The weather Gods smiled on us on Sunday. On Saturday there were snow flurries, sleet and hail at the Olinda Community House Inc. On Monday there were soaking drizzly showers. Sunday was a day of perfect good luck.
Our College community hosted a very special event for the broader community, our second Hilltop Music Festival . The warmth of it, the generosity of the musicians (professionals and students) who performed, staff, parents, students and community members who helped was transparent. To quote a friend, it was “a beautiful event dripping in love (and back breaking work!)”.
We have a small Music department run by two part time staff, supported by a handful of instrumental teachers, we’re a small secondary school and community - the capacity to host and successfully pull off an event like that is remarkable. It only happens with an enormous amount of effort on the part of all involved.
We would sincerely like to thank every single person who contributed to the day. You all made it possible. Thank you! Thank you for helping, for giving and loving the day with us.
Much love, The Hilltop Crew
Jules, Bec, Tanja, Susi, Narelle, Luke, Kate, Cara, Matt, Lisa, Roz, Dave and Mary ... See MoreSee Less
We're thrilled to announce that our second Hilltop Music Festival is happening this Sunday, September 15th, from 12pm to 8pm!
This music festival is a community event for everyone. Our dedicated Monbulk College students, staff, and parents have come together to create a fantastic day of live music in our neighborhood.
Enjoy a delicious array of food options, including a BBQ, chai tea stand, cakes, and food and coffee trucks. You'll also find a silent auction, raffle, vintage clothing stand, and many familiar faces.
If you've never been to a music festival before, this is the perfect opportunity to experience a relaxed day of roaming between stages to enjoy the acts that interest you the most.
Bring your friends and family to soak up the atmosphere. Please use this link to secure your tickets and join us for a joyous day of live music featuring 30 acts across three stages: events.humanitix.com/2024-hilltop-music-festival
Event Details: Olinda Community House Inc, 79-81 Olinda-Monbulk Rd, Olinda VIC 3788 Sunday, September 15th, 12-8pm (Gates open at 11:30am)
This extraordinary event gives our music students a chance to perform at a genuine music festival alongside industry professionals, many of whom tour nationally and internationally, including some of our very own who have been invited to perform at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. Music superstars! Alongside our talented students.
There’s a tightly managed set list of 30 acts across three stages, with professional sound and lighting technicians. Hilltop is the real deal.
Great music, great food, great company, what more could you want?
It’s looking like being a glorious sunny spring day, perhaps a touch cool so come warmly dressed to enjoy the two outdoor stages, BBQ, chai tea, food vans, vintage clothes, snag yourself something special at the silent auction, festival merch or a raffle ticket before you head inside to the main stage to warm up and fill up with scones and cakes.
Please be aware that Lily and King, our headline act for last year are on stage at 1.40pm, there's fabulous music across the whole day, with particularly special performances toward the evening - don't miss the brilliant Lloyd Spiegel Music.
We strongly recommend you pre purchase a ticket as it can be slow to process them at the gate. Avoid that queue!
Olinda Community House Inc wishes Hilltop Music Festival and Team, the best outcome for a repeat of your fabulous event held at our venue last year .
May the weather Gods look favourably on your day 🥳🎤🥳
The Robot Race results are in! We had two more excellent racing meets for the students of 8D and 8F in the Systems Technology class. 🏁 Mr. Inglese extends a well-done to all students for their enthusiastic effort and offers an extra well-done to the winners, of course!
🏆 Year 8D Prize Winners 1st Place: Aimee and Ebony 2nd Place: Elliot and Jasmine Most Innovative: Ethan and Reiko Best Decoration: Zoe and Monet
🏆 Year 8F Prize Winners 1st Place: Sam and Henry 2nd Place: Sophie and Lily Most Innovative: Alex Best Decoration: Tahlia and Lylah ... See MoreSee Less
We appreciate your support, Community Bank Monbulk & District!🚗On Tuesday Community Company Manager Aimee and Community Liaison Officer Rachel attended a RYDA Road Safety education session with Monbulk College. 🏵This one-day workshop for students in years 10 and 11 was supported by the Rotary Club Of Monbulk & District. 🏍Through consistent quality education, RYDA strives to save lives and prevent serious injuries on our roads. With many young people on their learners attending this workshop we believe this is a valuable way to help change the way that young people think about road safety. ... See MoreSee Less
Year 12 English students attended an End of Year Exam Lecture at Upwey High School. The students learned valuable tips for how to approach the end of year exam, strategies for dealing with topics, and improving their writing and study habits. The students were attentive and their behaviour was exemplary. ... See MoreSee Less
Last week, 11 of our VCE VET Music students spent the day at Soggy Dog Recording Studios Upwey. They recorded covers and original musical pieces, learning a great deal from audio engineer Steve and enjoying the company of studio dog Radar.
