Welcome to Northcote High School
Our website celebrates the activities and achievements of our school, now in its 83rd year. 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!
Pirates of Penzance- 22-25 July. On line Booking
On 22 July, Pirates of Penzance opens at Northcote High School.
Tickets can be booked on line: Click here to follow the link
School Classical Music Concert- 22 June.
Our first concert dedicated only to classical music was held at Melba Hall on 22 June. VCE Vocal soloists Rosie Hilder (left) and Caitlin Sullivan (right) sang in German and French respectively while the Intermediate and Senior Strings played pieces by Vivaldi, Wagner and Mozart. The Brass ensemble provided a wonderful version of the Hallelujah Chorus by Handel. Congratulations to all performers!
Pajama Day fundraising
Pajama Day was run on June 20 to raise funds for charity. This was another initiative of the Student council.
NAIDOC Week
Aboriginal singer and song writer Clinton Dimer performed at the school on 25 July to help raise awareness of the upcoming NAIDOC celebrations. Clinton can be seen at right.
The 2009 Rose's Gap Camp
All of our Yr 9 students spent a crisp but cool week at Rose's Gap (the Grampians) in May. " Camp was an awesome experience...I loved abseiling" said Oscar. Joshua added “I loved camp because the activities I would like to experience again in life...” Congratulations to all students and thanks to our many staff and supportive parents.
Celebrating 20 years of Coeducation!
This year, Northcote High School (including most of our Year 7 girls and Year 12 girls shown above) celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the return to coeducation. Did you know Northcote High School began in 1926 as a Coeducational school? In 1929, girls were required to attend Preston Girls. In 1989, we returned to coeducation again, although girls came here "unofficially" from the mid 1980s.
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. Victoria is now in a modified ‘sustain’ phase of its plan to manage the impact of H1N1 Influenza (Human Swine Flu). This means that only children confirmed by a doctor as having the virus will be quarantined. Those sharing a house with a confirmed case will not be required to enter quarantine, unless they too are confirmed as having the virus. Classes who may have been in contact with a confirmed case will no longer be quarantined and schools will no longer be closed.
Students who are feeling unwell should remain at home and not attend school. Students and families with flu-like symptoms are advised to seek medical attention and limit their contact with others. It should be remembered, however, that the virus has so far been mild and can be compared to our normal winter flu.
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