Melba

House

House Leader Introduction (FER)

Well done to all Melba students and their families for a fantastic start to the school year.

It has been great to see both curriculum and extra-curricula activities being conducted with high levels of participation and engagement by our Melba students. House Performing Arts, House Swimming, Inter-School Sport, Lunchtime Clubs and Fun Friday's are just some of the highlights.

We look forward to the term concluding with the House Athletics competition and on behalf of the Melba staff, have a well deserved break, keep well and we look forward to resuming classes on Tuesday the 26th of April.

Year 12 Profiles

We would like to take this opportunity to share with you some information about our fantastic year 12 cohort. 

Name: Caitlin Silva

What is your favourite animal: SnailsHow long have you been at BHS? Since 2017

What is your favourite subject? Food Technology

If you won a million dollars, what would you do? Buy a house near the beachfront on the Great Ocean Road

What is at the top of your bucket list? Live and work in the UK

Who is your hero? Pitbull

What are your plans for next year? Study nursing at University

What is your best memory of Blackburn High School? Duke of Edinburgh Camp

Name: Paris Venema

What is your favourite animal: DogsHow long have you been at BHS? 

2 Year.

What is your favourite subject? 

Music Performance

If you won a million dollars, what would you do? Buy a car

What is at the top of your bucket list? Visit the Eiffel Tower

Who is your hero? Tom Holland

What are your plans for next year? University

What is your best memory of Blackburn High School? 2020-2021 Chamber Strings

House Student Leadership (1 member)

Melba House Student Leadership Team 

In addition to the students announced as members of the Melba House Student Leadership team in the previous newsletter, we are pleased to welcome the following students to the team who hold the title of Melba House Year 7 Leaders:

· Chelsea Daniels

· Mia Falcone

· Pratyush Sachan

yLead Leadership Incursion  'Maximising the Badge'

On Monday the 28th of March, the Melba House Student Leadership team were involved in a leadership incursion titled 'Maximising The Badge'.

This was a thought provoking incursion where students were encouraged to focus on action and were provided with the leadership skills to implement positive change at Blackburn High School.

Reflections of the incursion from our Melba House Student Leadership Team were as follows:

'it was great to work with students from all year level'- Alice Huang (M7 Mentor Leader)  

'this incursion showed me how important it is that everyone contributes'- Anderson Xu 

(M6 Mentor Leader)  

'Reflecting on the different characteristics of leadership was very insightful'- Ashleigh Perkin 

(Melba House Captain)

'I would love to see my mentor group working collaboratively like we did today' - Alana Spencer-Yates (M11 Mentor Leader)

'I loved the ice breaker activities and I think we could use these for fun activities in Mentor Group'- Angus Collins (M2 Mentor Leader)

"I really enjoyed working with students in older years and learning from them'- Pratyush Sachan 

(Year 7 Melba Leader)

Achievements/Recognitions (FER)  -  Outstanding Sporting Achievements

Congratulations to Hannah Cho and Ryan Hutchings & Jack Hutchings who have demonstrated outstanding sporting achievements outside of school sport.

Hannah recently participated at the Victorian Inter-School Golf tournament at the Eastern Golf Club whilst Ryan and Jack 

competed and won a silver medal at the  Victorian State Beach 

Volleyball Teams. Well done to Hannah, Ryan and Jack, all the best for future competitions.