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News Headlines from Forest Hill College
As term two draws to an end, students and staff alike find themselves working harder than ever while awaiting the much-deserved school holidays. On Wednesday morning, many parents attended the last school assembly for the term where dozens of students were acknowledged for their participation in various activities. Students received awards for enrichment programmes in journalism and mathematics, while others were presented with certificates recognising their many achievements in sporting fields. Highlights of the assembly included a skit about the Breakfast Bar, run every Tuesday and Thursday morning by school chaplain Marianne McEwen, as well as an address by former FHC teacher and OAM recipient, Paul Jenes. Local member of parliament, Kirstie Marshall, attended the assembly in order to present an award to the school and to Basketball Marathon organiser, Anne Reily, for our outstanding achievements in fundraising. Ms. Marshall acknowledged the school, Ms. Reily and the senior students in an address to parliament and presented a copy of the official speech to Ms. Reily and the school at the assembly. It will be on display in the main office, as well as on public record in the Hansard!
RAFFLE WINNERS! Winners of the Basketball Marathon raffle were drawn at the assembly. Congratulations to those who won prizes! Thank-you to ComputerCorp and Mortgage Choice for donating prizes, as well as everyone who bought a ticket - you helped us to raise over $800 for the Basketball Marathon charities. 1st prize: The Fleer family 2nd prize: Ms. Lesley Knudsen 3rd prize: Sharon Carroll
NEWS FROM IMPACT Don't forget that IMPACT is holding a "Sports Dress-up Day" on Friday! Dress in your favourite sports uniform and bring a gold coin to home group. All funds raised will go towards the Australian Paralympic Committee.
BREAKING NEWS: The College is proud to announce that one of our 2008 graduates has been honoured with a Premier's Award for VCE!
Week 7 Term 2
YEAR 10 & 11 EXAMS All year 10 & 11 students have participated in College exams this week - Good Luck!
YEAR 10D MAGISTRATES COURT 10D visited the Magistrates Court and Parliament of Victoria on Monday 1 June. Students were able to observe first-hand many interesting cases which included committal hearings, drug charges, assault charges and theft. Students completed a mini assignment and were privileged to have some of their questions answered by one of the Chief Magistrates who kindly gave of his time to address the students on the workings of the Magistrates Court. At Parliament House, students were given a tour of the Parliament and were able to take a seat in both the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly for a day. The tour also included an insight into the beautiful Parliament Library which is normally closed to the public. The students found the tour guide very entertaining and informative.
YEAR 9 CITYSCAPE Over the past two weeks all Year 9 students have had the opportunity to experience one week of Cityscape, a fully integrated curriculum initiative, enabling students to prove or disprove a hypothesis. Students participated in core programs of ‘Fitness: The Big Issue’, ‘Urban Seed’ and ‘The Amazing Race’. Students enjoyed this new learning experience and were keen to stay in the city for another week of learning by discovery.
WINTER MUSIC SOIREE On Thursday 4 June, music students participated in our first major concert for 2009. Keeping last-minute concert nerves in check, students showcased how diligently they have been working in past months with musical performances ranging in styles from classical through to jazz, folk and popular. Musical groups featured on the evening were the Junior Band, Junior String Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, 7A Tuned Percussion Class Ensemble, Choir, Senior String Ensemble, College Orchestra and VCE Jazz Trio. Also featured on the evening were piano and saxophone solos, an acoustic guitar duet, and a viola duet. A high standard of performance was demonstrated by all involved and the evening proved to be a wonderful feast of musical entertainment! We now look forward to performances in coming months which include the Ballarat South Street Competitions and the Spring Concert.
( For older news, please click on News, Events and Achievements 2008 and 2009.) |
 Principal Jenny Cook, local MP Kirstie Marshall and Basketball Marathon organiser, Anne Reily.
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College Calendar 2009 Please feel free to use this Calendar to assist with planning around College events. We hope it is a useful document. College Calendar ( Student or Staff login details required for access ) |
 Gingerbread house made by the Year 9 Food Technology class. |
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College Bulletin Highlights in this Bulletin include:ScreamFest French Theatre Production Sport Please click on the links below to read about what has been happening at the College. |
 Students perform at the Winter Soirée. |
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Information for famillies for the end of 2008 and start of 2009. The following information is intended to assist famillies with the end of 2008 and start of 2009.
Please select the attachment you need to access information that accompanies Interim Reports, Term 1 2008.
"Cybersmart - Kids Online" - Helpful information for parents regarding their child's internet access.
"What parents should know about ICE" - Information provided by the government for all parents with children in years 10-12. www.health.vic.gov.au/drugservices/
Year 7 & 9 NAP testing - Information for parents with children in years 7 and 9. |
 Students hard at work in newly-furnished classrooms. |
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Water Conservation Innovations at FHC In January 2007 our school was notified we had been successful in our application for a Federal Community Water Grant of 49,381 dollars for our proposed School Water Efficiency Project aimed at making all of our indoor water use appliances more efficient.
In order to qualify for the Community Water Grant, Forest Hill College had to develop an innovative water efficiency project that would provide positive and long-term benefits to the school and the local community.
The Project started with a Water Efficiency Audit of our school, which identified and quantified the water saving opportunities. The Audit recommended installing Constant Flow Control valves to 85 taps in vanity basins, sinks and troughs. In addition all inefficient toilets were replaced with dual flush toilets, which entailed fitting new suites and tiling the surrounds. The high use urinal in the Sports Stadium was replaced with a no flush bio-enzyme system which is timed to flush automatically over a 24 hour cycle.
We expect to reduce our potable water usage by at least 27 per cent or 1,012,000 litres per year with our project.
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 Senior School barbeque area and courtyard. |
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Sport Results 2009
The recent House Athletics Carnival was an outstanding success. The student participation and the quality of the athletes in events was excellent. Most impressive, however was the manner in which the entire College Community has embraced the House system, successfully introduced by our College Student Leaders in 2008.
District Diving Results. Congratulations to the FHC Diving Team. They have achieved some great individual honours, and in the process finished second overall. |
 Every got involved at the Athletics Carnival! |
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RACV Energy Breakthrough 2009
Students are allready training and preparing the vehicles for yet another effort in the RACV Energy Breakthrough. It must be said that our technology area within the College is the envy of most. Where else can you see students designing energy efficient vehicles on state of the art computers, and then constructing the vehicle out of materials in the workshops using tools that most Tech Schools of old would only dream of having? This section of our College is unique. It is a great opportunity for students to experience hands on design and construction. |
 Putting theory into practice: racing at the RACV Energy Breakthrough. |
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FHC Students Win Information Technology Award On Sunday 25 November, teams from Cisco academies across Melbourne and Victoria participated in the Cisco CCNA competition for students in the second year of their two year course. Forest Hill College entered one team in a field of 10 teams. Daniel Weldon and Chris Ritchie, both Yr 11 students took on others from mostly Yr 12 and TAFE courses. Our students gave it all they had and felt confident of victory, however the judges deemed their efforts worthy of a very close third place trailing the winners Luther College and Ringwood Secondary College. Each of our students received a Linksys wireless router for their efforts with a value of about $100, and Forest Hill College will receive routers and switches to the value of about $10,000. Congratulations to both Daniel and Chris on their achievement and Mr Krozian for his preparation of the team.
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