Hobart College eNewsletter

From the Principal

Term 3 holidays are here already. The last few weeks have flown as students have been productive, achieving in sporting events and other broader college community areas.

The talent of HoCo students was showcased and on display with our inaugural Performing Arts Showcases and concerts. Audiences were delighted with the diversity and undeniable talent on display. Students also excelled at the Tasmanian Rock Challenge in Launceston with four HoCo acts into the state final. Visual Arts students have also been preparing for their final exhibitions with the Object Design Assessment Exhibition work being opened at the UTAS School of Art on September 27. Theatre Performance and Technical Production students are doing their final rehearsals for the performance of Tiger Country which will be performed in the first week of term 4. Other subjects continue to focus and support students to finalise folios, tutorials, complete end of unit tests and assignments, and complete the requirements for the VET certificate programs.

We finished the term with a lunch time spring market on the Red Square to celebrate students learning entrepreneurial skills in the $20 Boss Program, Red Square music entertainment and regular Thursday wellbeing QA sessions. Our annual College Lap this year supported the Leukemia foundation, with the student body and staff demonstrating all fitness abilities as they ran, walked, skipped, wheeled, jogged, laughed, and enjoyed a spring moment traversing around the 900m Ring Road track.

Congratulations to all the students who have excelled in so many different areas over this term and who have made the most of the many opportunities to participate in college and extracurricular activities.

Looking forward to Term 4, our Mental Health and Wellbeing Expo in the first Home Group back is a significant event. In addition, the short Term 4 will have its focus on final assessments and transitioning to 2024. As students prepare for external assessments, and final weeks of 2023, we encourage our students to remember to make the most of the supports available in tutorials and specialist individual help from our Student Support and Wellbeing team and embrace the learning and final opportunities on offer to succeed.

Enjoy the holidays and the opportunity to rest and recharge, and see you all back in Term 4.

Regards

Tricia Rowley

Acting Principal

Dates for the Calendar

Week 1:

16 – 20 October: Students provided internal ratings
16 October: TASC Student Exam Guide Available
18 October: Mental Health Expo (Home Group)
19 – 21 October: Theatre Performance Season of 'Tiger Country'

Week 2:

23 October: Theatre Performance 3C Monologue exams
25 October: Drama 3C Practical Exams
26 October: Show Day Public Holiday
27 October: Normal school day (not a Student Free Day for College students)
30 October: TASC Languages Oral Exams

Week 3

1 November: Dance 3C Practical Exams
3 November: Music 3C Practical Exams
3 November: Olinda Groove @ Salty Dog Kingston, 4-8pm
6-8 November: UTAS Music Practical Exams

Week 4-10

6 November: Final day of classes
7 – 17 November: TASC Exam Period
20 – 24 November: House Band Tour
25 November: House Band & Vocal Ensemble @ Mona mainstage 2pm-4:30pm
13 December: Student results released

In the Spotlight

Congratulations to the following students and staff on their recent sporting, cultural and academic achievements.

Nick Svetlov - selected to represent Tasmania at the National Volleyball Championships, Bendigo in U/17s.

Paddy George - selected to attend a National Mountain Biking Camp at the AIS for the Term 3 holidays.

Josh Berwick - member of the Grand Final North Hobart Seniors winning team in the Southern Football League.

Shelby Cordwell - member of the Kingston Blues U/17 Grand Final winning team in the Southern Tas Netball Association competition.

Will Bonsey - represented Tasmania in the National Cross Country Championships in Canberra.

Ava Campbell - nominated for Cadet of the Year and attended the award ceremony in Canberra.

Jessalyn Potter

Jessalyn won bronze (50m breaststroke) and silver (100m breaststroke) in the New Zealand Short Course Championships and was also member of the 4 x 100m medley relay that set a new state record.

Tobias Godfrey, Brayden Shaw, Jeremy Pavletich and Hamish Burge

Members of the Huonville Lions U/18 who were grand final winners in the Southern Football League.

Tristan Styles and Billy French

Billy French & Tristan Styles represented Tasmania at the National Clubs Gymnastics Competition on the Gold Coast:

Billy – 2nd U22 Junior Trampoline
Tristan – 1st U22 Junior Trampoline and 3rd U22 tumbling

Tristan has also been selected for the Australian team for the World Age Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham in November.

Callie Kirkcaldie

Callie was named the winner in the Year 10-12 Unity and Unreal Engine category of the 2023 Australian STEM Video Game Challenge.

Hannah Holtzclaw

Represented Tasmania in the U21 women’s Australian Junior Volleyball Championships in Sydney.

