Calendar dates
Semester 2
College Assembly 10 September
Staff Professional Learning Day ( Student Free) 16 September
Staff Professional Learning Day ( Student Free) 16 September
Last Day term 3 20 September
Presentation Night Years 10-12 28 November
Presentation Night Years 7-9 16 December
Some useful links
FHC Website
Compass Parent Portal
FHC Moodle- Student Learning Portal
752 Parent Logins this week on Compass- An average of over 1.5 per family-
Dear all,
Some useful links
FHC Website
Compass Parent Portal
FHC Moodle- Student Learning Portal
752 Parent Logins this week on Compass- An average of over 1.5 per family-
Remember you can use Compass to approve absences
Dear all,
what a GREAT week it was.
We began the week drenched in brilliant Spring sunshine. Students enjoyed the warmer weather and were out playing games on ovals, 4 square courts and socialising well with each other around our outdoor furniture.
Consider Education when you vote this week. As principal of our College I encourage you to compare the education policies of the various parties when making a decision on Saturday.
Saturday’s decision is critical to the future of education in Australia. The Better Schools funding plans, if fully implemented are over 6 years, not 4 years, with the majority of the funding applied in the 5th and 6th years. Is the party that you vote for advocating for increased public school funding over the next 6 years?
Australian Maths Competition Results
The Maths program at Forest Hill College continues to produce some very good results. In the recent Australian Maths Competition, a number of our students did very well. Congratulations to Yiren, who achieved a High Distinction in the Australian Maths Competition,
Congratulations to the following students who achieved Distinctions in the Australian Maths Competition.
Anthony, Haitao, Colin, Scott and Zoe.
Consider Education when you vote this week. As principal of our College I encourage you to compare the education policies of the various parties when making a decision on Saturday.
Saturday’s decision is critical to the future of education in Australia. The Better Schools funding plans, if fully implemented are over 6 years, not 4 years, with the majority of the funding applied in the 5th and 6th years. Is the party that you vote for advocating for increased public school funding over the next 6 years?
Australian Maths Competition Results
The Maths program at Forest Hill College continues to produce some very good results. In the recent Australian Maths Competition, a number of our students did very well. Congratulations to Yiren, who achieved a High Distinction in the Australian Maths Competition,
Yiren- High Distinction Australian Maths Competition
Congratulations to the following students who achieved Distinctions in the Australian Maths Competition.
Anthony, Haitao, Colin, Scott and Zoe.
World Maths Games Day Year 7
Monday saw a group of 8 Year 7 students head off to Overnewton College in the Western suburbs to participate in the Year 7 World Maths Games Day. The students participated in a number of Maths based challenges and thoroughly enjoyed the day. We await their results with confidence, as the quality of the STEM Maths program is very high and the students confidence in themselves pleasingly strong. Below are two reports from students on the day.
Trivia Night
A brilliant night of entertainment was had at our annual trivia night this Tuesday, held in B6. The 6 student teams had a fantastic time. Thanks to Ms Fraser for organising the event, and to Mr Heaton, Ms Hynes, Mr Cutler, Ms O'Neil, Ms Seymour, Ben Stephenson and Ms Gell.
Year 7 Trivia Entrants- Dancing winners Trivia contestants in action
Year 12 Entrants "The Amigos" Trivia Night Champions "1D" with
quiz masters James and Nat
District Athletics Carnival
On Wednesday this week our District Aths team made its way to the Doncaster Athletics Track to compete. There were some fabulous performances.
Parent Teacher Night
On Thursday this week we held our Term 3 round of Parent Teacher Interviews. This past week we have had 752 parent logins through Compass indicating that we have an increased amount of people using Compass. This would we imagine be largely due to the need to book Parent Teacher Interviews on Compass.
Parent Teacher Interviews are a very important source of feedback to support student learning. The quality of conversations and the amount of parents attending the interviews was very pleasing.
College Magazine Cover Competition
All entries are now in and on display. The judging panel is meeting to assess the merits of each entry. At next Tuesday's full College Assembly, Ms Cook will be announcing the winners. The prize, in the event that you had forgotten is an Ipad. Good luck to all entrants.
World Challenge Dayelsford Camp
This Friday our Year 9 students attending the World Challenge camp to Borneo. These students are working on developing the skills to lead their adventure into Borneo. They have been recently fundraising to assist their community project that they will be working on over in Borneo.
For the trip to Daylesford they were required to independently make their way to Dayelsford and meet there at 9:00 am on the Friday. From their they are engaging in a hike in the local area. We thank Mr Blowers and Bec Jordan for supervising the students on this trip.
South Street Music Competition
On Tuesday this week our first group performed at Sth Street in Ballarat. Ms Morrow and Ms Zabukosek accompanied our percussion ensemble to Her Majesty's Theatre in Ballarat and watched them perform. They received the highly prestigious rating of a "high commendation". On Wednesday following an early morning rehearsal our brass ensemble made their way up to the competition. They performed brilliantly and narrowly missed a place with a fantastic score of 85%.
Forest Hill College
Old Bikes Wanted
The Avenue House Blackburn are after old bikes to re condition as part of a community project to re engage young people in education. If anyone has an old bike in any condition, that they are willing to donate to this great initiative, please contact Leanne King on 0409 230 363.
Monday saw a group of 8 Year 7 students head off to Overnewton College in the Western suburbs to participate in the Year 7 World Maths Games Day. The students participated in a number of Maths based challenges and thoroughly enjoyed the day. We await their results with confidence, as the quality of the STEM Maths program is very high and the students confidence in themselves pleasingly strong. Below are two reports from students on the day.
