Connections Magazine - June 2021 Issue 1

CONNECTIONS 2021 ISSUE 1

An ELTHAM College Publication

3D connections

in real life

INSIDE House Music Alumni News Swipers Gully ECCA

CONTENTS 3D Connections in Real Life

CALENDAR

The Year 9 City Experience Returns

Furthering Scientific Research

JUL 23

Past Staff Reunion

JUL 30

Class of 2016 – 5 Year Reunion

AUG 13

Class of 1980/1981 – 40 Year Reunion

OCT 8

Class of 1990/1991 – 30 Year Reunion

OCT 13

Founders Lunch

NOV 5

Class of 2020 Reunion – 1 Year Reunion

NOV 19

Twilight Market in the Vines

NOV 26

ELTHAM Alumni Concert

Be, Belong and Become with the ELC House Music 2021

Alumni News

Alumni Reflection

10 Alumni Reunions

Class of 2000 and 2001 – 20 Year Reunion Class of 2010 and 2011 – 10 Year Reunion Class of 2019 – 1 Year Reunion Alumni Community News Alumni Sporting Clubs Swipers Gully Feature Recipe

17 Foundation News ECCA News – The ECCA Way From the Archives

Swipers Gully Training Restaurant, 6.30pm

Venue TBC, 6.00pm

Swipers Gully Training Restaurant, 6.30pm

Swipers Gully Training Restaurant, 6.30pm

Swipers Gully Training Restaurant, 12.00pm

Venue TBC, 6.00pm

Swipers Gully Training Restaurant, 4.00pm

Harold Mitchell Performing Arts Centre, 7.30pm

As guidelines surrounding the management of the coronavirus pandemic change events/dates may be affected. Thank you for your understanding that this is out of our control.

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Editorial

3D CONNECTIONS IN REAL LIFE What’s needed to navigate through the uncertainty, ambiguity and volatility of a Covid world?

You need new insights, new strategies and new skills.

Peter Fuda

Returning to the College from last year, what was immediately significant was how much we value the sense of connectedness in real life. We value being part of something bigger than ourselves.

We started off the school year with the Flagpole Assembly, which is always a true celebration of ELTHAM College. The joy of being around each other was palpable right throughout the whole school. With our special guest Marina Prior singing the National Anthem and This is the Moment to acknowledge the hard work of our teaching staff and community, it was a great way to commence the year.

It was fantastic to see students back on campus.

The students really do appreciate why schools exist, and they are getting a great deal more out of their learning being in a classroom with their teachers and fellow students – harnessing these 3D connections. This is a very important part of the learning process because it develops us as social beings as well. This ability to be in the moment and interact with other human beings in the classroom environment has been so important.

There have also been challenges to the year, but the fact that 2021’s lockdowns have so far been short-lived is a good outcome.

They of course have also highlighted our innate need to be connected. Leadership coach Peter Fuda recently published a blog titled ‘Get Comfortable With Discomfort’ in which he wrote: “What’s needed to navigate through the uncertainty, ambiguity and volatility of a Covid world? You need new insights, new strategies and new skills.”

A challenge we face is that the ‘normal’ has gone and the ‘new normal’ has not arrived yet, so we are in a hiatus period where being in the moment is a much more important attribute than trying to project too far down the path.

The values of community and being connected will remain a very important part of our lives.

Simon Le Plastrier Principal ELTHAM College

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News

THE YEAR 9 CITY EXPERIENCE RETURNS ELTHAM COLLEGE’S CITY CAMPUS IS BACK IN ACTION IN 2021

As Melbourne emerges from the slumber of 2020, so too has the Year 9 City Campus on 398 Lonsdale Street.

Councillor Davydd Griffiths officially welcomed ELTHAM College back to the City of Melbourne, providing insight into what makes Melbourne tick and the ways the city has reinvented itself in response to the 2020 lockdowns.

Over the last few months, our eager Year 9 cohort have watched as businesses slowly reopen and foot traffic increases, all the while learning to independently navigate public transport and adapt to a COVIDSafe CBD. Through the core studies of Maths, English, Science and Humanities, students have explored key concepts and ideas via trips to SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Old Melbourne Gaol and the Immigration Museum, among many others.

