The Language of a Past Student

The Language of a Past Student

David Morton, 2005 graduating Hillbrook Student and co-founder of Dead Puppet Society was guest speaker at Celebration Evening. The following is an excerpt from his motivating speech. What would seventeen year old me have thought if I’d been told that thirteen years...
The Language of a Current Student

The Language of a Current Student

Rylan Sanders-Wall, Year 11 Red, is a member of the Student Representative Council (SRC) and he spoke on Assembly about belonging. We thought we would share the message with our community here. Hey guys, so ahh …my name is Marvin, I’m 3017 years old. You might have...
English as a Second Language

English as a Second Language

Learning English has been a great challenge to me because it is a very different language to my first language, Japanese. Articles, ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’, was, and still is, my biggest nightmare which is closely followed by the...
Digital Fluency: The Future Language

Digital Fluency: The Future Language

Students who study Engineering develop a language that enables them to analyse, respond and manage ongoing technological and societal change. Australia needs enterprising and innovative individuals with the ability to make discerning decisions concerning the...
Outdoor Education – Facilitating Growth

Outdoor Education – Facilitating Growth

Much has been written about the role Outdoor Education can play in moving students outside their comfort zone to help them grow. The underlying assumption is that growth can occur where there is some uncertainty of outcome. The tools students often state they use and...
Our Ecological Footprint

Our Ecological Footprint

Imagine if our School community could make a real difference to the environment, and we could repair some of the environmental damage humans have created over the years? Imagine if the wider Hillbrook community got caught up in the momentum and made changes to their...