Around Our School

Harmony Day

Harmony Day, which takes place each year on 21 March, celebrates diversity, which we have an incredible amount of in our school! It aims to foster inclusiveness, respect, and the idea that people of all different cultures are accepted and welcomed into society.

Frankston High School showed their support by wearing an orange accessory or attending the Harmony Day BBQ. Traditionally, orange signifies social communication and meaningful conversations. It also relates to the freedom of ideas and encouragement of mutual respect.

The BBQ was student run and had the fun and inclusive activity of ordering your food in a foreign language, allowing students to expand their horizons and step out of their comfort zones. In an amazing collaboration of the Events and New SLC Team, and the International and Community Engagement Team, as well as many others, we were able to put together this fantastic event. Thank you to all those involved, especially Mr Isaac Bakker.

Amy Staunton (Year 10)

SLC member

Casual Dress Day

On Friday 25 March, the Term 1 Casual Dress Day was held to raise funds for the Tangaroa Blue Foundation. We are very proud to have raised $1799.90 for this Australian wide not for profit organisation who are dedicated to the removal and prevention of marine debris.

Throughout the day we multiple activities such as dodgeball that ran in the stadium, a trivia quiz on the senior side that was a huge success, and the bake sale at recess which $208 was raised for the Tangaroa Blue Foundation. We also held a successful clean up around the school in Period 2 and surprisingly collected 10kgs of rubbish from the Junior campus.

The breakdown is as follows:

Junior School: $563.20
Middle School: $410.05
Senior School: $618.65
Bake Sale: $208

Congratulations to the following classes who raised the most in Junior School.

7B- $38

7C- $31

8K- $28

8D- $43

Thank you again to everyone who supported the bake sale at recess, and to everyone who attended either the Sports Leadership led Dodgeball or House Trivia at lunchtime.

Allira Reid (Year 11)

SLC member

Working Bee

A fantastic Working Bee today to completely transform the new courtyard on the Senior Campus with a wide range of new plants and trees, along with the installation of new tables and seats. A great new space for the senior students to enjoy.

Thank you to all Students, Parents and Staff who attended to make such an impact.

Frankston City Council Mayor Cr Nathan Conroy also attended to assist the team in the Japanese Garden. The Eco Garden and pond in 7-10 Campus also received a make over

Year 7 History Incursion Reflections

"I found the incursion quite interesting and informative. I have learnt quite a lot of things about History too like what the people used to wear and why."

"I found the incursion very cool because people dressed up but my favourite part about it were how it could be recreate it and make models of it."

"What I liked best about the incursion was dressing up and learning a lot of information. We learned about the armour and the different ages and what they used for clothing, armour and weapons."

"I liked the incursion because we got to wear all the costumes and hold all the props. I also dressed up as a Senator."

Environmental Geography

Students in both Environmental Geography classes completed their introductory lessons to SCUBA diving this week, courtesy of Diveline, Frankston. They attended a lecture about diving, water safety and what they are likely to encounter when they SCUBA dive at Blairgowrie, Port Phillip Bay.

Later in the afternoon they completed their practice dives in the school pool with trained diving professionals. Students learnt about using equipment appropriately and effectively, and made the effort to become more comfortable with tools that can sometimes seem a little daunting.

The diving program has been running for over twenty years at Frankston High School and has never failed to give students an introduction to something that truly opens their eyes to another world. The diving experience is used in conjunction with their fieldwork, where they investigate whether their diving location is being influenced by various types of marine pollution and how it may or may not be managed effectively by various authorities.