School Highlights
Anzac Services - Junior and Senior School
On 24 April, our Junior School students gathered at a special Anzac assembly to pay tribute to past and current defence force personnel who fought for and continue to serve something bigger than themselves.
On Tuesday 2 May, we held a special Anzac service for our Senior School, where students and staff acknowledged Australians who have served and currently serve in war and peace-keeping operations.
It was a sombre and poignant event, with many students and staff sharing reflections and prayers. Joe Ashmore (Year 10) performed a moving rendition of Imagine by John Lennon; Sinclair McClimont (Year 8) performed the Last Post; and our Captains laid a wreath at the foot of the cross. We will remember them!
Year 2 Maths Talent Quest
Angela Sharp, Year 2 Classroom Teacher
As part of our learning in Maths, the Year 2s are going to be working with me and Mrs Chandler on an inquiry project related to the 'Maths Talent Quest'.
Our initial lesson involved the students brainstorming some ideas about how Maths relates to real life, such as shopping and measuring.
In future sessions, as per the children's vote, we will be investigating how Maths is incorporated into games. How exciting!
Years 3 to 6 Project Rockit
The Years 3 to 6 students recently participated in a range of workshops with Project Rockit to consider how they can make an impact and bring about positive change in the community.
Some of the topics under discussion were: how to overcome social exclusion, how to raise awareness of diverse perspectives, how to support and take care of each other, and how to navigate negative online experiences.
Engagement was high during the workshops, with students contributing thoughtfully and with intelligence during the discussions and activities.
Year 11 Camp Jungai
Jacqui Goldenberg, Community Service Program Director
On Wednesday 26 April, John Knap and I took 17 Year 11 students to Camp Jungai, where we camped for three days by the river amidst kangaroos.
During the Camp, we learnt from 'Aunty' about various aspects of indigenous culture, including bush tucker, symbol art and indigenous games. We also heard many stories that had everyone hanging off every word!
Students canoed, bushwalked, built campfires, completed a high ropes course and took part in initiative games, all the while preparing their own meals and looking out for each other.
When the sun wasn't shining, it was pouring with rain! But the reflection at the end of camp told the story of a good time had by all.
Bionics Institute - Girls in STEM
Louise Macfarlane, Academic Dean of Science
The Bionics Institute solves medical challenges and is coordinating the 'Girls in STEM' mentoring program. Eighteen schools have been invited to each select four bright young women with an interest in science to participate.
On 3 May, Year 10 students, Alessia Di Felice, Claire Yu, Alycia Liew and Calista Yap, met with Dr Orly Lacham-Kaplan and Dr Caoileann Murphy from ACU and had a tour of their labs and explanation of their research.
Over the next five months, these students will meet regularly with their mentors and research aspects of exercise and nutrition and their effects on muscle cells. This will culminate with the students presenting what they have learnt both at Kilvington and then back at the Bionics Institute at a celebration event on October 13.
VCE Art Making and Exhibiting - Rone 'Time' excursion
John Knap, Art Teacher
During the last week of Term 1, students from Unit One and Three of Art Making and Exhibiting travelled to Flinders Street Station to view the ‘Time' exhibition by Rone.
Melbourne-based artist Rone has transformed many derelict and forgotten spaces, inviting audiences to engage in richly sensory experiences that present intriguingly fictional yet accurate histories. He explores the divergent themes of beauty and decay, materiality and loss - and this case, by also paying tribute to those that were the backbone of a growing and developing city.
This breath-taking installation transformed the top floor of Flinders Street Station into a homage to the many different and varied forms of work and workers who helped form Australia, mainly Melbourne, into what it is today. This installation included the mysterious Ballroom, which has only recently been reopened to the public as an exhibition space, after well over half a century.
Meticulously detailed, Rone transformed each room into a time capsule, complete with dust, cobwebs and historically accurate publications and machinery.
Matched with specially composed soundtracks and lighting, Kilvington students were transported back to the 30s and 40s where middle- and lower-class workers, regardless of race or background, laboured and toiled in rooms full of typewriters, sewing machines and desks.
Each room also containing Rone’s signature monochromatic female portrait, enhancing the feeling of nostalgia and the loss of bygone eras. Among one of the many highlights was the library containing over 7000 books, all labelled with the titles of Rone’s previous exhibitions.
Taking over two years to create and seven months to set up, the exhibition was totally sold out. It was great for Kilvington students to have the chance to get immersed in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
This will be one of the many exhibition visits VCE Art Making and Exhibiting students will experience throughout the year.