The Respectful Relationships team this year held an exciting event, in which students were asked to design a T-shirt that provoked or encouraged discussion around topics we have been looking at in Health this year; Contraception (Years 9 and 10), Sexting, Consent, Discrimination, Bullying, Gendered Language and Stereotypes. We are so impressed by the designs and […]
by Thomas Foody We’re well and truly into Term Four now, which means there’s a whole host of activities and events just around the corner. Next week, the Year 12s finish their formal classes on Wednesday, which means Thursday is Muck Up Day. Muck Up Day at Alia is more about fun practical jokes that […]
by Simone Erasmus In the final week of Term Three, Chloé, Joe and I embarked on yet another Colac camp adventure. For many of the students, it was their first time going on the rough and ready style of camp to Colac, where there’s no running water, no permanent structures, and very little phone reception. […]
by Francesca Bracewell and Thomas Foody At the start of this term, Alia College was pleased to host a short-term exchange student from China, Lucas Li. Lucas joined the Year 10 class for three weeks at the beginning of the term, and quickly endeared himself to staff and students with his friendly and enthusiastic manner, […]
by Harriet Morgan For the past few years Alia has benefitted from French students attending the school for a few weeks to a whole term. These visits are organised by a boutique organisation Off We Go based in France who arrange cultural and language trips /exchanges for French students. The students generally come from south-east […]
by Tomer Berkowitz Someone once said, “I do not fear computers. I fear lack of them.” These words could perhaps be applied to the School Readiness Test that was conducted during Week 8 of this term. “School Readiness Test?” I hear you ask. Well, gentle reader, continue to gaze upon the page and the answers […]
Throughout Term Three, the Respectful Relationships team has persevered through the terror of ‘Term 3’. We’ve been meeting to discuss and implement engaging and effective ways to promote respectful relationships, and open the conversation within the Alia College community, around inequality and men’s violence towards women and children. It was good news to hear that funding for […]
by Della Gondwana & Oscar Nelsson-Smith The Melbourne Writers Festival offered sessions for students this year, which is a great innovation, so Janet took Year 11 English to an ‘In-queery’, to hear Alice Pung, the local author of one of their studied novels, ‘Unpolished Gem’ in a discussion about ‘Identity’, from both a racial and […]
by Jessica K (Year 12) Over the past seven months, most of us Year 12s have been raising money for our graduation coming up on the 23rd of November. The aim for us was to raise as much money as we could to have a well-deserved celebration of 13 years’ schooling. Every Friday we did a […]
by Francesca Bracewell Can you believe it? How is it that we are more than halfway through the year already?! In any case, we hope the first half of 2018 has been a smooth and enjoyable one for everyone. For us, Semester One has brought with it a bunch of colds, viruses and, more recently, […]