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Korowa Anglican Girls' School

Phone: +61 3 8808 8888

Address: Ranfurlie Cres 3146 Glen Iris, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.korowa.vic.edu.au

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25.01.2022 Join Dr Justin Coulson, one of Australias most trusted parenting specialists, as he shares 4 secrets to make it through the pain of the winter COVID-19 Victorian lockdown. https://www.happyfamilies.com.au//lightening-the-lockdown/

25.01.2022 As you may have seen on our Instagram stories, on Thursday 6 August, we had 26 students from Year 7 and 8 compete in the Write A Book In A Day competition which is run by the The Kids Cancer Project. They worked virtually in teams to write and illustrate a 4000 5000 word book, which will be donated to children in hospitals. Well done girls!

25.01.2022 Congratulations to Jemima Parton on signing the National Letter of Intent (NLI) for her recruitment and scholarship to Southern Methodist University. Jemima will join the SMU Mustangs rowing crew in August 2021. The NLI signals Jemima's transition to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1 as a student-athlete, to continue her passion for rowing and at the same time pursue Business Management. Jemima has special thanks for Coach Jane Robinson for her wonderful support and guidance, as well as the tremendous support and development provided by Korowa's Rowing Program.

25.01.2022 Our newest member of Year 4, Jessica, has had a very different start at Korowa. With her first class being online, she has shown incredible courage and resilience to thrive in her first year at a new school during a global pandemic. With the help of teachers and students, Jessica has settled into Korowa and is excited about hopefully being back on campus later in the year.

25.01.2022 Today is National Principals Day, a day to celebrate our leader Mrs Helen Carmody for her tireless hard work and dedication to our students, staff and the wider community. Throughout her years at Korowa and particularly during these past months she has demonstrated great strength, courage and kindness. Today we say thank you.

23.01.2022 Year 8 Food Studies students putting their own spin on risotto, a family favourite. What are you cooking tonight?

23.01.2022 Congratulations to our Preps on 100 Days of School! This wonderful milestone was celebrated today with lots of fun activities, virtual visits from Mrs Carmody, Mrs Lyneham, Ms Gooch, Miss Barker and our Year 12s and a special afternoon tea. The girls each received a gift in the mail from their teacher, Ms Irvine, that included a handwritten card and Korowa rosette which they were all very excited about.

22.01.2022 Theres more to say after R U Ok? especially during times like these, its important to check up on your family and friends not just today but every day. Ask R U Ok? Listen with an open mind Encourage action... Check in Dont be afraid to speak up, a conversation could save a life. R U OK Day #ruok #ruokday #ruokeveryday

21.01.2022 Happy Junior School House Party Day! We have had some absolutely incredible performances in the talent show today and students have enjoyed dressing up, participating in fun activities such as a Lego challenge, boggle challenge, art dice draw a monster and guessing the Masked Teacher! See our story for more fun photos from today.

21.01.2022 Our Year 9 students presented their CreATE Design projects in a mock market today. The CreATE Design project requires students in Food Studies and Visual Communication and Design to work together to create a brand and product to sell at a market. Well done girls, they look fantastic!

20.01.2022 Our talented Year 5 students playing Havana on the trumpet. Our music department are doing an incredible job keeping students engaged whilst Distance Learning!

19.01.2022 Congratulations to our Dance and Drama teacher, Candice Egan, on being selected for The Educator Hot List 2020. This award recognises the outstanding and extensive efforts demonstrated by teachers to deliver the highest-quality educational experiences to students. Read more here about how Candice has risen to the challenges of COVID-19 and excelled during Distance Learning: https://bit.ly/33UYIyT

19.01.2022 We are incredibly proud of our students Maya Gregory, Madhumitha Mallichetty, Zara Shaikh, Simrah Shaikh and Caroline Filiex who have been part of this incredible project. Together they have produced three episodes, each focusing on different groups and communities affected by youth homelessness people who identify as LGBTIQ+, First Nations Australians, and young people who have experienced family violence. Each episode uses a mixture of lived experience experts (youth wh...o have experienced homelessness due to these reasons/from these backgrounds) and an expert. The podcast is about their stories and why so many people from these groups face homelessness. Episode 1, Family Violence and Youth Homelessness produced by our students will be released today.

