The Kilmore International School Newsletter Issue 9, Friday 15th September 2017

TKIS Annual Art Show

A TKIS Community Publication Content Message from the

School Messages 2 Year 11 Coordinator

Student Activities 7 September has arrived. This means a number of things in and around the school. Notice Board 28 The days are getting longer again (yes- that is happening) and the days are getting warmer (not so sure about that!). However, it also means that the Year 12 students are get- ting very close to Mock Exams, with the “real” exams soon Important dates after, early in Term 4.

September As the Year 12 students focus on their all-important exami- nations, the Year 11 students step up to take on leadership 18 - 27 IB Mock Exams positions within the school. In SRC meetings, assemblies, 21 Bell Shakespeare Incursion 23 Term 3 Ends (Years 3-10) fund-raising barbecues and bake-sales and in a range of 25-28 CAS Camp/Boarding Camp sporting events, I have been very pleased to see a large 28 Term 3 Ends (Years 11 - 12) number of our Year 11 cohort “running the show”. They are 29 Grand Final Public Holiday becoming the student leaders of the school and setting ex- cellent examples for our students in lower year levels. October The “children” of a few years ago are well and truly becom- 9 Term 4 Begins ing young adults and this was particularly evident at last 11 Yr 6 Chinese Museum Excursion weekend’s Year 11 Formal where every one of our cohort 12 Yr 7-12 Regional Track & Field dressed up magnificently to enjoy a wonderful meal and 13 Year 9 Port Authority Excursion evening of socialising and dancing at a very impressive 16 Immunisations venue in Craigieburn. It was a pleasure being part of this 16 Quantum Excursion special occasion and watching as they delivered speech- 17 Year 11 Core Day es and awards and enjoyed the evening together. Special 18 Year 3 - 6 Track & Field thanks to Mr David Wittmer for organising this night. 18 Year 11 InforWmation Night 20 TKIS MUN Conference Many of our students have received special awards. One 20 Year 6 VIC Parliament Excursion of the most prestigious is the Kwong Lee Dow Scholar 20 Year 7-10 Drama Showcase from the University of Melbourne. Most schools in Victoria are awarded one KLD Scholar. Some gain two and at the end of last year we announced that Isabella Simonelli and Jack Heanly had been selected from TKIS. Some time ago,

Editor: Georgia Wittmer on the strength of our applicants, University of Melbourne [email protected] asked us to put forward four more names from which they would select a third recipient. The student they selected Next edition: was Yong Ng. Friday 20th October 2017 Maneet Kaur Hora has been selected to participate in the The Kilmore International School National Youth Science Forum in January. Maneet, along 40 White Street Kilmore with Phoebe, Jasmine and Lachlan were also selected to VIC 3764 Australia represent TKIS at the World IB conference in England last Tel: (03) 5782 2211 month. Thank you to Mr Peter Morfea for organising this. Fax: (03) 5782 2525 Email: [email protected] Website: www.kilmore.vic.edu.au

2 | TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 Our Year 12 group have just concluded their Extended Essays, a very significant and compulso- ry part of the IB Diploma. The Year 11 group have just started on their EE journey. Each student will have chosen a supervising teacher and arranged with that teacher a specific topic to explore. Work will continue with this EE next term and into next year. It is extremely important that timelines are followed and that all EEs are completed by the end of Term 2 next year. This then allows the students to concentrate on revising their entire body of work in preparation for final IB exams at the beginning of November next year.

We are very fortunate to have a careers advisor who is such an expert in her field. Mrs Elizabeth Mc Cormick has a vast and current knowledge of a very large number of tertiary institutions around the world. Students are encouraged to meet with her often to gain knowledge about the course available and the pre-requisites for these courses.

As we look ahead to next year we are excited about the large number of outstanding students with the potential for excellent IB results. We also have a number of students who are struggling in one or more subjects who will need to ensure they are fully focussed and produc- ing their best work at all times. I ask for the continued support of parents in encouraging their sons and daughters to strive for excellence and to aim high.

Ross Wright Email: [email protected] Year 11 Coordinator

Message from The Head of Arts

2017 Art Show

Congratulations to all our artists, especially the Year 12 IB artists, for a magnificent Art Show. We saw brilliant, innovative and imaginative works throughout various rooms of the 40s wing. Many thanks to our Art staff - Robert Wallace, Lynda Allen and Adele Booth – for their caring and nur- turing, their excellent teaching and the inspiration that they have given so freely and generously throughout the year to all our students from years 3 to 12. In this Art Show, we had just a glimpse of our students’ beautiful and imaginative and creative work. Bravi Tutti!!