Venues such as the Queen Victoria Market, the Arcades and Eureka Skydeck provided opportunities for project-based and applied learning, which are key components of the city experience.

The Year 9 students visited a number of cultural and innovation hubs as part of the Melbourne Knowledge Week festival. This included listening to a discussion panel on youth-led entrepreneurship and checking out interactive hubs that showcased ingenious solutions to a variety of problems, from health to industrial design.

In Term 2, they discovered Melbourne from multiple perspectives through the Exploration Space and Integrated Arts electives.

Such experiences included trying escargot (cooked snails) on Flinders Lane, climbing at Hardrock and trawling Brunswick’s op-shops.

Opera Australia welcomed ELTHAM College to attend a dress rehearsal of their production Aida, and students of Word for Word used the professional show Man Up! to inspire their own verbatim theatre writing and performances.

Friday afternoons see students capturing Melbourne through photography, carving, acrylic painting and food design.

Guest speakers and visits to HoMie and Lentil As Anything introduced students to social enterprises which was further explored through our $20 Boss projects.

Angie Bedford Year 9 City Experience Coordinator

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FURTHERING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ELTHAM STUDENTS PUBLISHED IN ACADEMIC JOURNAL

How do new scientific ideas and discoveries become known?

For instance, how do you know that DNA is a double helix? Probably not from the 1953 edition of Nature Journal, but that’s where it was first published and made available for the rest of the world to learn about – but only after a tick of approval from the scientific community.

Since the mid-17th Century, science has been communicated to the wider world through peer-reviewed journals. The hopeful scientists send off their report to a group of their peers who are the editorial board of a scientific journal (a body of widely accepted experts in that particular field).

The report is carefully analysed and dissected to check the validity of their methods and the reliability of their conclusions.

The journal editors make suggestions – not always constructively – and return the report for further improvement or clarification (and in some cases, for the bin!).

Publication is an important metric for scientists, however it can be a long, arduous and discouraging process, and publication is never assured. But if the report is published in a creditable peer-reviewed scientific journal, the authors have made it as scientists and their discovery gets out there.

In January, eight of our Year 11 students were published in the Journal of Double Star Observations, achieving a true milestone for them and the College.

For Team Alpha (Emily Barker, Harry Cavanough, Liza Kelly and Ada Whitwell) and Team Beta (Oscar Geerts, Derrick Liu, Darcy Wenn and Orlando Yen), this is an outstanding and memorable achievement that they can be proud of for the rest of their scientific careers!

Team Alpha EMILY BARKER, HARRY CAVANOUGH, LIZA KELLY AND ADA WHITWELL PAPER Investigation Of BPM 751 Has Uncovered A Potential Third Star In The System (BPM 751C)1 “This experience taught us new real-world scientific techniques that we were able to experience for the first time outside the classroom. It gave us the knowledge and the skills that we needed to publish a scientific research paper.

As a team, we are very excited and proud to see our work on display in a professional scientific journal and know that we are contributing to the wider field of astronomy!”

Team Beta OSCAR GEERTS, DERRICK LIU, DARCY WENN AND ORL ANDO YEN PAPER An Investigation Into The Stellar And Orbital Properties Of WDS 02462-5403 A And B2

Darren Smith Head of Science

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“It’s been truly eye-opening to walk through the proper scientific process and talk to various experts in the field throughout the course of writing this paper.

We are really excited to be some of the first Australian students to have their original research published in the Journal of Double Star Observations.”

RIGHT Orion Nebula

by Darcy Wenn

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BE, BELONG AND BECOME WITH THE ELC THE REGGIO EMILIA-INSPIRED PHILOSOPHY AND DEEP CONNECTION WITH NATURE IS AT THE HEART OF ELTHAM’S EARLY LEARNING CENTRE

In moving to ELTHAM College’s Early Learning Centre (ELC) from the Bayside area, and prior to that, South East Asia and China, I was excited by the possibility of aligning my beliefs with the College’s values. I view children as competent, capable and sophisticated thinkers who see the world around them as wondrous and full of curiosities.

