Principal’s Report.

Positive Token System

We’re excited to announce the launch of our positive tokens system, designed to recognise and reward students who display behaviours aligned with our school values of respect, opportunity and resilience. When students demonstrate these values, they’ll receive a token from staff. Each token can then be placed in one of the jars at the office, entering them into a monthly draw for a chance to win exciting awards including:

Movie tickets
Chip lunch for a group of friends
Gift vouchers

We’re especially grateful to our Parents Association, who have kindly agreed to sponsor these awards, ensuring that students receive prizes they can truly get excited about! Additionally, each positive token will be logged as a "positive chronicle" in Compass, allowing parents to follow their child’s achievements from home.

Thank you for helping us promote a positive, values-driven community!

Victorian All Schools Track & Field Championships

We had students competing at the recent Victorian All Schools Track & Field Championships held at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne. The championships ran over the last two weeks and sees the best athletes from all over Victoria compete to earn a spot on Team Vic at the upcoming National Championships.

Congratulations to Finn Callachor who finished 1st in the U16 100m Hurdles Final, booking his ticket to the National titles in Brisbane later in the year.

Other notable mentions:

Maks Callachor – 5th U16 200m Hurdles

Poppy Navarovich – 4th U18 3000m & 6th U18 1500m

Harry McDonough – 8th U17 400m final

Australian Mathematics Competition

In late Term 3 we ran the annual Australian Mathematics Competition. With more students than ever taking up the opportunity, it was terrific to see our students rise to the challenge and academically test themselves. Below are some of our standout performances:

High Distinction (Ranking in the top 3% in the country)

Shawn Finlay 8P

Distinction (Ranking in the top 20% in the country)

Thien Tran 7A
Lim Nguyen 7A
Taj Coleman 7A
Conor Quirke 8P
Ethan Pearce 8P
Atharva Patel 8P

Sarthak Negi 8E
Bob Yi 9A
Finn Ibrahim 9A
Marley Walker 9A
Declan Chandler 11A

Awards Evening

On Monday 17th December, we will be holding our annual Student Award Ceremony. This year, the event will be in the Gym at Belmont High School and will commence from 6.00pm.

Invitations to the ceremony will be sent via a Compass Event. Students receiving sponsored, recognition, subject and sport awards will receive an invitation in the coming weeks. Students receiving Excellence and Endeavour Awards will be notified once our final reporting cycle closes on or around the 8th of December. Year 12’s who will be receiving subject awards will be notified by phone once VCE results have been released.

The event will be ticketed, and so all attendees must book tickets using the link or QR code shared on the invitation. If you have any queries, please contact our office on 5243 5355.

Students not attending BHS in 2025

Could parents of 2024 Year 7 to Year 11 students who will NOT be attending Belmont High School in 2025, please notify the school as soon as possible. This information will help the school in planning for 2025.

Term 4 Key Events

A reminder of the major events on our calendar including:

Thursday November 14th – Year 11 Formal (Ukrainian Community Hall)
Monday November 25th – Year 12 Graduation Night – (Presidents Room, GMHBA Stadium, Kardinia Park)
Tuesday November 26th – Staff Common PP Day (No students)
Friday 29th November – Final Day Year 10 classes prior to ECP
2nd – 6th December – Year 10 moving to Year 11 2025, Early Commencement Program
25th Nov – 6th Dec – Year 11 moving to Year 12 2025, Early Commencement Program
Monday 9th December – Year 7, 8 & 9 Step Up (final day of classes)
10th & 11th December – Grade 6 Orientation
Tuesday 10th December – No Year 7 students required at school
Wednesday 11th December – No Year 8 students required at school
Thursday 12th December – Picnic Day
Friday 13th December – Adventure Park, Year 12 results published
Monday 16th December – End of year activities, Awards Ceremony practice
Tuesday December 17th - Student Awards Ceremony (BHS Gym)

Regards,

Josh Baker

Principal

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