The Elms

Once again, our musicians will be performing at The Elms Retirement Village – on Thursday 21st September. We will be performing a variety of works for various instruments, including violin, gu- zheng, voice, piano, cello and saxophone. We have had a close association with The Elms over several years now and are indebted to the residents for their very kind and generous musical gifts bestowed upon our school.

TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 | 3 Just this year, we have been given an electronic piano and huge library of vocal and piano sheet music. Many thanks to Keith and Ann McKechnie and the community at The Elms!

The Twilight Concert

Please mark Friday 24th November in your diaries, on the fridge and any notice board that you have at home.

Once again, the TKIS gates will be flung open from 6 pm for you to bring friends and family, along with your picnics. We will have Deb and her coffee car here once again, and hope to arrange for some other food and drinks to be on sale on the evening. The concert begins at 7 pm!!!

There will be class and group performances from every student – years 3 to 9 inclusive, plus some seniors. Our year 10 music class will be our “roadies” on the night. This has already proved to be a major event on the school calendar – I look forward to seeing you there!!

Some other news…

After quite lengthy deliberation, I have decided to retire from full-time teaching. So, this is my last semester at TKIS and I will wish it and you goodbye at the end of this year. I have been teaching and playing professionally for over 40 years. I have enjoyed world tours, teaching and performing in many countries and seeing so many children enjoy learning and playing music. Quite a few of my students are themselves now professional musicians and teachers, however, as wonderful as this is, the great thrill for me has and will always be seeing kids enjoy music and discover abilities that they had little or no knowledge that they possessed. It is a joy for me to help nurture kids and I hope that I have had some success in this.

The difficult thing, of course, has been deciding when to retire.The truth is that there isn’t any time better than any other. I love watching and being involved in students’ journeys, so there is more than a small amount of sadness at leaving some kids midstream in their schooling. To those, I implore you to keep playing, to seek out and strive for your dreams, whatever they may be. All the best to you and may you all have many successes.

William Howard Email: [email protected] Head of the Arts

4 | TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 Message from The Head of Mathematics

Paul Szczur Email: [email protected] Head of Mathematics

TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 | 5 Message from the Primary Coordinator

Well this has certainly been a very busy term in the Primary School! Some of our activities this term have been: * Father’s Day - A big thankyou to the Ms McNamara for organising the breakfast and stall, as well as the Meuwissen family for their time and expertise in helping all of our students create their fab- ulous clay bowls for Father’s Day, and for firing and glazing each and every bowl! * Year 3 & 4 Overnight Camp – This was so much fun – I both laughed with and at many! So many new experiences were had and it was so exciting to see everyone ‘having a go’. * Book Day Activities – We had a great afternoon of rotational activities, which included mak- ing crystals, bridges, flying seagulls and mechanical creatures. As well as the activities, a lot of thought and effort went into some pretty amazing costumes. Congratulations to Rudransh Kohli (Year 3), Alexis Ford (Year 4), Stella Bowcot, Milly Knight, Georgie Caddies (Year 5) and James Hurley (Year 6) on their winning outfits. We would also like to acknowledge the following achievements: * Debating winners: Year 3 & 4 – Aidan S, Bryce M and Rudransh K (Hume House) Year 5 & 6 – Claire G, Amber M and Maya S (Rutledge House) * Writing (the following students have moved up levels in their writing): Year 3: Dawoud and Rudransh Year 4: Riley, Benyamin, Bryce, Elizabeth, Tobias, Ella and Grace Year 5: Ella, Arjun, Georgie, Sameera, Ryan, Ethan, Alex and Sasha Year 6: Kishan, Maclaren, Maddison, James, Orla, Mikka, Ryan, Mariam, Georgia and Jack

And still to come, we have all of our primary school heading over to St Pats Primary on Wednesday 20th to watch the Poetry Slam finals. Good luck to all of our students participating, and remember, be loud and proud! Finally, just a few reminders. As we enter days of warmer weather (at least we should be!), please do a summer uniform check and ensure that clothing still fits, particularly lengths of dresses (mid- knee) and is in good condition. Also, a reminder that any Year 5 or 6 students that remain for tutorials are to be picked up by 4.30. The library is not available for primary students after school. If you require after school care, please contact myself or Reception for details on these arrangements.

