English and EAL

Mid- August Moon Cake Festival

On Friday 15th September, Ms Wei Wei's Year 10 English class and Ms Kourelis' Year 10 EAL class enjoyed an intercultural celebration of the Mid- Autunm Moon Cake Festival.  The event stated with an oral and PowerPoint presentation by Annie Tran ( F7) who outlined the historic and contemporary significance of the festival. Some students got to taste their very first moon cake! The celebration culminated in students making lanterns which are a special feature of the Festival. Ms McNeill and Ms Kher also joined us as our guests. 

Marina Kourelis

Holly Trainor Year 10 D5

Holly loves to read and this love has been nutured by both her parents and by her primary school. 

Holly reads for leisure. One of her favourite authors is Agatha Christie, particularly the novel " And Then There Were None"

She also enjoys reading Historical Dramas and Dystopian Fiction.

Holly has likewise been appointed Dunlop House Leader for 2024. She has loved being part of Dunlop House and wants to continue to inspire students and to continue to improve the house spirit.

Well done Holly and all the best in 2024.

Ms M. Kourelis

We all said goodbye and good luck to our Year 12 International students. 

The students enjoyed a delicious morning tea with Ms Alexander, Ms Zhou and the Multicultural Aides, Huiquin Gan, Sally Tang and Nan Deng. 

SLAM POETRY- English Competition

8DA vs 8HB 

On Thursday 2nd November Ms Healy’s 8HB class challenged Ms Kourelis’ 8DA class to a SLAM Poetry Competition.

Ms Healy set the mood with a rendition of her own inspirational poem, dedicated to the young students in our respective classes. Then the main event commenced. Each participant was welcomed with a chant of 3-2-1-SLAM.

We enjoyed a variety of approaches and themes, which included the themes of nature, war, football, positive thinking, climate change, urbanisation and valuing oneself. Students incorporated a range of poetic devices learned over the unit such as rhyme, rhythm, gesture, assonance, alliteration and onomatopoeia.

And the winners were… 

In first place, Elizabeth M (8HB), in second place Yasmine S (8HB) and in third place was the combined talents of Curtis R, Hayata M, Navon R, and Sam O (8DA).

All year 8 classes have been studying and experimenting with SLAM Poetry over the past weeks. Congratulations to students and teachers!

Ms Kourelis and Ms Healy

Year 8 English Teachers 2023

We all said goodbye and good luck to our Year 12 International students. 

The students enjoyed a delicious morning tea with Ms Alexander, Ms Zhou and the Multicultural Aides, Huiquin Gan, Sally Tang and Nan Deng. 

Alvin Zhang has been at Blackburn High School since Year 7. And now he is graduating with many fond memories. Here he is with Ms Kourelis who is his Mentor teacher and taught him in Year 8 EAL  and Year 10 EAL. 

  EAL Year 12 International Students Morning Tea

We all said goodbye and good luck to our Year 12 International students. 

The students enjoyed a delicious morning tea with Ms Alexander, Ms Zhou and the Multicultural Aides, Huiquin Gan, Sally Tang and Nan Deng. 

Alvin Zhang has been at Blackburn High School since Year 7. And now he is graduating with many fond memories. Here he is with Ms Kourelis who is his Mentor teacher and taught him in Year 8 EAL  and Year 10 EAL

All the best with your exams Year 12s and with your choice of career. 

Ms Marina Kourelis