Around Our School

High Resolves 

Year 7

As part of our LEAD class we were able to join the Year 7 High Resolves presentation and use our leadership skills to help the Year 7s discuss issues within our group.  The presentation was shown by Tom Marks - he talked about Collective Identity and brought up topics such as discrimination.  I found the presentation really interesting and the use of games and activities tied into the overall theme.  I found the idea of the 'Star Games' very creative and the moral and underlying theme was very clear. Within periods 1, 2 and 3, the classes of Year 7s were very quiet, so by the time it got to the second group we were all surprised by the amount of energy they had.  Everyone who took part seemed very interested and was happy to share their opinion about any of the topics.  At the start of having each group, it did feel a little awkward at first, as none of us knew each other, but by the end we were all laughing and had our own inside jokes.  I really enjoyed being able to discuss topics with them, one being after seeing a picture separating boys' toys and girls' toys.  It was nice to hear each of their opinions and listen to the reasoning behind their ideas.  Overall, I had a really enjoyable experience and feel very grateful I was able to take part.

Hannah Chia

Year 9 LEAD member 

On Thursday 24 and Friday 25 May, the students in the Semester One LEAD class helped out as student leaders at High Resolves.  On Thursday morning, my peers and I arrived in the library, preparing to encourage the Year Seven students. We introduced ourselves to Tom Marks from High Resolves. When the Year 7s came in, the atmosphere of the room went from quiet and peaceful to excited and buzzing in a matter of seconds. Mrs Caldwell started sending a couple of students to each group until most were full.  The first group we had for the first three periods consisted of four classes.  Once everyone's group was full, Tom introduced himself to the Year 7s and we began the workshop.  He started by telling everyone what we would be talking about, the program was called Collective Identity. Collective Identity is an interactive program designed to help students realize that they are global citizens and that they are a part of a single, yet diverse race, the human race.  The length of the workshop is 2-2.5 hours.  There were many messages throughout the workshop but one of the main ideas was about being a global citizen.  Being a global citizen involves the idea of all persons  having rights and civic responsibilities that come with being a member of the world.  Tom also taught us about recognizing divisive messages and being able to interact with other cultures in a constructive way.

A huge thank you to Tom Marks for coming to Frankston High School and educating our Year 7s about being global citizens.

Kirsten Smith

Year 9 LEAD student

Casual Dress Day

On Friday 1 June, Frankston High School held the Term 2 Casual Dress Day, and raised $2374.60 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).

This is an enormous amount and as a school, we should be proud of our collective efforts.

The SLC would like to give a special thanks to Year 7K, who donated $35 and Year 8D who donated $42.30.  These extra donations are vital for helping the JDRF and their extremely important work surrounding Juvenile Diabetes.

The day featured bake sales on each campus, as well as a Lolly Jar that was sent around the 7-10 Campus, which was won by Mr Chris Sutcliffe who had the closest guess.  Combined, the two events made $324.60.

There was also a four-square tournament held on the junior side courts, as well as a soccer match held on the new astro-pitches, run by Sports Leadership.

Type 1 diabetes, affects over 120,000 people in Australia and there is currently no known cure.  Currently the JDRF is the global leader in organising funding for Type 1 diabetes research and hope to help increasing the quality of life for people with Type 1 Diabetes; all the funds raised by this will help the JDRF achieve their goals.

Massive thanks go out to the school community, and hopefully the next free dress day is even bigger.

Daniel Moore

Year 12 SLC member

MYnd Workshop

Throughout the last few weeks of this term, the Semester One LEAD students have been preparing and organising a workshop on mental health called ‘MYnd’.

We are currently presenting this workshop to the Year 7s in their tutorial classes.  The workshop aims to spread awareness on the various components of mental health: identifying the severity of mental health issues, differentiating everyday emotions from real mental health illnesses and emphasising the importance of seeking support whether it be from a friend, family member or professional, including our Well-being team.

We hope that the Year 7s come out of our workshop feeling more informed and aware of mental health and the different effects it can have on individuals.  We were inspired by the Year 7 resilience project to create this workshop and hoped to pass on the importance of our well-being.

Kasey Stuart and Luca Agius

Year 9 LEAD members

Year 12 iSupport Session

On Monday 4 June during the Year 12 iSupport session, a group of SLC well-being team students organised and ran a well-being session designed to provide the busy Year 12s with some stress-relieving fun.