This experience was particularly beneficial for the students as they prepare for our upcoming Hilltop Music Festival . Remember to secure your tickets - the festival takes place on September 15th! ... See MoreSee Less
Just a few photos from Year 7 Division Basketball last Monday, played at State Sport Centres Basketball Centre in Wantirna South and Kilsyth Basketball Sports Centre. We're super proud of them having a go and representing our little school that roars! 🏀 ... See MoreSee Less
Congratulations to Craig Smith, who was awarded Life Member of Volleyball Victoria. 🏆 Craig has worked for many years at Monbulk College and Volleyball Victoria. During that time, he has been a tireless advocate for volleyball and coached hundreds of teams.
Craig coached many State, National and Olympic players such as Dave Beard. Our school is proud to participate in the Victorian School’s Cup which we know Craig began. His teams always play with great passion and sportsmanship making his life membership a worthy recognition of a long career in volleyball. ... See MoreSee Less
Year 9 Ceramic students created a plaque story board which symbolised a special time and place. They used slab construction and modelling skills to create a sense of perspective and realism. ... See MoreSee Less
During National Science Week, we received many entries to our competitions. There were some brilliant and creative ideas presented and some excellent scientific skills used. We have looked over the entries and decided on the winners of the competitions. Every entrant should be proud of their involvement. We can't wait to see what you come up with in 2025! 🧬 See the video for the winners. If you have not collected your prizes, come and see Mrs Stott or Ms Wiltshire in the staffroom at lunch or recess. ... See MoreSee Less
Mrs Noy is running a Writing Competition! ✍🏼 Think you have what it takes to create a story of an epic journey, a voyage of self-discovery or a nail-biting escapade that leaves the reader breathless?
Enter our Writing Competition! This is a chance for you to dazzle the reader with your believable characters and immerse them in your world. Take them on a quest without them even needing to leave the room.
If you have a wonderful short story (800 words or less) or powerful poem that you have created for class or for fun, enter it for your chance to win.
Competition closes on Thursday 14th September 2024! Email Mrs Noy with your name, homegroup and title of your story. Include this in your actual story or poem too. ... See MoreSee Less
What an eventful week we had for National Science Week 2024! 🧪🔬 It started with the Science Discovery Dome incursion, a huge planetarium set up in the gym. Mad About Science came out to do the Extraordinary Elements display. Education Interactive came out with a forensics incursion. There were also two amazing science week challenges with fantastic prizes. Challenge one was to design something to save a local species and we had some outstanding entries. Challenge two was a whole school forensics challenge to solve a crime with pieces of evidence released each day. It was great to see the whole school getting involved (including the teachers). Can’t wait to see what Science Week 2025 brings! ⚗️ @nationalscienceweek @madaboutscienceofficial @eduinteractive ... See MoreSee Less
In the lead up to the Hilltop Music Festival our student bands have taken part in a photo shoot to help promote their groups on social media and create professional bios.
Keep an eye out for Year 8 band "Figure 8", along with Year 11 band "Centreleech" and the still to be named Year 10 group… along with many many more.
Big thanks to Daniel Cerra, Fraser Hie and @sam_boyd.photography for their shooting skills. ... See MoreSee Less
The Silver Wattle is in blossom and the end of a bitter winter is in sight - which means our Spring celebration of music and community, the Hilltop Music Festival, is just around the corner. Conceived by our wonderful Music Department to give music students a genuine performing and festival experience, our inaugural festival last year was an astonishing success. It was a delightful, warm community event (a smoke, vape, drug and alcohol free, family friendly space) with fabulous music (23 acts across two stages) and happy happy guests soaking up an actual music festival in our neighbourhood. Our talented and courageous students perform alongside industry professionals with national and international experience. Those wonderful musicians (most former students or with personal contacts to Monnie) give their time for free in order for us to run this special event. Last year we raised over $11,000 which will purchase a Go-To-Gig kit for the school. This year we're hoping to raise sufficient funds for a Recording Studio (!!) and other special projects at Monbulk College.
Would you please consider helping in any way that you are able?