Aisha Bisset and Konan Masuda

Selected to attend the National Youth Science Forum. Aisha 2022/23 selectee and Konan 2023/24 selectee.

Molly Taplin

First in Tasmania in the Australian Geography Competition

Morgan Hayes

Morgan Hayes received 2nd place in the Tasmanian Fashion Festival (TFF) Up and Coming Runway division with her self-designed and created blue corset and skirt outfit which was made from preloved fabrics, including a damask quilt cover.

Grace Ren and Wren Pybus

Grace and Wren both achieved great succes in the 2023 Young Archies:

Grace Year 11-12 Category winner and Overall Secondary winner
Wren Year 11-12 Category Highly Commended Award

Sam Eccleston

Invited by the University of Tasmania to present at the 2023 Voice to Truth: A Voice for Generations forum. You can watch Sam's speech via this link starting at 28.10:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvQYBAhZGK8

Pardis Mahmoudian Motahavver

Pardis recently was awarded 2nd place in the national Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Competition.

Jemima Baghurst

Jemima has gone through to the National judging of the National History Challenge.

Jasper Craigie and Zara Ducker Cummins

Jasper and Zara's Object design work has been selected to be part of the statewide exhibition.

Anna Smee

Anna has received a Tasmanian Institute of Sport (TIS) Coaching Scholarship for Athletics.

Jane Hodgetts

Jane had her original jewellery featured in the “Difficult Terrain” contemporary jewellery exhibition at the Schoolhouse Gallery in Rosny.

Fujian Province Visit

Earlier this term, we had the honour of hosting a delegation led by the Vice Governor of Fujian Province, China, His Excellency, Mr Chang Bin, to acknowledge our longstanding relationship with The Fuzhou Number 8 Middle School.

The delegation toured the school, viewed our school facilities, and watched classes in action and enjoyed afternoon tea prepared by students from the Food and Hospitality Enterprise class. The Vice Governor was impressed by the range of subjects offered to HoCo students.

Tasmanian College Basketball Championship

The HoCo Men's basketball team had a great Tasmanian College Basketball Championship tournament, culminating in meeting MacKillop College in the grand final. While they didn’t win the GF, they certainly did us proud winning all their games leading up the big one and were excellent ambassadors for the college. Well done team.

The Total Fitness Comp

The second Hobart College Total competition was held recently, and there was a really good inclusive atmosphere with all students participating getting around and supporting one another. Ines Christoffersen won the female category with a 27.5kg overhead press and a amazing 19 pull ups. William Martin won the male category with a 97.5kg back squat, 60kg overhead press, and 25 pull ups. Congratulations to all who participated!

Bench Press Comp

Congratulations to all who participated and came along to support the HoCo Bench Press competition. The competition was excellent, and the crowd were very respectful to all the athletes that competed on the day! The overall winners for the bench press comp were:

Daniel Lawless for the males with a 125kg bench press
Josie Wardrop for the females with a 45kg bench press.

It was sea of red on the mountain on Wednesday 27 September with the annual College Lap, supporting the Leukaemia Foundation.

Thank you to everyone who has kindly donated to our supported cause, the Leukemia Foundation. The donation link will remain open for another 2 weeks. If you or someone you know requires any support, please phone the blood cancer support line on 1800 620 420 or go to www.leukaemia.org.au

Congratulations to everyone who participated today. It was a great way to come together and celebrate the end of term.

Final results were:

Alex Hanigan 2.12mins (new record - previous record was 2.13mins)
Emily Best 3.01mins

Donation link: https://fundraise.leukaemia.org.au/fundraisers/HobartCollegeLapFundraise/hobart-college---college-lap-fundraiser

Some thoughts from the participants:

Asher Derma – Year 12 student

"The ski trip was an amazing opportunity, made even better by the great group of people all sharing in the experience. It gave us spectacular mountain views, a chance to build new skills, and countless falls down the snow. The chance to be on proper snow and dedicate days to having fun at Falls Creek was awesome, and always followed with the best food and games afterwards at the lodge. No regrets at all."

Tama Wratten – Year 11 student

"The 2023 Ski trip was an extremely fun experience. I met many new friends and tried to make the most of my time in the snow. Never before had I snowboarded and by the last day, I had really gotten the hang of it! Everyone who was catering for us was really very nice and the food at Ripparoo was tasty. The only thing that was less enjoyable was walking uphill to the resort ski lift in all our gear!"

Finlay Grant - Year 12 student

"Here's a list of the highlights of the ski trip:

Skiing in the mist
Bob and Raoul racing
Falling over on the moguls
Getting lost when we skied onto grass
Cards against humanity and poker but no gambling
Some watched Too Hot to Handle
Endless pool playing
Dressing people up for the competition
And then of course, the people who came made the trip".

