Welcome to Northcote High School
Our website celebrates the activities and achievements of our school, now in its 83rd year. Our Senior School Captains Jack Dalton and Sophie Freeman are shown above. For a taste of what else has gone on recently, browse through our pages. Strongly recommended for new visitors is the Students /Student Activities option at the top right!
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Year 9 Information evening 2010
Click here for the Year 9 Information evening powerpoint.
School Captains 2010 appointed
The School Captains for 2010, and the 81st for the school - Ben Malandra and Phoebe Shiu, with Principal Kate Morris.
Visit by delegation of Chinese Education journalists
November saw our first heat wave and a visit by five Educational journalists from various parts of China. They met with and interviewed some of Northcote's international students.
Duke of Edinburgh Camp to Cape Otway
November 8th: Its a hot Sunday afternoon and 24 students and teachers prepare for the Cape Otway Adventure Journey, part of the Duke of Edinburgh program. Who's worried about a 20 Kilo pack? says Brittany of Year 10 !!
November sports and athletics
Late October always sees finals in various interschool sports and Athletics. Our Year 9/10 Boy's Hocey performed very well at District level, but went down fighting in the Zone finals, while Zoe McWhinney gained three medals at State Athletics, including a Gold Medal in the Triple Jump.
Caitlin and the U 16 Matildas win the AFF Championships
Our Caitlin Friend of Year 10 (second from right back row) has returned from playing with the U16 Matildas in Myanmar, where they won the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U16 Women's Championships. Caitlin was the second equal highest scorer in the series. She is due to play in the Asian Football Confederation Championships in November, where Australia will play China, Korea and Japan. We wish the team well.
Farewell to Year 12, 2009
Our last full day of Year 12 classes was on Monday October 19th. Year 12 students came dressed as their childhood dream figure and enjoyed a lunchtime BBQ and music. Extra revision classes rolled on until Thursday October 22 when our Year 12s were dismissed. Some are shown abaove on the last day.
Back to Northcote Day 2009
Back to Northcote 2009 saw about 50 former students revisit the school, many for the first time in half a century!
Many thanks to all involved, including Yr 11 guides Lily and Merissa (above right), Tom and Michael of Yr 7, Nellie and Nick of Yr 12. Former student Alan Smith and former Principal Gary Israel joined Kate Morris in welcoming the crowd, some of whom are shown above left.
Launch of the NHS 2009 Art Week
This year's NHS Art Week began with 150 students performing to 400 parents and friends in the Senior Music concert (the Junior concert is yet to come!), followed two days later by the launch of the Art, Technology and Media show!
The fashion parade by senior and middle school art and technology students took place on Friday October 16th to a packed hall! Shortly after voting commenced in the People's Choice Awards. Final production videos were shown by Year 12 Media students, and the evening was MC'ed by staffmember Mr Tim Sheedy.
Be the Hero! launched at Northcote
(Photo of Jane Ashton and NHS boys courtesy of The Age)
A result of over two years of extensive collaboration between the Victorian Women’s Trust (VWT) and a number of staff and boys at the school, the project culminated in the national launch of the “Be the Hero!” program at the school on Tuesday, 6th October. High profile male sportspeople and print and television media were in attendance at the launch. Click here to read The Age report on the project
Aviva's Chinese project!
Former NHS student and published author Aviva Kidd is currently working on her next novel while on a gap year before further studies at Melbourne University. And she has just moved to Shanghai to practice her Chinese while writing! Click here to read the Northcote Leader story on her.
Celebrating 10 Years with Huaibei No.1 High School.
September 2009 saw a party of 25 NHS students and teachers spend 12 days in China. The highlight of the annual tour was the four days spent at our sister school, Huaibei No. 1 High School, in northern Anhui province.
The 10th Anniversary concert was an enthusiastic and joyful celebration by students and staff. At left, NHS students join an impromptu chorus for Principal Mr Qu, dancing to Song of the Communist Youth League of China. At right, hardly a dry eye after Assistant Principals Ms Ma Ying, Mr Chen and Mr Murphy joined Principal Mr Qu for a Mandarin and English version of Auld Lang Syne.