We have a seamless rostering system form.jotform.com/242041910929858 Where you can sign up to a one hour shift or hopefully a few across the day between the acts you are most keen to see. Volunteers will have free entry - although you’re most welcome to also contribute by buying a ticket! Ticket sales may cease if we feel the venue is at capacity so please don’t rely on buying one on the day events.humanitix.com/2024-hilltop-music-festival
Do you, your family or friends operate a business that may like to donate something that can be raffled or sold at silent auction to raise funds? You can give us an indication and leave contact details at the same register form.jotform.com/242041910929858 You'll also find an invitation to donate eggs, cakes and handmade crafts. Please drop off quality used clothing for the second hand clothing stall at the front office.
For those who would like to go analogue there will be a capacity to sign up at the front desk.
The weather Gods smiled on us on Sunday. On Saturday there were snow flurries, sleet and hail at the Olinda Community House Inc. On Monday there were soaking drizzly showers. Sunday was a day of perfect good luck.
Our College community hosted a very special event for the broader community, our second Hilltop Music Festival . The warmth of it, the generosity of the musicians (professionals and students) who performed, staff, parents, students and community members who helped was transparent. To quote a friend, it was “a beautiful event dripping in love (and back breaking work!)”.
We have a small Music department run by two part time staff, supported by a handful of instrumental teachers, we’re a small secondary school and community - the capacity to host and successfully pull off an event like that is remarkable. It only happens with an enormous amount of effort on the part of all involved.
We would sincerely like to thank every single person who contributed to the day. You all made it possible. Thank you! Thank you for helping, for giving and loving the day with us.
Much love,
The Hilltop Crew
Jules, Bec, Tanja, Susi, Narelle, Luke, Kate, Cara, Matt, Lisa, Roz, Dave and Mary ... See MoreSee Less
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Omg this photo of Josie Tanya Fellowes Catherine Sudiana Beki Atkins ! She did so well!!! 💜🫶🏻
We're thrilled to announce that our second Hilltop Music Festival is happening this Sunday, September 15th, from 12pm to 8pm!
This music festival is a community event for everyone. Our dedicated Monbulk College students, staff, and parents have come together to create a fantastic day of live music in our neighborhood.
Enjoy a delicious array of food options, including a BBQ, chai tea stand, cakes, and food and coffee trucks. You'll also find a silent auction, raffle, vintage clothing stand, and many familiar faces.
If you've never been to a music festival before, this is the perfect opportunity to experience a relaxed day of roaming between stages to enjoy the acts that interest you the most.
Bring your friends and family to soak up the atmosphere. Please use this link to secure your tickets and join us for a joyous day of live music featuring 30 acts across three stages: events.humanitix.com/2024-hilltop-music-festival
Event Details:
Olinda Community House Inc, 79-81 Olinda-Monbulk Rd, Olinda VIC 3788
Sunday, September 15th, 12-8pm (Gates open at 11:30am)
Warm regards,
The Hilltop Crew ... See MoreSee Less
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Please consider yourself warmly invited to this year's Hilltop Music Festival 🎶
Our second ever Hilltop, this coming Sunday 15th September, at Olinda Community House Inc 79-81 Olinda Monbulk Rd, Olinda (adjacent to the Olinda Community Pool).
This extraordinary event gives our music students a chance to perform at a genuine music festival alongside industry professionals, many of whom tour nationally and internationally, including some of our very own who have been invited to perform at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. Music superstars! Alongside our talented students.
There’s a tightly managed set list of 30 acts across three stages, with professional sound and lighting technicians. Hilltop is the real deal.
Great music, great food, great company, what more could you want?
It’s looking like being a glorious sunny spring day, perhaps a touch cool so come warmly dressed to enjoy the two outdoor stages, BBQ, chai tea, food vans, vintage clothes, snag yourself something special at the silent auction, festival merch or a raffle ticket before you head inside to the main stage to warm up and fill up with scones and cakes.
Please be aware that Lily and King, our headline act for last year are on stage at 1.40pm, there's fabulous music across the whole day, with particularly special performances toward the evening - don't miss the brilliant Lloyd Spiegel Music.
We strongly recommend you pre purchase a ticket as it can be slow to process them at the gate. Avoid that queue!
events.humanitix.com/2024-hilltop-music-festival
Set times are out, listed below. Follow Hilltop on Facebook and Instagram for regular updates.
Check out our fabulous food and coffee vans here:
Glen Cooks Food
U C-Food 2 Go
The Wandering Star Co
Delicious food served up by lovely people.