When we got there I was a bit
intimidated by the other schools but after we started it was fun
but hard. The day was well planned out
and if I had to do this again I would definitely take
the opportunity. I didn't really know
any of the other schools so it was good to mingle with the students from the
other schools. We talked a lot to students from other schools and hung out
with them at the breaks. I was in team 1 with Zoe H , Alex
C and Chloe T and we did better then we
thought we would do. We ended up coming 6th out of 42 teams so we where pretty
happy with our result.
Olivia N
The
hardest part of the day was probably the problem solving or the relay. The
questions were really hard and I'm pretty sure we got a few wrong.
My favorite activity of the day was the origami. It was quite a fun thing to do
and we got lots of points doing it.
But
my overall favorite thing was meeting other people from other schools. It was
nice getting to know what their names were and where they were from.
Zoe H
Trivia Night
A brilliant night of entertainment was had at our annual trivia night this Tuesday, held in B6. The 6 student teams had a fantastic time. Thanks to Ms Fraser for organising the event, and to Mr Heaton, Ms Hynes, Mr Cutler, Ms O'Neil, Ms Seymour, Ben Stephenson and Ms Gell.
Year 7 Trivia Entrants- Dancing winners Trivia contestants in action
Year 12 Entrants "The Amigos" Trivia Night Champions "1D" with
quiz masters James and Nat
District Athletics Carnival
On Wednesday this week our District Aths team made its way to the Doncaster Athletics Track to compete. There were some fabulous performances.
Congratulations to Sam W in Year 11 for breaking a District record in the U17 Shot Put
Congratulations to Bridget A on breaking a District record in the U17 Triple Jump
Bridget A and Sam W- New Record holders in the Whitehorse District
Congratulations to Holly T who won the Age Group Champion Award in U13
Holly T Age Group Champion U13
Congratulations to the following students Henny (U15 Javelin) Holly( U13 High and Long Jump), Sam (U17 100m and Shot Put) , Annaliese (U14 100m), Bridget (U17 Triple Jump) , Mitch (U16 800m) on placing first on the day.
Congratulations Holly, Henny, Tayla, Ben, Dylan, Elsa, James, Sam, Annaliese, Josh, Chloe, Emma and the U13 girls Relay and U17 girls Relay on placing second on the day.
Congratulations Tess, Tobias, Tevita, Matt, Mitch, Annaliese, Dom, Matt, Nick, Kuda, James, Jared, Elsa on placing third on the day.
Congratulations to Holly T who won the Age Group Champion Award in U13
Congratulations to the following students Henny (U15 Javelin) Holly( U13 High and Long Jump), Sam (U17 100m and Shot Put) , Annaliese (U14 100m), Bridget (U17 Triple Jump) , Mitch (U16 800m) on placing first on the day.
Congratulations Holly, Henny, Tayla, Ben, Dylan, Elsa, James, Sam, Annaliese, Josh, Chloe, Emma and the U13 girls Relay and U17 girls Relay on placing second on the day.
Congratulations Tess, Tobias, Tevita, Matt, Mitch, Annaliese, Dom, Matt, Nick, Kuda, James, Jared, Elsa on placing third on the day.
Images from the District Athletics Carnival
Parent Teacher Night
On Thursday this week we held our Term 3 round of Parent Teacher Interviews. This past week we have had 752 parent logins through Compass indicating that we have an increased amount of people using Compass. This would we imagine be largely due to the need to book Parent Teacher Interviews on Compass.
Parent Teacher Interviews are a very important source of feedback to support student learning. The quality of conversations and the amount of parents attending the interviews was very pleasing.
College Magazine Cover Competition
All entries are now in and on display. The judging panel is meeting to assess the merits of each entry. At next Tuesday's full College Assembly, Ms Cook will be announcing the winners. The prize, in the event that you had forgotten is an Ipad. Good luck to all entrants.
World Challenge Dayelsford Camp
This Friday our Year 9 students attending the World Challenge camp to Borneo. These students are working on developing the skills to lead their adventure into Borneo. They have been recently fundraising to assist their community project that they will be working on over in Borneo.
For the trip to Daylesford they were required to independently make their way to Dayelsford and meet there at 9:00 am on the Friday. From their they are engaging in a hike in the local area. We thank Mr Blowers and Bec Jordan for supervising the students on this trip.
Our World Challenge Team on a training hike in Central Victoria
South Street Music Competition
On Tuesday this week our first group performed at Sth Street in Ballarat. Ms Morrow and Ms Zabukosek accompanied our percussion ensemble to Her Majesty's Theatre in Ballarat and watched them perform. They received the highly prestigious rating of a "high commendation". On Wednesday following an early morning rehearsal our brass ensemble made their way up to the competition. They performed brilliantly and narrowly missed a place with a fantastic score of 85%.
Percussion ensemble @Ballarat and FHC during rehearsals
Homework Club:
- is
Free!
- provides
subject specific University Student tutors from 'Embrace Education', a
not-for-profit organisation from Monash University
- provides
Teachers of the Deaf to assist Deaf/HoH students
- is
on every Thursday in the Library
- starts
straight after school until 5pm, (leave when you like!)
- is
supervised by Teaching Staff
- is Fun! (Healthy afternoon Tea provided in Term 4)
HOMESTAY ACCOMMODATION WANTED
Old Bikes Wanted
The Avenue House Blackburn are after old bikes to re condition as part of a community project to re engage young people in education. If anyone has an old bike in any condition, that they are willing to donate to this great initiative, please contact Leanne King on 0409 230 363.
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