TERM 4 HIGHLIGHTS

✨ What’s Been Happening!

Since our last newsletter on 21 November, Lilydale High has been alive with energy, creativity, and achievement!

From classroom successes to extracurricular adventures, here are just a few highlights showcasing our students’ talent, dedication and school spirit.

🛠️ 🏭 Year 12 VM Students Dive into Manufacturing

On 28 November, during the Step Up Program, our 2026 VCE VM students took a deep dive into the world of manufacturing at Yarra Ranges Tech School. The program offered industry tours, hands-on practical experience with 2D and 3D design software, prototyping of design ideas, and insights into risk assessments.

Students also explored how to reimagine their future careers and develop entrepreneurial skills.

At the conclusion of the program, they pitched their final ideas, showcased their products, and learned valuable techniques for communicating effectively to an audience.

🍯🍓Year 12 Food Studies

During the Step Up Program, Ms Younger's Year 12 Food Studies class had their first practical session, where they explored modifying recipes for allergies and intolerances. The students got creative and made delicious yogurt cups - a tasty success!

🛠️🖌️Unit 2 VCE VM PDS – Community Project

What a fantastic way to wrap up their final assessment for the year! Our students took on the challenging task of revitalising the aging tables and chairs behind the PAC. It was truly a labour of love, and the results are impressive.

A huge congratulations to our students for their countless hours of scraping, sanding, and painting. Your hard work has truly paid off!

Well done, team, and best of luck next year in Units 3 & 4!

🎄🎅Live Theatre Learning: A Christmas Carol

On 3 December, our 2026 VCE Theatre Studies students, along with Drama students and staff Mr Bleakley, Ms Goode, and Ms McGrotty, attended a performance of A Christmas Carol at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne.

The excursion offered an engaging introduction to analysing live performance and will directly support students’ holiday homework, helping them develop the skills outlined in the VCE Theatre Studies Study Design.

Students also visited ACMI’s free exhibition, exploring costume design and the use of soundscapes to deepen their understanding of theatrical production elements.

It was a wonderful day of inspiration and learning! ✨

🧵👕 Design & Make Your Own Hoodie

During Semester 2, students in Ms Hovanjec’s Year 10 Textiles class got creative and hands-on, designing and producing their very own custom hoodies as part of their Learning Task 3 assessment.

These weren’t just any hoodies…

🔥 Secret compartments! Many students added hidden pockets inside the joey pouch - some even with zippers!
🎧 Perfect for storing ear pods, phones, rechargeable hand warmers, and all those must-have accessories.

Students chose their own fabrics, crafted hoods with stylish linings, created rolled hems, added overlocked seams, and finished their designs with ribbed cuffs and waistbands for a polished, professional look.

Congratulations to all our talented designers on your fabulous, creative, and totally unique hoodies!✨

📚 Final Library Lesson for 7G

7G English students enjoyed their final library lesson of the year with Ms Pierce! It was a wonderful way to wrap up a fantastic year of learning and reading. ✨

✂️🌿Year 10 Textiles – Sustainable Dreamcatchers

Students in Ms Hovanjec’s Year 10 Textile class created beautiful sustainable dreamcatchers!

They used recycled doilies and colorful ribbons to design unique, eco-friendly pieces that combined creativity with environmental awareness. Their work demonstrated both skill and imagination, turning everyday materials into stunning, sustainable art.

🎃👻Halloween Fun!

On Friday, October 31, our Year 11s had a GREAT day dressing up in all their favourite Halloween costumes! From spooky to silly, the creativity was amazing.

Here are just a few highlights! 📸

🏕️✨ Year 12 Retreat 2025 – Alexandra Adventure Resort

As part of the Year 11 program in 2025, students were invited to attend their final camp in high school (19 Nov to 21 Nov). They wound back the clock, celebrated their achievements, and enjoyed a camp reminiscent of their Year 7 experience!

The retreat provided students with the opportunity to reflect on five years of schooling, celebrate their journey, and return refreshed and ready to tackle Year 12 next year!

Here are just a few highlights! 📸