General News

CSEF Final Reminder

The Camps Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) program for 2018 closes on 29 June, 2018. To check if you are eligible to apply please read the eligibility criteria in the below PDF.

If your student is new to Nossal High School in 2018 and you applied for CSEF at a previous school, a new form must be completed and sent/handed to the NHS General Office for the attention of Ms Deepti Arora. Please remember to attach a copy of your current Health Care card with your application.

If your student applied via NHS for the CSEF in 2017 and your eligibility continues then you DO NOT need to fill in another form. For previous applicants, if any details on your current HCC have changed, for example the expiry date, then a copy of your new HCC must be sent/handed to the office.

Please have your completed form to the office by 15 June 2018 in order for the school to process your application to meet the Department of Education and Training's deadline.

Deepti Arora

Finance  Officer

MUNA - Opening Young Eyes to Global Issues

From 18-20 May, six Year 10 and 11 students attended the Model United Nations Assembly in Phillip Island, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Casey and Endeavour Hills. In pairs representing Greece, Indonesia and Turkey, we debated six resolutions concerning current issues in the setting of a  United Nations General Assembly over the three day camp. Aided by our counselor (Sankalpa Rao), a Year 11 student who had previously competed and succeeded in the event, we were able to effectively articulate our countrys' stance on the resolutions and negotiate with other teams to reach agreements.

As someone who doesn’t do any subjects like Global Politics or Legal Studies, and isn’t on the school’s debating team either, I was initially sceptical about being involved in this competition, and terrified at the thought of all the knowledge and skills that other contestants would have that I wouldn’t. However, much to my surprise, I enjoyed the weekend immensely, and didn’t feel disadvantaged enough for it to negatively impact the experience in any way. In fact, it opened my eyes to a plethora of issues such as the North Korea situation, the Rohingya minority and climate change, which are so very important in our modern day society. Most of all, it allowed me to become more familiar with Nossal students from younger year levels and students from other schools, who are passionate about creating a better future for the next generation.

MUNA was one of the highlights of my time at Nossal so far, and proved to be a very valuable experience. I highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for an opportunity to increase their knowledge about global issues and how organisations like the UN function, develop their public speaking and debating skills, and meet people with similar interests to theirs. 

Elisa Karaim

Year 11

Sir Gustav Nossal Medallion

Nossal's co-curricular certificate, the Sir Gustav Nossal Medallion, is an integral element of a students’ life experience at Nossal High School. At Nossal we expect all students to be involved in co-curricular activities that go towards their Sir Gustav Nossal Medallion.

The certificate is based on Howard Gardner’s ‘Five Minds of the Future’. Students complete activities across each division of the five minds:

1. Creative (the Arts)
2. Disciplined (sports and clubs)
3. Ethical (leadership)
4. Respectful (community service)
5. Synthesising (competitions, debating and SRC)

Achievement is based on a four-year continuum; where students are expected to participate in co-curricular activities throughout their four years at Nossal. Students must cover all five categories to attain a certificate.

Students gain points by participating in a range of activities across the five areas. The table below represent the number of points needed to gain a Bronze, Silver of Gold certificate (with a Gold resulting in a Sir Gus Nossal Medallion).

If you would like more information about the Sir Gustav Nossal Medallion please contact Ms. Michelle Desaulniers.

The Competition is Moot

On Tuesday 29 May, we (Sankalpa, Ruby & Jason) were fortunate to participate in the Moot court competition held by Monash University's Law School.

Before the competition, we received a hypothetical scenario developed by Monash University Law School, which was surprisingly based on the TV show Suits. Our team, with assistance from Ms. Loel, formulated a set of arguments, researched case law and prepared our submissions for the court.

On the day of the competition, we were the respondent and everyone in our team, with Ruby as the Senior Counsel, me as the Junior Counsel and Sankalpa as our instructing solicitor, all did a wonderful job in presenting our side of the case in front of a retired judge from the Court of Appeal. It was a day where we not only got to apply our legal knowledge, we also met like-minded students and imagined ourselves being Harvey Specter and Michael Ross...

On behalf of the team, I would like to thank Ms. Loel for the tremendous effort she had put into organising this wonderful event and we encourage more students to participate in this next year.

Jason Huang

Year 11

What is a Mooting Competition?

Students compete in teams of three against other schools, think on their feet and get feedback from our world ranking mooting team, in a legal debate based on a real court case. The essential issue isn’t the facts- it’s the application of legal principles. Competing in a moot helps develop skills in legal drafting, public speaking, formulation of legal arguments, professional conduct and legal research.

