Hobart College Newsletter 2 2012 - Tasmanian Academy

From the PrinciPal
There are always so many different things happening each week in a College
and the last few weeks have been no exception as you will see from the
many stories featured in this edition of the newsletter.
The annual Awards Evening was a celebration of the academic, sporting
and cultural achievements of the 2011 students. Hobart College students
continued to achieve outstanding results with an Average Australian
Tertiary Admissions Ranking (ATAR) of 79.37 and 110 students receiving
a ranking over 80. Of these, 31 achieved a score between 90 and 95, and
another 24 received a score above 95. We also had 11 students listed
in the top 2% of students in Australia. Congratulations to all the award
winners and we wish them every success in the future. I encourage the
current students to follow their example and set high expectations for
their learning this year.
Hobart College has a long tradition of academic excellence and innovation
and in March 2013, we will be celebrating the centenary of Hobart High School. This newsletter will see the beginning
of a series of stories about the last 100 years and the events planned for the centenary.
The lead up to Easter was very busy with our annual celebrations of Harmony Day and the Food Fair. Activities like
these reflect the multiculturalism and sense of community that is such an integral part of Hobart College. We also
had the first of four international study tours for this year with a group of staff and students visiting from Hiroshima
High School, Japan. A Hobart College group are currently preparing for their trip to our sister school in Fuzhou,
China, at the end of May and we hope they have a fantastic time.
During April we hosted a Grade 10 Information Session for the Principals, Grade 10 co-ordinators and pathway
planners from our associated schools. As agreed by all State governments in Australia, the Australian Curriculum
has been introduced in 2012 from Prep to Year 10 with English, Maths and Science being the first three subjects to be
implemented. This means there will be a change in the way these subjects are assessed and reported on, with the
introduction of A to E ratings. We are working with our high school colleagues to ensure a smooth transition for
Year 10 students in 2013. The Year 11 and 12 Australian Curriculum is still being developed.
The AGM for the Hobart College Association will be held on May 30 and I would encourage interested parents/carers
to come along. We currently have a very active group which meets monthly during term time and their focus is to
provide advice and recommendations about local issues affecting students. Please contact me if you would like more
information.
Teachers have been busy writing reports and these are included with this Newsletter. Reports are one of the ways
students are provided with feedback on their progress over the term and given advice on how to improve their
learning. I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at our first Parent Teacher Evening on Tuesday May 22.
craiG herBert retireS Jan latimer retireS
Craig Herbert has been a highly
valued member of the Hobart College
staff for approximately twenty five
years. His extensive knowledge in the
Science curriculum areas enabled him
to be an exceptional mentor to those
students whom he taught. In addition
Craig’s expertise provided valuable
links to data and timetabling for the College.
Dr Stas Shabala, a past student, who gave the address at
our annual Awards Evening for 2011 Achievers, spoke in
glowing terms of Craig’s expertise as a Physics teacher
and how he inspired and encouraged him. This passion
lead Stas to further study and he is now a world renowned
astrophysicist. Staff and students have enjoyed Craig’s
keen wit and broad sense of humour. His ‘pearls of
wisdom’ in the corridors and classrooms will be missed.
We wish Craig all the best with his future endeavours and
the next enjoyable phase of life with his family.
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Tracy Siedler
Principal
Jan Latimer has been an
outstanding teacher throughout
her very successful career. Her
significant teaching appointments
have been at Rosny and Hobart
Colleges.
Her main teaching area has been
in VET Tourism and her expertise
in vocational education was widely
recognised. Students were definitely ‘at the centre’ for
Jan. Her care for individual students was exemplary. Jan’s
strong commitment to equity both for students and staff
was clearly shown in her leadership role at the Huon LINC
in the last few years. Jan developed the Huon LINC as a
positive learning environment for many Huon students.
We wish Jan every happiness in her retirement. She will be
greatly missed as a wonderful mentor for her colleagues
at Hobart College and as a highly skilled teacher.

Dance retUrnS to the camPUS
Dance is back on centre stage at Hobart College with
new teacher, Deb Bender, bringing the dancers out of the
studio and into a variety of public spaces. They were a
tangerine flash mob on Harmony Day and combined with
Rosny College to present a concert in aid of the Salvation
Army on April 26. Deb shares her time between Rosny
and Hobart and it is great to have her experience leading
the enthusiastic bunch of seasoned dancers and absolute
beginners.
