Term 3 Week 7

What a big week at FHS this week. It began on the weekend with the gardening crew coming in on Saturday to clean up the weeds and prune the fruit trees. We have also had our Year 8 sports teams out and about competing in basketball and table tennis, congratulations to everyone who participated. We also celebrated wear it purple day on Tuesday, great to see so many people put on a bit of purple in support and even more people who came to the lunchtime disco and fairy bread event. Yesterday we had book week dress up day with 10Y taking the prize for best dressed form group - great group costume linked with their text from earlier in the year 'Twelve Angry Men'. Special mention to the staff who put in extra effort, Campbell and Olivia and to the students who put on the sausage sizzle - great work.

And we finished off the week with our Spelling Bee competition in which staff and students competed in teams to test their spelling skills. Congratulations to the winning team and apologies to my team for missing the second r diarrhoea (it won't happen again).

Looking ahead to next week

UNICORN GIRL OPENS: It's finally here, months of hard work and planning and the big night has finally arrived. Our school production for 2027 - Unicorn Girl is playing for 2 nights at St Martin's Theatre in South Yarra. We know it is hard to go south of the river but we promise you it will be worth it. If you haven't booked your tickets yet there are still some available. You can buy them here: https://www.trybooking.com/au/event/1623850 You wouldn't want to miss it. 

Subject Selection for 2027 Begins: On Tuesday in advisory students will get the first look at the 2027 subject offerings. We will also be sending home information for parents on the new electives available and how to help your child make their subject choices. This is the culmination of a lot of work and we are looking forward to sharing it with all of you.

Parent Survey is open: You should have received an email regarding the departments Parent Opinion Survey. If you could take the time to fill it out we would really appreciate it.

Progress reports published on Friday: Student progress reports will be published on Friday in preparation for our Three Way conferences in Week 9

Looking even further ahead

Week 9: 

Tuesday 8th September Live@Wurun - our premier music event celebrating the talents of students from Fitzroy and Collingwood 

Wednesday 9th September: Three Way Conferences - in person for 7-10 on the phone for 11 and 12.

Week 10: 

Final week of term 3

2027 subject selections due