Activities such as bingo, old school trivia, dodgeball, colouring, board games and meditation were running, and positive feedback was received from both students and teachers. This session was created as an initiative to improve the well-being of Year 12 students in the stress of VCE, providing them with an enjoyable outlet for the afternoon.

Thank you to Sam Ilobuchi (School Captain) for all the time he spent organising this session, as well as Ms Andrea Carron, Ms Cindy Twyford, Mrs Sarah Bahramis and the other iSupport teachers who assisted in making this session a success. 

Molly Ash and Steph Godkin

Year 12 SLC members

Teach The Teacher

On Tuesday 5 June, the SLC Teach The Teacher group, consisting of nine students, ran a workshop with all the Frankston High School Leadership Team, including Principals, Leading Teachers and Aspirant Leaders.  We students planned the entire workshop, including what we would do, what the focus was going to be and how we wanted to run it.  We then ran the entire workshop all on our own.

As a group we had many discussions and decided that we wanted to focus on feedback, and how our teachers and school can improve the way we receive quality feedback.  As this was our focus, we broke this big idea into four subgroups: parent student teacher conferences, specific and personalised feedback, reviewing the lesson, and getting prompt feedback.

It was fascinating to hear about all the different ways the teachers approach feedback and the strategies that they use; especially when it came to ideas that we had never heard/thought of before, as well as the amount of work teachers put in when giving constructive feedback. Throughout this workshop, it was a discussion between us students and the teachers on what we would like to see, what works for us and how we can improve.

Overall it was a very engaging and fun workshop that I think everyone has learnt from.  I think it is safe to say that it was very successful, and everyone got a lot out of it.  Thank you to all teachers who participated, and we hope that you gained something from this experience.  We are hoping to offer this workshop to more teachers next Term.

Michaela Goggin

Year 9 SLC member

Hands On Learning

The Hands On Learning team at Frankston High School has been busy working on a number of artistic and woodwork projects for around the school grounds.  We have recently painted some existing structures and have made nesting boxes.

 At the end of Term Two our team of students will be participating in the Annual Billy Cart race in Officer, Victoria, where we will attempt to retain the championship from 2017.  Stay tuned for an update as we unveil our new design.

 Andy Blackall and Shannon Lee

Hands On Learning

Year 7 students Brighten our School Walls

Anya Brock is an Australian artist best known for her bright and bold artworks that colour the streets with a lively and bouncy glow.  After being exposed to her work, we were inspired to produce multiple paintings in her art style that now find themselves on the walls of our school.  Anya’s artwork inspired us with our acrylic paintings to do one of her favorite art topics - birds.  We used blocks of bright, bold, neon colours before going over in black paint to make the features of the bird’s pop, just like Anya does in her bird paintings.

She uses complementary colours in her artwork as well as bright, vibrant colours, which is why nearly every one of her artworks are so colourful and stand out.  Anya uses organic and geometric shapes in her paintings, in a lot of different sizes.  Our artworks include the same elements, using bright, vibrant colour, organic and geometric shapes and bold lines.

She uses the art element of shape in her work brilliantly - she mostly uses geometric shapes but does occasionally uses regular shapes in her work to add texture to make the bird look a little bit more realistic.  As well as that, she also uses a lot of irregular shapes like the splatters and drips she adds to her art work to make it just that little bit more expressive.

Anya uses mainly watered-down acrylic for her bold and beautiful works.  She creates drips and washes and a lot of thick paint for her hard, bold backgrounds.  When we made our Anya Brock-inspired art work, we worked well together because we were always communicating.  Unfortunately, there were a few mishaps, but that didn`t matter because we worked as a team to fix them, and we worked hard to get it done. In our painting we used many techniques including wet on wet, wash, hard edge, dry brush and more.  We used acrylic paint and different brush sizes to get small and large spots.

The final artworks that we created look great and, if you want to see them, you can take a look in the canteen or the History and Geography hallway. The artworks were done by Year 7M and we were really happy with our work.  We had a great and fun time this semester and will find it hard to beat.

Dan Li, Maribel McTaggart, Allister Cronan,

Texas Bailey, Kaleb Ryder and Oscar Menzies

Year 7M