The ELC staff have so far this year analysed our planning for, assessing of and reporting on learning with a strong commitment to slowing down and supporting children to deeply explore conceptual understandings.

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Gifting children time to engage in experiences through play is significant to the development of a quality early childhood program and in children being successful in their learning, social interactions and physical and emotional wellbeing.

We journey with children every day in our beautiful outdoor playscape and intentionally designed indoor spaces and invite them to be, belong and become as they express their understandings in diverse and unique ways.

In the Bush Adventuring experience, as the children slow down and notice the world around them, they make observations about the environment and the living things who share the space with them. They hypothesise and pose explanatory theories, then seek evidence to support their findings – like an environmental scientist.

As the children construct shelters, gauge the depth of a puddle and the force it would take to empty the water within, they think like a builder or engineer. When they respect the land and understand the principle of only taking what you can give back, they empathise with the Traditional Owners of the land and embrace their culture, thinking as a social citizen. By noticing the beauty of nature and creating with the materials nature has provided, they think like an artist.

Through all of this, they play. The ELC is a joyful place to be, belong and become and a fascinating journey to partake in as an educator.

Leanne Sunarya Head of ELC

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News

HOUSE MUSIC 2021 A TRADITION THAT LOOKED A BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR

Putting on a live music, singing and dance show involving 500+ students in a regular year is always a challenge.

So, imagine the complexities of staging an event like House Music during a global pandemic!

Stage items took place in the Clarke Auditorium, with Chamber in the Recital Hall and the House Music Orchestra live from the Littlefield Room, all seamlessly streamed together to create an amazing online event. Over 2000 logins were recorded, with some relatives and former staff watching on from the United Kingdom and all around the world.

After cancelling House Music in 2020 just four days out from the event, we were desperate to have the show go ahead this year. We booked Hamer Hall, did all the planning and then came to the realisation that there was going to be too many challenges to overcome at that venue – audience numbers were restricted, students needed to wear masks backstage, and so on.

House Music 2021 happened in a slightly different way, but it happened. And that was the most important factor. Many alumni still have fond memories of their House Music involvement many years after the event.

Venue two then came into play: the Sports Centre. All planning was redone, however the resources needed to put a stage in such a cavernous venue proved impossible.

Venue three, the Clarke Auditorium, became the final venue only 10 days out from the event.

Thanks to an amazing technical production crew led by Trevor Frazer (Director of Information Technology, and Class of 2004), Andrew Marshall (Class of 2013), Cameron Rutley (Class of 2018) and Tom Thorneycroft, we were able to create an amazing performance venue complete with a stage-size LED screen.

And the good news: Hamer Hall is already booked, and we look forward to hopefully returning to our favourite stage in March 2022.

Melissa Lee House Music Producer

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ALUMNI

News

ALUMNI NEWS

ECAMP have been hard at work pondering new and exciting ways to connect ELTHAM College Alumni through music and performing arts.

As the 10 year anniversary of the Singapore music tour approaches, a reunion is on the horizon, as well as plans for a workshop series on music writing and performance with Year 8 – 9 students.

Foundations are being laid for an alumni musical which will be written, directed and performed by ELTHAM Alumni.

The new year has also brought us the opportunity to renew partnerships with the Research-Eltham Collegians Cricket Club and the Turtles Football Club.

To begin 2021, the Alumni Association were invited to talk with the Class of 2021 cohort on their first day of Year 12. Anna Denishensky and Matt Hodges (both Class of 2020) shared their tips on getting through the challenging year and ways to remain focused whilst keeping things in perspective.

In June the Year 12 students attended a workshop with Tyson Day (Class of 2007), sponsored by the Alumni Association. Tyson is the co-founder of Arrive and Thrive, where he works with students to explore their passions and brainstorm how these can inform their future careers.

The Alumni Association also sponsored a Year 12 Dinner with guest speaker Caitlyn Broberg (Class of 2005), an engineer recently named one of “Australia’s superstars of STEM”.

The Class of 2000/2001 reunion was held at Swipers in March, and the Class of 2010/2011 in May. The Class of 2019 enjoyed their one-year reunion at The Rochester Hotel in March.