John Dalco - Teacher

"A lucky 48 students, 5 teachers and a paramedic (former HoCo student Sari Borojevic) stayed at the very comfortable Ripparoo Lodge in Falls Creek Ski Village, Victoria. Each morning it was a short walk to the chairlift to take us up to the snow. Even with only average snow conditions we could ski almost back to the lodge each evening. We had 3 great bluebird days and only one in the mist and sleet. The HoCo crowd went out every day (and all day) and really improved their skills. Hearty hot breakfasts, lunches and dinners were the go every day. Evenings were spent doing hours of Physics, Maths Specialised, Sociology and English Literature study, just to name a few. There was also ample time for recreational games, playing cards, pool or quietly reading."

Learning Area News - HASS

Cert II Community Services (Early Childhood) – SLC

Students studying the Certificate II Community Services (Early Childhood) spent some time at the Sustainability Centre. A prep classroom of children came to the centre to do some Bush Kinder activities organised by the students. The play and learn activities included water play, fort construction, leaf art, and nature weaving. How lucky are we to have access to such a wonderful environment and facility on our doorstep to do our learning!

VET Tourism – Student Led tours

The VET Tourism have been very busy over the last 5 weeks with students designing, organising and running tours for the rest of the class. They have covered all of the tourist hot spots including the Huon, Tasman Peninsula, Tahune Airwalk, Geeveston, Bruny Island, Port Arthur and the Tasman Peninsula. It has been a fantastic learning experience for the students as it provides “real-world” outcomes and critical thinking skills, just as you would expect in industry.

Four students have been shortlisted for the Plan Your Own Enterprise competition for the state finals. Students were required to come up with a business idea and write a business plan to support their idea.

Shortlisted students are:

Individual Entry

Olivia Lawless
Belle Kuplis

Group entry

Jez Gray
Pearl Parker

Learning Area News - Learning Support

Art/Science has had a busy final week. We continue to look after our bulbs as they grow in the polytunnels of the Sustainability Centre. Emma completed her toolbox sculpture, in the language of the artist Eamon O’Toole. Chester, Lucas and Jhorei are participating in the Little Gallery “End of Year Ceramic” exhibition. The class also participated in the Variety Kids Sports Day last Thursday. We had the opportunity to try a mix of sports such as wheelchair basketball, AFL, table tennis and athletics. This week we will continue the theme and learn about our muscle groups.

The Preliminary Science class won the ANU STEM BOXES 2023 competition for our enthusiastic commitment in completing the STEM box activities. Our prize included a Hydropod Bottle Rocket Launcher which can shoot a water bottle 30 m up into the air. Congratulations Prelim Science students!

Learning Area News - Maths/Science

VET Health Services – Divergent Therapy program

The VET Health Services students took part in Hobart Colleges Diversional Therapy program recently as they assisted clients from Uniting Agewell with card making. Students were able to put their theory into practice and demonstrated a high standard of care. By the looks of the smiling faces it was a great session for everyone involved.

Be like Gabe

Gabe has changed so much over the year with being so keen of late to do well and improve their grades. They are usually very relaxed (as you can see in the photo) and have a great sense of humour. Earlier in the year they were always disinterested and ‘hated maths’, but they seem to love it now.

Gabe’s Maths teacher, Umesh Pratap, noticed a most remarkable change in attitude to their approach in completing the assigned tasks, as the year has progressed. Whilst Gabe did not show much enthusiasm earlier in the year, they have been working with a lot of passion in the latter part, striving to achieve their best possible results by promptly attending all classes, listening intently and asking for help.

Gabe was asked to say what actually brought the change:

Their answers were:

"Deliberately changing some life habits that helped me concentrate on my work more.
Encouraged by my teacher. His sense of humour is amazing, and he always takes a friendly and supportive approach when dealing with students. Umesh makes the class work engaging by lots of related stories (and laughs) and providing real life applications of the concepts. He is so approachable and helpful".

Learning Area News - Performing Arts

Folk Festival

The HoCo music department played host to Erin from the Cygnet folk festival as part of our HoCo Folk Showcase. Erin spoke about the festival and made connections with our emerging performers to support them with performance opportunities in the future. The Red Square was bustling with folk sounds from our talented performers - congratulations to all who performed!

Rock Challenge

Congratulations to the super talented Isabella Davis (acoustic), Glass Media, The Unknown and MP who all performed spectacularly at the State Final of the Tasmanian Rock Challenge in Launceston.

MP and The Unknown were given honourable mentions at the end of the night and congratulations to Fergus (lead singer from The Unknown) from Taroona High for winning the high school acoustic category.

