Mentor Magazine: Spring 2018

MENTOR THE MAGAZINE OF MENTONE GRAMMAR

SPRING 2018

INSIDE:

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ADVENTURES IN LILLA

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MAREE CLARK ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

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INTO THE WOODS SPECTACULAR

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NEWS FROM THE MENTONIANS

WELC Mentone Grammar is the benchmark for outstanding coeducation in bayside Melbourne. We offer a progressive, well-supported learning environment with wide-ranging opportunities for students from our Early Learning Centre to Year 12.

We are renowned for our successful learning model of Together-Apart-Together, where girls and boys in the Middle Years (Years 5-9) learn within a coeducational environment in gender specific classes. In Early Learning through to Year 4 and in Years 10-12, students learn in a fully coeducational environment.

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FROM THE CHAIR

DANCE 2018

PRINCIPAL’S WELCOME

ART ON SHOW

OUR GUESTS

INTO THE WOODS SPECTACULAR

A LILLA ADVENTURE

THE MENTONIANS

Front Cover: On stage in Into The Woods, Ryan Hammer and Claudia Levey.

COME A NOTE FROM THE

REGISTRAR Mentone Grammar is currently experiencing very high demand for enrolments now and into the future.

As you can imagine, this is a good situation for our School and clear indication that the School is doing great things.

We really appreciate that people are so interested in our School and, if you are aware of anyone who wishes to be on our future waiting lists, we would appreciate you reminding them that it is critically important to access our website (www.mentonegrammar.net/enrol) to register and pay a (non-refundable)

registration fee per child online.

We encourage early applications to increase the likelihood of securing a place in the preferred year of entry.

Places at Mentone Grammar are offered according to waiting list priorities, in order of the date of application and at the Principal’s discretion.

PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR 2019 SCHOOL TOURS ON:

We invite you to visit us at Mentone Grammar to see our students and staff in action. Initially, joining one of our School Tours is the best way to find out what happens at our School.

Thursday 24 October: School Tours

Take the opportunity to meet with us so that, together, we can discuss our Together-Apart-Together coeducation model and explore the benefits it will offer your children.

This will provide you and your sons and daughters with an opportunity to have your questions answered in detail.

Saturday 16 February: Open Day and Scholarship Testing Tuesday 19 March: Twilight Tours Monday 6 May: School Tours Saturday 10 August: Open Day Please register online: www.mentonegrammar.net or contact me at: enrol@mentonegrammar.net if you wish to arrange a private tour or to discuss enrolments and opportunities available for your sons and daughters at Mentone Grammar.

I look forward to welcoming you and your family to our Community.

PERNILLA EKLUND ALLAN REGISTRAR

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01 The Junior School is a happy colourful place, especially during Book Week.

02 Registrar Pernilla Eklund Allan encourages all interested families to book for a School Tour any time of year.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018 Mr Geoff Ryan AM (CHAIR) B Com, B Ed, Grad Dip Curriculum, Dip Ed, FACE, FACEL, AAIM, MAICD Educational Consultant Mr Ross Joblin (DEPUTY CHAIR) LLB (Hons), Dip Corp Mgmt, FAICD, FCIS Company Executive Mr Simon Appel OAM PhC, FAIM, FAICD Pharmacist Rev. Kevin Pedersen B. Theol, B. Marketing, Dip Min Minister of Religion Mr Troy Riley BA (Politics/History) Company Director Mrs Gigi Williams B App Sci, FRPS, FBCA, FAIMBI Ms Amanda Codila BA (Psych), MA (Psych) Human Resources Manager Ms Kylie Watson-Wheeler BA (Politics and English Literature), Grad Dip (Communications, Marketing and PR) Managing Director ATTENDEES Mr Malcolm Cater (PRINCIPAL) B Bus (Acc), Dip Ed, MACE, MACEL, MLM Ed Ms Nicole Bradshaw (BUSINESS MANAGER) B Bus (Acc), CPA, GAICD

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THE ROLE OF THE BOARD A school is a small, tight-knit community.

In essence, schools are the students who are attending at that time and the staff who are guiding them on their journey of learning. Of course there is also the wider school community which is made up of parents, alumni, people whose work and lives are impacted by the school and future students and parents. And then there is the Board of Directors which is sometimes referred to as the School Board.

Legally the School is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee. As such, the ultimate responsibility for the operation of the School and its ongoing viability rests with the Board of Directors.

The Board’s role can be summarised as follows: The appointment of a Principal (to whom they delegate the responsibility of the day-to-day operation of the School); the support and appraisal of the Principal; ensuring that the School is financially viable and run in a way that ensures risks are minimised and that it complies with all relevant legislation; setting the School’s strategic and educational goals; and monitoring itself and others to see that the School’s goals are being achieved.

In short, the Board has ultimate responsibility for the School for current students and ensuring it will be around to continue offering a Mentone Education to future generations.

The School Board at Mentone Grammar is not a ‘representative’ Board. Whilst it does contain members who are current parents, past parents, former staff, alumni and both men and women, that is not the reason they are on the Board; they are there because of the skills they are able to bring to the Board’s role as outlined previously and their strong belief in the vision and future of Mentone Grammar. In looking at Board succession we look at factors such as diversity, age and gender; however, the most important criteria we consider are the skills that individuals will bring to the work of the Board and their belief in the School’s vision and purpose. In addition, all of their work is unpaid.

The Directors are not ‘faceless men and women’. This was a charge levelled (unfairly in my view) against the Board of another Associated Grammar School which featured prominently in the media in the first half of this year. Directors are present at all important school events, a brief profile and photograph of current Directors can be found on the School website and the composition of the Board is featured in all major school publications such as the annual Community Report and The Mentonian. That said, it is not the role of the Board to be the focus of the School. That focus must always be on the students, Principal and staff of the School because, at its core, Mentone Grammar is the students and the staff who are teaching them.

GEOFF RYAN AM CHAIR

PRINCIPAL’S WELCOME MEANINGFUL ADVENTURES OF A LIFETIME In the last two weeks of Term 3 we had over 600 members of our School Community engaged in either our annual Cadet Camp at Puckapunyal or the Year 8 International Learning Journey, Cultures, Communities and Civilisations, to many and varied Asian destinations.

It takes a brave school to send so many people out at once, let alone to send so many people out on such adventures. A Mentone Grammar education, however, would not be the same without these incredible opportunities.

It says so much about our willingness to immerse both our staff and our students in Real Learning experiences that, at the end of the day, make them not only more meaningful members of our society but also better students holistically.

In order to undertake such experiences many people have to do a great of work to ensure that the experience is of value and, in particular, that it is safe. I commend all who were involved in not only these two experiences but also the multitude of other experiences we offer which require such high level commitment by our staff members in particular.

It does take a brave school to undertake these adventures it also takes a brave School to ‘hand over’ its social media platform to its Foundation (formerly Prep) students for a week. I am sure all who followed their uploads will have gained a great deal of joy watching their beautiful innocence on a journey of education.

As many of you will know, I am a big fan of maintaining that innocence in all of our students for as long as possible and the adults in their lives play such an important part in doing this - please work hard in this pursuit!

Once again this edition of the Mentor reports on a School that continues to prosper in so many different ways for so many different people and it is this that makes our School the special place that it is.

As always, I am extremely grateful to all who make a contribution to our School and hope you enjoy reading about the many adventures of our students in this edition of the Mentor.

Best wishes to all.

MAL CATER PRINCIPAL

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FOLLOWING

PASSIONS

Each year, the Mentone Grammar Foundation Board invites all students to apply for a Foundation Award to support the pursuit of a personal passion they are engaged in beyond school. The process includes a written application and interview process.

Congratulations to all students who applied in 2018. This year the Board received over 90 applications and, as has been the case every year, the range was incredibly diverse. The standard of applications was high and, although not all students received an Award, those students who applied will have benefitted from participating in the selection process. Best wishes to all recipients as they pursue their passions into the future.

FOUNDATION Linxi Zheng

Story writing

YEAR 2 Patrick Reynolds

Cello

Lucy Sweeny

YouTube/ Website creation

YEAR 4 Reahn Orfanidis

Bouzouki

YEAR 5 Emily Walton

Figure Skating

Indiana Kruss

Aerobics

Jasmin Prior

Jessica Chaplin Georgina Laws YEAR 6 Maddox Lewell

Jordan Pyszczek Rose Mackenzie

Gymnastics Writing Swimming Digital Art Drawing Art

YEAR 7 Jessica Poberezovska

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Ruby Samild

Soccer

Skye Shipton

Horse Riding

YEAR 8 Emma Bennett

Cheerleading

Elisha Fitzgerald

Sam Murphy

Cooper Levey

Calisthenics

Baseball Tennis

Charlotte Laws

Pool Lifesaving

YEAR 9 Abbey Samild

Cricket

Matt Harris

Lacrosse

Toby Hynes

Golf

Oliver Moran

Cricket

Toby Hore Artistic Gymnastics Sammy Cartwright Keenan Haagen Harry Officer

Daniel Poberezovsky

Monique Zakic

Basketball Graphic Art Music Chess Swimming

Bethany Bratuskins Football

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GUSTAF VON ZWEIGBERGK – A PASSION FOR FILM

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Did your acting role in Into the Woods in August further your passion as a filmmaker?

Yes, working on Into The Woods definitely helped with my vision for film in many ways.

What I took out of Into The Woods was both the skills of teamwork and, in particular, the visual aspect of the Production.

I have used my Foundation Award money to invest in lighting equipment, so seeing a professional lighting set up firsthand was very helpful to my process. When standing in the wings I was able to take a closer look at the lighting construction and its usage for different scenes. YouTube videos and ‘trial and error’ have been how I have previously learnt, but now seeing the lights used in so many different ways on stage very much helped to see and experience the real life effects.

As for directing I always find it useful to see how stage directors work. Of course, stage and film directing are two quite different things but many elements cross over.

After all, both of these medias are all about storytelling. What I think is the most difficult part of any story is the flow; it is not an

unachievable task to make a two-hour film but much harder to keep the story moving at a pace that retains the viewers’ interest.

This is something that I think will take a lot of practice and trial and error, but I’m not thinking of doing something that long anytime soon.

‘Blocking’ should add to the story and even though the exaggerated movements of stage acting would look too over the top on video, again, a lot can be taken and incorporated into film. Characterisation, of course, is still important across the board and staying in character in film can be harder as most of the time a film will not be produced in chronological order. For somebody to just jump into a certain feeling and mood at command can be tough but by using character warm ups can be one key to solving this. This was one more vital element that I took away from being a part of Into the Woods.

Overall, it did not steer my vision for film in another direction but rather helped solidify the direction in which I’m going.

GUSTAF VON ZWEIGBERGK YEAR 10

JESSICA CHAPLIN – MY LOVE OF WRITING

‘I was in a brightly lit room. A man with a mask over his mouth kneeled by the stiff bed I was lying on. I felt a sharp sting of pain and everything went black…’

Afterwards, I pondered over what I had written, my ideas slowly developing.

As I started writing, more ideas came to my head, and I started to have big dreams for it. When the Foundation Awards came out, I knew this would be my chance.

I entered a submission and hoped for the best. When I was called to the office once more, I was overjoyed by the fact that I had won a Foundation Award, with an amount of money that would definitely be enough to get my books published. I would give them to family, friends, teachers, and the School.

YEAR 10 Skye Carter

Athletics

Gustaf von Zweigbergk

Film

Madeline Rickard

Photography

YEAR 11 Carl Simondson

Swimming

Luke Ray

Zoe Lancaster

Triathlon Music

Grace Bunting

Triathlon

James Gold

Triathlon

Ben Leembruggen

YEAR 12 Rebecca Hayes

Nicholas Archibald Jude Lowe

Cycling

Lifesaving Skiing Music

Guy Witherow Coding (game design & security) Caitlin Baxter Video Production Harry Kingston

Art

Lauren Fagan

Touch Football

Callum Matthew

HARRY OFFICER – MUSICIAN

Painting

I was very excited to receive a Foundation Award for my interest in playing guitar.

