Beach Cup Champions

On Tuesday 7th of March, Blackburn High School entered a Year 8 Fours Division team into the Volleyball Victoria Beach Schools Cup. 27 teams across the state were entered into the competition at South Melbourne Beach. The 3 year 8 students, Jack Hutchings, Joe Kneebone, and Ace Aure all executed amazing focus, efforts, and skills, resulting in them being undefeated in their pool. The students progressed to the final, coming away with a gold medal.
Congratulations Jack, Joe and Ace.

Congratulations to the students in the Blackburn High School Robotics Team

We have some fantastic news from the FIRST Robotics Competition held in Wollongong NSW over the weekend.
Congratulations to the students in the Blackburn High School Robotics Team who were runners-up, as part of an alliance in this prestigious national competition. This is an outstanding achievement that will be recognised in this week’s Newsfeed and at the whole school assembly on 24 March.

Newsletter – Issue 8

When we reflect back on 2022 as a school community, the year can be characterised by our optimism, enthusiasm, resilience, and a sense of urgency to seize the day. There was a real sense of excitement around the return of onsite learning and teaching and for the opportunities to reconnect with each other. We are very proud of our students’ achievements, commitment, hardwork and endeavour to strive to do their personal best throughout the year. Moreover, we encourage the students to continue to be curious, creative, and critical thinkers and to develop an intrinsic motivation and passion for learning.

Students participated in record numbers in the House events and once again enjoyed playing music and sport. They attended the Student Progress Conferences, camps, clubs, the Year 10 and 12 Formals, Valedictory Dinner celebrations, Peter Pan Play and the spectacular James Morrison workshops and concerts. 

On Monday 17 October, the students were formally recognised at a farewell breakfast and assembly. They were also acknowledged by all the students with an inspiring Guard of Honor. In the evening, over 400 people including the graduands, their families, and staff continued the celebrations at the Valedictory Dinner held at the Centre Ivanhoe. The STEM Centre is part of a rejuvenation plan of the learning and teaching spaces at Blackburn High School that commenced in 2019 with the construction of the Covered Outdoor Learning Area. The STEM Centre surpasses our expectations, not only in the quality of the finish but for its innovation and sense of space and light. The furniture and equipment are expected to arrive in the next few weeks.

Newsletter – Issue 7

The Blackburn High School Community congratulates the Year 12 Class of 2022 and recognises their significant milestone of completing 13 years of formal schooling.

On Monday 17 October, the students were formally recognised at a farewell breakfast and assembly. They were also acknowledged by all the students with an inspiring Guard of Honor. In the evening, over 400 people including the graduands, their families, and staff continued the celebrations at the Valedictory Dinner held at the Centre Ivanhoe. The STEM Centre is part of a rejuvenation plan of the learning and teaching spaces at Blackburn High School that commenced in 2019 with the construction of the Covered Outdoor Learning Area. The STEM Centre surpasses our expectations, not only in the quality of the finish but for its innovation and sense of space and light. The furniture and equipment are expected to arrive in the next few weeks.

Newsletter – Issue 6

We are very excited about the Blackburn High School STEM Centre nearing completion in November this year and waiting in anticipation to use these transformative specialist science and technology rooms.

Students have taken up the opportunity to book a tour of the STEM Centre this week, with the Principal Ms Joanna Alexander and the Science and STEM Leader Ms Emma Love. The tours have been booked out and the students are inspired by the outstanding learning spaces.

Newsletter – Issue 5

Our school motto Ad Lucem Crescimus “Growing towards the light” connects strongly to the school value of Pursuit of Excellence.  At last week’s whole school assembly, we celebrated the achievements and efforts of our students who reached their personal best in a range of areas: academic, science, STEM, music, sport, and the arts.

We were very pleased to formally congratulate the 2021 School Dux, Ms. Talia Langton, and also welcomed her family.

We celebrated the inaugural Robotics Team who competed and won an award at the recent National Robotics competition held at Blackburn High School.

Newsletter – Issue 4

This newsletter showcases and celebrates our wonderful Blackburn High School Community and encapsulates the outstanding school culture, the resilience of our students, and the commitment and dedication of our staff.
We are getting back to the ‘normal’ rhythm of school life with students preparing well for their classwork, examinations, SACS, and CATs. Participation in the interschool sporting program has been outstanding with most of our teams progressing to the next level.