Regards, Mrs Julie Daniells Email: [email protected] Primary Coordinator

6 | TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 Korean BBQ Party

10A Kelli Sun-Min Kim On 4th September 2017, Korean students had a barbeque party for Year 12 students encouraging them to ace IB final exam which will be held soon. We gladly received permission from MR. Taylor that we could have a party for Year 12 Korean students after school. This seems to be a continu- ous tradition passed on from Korean seniors who have graduated from the past. It is a heartwarm- ing experience to share with your seniors and juniors to strengthen the relationship among Korean students. Mr. Koo organized it for the Korean students. Even though the weather was not nice, Year 8, 9, 10, and 11 students took place cooking a variety of Korean meals such as pork belly, rice cake, and Korean crackers to help Mr. Koo. This party was mainly held for Year 12 students, In-Sung and Ji-Won (Moon) in the hope that they would gain support from their juniors and have the last memorable time together. We all hope Year 12 students nail the IB exam.

Evatt Competition

Jasmine Halford Molinaro and Maneet Hora qualified for the semi-finals of the UN Youth Australia, Evatt Competi- tion. Whilst debating issues based on extraordinary ren- dition, they competed against other students all across Victoria and represented Russian Federation. The com- petition was a good experience and allowed us to develop our debating skills.

TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 | 7 Book Week Activites

8 | TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 | 9 Year 7 Science Reflections

This term in year 7A science, we learnt about flowers. We investigated all the different parts of flowers like the stigma, anthers and petals.

We saw many things during these lessons. The class saw lots of flowers, bees, someone even saw “trees of green, red roses too, and they thought to their self, what a wonderful world”. Someone also saw a wonderful development of the children’s knowledge to the mystery of flow- ers and it was so beautiful. Some students noticed lots of insects around the flowers too.

Many of us felt different things. We felt the pollen of some flowers, which was sticky; some stu- dents felt cold since we were outside the classroom; one flower we looked at uses the wind to pollinate its flowers and was very soft.

While we were outside, we were thinking different things too. Some were thinking about how they might turn into a bee, or get stung by a bee. One person was thinking about how marigolds could heal infections. One person in the class, who was very hungry, was wondering why a sandwich was called a sandwich (this lesson was before lunch).

That’s all we investigated outside the classroom. Then we went into the classroom.

Whilst inside the classroom, we made small paper flowers. We had to cut out the stigma, anthers and petals, and glue them all together to make a not-very-functional-flower (compared to the ones we saw outside). While making our not-very-functional-flowers, some people were expe- riencing the horror of their cutting slowly getting worse. Nobody knows what one person was thinking, while another was once again thinking about sandwiches.

People’s hands were slowly starting to hurt while cutting out their soon-to-be-not-very-functional- flower. One person was just thinking that cutting things and gluing them together was fun. Many people were feeling happy and satisfied, while one was feeling overly tired and just wanted a sandwich.

Some of us noticed that a friend was becoming increasingly worried because he wasn’t finish- ing his not-very-functional-flower fast enough. We also noticed the sudden increase of people’s flowers getting better (with designs, of course; not the cutting skill.That was deteriorating.) Some noticed most of their peers having a good time, while one of us was still over in the back, still worrying about not finishing their paper flower fast enough.

By Eden Hopkins and Bridgette Davies With additional edits by Mr Kenny Ong

Notes from Mr Ong: “In our Science class, I used the framework “see-think-feel” to invite students to reflect on their in and out of classroom experiences. This was done to get the students to further internalise the lesson and to provide an additional cognitive dimension to the scientific knowledge that they learnt.”

10 | TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 | 11 Debating News

The Year 11 debating team reached the top 16 in the Debating Association’s Competition. With around 200 teams starting the competition in March, the TKIS team did very well to get so far in the contest. After winning all five debates in the Watsonia Region, the team progressed the finals where they debated against top teams from other regions around Victoria.

The finals involve further five rounds of debating, all secret topics forYear 11 students. In the first debate of the finals series, Maneet, Maya and Jasmine beat the team from Girton Grammar School. Congratulations to Maya who was awarded ‘best speaker’ in that debate.

The next debate took place at St. Leonard’s in Brighton. Unfortunately, the drive from Kilmore to the venue took longer than anticipated and the team were a little late, meaning they had less time to prepare the secret topic. Nevertheless, they put up a strong fight against Lauriston Girls’ School and were commended by the judge for their wide ranging arguments. In the final assess- ment, however, Lauriston were judged to be more consistent and organised in their arguments and won by two points.