We look forward to hosting our five, 30 and 40 year reunions later this year.

Alumni Association Meetings 2021 Conference Room, ELTHAM College, 7.30 – 9.30pm Tuesday 3 August Tuesday 5 October Tuesday 30 November

In the meantime, keep an eye out in your inbox for the next edition of Alumni E-News and stay connected through our Facebook and LinkedIn pages! facebook.com/ElthamCollegeAlumni alumni@elthamcollege.vic.edu.au linkedin.com/in/elthamalumni

The ELTHAM College Alumni Association look forward to further strengthening our roots with past parents, students and teachers, especially through our social platforms.

We love sharing your success stories with our community. If you would like to get involved with the Alumni Association or share your achievements, please email alumni@elthamcollege.vic.edu.au.

Naomi Taranto (Class of 2016) President of the ELTHAM College Alumni Association ABOVE Naomi Taranto with Staff member Paul Cifone and Mia Taranto at the Class of 2019 Reunion in early 2021

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Reflection

ALUMNI REFLECTION

Caitlin Reiger – Class of 1988 I started at ELTHAM in the ELC in 1975. My parents were educators who were drawn to the ideals of the school. They were part of the original group of parents and were really involved, building the original adventure playground! I’m still very close with several of my ELTHAM friends, some of whom were from the early years and others from later on in high school.

My career as a human rights lawyer has been a meandering path.

I got the marks to get into Law but I didn't really know that I would use it. I ended up using both aspects of my History/Law background, looking at transitional justice and human rights issues aimed at dealing with historic crime.

I started working as a solicitor before moving to Timor-Leste to start a small NGO. After that I lived in Sierra Leone, where I worked at the war crimes tribunal. I’ve spent the past 20 years working overseas, helping countries deal with past atrocities. Most recently I was based in Myanmar, but I've also worked in the former Yugoslavia, Cambodia and Mexico. I’ve recently returned to Melbourne and now work as a principal advisor for the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria on the design of the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission.

After my speech at ELTHAM’s 2021 International Women's Day dinner I was asked how I got into my field of work. I realised how much of it had roots in my education, particularly the Year 9 History class with Colin Nightingale. We did a unit on frontier violence and the first contact of Europeans in Australia, and it profoundly affected me. Now that I'm older I can really appreciate that during that time, the 1980s, most Australian students were not studying these events which were largely absent from the curriculum.

As students we were encouraged to use critical enquiry, discuss ideas around social justice and feel a responsibility for something bigger than ourselves. I had some really inspirational teachers who helped set me on my international career path, including my French teacher Anne Murphy-Cruise and English teacher Richard Baines, both of whom lived and worked in other countries.

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Reunions

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CLASS OF 2000 AND 2001 20 YEAR REUNION Friday 19 March 2021

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CLASS OF 2000

CLASS OF 2001

1. Kirra Quinn (Kempa), Nicole Cooper, Megan Robinson (Cooper), Sonja McDonald 2. Melissa Lee (staff), Emma Lampard (Stokes), Caleb White 3. Rebecca May, Georgie Austin, Rebecca Watson (McIntyre), Tristan Blaufelder 4. Sarah Garnick, Sarah Watson (Plain) 5. Lauren Dignam (Martonhelyi), Kaye Kingham, Belinda Jennings

6. Mark Stacey, Chris Harris 7. Jessica Tonissen (Collins), Sharona Wheeler (Jarman) 8. Jeremy Reiger, Michael Smith, Rob Steer (former staff), Luke Sullivan 9. Ben Underwood, Ashley Wilkes, Chris Harris, Mark Leenaerts 10. Mark Leenaerts, Jandi Crocker, Alice Hill, Heather McCarthy (former staff), Charlena Chan

