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2024 International Student Leadership Team

With great excitements, we would like to introduce our new Internation Student Leadership to the school community. Our captains are dedicated to lead our International Students to a remarkable study journey at NHS. Leading the charge are Fiona Zhang and Catherine Nguyen from Year 10, Amelia Dao and Bijoy Gupta Shovan from year 11.

(From left to right) Fiona, Amelia, Catherine, Bijoy

PEPP Talk for Teens

Last week our International Students were given an opportunity to receive a presentation on Pelvic Pain, conditions that can affect women, or those that have been assigned female at birth. There are many symptoms of this condition, and women can suffer without knowing what the cause of their discomfort is. It is also important that men, or people who have been assigned male at birth understand issues such as endometriosis and menstruation. The presentation that we had at our school was facilitated through the Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia. The PPFA focuses on the high incidence of pelvic pain in certain cultures, such as Asian, Indigenous and Muslim.

A special guest, Ged Kearney, the Federal Member of Parliament for Cooper also attended and shared a few words before the talk began. She is very supportive of the Foundation and keen to increase the participation in all Government schools.

ISP Year 12 Farewell Dinner

On October 9th, the ISP community came together to celebrate our Year 12 students with a farewell dinner held at Jade Chinese Restaurant. It was a lovely evening filled with joy as students, Principal Mr. Jones, and their teachers gathered to celebrate the achievements of completing their final year of their secondary schooling and the attainment of Victorian Certificate of Education.

The evening started with a warm welcome speech by our School Captain, Quan, followed by speeches from Mr. Jones and our Senior Sub School Team Leader, Mr. Sullivan.

As a memorable keepsake, each student received a teddy bear from the ISP. They were excited to exchange messages with friends and teachers on their teddy bears. We are glad to see that the students have formed such a wonderful connection with their teachers and friends. The evening concluded with students presenting gifts to the teachers as an expression of their gratitude.

Thank you for your contributions to NHS and we wish you every success in your final exam and your exciting pathway ahead.

Celebrating Mid- Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Mooncake Festival, falls on September 17th. In China, the best-known tale of this festival is the love story of Chang-E and Hou-Yi, while in Vietnam, the legend features a man named Cuội who hung on to a magical banyan tree as it floated up to the moon. The Mid-Autumn Festival tradition is associated with family reunions, moon appreciation parties, mooncakes, and lantern riddles. It is also a time for farmers to honor the harvest, relax, and spend time with their loved ones. There is a tale that the moon appears to be a full and brighter moon on that night.

In the spirit of this festival, our IS captains have organized a celebration for IS students on September 16th. There will be mooncakes and an award for the winner of the lantern riddles! Thank you to our captains for the thoughtful idea.

Homestay Annual Information Night

Being a Victorian school with a large number of homestay resources, we are dedicated to providing students with a safe and enjoyable homestay experience. On 30/7/2024, we held the Annual Information Night for our school sourced homestays, in our social staff room. Thank you to the host families who took the time to attend. It was a great opportunity for host families to network with one another and share their experiences.

Well-being Team Meet & Greet

We had 2 presentations on the 20th and 26th of March to introduce students how to access the support of our Wellbeing Team. Huge thank you to the Wellbeing team and library staffs who facilitated the event. A special shoutout to our former ISP captains & current School Wellbeing Captain- Linh, for their inspiring speeches. Here is the re-cap from Linh’s speech:
“The wellbeing team have given us a great presentation outlining how we can access their support and as a result I believe we are now much more equipped in terms of our overall health & wellbeing to navigate through our journey in Australia.” – Khanh Linh (Renee) VUONG – 12D

International Women’s Day

“Before the day arrived, we set up elaborate posters about it. We had a variety of beautiful flowers for the girls in the International Student Center, each with their own name and an inspirational quote that we had prepared especially for the girls. Every girl was very surprised and happy at lunchtime. We also gave some of the flowers to the female teachers in the school. Hope they had a very wonderful Women’s Day too!” – Huiru (Fiona) ZHANG – 10N

“I participated in the preparation activities for the festival – helping teachers make the brooch needed for the day. As an international student, I can feel the importance the school attaches to the festival. I think this is a good thing. On the day of the activity, the students were surprised by this! And actively find flowers with their own name labels for friends. The whole international student center is haunted with a cheerful and positive atmosphere.” – Kexuan (Sharon) LIN – 10N.

“The International Women Day had been one of the most memorable day for all of the international students, I saw many smiles from the female students holding their roses with their name on. Thanks to the amazing idea of Fiona – who put a lot of effort into the event too. I hope that in the future we can have more and more fantastic events for the International Students Centre” – Lan Chi (Catherine) NGUYEN- 10L

“International women’s day is a significant occasion that provides on opportunity to recognize the achievements and contribution of women worldwide. We were all excited planning for the event. Giving roses to internation female students, doing poster…all to encourage and support women, inspiring them to make more positive changes. This was a great experience for me and the captain team, and we look forward for the future events.” –Phuong Anh (Amelia) DAO – 11K

“On the first day, our preparation for Women’s Day began with the creation of posters. Our teammate, Fiona, had already provided us with the quotes. Once school ended that day, we diligently wrote each girl’s name on dockets and paired them with appropriate quotes.
Moving on to the second day, our teachers acquired flowers which we then carefully attached to the dockets. These adorned dockets were then placed outside in buckets, organized so that each girl could easily find her name and corresponding flower.
With an abundance of leftover flowers, we made a thoughtful decision to gift these extras to our wonderful teachers. Without the assistance and collaboration of Miss Joo-hee and Zoe, bringing all of this together would not have been possible. Their support was integral to our success in organizing this event for Women’s Day.” – Bijoy Gupta (Bijoy) SHOVAN – 11C

University Open Day 2024

Our international students had an opportunity to attend the University Open Day Expo in the State Library. This event, tailored for Year 10-12 international students, provided a platform for direct conversations with university consultants from all around Australia. It was so pleasing to see our students interacting with the consultants and actively exploring and planning their pathways beyond NHS.

We hope our students enjoyed chatting with the university consultants and received important guidance for their future path!

Lunar New Year Celebration Lunch

Today is the New Year’s Eve. Teachers and students who came to help us prepared dumplings, spring rolls and a traditional Vietnamese food so that everyone could enjoy the party, and when the students came back, they were very surprised and tasted the delicious food together and played New Year’s music. New Year photos were also taken. We had a great lunch time! – Huiru (Fiona) ZHANG – 10N

This party was nice, there was a lot of nice treats and foods. I enjoyed the party a lot. – Phuoc Minh Tuan (Alex) HUYNH – 12M

It is Lunar New Year this Friday. International office organised Lunar New Year party at lunch for all international students outstandingly. Everyone enjoyed themselves and had a great time with each other. I appreciate teachers bringing in traditional foods and student who participated in preparing our lunch party. I had a great time and it generates a sense of home especially for students home staying or living themselves. –Junming (Morgan) ZHUO – 12C

Celebrating Birthdays

As the ISP tradition, we throw a birthday party at the end of each term to celebrate with our students and have some time for the ISP family to gather around. Ms. Hill went all out with the presents, making each birthday star feel special. For students who hit big 18, we put extra sprinkle in their gift bags.