The TKIS team, consisting of Maya Noel-Macpherson, Jasmine Halford-Molinaro, Riddhi Shar- ma, Maneet Hora and Orkojeet Banerji, are congratulated on their commitment to debating this year. They have demonstrated fantastic team spirit and have built upon their debating skills throughout the competition.

12 | TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 Indika Egan Wins Debating Award

Indika Egan has been awarded a Swannie as the best Year 9 speaker in the Watsonia region of the Debaters Association Schools Competition.

The Swannie Awards are named after Alan Swanwick, a long time member of the DAV and a pio- neer of debating in Victoria. “Swannies” are awarded to the speaker in each region and grade who has the highest average speaker score after completing at least three debates during the year. Indika will be attending the award ceremony at Methodist Ladies College in October, supported by her family, friends and debating coordinator, Ms.Gower. Indika has proved a real asset to the Year 9 team which consists of herself, Hannah Gibson, Eve Simner, Anna Watson and Amy Baimbridge. The team performed exceptionally well in the debat- ing competition but lost by only one point in their final debate.This meant they were unable to progress to the finals this year. However, the judge in the final debate commended Indika on her passionate rebuttal against the opposing team and awarded her ‘best speaker’ overall. Well done Indika!

Class of 2017 Graduation Dinner The 2017 Graduation Ceremony and dinner will be held on Thursday 16 November 2017, arrival at 6pm to commence at 6:30pm and finishing at 11:30pm

Venue: RACV City Club – 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne Guest price: $140.00 (Year 12 students do not pay)

All Year 12 students must complete their graduation form and return to Student Services by 27 October 2017. Please note that attendance at the Graduation Dinner is compulsory for all Year 12 students

TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 | 13 House Debating: Hume Takes the Lead With two more debates to take place in the House Debating Competition, Hume has taken the lead on 13 points, followed by Rutledge on 11 points and Mitchell and Hudson tied on 6 points each. Could Hume be set to win for the third year running or will Rutledge surge forward in the Year 9 debates? Primary School Debating Finals The Primary School students have been enthusiastic participants in the House Debating Competition. They were all very well prepared and were quick to pick up the skills needed to be a successful debater. They had clearly researched and thought about their topics and many were clear and engaging speakers. Well done! Year 3 & 4 We should ban school uniform Affirmative Negative Result Rutledge Hume Win for Hume Lisa Aiden Benyamin Rudy Best speaker: Rudy Charlotte Bryce

Year 5 & 6 Children should be allowed a maximum of two hours screen time per day. Affirmative Negative Result Mitchell Rutledge Win for Rutledge Declan Ella Maddison Maya Best Speaker: Ella Ryan Claire

Results of the Year 7 & 8 Finals: We should all be vegetarians The final of the Year 7 and 8 debates was very close indeed. Hume worked well as a team and had carried out a huge amount of research to support their points. Hudson, although a little less prepared, brought some excellent argu- ments to the debate which Hume found difficult to rebut. Although Hume won the debate, best speaker was awarded to Edward from Hudson. He demon- strated an amazing ability to engage the audience and to effectively rebut his opponents.

Affirmative Negative Result Hume Hudson Win for Hume Aliyah Shreyas Montana Jarrah Best Speaker: Ed- ward Fiona Edward

14 | TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 This term Year 7 have been studying Shakespeare’s comedy ‘Twelfth Night’. The students have had great fun rummaging around in the costume box and performing some of the funniest scenes from the play. Ed excelled himself in the role of Sir Toby, the Countess Olivia’s drunken uncle. He entered the role with gusto – stuffing a pillow up his jumper and swigging from a bottle of wine (empty of course!) Joel brought his own unique comic interpretation to the character of Malvolio, an arrogant party pooper who objects to Sir Toby’s late night revels. Harry really nailed the rhythm of the lines – quite a feat when you’re just starting out on Shakespeare! And who could forget Stuart in the pink dress? And why not? In Shakespeare time both male and female roles were played by men and boys. Aliyah brought a lot of energy to the role of Malvolio while Bridgette provided music on her ukulele. For a play that begins with the famous line, “If music be the food of love play on”, music is a must for any production of ‘Twelfth Night’. Added to that, there were some exciting sword fights and comic capers from Ally, Abi and Nevain. The foyer of the Language Centre provided a great space for the performances which have hopefully inspired our students to appreciate the bard.

TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 | 15 Fathers day Breakfast

On Thursday the 31st of August the primary school had a Father’s Day breakfast for all the dads. There were egg and bacon rolls and fruit platters set out as well as a coffee cart lady selling hot drinks. The breakfast was accompanied with dances and songs. There were very multicultural events at the breakfast. The 3&4’s danced to a song called Turkey Lerky. The Year 5’s sang a song about the 12 Chinese zodiacs (in Chinese) and the Year 6’s sang a Chinese song about the clouds, stars and moon as well as singing How Far I’ll Go from Moana. A couple of days before, the primary school students made clay pots using moulds to help us. With the help of Mr Meuwis- sen all the pots we safely completed and glazed ready to give to our dads.

The Father’s Day Breakfast went amazingly well, the pots were creative and the performances were incredible.

I would like to thank: The kitchen staff for the food and Ms McNamara for organising this event Mr Meuwissen for help- ing make the pots and My peers for this fun experience.

By Hana, Year 5

On Thursday the 31st of August there was a Father’s Day breakfast held at The Kilmore Interna- tional School. Although my dad couldn’t come I still had the best fun ever.

At the Father’s Day breakfast there were many fathers that came. You could have an egg and ba- con roll with a hot chocolate. There was also, some fruit. Most of the kids were eating an egg and bacon rolls with a hot chocolate. I had already eaten some breakfast so I wasn’t that hungry. The best part of the Father’s Day breakfast was the dance. We performed one of the dances we learnt during the term. We even got to wear Christmas costume. The song that we danced on was called ‘’Turkey Lurky’’. The Father’s Day breakfast was extremely exciting. I enjoyed the morning a lot, especially the ‘’Turkey Lurky’’ dance. This Father’s Day breakfast was the best.

By Rudransh Kohli Year 3

16 | TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 | 17 Year 3/4 Camp CYC - Reflections

By Aidan Santarossa

On the 21-22nd of August Year3/4 were on CYC camp for 2017. The first stop at camp was Circus Oz. I, was doing trapeze, it was hard but AWESOME!! The second stop was MSAC. MSAC was very exhilarating, the wave pool was the most hilarious at MSAC but lots of things were also, really exciting. Then we went to CYC, we stayed there. I was in a group of boys with Aaron, Darcy, Dominque, Augus- tus and Caiden. The next thing we did was Kingpin bowling, I ended up with 84 points. The last stop of camp was Latitude, it was so much fun, I got to do front flips with my friends.

I cannot wait for next Year 3/4 camp, let’s hope it is as good as this years!!

By Rudransh Kohli Year 3

At camp I learnt how to juggle. Juggling was quite tricky at the beginning. I liked playing dodgeball although I did get out a few times. I also liked doing the obstacle course. It was very scary though, indeed. I loved the CYC food. It was delicious. I disliked the wave pool because I am so short and almost drowned. I also enjoyed doing diving at MSAC. The best part at Circus Oz was the trapeze. I liked doing bowling at King Pin. The rock climbing at Latitude was also lots of fun and was challenging. Camp was enjoyable.

By Lisa Gallagher Year 3

On the 21st of August all the year 3’s and 4’s went to CYC. Before we went there we went to Circus Oz. At Circus Oz there were many things that we could do like trapeze, mini tramp, juggling, hula hoops and acrobatics. I mostly enjoyed doing the trapeze because I like to do things in the air. I thought that juggling was quite hard. After Circus Oz we went to MSAC. At MSAC we got split in to two groups. The first activity my group did was go to the water slides. The first time I went down it was scary because you could not see anything. A few people were too scared to go down. We also went to the wave pool and the inflatable pool monster. I loved the wave pool because it felt exactly like the beach. When we got to CYC I was nervous because the teachers could have changed the people in my room. But they were still the same. I got the top bunk. I had to be careful not to fall off.The food at camp was delicious, I mostly enjoyed the dessert, it was butterscotch pudding. At King Pin Bowling my score was tied with one of my friends. The whole pace was amazing. After that we went to Latitude. We went rock climbing and sky walking. I was terrified to do sky walking but I still did it. Once I got the hang of it I was fine. When we came back to school I felt excited because most of the things I did I had never done before in my life. I wanted to go back. But I will have to wait till next year!

