By Charlie (Admin and Events Staff Member) Hosted by Scott (English Teacher and MC Extraordinaire), Trivia Night (at the end of February) is a free event for students, family, staff and community members to come together! 🤔🧠 Congratulations to first place, who received an IKEA hamper, and to last place, who received the annual wooden […]
By Charlie (Admin and Events Staff Member) At the beginning of February, students and staff headed to Lorne, for Alia’s annual Orientation Camp. Student’s enjoyed hanging out at the campsite, heading on walks to town and Erskine Falls, bodyboarding/surfing and more! Student’s at Alia enjoy the freedom that camp’s brings. There are no compulsory activities, […]
Written by Francesca and Kat (Year 11) On March 1st, marking the beginning of Autumn, Alia College hosted its highly anticipated annual trivia night. A variety of members from the alia community attended – including current students, families, friends, and a number of former students struggling at University who were delighted by the free food. […]
Written by Francesca and Kat (Year 11) As per Alia tradition, we started the year with a school camp, this time trekking down to the sunny beach town that is Torquay. We always start the year off with a camp as it provides the opportunity for students to connect and spend time with peers, especially […]
By Charlie (Administration and Events) On Monday 20th June, Alia College had it’s Semester One Arts Night! This is a time for students across a range of art classes (Music, Drama, Art, Media) to showcase their work from Semester One. Art pieces were displayed in the Art Room, showing students work from Semester One. This […]
By Tomas (Year 12, VCE Japanese Student) From late March to early April myself, seven other students, and two staff members were able to go to Japan for a two week trip. It was an incredible experience full of wonder and amazement. We arrived at Nakano airport and caught a train to Tokyo city, where […]
On Monday 6th March, eleven students and two staff members attended a live screening of Q&A. There were many questions, including about the military, public figures and their influence, adapting lyrics, social media and the future cost of living for young people. Ord (Year 8) also wrote about their experience at the live screening, specifically […]
By Maze, Year 11 On the September holidays this year, I had the unique privilege of being able to immerse myself in the culture and language of the French-speaking country of New Caledonia. While staying with a host family in Noumea and speaking only in French, I not only attended French speaking courses with the […]
By April, Year 9 In Term 3 of 2022, the Seniors (Years 9 and 10) took off to Colac for three camp-filled, bush-trekking, pack-hauling days of fun!Our camping ground is a chunk of wild land owned by our Principal, Bob Morgan. The landscape is amazing, as it’s a very diverse environment of huge woods, wetlands, […]
Written by Chris Bates (Director, VCE Drama and Theatre Studies Teacher) To close out Term 3 this year, Alia put on the first whole school musical in two years. This year, the students put their amazing efforts into a production of Sheldon Allman and Bob Pickett’s ‘I’m Sorry the Bridge is Out, You’ll Have to Spend […]