The term is well and truly humming along now.

Senior School

The Year 12 written exams commenced last week, and these will continue here at school until mid-November.

Next week the Year 11 students commence their end of year exams followed by a week of Year 12 orientation classes.

Interim Reports

Term 4 interim reports are available on Compass. I encourage parents to view these with their children and to discuss the positives and opportunities for improvement. If you have questions regarding the progress in the interim reports, please make contact with the classroom teacher and if not available, the year level co-ordinator. We are always happy to respectfully discuss the progress of your children.

City Experience

Last week also saw the Year 9 cohort spend four days in the city exploring and experiencing learning outside the classroom. The feedback from staff has been very positive, as has the feedback from the community. I received a very affirmative email from members of the community praising the behaviour of our students whilst in the city. Well done to Ms Quinn and Mr Murone for organising the City Experience and to all the staff who attended and supported the program.

Staffing Update

Last week we farewelled Ms Bruckard who is taking maternity leave for the remainder of this year and next. We send her our best wishes on the pending birth of her first child! Ms Beechey has been appointed as the Head of English, replacing Ms Bruckard in this role. Congratulations Ms Beechey.

Enrolments 2025

Finally, just a quick update on 2025. We continue to be a popular school of choice for many parents. We have a very healthy number of student enrolments for Year 7 2025 and there are a large number of enrolment inquiries weekly for all other year levels.

We are very proud of our school and the work we do to help shape young people into wonderful citizens of Melbourne, Australia and the world. Our school values of Respect Initiative and Learning (RIL) underpins our work, and we try to instil these into our students. Thank you to our parents and carers for your support in helping us do our work to the best of our ability.

Arthur Soumalias

PRINCIPAL

School Policies have been updated in line with Department of Education and Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority requirements. Parents may review these on the school websitehttps://www.rosehillsc.vic.edu.au/under Our School > Policies > Minimum Standards Compliance – June 2022.

As an extension to our Consumer Literacy study, the Year 7 ‘Money and Markets’ class ventured to Keilor Road, Niddrie, to investigate and observe the various marketing methods used by retailers to encourage consumers to purchase goods and services. In particular, students noted the methods used at Woolworths supermarket, including persuasive language and signage, product placement, specials tickets, multi buys and special in store promotions to name a few.

With the overarching learning goal ‘to understand that consumers have legal rights, but with that comes consumer responsibilities’, upon their return to school, students considered the steps they can take to be responsible consumers in order to avoid spending more than planned.

With the heat of the day, an ice-cold Slurpee at 7-11 was a welcome treat before the walk back to school.

Thank you to Abigail Abuacan and Georgia Jansen for joining the group on the excursion.

Nellie Harbourd

HUMANITIES KLA LEADER

The Year 8 students studying Humanities this semester, participated in an educational, entertaining and fun day exploring Medieval society. It was a fantastic opportunity for a hands-on learning experience.

Students took part in three program activities:

• Costume and Lifestyle: Students learnt about the day-to-day life of a medieval person. They were able to model a range of costumes including those of the kings, queens, nobles, peasants, and the clergy. The differentiation of the medieval classes was evident in the colour and fabric of the costumes.

• Music and Dance: Students were treated to a live demonstration of medieval instruments and dancing! They were taught a fun but simple medieval dance which they performed on stage in the brand-new auditorium. A group of volunteers formed a medieval band and were taught to play authentic instruments.

• Arms and Armour: The highlight of the day, however, was the Arms and Armour display and discussion. Students particularly enjoyed being given the opportunity to wear a variety of armour and helmets, and the opportunity to go into serious battle! They also listened attentively to the interesting stories about the use of medieval weapons, showing the evolution of the art of war.

Overall, the incursion was a worthwhile, informative, and engaging experience for our students. It gave them an appreciation of Medieval life and built on the knowledge learnt in the classroom.

Nellie Harbourd

HUMANITIES KLA LEADER

A haiku is a three-line, non-rhyming, with a specific number of syllables used in each line.

Line one – 5 syllables

Line two – 7 syllables

Line three – 5 syllables

In Week 2 this term, we celebrated Health and Physical Education Week, kicking off with an exciting 3v3 basketball tournament that spanned two days with over 100 students participate.

Congratulations to all the winners and participants, and a big thank you to the students who came out to support their peers.

On Tuesday, we had a Health and Physical Education teacher baby photo challenge, where everyone enjoyed treats for their efforts.