By Emily Beaton Year 3

On Monday everyone was excited for camp. The teacher announced that we were going on the bus so we had to get our belongings and hop on the bus. On the bus everyone was chatting about what we would do. First, we went to circus Oz. I loved doing the trapeze and playing Ant Hospital. Then we went to MSAC. I loved the wave pool and the water slide and the diving boards. I did not like the inflatable pool monster though because it was boring. Next, we went to CYC. I liked the dinner, dessert and the movie. I hated the beds though because they were hard. Then we went to King Pin. I enjoyed it there because I got a strike. Lastly, we went to latitude. I had fun doing rock climbing and playing on all of the trampolines. Finally, we headed back to school. I hope next year we have as good of a time at camp.

18 | TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 Scienceworks Excursion

On the 12th September, the Year 5’s went on an excursion to Scienceworks. After we had our lunch, we went to the Planetarium for the first of our 2 shows. In the first show, we learnt about the seasons and the Earth’s tilt. We also got taught about some of the constellation (star) patterns that could happen at night. We then watched a short video about a probe that has been sending pic- tures of Saturn back to Earth. The probe is running out of fuel and will be diving into Saturn as its last mission.

In the second show, we learnt about what would be needed to live on another planet or moon. The three things are: water, energy and molecules.

Here are some comments from two of the students:

Lucy - It was very interesting to learn how to tell the compass points by using the constellation of the Southern Cross.

Ryan - Scienceworks was fun and I enjoyed reclining on the chairs in the Planetarium

We all had heaps of fun at Scienceworks From Amber, Year 5

Poetry Incursion

On the 17th of August, two poets from OUTLOUD came to TKIS to teach the primary students how to perform poetry. Their names were Emily and Shaun, but we just called them EZB and Shaun the Sheep. They started off by explaining different ways to perform a poem. After that they gave an example. Soon after that it was the student’s turn. We each performed a poem to EZB and Shaun the sheep. They would choose who would go into the finals and then we narrowed it down the people that won! The reason that the primary school had this incursion was that we were practic- ing for the Poetry Slam compe- tition at St Pats.

By Ella Petschel, Year 5

TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 | 19 Sports news

Primary Mitchell South District Track and Field Carnival, 1st of September, 2017 The School Sport Victoria Mitchel South District Track and Field Carnival was held at Meadow- glen International Athletics Track in Epping on Friday 1st September. TKIS results are as follows:

100m 200m 80m Hur- 800m 1500m Shot Discus Sprint Sprint dles U/ 10 M Riley Egan Ben Littooij Aiden Ling Ben Littooij Clancy Mc- Eknoor Singh- Matias Edmonds – 1st – 2nd – 1st - 9th Laughlin- 7th 6th F Stella Bow- Stella Bow- Ella Miller Ella Miller Dayna Ford Elizabeth Kan- cott – 7th cott – 5th – 3rd – 4th -7th & 5th Grace McLaughlin – 8th U/ 11 M Kellan Ire- Ryan Knight Arjun Sharma Arjun Sharma land – 3rd – 3rd – 6th

F Anika Georgia Chloe Mott Lucy Beaton- Chloe Mott – 2nd Edmonds Caddies – 1st 1st – 4th – 4th

U/ 12/13 M Joel Kriete- Kim Wang Mikka Leslie Maclaren John Knight – meyer – 6th – 3rd – 5th Egan – 4th 2nd

F Taylah Taylah Wool- Orla McCarthy Woolley – ley – 1st – 1st 1st & Maddison Ling – 4th

Long Jump Triple Jump High Jump Riley Egan – 4th Matias Edmonds Aiden Ling – 2nd – 4th Dayna Ford Grace McLaugh- lin Kellan Ireland – Ryan Knight- 3rd 3rd Claire Gallagh- Anika Edmonds Lucy Beaton – 1st er- 4th – 1st

Declan McLaugh- Declan Mc- Joel Krietemeyer – 4th lin Laughlin Maddison Ling Jayla Laffan Zoch – 3rd – 1st

Relays U/ 10 Male Riley Egan, Ben Litooij, Aiden Ling, Matias Edmonds – 5th U/10 Female Stella Bowcott, Ella Miller, Dayna Ford, Grace McLaughlin – 6th U/11 Male Kellan Ireland, Ryan Knight, Clancy McLaughlin, Arjun Sharma – 7th U/11 Female Anika Edmonds, Georgia Caddies, Lucy Beaton, Chloe Mott – 1st U/12/13 Male Joel Krietemeyer, Kim Wang, Maclaren Egan, John Knight – 3rd U12/13 Female Orla McCarthy, Taylah Woolley, Maddison Ling, Jayla Laffan Zoch – 3rd