After participating in workshops run by Tasdance, two
Hobart College students, Ayame Ochi and Jaala Jensen-
Meagher were selected to help develop and perform in
the Cross Currents project which toured the state from
April 16 to April 20. The rest of the class took great
pleasure in attending the Hobart performance at the
Collegiate theatre.
acaDemic inteGrity anD PlaGiariSm
Hobart College students will soon begin the process of submitting folios for assessment, and all students have
been informed of the necessity to acknowledge the sources of information they have used to produce their
work. We have held an assembly on academic integrity with a valuable Q and A session with Dr Mike Jenkins
from the TQA and the students are aware of the consequences of submitting work that is not their own or
that is largely dependent on someone else’s work that they have not referenced. The College encourages the
use of anti-plagiarism software, Turnitin, which is available via the library intranet page.
The TQA newsletter Your Future (July 2011) includes the following statement:
Intentional or not, plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty
Copying someone else’s words, ideas or images without acknowledging them is a form of cheating called ‘plagiarism’. The
TQA will take action on any plagiarism found in your externally assessed work (for example, in a folio or IP). Penalties
range from a formal warning to the cancellation of all your results for the year! Find out more by reading the TQA’s
Academic Integrity: A Guide (including authenticity, plagiarism and referencing) available at www.tqa.tas.gov.au/1468
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FooD Fair 2012
This year’s food fair was held just before Easter and, once
again, it went off! Each year seems busier and better
than ever; that could be because, for students at least,
the concept of the Fair doesn’t have time to go stale and
there’s always enthusiasm and a willingness to try just
about anything. John X was a generous and affirming
“special guest” who revved everyone up before the
Lion did his/her thing up the stairs marking the start of
sixty minutes of frenetic selling and eating. Right now, it
looks like the takings are up on previous years and all
profits will find their way to a worthy cause outside of
our College community. Congratulations and thanks to
everyone involved.
Jill Chisholm
St PatricKS Day BreaKFaSt
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art raGe 2011
Well over a decade ago, The Queen Victoria Museum
and Art Gallery, inspired by interstate regional galleries’
highly successful year 11 and 12 showcase exhibitions,
embarked on their local version, Art Rage. While the
Tasmanian School of Art have generously hosted the
southern hang of this show for the past few years, 2012
sees the show exhibited for the first time in the acclaimed
Plimsoll Gallery. Showcasing the absolute best of the
Art Production and Art Studio Practice students in this
state, Hobart College is represented by five candidates.
For two years Ashley Young has astonished his audience
with exquisite renderings of the human form and the
chosen work for this show is his personal apotheosis.
Jade Young produced a photographic documentary of
the relationship between the figure, the goddess and the
permeating vapour of the muse. Annie Swanton ( pictured
left) takes us beyond the notion of the photograph as
evidence of an encounter to a visual re-construction of
what normally is expressed to us in the language of poetry.
Louise Arberle decodes the surfaces of personalities and
their associated persona within our world. Her virtuoso
paintings play with the irony of portrait or cliché. Matilda
Holstein explores digitally the childhood discomfort of
stories and fairytales that ironically confront us rather
than comfort us.
Wayne Brookes

canoeiStS on the camPUS
Hobart College can boast three world-class canoeists on the campus this year with students, Seb Spinks and Erin
McGilvray having just won berths in Australian teams at the recent National Junior Championships held at the
Olympic facility at Penrith and teacher, Matt Dalziel, heading off to the World Wildwater Championships on the Isère
River in France in June.
Seb will represent Australian in both Wildwater and Flatwater events this year. He has been the National Junior
Wildwater champion for the past two years and is hoping for a world crown as well when he takes part in the Junior
Championships in Germany next year. He is also a member of the Olympic Hopes team that will compete at the
international regatta in Hungary in September.
After a successful year in 2011, Erin simply had to place in the top three nationally to take her place in the Australian
junior team to compete in the world championships in Warsaw, Poland in July. Erin competes in the slalom canoe
event which involves kneeling in the canoe and negotiating rapids – an event that requires considerable balance,
technique and upper body strength.
Matt returned to competitive kayaking in 2009 and represented Australia at the world championships in Spain in 2010.
This year he is part of the seven strong Australian team where he will take on the individual, team and master’s events
in the international competition.
Kayaking and canoeing at this level is not just a balancing act physically. Erin is finding completing a full Year 12 and
maintaining her training difficult as she undertakes a varied course including Music Performance, English Writing,
Studies of Religion and Environmental Science. She is hoping to secure a scholarship into the American College
system next year or she will take a gap year and concentrate on training and competing in Europe.
