English
Karen LynchHead of English Our English teachers have been busy providing core and extra-curricular activities; much of which we missed out on last year. Getting to Know our Year 7s. Every year, staff are very excited to meet our new Year 7 students. Over the last few years, the English team have got to know […]
An opening note from Musicland
Judy Bartosy It’s great to be back in Musicland without last year’s interruptions. There is music everywhere – during the day, before and after school, and lunchtimes. Students have been enthusiastically involved in reforming bands and we have already enjoyed a number of performances. The Year 8 students study a unit of rock music, in which […]
Q Network update
Hello, Kew High School community. As we get back to normal operating procedures in our daily lives, the QNetwork is also ramping up its activities for 2021. For those new to the school, the QNetwork is a parents and carers’ group that supports the school in any way we can. Typically, we organise the catering […]
Year 12 Chemistry
Adam Maxwell In Year 12 Chemistry the students are studying electrochemical cells called galvanic cells. In an experiment we created a galvanic cell called the Daniell cell, which was invented by a British chemist in 1836. Daniell produced electricity from a chemical reaction between zinc metal and copper solution. He separated the reaction into two […]
Social Justice report
Kathryn Tucker In Week 9, Kew recognised Harmony Week – a week where we celebrated the contributions and achievements of our multicultural school, state and country. The Year 9 & 10 House Cup ran on Wednesday and Friday, with Wilsmere triumphant over Cotham in a penalty shoot-out for the ages. The House Cup was aligned […]
The World’s Greatest Shave 2021
Jack Casonato The World’s Greatest Shave is an annual fundraising event for the Leukaemia Foundation that aims to raise money to support and empower families impacted by blood cancer, and to accelerate blood cancer research. On Friday 12 March, Kew High School hosted its annual ‘World’s Greatest Shave’ fundraising event. With thanks to the contribution […]
Diorama Boxes Year 9
Katherine Smith Year 9 3D art students selected a famous artwork to appropriate into a Diorama. Each student chose their selected work and did research about the artist, what time period they worked in, how they used elements, the principles in their works, and why they chose that particular work to use. Students then recreated […]
International Students On Swimming Carnival Day
Junling Yang The much-awaited 2021 KHS Swimming Carnival finally arrived on March 18. After a very long year in 2020 – and then a stay-in-Melbourne summer holiday without travelling home – all our international students were excited about this opportunity to enjoy the pool, fashion parade and being in the crowd! Yuhang of Year 12 […]
Year 11 VET Surf Lifesaving Camp
On the last day of the VET Surf Lifesaving Camp at Inverloch Surf Beach, students participated in a patrol scenario which required them to work as a trainee lifeguard. “When I worked as a Life Guard, I patrolled both the tower and at the water’s edge. A challenge I faced when patrolling at the water’s […]
Year 7 Learning to Learn program
In Week 5 of this term, all Year 7 students took part in a Learning 2 Learn program. The learning intention of this program is to help students understand how they learn and arm them with some tools that can help them with their learning. When asked to reflect on the program students responded with: […]