20 | TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 Well done to all competitors for displaying good sportsmanship, trying their best and proudly repre- senting themselves and TKIS. All athletes that finished in 1st or 2nd place in track events and 1st in field events have now qualified to compete at the School Sport Victoria Whittlesea Division Track and Field to be held at Mead- owglen International Athletics Track on Monday 11th September. Congratulations to Riley Egan, Ben Litooij, Aiden Ling, Chloe Mott, Taylah Woolley, Lucy Beaton, Orla McCarthy, Anika Edmonds, Jayla Laffan Zoch and Georgia Caddies. Overall TKIS finished 3rd for the day, this is an outstanding achievement considering the size of the competing schools. Thank you to Miss Garner and Miss Dalton for their help in officiating, supervising and encourag- ing our students on the day of the event.

Southern Ranges Division Round Robin (Year 7 - 12), 7th of September, 2017

The School Sport Victoria Southern Ranges Division Round Robin was held at various locations in central Victoria including Seymour College, Seymour Sports & Aquatic Centre, Yea High School, Euroa Secondary College and Shepparton Stadium. 85 students from years 7-10 chose to repre- sent TKIS in either Basketball or Table Tennis.

The results are as follows: Year 7 Boys Table Tennis – 2nd Year 8 Boys Table Tennis Team 1 – 3rd Year 8 Boys Table Tennis Team 2 – 4th Year 7 Boys Basketball – 2nd Year 8 Girls Basketball – 4th Year 8 Boys Basketball – 4th Year 9 & 10 Girls Table Tennis – 3rd Year 9 & 10 Boys Table Tennis Team 1 – 4th Year 9 & 10 Boys Table Tennis Team 2 – 2nd Year 9 & 10 Boys Table Tennis Team 3 – 5th Year 9 & 10 Boys Basketball – 4th Year 9 & 10 Girls Basketball - 3rd

Thank you to Ms Allen, Miss Dalton, Mr Edmonds, Mr Morfea, Ms Santarossa, Mr Tamura and Mr Wittmer for coaching teams on the day of the event, Mr Archer for driving the bus and Jacob Knight, Jack Heanly and Sean Maher for refereeing and scoring basketball games.

TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 | 21 Primary Whittlesea Division Track and Field Finals, 11th of September 2017

The Whittlesea Division Track and Field Finals were held on Monday 11th September at Meadow- glen International Athletics Track in Epping. TKIS results are as follows:

High Jump: Lucy Beaton 1st , Jayla Laffan Zoch 3rd Discus: Orla McCarthy 1st 100m Sprint: Riley Egan 5th 200m Sprint: Ben Litooij 4th 80m Hurdles: Aiden Ling 4th , Chloe Mott 3rd 800m: Taylah Woolley 1st Triple Jump: Anika Edmonds 4th Shot Put: Lucy Beaton 4th , Taylah Woolley 2nd 4x100m Relay: Lucy Beaton, Anika Edmonds, Georgia Caddies, Chloe Mott 4th

The students that finished 1st or 2nd in each event have now qualified for the Northern Metro- politan Region Track and Field Finals on Wednesday 18th October at Meadowglen International Athletics Track. Students include Orla McCarthy, Taylah Woolley and Lucy Beaton.

22 | TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 Basketball Excursion

On Sunday 27th of August TKIS sharks faced off with Hammers Basketball club in the 5th Annual Kim Sheri- dan Memorial Basketball challenge.

Scores were TKIS sharks girls lost to Hammers 25 – 42 Junior boys TKIS sharks lost to Hammers 47 – 49 Senior boys TKIS sharks beat Hammers 54 - 46

There were 50 – 60 Hammers supporters in the grand stand cheering them on, while TKIS sharks tried hard to spur them- selves on. At the start of the events the girls got together as they knew each other from previous years.

It was great to see the teams come together in a fun yet competitive environment, although TKIS could do with some more supporters next year.

Netball Star!

Alannah Smith in Year 4 recently won the Coach’s Award and Best and Fairest for the Wandong Netball Club. Well done Alannah! Keep up the fantatsic work!

TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 | 23 Art Show

Rae Hew Rui Wen Title: Phobia This is my expression of how fears can invoke feelings of entrapment and anxiety on an individual. I used a mix of biro and markers to add tones and represent a feel of decay within the piece, which presents my perception of the jarring reality of phobias.