Looking forward to seeing you soon,
The Music Department and the Hilltop Crew ... See MoreSee Less
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Olinda Community House Inc wishes Hilltop Music Festival and Team, the best outcome for a repeat of your fabulous event held at our venue last year . May the weather Gods look favourably on your day 🥳🎤🥳
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The Robot Race results are in! We had two more excellent racing meets for the students of 8D and 8F in the Systems Technology class. 🏁 Mr. Inglese extends a well-done to all students for their enthusiastic effort and offers an extra well-done to the winners, of course!
🏆 Year 8D Prize Winners
1st Place: Aimee and Ebony
2nd Place: Elliot and Jasmine
Most Innovative: Ethan and Reiko
Best Decoration: Zoe and Monet
🏆 Year 8F Prize Winners
1st Place: Sam and Henry
2nd Place: Sophie and Lily
Most Innovative: Alex
Best Decoration: Tahlia and Lylah ... See MoreSee Less
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We appreciate your support, Community Bank Monbulk & District!🚗On Tuesday Community Company Manager Aimee and Community Liaison Officer Rachel attended a RYDA Road Safety education session with Monbulk College.
🏵This one-day workshop for students in years 10 and 11 was supported by the Rotary Club Of Monbulk & District.
🏍Through consistent quality education, RYDA strives to save lives and prevent serious injuries on our roads. With many young people on their learners attending this workshop we believe this is a valuable way to help change the way that young people think about road safety. ... See MoreSee Less
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I heard this was good.
Year 12 English students attended an End of Year Exam Lecture at Upwey High School. The students learned valuable tips for how to approach the end of year exam, strategies for dealing with topics, and improving their writing and study habits. The students were attentive and their behaviour was exemplary. ... See MoreSee Less
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Our 2024 Year 9 team at the School for Student Leadership Snowy River Campus have been hiking, cycling and surfing! 🚶🏻♂️🚴🏻♀️🏄🏻 We can’t wait to hear all about your Community Learning Project on Friday! ... See MoreSee Less
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So good to see Monbulk College's involvement in this program - and this campus is near where I grew up - great spot for the outdoor life!
So good to see your dear faces! Miss you all! Looking forward to seeing you this Friday!
Lovely weather ☀️
Thank you for helping us in Japanese, Minori san! また、京都で会いましょう！楽しみにしていますよ。Thank you also to Mount Dandenong Primary School for sharing Minori! ... See MoreSee Less
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Last week, 11 of our VCE VET Music students spent the day at Soggy Dog Recording Studios Upwey. They recorded covers and original musical pieces, learning a great deal from audio engineer Steve and enjoying the company of studio dog Radar.
This experience was particularly beneficial for the students as they prepare for our upcoming Hilltop Music Festival . Remember to secure your tickets - the festival takes place on September 15th! ... See MoreSee Less
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I'm looking forward to mixing the tracks you all produced when you were over.
A huge thank you to all of our staff who dressed in purple to show support for our LGBTQIA+ students and staff on Wear It Purple Day!
Minus18 Wear It Purple® strives to foster supportive, safe, empowering and inclusive environments for rainbow young people.
Our student Inclusivity Leaders helped run the stand with merch for our LGBTQIA+ staff, students and allies. ... See MoreSee Less
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Thank you Monbulk College for being an inclusive and supportive place.
Love you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!
💜
Thank you for having our students back, Soggy Dog Recording Studios Upwey! ... See MoreSee Less
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Just a few photos from Year 7 Division Basketball last Monday, played at State Sport Centres Basketball Centre in Wantirna South and Kilsyth Basketball Sports Centre. We're super proud of them having a go and representing our little school that roars! 🏀 ... See MoreSee Less
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👍👍
Congratulations to Craig Smith, who was awarded Life Member of Volleyball Victoria. 🏆 Craig has worked for many years at Monbulk College and Volleyball Victoria. During that time, he has been a tireless advocate for volleyball and coached hundreds of teams.
Craig coached many State, National and Olympic players such as Dave Beard. Our school is proud to participate in the Victorian School’s Cup which we know Craig began. His teams always play with great passion and sportsmanship making his life membership a worthy recognition of a long career in volleyball. ... See MoreSee Less
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Absolute legend!!
Congratulations Craig. Very well deserved.