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CLASS OF 2019

1 YEAR REUNION

Saturday 27 March 2021

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1. Christopher Capewell (Staff), Nikki Taylor, Jack Kelsall 2. Orlando Calderon, Guy Mitchell (Current staff) and Marcus Nutt 3. Emelia Scheffer, Scarlett Cummane, Will Hogan, Simone Kenny (Staff) 4. Simon Le Plastrier (Principal), Rory Braniff, Isabelle Cummane 5. Tara Sandie, Lara Boyd, Jenna Fehring, Jacqueline Roberts 6. Nikki Taylor, Mia Taranto, Jack Duncan, Ceyda Demir, Zach Moxon

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CLASS OF 2010 AND 2011 10 YEAR REUNION Friday 21 May 2021

1. Jack Randell (2011), Sean Mallard (2011), Amelia Andriopoulos (2011), James Hodgson (2011), Michael Fiddes (2011) 2. Shae Tomlinson (2011), Dean Kotsopoulos (2011), Matt Johnston (2011) 3. Alaina Gibson (2011), Paul Cifone (staff), Callum Scott (2011) 4. Jenna Kung (2010), Hannah Boreham (2010), Thomas Wu (2010), Caitlin Cummane (2011), Brittany Green (2010), Edward Green (2010), Lara McQuillan (2010) 5. Carli Whyte (2011), Calista Vantarakis (2010), Alyssa Zumbo (2011), Caitlin Cross (2011) 6. Sean Mallard (2011), Rowan Wallman (2010), Rory Kamminga (2010), Stephanie Shaw (attended with Rory Kamminga) 7. Jake Peckham (2010), Millie Mullane (Barden) (2010), Sophie Janiszewski (2010), Jessamy Blair (2010) 8. Adrian Sargent (2011), Caitlin Cummane (2011), Tyrone Lang (2011), James Course (2011) 9. Ian Collins (2011), Lindsay Douglas (2011), Stephanie Vejar (2011), Samer Ata (2011), Aakash Kapoor (2011), Matthew Hendy (2011) 10. Melissa Lee (staff), Scott Coffey (2010), Sophie Janiszewski (2010)

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Notices

Keep us in the loop!

COMMUNITY NEWS NOTICES Births

Please email us at alumni@elthamcollege.vic.edu.au if you have recently welcomed a new baby, celebrated a loved one or have a story to share.

Engagements

Sonny Hugh Baker, born 1 March 2020. A son for Tom Baker and Cynthia Murray (Class of 2007).

A nephew for Gavin Murray (Class of 2003) and Lewis Murray (Class of 2005).

Jake Peckham (Class of 2011) proposed to Carli Whyte (Class of 2010) on Christmas morning 2020.

Blade Jordyn Chin, born 21 September 2020 in the Bahamas. A son for Toya and Chang Chin (Class of 2002).

In Memory Notices

Ron Longshaw

Gail Macrae

Annie Fairweather

Carolyn Royse

Former staff member Ron Longshaw (who worked at ELTHAM from 1977 – 1998) passed away on 30 November 2020.

Gail Macrae passed away in March 2021.

Gail, a much loved staff member from 1981 – 2009, held roles in the library and as the International Student Coordinator. Our thoughts are with her two children, Lachlan (Class of 1992) and Fiona Macrae (Class of 1994).

Former staff member Annie Fairweather passed away unexpectedly on 11 April 2021.

Dr Carolyn Royse lost her brave battle with cancer on 16 April 2021, surrounded by her loving family. Carolyn was a much loved and respected member of the College community for over 15 years. Our thoughts are with her children Cameron (Class of 2010) and Georgia (Class of 2013), and her husband Colin. Carolyn’s valued and astute contribution to various committees and Boards include serving on the following: Audit Committee (2006 – 2014), ELTHAM College Board (2002 – 2014), Council - Melbourne City School (2008 – 2012), Education Committee (2002 – 2015) and Foundation Board Member (2018 – 2021).

He was a dearly loved husband of Barbara and caring father of Lisa and Susan.

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Annie was a popular and respected staff member, working at the College from 2008 to 2013.

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Sport

ALUMNI SPORTING CLUBS

RECCC News In what was a difficult 2020 – 2021 season due to COVID-19, we really made the most of things.

Unable to conduct our usual pre-season, we held fitness classes virtually and had good numbers, reflecting the keenness of all to get the season underway. The competition advised that there would be a major change to the fixtures, moving from mainly two-day games with the odd one-dayer into a season of all one-day 40 over matches.