Seb is in Year 11 and, alongside his pre-tertiary subjects in Maths, Science and Media Production, he is also undertaking
Athlete Development which allows him to do his strength and conditioning work at College. For both students the
expense of competing internationally is also an issue. Erin points out that although Tasmanian has some of the best
rivers in the world for slalom events, canoeing and kayaking attract very little government funding at junior levels
Matt is also balancing his paddling with a teaching career and the demands of a young family. He has chosen to teach
part-time this year with pre-tertiary classes in Economics, Business Studies and Outdoor Leadership to which he can
bring a wealth of experience and expertise in adventure sports.
Matt Dalziel
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hobart college awards evening for
2011 achievers
Approximately 300 people attended the Hobart
College Awards Evening for 2011 Achievers on March
20 at the Mt Nelson Theatre. The night celebrated
the successful academic, cultural, service and sporting
achievements of our students at the Hobart College
in 2011.
1999 dux, Dr Stas Shabala gave a dynamic Occasional
Address telling how emigrating from the former
Soviet Union to Hobart transformed his life. He went
on to explain his passion for Physics which led him to
Cambridge University to undertake his PHD. He has
now returned to UTAS where his research is involved
in the study of black holes.
Subhashaan Sreedharan achieved outstanding results in
all his chosen disciplines and was a deserving recipient
of the Dux of Hobart College award for 2011.
Hobart College congratulates all subject and
scholarship award winners and we wish them well in
their future endeavours.
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awards evening for 2011 achievers
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hobart college
congratulates all students who received awards at the
awards evening for 2011 achievers
Ph mitchell Prize for Dux of hobart college
Subhashaan Sreedharan
Principal’s Awards for Academic Excellence Year 12
Subhashaan Sreedharan, clive reekie, Janan Sykes, emily Doole, Jennifer Gason,
Jesse lynch, Philip Gale, max howcroft, angus Davison, christopher Bigwood,
Sarah Jacobs, Patrick rushton, edward croger, Bonnie Gillies, aliya tierney,
eve hickey, hyuen-kyung (Bea) Park, maxim tooker, annabelle austin,
Kristof Wing, Sophie Powell, angus reynolds
HV Biggins Exhibition for Year 11 Dux
OHA Prizes for Scholarship, Sportsmanship & Character
Rotary Club of Salamanca Scholarship Prize
Malaysian Transition from Year 10 to Year 11
ADF Long Tan Leadership & Teamwork Award (Year 11)
ADF Long Tan Leadership & Teamwork Award (Year 12)
Sam crofts
Felicity Stringer
christopher etherington
emily Doole
Jesse lynch
Kate andrewartha
Kaileen yap
Kate Parrott
edward croger
Caltex Award for Best All-Rounder
clive reekie
Flexible Learning Achievement Award
ellyn carter
Sue Farquhar Photography Prize
Veronicka Devlin
Iain MacDonald Prize for Art
ashley young
GE Morris Prize for Music
angus Davison
Performing Arts Prize
Veronicka Devlin
Oliver Wilson English Prize
Jennifer Gason
Alliance Française Award
nikita Dub
PF Davidson History Prize
Katharine thompson
OHA Gerlach Memorial Prize Year 11 English & Humanities Kate Parrott
OHA Gerlach Prize Year 11 Science & Mathematics Sam crofts
Aboriginal Support Program Academic Award
Dylan luke
Social Justice Prize
amony elder / Samuel olal
Global Citizen Award for thinking globally, acting locally Kristof Wing
O’Shannessey Award for Service to the College
Jade young
Heidi Chan International Fellowship Award
chin hong (ryan) cheang
International Student Achievement Prize
hyuen-kyung (Bea) Park
TQA Award for Outstanding Achievement in
Vocational Education and Training
Georgia macGibbon
thank you to our generous sponsors
Elise Archer MP, Scott Bacon MP, Senator Catryna Bilyk, Senator Carol Brown, Cassy O’Connor MP,
Andrew Wilkie MP, Jim Wilkinson MLC, Artery, Birchalls, Caltex Australia, Colour Products, Corporate
Express, D&W Electrical, General & Window Cleaning, Hobart Aquatic Centre, Hart Sport, Hobart
Bookshop, Kingborough Glazing, Mercury Newspaper, NewPrint, OfficeMax, Peter Young Decorating,
Production Works, Snowgum, Stallards Camera House, Stuart Florence Plumbing, Tascon Constructions,
PH Mitchell Trust, Old Hobartians Association, Rotary Club of Salamanca

hoBart colleGe BoyS Win SoUthern FUtSal chamPionShiPS
On Friday, March 30 over forty of our students participated in the Southern Tasmanian Futsal Championships against
most of the Southern Colleges. Two of our boy’s teams played off against each other in the semi-final with the winners
taking on a very strong Guilford Young College team in the Final.