This award from the School went towards gear that I needed to get me to the next level of playing. It included delay and distortion pedals, a guitar strap, plectrums and leads. Getting to work the pedals is both challenging and exciting and to have family and friends recognise the riffs and songs I play at home, is really satisfying.

I believe this new equipment has enhanced my playing and is continuing to motivate me to play better.

Since receiving a Foundation Award, I joined the Rock Band Experience Program at the School. As the name suggests,

My book is adventurous, mysterious, magical, and quite dark. It is about a girl called Sadey Weatherfields, who has to escape after a doctor’s appointment where she was put to sleep, rescue her mum, master her new powers, all with an evil doctor hot on her trail!

If people do like my book, I have a few ideas that I could incorporate into my next books. Some include Sadey being trapped in a time loop. Another one is where Sadey gets trapped in a book, and in another, Sadey gets cursed, and feels her dreams.

That may sound cool, but don’t get fooled, they may be nightmares…

FOUNDATION

It all started as I was doing English. At the time, we were working on ‘show not tell’, and creating a start that was show not tell.

Mine started like this.

I’d like to thank all my friends and my teacher, Ms King, for encouraging me. I’d like to give a special mention to Abigail Barrett, for helping me come up with, and giving me inspiration, for the last idea.

JESSICA CHAPLIN YEAR 5

this program is giving me actual band experience, every Tuesday at lunchtime, but it is also teaching me about other elements leading up to a performance.

In two months’ time our band will actually play at an external venue, which I am very excited about. I am really appreciative of the Foundation Award I received and thank the panel for supporting my commitment to learning guitar. It feels nice to be recognised as having a passion and talent for playing and I look forward to the opportunity of performing later in the year.

HARRY OFFICER GREENWAYS 9E

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LUCY SWEENY – CAPTURING THE MOMENTS As one of the youngest recipients, Lucy has her sights set high. As a student who has limitless hobbies and pursuits outside of school from cheerleading, pageants, music and sports, Lucy wants to pursue website creation and YouTube production to capture her life, and her family, as she explores, competes and develops all

these exciting areas of her life. As a Year 2 student she has big plans to upload her many passions and can’t wait to get started on her digital dream, both in front and behind the video camera.

LUCY SWEENY YEAR 2

KEENAN HAAGEN – GRAPHIC ARTIST When I was in Year 7 I started to develop a passion for graphic art. I started by using simple shapes to create art and went from there. I watched a lot of videos on YouTube about Photoshop, so that I could grow my skills. This year I’ve been involving myself in as many arts related topics at School. These range from digital storytelling, visual arts and the Cocurricular program. I get my inspiration from trips I have been on and things I’ve seen. I also have an Instagram account which I post all of my artwork, @keenan_haagen. I follow other accounts that post work from other graphic designers so that helps to also gather bits of inspiration.

The Foundation Award is a great incentive offered by the School as it allows students to have to opportunity to save up for something they may need to improve their own skills or creativity. For me this was purchasing a stylus, a graphic tool. The process for applying for a Foundation Award is simple.

You have to write a small piece about your passion and demonstrate your commitment to your chosen passion. Following that is an interview before a panel and then you will be notified if you have been successful, meaning that you will receive some money to put towards your passion.

KEENAN HAAGEN YEAR 9

JUDE LOWE – MUSICIAN My journey through music at Mentone Grammar has been a long one. While I began playing saxophone back at my old primary school, it was only once I came to Mentone Grammar that I truly discovered my interest in this area.

Through Bayview Band and Orchestra, to Froggers and Senior Orchestra, and even to Melbourne Youth Orchestra at the VCA, my saxophone abilities have always been encouraged to grow. I continue to work at saxophone for my VCE music performance, having made my audition for University on that, but more on that later.

My musical interests in School experienced a massive change in Year 9 Music when a past teacher, Anthony Bingham, passed me a bass guitar for a group project and said, “try this”. Needless to say, three years I have now played bass guitar in several bands

outside of School, as well as attending the holiday program Rock Academy Melbourne, which I would highly recommend to anyone who is interested in contemporary music. It is about here where the Foundation Award comes in, as I discovered the recurring theme with these bands was the desire and drive to record music, but a lack of facility.

So, with my Foundation Award I will purchase Logic X Pro (recording and mixing software) and I am working with Mr Cornish and utilising the School’s recording facilities and microphones to develop these music industry skills.

Looking to next year, I have successfully auditioned for Collarts (the College of the Arts) for Music Performance, where I will complete a Bachelor degree over two years, with a very contemporary focus.

JUDE LOWE YEAR 12

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Given the right opportunity, tools, and teacher guidance, students want an equal voice in directing their own learning.

SPECIAL GUESTS

ALAN NOVEMBER & CHRISTINE NIXON

01 Mr Alan November is one of the most influential US educational thinkers of this decade. He is a renowned educator who has mentored many on the future of education and the role that technology will play in its advancement.

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As an experienced teacher, technology consultant and university lecturer, Alan’s expertise ranges from curriculum planning, staff professional learning, new school design to community building and leadership development. He has been successful in assisting schools, governments and industry leaders to improve the quality of teaching and learning through technology and is a co-founder of the Stanford Institute for Educational Leadership Through Technology.

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aption Thank you to Deb Frizza and C Christine Altidis who coordinated the forum in line with the School’s Strategic intentions.

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as a speaker made it a memorable encounter for all.

Mentone Grammar teachers were delighted to have the opportunity to work with Alan to further their learning in technology education as the focus of their professional learning. He offered a Masterclass that focused on ways educators could encourage students’ critical thinking in regards to the internet by exploring the concept of ‘who owns the learning?’ Key highlights included a presentation of educational research

trends in technology and the opportunity for our teachers to explore hands-on strategies that aim to help their students to own their learning by managing tools and networks effectively to prepare them for academic success. Following this, the staff participated in faculty workshops that analysed ‘who owns the learning’ at Mentone Grammar.

Staff overwhelmingly agreed that it was a truly inspiring day that has certainly set a course of thinking that is both exciting and innovative. Many thanks to our School Community for accommodating Alan’s visit at short notice.

For further reading please go to: https://novemberlearning.com/ educational-services/ On the occasion of the Keith Jones Oration 2018, our senior students welcomed former Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police, Christine Nixon, who enthralled a packed Thorold Theatre with personal and public stories of her pioneering journey that saw its fair share of challenges, tragedy, ambition and humility. Christine posed the question: Are we a respectful, moral and value-based society? Following an insightful Q&A led by senior students Gemma Reynolds and Zac Angus, the students were left feeling both inspired and challenged by their roles in a future that they can help shape.

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MARY JONES

EARLY LEARNING CENTRE

Over the winter months all of our Early Learning children were challenged and extended that little bit further as we continued to gather a sound understanding of where each child is in their development. Our staff worked on resilience with the children, as well as empowering them to take considered risks and to give ‘everything a go’.

We achieved this by all enjoying many enriching hands-on incursions and exciting excursions. Once again, Murrundindi a wonderful indigenous elder came and shared his stories and Kinder 4s visited the Eastern Hills Fire Station to learn everything about fire safety. Kinder 3s went on a big adventure to our local shops to learn about people in our community and along the way learnt all about why we need to eat a rainbow of fruits and vegetables daily to stay strong and healthy.

Two of the most exciting events on our calendar are Book Week celebrations and the pure excitement of having Dad visit for our Father’s Day Breakfast and Footy morning! Added to that is the joy of visiting the pool for the Swimming Program to ensure that everyone develops the lifelong essentials of water safety awareness and basic swimming skills. It was an action packed winter filled with countless memorable moments of growth and connections with the wider world.

LIBBY CHISLETT MARY JONES EARLY LEARNING CENTRE DIRECTOR

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ELC ADVENTURES

EBLANA ELC AND FOUNDATION-YEAR 4

FIND YOUR

TREASURE! Book Week is always a highlight for Eblana students; a time for gathering, celebrating and of course reading! This year the theme for Book Week was Find Your Treasure, a theme that means a lot to Eblana students. Each day at school, we work hard to develop our best self.

We look for the treasure through interactions with our friends, in our classroom learning and in the manner in which we approach School life.

During Book Week 2018 our ELC to Year 4 students took place in a variety of activities, including an author visit from Craig Smith, A Green Sheep treasure hunt, a special Book Week performance from a visiting theatre group and of course the best activity of all, the Book Week Parade! At our Book Week Parade, we all had the opportunity to share our favourite book and dress up as one of the characters. The result was a lovely community of colourful characters ranging from wizards to wishing chairs, ballerinas to basketball players and everything in between.

Our Reading Ambassadors, Kate and Luke, did a wonderful job of working with Ms McKindlay to help us to get to know the beautiful books selected as finalists this year, proving to be great role models in developing a love of reading.

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A favourite book for many students from the finalists was a book called, Rodney Loses It. This book tells the tale of a highly strung rabbit who loses his pencil and then becomes quite angry as he attempts to find it. Throughout the book, Rodney does not act like his best self and his decision-making is certainly not focused as he struggles to stay calm.

The Year 1 students capably plotted Rodney on the Mood Meter we use as a part of our RULER program, and realised that whilst he was in the ‘red’ zone he wasn’t making great decisions.

They thought that if they were to rewrite the book, they would encourage Rodney to consider where he is on the Mood Meter and to put some strategies in place to help. One of the strategies suggested, was for Rodney to take a meta-moment when he could stop, see his best self and strategise to succeed.

Good books like those celebrated in Book Week help us to make connections in our own lives and remember our fond memories.

The Eblana children love to read, and as educators, we know the importance of encouraging a love of reading at an early age. As Dr Seuss tells us,

The more that you read, the more things you will know.

The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.

EBLANA

Dr Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!

Eblana students are definitely going places with the quantity and quality of books being read at school and home. Our students’ literacy is continually assessed to ensure they develop efficient reading strategies and the books they read in class are at the right point of challenge…not too hard, and not too easy, just like lessons learnt from one of our favourite characters Goldilocks!

The children love taking books home to share with their family, giving them an opportunity to practise the wonderful new skills we are learning at School. Spending time reading with your child is a wonderful way to stop and celebrate at the end of the day, sharing some lovely snuggle time just prior to bed.

Famous French novelist, Victor Hugo, tells us that “To learn to read is to light a fire” and we thank all families for the support in lighting this fire in our students.

ALLISON PRANDOLINI HEAD OF EBLANA

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BAYVIEW MIDDLE YEARS 5-8

THE GREAT

OUTDOORS From gold panning to pirates, snorkelling to volunteering, or politics to swags, the Learning Journeys that students undertake through their time in Bayview provide amazing opportunities to learn, explore and grow in a setting beyond the traditional classroom. Visiting destinations like Sovereign Hill, Canberra and Central Australia, our Year 5 to Year 7 students have the chance to connect parts of their curriculum within school with real world experiences, building their relationships with their peers in the process. In each of these year levels, the trips further afield are coupled with visits to Mentone Grammar’s amazingly located Shoreham property where students get even more time outdoors, while continuing to explore parts of the RULER program.

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BAYVIEW

For many of our Bayview students, however, the true culmination of their Learning Journeys experience comes with the Cultures, Communities and Civilisations International Learning Journey in Year 8.

SHOREHAM

First started five years ago, the trips were conceptualised to provide students with a unique opportunity to experience cultures far removed from their own and to push themselves out of their comfort zone. The trips themselves come close to the end of Year 8, so are seen, in many ways, as a rite of passage before students move out of Bayview and across to Greenways, the Year 9 Campus.

In 2018, students once again chose from five destinations: • Nepal

• China Hill Tribes

• China Wall and Warriors • Vietnam

• Cambodia

In the lead-up to these trips, students are involved in a range of preparatory activities, including a Market Day experience which seeks to emulate the encounters they will have overseas, a charity walk that raises funds for the school they will visit in their destination country and a series of sessions in school that cover basic first aid to packing effectively. By the time they prepare to board their flight, they are ready for the adventure that lies ahead.

While each trip brings elements that are unique to the countries and locations themselves, they share many things in common.