18.01.2022 Students in Year 8 are studying the novel The Outsiders this term. While this would usually be a collaborative activity in class, during Distance Learning students have had the option to annotate their novels independently, in a small group or with teacher assistance as they worked from a scaffold on OneNote. The girls have had a lot of fun colour coding the themes, making inferences and finding figurative meaning within the text. As you can see, students in 8B have even customised their backgrounds and put their faces on the characters from The Outsiders, really immersing themselves in the experience.

18.01.2022 Since late 2018, through close engagement with University of Melbourne experts, a group of staff have been learning about the role and construction of micro-credentials. In 2019, a working party developed the Learner Attributes, a set of capabilities founded upon the PR6 wellbeing framework which incorporates the elements of micro-credentials. Despite the challenges of COVID-19, Korowa is continuing to build a dynamic and innovative suite of micro-credentials for both students and staff to undertake in the future. Last week staff worked with Dr Jason Pietzner from Melbourne University to further refine and deepen their understanding.

17.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to our wonderful Dads. We hope you have a special day.

17.01.2022 Recently our Year 6 students celebrated World Friendship Day, its so important to keep connections alive and check in on your friends during this period of distance learning. We hope everyone is staying safe and well!

16.01.2022 Congratulations to our 2021 School Captains Annai Hally and Matilda Baird. Both girls have demonstrated that they have the skills and a clear vision for how they will lead in 2021. For Annai, her vision for 2021 is to lead Korowa out of a very challenging time, she wants to provide confidence and hope for every girl as we move into a new year. She recognises that a good leader is motivated to find new ways of looking at the world and help improve the situations of their... peers. Matilda stated, I envision that I would continue to strengthen the positive and inclusive environment that currently exists within Korowa. I believe communication between the Junior and Senior School could be improved and to strengthen that a greater level of collaboration is something I would strive to achieve as a 2021 Captain. We congratulate these girls on these important 2021 leadership roles.

15.01.2022 Happy National Science Week! Last week, Pramana Tedjosiswoyo, Head of Science launched Science Week at our online assembly, announcing some exciting competitions around how we use Science in our everyday lives. Stay tuned to our Instagram stories to keep up with whats happening. #nationalscienceweek

14.01.2022 There is no doubt this is a very challenging time for all, we cannot thank our community enough for your ongoing support and care as we navigate this period of constant change. Take care and stay safe.

14.01.2022 Recently some of our Year 6 students shared their Missing Persons posters created in Circle time. The objective was for the girls to reflect on their personal qualities and the way in which they believe others perceive them. The girls shared their ideas in a Teams call before working independently to create their own poster about themselves including their personal attributes.

14.01.2022 As a worldwide organisation, the Alliance Franaise exists to promote French language and culture. The VCE sections of the annual Berthe Mouchette Competition comprise an Oral Exam, with general conversation and discussion of a prepared topic and a Written Exam, which includes listening, reading and writing components. Korowas VCE students have received some excellent results and we congratulate the following girls who have become this years State Finalists: Year 12 Oral an...d Written Exam Arani De Silva and Hilary Zhu Year 11 Oral Exam Poppy Christofides Year 11 Oral and Written Exam Emily Deszcz and Clmence Sutherland The Oral Finals are being held this weekend and we wish the students every success. Bonne chance!

14.01.2022 Online parent teacher interviews are in full swing with teachers all set up ready to go. Teachers and families have been very positive about the move to online interviews, one of the positives to come out of Distance Learning.

13.01.2022 As part of the Year 6 Circle sessions, students wrote some beautiful letters to our frontline workers. The girls brainstormed workers to write to from health care and paramedics to police, supermarket workers and aged-care workers.

13.01.2022 Korowa is working with Frontyard, an organisation that supports young people to develop pathways out of homelessness. Students and staff have been busy making facemasks for homeless young people across Melbourne and Victoria. To date a total of 100 masks have been donated. If you would like to get on board, there are lots of ways you can help, visit - https://www.mcm.org.au/get-involved/sleep-at-the-g... Young people experiencing homelessness are doing it tough and they need our help.

12.01.2022 A reminder to stay present and take each day as it comes, have a great weekend!

11.01.2022 In anticipation of Fathers Day, this morning we celebrated our annual Year 12 Father/daughter breakfast online. Over croissants, muffins and a game of Kahootz the girls shared their favourite moments with their dads.