Our finals team, consisting of Eli Luttmer, Thomas Loftus, Xavier Devereaux, Sam James, Thomas Young and Michael
Burgess, showed incredible skills, fitness and teamwork to outplay GYC and win the final four goals to one. Xavier
impressed all in saving a penalty shot and the goals were equally shared between the forwards.
In the women’s event, Elise Norton, Nicola Wright, Bella Maxwell, Stef MacGeorge, Mikalha George and Tamsin
Rose played a very determined game but went down 1 nil in their final, also against Guilford Young College. Well
done to all our players for their sportsmanship and support of each other and their competitors throughout the day.
entertainment BooK
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DriVeSmart
A course which helps you learn more about safe,
smooth driving. The aim is to emphasise to the driver
of all levels of experience, the importance of adopting
Defensive Driving principles, hazard Management and
Risk Reduction behaviour, as well as how to cope with
Adverse Driving conditions.
cost : $60 Provisional Driver or concessions
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Venue: New Town Netball Courts – Cnr New Town
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Duration: 2 x 5 hour days
Next Course June 4th and 5th
(alternative July 28, August 4 and 11 - 3x3 hours)
contact: Jim Nicholson Ph 62 729 610 or
email: aiam_tas@ozemail.com.au
BUS SerViceS
The Hobart College Association wishes to advise
parents and carers that a survey we conducted with
students attending our College last year highlighted
some real issues we have been working on, particularly
with Metro Bus services.
Some of the issues included: overcrowding, lengthy
waits and the bus timetables.
We intend to conduct another survey in the near
future and we want to use the information from this
year’s survey to inform our future discussions with
the bus operators, including Metro.
If you have an issue with buses, please contact the
College Office on 62 203133 or Bronwen Bowman,
Assistant Principal.
Sue Livingston, Transport Committee.

canBerra conVention
For three days this term I was privileged enough to be one of five students selected to represent Tasmania at the
National Schools Constitutional Convention. This convention saw 125 senior student delegates flown to Canberra
from all over Australia, for three days of politics, debate and a bit of fun. The convention was run much like a youth
parliament. After listening to several speakers,
we were given a topic to debate and, over the
course of the three days, we discussed the
pros and cons of the issue before we held a
mock referendum to pass a “mock” law.
This year’s topic at the convention was
whether the commonwealth should have
power over water and health in our country.
Along with the main topic there were several
opportunities for us to voice our opinions on
a whole range of issues, from gay rights and
energy, to whether Western Australia should
be its own country and who should be prime
minister when Tasmania eventually rules
Australia. It was simply astonishing to see the
knowledge everyone around me had, and to
Far Right: Dean McKenzie
hear the group come to conclusions with less fighting than the national parliament. We also had the opportunity to
meet several politicians, have dinner at the High Court and attend Question Time on a day when eight of our federal
politicians were ejected from the chamber. The convention was a fantastic experience and I am grateful I had this
opportunity. I would certainly recommend it to any year 11 students interested in politics or law.
SPecial conSiDeration For tQa examinationS
Your child may be eligible for special consideration in the end of year TQA examinations if they have a
pre-existing diagnosed disability condition such as:
• physical disability / medical condition
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Dean McKenzie
• specific learning disabilities (including reading, spelling and writing) which are not related to their general
ability level.
Special considerations may include:
• Additional time (30 mins on a 3hr paper and 20 mins on a 2hr paper)
• In rare circumstances, examinations could be sat in two sessions (morning and afternoon) as long as they
do not have two exams scheduled on the same day.
• Use of a word processor or scribe
• Special seating arrangements
• Permission to move about, take medication or food.
All applications to TQA have to be accompanied by supporting medical or other relevant documentation and
must be submitted no later than the end of Term 2. No applications for pre-existing conditions will be accepted
after this date.
TQA require that assessment reports accompanying the applications need to be dated no more than 2 years
prior to the end of 2012. In many cases these reports will need to be updated and this will require forward
planning and time.