Wednesday morning we had a healthy breakfast which was a hit with students, devouring fresh fruit skewers, which disappeared in seconds!

We wrapped up the week with a thrilling teacher vs. students basketball game. The staff led going into the break, thanks to impressive shooting from Mr Tetradis and Mr Waugh.

However, the students fought back, with Andrew Gledhill sinking three-pointers to take the lead. After a tight match, the teachers edged out a 46-44 victory.

A special thanks to our student referees, Michael Mott and Jackson Broderick, and to the PE staff for organising and supporting the basketball tournament and events throughout the week.

Gabriel Sarpa

HEALTH & PHYSICAL ED KLA

Alex Konstantanidis our Year 7 Student placed 3rd in the State 1500m final.

He also beat his PB by a whopping 5 seconds. That is a massive achievement.

Congratulations - What a superstar!

Chelsea Giannino

SPORT COORDINATOR

Dear Parents & Carers,

It is important to ensure that your family’s contact information held by the school is current.

Parents and Carers should verify that their email address and contact details in Compass are correct.

Directions – Via desktop computer:

1. Log in to your Compass account and select the Cog Icon in the top right-hand corner of the page.
2. Select “Update My Details” from the dropdown menu.
3. Update your details where applicable, then select the “Update My Details” button to save changes.

Keeping your contact information up to date ensures you receive all important communications from our school.

On Friday 18th October 2024, the Year 11 cohort went into the city to visit the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and Victoria University

In the morning, the Year 11s received a presentation in the Cinema Theatre at the RMIT Swanston Academic Building (Building 80) discussing pathways and clubs the university offers, as well as the RMIT’s beneficial Schools Access Network Program (SNAP) Rosehill Secondary College is a part of. The year level was then able to experience two different activities, one which let the students explore and take pictures in The Garden Building (Building 10). The other activity familiarised the students with the courses RMIT offers and informed them of different pathways which would allow them to achieve their dream career. They ended their morning at RMIT with a student presentation which gave insight into student life before splitting off to have lunch in the city.

The Year 11 students met back in the afternoon at the Victoria University City Tower to get another look into their tertiary education. They received the opportunity to sit at a presentation and have a tour around VU’s city campus, including the City Tower and dedicated law building. Inside the City Tower, students saw dynamic and interactive learning spaces with a library and cafe, whilst the Victoria University’s heritage law building featured the university’s law library and law moot courts replicating the structure of a real court in Victoria. Victoria University gave an engaging presentation to the students that informed them of their VU block model where students studied one subject at a time in four-week blocks. The Year 11s got to see the different areas offered at the numerous VU campuses as well as the many facilities they could utilise whilst studying at the university.

The students had a lot of fun being independent as they explored the different pathways they could take after high school, making the careers excursion a success in helping them gain an insight into their further education.

Delcine Li

11C

Recently we had the opportunity to welcome Arthur Bolkas to our school for a presentation to Year 11 students. Arthur has an impressive resume. He is a criminologist, author, public speaker, consultant, facilitator of at-risk youth, and an ex-prisoner.

Arthur’s presentation included the details of his life of crime. He was raised on welfare in a Greek migrant family, in the northern suburb of Thornbury in the 1960s. Arthur was school captain, a successful athlete, and dux of his final year. However, in his fourth year of an Arts/Law degree, his life descended into drug addiction which led to his imprisonment. He started robbing TABs to fuel his drug addiction with each successful robbery gaining him around $70,000. His arrest came after a failed attempted robbery. In 1977, at age 22, Arthur started serving a five and a half year sentence in Pentridge Prison.

All present were captivated by Arthur’s personal storytelling, but also by the grim reality of our prison system. The statistics he mentioned were overwhelming:

- we have nearly 7000 prisoners in Victoria with 95% of them being male

- children of prisoners are six times more likely to be in prison

- 50% of young people in juvenile detention will end up in adult prison

- 50% of prisoners will return to prison after release

- it costs $135,000 to keep an adult prisoner in jail, but $500,000 to keep juveniles in detention

Arthur’s presentation was thought provoking. He stressed the importance of thinking carefully about your decisions and the consequences they may have for you, your family and the people involved. But the major theme of his talk was about redemption and hope. He ended by highlighting that we all have the power to change course if we have taken the wrong path as ultimately life is about ‘redeeming the mess you made of your life by turning it around and using what you've learned to help others.'

Vicki Handris

VM COORDINATOR