Students take part in some form of physical activity, whether it be trekking through the Annapurna region of Nepal or cycling through the paths that traverse areas where Yao, Dong and Zhuang hill tribes people dress in their colourful traditional costumes in South China. They visit cultural sites, be it the Great Wall and Terracotta Warriors of China or the the stunning temple complex of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Perhaps most importantly, however, the students have the opportunity to visit schools and see how children in these far-removed communities learn. They are encouraged to interact with the children, to play with them and teach them, developing an appreciation for the opportunities which they have in the process. Upon their return, this is often the part of the trip that students identify as the highlight, something they might not otherwise have experienced and the part that they will carry with them into the future.

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When our young people come back, they have grown and changed for the experience and they have the opportunity to show this through the International Learning Journeys Expo.

This event takes place shortly after the trip and allows students to reflect on their trip and what it has taught them. In its most recent incarnation, students presented short films of their trip to their parents which they had taken responsibility for filming and editing. Having provided each group with Go-Pro cameras while they were overseas, students took responsibility for shooting footage and subsequently editing it to create a digital record of their experience, collaborating with their peers and learning other new skills in the process.

The Cultures, Communities and Civilisations International Learning Journey truly is a remarkable opportunity for Bayview students. The hashtag that is used for the journey, #reallearning, is a fitting one and our young people are incredibly fortunate to have this experience at this time in their lives.

JAMES WALTON HEAD OF BAYVIEW

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YEAR 9 CAMPUS

WINTER ADVENTURES

For Greenways students, their winter adventures have been a time for getting out in all sorts of weather for the 2018 Greenways Learning Journeys. It has been a pleasure to see them return to our Campus full of new ways of thinking, empathy, resilience and energy to apply all that growth to life at School.

The Shoreham experience for these groups has been special.

There have been many ‘firsts’; first time cooking a three course meal, first time scuba diving, horse riding and flying in a small aircraft. For some, it was their first time at the R. M. Sykes Camp, while for others, their Year 9 Learning Journey marked the final time they would spend time at Shoreham as a class. Our focus on conservation and stewardship of the Mornington Peninsula has resonated strongly as they have all taken a hands-on approach to experiencing and appreciating this beautiful environment.

Together, their teamwork has made a massive difference to the local foreshore reserves as well as providing support to one another as they challenge themselves in the wide variety of experiences we have all been lucky enough to pursue.

All students enjoyed time spent in the City of Melbourne while on the Learning Journey. The City week is busy and designed to provide students with different view points on how our vibrant, livable city thrives. Our visits to ACMI allowed them to express their opinions and sense of humour by planning and developing a News Report featuring a series of stories and characters. Their enthusiasm and confidence have been riveting for viewers and has allowed them to exercise skills explored in their English and Drama studies.

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The experience at Dookie Agricultural College is a highlight for our Greenways students, where they get to handle sheep, feed the calves and learn about agricultural techniques which are crucial for food production. Ms Sonja Needs brings her dogs into class and explains how animals’ senses can be used to improve practices in farming (and other fields) as well as help us all to understand our own abilities. Our students’ curiosity is peaked when she puts her dogs to work and when our students test their own sight, smell and taste abilities.

So despite the freezing mornings and blustery days, the Greenways Learning Journeys have been sensational and we look forward to seeing our students transfer this knowledge into their classrooms and most importantly, into their everyday lives.

TIM DUIVENVOORDEN LEARNING JOURNEYS TEACHER

GREENWAYS LEARNING JOURNEYS

At Shoreham, I have thoroughly enjoyed being able to cook for my classmates.

It has taught me how to collaborate effectively with my fellow cooks and how much preparation time it takes to get to the final product. Our group made enchiladas twice in two weeks for the class and in my personal opinion it was the best meal of the week. The skills I have learnt from Chef Greg and the students cooking with me throughout the week will help me when I come back home to cook with my parents.

Another enjoyable activity I have experienced at Shoreham was being able to fly in an actual plane. This was my favourite activity of the Learning Journey so far, as the adrenaline taking off was exhilarating and being able to experience Melbourne from skyline level is something I won’t forget. I learnt that many hours are taken up preparing the plane before it’s ready for flying.

JORDIE MICHELL CLASS 9H

This year at Shoreham, we engaged in a variety of interesting and fun activities, such as attending a course at the Moorabbin Flying Service, horseback riding and scuba diving. All being great activities, however, my favourite was scuba diving. It is something that I have always wanted to do and it’s fair to say that it lived up to my expectations. Not only was the scuba aspect fun, I really enjoyed learning about all of the problems that befall our oceans and the variety of projects and foundations formed by the public to ensure the longevity of our oceans. I was taught to have more respect for the ocean and the animals that inhabit it. Overall, our Learning Journey at Shoreham has been an amazing experience that I’m sure I will remember for the rest of my schooling and beyond.

HARRY ZAMMIT CLASS 9H

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GREENWAYS

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS – YARRABAH SCHOOL One of the most endearing aspects of the Greenways Program is the wonderful relationship our students share with the students of Yarrabah School. Not only do our Greenways Café students raise funds in support of the school, but they also enjoy reciprocal visits to strengthen the social and mentoring aspect of the friendships formed.

Five weeks ago I was very anxious when I first went Yarrabah School because I didn’t know what to expect. I was lucky enough to be placed into a prep classroom which I was very excited about.

A majority of the students in the class that I have been assisting in are non-verbal, but during my time at Yarrabah I have been able to build a beautiful friendship between two of the girls. Although living with disability they are super cute and have awesome little personalities, despite their challenges. Each week I have assisted with taking the students out into the community for walks to build up their road awareness, and also playing with them in the playground.

Although I found it quite confronting initially, I have loved spending time at Yarrabah and getting to know the students. I also had the opportunity to talk with some of the teachers and assistants in the classroom and have learned so much about different disabilities.

MONIQUE ZAKIC CLASS 9A

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Over the past few weeks, I feel like I have learnt a lot from the students and teachers at Yarrabah. The main thing that I will take away is my newfound awareness of the people we visited and the knowledge that they don't need to be treated any differently. Aside from some learning or behavioural challenges, we are all the same. During our school visits I have been exposed to the many challenges of the students and some of their day to day difficulties. I am appreciative for the time I have spent with the kids because I have had the time to broaden my view of those who live around us.

BRAYDEN MILLER CLASS 9D

During the weeks in which I have been going to Yarrabah, I have become more aware of what other families go through, and how lucky we are today. It has been a real eye opener to work with the students and teachers to see what a regular day looks like in each classroom. I have seen some confronting things but I have come to understand and get involved a lot more in the class. We have gone for walks every week and at times some students have not coped but the teachers handled such situations so well. From when I first started to now I have learned a lot. From how to handle a little (very minor) meltdown to how to use a pram buckle properly.

Talking to the teachers at Yarrabah, I have come to recognise why some of the children have the disabilities they do and what causes them to behave in different ways as well. Yarrabah has been a unique learning experience and I would definitely like to continue to volunteer into the future.

ALYSSA MOUZOURIS CLASS 9A

Drop by the Greenways Campus and Café to see learning in progress in its many and varied forms. It is hard not to be impressed by the growth of the students who finish their year in Greenways, well and truly ready to take on life in the Frogmore Senior Campus.

NATALIE MCLENNAN HEAD OF GREENWAYS

FROGMORE SENIOR YEARS 10-12

01 The Frogmore Campus, with its majestic Creativity Centre, Languages Centre, dedicated VCAL space and redeveloped classrooms, continues to provide our students with a diverse range of opportunities and experiences as they look to develop their interests and character throughout their senior years of schooling. While the focus of our students is rightly directed towards their academic pursuits, our senior students also enthusiastically engage in the wonderful opportunities that abound within the Campus and I commend our students on the enthusiastic manner in which they embrace these opportunities.

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ongratulations to the appointment of C 2019 Head Prefects Bronte Reark and Zac Angus, pictured with 2018 Head Prefects Alex Siedle, Brandon Demura and Meg Siedle.

The evolution of teaching and learning within the Frogmore Campus has continued as staff further enhanced their formative assessment strategies to activate students as ‘owners of their own learning’ and our students continued to benefit from the structures and support designed to assist them in becoming independent learners.

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Our VCAL program continued to grow, incorporating both Intermediate (Year 11) and Senior (Year 12) streams, providing a vocational pathway for our students. The construction of our new pizza oven was certainly a highlight over the winter months, as was the recognition they received at the VCAL Achievement Awards where our students, ably supported by Ms Shelley Muir, Mr Henry Kiss and Mr John Horler were awarded the Intermediate Team Achievement Award for their work with the Lilla Community Project. This year will see our first graduating class of VCAL students and we wish our VCAL pioneers every success as they move forward into work and life beyond Mentone Grammar.

Our students are indeed fortunate that the rigour and structure of their academic program is well supported by nurturing wellbeing programs both within the House system, along with a diverse cocurricular program. The vertical ‘family’ structure within each House is fundamental in facilitating the wellbeing of our Frogmore students and I commend our House Coordinators, Mentors and House Captains for the role they play in providing this constant, supportive space for their students. Frogmore students enjoy a strong sense of allegiance and pride in their House, which was on show in all of our recent House competitions. The House Championship, which saw the return of the popular Tug of War, was keenly contested ensuring a close competition and a very tight finish. Congratulations to Jones House, including House Captains Troy Flavell and Benjamin Sheridan, whose endeavour and persistence earned them the House Championship plate once again.

Our Cocurricular programs continued to provide students with a diverse range of opportunities to develop character, leadership and skills.

The Cadet program continues to thrive under the leadership of Commanding Officer Major Michael Wilton, as evidenced by the large numbers of students involving themselves within the program as well as the ever increasing number of students seeking leadership positions and attending promotions courses.

Our Cadet program, overseen by a dedicated core of Officers and CUOs, offers students an array of leadership and skills based learning while the Annual Camp, held during the final week of Term 3, again provided our students with opportunities to demonstrate that learning and apply their skills as they undertook an array of challenges and activities at Puckapunyal.

Within our wonderful Creativity Centre, our Performing and Visual Arts programs continue to encourage students to express their creative talents. The calibre of our student performances culminated in the outstanding School production of Into the Woods and our Winter and Spring Concerts that showcased the musical and vocal talents of our students.

Led by Mr Gavin Cornish, Ms Louise Daly and our endlessly enthusiastic staff, our Music and Drama department continues to mentor students who produce entertaining and exceptional performances. We now look forward to the brilliance of the Art and Design Exhibition where our students’ design and artistic talents will be on show. I extend an invitation to all in our Community to visit the show.

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Our Public Speaking and Debating teams have also enjoyed excellent success in various competitions this year and our thanks go to Mr Mark Smith, who again stepped up to take on the role of Mentor to our students, and to Jessie Chen, our Public Speaking Captain. Our Debating teams have enjoyed significant success, with our Year 10 debaters in particular, comprising of Jeremy Campbell, Adam Carnegie, Simon Coubard, William Currey, Joshua Madden, Akul Saigal, Hannah Schmidt, Sarthak Singh and Alexander Zhu winning six debates in a row and securing passage through to the Final 8 in the Victorian Schools Debating Competition, while the students who represented the School at the model United Nations forum held here at Mentone are also deserving of recognition.

Over the winter our sporting teams enjoyed improvement and success, particularly our Girls’ Cross Country team who won the Premiership for the second time. This was also our first season for AFLW and our two girls’ teams certainly made an impact in their debut season with our senior girls making it to the Grand Final, losing to Caulfield Grammar in a hard fought battle. Our thanks go to the numerous coaches and managers, and in particular Mr Stuart Bainbridge, Mr Peter O’Gorman and Ms Erin Hunt for their leadership and organisation throughout the season.

Frogmore has again been well served by its student leaders in 2018. Led by our excellent Head Prefects, Brandon Demura, Alexandra Siedle and Megan Siedle, our student leaders have made a wonderful contribution to raising school spirit and stimulating interest and enhancing student engagement within our School. I would also like to congratulate our newly appointed Head Prefects for 2019, Bronte Reark and Zac Angus who will proudly follow in Brandon, Meg and Alex’s footsteps.