All acts were incredibly professional, creative and engaging to watch and they have a bright music career ahead of them - the calibre of all the acts in the final was outstanding and things are looking positive for Tasmania's next generation of musicians.

Performance Showcases

Over the course of two weeks, students from the Performing Arts were busy showcasing their work at 4 showcases including Olinda Groove, Music Showcase, Vocal Showcase and Performing Arts Showcase. Students prepared pieces to share with friends and family in the Mount Nelson Theatre, in preparation for the final assessments in early Term 4. There was amazing talent on show and highlighted the teaching and learning that has taken place over the course of this year. Music students also collaborated with Kingston High School who combined to form a concert band to open the Music Showcase.

Students from the VET Screen and Media class enjoyed visiting the UTAS Media School recently, where they were treated to a tour of facilities and discussion on pathways within the media communications area.

Shout out to Bliss Sandhu and HoCo Alumnus Andy Terhell for showing us around and for sharing your wealth of knowledge!

Olinda Groove compilation album release

Olinda Groove launched their 2023 compilation album at the Olinda Groove concert. The album has now been released to many streaming services including spotify – just search for Olinda Groove 2023. The album represents hours of work put in by our contemporary songwriters, musicians and emerging producers. Congratulations to all involved in this product!

https://open.spotify.com/album/2E8OQSouez3HY71VYtDzWu?si=HwSqr2D0QsWzOz7dh8p2Ag

Kingston High and Hobart College Combined Concert Band

HoCo music students combined with Kingston High School Tasmania to rehearse as a "super-concert-band". The group opened the Music Showcase concert in the Mount Nelson Theatre, and they were sounding amazing.

It was a full house at the Uniting Church when the HoCo House Band performed as part of the Hot August Jazz Festival. They wowed the audience with their eclectic set of instrumental and vocal numbers featuring many talented soloists throughout.

A highlight was the performance of the piece ‘Top Adjacent’ by Gordon Goodwin. This piece featured as part of the repertoire at the Generations in Jazz national band championships earlier this year which help secure first place for the band.

The good music flowed on to Room for a Pony where the Extension Band featured a number of soloists from the incredible UTAS Music class. The set was capped off by an extremely sophisticated original from the group ‘Hands off the Sun’ who had been backing all the other soloists throughout.

Congratulations to all our young performers on the outstanding performances!

You can view the United Church performance here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb-rZYiYm5k

Theatre Performance 'Tiger Country'

The Theatre Performance class are currently preparing for their final performance of 2024. The upcoming performance of 'Tiger Country' will run from 19 – 21 October @7pm in the Mount Nelson Theatre.

Use this link to secure your seats: www.trybooking.com/CKIPU or scan the QR code in the graphic.

“Nina Raine's Tiger Country is a hospital play that follows a tangle of doctors and nurses in a busy hospital.

Professionalism and prejudice, turbulent staff romances, ambition and failure collide in this swirling, action-packed drama about an overburdened health service that we all depend on and the dedicated individuals that keep it going.

'Tiger Country' is where animal instinct stirs and an irrefutable eye opens. Where we make eye contact with the unknown.”

'Do you know what it’s like to be the person who’s actually sticking the knife in here? Or here? You stick a knife in close to an artery, boy do you know it. Then you’re in tiger country.'

2024 College Musical announcement

Hobart College Performing Arts is excited to announce the 2024 College Musical production of Strange Sings the Musical Parody. This will be a Tasmanian premiere fo this musical and we can't wait to bring it the Mount Nelson Theatre in August.

Learning Area News - English

The annual Poetry competition had some wonderful entries this year. Congratulations to all who entered. The poems below were shortlisted as finalists with Pardis Mahmoudian Motahavver announced as overall winner. Pardis's poem Thoroughfare was recently announced as winning 2nd place in the Dorothea Mackellar National Poetry Competition. Congratulations Pardis!

Spring Market

It was a buzz on the mountain when our Mixed Fields Spring Market hit the Red Square. From toffee apples to tomato seedlings, it had it all! There were queues for days and stalls that sold out quicker than Snoop Dog selling out to PetCo. Congratulations to all students for being entrepreneurial in your endeavours.

HoCo’s Flex students enjoyed a fantastic workshop, working with Tattoo artist "Glimmerman" where they learnt the fine art of airbrushing their designs on fabrics.

Textiles

Trash to Fash 2023

Trash to Fash showcases work produced by Design and Production Level 2 Textiles students for their Major Project. Students responded to the environmental theme by using existing textiles materials and by upcycling, remaking and repurposing old clothes and discarded textiles from the Tip Shop and local Op Shops. ‘Trash to Fash 2023’ is on display in the A Block Mezzanine Foyer until 20 Oct.

