General News
Earn & Learn Stickers
Nossal is participating in Woolworths Earn and Learn again this year. From now until the 25 June, you can get one sticker for every $10 spent at Woolworths. A collection box is located at reception for stickers, then at the end of the promotion, our school can choose from a range of educational resources (the more stickers, the greater value of resources).
So if you shop at Woolies, please ask for your stickers and bring them in to school!
Model UN at MHS
Model UN is a competition in which students role-play as delegates from certain countries in order to pass resolutions that impact our world today. The Model UN competition held at Melbourne High School was a new experience for most of the pairs that attended this competition. The day started off with a couple of ice-breakers and then we went ahead with our first mock debate. The mock debate was successful in that everyone was able to make amendments to the resolutions and talk to many new people. Soon enough, it was time to begin the first resolution. The first resolution was about making sure that after horrific incidents like the Christchurch shootings and Sri Lankan bombings, footage of these events would not be leaked on social media platforms. This meant that each of the delegates debated this issue in the perspective of the nation they were supposedly representing. This resolution was actually very successful, with it passing with all of the great powers voting for, apart from Great Britain who decided to abstain.
After this resolution a guest speaker, Kareem Al-Ansaary provided each and every one of the delegates a great insight into what takes place in the United Nations. He talked to us about how the youth are not being recognised and represented in politics and how the voices of the youth get lost in between the loud voices of elder politicians. We did an activity with him that helped us to identify the current day issues that we believe are prevalent in society such as; climate change, racism and sexual assault. At the completion of this activity we were asked to write up the different values that we individually believed had to be changed and mended in order for the world to be a better place. These suggestions are going to be taken directly to the the United Nations as a representation of the Australian youth’s views. It was extremely fascinating to see the morals and values that most of us believe are important. It certainly was a clear display that youth of our country have a strong voice that needs to be heard. After this enlightening experience we had to move on to our second resolution.
Our second resolution was about protecting the journalists who were risking their lives to bring news to the people. This resolution was vetoed even after significant efforts to debate amendments being made to each of the clauses. The day was a great success and all of us learnt various debating and public speaking strategies that were highlighted to us throughout the day. We would recommend to anyone who is interested in public affairs to attend the MHS conference next year as it was a great experience.
Dinithi Perera (Year 11)
Deetya Kannan (Year 10)
Year 11 Ball 2019
In celebration of Year 11 2019, the Nossal High School Year 11 Ball was held on 17 May at Leonda by the Yarra in Hawthorn.
After much planning, preparation, organisation and excitement the ‘Moonlight Glamour’ themed Ball evening arrived. The venue was beautifully decorated with metallic blue, gold and black balloons. The students all looked fantastic, having their photos taken and dancing the night away.
The following students were named as the awards recipients during the evening:
- Best Dressed – Cindy Bai and Ilan D’Lima
- Best Dancers – Moksha Venkat and Enzo Campana
- Best Duo – Shishir Kulkarni and Srikar Vallabhapurapu
- Best Trio – Mohit Patel, Korsitha Rodrigo and Sanjay Varatharaj
- Best Tie – Aaron Tran
- Best Smiles – Sayed (Habib) Rakin and Dinuri (Diyana) Wijayawansha
- Best Hair – Annabel Keecha-Milsom and Chamika Kooranpala
I would like to acknowledge and thank the students in the Ball Committee who were involved in assisting me in preparing for the Ball behind the scenes, and the staff who attended for their supervision at the Ball ensuring that the evening ran smoothly.
I would also like to thank all of the Year 11 Nossal High School students and their guests for purchasing tickets and attending the Ball and cooperatively sharing in the great community spirit at the Ball. I hope that everyone who attended thoroughly enjoyed their evening.
All photobooth images were printed for the students on the evening and have been made available to students digitally (some of which are accompanying this article). Professional photography taken by MAK Photos is available to be viewed and purchased directly from their website: www.makphotos.com.au via the access code NSC170519.
Ms Ella Kee
Year 11 Leader
Important notice relating to student safety
We continue to be frustrated by the ongoing problem of the potential danger to pedestrians, (especially Nossal students) as they walk to school from Clyde Road. As we have reported before, there are two components:
- The speed of cars along Sir Gustav Nossal Boulevard
- The number of students walking with their heads down, listening devices through headphones, oblivious to vehicles.
As I commented in the last edition of the newsletter, the recent use of the speed advisory board did lead to traffic travelling at a slower speed, however now it is gone, some drivers have reverted back to their "old ways". During the past two weeks, I have stood on the side of Sir Gustav Nossal Boulevard and watched drivers clearly travelling above the sign posted speeds. Their speed was only made more obvious to bystanders with the resounding and repeated crashing noises as their cars hit and travelled over the speed humps.
So once again, I issue my request... drivers, please slow down! We are confronted daily by scenes of horror on our roads with reports of tragic accidents. Police plead with motorists to drive safely and yet fatalities continue to occur. Standing on the side of the road and watching the speed cars travel along our driveway, I now better appreciate the frustration the police feel. Sir Gustav Nossal Boulevard is an area that regularly has a lot of pedestrian traffic whether close to Nossal or around Federation University. In the last edition of the newsletter I said... "it is only a matter of time before someone is struck by a car when vehicles are travelling in excess of the signposted speeds which are 10kph on the raised, shared pavement areas and 20kph on the other roadways." My recent observation of drivers has done nothing to change that assessment. For the sake of a couple of extra minutes, it is not worth the risk and placing the safety of pedestrians, perhaps close friends of your son or daughter, in jeopardy.
In the last newsletter, I also commented on the number of students who place themselves in danger by not being attentive and do so while breaking the law.
Federation security have previously reported the number of Nossal students who walk through Buchanan Park and then through the university car park to go to school. As we said, motorists in this area are looking for a car park and not necessarily expecting pedestrians to emerge from between parked cars. The footpath that runs along Sir Gustav Nossal Boulevard is where students should be walking to get to school through the university campus.
But the additional safety problem is with the increasing number of students who are walking and crossing roadways while listening to devices through headphones. Again, on one of the occasions I was standing observing vehicle and student traffic, a student, oblivious to things around him, walked out in front of a car while he was adjusting his headphones. Fortunately, on this occasion, the driver had anticipated the potential problem and stopped, but not before the student was given a fright by, in their mind, the surprise presence of a car.
Students look up and be alert to vehicles around you.
Students are reminded they too are subject to road laws just as pedestrians are whenever they are walking along roads. At a roundabout, such as the one inside the front gate of the university campus at Clyde Road, pedestrians must give way to all traffic. Cars entering the car park on the right, making their way towards the Medical Centre have right of way, and students should stop and give way. When lots of students stream across the car park entrance, they not only place themselves in danger, they also cause the traffic to bank up back towards the gate and Clyde Road. For your safety and the safety of others, only walk on designated footpaths and give way to vehicles at the roundabout.
Keith Butler
Assistant Principal
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