Money Shield – Phil Zumbo (Class of 2008), Jordan Jackson (Class of 2014), James Cummane (Class of 2016)

We’ve had a wonderful season for all of our Juniors, All-Abilities team, two Girls’ sides, Veterans and Over 60s and all Senior sides.

This culminated in premierships for our Under 12s and Under 16s Girls side.

All five Senior sides made finals – an outstanding achievement – from there, the Thirds made it through to a preliminary final, the Seconds finished runners-up as did the Fifths, then we

U12 – Jackson Burkescarff (Year 6) , Ben Nation (Year 6)

celebrated the ultimate on-field outcome with premierships to both of our Fourths and First Elevens. This will see our First Eleven return to play in Barclay Shield.

If you are looking to play cricket next season, feel free to reach out and contact us.

Brad Purvis, President Enquiries: reccc.general@gmail.com

U16 Girls – Katherine Lamb (Current student, Year 10)

Turtle News We’ve had an exciting start to the year. 24 Turtles played their first game for the club in Round 1, and for the first time in a long time we have a young playing list. Luke Bower (Class of 2008) was elected the Senior Captain by his peers, and Bryan Galvin (Class of 2004) will soon break the games record (currently held by Tom Wenborn, Class of 2003).

ABOVE Bryan Galvin (Class of 2004)

Both of our teams have got rolling after a slow start and are in touch with the top four. And we finally have proper coaches boxes! They look incredible and have drastically reduced volunteer jobs on home days. Thank you very much to the

Bevilacqua family (includingJackson, Class of 2008) for organising the funding.

Off the field, our relationship with Yarrambat Junior Football Club continues to grow as we hosted a home game at Yarrambat against Reservoir. The day was a roaring success and the players strutted their stuff with two 80+ point wins. Together with the College, we hope this relationship helps make the club sustainable.

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SWIPERS GULLY

Recipe

RECIPE KOREAN CHICKEN WITH LEMON RICE AND APPLE RELISH Method 1. Cut chicken in half and remove any fat or skin.

2. Place chicken, baking powder, black pepper, garlic powder and ginger in a bowl, season with salt and mix to combine. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes to marinate.

3. Place the potato flour in a large bowl. Dredge the seasoned chicken pieces and evenly coat them.

4. If using an air fryer, spray chicken pieces with oil on both sides and place flat on the wire rack, cooking at 200°C for 7 minutes. Turn over and cook for a further 7 minutes.

5. Otherwise, deep fry at 175°C for 4 – 5 minutes. Remove and place on kitchen paper.

6. Refry at 175°C for 2 – 3 minutes until golden and crisp.

Set aside to rest.

Sauce 1. In a separate pan, combine all the sauce ingredients. Bring to boil over medium low heat while stirring often. Once the sauce starts bubbling, take out the spring onion pieces.

2. Stir the sauce until it thickens or turns to glaze (within 1 – 2 minutes), then remove from the heat and keep warm.

Apple relish

INGREDIENTS Korean chicken (serves 4) 4 chicken breasts or thighs 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. garlic powder 1 tsp. salt ½ tsp. ginger powder Pinch of black pepper 120g potato starch Oil spray

Pilaf rice 400g long grain rice ½ medium onion 40ml oil Bay leaf 800ml stock Lemon juice/seasoning

Apple relish 70g Granny Smith apple 125g green capsicum Sauce ½ onion 20ml soy sauce 25g fresh ginger 50ml rice wine or mirin ½ fresh small green chilli 10ml rice wine vinegar 40ml cider vinegar 1 tsp. Gochujang (Korean red chili pepper paste) 60g sugar 25ml water 30g brown sugar Salt 10ml sesame oil 1 clove minced garlic 2cm minced ginger Black pepper 1 spring onion, cut in 4 16

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1. Chop the apple roughly and blitz with the green pepper, ginger, onion and garlic in batches until you have a rough purée. Add the purée to a heavy-based saucepan with the chillies, vinegar and sugar.

