Student Achievements

Duke of Edinburgh Camp

In mid-October, starting on 14th October, 35 year 9 students attended and completed the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award at Wilsons Promontory hiking camp. 

The three groups set off on Tuesday from either Telegraph Saddle or Tidal River and returned on Friday after walking over 45 kilometres carrying food, tents, clothes, and other equipment on their backs. Throughout the camp, students developed their outdoor living skills, including cooking on Trangia stoves, setting up tents, navigating, and travelling as a group. 

The groups were treated to stunning weather during the day as they walked along pristine beaches, river crossings and up mountains. At different stages of the hike, all students were challenged; however, they demonstrated outstanding resilience to overcome the difficulties they faced. 

All students should be very proud of the planning and preparation that they put in that allowed them to have such a successful camp.

A big thank you to Mr Nicholson, Mr Morris, and Ms Van Der Westhuizen for organising a fantastic camp.

Melbourne Show winner

One of our year 7 students ended the Royal Melbourne Show craft exhibition and has displayed her talent as a craft extraordinaire. 

Rosalind L recently won first place as well as two second-place ribbons and a highly commended ribbon at the Royal Melbourne Show in the Arts and Crafts competition. 

Rosalind's embroidery won her the coveted prize of a yearlong membership in the Victorian Embroiders Guild. Rosalind's current project consists of small, crocheted items, which she will sell at local markets.

Keep up the great work Rosalind. 

Victorian All Schools Track and Field Championships

Three of our students represented the school with distinction at the recent Victorian All Schools Track and Field Championships, achieving exceptional results in their respective events.

• Chloe delivered an outstanding performance in the 15 Years Girls High Jump, clearing 1.69 metres to claim first place and record a personal best improvement of 6 centimetres.
• Angus demonstrated excellent technique and determination to take first place in the 15 Years Boys 3000m Race Walking with a time of 13.20.25, we wish him all the best for the National Competition in early December.
• Babette produced a strong showing in the 16-Year-Old Girls Shot Put, finishing second overall.

The school community congratulates Chloe, Angus, and Babette on their achievements and commends them for their commitment, sportsmanship, and excellence in athletics.

VET Engineering Award

Congratulations to Year 11 student, Daniel, who was awarded first place in his VET class for his design and manufacture of storage drawers, washing and cooking area. Daniel developed this project as part of his engineering subject and was required to use the fitter and turning skills he developed throughout the course. Daniel also designed the project using programming skills which he developed through his participation in the Blackburn High School Robotics Team.Daniel’s project has now been submitted to Top Designs within the engineering category for Victorian Students.Well done, Daniel, a fantastic achievement.

Lacey Etheridge National Champion Cheerleading

Congratulations to Lacey, who is now a 2x National Champion for her two teams, Senior 3 and Open 4.2.

Sporting Achievements - Maria and Navkirat - KHO KHO - Indian Tag

Maira has recently taken up Kho-Kho, a traditional Indian tag-and-chase sport played around the world. Just last week, she travelled to New Zealand as part of the Australian Kho-Kho Team, competing in the annual New Zealand Sikh Games. The team performed exceptionally well, finishing as runners-up in the finals against the New Zealand National Team.

Early December, Maira headed to Sydney to compete in the first-ever Australian National Kho-Kho Championships, facing teams from across the country. 

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This event will also serve as the selection trials for the Australian National Team, who will go on to represent Australia at the 2026 Commonwealth Kho-Kho Championships in India.

Another of our students, Navkirat B, will also be competing alongside Maira in these exciting competitions.

We are incredibly proud of both girls for their dedication, hard work and commitment to the sport.

Year 7 Boys Netball – SSV State Champions

Congratulations to our Year 7 Boys Netball team, who went through Whitehorse, EMR and State Finals undefeated. The boys came into the sport at the Whitehorse level, knowing very little about the game and its rules. Across the 3 levels of competition, they improved out of sight. At the State Final, they defeated: Preliminary rounds - Mary McKillop Leongatha (22-7), Belmont HS (17-12) and Dromana SC (18-14). They defeated Ballarat High in the Semi-Final (20-4) and then played Belmont HS again in the Final. 

It was a really hard-fought Grand Final game with the lead changing many times. However, the boys kept their cool and came away with a 19-17 win.  

Outstanding day for all of the boys –

Eddie, Max, Mitch, Zac, Charlie, Jed, Liam, Mason and Dash.

Ms. Roche & Ms. Perrin

Kid’s Conference 2025

On Monday 10 November ,a small group of year 9 students attended the Kids’ Conference at the University of Melbourne. They presented to an audience of fellow students, preservice teachers, and university educators with a presentation titled: “What Brings Young People to the Cinema?”Students prepared their work with minimal teacher guidance, performed admirably and answered a range of questions from the audience.