BHCS NEWSLETTER

Recent Events

What a busy Term 1!

In just the last couple of weeks, we have had so many exciting events here at BHCS....

  • Year 3/4s held an Art Exhibition
  • The Kinder kids had an "Insect-a-mania" incursion
  • Year 8s got to participate in Medieval Day
  • Year 1/2s went on an excursion
  • Year 9s went to the Grand Prix
  • Kinder had their Easter Celebration
  • Visiting musicians
  • Year 9s went on a Textiles excursion
  • Year 11s and 12s went on VCE Camp
  • Painting a mural
  • Leadership excursions
  • BOOM Days
  • Continued building works
  • and more!

It has been a short, but busy term, and some of us are definitely ready for holidays! We hope you enjoy looking at these photos and reading about just some of the exciting things that your children have been a part of recently. 

 

Easter Cooking

During Term 1, the Year 9 Food Technology class has focused on Multicultural Cuisine.  Students have been able to cook main meals and desserts from a variety of countries and cultures. As part of our Australian studies, students investigated commemorative baking and the history of the ANZAC biscuit. For our final week of cooking, students continued this idea of traditional baking with some Easter treats. Students made Chocolate Mousse Eggs, which involved piping chocolate mousse into a hollow Easter egg.  In addition, students made Chocolate Hot Cross Buns. It's important to remember where these traditions come from, with eggs representing new life, and the cross on buns to remind us of God's love.

By Cassie Eckard

CSSN Secondary

Swimming Results

Division A

1st: Hillcrest – 2426 points

2nd: Flinders CD – 2411 points

3rd: Belgrave Heights – 2406 points

4th: Heathdale – 2226 points

5th: Waverley Wantirna – 2013 points

U/16 Boys won their age group

CSSN Music Day

This week, I had the privilege of taking the first BHCS team to the CSSN Music Day at Hillcrest Christian College. Sebastian C (Year 7), Noah C (Year 9) and Zoe H (Year 10) had a great day rehearsing in small groups and then coming together with about two hundred other student musicians to play some absolutely beautiful music in a concert after lunch. It was a wonderful opportunity to get together with other musically-inclined students and work together on a common task. The music component of the CSSN competition has a bright future and I'm looking forward to taking many more students to these well-run events. 

By Darryl Thompson

ROAR Leadership Team

Earlier this year, the Year 10 students had an opportunity to be nominated to be a part of a new and exciting relationship with the Yarra Ranges Council’s youth team. From those who were nominated, seven students were selected to take part in a ROAR Leadership program, which is designed to equip young people with leadership and personal skills, enabling them to deliver community projects. 

 

I am very proud to announce our ROAR Leadership team for Year 10, in 2016 are: Emily J, Emma G, Lily J, Grace K, Miah S, Brad T and Nicholas F. 

 

Earlier this term the students attended a three day active leadership camp with students from other schools and a team of professional staff from the Yarra Ranges Youth Services. Here the students connected as a team, were taught vital skills about how to be a leader and began brainstorming options for BHCS's community development project to be run by the students and financially supported by the Council. 

 

Continuing into Term 2, the Year 10 ROAR leadership team will continue to meet weekly with their mentor from the Yarra Council and BHCS staff to plan and work on their community project within the school, at the same time building on their personal and team skills. 

 

Projects in previous years have included facilitating leadership activities in a feeder primary school, improving the physical amenity of a section of a school through artwork, designing a community calendar and creating a welcoming mural promoting respect through a variety of languages.

 

The team have many exciting ideas and possibilities to plan and I look forward to sharing with you the progress next term. So stay tuned for more information! 

By Natasha Eshuis

Year 10 Team Leader

 

Platypus... Spot It, Snip It, Bin It Competiton

Did you know......

Rubber bands around platypus bills and necks are a major cause of death for our platypus in Monbulk Creek. 

 

When it rains, plastic rings travel down gutters and drains and enter the creeks.

Keeping the rubbish off the streets is very important in helpful platypus survive.

 

So..... Congratulations Everyone!

BHCS SNIPPED AND COLLECTED 3,082 hair ties,  plastic rings and rubber bands. We now wait till the end of the year to see if our school won.

 

Top five groups to collect the most bands:

 

Office - 410 Thank you to parents and friends

Staff room/Café - 401 Thank you to teachers, the Trade Training Centre and the Café

3/4A - 375 Excellent collecting!

3/4B - 361 Woo hoo!

3/4C - 304 Great effort!

 

Well done everyone! This has been a great experience!

 

Mrs Colleen Peele

Environmental Education