2. Place on a high heat and bring to the boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat to a gentle simmer and cook for approximately 20 minutes, stirring regularly. Once it has reached a jam-like consistency, remove from the heat and ladle into a container and keep warm.

Rice pilaf 1. Finely dice the onion.

2. Place oven dish on stove and heat gently. Add oil and sweat the onion. Add rice and sweat until rice feels hot.

3. Add bay leaf and stir to the boil.

4. Cover with paper and foil, and place in the oven for 11 minutes at 170°C. 5. Check rice once cooked; remove from the oven and fluff with a fork.

Set aside.

6. Add lemon juice and season to taste; stir well.

To plate up Coat the sauce over fried chicken. Place rice on the place (use a dariole mould to neaten its shape). Place two pieces of chicken on the plate and some of the apple chutney. Enjoy!

FOUNDATION

News

FOUNDATION NEWS LITTLE FLYERS With a great commitment from our Board, Management and staff, the Foundation survived 2020 and was still able to provide the College with the planned level of financial support – a contribution of almost $1m in funds in what was a very difficult year.

Our lease for Kids on Collins is due to end soon; a refurbished Melbourne City premises will be an ideal home for our flagship CBD Centre.

To accommodate our planning and refurbishment we closed the Melbourne City Child Care and Kindergarten business in February, which has presented us the opportunity to upgrade and refurbish that Centre. The Foundation has committed $2m to this project.

In 2021, we look forward to rebuilding our businesses post-pandemic to give ourselves the opportunity of providing further financial

support to the College. Since 2013, when the Foundation assumed full management of its Child Care Centres, we have provided the College with almost $4m in donations and a further $1.6m in contributions to cash flow and operating costs. We continue to look for opportunities to grow our number of child care businesses, as well as look at other opportunities to engage in businesses and investments to support our mission.

The Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of three new Directors to our Board.

We originally had one vacancy and two others were caused by the resignation of Ms Julie Raffe in February and the passing of Dr Carolyn Royse in March – both very highly valued Directors. Julie had served on our Board for almost 10 years.

Carolyn’s sad passing was after a long

battle with cancer. Carolyn joined our Board in 2018 and brought to it a sense of community and social conscience. She is survived by her devoted husband Colin and two loving children Cameron and Georgia, both ELTHAM Alumni.

Michael Houlihan, Mark Spittall and Debbie Warner have joined the Board. Mr Ross Clark and Mr Chris Seidler were reappointed for a further three year term.

We wish the College every success with its plans for 2021 and beyond.

Iain Cowan Eltham College Foundation CEO

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ECCA

News

WELCOME, CONNECT, SUPPORT THE ECCA WAY After almost a year of Zoom catch ups, we were able to reconnect face-to-face for meetings and events in 2021, starting with a morning tea after the Flagpole Assembly to welcome the ELTHAM Community back to the College.

This was followed by the very popular ELC – Year 6 Welcome Sizzle. Both events had a record number of attendees. As our Year 7 BBQ was unable to take place last year, the Year 7 – 8 students and families enjoyed a combined Welcome BBQ catered by Three Leaves Café. This event was well attended and enabled families to put faces to names in real life.

This year ECCA held Junior School and Senior School Mother’s Day events to celebrate our mums and special people. Swipers was buzzing with chatter and laughter, with everyone grateful to get together and enjoy the coffee and delicious treats served by our talented Year 8 students undertaking the Coffee Shop module.

With the threat of yet another COVID-19 shutdown, ECCA‘s third Biggest Morning Tea was held in May to raise much-needed funds for the Cancer Council. We thank our community for supporting this important cause.

ELTHAM Community Association (ECCA) meetings 2021 Information Technology Meeting Room, 7.00 – 9.00pm Wednesday 14 July Wednesday 18 August

Want to help out?

We always welcome volunteers to help with ECCA’s events and initiatives.

If you have ideas to share or time to spare, we’d love to hear from you. Please email ecca@elthamcollege.vic.edu.au

ECCA Social Reps As part of our ECCA Engagement Strategy we have focused on ensuring we have ECCA Social Reps for each year level. These wonderful representatives have been instrumental in making our community feel welcomed, supported and connected.