Atitaya Sukarom (Yok) Title: Changing This work is about a person who longs to escape a sea of bad memories, symbol- ised through the falling, dead leaves. She is drowned in the recollections of her past and entrapped within them. Her pleading eyes appeal to the viewer as a helpless individual, falling internally.

Hooka Saito Title: Anxiety This is an expression of the fragility of ex- istence especially for teenagers. My the- matic focus evolved to capture the mental states of humans. I want the viewers to see the obscured identity in the work and reflect themes on it. I was inspired by the Eva Antoni’s sculpture of the mask with an obscured contour. Ji Won Moon Awake This is an interpretation of the idea that we can decide and chose our identity or character. It intends to make the viewer appreciate that the importance of choice which is symbolized as picking a flow- er for forming identity. I have used a found object which is a flower to emphasise the real sense of picking a flower.

Portia Kentish Title: Entrapment of the Mind This is an expression of the powerlessness felt at the mercy of mental anguish and an inability to overcome it. This representation of my theme is furthered y the expressive lines in the photo crated by the movement in the water of the shower, an intimate setting that is reminiscent of being solitary, sole accompanied by emotions. I chose photography to be able to manipulate the image, so the viewer is able to understand the feelings of entrapment and dis- tress.

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Tile: Linked to You Two hearts connected to each other expressing constant circu- lation and reliance. If one were to break off, both would perish.

Deandra Widjaja Title: Mortality

Mortality explores the cycle of life. The heartbeat rep- resent life, which progresses to diminish over time, eventually resulting in death. The hand prints reaching for the lifeline are portrayed as powerless as death is irreversible and their efforts are just a waste as the line breaks.

Cathy Chalermsin Title: Bigger

There is a common misconception that bigger is braver. Appearnaces are not a limitation on how brave one can be. Someone wo is physically smaller may have a bigger heart and wil stand up for what they know is right, regardelss of thier size. In times of dark- ness, where the shadows lie, the trugh will beomce clear. Picking on the wearke one does not represent strength.

Sussane Lim Ju Shan Title: Innocence This is my expression of loneliness in innocence. I wanted to covey the feeling of nostalgia and how the loneliness of the girl is curbed b the presence of nature. Lino is a traditional art tech- nique which I felt would help me interpret my message better.

Qian Koek Title: Confusion This piece aims to explore the multiple phrases of an individual’s identity and the struggle to form them into one. The idea of multi identity scares people as it makes life much more complex and confusing.

TKIS Newsletter 9 2017 | 25 Hokusai Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (Japanese Excursion) 11B Bowei (Peter) Bi On 28th August, we had an opportunity to go on a Japanese ex- cursion in Melbourne. 18 students from Japanese Ab initio and two Japanese students attended the Hokusai Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria. When we arrived at the NGV, there were lots of people from different places waiting outside the gallery to visit and see the exhibition. First- ly we went a room to listen to a lecture. The curator of Japanese arts who stayed in Tokyo for 2 years gave us the lecture about the works of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai such as ‘The great wave off Kanagawa’, and there were two prints of the wave in the gallery, which is the most famous image in Asian art. He also said ‘the other side of the globe was recog- nizing Hokusai within a decade or two of his passing’. Some of the students from our class participated well in the interaction with the lecturer by asking and answering questions actively. We really gained a lot and thought deeply about the difference between Asian cultures, in addition to the differences between oriental culture and western culture during the period. What I really enjoyed about the excursion was that we were able to communicate with people from different countries with different backgrounds. It was interesting to listen to others’ perspectives about Asian arts, and what they consider about their own culture. I saw some Japanese people were surprised when some of us were practicing and speaking in Japanese. Perhaps, they would also have a better understanding of the meaning of culture, as their language is now spoken wide- ly in foreign countries. After the lecture, I got a chance to talk to the curator who is from Australia. When I asked him why he chose to go to Japan, he told me that he was really interested and fascinated by Japanese cus- toms and he wanted to learn more about Eastern cultures not merely the language, but also how they interact with others. Some of the words he said inspired me to make progress, as a saying goes ‘When your talent can not construct your ambition, you should read books with a peaceful mind’. As far as I am concerned, I know there are lots of overseas students in the world because the whole process of studying abroad can broaden our horizons. As we become independent and con- fident in order to adapt to the society more rapidly, deeper insight into the culture helps us under- stand the lifestyle and ideology patterns of the local people as well. Therefore, I really appreciated the chance that our teacher, Mr Tamura, gave us, and the experience we learned from the great lecture in NGV because they have given us such an invaluable opportunity to learn more about Japan and its art.

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