Congratulations Craig- such an inspiration to so many kids
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Year 9 Ceramic students created a plaque story board which symbolised a special time and place. They used slab construction and modelling skills to create a sense of perspective and realism. ... See MoreSee Less
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I have been in awe of these plaques. The talent our students have is amazing!
Such magnificent work Year 9s and Ms Andrews! Well done team!
👍
During National Science Week, we received many entries to our competitions. There were some brilliant and creative ideas presented and some excellent scientific skills used. We have looked over the entries and decided on the winners of the competitions. Every entrant should be proud of their involvement. We can't wait to see what you come up with in 2025! 🧬 See the video for the winners. If you have not collected your prizes, come and see Mrs Stott or Ms Wiltshire in the staffroom at lunch or recess. ... See MoreSee Less
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Great ideas, creative teaching and students.
Science !! 👍
Mrs Noy is running a Writing Competition! ✍🏼 Think you have what it takes to create a story of an epic journey, a voyage of self-discovery or a nail-biting escapade that leaves the reader breathless?
Enter our Writing Competition! This is a chance for you to dazzle the reader with your believable characters and immerse them in your world. Take them on a quest without them even needing to leave the room.
If you have a wonderful short story (800 words or less) or powerful poem that you have created for class or for fun, enter it for your chance to win.
Competition closes on Thursday 14th September 2024!
Email Mrs Noy with your name, homegroup and title of your story. Include this in your actual story or poem too. ... See MoreSee Less
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What an eventful week we had for National Science Week 2024! 🧪🔬 It started with the Science Discovery Dome incursion, a huge planetarium set up in the gym. Mad About Science came out to do the Extraordinary Elements display. Education Interactive came out with a forensics incursion. There were also two amazing science week challenges with fantastic prizes. Challenge one was to design something to save a local species and we had some outstanding entries. Challenge two was a whole school forensics challenge to solve a crime with pieces of evidence released each day. It was great to see the whole school getting involved (including the teachers). Can’t wait to see what Science Week 2025 brings! ⚗️ @nationalscienceweek @madaboutscienceofficial @eduinteractive ... See MoreSee Less
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Yay for Science!
Well done Ms Stott and Ms Wiltshire!
Thank you so much Edible Eden Design, these look amazing! ... See MoreSee Less
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You're welcome and we look forward to seeing some photos of your garden's progress
In the lead up to the Hilltop Music Festival our student bands have taken part in a photo shoot to help promote their groups on social media and create professional bios.
Keep an eye out for Year 8 band "Figure 8", along with Year 11 band "Centreleech" and the still to be named Year 10 group… along with many many more.
Big thanks to Daniel Cerra, Fraser Hie and @sam_boyd.photography for their shooting skills. ... See MoreSee Less
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The Silver Wattle is in blossom and the end of a bitter winter is in sight - which means our Spring celebration of music and community, the Hilltop Music Festival, is just around the corner. Conceived by our wonderful Music Department to give music students a genuine performing and festival experience, our inaugural festival last year was an astonishing success. It was a delightful, warm community event (a smoke, vape, drug and alcohol free, family friendly space) with fabulous music (23 acts across two stages) and happy happy guests soaking up an actual music festival in our neighbourhood. Our talented and courageous students perform alongside industry professionals with national and international experience. Those wonderful musicians (most former students or with personal contacts to Monnie) give their time for free in order for us to run this special event. Last year we raised over $11,000 which will purchase a Go-To-Gig kit for the school. This year we're hoping to raise sufficient funds for a Recording Studio (!!) and other special projects at Monbulk College.
Would you please consider helping in any way that you are able?
We have a seamless rostering system form.jotform.com/242041910929858 Where you can sign up to a one hour shift or hopefully a few across the day between the acts you are most keen to see. Volunteers will have free entry - although you’re most welcome to also contribute by buying a ticket! Ticket sales may cease if we feel the venue is at capacity so please don’t rely on buying one on the day events.humanitix.com/2024-hilltop-music-festival
Do you, your family or friends operate a business that may like to donate something that can be raffled or sold at silent auction to raise funds? You can give us an indication and leave contact details at the same register form.jotform.com/242041910929858 You'll also find an invitation to donate eggs, cakes and handmade crafts. Please drop off quality used clothing for the second hand clothing stall at the front office.
For those who would like to go analogue there will be a capacity to sign up at the front desk.
We look forward to seeing you at the Olinda Community House Inc 12-8pm on Sunday 15th September.
With warm best wishes,
Parents and Friends Club
and the Music Department ... See MoreSee Less
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