The Huntingtower Bulletin

Around the Grounds

Indonesia Exchange

Visitors from Indonesia arrived last month and the Indonesian exchange students stayed with our students for a week as part of our Indonesian Department mini exchange program. The visitors went to classes following their buddies. 

Pictured - 15 Indonesian students and their Huntingtower host families.

 

The Indonesian Department would like to thank everyone for their support, guidance and help towards our Indonesian visitors last month. The Indonesian students had a wonderful time at Huntingtower and they have learnt a lot in your classes. In return, Huntingtower VCE Indonesian will visit their school mid-January next year.

 

The students said goodbye to their host families this weekend. The visitors are are now staying in the city for another week to explore Victoria. They will visit Melbourne aquarium, Philip island, Sovereign hill and experience snow at Mt Buller. 

Visitors from Indonesia with the Consulate General Indonesia at the Indonesian consulate office in Melbourne.

Activities in class with the Indonesian students.

Huntingtower Year 5s and Year 5 students from the city of Bandung, Indonesia, are connecting via zoom and emails to learn more about both countries. 

Mrs Timi Ardiyanti

Head of Indonesian

Year 9 Residential Program

Mt Buller

The Year 9s spent last week enjoying the slopes at Mt Buller for the Alpine Residential Program! The Ski Camp builds on the challenging Year 9 program, enabling students to participate in activities that require mental, physical, and emotional strength. Each day, students participated in ski or snowboard lessons with professional instructors. They then had the opportunity to explore the mountain and enjoy the beginner, intermediate slopes - a fantastic experience.

Library

WRITE A BOOK IN A DAY

On Friday, August 4th, 100 students across Years 7-10 took part in the Write a Book in a Day competition, raising funds for The Kids Cancer Project. 

 

This competition presents students with the challenge of writing a book (complete with illustrations) in a 12 hour period. Throughout the day, our students worked in teams of 6-10 to plan, create, write, illustrate, edit, and assemble a cohesive and engaging story – all for a good cause. 

 

We look forward to sharing our team’s creations with the school community. If you would like to sponsor one of our teams, simply visit this page: https://writeabookinaday.com/school-groups/?id=927

 

Mrs Alison Raiden and Mr Matthew McDonald

 

 

BOOK MONTH ACTIVITIES

 

The Senior Library will be celebrating all things Book Month throughout August. 

The month will see students encouraged to test their knowledge of all things books and literature, and to compete with and against their classmates in various activities. 

The activities include:

  • Estimate how many books are in the Senior Library
  • Crossword, Word Search and Puzzle Challenges
  • Book Trivia
  • Borrow ‘Golden Ticket’ books to win!
  • Movie Screening
  • Book Sales – second-hand books are available for 50 cents each! All proceeds to Orange Sky Showers and The Kids Cancer Project.
  • Match the teachers to their favourite books
  • Add their favourite books to our Reading Tree

Take a look at our full timetable here! We can’t wait to see our students getting involved. 

Mrs Alison Raiden

Head of Library and Digital Resourcing