Covering areas including Academics, Cross Campus activities, International Student involvement, Public Speaking/Debating, Social Service, Wellbeing and Sporting and Cocurricular activities, our leaders have developed and implemented numerous initiatives throughout the year. In addition, I highly commend those dedicated staff and students of our Social Services and Wellbeing teams on their initiative to run a camp for the disabled students at Yarrabah School at our Shoreham camp.

Further, our Academic team continues to ensure appropriate support and programs are in place to assist our senior students as they complete their VCE studies, while our House Captains, in addition to their House responsibilities, ensured there was some fun along the way, including our regular Saturday Study BBQ’s and the highly anticipated Year 12 Afternoon.

On that note I would like to thank our Year 12s who have contributed much to our Campus. They have remained positive role models for our younger students and we certainly wish them all the very best for their exams and adventures beyond Mentone Grammar.

CAMERON LANCASTER HEAD OF FROGMORE

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LILLA ADVENTURES IN

The Mentone Grammar Community has a close connection with the Lilla Aboriginal Community, a remote community near Kings Canyon in the Northern Territory. Students across all years talk fondly of sleeping under the stars on their Year 7 Learning Journey to Central Australia.

This year, students in Year 10 were given the opportunity to return to Lilla and volunteer at the Lilla Sports and Story Telling Festival. This challenge was enthusiastically taken up by Shem Glasscock, Claudia Levey and Manna Johnson.

This festival started in 2014 and brings together students from several remote communities for fun, active and educational experiences.

Students from Areyonga School and Finke School travelled up to seven hours to join their friends from Watarrka School in the Lilla Community for three days of activities.

The students played lots of sports and games including a session of kicking and skills run by the Northern Territory AFL. They were very busy participating in a range of activities.

Poetry in Action is a Sydney drama group that has been working with The Watarrka School, using drama as a vehicle to develop students’ confidence in speaking in English to strangersan important life skill. All students at the festival enjoyed playing drama games and activities and then watched the Watarrka students perform, How the Emu Lost his Wings. To undertake this performance was an amazing accomplishment for these students.

The fat tyre bikes were popular with all students and are an important part of the school program at the Watarrka School.

The students also enjoyed participating in storytelling and art under the guidance of Elders from the communities.

Shem, Claudia and Manna participated in all activities with the local children and also helped the sponsors and partners with the organisation of the festival over four busy days. They set up activities, cleaned, prepared and served food, but

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most importantly they played, sang and talked with the students and young people from the remote communities. In their words there were many highlights from the festival, but watching the children gain confidence and have such fun was the most amazing experience.

Many organisations and individuals were involved in making the festival a success. Congratulations to Shem, Manna and Claudia on their contribution.

As the Watarrka Foundation begins the establishment of a secondary school classroom at Lilla it will be exciting to continue our support of the festival in the coming years.

KYM WILLETT HPE TEACHER

SHEM CLAUDIA MANNA

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MENTONE GRAMMAR ARMY CADETS

ANNUAL CAMP Following a series of training days and a bivouac field experience over the winter months, the Cadet Unit’s Annual Field Exercise to Puckapunyal Military Base was a successful one, with near-perfect weather and excellent leadership shown by all our senior cadets.

In total 360 cadets set up camp in one of three Company locations on the Base and embraced the rigour and traditions of army life. Acclimatising to this unique landscape and structure of command, erecting hutchies and building a serviceable fire were just some of challenges of Day 1 for our nine Year 9 platoons. The reward at the end of the day was the food drop and the surprising discovery that army ration packs are actually quite tasty. This was to be home for the week.

The days were full of team building activities, army related lessons and spending time with the senior cadet officers around the campfire. One day was devoted to a full day navigation exercise that involved a lot of pre-planning, plotting grid references and completing data sheets to ensure that all platoon sections made it to each marked point to complete given activities. The warm weather and hilly terrain meant the radio specialists in

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the Signals team and the senior Medics were busy ensuring everyone made it back safely before dark.

For many, the highlight of the camp is spending time at the Range where the recruits had the opportunity to spend one-on-one time with a soldier learning how to shoot semi-automatic weapons.

For some, spending the last night of camp in the National Service Lines barracks was a highlight. Running water, a meal and a hot shower were all part of the reward for a big week in the bush.

As with every year, the last night on the Base is a time for reflection for all our Year 12s as they end their time in Cadets. It is with a touch of sadness and a great deal of pride that these amazing leaders realise just how much they have learnt and gained from mentoring our Greenways recruits over the past three years. Our Year 12s are the epitome of the AAC values of Courage, Initiative and Teamwork.

Their commitment to task, encouraging leadership and the time and resource management habits our senior Cadets have acquired and demonstrated this year is truly commendable. It is not an easy job to impart important information to people not much younger than themselves and they did so with great clarity and humour.

In turn, the interest and respect shown by our Year 9 recruits towards their leaders was a pleasure to observe.

The continued growth of voluntary participation in the Cadet unit is in itself a mark of its own success and we look forward to welcoming the many students who have expressed interest in pursuing leadership skills courses in readiness for 2019.

MICHAEL WILTON COMMANDING OFFICER MENTONE GRAMMAR ARMY CADET UNIT

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PUCKAPUNYAL

DANCE THROUGHOUT TIME

During May, students across the Campuses took to the stage, after many hours of rehearsal, to perform a breathtaking exploration of musical numbers.

Through the rehearsal process the students learnt a variety of dance styles including soft shoe shuffle, tap, Latin and musical theatre.

The theme of the night was, Throughout Time, which explored different eras of dance from the Roaring 20s, revered as wild and carefree to the shimmy of the Charleston Gatsby inspired moves.

Students explored the 20s inspired dance marathon contests, ‘dance till you drop’ events that filled the clubs of the time. The following decades were memorable for Jazz and Swing styles that inspired the Jitterbug and the Lindy Hop. During the war years that followed, dance provided an escape from the troubles in the world, despite being banned by Germany. The upbeat Swing dance was the signature dance of the 40s. The 1950s, for most, was a time of growth and rebellion. Iconic dances from the Rock and Roll era greatly influenced movies such as Grease and Hairspray.

The revolutionary 1960s saw over 400 new dances evolve, such as the Mashed Potato, The Monkey and the Funky Chicken. The Beatles had a huge impact in this era and films such as CATS and West Side Story also found their base in this time.

The colourful, bright and soulful disco era of the 70s kept everyone on their toes, literally, with platform shoes a fashion must-have. From there, street dancing was born in the 80s as well as punk and the heavy metal phenomenon of Moshing. This genre contrasted greatly with the fast paced, sensual Lambada, also fashionable at this time. The 1990s saw dances such as the Tootsie Roll, the Running Man and the Macarena and the 2000s has continued to show us that dance and music is an ever evolving mode of self expression, with a global fusion of movement from many different and inspiring cultures.

Year 12 students Ruby McGuinness and Peronel Taylor worked with many students across the campuses as Assistant Chorographers, creating exciting and energetic choreography for all skill levels.

With Cre8tive Dance having evolved over several years it is clear from this year’s performance, not only has the culture of dance evolved but there is a joyful love and passion for dance across every Campus at Mentone Grammar.

VANESSA MOORE DANCE AND DRAMA TEACHER

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CONCERTS

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Our Thorold Theatre was home to an endless soiree of musical events over the winter months. From the pure joy of an Eblana Instrumental Concert, to the boundless energy of a Bayview program the concert season also included a brassy, Tropicana Jazz Cabaret, a surprising Winter Concert and a final tribute to our Year 12 musicians in September.

The Winter Concert was a significant artistic success, and all present were unrestrained in expressing their enjoyment of the event. The Brass ensemble opened the evening with a fanfare followed by the Senior Vocal ensemble, a solo piano item, the percussion ensemble, the flute ensemble, Cat’s Meow, Supersax and the Rock Band’s Honest Men and The Muzzkateers. Each item had been carefully rehearsed and the performers were ready keen to display their work.

A standout moment was the music and media collaboration of All Tied Up - a Year 5 silent movie accompanied by the Senior Orchestra in a combined screening and live performance. Featuring Year 5 students, a green screen, a crazy story set in an imaginary wild west and some hilarious back drops, the orchestral movie score comprised no less than 24 separate pieces and sound effects. All involved are commended for their artistic effort and commitment. This collaboration was a first for our School and will definitely prompt a much anticipated sequel.

Our Spring Concert was a fitting farewell to our current Year 12 music students and featured soloists. Reisha Thaker performed Canzonetta by Gabriel Pierne on clarinet,

Jude Lowe performed Improvisation 1 by Ryo Noda on saxophone, on piano Zekai Lin performed Exploring by Colin Brumby, Tia Botakis performed A Part of That

by Jason Robert Brown, Claudia Brown sang Du Bist die Ruh by Schubert, Miles Thomas performed Waltz for Doris by Rufus Reid, Hanlin Wang performed Violin Sonata No.1 mvt.4 by J S Bach and Luke Shi followed with Theme and Variations for Clarinet by Rossini. To the delight of the audience, Year 12 musician Callum Matthew debuted as Orchestral Conductor with two popular concert items, Barcarole

by Offenbach and Farandole by Bizet.

Established ensembles such as Cat’s Meow, Frogmore Trio, Froggers, Chamber Wind Ensemble, Senior Vocal Ensemble, Brass Ensemble and the Senior Orchestra all presented items drawn from a broad range of genres, underscoring the diversity of interests and artistic endeavour present within our Performing Arts community.

I thank each Year 12 student for their contribution, over many years, to the artistic endeavour of Mentone Grammar.

Best wishes GAVIN CORNISH HEAD OF PERFORMING ARTS DIRECTOR OF MUSIC

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MAKING

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The Aboriginal Artist in Residence program at Mentone Grammar has further enhanced our community’s cultural awareness and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Maree Clarke, a Mutti Mutti, Yorta Yorta, BoonWurrung woman from Mildura in northwest Victoria, is a multi-disciplinary artist. Maree completed a residency in Visual Art over six weeks in our Creativity Centre. Her residency included workshops with students from Years 5 to 9 and talks about her artistry. The theme for Maree’s talks and workshops was, Connection to Country, Culture and Place. She shared stories with teachers and students about her history and connection to country.

Maree Clarke is a pivotal figure in the reclamation of southeast Australian Aboriginal art practices, reviving elements of Aboriginal culture that were lost over the period of colonisation. Maree’s continuing desire to affirm and reconnect with her cultural heritage has seen her revivification of the traditional possum skin cloaks, together with the production of contemporary designs of kangaroo teeth necklaces and string headbands adorned with kangaroo teeth and echidna quills.

To their surprise, our students discovered that to make a necklace Maree begins by collecting the teeth from dead kangaroos on the sides of the roads in Mildura and Broken Hill. This entails crushing the skulls, removing the teeth from the jaw and skull, then soaking the teeth in water for three weeks. For a seventy-five-tooth necklace, the maker needs forty kangaroos, as only the front two teeth can be used.

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Hundreds of students contributed to the making of these necklaces by either drilling, gluing, moulding, or threading the designs together.

MAREE CLARKE For our community project, our students used a combination of traditional river reeds and contemporary materials to create three necklaces that will be permanently displayed in our Creativity Centre. Hundreds of students contributed to the making of these necklaces by either drilling, gluing, moulding, or threading the designs together. Year 10 students contributed to the necklace by learning how to gild (using gold leaf) to embellish components. The three necklaces will be ready in time for our Art and Design Exhibition opening on Wednesday 24 October 2018 when we welcome everyone to visit the Centre to enjoy the diversity of visual art at Mentone Grammar.

KIM WOOTTON HEAD OF VISUAL ARTS

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Into the woods I have to go…it may be all in vain, you know….”

SENIOR PRODUCTION

INTO THE WOODS The performance of Into the Woods certainly wasn’t in vain, but a triumph, thanks to the dedication and engagement of our hard working Performing Arts students. The show was performed in the Thorold Theatre over three nights to packed audiences and was a wonderful showcase of acting, singing and dancing.

The students tackled a very complex score and explored darker themes like the true professionals that they are. They worked tirelessly to hone their craft together as a team and supported each other to bring out the best in one another.

