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PREP ADVENTURE AT CHESTERFIELD FARM

By Zayda Doidge (Prep Teacher) 

Last week, our Prep students embarked on a fantastic adventure to Chesterfield Farm, a day filled with excitement & discovery! The farm provided a captivating experience, allowing us to learn about the animals and the farming life.

Some of our highlights included:

Meeting the Animal: We had the chance to feed the friendly goats, deer, and sheep, giving the children a close-up encounter with the farm animals. The highlight of the day was the cow milking demonstration, where many students excitedly stepped up to give it a try!

Tractor Ride Fun: A tractor ride around the farm gave the students a chance to explore the beautiful countryside and see how a real working farm operates. It was also a great way to see all the animals that live there!

Learning About Farm Life: Our students learned about the importance of farming and all about the animals on the farm. They were fascinated by the process and asked so many great questions! We also enjoyed watching the dog show and the cow milking demonstration.

Our Chesterfield Farm adventure helped our students connect classroom learning with real-world experiences. They came away with a deeper understanding of nature, animals, and the role of farms in our lives. The trip also gave them plenty of fun stories to share back at school and home!

Year 10s Visit the Melbourne Holocaust Museum

By Andrew Ware (Head of Teaching and Learning (Secondary) 

It was a moving experience for our Year 10s to visit the Melbourne Holocaust Museum in Elsternwick, last week. We have been studying the Second World War this term, and part of that is a focus on the Holocaust. 

Students spent time interacting with source documents from the Holocaust, which highlighted both the discrimination and persecution leveled against Jews in Germany in the 1930s. They also had a guided tour of some of the exhibits in the Museum, where they were able to see many artifacts and come face-to-face with stories of both victims and survivors.

By far the highlight was to meet Mr Abram Goldberg, a Holocaust survivor, who at 99 years of age, still comes to the Museum each week to speak to school students. He is a remarkable man, who was at Auschwitz and also survived the Lodz Ghetto. It was a real privilege to meet him, and the students had the chance to ask him questions about his experiences. 

It was a deeply impactful experience visiting the Holocaust Museum, and I’m sure memories of the excursion will go with the Year 10s into the future. It’s only by fresh generations learning about and being impacted by the hard things of history that we can avoid similar tragedies in the future.

SENIOR SNOW TRIP TO MT BULLER

By Andrew Lockrey - Head of HOPE (Health, Outdoor Ed, PE) 

Friday 23rd August was the earliest I have ever been at BHCS, with staff and students having been asked to arrive at 5:15am for a 5:30am departure. Mount Buller is the closest of the larger ski resorts to Melbourne, but it is still a long way by bus. The bus ride was fairly quiet as many fell asleep given it was still dark when we left school. 

Up on Mount Buller students started the day collecting rental gear of clothing, skis or snowboards. We were then put into groups and into a lesson to learn how to safely get down the mountain. Whilst the snow itself was not great quality, it was quite soft which is forgiving for the beginners, and though there could have been better coverage, no one seemed to care when you’re riding down the mountain with blue skies and your mates nearby. 

Students were able to explore around the mountain in smaller groups after a break for lunch together, where people skied and boarded the Summit area, Family run and laps of the Bourke Street run. 

After returning all our rental gear and getting back to the bus, we stopped for dinner in a town called Yea, before getting back to school quite late. It was a wonderful day being able to explore one of my favourite parts of God’s amazing creation with students and staff. A big thank you to all the staff who gave up a morning sleep in and a late finish to help run the trip. Here’s hoping it becomes an annual tradition at BHCS.