Monash Law's 2018 High School Mooting Competition is open to final year students, but teams may include exceptional students from Year 11. It was held on Tuesday 29 May, with the Grand Final in our world-class mooting facility.

Want to see a mooting competition in action? Here is a sample mooting problem, and one-minute and full-length videos of the real moot, in our brand new moot court.

Great Team Moves

Recently, Nossal High School sent two teams to compete in the St Peters Chess Tournament.  The day started off with some practice matches and we moved into our first games. I played my first match, finishing with a loss but with more experience. Each team member played 7 games. All the games consisted of great strategies and after we finished our own games, we would go and watch other games to gain experience and knowledge. 

The day finished off with Nossal finishing first in the MY division (Middle Years) and Nossal finishing second in the OS (Open Secondary) division. Overall the day was a big success for Nossal with new experience gained and entry into the state finals.

Keiren Tirikawala

Year 9

Supervisors for VCAA exams 2018 and beyond

Would you like to help out with supervising the externally assessed VCAA exams in 2018? VCAA exam supervisors are paid to complete this task and this is a rewarding way to be involved in the program at Nossal High School.

Supervisors for VCAA exams cannot be any of the following:

• Closely related to, or associated with, any student undertaking a VCE Unit 3 and 4 study in 2018 at Nossal High School
• Teaching any student a VCE Unit 3 and 4 study in 2018
• Tutoring a student in a VCE Unit 3 and 4 study at Nossal High School
• Closely related to or associated with any person engaged in teaching, tutoring or coaching students undertaking a VCE Unit 3 and 4 subject in 2018, or any person engaged in organising or checking GAT or VCE examination materials at Nossal High School.

Note:

Closely related to or associated with students includes: children, via relatives/relationships by marriage or de facto or by other living arrangements, friends, neighbours, business or community associates, tutoring or teaching relationships.

If you would like to more information please contact Katherine Warriner at katherine.warriner@nossalhs.vic.edu.au.

To register your interest please email Christine Weller at christine.weller@nossalhs.vic.edu.au.  Please include a contact number and address.  Training and information sessions will be held later in the year.

Please pass this on to friends or family who may be interested in taking up this opportunity.

Year 12 Formal

On Friday night (June 1),  the Year 12 cohort, with a few teachers met up at the Brighton International for the annual Year 12 Formal. It was a fun evening of dancing, music and fun that acted as the perfect break from studying before we all start to buckle down to the last of our SACs and the ever approaching exams.

The food, three courses of entree main and dessert was delicious and thoroughly enjoy by all; despite many of us unfortunately getting too distracted by the photobooth and photographer and missing dessert!

Overall, it was an amazing night and one I’m sure none of us are going to forget for a very long time, thanks to the beautiful venue. With it’s ornate fireplace and velvety curtains it was the perfect backdrop for many a new Facebook profile picture or Instagram post.

Congratulations to all the award winners of the night: Monisha and Ashraf for cutest couple, Broden our best dancer, Niluk for best dressed male and Adity for best dressed female, Dermott for biggest photo hog and last but most certainly not least, Mr Woon for best dressed teacher!! 

A massive thank you goes out to Ms Soltys for all the incredible work she put in to organising the night beforehand and making sure the event ran smoothly. The same goes for everyone on the formal committee who gave up their own time to help with the planning and to Susan and Noor, our awesome MCs. And, of course to Shevin and Mr Pegram for their photography that will ensure we all remember how spectacular the evening was.

And finally, thank you to everyone who came and made it such a success. The whole vibe of the night was perfect and I’m sure everyone had just as good a time as I did.

Kitty McLoughlin

Year 12

Stay Safe

On this coming Friday, (June 15), we will be carrying out the annual “Test and Tag” Day when students and staff are required to bring their laptop/iPad/phone chargers that they use at the school, to have them tested to ensure they are safe to use.

This is a free service carried out by qualified technicians and will be completed during the day.  Students should ensure the following:

1. They have all the electrical cords they potentially use at school, with them on Friday
2. They have the cords clearly labelled with their name and Tute group
3. They are at school for the Tutorial assembly on Friday, (regardless of whether they have a Study or not) and hand in their cords for inspection.
4. Students start the day with their devices fully charged ready to operate without a power cord during the day

OH&S regulations state that if an electrical cord is used on the campus, it MUST be tested and tagged regardless of who owns it.  Personal devices that are not tagged can be removed from service at the school.  During the upcoming school holidays, school owned electrical items will undergo the same process.

Did you know?

Did you know our newsletter can now be translated into a number of different languages?  This is a relatively new feature of the software program we use and can be turned on or off using the language selector in the lower left corner of each page.