We thank our Year 12 group for giving up so much of their time, in such a busy and important year, to lead the way and mentor the younger students through such terrific role modelling. They are: Emma Maggio, Jude Lowe, Sarah Green, Georgia Rowan, Claudia Brown, Emily Hill, Tiadora Boutakis and Ruby McGuinness.

A dedicated team of students worked in various backstage roles including the Tech Crew, Hair and Make up teams and in the Orchestra and we thank them for their expertise and commitment. We now look forward to our senior students taking on leadership and mentoring roles in the Middle Years 2018 production of Shrek!

LOUISE DALY ASSISTANT HEAD OF PERFORMING ARTS DIRECTOR

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CAST

Charlotte Bratuskins, Georgia Rowan, Emma Maggio, Megan Bresnehan, Sarah Green, Zoe Lancaster, Claudia Levey, Helena Papasimeon, Claudia Brown, Charlotte Pate, Bronte Reark, Ruby McGuinness, Emma Rothberg, Holly Svojtka, Charlotte Holland, Emily Hill, Tiadora Botakis, Annabelle Eustice, Callum Prior, Ryan White, Andrew Lancaster, Lachlan Howard, Felix O’Neill-Pugh, Harrison Dart, Jude Lowe, Joshua Cooley, Nicholas Berry, Gustaf von Zweigbergk, Ryan Hammer, Luke Bouwmeester, Ella McNair, Alex Hassan.

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WINTER

SPORT 2018

You can’t buy team spirit, it is something that is built through hard work, friendship and a common goal.

CRAIG MOTTRAM HEAD COACH, CROSS COUNTRY

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The evolution of Sport at Mentone Grammar has seen our external Heads of Sport and Coaches have a great impact across our program. Our students have embraced the shift to what is now a full 12 month program in every sense, instead of a seasonal approach.

As such, our Senior students began planning and training for their Winter Sport prior to the Christmas holiday break, getting together for informal training sessions that gave their teams a great platform from their return in Term 1. Combining in-season Summer training and games with Winter pre-season training often means our courts, pitches and ovals are being utilised from 6.30am until 5.30pm on most days throughout the year – regardless of win/loss records, offering a program that provides students with the opportunity to stay fit and active is an integral part of our School’s mission to develop happy, healthy young people.

SOCCER Our Soccer program was again overseen by Strati Xynas, also the Technical Director at South Melbourne Football Club. With an emphasis on continuing to develop and strengthen skills and game awareness, lots of training sessions involved small sided games with continuous movement, providing teams with the chance to work on their cohesion both offensively and defensively. Our Girls' First XI was very competitive throughout the season, with great representation across all year levels.

Special mention to Maya and Keisha Jacobs, Ruby Samild (Year 7) and Sienna Salisbury (Year 8) who were all members of the starting XI, auguring well for a bright future. Chris Sweeny (OM) coached the Boys' First XI for the second year. The fixture provided strong challenges from the first game and in a very competitive competition, the team improved with every outing, culminating in a terrific away win in the final round to finish just outside the Top 4.

HOCKEY Hockey at Mentone has experienced a significant spike in interest over the past two seasons. With an increased number of teams, it was great to see the increased confidence levels across all teams and some stronger results were reflective of the enthusiastic coaching group who oversaw our teams, under the direction of Rod Tansey. Todd Blasse (OM) coached our First XI for the first time, and although the W/L record has scope for improvement, the positive cultural shift within this group has been immense.

Of note, Elly Blasse (Year 12) became our first ever female captain on the First XI, a terrific reflection of her commitment to Hockey throughout her time. Some great Inter A and Junior results provide a great deal of optimism for future seasons as the group remains young and is developing fast!

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AFL & AFLW Our AFL program was broadened with the introduction of AFLW as an option for our girls. Two teams entered the inaugural competition, one Years 7-9 and one Years 10-12 team. Some great results across both teams were achieved, with our senior team playing Caulfield in the Grand Final and, although defeated, completed a fantastic first season that has only whet the appetite for more. Strong numbers across all teams in the Boys’ program ensured more teams were fielded, with a great feeling of commitment and positivity permeating throughout. First XVIII Coach Paul Kennedy engaged his young group effectively, with a high number of players representing the team. This bodes well for next season and hopefully benefits the depth of talent available.

BASKETBALL The enthusiasm and learning experienced by our basketballers, under the guidance of a very experienced coaching panel led

by Dan Kusnyer, was fantastic to watch. Our First team was led brilliantly by Madison Daley (Year 12) and was made up predominantly of Year 10 students who gained great exposure against stronger opposition which gave the team a great indication of the standard they will work towards over the coming years.

NETBALL Eleven Netball teams represented the School across various competitions in 2018, with Leah Percy returning as Head of Netball. Our First team had another great season in a very high standard competition, continuing to demonstrate improvement in consistency and game plan. The Year 12 students who leave this team have been instrumental in improving the standards and leave a great legacy. Two Year 8 students, Zoe Leaver and Mia Collins, played the majority of the season in the First team acquitting themselves brilliantly and in itself, this provides lots of hope for successful future seasons.

CROSS COUNTRY Our Cross Country team trains as hard as any amongst our squads and their results reflected their overall commitment and willingness to push themselves to the best of their ability. In finishing second overall each team, within our team, (Junior, Inter and Senior) recognised its importance in contributing vital points to the overall totals. Some outstanding individual performances were achieved throughout the season: • Claudia Hollingsworth – winning the Gold Medal for her consistent outstanding performances winning the majority of the Year 7 races.

• Luke Gold – winning the Silver Medal in Year 9.

• Brady Watts – finishing as the 4th best Year 12 runner throughout the season.

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Having Craig Mottram and Sean Williams as part of our coaching panel gives our students access to two of Australia’s renowned middle distance coaches and the impact these two have had on our program has been profound and once again, our Girls’ Cross Country team trained and ran with pride to win the 2018 Premiership. Our girls defended our 2017 Premiership with a record breaking win over Peninsula Grammar and in doing so, achieved our goal.

Craig and Sean on the win …

I believe we have so much talent within the four walls of Mentone - our focus will always be on building programs and initiatives that engage with our current group and work continuously on trying to grow participation and encourage other students from within the School to give Cross Country a go. It is of course the greatest of all Winter Sports!!

You can’t buy team spirit, it is something that is built through hard work, friendship and a common goal.

The Mentone Grammar Cross Country girls have certainly created an amazing team. Well done!

The Mentone Grammar Sports Program continues to evolve and remains a key plank in our School’s objective to develop healthy, happy and resilient young people. Sport plays a vital role in maintaining and improving fitness, morale and relationships and it is no coincidence we often see our successful sports students excel across many of the School’s programs.

I thank our students for the commitment to Mentone Grammar Sport – it is a pleasure to work with them all.

PETER O’GORMAN HEAD OF SPORT – WINTER

CRAIG

MOTTRAM

The Mentone Grammar Cross Country girls have certainly created an amazing team.

Well done! ”

& SEAN

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PARENTS AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION REPORT

In 2018, the Parents and Friends Association has, once again, played a vital role in supporting our wonderful Community. Our primary aim is to organise and facilitate Friendraising events and secondarily where funds are raised, they are returned back to the Community through a range of projects that have a direct benefit to the school and students. In 2018 the P&F donated $30,000 to the School to fund additional shade sails for students and some creative outdoor seating in Greenways.

Mentone Grammar is certainly a dynamic place to be at the start of the school year. The P&F hosted a number of Welcome Morning Tea events across all campuses in February. In a relaxed atmosphere, new parents were able to mingle with staff and current parents, to celebrate the start of the school year.

Parents then had the opportunity to stock up on uniform items at the P&F Shop, which continues to provide our community with a sustainable and fiscally beneficial source of secondhand uniforms. Sadly, we will farewell our tireless Retail Coordinator Neerie Widelski who will be leaving the fold at the end of this year, after more than 10 years of dedicated service to the community and the P&F. We cannot thank Neerie enough for her dedication, generosity and hard work, she will be greatly missed!

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May was a busy month for the P&F. We welcomed our Year 7 parents with an evening under the stars at Greenways. It was a wonderful chance to meet new parents, catch up with friends as well as taste the delights from the vintage caravan, Miss Elodie.

We also hosted a beautiful day of golf with The Mentonians at our Community Golf Day. In conjunction with the Holland Foundation the P&F hosted a Trivia night with half our fundraising returned to benefit the Holland Foundation and half to go fund an exciting project for students in Eblana. It was an evening of hilarity and much laughter coupled with some great raffle prizes. Look out for the Trivia night 2019.

The P&F continued to support special interest groups within our Community such as the Dads@MG. With a over 40 dads at its last event, the group continues to grow and is a vital part of our community.

All Dads at MG are most welcome.

Once again the Mother’s and Father’s Day Stalls were a wonderful success, thanks to our energetic team of parent volunteers and the organising magic of our Eblana Coordinators - Natalie Burrows and Jodie Lowndes. Our youngest students arrived first with their present lists and precious dollars keen to get the ‘perfect’ gift. Many knew exactly what they wanted, while others needed some gentle assistance from the parent helpers on hand. It was an absolute delight to see the excitement on their faces and we hope you appreciated their efforts!

WHITE NIGHT

In September parents from all campuses got together for a White Night Extravaganza. In a sensational venue we talked, danced and laughed the night away. A huge thanks to our tireless Events VP, Jacquie Phillips, and her enthusiastic helpers for creating such a wonderful atmosphere and making the night so relaxed and enjoyable.

For all information about P&F events please check the website, pop into the Shop or email us at: pandf@mentonegrammar.net The P&F would like to thank all organisations and individuals, parents and staff who have helped with our events, we could not make it work without your valuable contributions.

We look forward to you joining us at our annual Christmas Lunch in December.

MIA LE FEVRE PRESIDENT

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FOUNDATION BUILDING FUND 2018 The School gratefully acknowledges the following donors to the Mentone Grammar School Foundation Building Fund up to, and including, September 2018.