On behalf of the ELTHAM College Community Association committee, I would like to thank the 2021 ECCA Social Reps for volunteering their time to engage our families and strengthen connections.

Your support is very much appreciated. Thanks to: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Karen (ELC 4) Fatima (Prep) Kate (Prep) Bansi (Prep) Maria (Year 1) Natalie (Year 2) Michael (Year 2) Cherry (Year 3) Vasundhara (Year 3) Elizabeth (Year 4) Virginia (Year 4) Effie (Year 5) Naomi (Year 5) Gabi (Year 6)

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Melissa (Year 6) Heather (Year 7) Ruchika (Year 7) Jacqui (Year 7) Vanessa (Year 7) Felicia (Year 8) Kim (Year 8) Simone (Year 9) Ruth (Year 9) Jacqui (Year 10) Sandy (Year 10) Jen (Year 11) Karin (Year 12) Julie (Year 12)

If you are interested in learning more about the role of an ECCA Social Rep, please email ecca@elthamcollege.vic.edu.au

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Ruth Bailey ECCA Interim President

PREVIOUS PAGE AND ABOVE Our community enjoying various school and social events across the first half of 2021

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Feature

SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM FROM THE ARCHIVES

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Starting in 1988 and running until the early 2000s, ELTHAM’s Scholar In Residence program welcomed a diverse array of professional talent, with creatives staying at the school and working with students and staff.

ELTHAM staff member Trish Douglas, who has worked at the College since 1986, says the program brought a wide range of visiting scholars to the Research campus.

“The idea was to engage actively with people in a variety of fields,” says Trish. “Scholars would give formal lecture presentations to classes and also work less formally with students across both the Junior and Senior Schools in their lessons.”

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Senior students were encouraged to watch the scholars at work, with sessions provided just for staff as professional development. The fully-furnished studio residence was located in the Visual Arts building.

“The upper level of what is now a media space was the viewing area, and the room below was used by the visiting scholars as their workspace,” says Trish.

Prospective residents were chosen by the Principal on the basis of excellence in their field, and there was no shortage of interested applicants.

Singer Jeannie Lewis, dancer and actor Tony Ghosthawk, pianist Leslie Howard, comedian Rod Quantock and muralist Peter Day were all scholars in residence.

Mountaineer and author Peter Hillary (the son of Sir Edmund Hillary) stayed at the College with his pregnant wife, while musician Priscilla Alderton made an impression with a performance where she emerged from a coffin to play a harpsichord.

Sculptor and recent OAM recipient Deborah Halpern who created the well-known ‘Angel’ mosaic that stood outside the NGV and is now in Birrarung Marr, participated in the program from October 1995 to April 1996. Past ELTHAM librarian Yvonne Armstrong recalls Deborah collaborating with students.

“Together they produced the mosaic that stands on the lawn inside the main entrance to the school,” says Yvonne of the sculpture which was unveiled in 1996.

While the arts were well-represented, scholars also came from other backgrounds and other parts of the globe.

Raymond Monnat and Christine Disteche, husband and wife geneticists, came from Seattle, and conservation geneticist Dr Stephen O’Brien also travelled from the US. Closer to home, novelist John Marsden stayed for a month in 1991.

“I was delighted by the concept because it allowed for sustained interaction with students and staff,” John says.

“I remember my time as refreshing and stimulating for me – and I certainly hope there were benefits for students and staff.

I did heaps of workshops and talks in different areas of the school; sometimes to regular classes, sometimes to selected groups of ultra-keen writers, and sometimes as one-on-one conferences with students who had written something substantial or of significance to them.”

Now the Principal of Candlebark school in Romsey, John had a lot of contact with then-Principal John Brennan and Deputy Principal Alain Phillips, who taught him in the mid-1960s.

He also has fond memories of Director of Special Programs, Kerry Eccles – “She was an absolute dynamo; a big personality with great dedication and a zillion ideas.”

ABOVE Sculptor Deborah Halpern and novelist John Marsden

Samantha Allemann Community Relations

LEFT Sculptor Deborah Halpern's colloborative mosiac sits on the College lawn

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