At left, Ms Soula Bennett (also President of STAV) met with Science education leaders from Anhui Province. At right, Eve Walton-Healey, who stayed on an extra 5 days at Huaibei No.1 High School.
Combined Italy Tour 2009
This September, Northcote High school combined with Reservoir DSC and the Victorian School of Languages to offer at tour of Italy. The trip included homestays with Northcote's Italian sister school in southern Italy.
Professor Richard Elmore leads Instructional Rounds at Northcote - August
Renowned Harvard University educationalist Professor Richard Elmore and Deputy Secretary of the Department of Education, Darryl Fraser, spent all of Wednesday August 5 at Northcote, with a group of 15 Regional advisors from country regions of Victoria. The purpose of the visit was to professionally develop the advisors on how to best guide schools in their regions. The day was spent observing classes in action. The school was delighted and honoured to have Professor Elmore and Darryl Fraser as guests in the school.
Our part in the New NTEC Trade Training School Consortium
Northcote High School is part of a consortium of eight local schools that have been granted $11.7 million by the Federal Government, to help establish a Trade Training School Centre based at Northland Secondary College—to be known as NTEC Regional Trade Training Centre.
This Federal initiative will provide $2.5 billion over the next 10 years to Australian secondary schools. Trade Training Centres are being established to help increase the proportion of students achieving Year 12 or an equivalent qualification and help address skill shortages in traditional trades and emerging industries.
The NTEC Centre will provide another option and wider pathways for Northcote students. Vocational options at NTEC will also have links to actual jobs in industry. Northcote High School is the largest school in the consortium.
2009 Kwong Lee Dow Scholars
Northcote has another 5 students who have been selected as University of Melbourne Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars for 2009 - Rosie Wositzky-Jones, Nellie Montague, Michael Derkacz, Bianca Le and John Mitsios.
Outstanding tertiary pathways for 2008
For the Yr 12 of 2008, 94% of Northcote’s VCE cohort who applied for tertiary places received a "first round offer" in January 2009. The breakdown of University and TAFE offers for our 201 students was
- Offer of University Studies in Victoria 133 (66.2%)
- Offer of TAFE studies in Victoria 53 (26.3%)
- Other Tertiary offer in Australia 15 (7.4%)
The breakdown of tertiary courses has remained remarkably constant over the last four years, with RMIT and the University of Melbourne still the two most favoured tertiary course providers, followed by La Trobe University, RMIT TAFE and NMIT. Interestingly, this year there were significantly more applications for Monash University than ever before. The following figures are for first round offers:
- RMIT University 43
- University of Melbourne 29
- La Trobe University 26
- Victoria University 11
- Monash University 10
- Swinburne University 3
- University of Ballarat 2
- Deakin University 4
- Aust Catholic Uni 5
- NMIT 19
- RMIT TAFE 14
- Victoria University TAFE 9
- Swinburne University TAFE 6
- William Angliss 5
- Other providers 15
- Total First Round Offers 201
VCE Results 2008
December 15th saw the release of VCE results for 2008. For our Year 12, the highest ENTER score achieved was 99.45. Three other students achieved ENTER scores over 99. For those who like statistics, 34 of our students earned an ENTER of 90 or above, and 71 of students earned an ENTER of 80 or above (That's 35% above 80). 104 students achieved an ENTER above 70. The median study score achieved was 30. 7.3% of study scores were over 40. This year’s duxes will be Aviva Kidd (99.3) and Sean Gilmartin (99.45). Congratulations to all our students; another great year for the school!!
The latest NAPLAN testing results 2008
In 2008 the State and Federal governments introduced compulsory nation-wide testing for students in Yrs 7 and 9, in English and Numeracy. Called the National Assessment Program (NAPLAN) this replaces the old state AIM tests. Here is how NHS students went (median results), compared to students across the state, using the state’s 1-6 point VELs scale:
NHS State
Yr 7 Reading 4.5 4.1
Yr 7 Numeracy 4.4 4.1
Yr 9 Reading 5.4 5.3
Yr 9 Numeracy 4.9 4.7
Advice about Influenza H1N1 ("Swine flu")
There are currently no orders from medical authorities or the Department of Education concerning Northcote High School and Influenza H1N1, although there have been several cases amongst students.
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