Mr & Mrs C Barlow

Mr & Mrs C Barden

Mr & Mrs I Svojtka

Mr & Mrs P Mentiplay

Mr & Mrs A Daemen

Mr & Mrs C Bardis

Mr & Mrs I Williams

Mr & Mrs P Nayna

Mr & Mrs W Growdon

Mr & Mrs C Barlow

Mr & Mrs J Barrett

Mr & Mrs P O'Sullivan

Dr & Mrs B Burke

Mr & Mrs C Daley

Mr & Mrs J Clark

Mr & Mrs P Piotrowski

Dr & Mrs C Pregnalato

Mr & Mrs C Ewart

Mr & Mrs J Cooper

Mr & Mrs P Ursprung

Dr & Mrs D Noble

Mr & Mrs C Hancox

Mr & Mrs J Cotsopoulos

Mr & Mrs P Williams

Dr & Mrs R Crombie

Mr & Mrs C Hewlett

Mr & Mrs J Cregeen

Mr & Mrs Q Baxter

Dr & Mrs R Walliser

Mr & Mrs C Male

Mr & Mrs J d'Alquen

Mr & Mrs R Alford

Dr A Tucker & Dr J Selman

Mr & Mrs C Owens

Mr & Mrs J Davis

Mr & Mrs R Block

Dr Amanda Deeks

Mr & Mrs C Papadopoulos

Mr & Mrs J Doulgeridis

Mr & Mrs R Carter

Dr F Evans & Ms C Magagna

Mr & Mrs C Peachey

Mr & Mrs J Gec

Mr & Mrs R Fox

Dr K Siemering & Ms K Raymond

Mr & Mrs C Phillips

Mr & Mrs J Kalogerakis

Mr & Mrs R Goodman

Dr K Winters

Mr & Mrs C Roach

Mr & Mrs J Kitchen

Mr & Mrs R Henricks

Dr M Ledger

Mr & Mrs C Shearer

Mr & Mrs J Kruss

Mr & Mrs R Holmes

Dr N Watapaldeniya

Mr & Mrs C Williams

Mr & Mrs J Leonidas

Mr & Mrs R Kingston

Dr R & Dr S Arcon

Mr & Mrs D Bleakley

Mr & Mrs J Lombard

Mr & Mrs R Kombol

Dr T Enright & Dr K Michalova

Mr & Mrs D Bunting

Mr & Mrs J McCormick

Mr & Mrs R Lancaster

Dr T Fryer & Dr M Campbell

Mr & Mrs D Carnegie

Mr & Mrs J Rosaia

Mr & Mrs R Langenfelds

Dr Y Nikolayevsky

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Mr & Mrs J Spargo

Mr & Mrs R Leydin

Drs T Osianlis

Mr & Mrs D Federici

Mr & Mrs K Carson

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Gosia & Brian Connor

Mr & Mrs D Flower

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Miss C Sreng

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Miss N Blackman

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Mr & Mrs A Malby-Luke

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Mr & Mrs F Giannioglou

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Mr & Mrs B Arya

Mr & Mrs G Holland

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Mr & Mrs B Thiele

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Mr & Mrs Beynon

Mr & Mrs H Latchford

Mr & Mrs P Manning

Mr & Mrs T Paroz

Mr & Mrs C Bakas

Mr & Mrs I Mahoney

Mr & Mrs P McKinnon

Mr & Mrs T Rickard

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Mr & Mrs T Tsihlakis

Mr G & Mrs H Boyle

Mr M Gray & Miss G Watt

Mr U & Mrs I Guvenir

Mr & Mrs V McCullough

Mr G Caris

Mr M Huang & Ms C Zhu

Mr U & Mrs I Guvenir

Mr & Mrs W Burrows

Mr G Dallas & Ms F Dallas

Mr M Li & Mrs H Cheng

Mr V Lowe

Mr & Mrs W Howe

Mr G Georgiou & Ms N Jefferson

Mr M O'Rourke & Miss N Blackwood

Mr V Luthra & Mrs S Joglekar

Mr & Mrs W Hynes

Mr G Hanson & Ms P Torossi

Mr M Pinzana & Ms M Lampard

Mr V Panopoulos

Mr & Mrs W White

Mr G Joynson & Mrs G Smith

Mr M Quin

Mr V Shanmugiamani

Mr & Mrs Zallmann

Mr G Peng & Ms K Zheng

Mr M Robertson

Mr W & Mrs C Cramer

Mr A & Mrs C Heib

Mr G Reading

Mr M Selby & Ms J Stewart

Mr W & Mrs J Hoyles

Mr A & Mrs D Corcoran

Mr G Van Ameyden

Mr M Wagstaff & Ms S Chaffey

Mr W Brandt & Ms F Paice

Mr A & Mrs M Glanville

Mr G Weng & Ms M Wang

Mr M Wang & Mrs S Dong

Mr W Li

Mr A & Mrs T Burlock

Mr G Zheng & Miss H Shi

Mr M Wheeler

Mr W Li & Ms G Guangwen

Mr A Athanasopoulos

Mr H Constantinou

Mr M Zou & Mrs Y Xu

Mr W Mahmoud & Ms L Miler

Mr A Bozic & Ms D Katanovic

Mr H Fan & Ms L Fu

Mr N & Mrs L Gilligan

Mr W Wang & Mrs W Du

Mr A Bromidis & Mrs E Minasian

Mr H Zou

Mr N Lan

Mr W Xue & Ms X Wang

Mr A Cherney & Mrs E Akopyan

Mr I Parker

Mr N Ma & Ms Y Cao

Mr W Zheng & Mrs Z Yang

Mr A Curnow

Mr I Reynolds & Dr J Dixon

Mr N O'Connor & Ms M Behrend

Mr X Fan & Ms H Sun

Mr A Henry & Ms C Luck

Mr J & Mrs H von Zweigbergk

Mr N Oliver & Ms C Terry

Mr X Lin & Mrs C Liu

Mr A Littleford & Ms C Jupp

Mr J & Mrs L Donaldson

Mr P & Mrs C Grella

Mr X Liu & Mrs H Dong

Mr A Smith

Mr J & Mrs M Raffaut

Mr P & Mrs M Hutchison

Mr Y Jia & Mrs J Xu

Mr A Song & Mrs Y Hu

Mr J Guppy & Mrs O Ludzish

Mr P & Mrs S Appel

Mr Y Li

Mr A Tezay

Mr J Hu & Ms X Liu

Mr P Bosa & Mrs R Stobart

Mr Y Liao

Mr A Topp & Ms N Wright

Mr J Jacobs & Mrs N Jacobs

Mr P Dykas & Ms A Bondini

Mr Y Piao & Ms H Zhang

Mr A Vyshenkov

Mr J Lee & Ms H Han

Mr P Fogarty & Ms I Sundstrup

Mr Y Pu & Ms Y Zhou

Mr B & Mrs J Collins

Mr J Lu & Mrs L Wei

Mr P Magennis & Ms J Haslam

Mr Y Wu & Ms X Feng

Mr B & Mrs K McCarthy

Mr J McNamara & Mrs L Hilder

Mr P Neylan

Mr Y Yang & Ms F Dong

Mr B Fernandes

Mr J Miao & Mrs C Lin

Mr P Pavlidis & Ms S Giannakis

Mr Y Yu & Ms S Fan

Mr B Li & Ms C Luo

Mr J Orr & Mrs A Lucena-Orr

Mr P Soden

Mr Y Zhou & Ms D Wang

Mr B Marcombe & Ms S Spillane

Mr J Pan & Ms J Zhu

Mr R & Mrs L Cotton

Mr Y Zhou & Ms D Wang

Mr B Pavan & Dr S Nashi

Mr J Papagiannis

Mr R & Mrs R Widdison

Mr Z Reark & Ms B Roberts

Mr B Qian & Mrs M Lin

Mr J Schultz

Mr R & Mrs S Hollingsworth

Mr Z Shi & Ms J Sun

Mr B Selacki & Mrs B Clancey-Selacki

Mr J Tang & Ms W Liu

Mr R Clarke & Ms D Thompson

Mr Z Xiang & Mrs M Jin

Mr B Zhong & Mrs C Tang

Mr J Tirta & Ms C Sardjono

Mr R Djurovic & Ms I Ross

Mr Z Yang & Mrs C Xu

Mr B Zhong & Mrs C Tang

Mr J Yu & Mrs J Xu

Mr R Grelewicz & Mrs D Jaden

Mrs R Cheers

Mr B Zhou & Dr S Chen

Mr J Zeng & Ms Z Yang

Mr R Maluga

Mrs R Wall & Mr J Wall

Mr C & Mrs J Przychodzen

Mr J Zhao and Ms T Li

Mr R Walker & Ms N Wane

Mrs S Higgins

Mr C & Mrs K Gibbons

Mr K Aravindth & Mrs H Fonseka

Mr Russell Vinning

Mrs S Thaker

Mr C & Mrs L Mouzouris

Mr K Brodie & Ms B Morris

Mr S & Mrs E Malotsis

Mrs V Goodwin

Mr C Barnes & Miss S Nish

Mr K Chho & Mrs S Chan

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Mrs Xiaohua Xin

Mr C Deng & Ms M Liang

Mr K Davies & Ms A McVean

Mr S & Mrs K Griffiths

Ms C Hegarty

Mr C Li & Ms J Yu

Mr K Mooney & Ms K Brown

Mr S & Mrs R Mudholkar

Ms J Considine & Mr R Newman

Mr C Pukallus

Mr K Wang & Ms R Lu

Mr S and Mrs L Vickers

Ms J Ewart & Mr B McTigue

Mr D & Mrs A Tryfonopoulos

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Ms J Song

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Mr L Meng & Mrs S Shi

Mr S Tribe

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Mr L Wan & Mrs W Zhang

Mr S Whittaker

Ms L Fryer & Mr D Webster

Mr D Ilic

Mr L Zhang & Mrs R Du

Mrs K Chong-Whittaker

Prof & Mrs P Butler

Mr D Meng & Mrs K Zeng

Mr M & Mrs A Radzikowski

Mr S Zafar

Prof & Mrs P Holland

Mr D Ranaweera

Mr M & Mrs L Fennessy

Mr S Zou & Mrs E Liu

Rev & Mrs K Pedersen

Mr D Royale & Ms P D'Avrincour

Mr M & Mrs S McCulloch

Mr Sin Thai & Mrs Jade Thai

Mr D Sloan & Ms D Hanchett

Mr M & Mrs V Riach

Mr Smith

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Mr Stoeckl & Ms King

Mr D Topor & Ms A Oskolkova

Mr M & Mrs V Windram

Mr T & Mrs L Riddell

Mr D Yoxon & Ms B Farrell

Mr M Chan & Miss R Wane

Mr T Antoniou & Ms K Farr

Mr Druvi & Mrs Claire Ruberu

Mr M Collins

Mr T Hunt & Ms N Weeks

Mr E Zoggia & Ms E Giannakis

Mr M Cox

Mr T Hussain

Mr F & Mrs C Vitiello

Mr M Davey & Ms T Nash-Davey

Mr T Lam & Ms Y Zhou

Mr F and Mrs M Jung

Mr M Dobbs & Ms S Berezowski

Mr T Newman & Ms J Lowndes

Mr F Bizzotto & Mrs P Smith-Bizzotto

Mr M Evans & Ms H Webb

Mr T Zhang & Ms X Wang

Mr F Wang & Mrs L Lin

Mr M Gay & Mrs M Kirwan

Mr Tim & Ms Rae Clark

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PRESIDENT The Mentonians Association recently held its Annual General Meeting. Reporting on our activities over the last 12 months, I noted that our schedule of events has seen steep growth in Alumni engagement; increasing the ability to connect with our membership via social media, our Monitor online newsletter, telephone, personal contact at reunions and regular Alumni visits to Mentone to see how the School has grown and changed.

As you will see on the following pages, The Mentonians Association has held many successful events, including the 50th Anniversary of The Old Mentonians Football Club in June. It was a Gala Event with over 200 guests held at Caulfield Racing Club. In addition to a number of interstate reunions and a small gathering of Alumni in Hong Kong, we have also held reunions for nine year groups, and were especially pleased to host 58 guests at the Class of 1968 Golden Reunion, with Alumni flying in from interstate and overseas to join

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us for their 50 Year celebratory dinner.

Our Annual Dinner was a night of highlights, recognising the service, commitment, skill and long-term volunteer efforts of those from our sporting Clubs.

In fact, our Tony Drinan Award Winner, Robert (Bob) Nottle CBE (1960) was a co-founder of OMFC and remains connected with the Club today.

Our Friends of Frogmore luncheon continues to keep our Alumni (40+ years out) returning to Mentone Grammar from

-R: Sam Ingram (1984) OMFC, Mark Pearman L (1982) President, Peter Corfield OMSC.

02 Members of The Mentonians Association

Committee at the 2018 Annual Dinner: L-R: Josh Burt (1989), Mark Pearman (1982) President, Jon Ponnusamy (2010) Secretary, Rob Sinclair (1976), Jeremy Longstaff (1989), Cameron Dunkerley (1986), Vic Stroumos (1978) Treasurer.

03 L-R: Vic Stroumos (1978) Treasurer, Peter

Rogers (1956) Life Patron and Past TMA President, Mark Pearman (1982) President.

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03 near and far. This year we welcomed back, John 'JD' Dillon (1945) who may well be our oldest living Alumni. At 91 years young, we enjoyed his positive outlook, 'verve' for life and hearing that he is still volunteering and engaged with his local community.

That’s what we are really all about – connection and friendships, wherever you are in the world.

MARK PEARMAN (1982) PRESIDENT

I am proud to advise that a fellow classmate of mine Acting Assistant Commissioner Michael White APM (1982) was awarded the Australian Police Medal for his service to the NT Police in this year Queen’s Birthday Honours.

ACTING ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER MICHAEL WHITE APM (1982) Acting Assistant Commissioner White joined the NT Police Force in 1984 and has served across the Northern Territory with distinction including postings to Batchelor, Nhulunbuy, Katherine, Jabiru and Darwin. A designated Detective, he has worked with Major Crime, Katherine CIB and Southern Investigations. He is a highly respected officer and is held in high regard by the communities he has served.

2018 REUNIONS

The physical environment at Mentone Grammar may have changed, but our values remain the same and without doubt, these values have determined positive decisions and helped guide the lives of our Alumni.

