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, […]
by Simone Erasmus At the end of July, seven students in Years 7 and 8 are visiting Alia College on a short study tour from China. The students are visiting for two weeks to experience both Australia and the alternative education system at Alia. It is great to have international students visit Alia like this, […]
What exciting things have been going on at Alia College in Term Two, and what does Term Three hold ahead? The term has been one full of Drama – in a positive way! We’ve had the wonderful school production, Masquerade, as well as a few different theatre excursions to Which Way Home in Altona and […]
Over the course of Term Two, the Alia College Respectful Relationships team has been busy with various things relating to Respectful Relationships. We’ve continued meeting fortnightly to ensure we move forward with various items, and to share thoughts and opinions – nothing less at Alia! Some things we’ve done this term include creating a formal […]