Interschool Sports
Hooptime Last week a fantastic team of Fairhills students helped coach and manage 13 Grade 5/6 ‘Hooptime’ basketball teams for Knox Gardens Primary School. To quote Mr George (the Knox Gardens PE teacher AND ex Fairhills student) “The Fairhills students made the day easy for everyone. They made what could have been a dysfunctional day, […]
Senior School Report
Positive Behaviours Recognition As part of our ongoing efforts to acknowledge the positive learning behaviours of our students, Mr Van Schie initiated the awarding of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) beanies to the student at each year level who had received the most positive posts on Compass from staff. Parents and students will have noticed green […]
Fairhills High School Alumni
Are you a former Fairhills student? If you are a former student of Fairhills High School, we would love to hear from you. Check out our Alumni Facebook – the recent video showcases a number of our Alumni students. https://www.facebook.com/FairhillsHighSchoolKnoxAlumni
Wellbeing
Due to skeleton staff, Wellbeing services have been limited the past couple of weeks. When we are back in full capacity appointments will be rescheduled. Thank you for all your patience. We were however, very fortunate to have the following programs run last week which they were very well received by the students. Red Frogs […]
Important Dates
Date Event Monday 1 August Year 9 Preliminary Subject Choice Tuesday 2 August 7C Bike Ed Wednesday 3 August VET Dance Industry Day Wednesday 3 August Year 8 Preliminary Subject Choice Wednesday 3 August 8B & 8G Bike Ed Thursday 4 August CURRICULUM DAY – NO CLASSES Friday 5 August State School Spectacular Rehearsal Friday […]
Teaching and Learning Excellence
2022 Semester 1 Awards I am pleased to announce that the top 10% of students across the school have been recognized for achieving the highest academic results for their assessment tasks. The students who received awards achieved a significant number of ‘outstanding’ and/or ‘excellent’ grades with equal weighting given in all subjects. In addition, we […]
Student Voice and House Points
Diversity Week – 22-26 August During 22-26 August – we will be holding a number of activities celebrating Diversity. On Monday 22 August we will be celebrating Cultural Diversity – which will include a Food Festival. Students will be able to buy food from different cultures. All families are welcome to cook a dish to […]
General News
General Office The General Office hours are: 8.15am-4.15pm. Telephone: 9758 5022Email: fairhills.hs@education.vic.gov.au Parents, contractors, visitors and volunteers should always make contact with the General Office first when visiting the school or requiring to make contact with their child. Appointments with teachers must be made via telephone or email. Compass Compass is the communication portal for […]
Library
New Books Recent new additions to the collection include: Good Selfie – Tips and Tools for Teens to Nail Life – Turia Pitt This book contains simple strategies to help teens build self-confidence, get through hard times and go after massive goals. The author, Turia Pitt was caught in a grassfire while competing in a […]
Principal’s Message
Staffing As you may be aware all schools currently have staffing shortages. Fairhills High School is no exception. We are doing everything we can to ensure there is a teacher in front of each class. I do want to thank the teachers for going above and beyond the call of duty to make this happen. […]