THIS YEAR WE HELD REUNIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING GROUPS: FRIDAY 1 JUNE 1978 - 40 Year Reunion 1983 - 35 Year Reunion 1988 - 30 Year Reunion

FRIDAY 27 APRIL 1993- 25 Year Reunion 1998 - 20 Year Reunion 2003 - 15 Year Reunion

On Friday 1 June, 70 Mentonians came together to celebrate a milestone reunion of either 40, 35 or 30 years and in April, we celebrated our 25, 20 and 15 year reunions.

For all of these groups, they left a single gender 'boys' school and returned to a coeducational school that has grown and without doubt flourished into a school of over 1600 students.

Our student tour guides proudly showed our Alumni throughout the Creativity Centre, our newly opened Keith Jones Years 5 & 6 Centre, cleverly built into the old Keith Jones Gymnasium, and the amazing Greenways, Year 9 Campus, which creatively blends past and present, on the site of the Thorold Hall.

The groups all enjoyed the company of our Principal, Mal Cater (1981) and long-term staff members, Tony Dayton and John Horler. Food, drinks and good company were shared, memories were relived, stories embellished, and it was really as though no time had passed, since catching up last.

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2018 REUNIONS Thank you to Chris Appel (1988) and Sam Gribble (1988) for galvanising their group, ensuring that we had ‘old boys’ flying in from interstate and across the globe. In particular, Rod Quinton, Stephen Holl, Chris Barron, Paul O’Brien, Charles Ellis, Raj Krishnan, Steve Ruskin and Brenden Russell. From the 1978 group, Duncan Symons and Hugh Blaker both travelled from interstate to enjoy the evening.

Our sincere thanks to Michael Lawson, Head Prefect in 1993, who was unable to fly in from overseas but ensured the very connected, Daniel Murphy got the reunion details out to the 1993 cohort. We also thank Chris Whitelaw and Cameron Rushworth who flew in from Sydney for the occasion. From 1998, Nick Lund, Buzz Kuramoto and Warrick Steabbin connected with their group, ensuring great numbers, and Ryan Thomas, Head Prefect 2003 followed-up with the 2003 group.

THE MENTONIAN CONTACTS OFFICE

AUSTRALIA

INTERNATIONAL

03 9581 3254 thementonians@ mentonegrammar.net

ADELAIDE Peter Bray (1985) peter.bray@westnet.com.au

Alumni Manager Suzanne Ashley suzannea@mentonegrammar.net 03 9581 3254 (direct) 0481 602 144

BRISBANE Dan Chalmers (1999) daniel@chalmers.email

CANADA Ontario Mervyn Archdall (1957) marchdall@rogers.com

USA Florida David Pearson (1987) aussiepearson@gmail.com

ENGLAND London Cambell Lean (1993) Cambell.Lean@isgplc.com

New York Chris Leslie (1982) chris-leslie@macquarie.com Arnold Ephraums (1982) aephraums@mac.com Chris Jacob (1999) cj@cjacob.com

Development Specialist Fiona Dallas fionad@mentonegrammar.net 03 8571 4907 (direct) 0427 440 504

Please contact The Mentonians office if you would like to become one of our representatives.

CANBERRA Michael Taylor (1955) mbt@netspeed.com.au SYDNEY Luke Murphy (1990) lmurphy@csr.com.au PERTH Tim Ponnusamy (2006) timothy_ponnusamy@hotmail.com Phillip Yap (1985) pyap01@gmail.com TASMANIA Hobart Michael “Rusty” Reynolds (1986) michael.reynolds@dhhs.tas.gov.au

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Plymouth John Read (1973) theoldtro@gmail.com HONG KONG Peter Cheung (1992) cpcheuc@hotmail.com JAPAN Onomichi City Gareth O’Gradie (1999) ogradie@hotmail.com MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur Kamal Ragupathy (1992) kamalpathy@gmail.com

Vermont Justin Johnson (1985) qdo606@gmail.com SINGAPORE David Goh (1961) davegoh@fastdel.com THAILAND Jitti Rachjaibun (1964) jitti_rach@dhonsiridsel.co.th David Wylie (1973) david.wylie@yahoo.com

INTERNATIONAL AND INTERSTATE REUNIONS SYDNEY

With a good number of our Alumni living in NSW, we held a reunion dinner on Friday 10 August at Darling Harbour.

The peer years in attendance spanned from the Class of 1955 to the Class of 2010.

Again our shared point of interest was Mentone Grammar, however it was wonderful to see the non-stop conversation across generations, recalling memories, talking about life, work, retirement and social activities – which seem to be plentiful, given Sydney’s climate and proximity to beaches and lakes!

A great deal of networking took place and the group enjoyed being updated on the activities of their old school by Principal, Mal Cater.

Jon Ponnusamy (2010) Secretary, represented The Mentonians Association and made some firm friends and new business contacts. Special thanks to our NSW representative, Luke Murphy (1990) for locating the perfect venue and helping to ensure the success of the evening.

PERTH On 18 August, we hosted our first reunion in Perth

for some years. John Adeney (1963) organised the University of Western Australia Club for our dinner, and it was an ideal venue.

We were pleased to share the company of some exceptional Mentonians, including The Very Rev. Dr John Shepherd AM (1959) and Joy Shepherd, Neil McCallum (1956) and Glenice McCallum, Peter Le Breton (1961). The Mentonians Association President Mark Pearman (1982) welcomed all, along with his wife Kerryn and gave an overview of activities at Mentone Grammar and The Mentonians Association. David Orson (1968) was presented with his 50 Year Pin, as he had no plans to come to Melbourne for the Golden Reunion Dinner. In fact, he enjoyed the night so much that he booked a flight and came along to the 1968 Dinner, reuniting with many school friends. Phillip Yap (1985) and Tim Ponnusamy (2006) enjoyed the night and shared personal memories of Mentone Grammar, and Houses they were in at School and somehow the night passed by, all too quickly. Special thanks to Marg and Mike Durack (1967) and Peter Newton for collating a collection of photographs, which included the attendees as students.

HONG KONG Whilst in Hong Kong in May, the

Principal and Registrar held a small reunion gathering at the Excelsior Hotel.

Making the most of their time in Hong Kong, they also caught up with Dr Peter Lo (1967) who attended Mentone as a Boarder, along with his son Richard (1997). Richard’s sons Hayson and Jason will join us in 2023. Peter’s other son Dr Thomas Lo (2000) is now a local Orthodontist. The Lo family are generous supporters of Mentone Grammar and have sponsored three rooms in our Creativity Centre.

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TMA With 170 guests in attendance, we held The Mentonians Association Annual Dinner at Southern Golf Club and were well represented by members of all our Clubs.

We were fortunate once again have our Master of Ceremonies, Steve ‘Chooka’ Grey (1974) host the evening. Following tradition, there was a roll call of honoured guests, including our Association President, Mark Pearman (1982) and his wife Kerryn, Bob Nottle CBE (1960) and his wife Sue and Past TMA President and 2017 Life Patron, Peter Rogers (1956) and his wife Coral and most important on this special occasion, Jan Drinan and Greg Woodward (1975). We also acknowledged our Life Patrons and Club Presidents. A video welcome from Principal, Mal Cater from the School Production of Into the Woods was well received by guests and Board Chair, Geoff Ryan AM (1965) was also at this event.

The evening commenced with acknowledging 10 years of service by the following staff members and inducting them as Honorary Mentonians: Amanda Barnhoorn, Claire Forbes, Robyn Fuerst, Erin Hall, Kaylen Kornberg, Max Marrow and Leonie Redfern.

We also acknowledged our staff special guest, Trevor Stevens, who began his teaching career at Mentone Grammar in 1985. Trevor is a great friend to The Mentonians Association, regularly hosting tours and catching up with Alumni at our many reunions.

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ANNUAL DINNER

2018

This year, the Committee unanimously voted to create an inaugural Service Award to recognise our long-term Treasurer, Vic Stroumos (1978). The award which took Vic completely by surprise, was an acknowledgement of over 30 years of committed service to the Association.

TMA ANNUAL CLUB AWARDS Our clubs can nominate those who have served for a minimum of 10 years to become Honorary Mentonians. This year, Honorary Mentonian status was conferred upon Brenda Boucher and Rod Tansey both from Mentone Hockey Club.

Amongst some exceptional nominations, the Sports Person of the Year Award saw Samantha McLean from Old Mentonians Soccer Club and Gracie Geddis from Mentone Hockey Club acknowledged as our winners.

Club Person of the Year was awarded to Josh Burt (1989) from Mentone Hockey Club. Josh is also a valued member of The Mentonians Association committee.

TMA LIFE PATRON AWARD In a night with many highlights, the delight on the faces of the OMFC cohort when Sharon Ericksen was awarded Life Patron of The Mentonians Association, was priceless. Sharon joined the OMFC in 1978 and has given 40 years of outstanding service to the OMFC. * T he citations for our 2018 Awards and a photo gallery, can be found on our website www.thementonian.net

01 From left: Rod Tansey MHC President

- Honorary Mentonian, Samantha McLean (OMSC) & Gracie Geddis (MHC) – Sportsperson of the Year Joint Award, Brenda Boucher (MHC) - Honorary Mentonian, Josh Burt MHC (1989) - Club Person of the Year, Sharon Ericksen (OMFC) - Life Patron Award

TONY DRINAN

MEDAL WINNER

2018

ROBERT NOTTLE CBE jumper and socks still worn today. On the Old Boys cricket front which included 88 games, our Tony Drinan Medal winner was a member of the 1961/2 OMCC senior premiership team and in that year won the FDCA grade batting average.

As a perpetual memorial to an exceptional Mentonian and to recognise the accomplishments of former Mentone Grammar students, the Tony Drinan Award is awarded each year to a past student who has achieved outstanding success bringing honour to the School and service to the Community.

Robert, or Bob as he is known, grew up in a Mentone Grammar family. His parents dedicated much of their time to the School.

Bob’s mother Helen served as President of the Mothers' Association and father Bill, also advised with the formation of the Old Mentonians Football Club. Younger brother Peter (1964) became an eminent surgeon of Associate Professorial standing.

Bob did well as a student culminating in Year 12 as a Prefect, Were House Captain, Captain of the Cricket X1 (AGSV Rep.) and Vice Captain of the First XV111. His tertiary years saw graduation from Melbourne University with a Bachelor of Commerce and later with a Dip. Ed and Master of Commerce. In 1965, Bob commenced a five year tenure as Economics and Commerce master and Faculty Chair at Mentone Grammar. Significantly, in the late 1960s, Bob walked the corridors with a student by name of Tony Drinan. Coincidently, Tony as a commerce teacher was also Chairman of the Commerce Faculty from 1980-1986.

It is well known that Bob and his classmate Roger Smith along with the late Don Ingram were instrumental in the 1968 birth of the Old Mentonians Football Club. Bob and Roger designed the

Initially employed as an academic and lecturer at Swinburne University he moved through the eighties to the position of Senior Director of Operations of the National Companies and Securities Commission Australia. This was the springboard to his appointment to the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong where he was appointed Chairman. In this role as the regulator or watchdog controlling the governance of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Bob’s decisions had major economic impact not only in South East Asia but internationally.

From the depths of the ‘87 crash, Bob led the remodelling of the Hong Kong securities market into one of the most dynamic in the world. A major highlight in June ’93 was his signing of the path breaking Memorandum of Understanding with China. This signing took place in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in the presence of the Vice President of China. It meant that for the first time through listing on the Hong Kong Exchange, Chinese companies traded shares with the outside world. The post Mao Communist China began its foray into the securities world of Western corporate capitalism. On return to Australia Bob’s roles included Directorships of the Australian Stock Exchange and Consultant to the Singapore Exchange as recently as 2013.

Most deservedly, and as advised by the last Governor of Hong Kong, the Right Honorable Christopher Patten, Her Majesty The Queen approved Robert’s appointment as Commander in the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) on the 1995 Birthday Honours list. The Investiture taking place by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on July 17 1996.