Congratulations to Callum Chiu, Anneke Portenaar, Jude Chaffer, Mali Greenlaw, Elsie Deakin and Caitlin Gardener on their entries into the Island Quilts 2023 Exhibition. Award recipients will be announced 5 Oct. Good luck! The Island Quilts exhibition is on at MAC02 from 6 – 8 October 2023 as part of Craft Alive.

Home Group News

Spring Breakfast

Spring has definitely sprung with a sea of yellow and orange as we met for breakfast as a HoCo community for our annual Spring Breakfast on the first day of Spring. What a great way to start the day - even the blue wrens were out cleaning up after us.

Coming up in the first Home Group in Term 4 is the annual Mental Health Expo. There'll be a range of health services onsite as well as live music, food trucks and games.

Student Services News

LGBTIQ+ Dogs Home visit

Members of the HoCo LGBTIQ + group (SaGA) visited the Dogs Home recently to donate dog food, dog beds and a total of $298.00 from the Pop up Op Shop run by the group earlier this term as well as $150 from Louisa in Learning Support. The Dogs Home were very appreciative of our generosity. Well done HoCo for supporting this wonderful organisation!

TASC Exam timetables and External Assessment timetable

As we head into Term 4 and the external assessment period, it is important that students are aware of the timetable and due dates for external perforformances and folios. Please access the links below and make yourself aware of these imporant dates

2023 Exam Timetables - TASC

2023 TASC All External Assessments Timetable

Women’s Health Week

HoCo celebrated Women's Health Week recently with our Youth Worker, Naomi, and School Nurse, Lynn, handing out goodie bags on the Red Square. Many students dropped by to talk about all things health and wellbeing!

Holiday Support

As we go into the school holidays, we wanted to share with you some resources and phone numbers which may assist yourself as a parent or carer in the journey of parenting. Currently, many of us are looking forward to our upcoming holiday, however we know that for some young people and their families, this break time can be challenging to wellbeing and mental health.

Please see below links around building better mental health for our young people, we are hoping these may help you on your journey of helping your adolescent grow resilience and assist you in supporting them if they are struggling. It also provides some information about how to keep well and look after yourself as a parent or carer.

Families working together to build better mental health How to help your young person with mental health | headspace

Supporting a young person with mental ill-health I'm supporting a young person - In category Mental ill-health (headspace.org.au)

7 ways to support a young person’s health headspace 7 ways to support a young person’s headspace | headspace

Supporting your young person during the holidays Support-your-young-person-during-the-holidays-web.pdf (headspace.org.au)

School Notices

HoCo Year 12 Formal 2023

The annual Year 12 Formal is heading our way and we are all extremely excited about it! This is when our Year 12 students come together and celebrate their time at Hobart College with new and old friends.

Date: Wednesday 22 November 203 (the week directly after exams)

Time: Start 6:30 PM and finish by 10 PM.

Venue: Elizabeth St. Function and Conference Centre, situated at Elizabeth Street Pier.

Cost: $75 which includes a 3-course buffet dinner, drinks and a DJ.

Please note the following details:

Ticket sales are limited to 260 seats to allow space for a dance floor, DJ and Photobooth.
Only students in Year 12 in 2023 at Hobart College students may attend.
Dress is semi-formal.
There will be a Photobooth.
Ticket purchases from College Office - EFTPOS (preferred) or cash.
There is an extensive buffet table with a range of options available, including GF, DF and vegan which should cater for people’s likes/dislikes.
The venue needs to know about specific dietary requirements based on a medical condition, eg. anaphylaxis. Please inform the Office Staff of relevant details when you purchase your ticket.

Tickets go on sale on Monday 16 October (first day of Term 4). Get in early! The deadline for purchasing your ticket is Tuesday 14 November.

Entertainment Book - Support HoCo's Breakfast Club

Promotion offer: The Bonus Holiday Pack is valued at up to $275, which is included with every 12 & 24 Month Single City Membership. This limited-time exclusive Bonus Holiday Pack includes:

1 x Complimentary Adult Cinema Voucher (Adult eSaver Voucher valid at participating Event, Birch Carrol & Coyle, Village Cinemas) valued at $25
$50 Hotel voucher courtesy of Entertainment Travel
$50 Cruise voucher courtesy of Entertainment Travel
$20 Sea Link ferry or harbour cruise voucher
$20 Go City Explorer Pass voucher
And a Free Upgrade to a Multi-City Membership (bonus value up to $110)!

Here is the direct link to access your fundraising dashboard click here .

Issue 6 - September 2023