10.01.2022 Cripps Community Days run every term and are designed to provide the students with an opportunity to connect with their peers, develop teamwork skills and to explore important concepts and ideas. The focus of todays session was around developing the students skills and habits that support their own wellbeing. They learnt about the importance of establishing good sleep routines, nutrition and healthy eating, staying safe online and using social media in constructive ways. Here are some photos from the day of students making masks as part of a positive project, preparing a healthy snack and pledging how they will use social media moving forward.

10.01.2022 Community Activist, proud Korovian and inspiration to us all! Despite the challenges of the pandemic, Mary Drost OAM (McMahon, Class of 1949) has continued her activism in trying to protect Victorias built heritage. Mary began her community involvement in 1982 when she was elected to Camberwell Council. In 2000, she successfully campaigned to save the historic Camberwell Station from re-development and ever since has advocated for better planning laws and heritage protection across Melbourne. Mary was awarded an OAM in 2009 for her service to the community. Marys most recent campaign is focused on preserving a fine example of modernist architecture designed by the late Robin Boyd. Mary really personifies Korowas motto - No reward without effort! https://www.theage.com.au//heritage-row-erupts-as-early-ro

08.01.2022 Repost: @korowarowing Congratulations to Jemima Parton on her acceptance of a full rowing scholarship at SMU University in Dallas. Jemima and her team mates had a fantastic season rowing for Korowa. We know that Jemima will be a great addition to the SMU Mustangs team. #korowarowing #mustangrowingteam #smuponyup

07.01.2022 During Distance Learning the Year 5 students experimented with using objects around the house as stimulus to design their own original choreography. They explored the texture, shape, feel and their emotional connection to their chosen object as a means for creating unified compositions.

07.01.2022 Last month our Year 10 & 11 Business Management students heard from an industry expert as part of their current topic focussing on marketing and public relations. Elise James is an experienced media, marketing and communications strategist with experience in strategy and execution through to social media management, communications, and public relations. Elise has personally presented to more than 1,000 business professionals about social media and marketing education and has been a brand spokesperson and ambassador in the PR space. Through this workshop, students were able to build their understanding of public relations and how it can be utilised by businesses, and they will be applying this knowledge as part of an analysis of crisis management activities of their chosen business in an upcoming assessment.

06.01.2022 During this time of isolation, the Cripps girls have been highly creative in finding interesting ways to explore and devise choreography. With everyone dancing in their own homes, we had to think imaginatively about how they could all still dance together.

06.01.2022 What a fantastic virtual performance by our Junior School choir singing Walk Through Life by Pink Zebra for this mornings Fathers Day assembly.

05.01.2022 The Year 8 Art classes are so happy to be back in our art studios being able to create their ceramic bird sculptures that they designed whilst in Distance Learning last term. We are so pleased to have them back!

04.01.2022 Celebrating book week today with students dressing up as characters from their favourite books so many amazing and creative costumes!

04.01.2022 Today our Year 10 students presented their projects for the BrainSTEM Innovation Challenge. Read more here: https://www.korowa.vic.edu.au//brainstem-innovation-chall/

03.01.2022 Recently our Year 11 Media students participated in a workshop run by Sarah Ben Mrad on screenwriting, focusing specifically on narrative, characterisation and adaptation. Sarah graduated from VCA in 2017 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts specialising in Screenwriting and now works for an independent production company specialising in live and scripted comedy. Through this workshop, the girls developed their understanding of how to construct an engaging narrative and create believable multi-dimensional characters for their films. They will be applying this knowledge to independently write and direct a short isolation film for their upcoming assessment. We look forward to sharing their work in the future.

01.01.2022 Very exciting to see the new equipment for the Junior School playground being installed and amphitheatre almost complete!

01.01.2022 Congratulations to all of the Year 5 German students who participated in the AGTV Poetry Competition. Four girls were chosen to compete in the Regional Finals and we are proud to announce that Korowa was awarded gold (Sierra Lam), silver (Sophie May) and bronze (Claire Jiang) medals. We wish Sierra and Sophie the best of luck when they compete in the State Finals this Saturday 6 September.

01.01.2022 Whilst we might not be able to go to France, a French Café came to Year 6! The Year 6 students have been learning the vocabulary for breakfast food, how to order in a café and to say what they like and dislike. They had a chance to put all of this into practice as their classrooms were transformed into a café where they enjoyed croissants and juice.