Robert in retirement has continued his association with Mentone Grammar, in particular the Old Mentonians Football Club, and TMA in general. We congratulate Bob on being awarded the 2018 Tony Drinan Award, you are most respected and admired as one of the finest of the Mentone Grammar family.

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2018 FRIENDS OF FROGMORE On Friday 7 September, over 100 Alumni, past staff and special guests joined us in the Function Centre for our annual Friends of Frogmore Lunch. After a warm welcome from Alumni Manager, Suzanne Ashley, the theme for this year’s luncheon was Buildings and Grounds over time – from the 1920s to current day; depicting a history of Mentone Grammar’s physical assets as a chronology.

Everyone enjoyed a slideshow of memories and the many historical photos on display.

As a community we are fortunate to have developed, over 95 years, a substantial photographic collection of the School’s history. It is important to note that J. J. Thorold, not only kept the School open following his father’s death in 1939, but as the sole photographer, he maintained an extensive photographic and film collection, particularly in the 1940s and 1950s. For this gift we are most grateful and as we move towards our Centenary in 2023, we will continue to share these incredible memories across generations of Mentonians and our wider community. In terms of buildings and grounds, we are blessed and now benefit from the great foresight and acumen of successive Boards of Management, Fundraising Groups, Staff and wise counsel that have provided the wealth of today. We are so proud of our School!

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is described by his peers as “one of the toughest competitors ever to don the Green, Black and White" which he wore with distinction for 17 seasons. John was also elected Club President in 1959, 1960 and 1961. John has recently returned from the Solomon Islands where he spent time with other Rotarians, repairing and painting a local school on one of the many islands that make up the Solomons.

JOHN 'JD' DILLON

A final highlight of this year’s lunch was Mal Cater introducing Head Prefect for 2019, Bronte Reark, to the group. Many of those present at the lunch knew Bronte's grandfather Jim Reark (1958), who passed away in 2012. Vasil Varlamos (1959) was able to show Bronte some photos of her grandfather, from his phone. It was a special unscripted moment. Bronte’s father Zac Reark (1989) also attended Mentone Grammar and now Bronte, along with siblings Angus and Lennox are continuing the Reark family tradition.

After lunch, Mal Cater, Principal introduced our special guest.

Mal put John’s involvement with Mentone Grammar into context.

The School is 95 years old this year and at 91 years of age, John may well be our oldest living Alumni. A proud father, grandfather and great-grandfather, John is still active in the community and volunteers his time with Rotary, Men’s Shed and Riding for the Disabled every week. In his youth, John ‘Tank’ Dillon played 88 games for Power House between 1949 and 1966. He was selected to represent Victoria in the VAFA on numerous occasions and

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Although a tumultuous childhood, John was awarded Sunshine Coast Father of the Year in 2017 nominated by his daughter, Sandy.

John even had advice for our Year 7 students on the day. “Get a job you like, and you'll appreciate it and stay in it” along with advice from his Mother, which still holds true “if you’ve got a task to do – do it to the best of your ability.” It was a pleasure to welcome John back to his old School to share some of his memories with us.

To celebrate this milestone, we will be holding a Cadets Reunion Luncheon on Friday 9 November 2018 following our annual Remembrance Day Service.

Anybody involved in Cadets over our 75 Year journey is invited to join us on the day.

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We would be pleased to hear from Alumni across different eras and ask that you contact others and invite them along.

It would also be great to receive any memorabilia and photographs that will help share the many stories and memories from the Cadet unit's long and proud 75 years.

Please contact Suzanne Ashley at: suzannea@mentonegrammar.net or 03 9581 3254.

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PANTHER PRODUCTIONS Thank you to those who attended the Short Film Festival in July and supported our enthusiastic actors, directors and film-makers. Representatives from each submission introduced their film to the audience and gave unique insight to the message behind the making of the film. We really do have many talented people in our community!

In early October the committee and its members met with Ned Dixon (2012), an already accomplished pianist and performer. Ned will be directing a small musical production in early 2019 for Panther Productions. Please contact Fiona Dallas if you would like to be a part of this exciting performance on 03 8571 4907 or at pantherproductions@ mentonegrammar.net

THEATRE | MUSIC | DANCE

Panther Productions is open to all members of the Mentone Grammar and local community.

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CLASS OF 1968

GOLDEN REUNION Earlier this year, Graeme Lund, Russell Vining and Ross McKenzie offered to assist with contacting the Class of 1968 to invite them along to their 50 Year Reunion. The group worked diligently and made excellent progress with 58 guests, joining us for dinner on Saturday 8 September at Woodlands Golf Club.

Their search for members of their cohort spread from country Victoria, interstate and overseas in order to share this special milestone together.

The dinner followed on from our Friends of Frogmore Luncheon the day prior, which meant that for those travelling into Melbourne, they had more than one opportunity to catch-up. The night began with a heartfelt welcome from Principal, Mal Cater, who took us back to the world as it was, and the School that it was in 1968. Anthony (Tony) Drinan was Head Boy in 1968 and we were delighted to have his wife, Jan Drinan and her husband, Greg Woodward (1975) share the evening with us.

Also present were former teachers, Geoff Ryan AM (1965), Bob Nottle CBE (1960) and wife, Sue, Mentonians Association President, Mark Pearman (1982) and his wife Kerryn. Mark was especially pleased to share the evening with the group, as a friend of Tony Drinan, Mark also made a toast to those from the Class of 1968 who are no longer with us.

The Class of 1968 all received a memento of the occasion, a 50 Year Pin and then gathered for photos. Despite time and distance and that some of the group had not seen each other for 50 years; there was an instant connection, a great deal of

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laughter and many tales told and re-told, during the evening. An interesting fact, noted by Russell Vinning, was that 28 of the attendees were in Form 1 together in 1963.

We thank our Archives team of Mike Durack (1967) and Peter Newton (1966) for sourcing the many photos enjoyed by the group during the evening.

Special thanks again to Graeme Lund, Russell Vinning, Ross McKenzie and to those who travelled to join us - Dale and Kathleen McKinlay, Florida USA, Bill Conway, Toronto Canada, David Orson Perth, Hal Reynolds Qld, Laurie and Paula Dunn and John Upham, NSW. We received many thank you notes, here is one of them that captures the spirit of the evening: “I am deeply grateful to the School for the opportunity to catch up with so many old friends and school mates … a cherished, memorable event that has rekindled many lost friendships”.

The Class of 1968 intends to re-group to celebrate Mentone Grammar’s Centenary in 2023.

TMA NEWS VALE

We record with sadness the passing of the following Alumni and extend our sympathies to their families: Brian Jennings (1959), Bo Hausler (1962), Trevor Lamude (1967), Gareth James (1968), Frank Adams (1956)

ROBERT BEYNON (1984) Robert Beynon pictured right We offer our sincere condolences to Robert’s wife Julie, and children Josh (Year 9) and Sienna (Year 6) along with Robert’s parents Beth and Ian Beynon, and his brothers Warwick (1982) and Peter (1987). The Beynon family has had a long association with Mentone Grammar and we hope that the support of family, good friends and your School is providing some measure of comfort.

CAMERON HOLMES (1989) Cameron Holmes pictured right We offer our sincere sympathy to Cameron’s parents Ron and Lyn, his step-father Stuart and brother, Andrew Merrick (2008). Cameron will be sadly missed by his family and friends. * Further details are included online in our Monitor newsletter Labore et Honore

MENTONE MEMORIES Thank you to Graham Moss (1955), Mel Speers (1965) and Ron Flood (1968), along with Bev Grenda and her family, following the passing of two of her brothers Rod (1974) and Trevor (1978) for donations of School blazers, caps, ties, boater hats, photographs and copies of The Mentonian magazines. All of these items will be held in Archives to be displayed at reunions and other special events.

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CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL TOURS 2019 Please join us for our 2019 School Tours on:

CREATIVITY CENTRE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Take your seat and be part of history!

Saturday 16 February (Open Day and Scholarship Testing)

It is not too late to sponsor a seat in the new Creativity Centre Thorold Theatre

Tuesday 19 March (Twilight Tours)

Seat Sponsorship

Monday 6 May (School Tours)

Join many families and clubs and sponsor a SEAT in the new Thorold Theatre, which will have YOUR NAME on it for the life of the building.

Saturday 10 August (Open Day) Thursday 24 October (School Tours) Please register online: www.mentonegrammar.net For enrolment enquiries email: enrol@mentonegrammar.net or phone 9584 4211 Find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/ mentonegrammar Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/mentonegrammar Tag us on Instagram @#mentonegrammar.net

FACILITIES R. M. Sykes Shoreham Camp Marine Parade, Shoreham (Melways Ref: 256 J7) Keysborough Playing Fields 756 - 768 Springvale Road, Keysborough Mentone Grammar Aquatic Centre Lucerne Street, Mentone Grammar Campus Phone: 9581 3288 www.mentonegrammar.net

Room Sponsorship An opportunity is still open for families and clubs to Sponsor a ROOM. Consider having your name attached to a learning space for the life of the building.

Sponsorship Opportunities Please contact Fiona Dallas, Development Specialist fionad@mentonegrammar.net or phone 8571 4907

Fiona Dallas (03) 8571 4907 or email: pantherproductions@ mentonegrammar.net The Mentonians can be found via the below details:

LinkedIn: The Mentonians

TMA COMMITTEE President

Facebook: fb/thementonians

2019 REUNIONS The Mentonians Association Calendar for 2019 will soon be finalised.

In 2019 we will be holding Reunions for the following year groups, in addition to our Friends of Frogmore Luncheon.

1969 – 50 year (Golden) Reunion

Mark Pearman (1982)

1979 – 40 year Reunion

Vice President

1984 – 35 Year Reunion

Mark Henricks (1977)

1989 – 30 year Reunion

Secretary

1994 – 25 Year Reunion

Jon Ponnusamy (2010)

1999 – 20 Year Reunion

Treasurer

2004 – 15 Year Reunion

Cameron Dunkerley (1986)

Committee Members Josh Burt (1989) Mike Durack (1967) Phil Harrington (2010) Jeremy Longstaff (1989) Imogen Lawson (2014) Sven Samild (1987) Rob Sinclair (1976) Alumni Manager Suzanne Ashley Development Specialist Fiona Dallas

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For further information please contact

Our purpose is to serve our members and to support the School. We aim to excel at meeting our members’ needs and to achieve this, we have expanded the events calendar to maximise contact with as many past students as possible through reunions, breakfasts, clubs, special events and other TMA activities.

Parents and Friends Association Friendraising Fundraising Dads@MG Secondhand Uniform Shop pandf@mentonegrammar.net

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Twitter: @the_Mentonians

Vic Stroumos (1978)

Visit www.mentonegrammar.net for details

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THE MENTONIANS ASSOCIATION (TMA)

Greenways Café Greenways Campus Manager: Katherine Nish Phone: 9584 4211

COMMUNITY EVENTS 2019

PANTHER PRODUCTIONS

2009 – 10 Year Reunion 2014 – 5 Year Reunion 2018 – 1 Year Reunion

ART & DESIGN

EXHIBITION MENTONE GRAMMAR 24 - 30 OCTOBER Official Opening Wednesday 24 October 6.30pm All welcome Exhibition showcasing art and design works by students in Years 5 -12 ARTWORK BY ISABELLA SVOJTKA YEAR 12 VCE STUDIO ARTS

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THE MENTOR Published by MENTONE GRAMMAR

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EST. 1923 Editor Jen Blackburn Design Danny Yardis and Holly Le

CONTRIBUTORS

With thanks to: Geoff Ryan AM - Chair Mal Cater - Principal Suzanne Ashley (TMA Editor), Sharon Bates, Peter Bratuskins, Angus Brown, Deb Butler, Libby Chislett, Gavin Cornish, Fiona Dallas, Louise Daly, Kelli Dawes, Maree Dinger, Tim Duivenvoorden, Pernilla Eklund Allan, Cameron Lancaster, Natalie McLennan, Vanessa Moore, Peter O’Gorman, P&F Committee, Mark Pearman, Michael Prabaharan, Allison Prandolini, James Walton, Kym Willett, Michael Wilton, Ben Wolstencroft, Kim Wootton.

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