If you believe that your son or daughter would qualify for special consideration in their exams please contact
Judy White as soon as possible. Judy is available at College (ph. 6220 3133) on Mondays and Tuesdays all day and
Wednesdays after 1.00pm.

harmony Day
hoBart colleGe WinS aWarD For BeSt harmony Day eVent
It was all peace and love on March 21 when Hobart College celebrated Harmony Day during Home Group. The
Students Against Racism Group along with the Tasmanian Centre for Global Learning and the Alcorso Foundation
launched the documentary film they produced of their Living in Between Project. Senator Lisa Singh spoke to the
assembled students via video link and Cassy O’Connor MHR officially launched the production. Student comperes,
Nikita Dub and Samuel Olal, went on to introduce a variety of student performances including Nick Osborne’s
virtuoso digeridoo/guitar/percussion piece.
Throughout Home Group period and the lunch hour the campus engaged ‘harmoniously’ in an exciting and uplifting
range of activities:
• Nepalese curry and Filipino noodles were sold and prepared by the YAMEP students from the Polytechnic
• The best orange outfit was worn by Ismael Usher who won a morning tea for his entire Home Group
• The dance class and Students Against Racism members were an entertaining flash mob
• The Tasmanian Centre for Global Learning Centre set up interactive pods for interested people to converse
with students from diverse backgrounds about their experiences
• Grace Ford had her head shaved in aid of the Leukaemia Foundation and her class supported her with an
ice-cream sundae stall
• Music performance students were joined by Fabio in entertaining the crowd.
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Hobart High School
to
Hobart College
Celebrating 100 years
1958 - 1961
My father, Keith Walker (also known as KJ or Johnny),
was the Senior Master of English and later the Deputy
Headmaster at Hobart High School prior to taking up
the post of Headmaster at the brand new Riverside
High School in Launceston in 1962. He recalls that
during his relatively short time at HHS, he served
under three different headmasters, Biggins, Cifford
and Brown, which was noteworthy as, in the preceding
years, there had only been two – the long serving P H
Mitchell and H V Biggins.
He recalls that there had been a tradition under Miss
Morris of the interhouse Talent Quest, but that he thought the school was due for a change and so produced
the school’s first major musical production, Toad of Toad Hall. He also remembers the strength of the English
Department with teachers such as Jim Horner and ‘characters’ like Michael Boddy and the fortnightly “Literary and
Debating Evenings” they held for students.
By 1958 the assembly hall at Letitia Street was already too small for the student population, so the students stayed
in their classrooms while Mr Biggins or the prefects broadcast the assembly over the PA system. Dad recalls that Mr
Biggins was very careful with the school’s finances. He famously didn’t believe in school crossings on Letitia Street
as the HHS students were “intelligent enough” to deal with the street without them. He has many fond memories
of Old Hobartians dances at the Belvedere on Saturday nights and the talented students he taught. Like many other
former staff and students of our College, he is looking forward to sharing memories at the centenary celebrations
next year.
Rosalind Walker
olD hoBartian centenary ScholarShiP laUnch
Left to Right: President of the Old Hobartian Association, Bill Brundle launches the OHA Centenary Scholarship which from, 2013 onwards, will annually
support students graduating from Hobart College to study in any discipline at the University of Tasmania (UTAS). See enclosed pamphlet for information on
how to support this initiative. Marie Di Bennedetto, Mary Coatman, Margaret Price, Graeme Young and Garry Jones at the launch.
notice oF aGm - hoBart colleGe aSSociation
Wednesday May 30 at 5.30pm in the Teaching and Learning Centre
Nomination forms for committee members (staff, parent, student and community members) are available from the
front office. The main function of the Association is to provide advice and recommendations to the Principal in
relation to local issues affecting students at the College.
We look forward to seeing you at the AGM.
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hooDieS For Sale
The Hobart College Association and the student
Leadership Group are offering hoodies and t-shirts
bearing the Hobart College logo for sale through the
College office. The cosy hoodies are available in a range
of sizes for $41.00 and the t-shirts are $21.00. A second
order will be placed at the end of May.
imPortant DateS to marK on yoUr calenDar
May 9 to 11 - Reports mailed to parents
May 22 - Parent Teacher Evening 5 - 7pm
June 1 - Term 1 ends
June 18 - Term 2 begins
June 29 to July 7 - College Musical - SWEENEY TODD
July 20 - Orientation Day for Grade 10 students
July 23 to 30 - Mid-Year Assessment Period
College attendance is very important. Please notify the College Office of student absences.
A fridge magnet with contact phone number is enclosed.