in the 'UN Youth Cabinet Crisis' and 'The Future Is Now'. In the Un Youth Cabinet Crisis I learnt that thinking of the idea can be hard because challenges can arise at any moment to change how you can go about things. For example, I was in the Australian government, we were in the middle of creating our first plan of attack when the lady came up and told us that the current refugee camps have been filled out to the maximum, so we needed to look at short term ideas. In The Future Is Now I learnt that when you work as a team you can create anything. For example, all the students from Frankston High School tried to write 'FHS' all together on the pixel website where everyone can work on one plain white document, and it worked.

Aleisha Walters

Year 9

On Friday 4 May, the LEAD class of 2018 went to the Youth Summit for Human Rights.  By the end of the summit, I had learnt many things about refugees, the government, aboriginals and more. I learnt how hard it could be being a refugee, how you could have been taken, lost someone along the way or miss home. I learnt how the government deal with crisis all the time. I learnt about art and aboriginal settlement and how artists spread these messages through their work. It was all very empowering, and I am grateful that I live in a lovely place called Australia. 

Amelia Tobin

Year 9

Senior Girls Netball

Two teams represented Frankston High School in the Senior Girls Netball on 3 May.   Both teams displayed various excellent passages of play throughout the day.  The A-Team was flawless, winning every game by 10 goals or more. Ruby, Abbey and Molly were consistently accurate when it counted. Kiera, Charlie and Taylor had an excellent ability to read the play and take various thrilling intercepts and rebounds. Ebony took charge in the mid-court and worked seamlessly with Paris and Amy to bring the ball to the goalers.

The B-Team also had a great day out.  They had multiple girls that were brand new to the sport and proved they were definitely all up for the challenge.  They successfully over-ran multiple A-Teams throughout the day. Unfortunately, they went down to a very strong Carrum Downs side in their B-Pool final. 

Thanks to Miss Libby Nicol for coaching the team, her experience and knowledge throughout the day really helped. Well done everyone on a great day out.

Charlie Boswell

Year 11

Boys Netball

Frankston High School took six teams to the Interschool Boys Netball tournament on 14 May. Two Junior, two Intermediate and two Senior teams, a total of 65 players, umpires and coaches.  All students represented the school with pride, they played with great sportsmanship and intensity.  The Junior’s got stronger as the day went on, taking care with their passing and contesting hard in defense.  The Senior team won six out of seven games, they unfortunately went down to a competitive Elisabeth Murdoch College (EMC) team in the first round.  They learnt from their mistakes and went through the rest of the day undefeated, finishing the day in second place.

It was the intermediate team that stole the show. Winning their grand final against EMC by one in the last ten second of the game.  It was the hard work by Aiden at GA, allowing his partner Kobe in GS to finish off and secure the win for the team. 

Thanks to the coaches Miss Libby Nicol, Mr Chris Sutcliffe and Miss Nicole Dickinson as well as student coaches Charlie, Imogen and Chelsea for their hard work throughout the day and in the lead up.  Also, a huge thank you to Mrs Kylie Grech for convening the day, overall there was seven schools with 30 teams and the day ran extremely smoothly.