Lake Bolac College Yearbook 2021

Ballarat Tech School

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Easter Activities

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ANZAC Day

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Book Week

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Lunchtime Activities

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Prep 100 Days of Learning

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Jump Rope for Heart

Congratulations to all the students who participated in Jump Rope Finally, I would like to thank Miss Kim Thom and Mrs Brooke
For Heart 2020-2021. After a long wait we finally participated Richardson for getting the students prepared and assisting with
in our ‘Jump Off day’ and what a day it was! We battled the all areas of the program, it would not have been as successful
elements on the last day of the school term but this didn’t without your help, thank you.
hinder spirits, with all students participating in the big day.
The enthusiasm and energy was electric and it was obvious Lastly, well done to all the students. Skipping is a skill for
that the student’s skills had improved dramatically since life - a great way to keep your heart happy and healthy.
beginning the program. Keep jumping rope!

We were aiming to raise $500 for sick hearts, instead raising
a whopping $2560, AMAZING! Thank you to the community
members and parents for contributing to this great cause, it is
very much appreciated. Jump Rope prizes for those students
who raised exceptional amounts of money are on their way and
will be presented at assembly. A special mention to Bailey and
Addison Hucker who raised our initial goal amount of $500
single-handedly together. Well done.

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Ballarat Wildlife Park

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Sovereign Hill

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We Are Monsters

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Dress Like a Farmer

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Connecting with Nature

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Green Day

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IDAHOBIT Day

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Footy Colours Day

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R U OK Day

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Sandy the Therapy Dog

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Class of 2021 – Year 12

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Students

Audrey Kilpatrick Bella Howard Emily Woolidge Gemma Peacock George Whinney Gracelyn Howie

Jack Cornwell Jack Liston Kodi Dridan Larissa Rowland Lola Wynne Max Wilkie

Nicholi Bourchier Paityn Blackham Rawiri Rawlings Sam McCorkell Sebastian McDonald Zara Peters

Abigail Box Addison Hucker Arya Bourchier Bailey Hucker Blake Peacock Charli Raftopoulos

Connor Wardlaw Conrad Pacujan Edward Whinney Georgina Thom Jack Blackham Jack Wilkie

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Jaxxon Ford Jordan Stasse Minnie McDonald Sarah Coutts Sophie Blackburn Tyree Slater

William Cornwell William Hosking Bailey Blackham Charlie Hamilton Charlie Thom Charlotte Box

Ernest Pacujan Felix Lomer Georgia Ford Grace Read Imogen Brandenburg Keisha Allen

Matilda Box Mia Wardlaw Riley Rowland Ruby Cameron Scarlett Jackson William Blackburn

Archie Leishman Blake Walker Casey Jose Catherine Coutts Daisy McDonald Harriet Stacy

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Students

Henry Geddes Indy Valle Jack Hammond-O’Neil Jane Whinney Joslyn Cameron Lilli Turpin

Riley Caton Victaur Wagner Bella Wardlaw Bryce Hudson Jack Loader Logan Atkinson

Maggie Atkinson Magnetic May Minie Natika Farley Paloma Brandenburg Parker Hamilton Wyiatt Jackson

Alexzandra Jackson Chelsea Jose Chelsey Turpin Eboney Atkinson Hayley Latronico Isabella Thomson

Jake Hudson Jazmyn Mason-Ash Katie Raftopoulos Mark Hope-Doherty Mita Ratana Rachael Loader

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Ruby Hammond-O’Neil Brydy Atkinson Oliver Neumann Rebecca Jackson Alicia Hall Athanasius Casanova

Cooper Siesling Jasmine Craddock Jessica Rowe Joshua Atkins Mahayla Cuddy Maia Ratana

Marcus Graham Maxwell Pedersen Nikhita Ewen-Jones Riley Lomer Ruby Thomson Tahjaun Wainohu

Taj Ewen-Jones

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Staff

Giselle Allgood Ken Avery Margot Bourchier Jessica Brady Roger Flanner Nick Healey

Nicole Hill Mark Howard Amy Justin Margaret Keilar Sally Kinley Jennifer Lloyd

Laura McDougall Emily Michell Jodie Peachey Casey Potter Susan Richie Kim Thom

Kimberley Thom Andrew Twiss Kate Vallance Anne Wynne

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Alumni

Former Staff Member The sport days were always fun events with Roger Flanner as the
sports coordinator. I loved being part of the staff v’s student relays.
Martine Hendy (nee Amos) Kirsty and I were the javelin officials for one of the interschool
athletics days. This was a reasonably quiet day until an entourage
When I arrived at Lake Bolac for of spectators came flooding over to watch a particular senior
my interview, I was given a tour student compete – I think the athlete was a state level competitor.
around the school by Colin Easton Needless to say, Kirsty and I certainly felt the pressure of the
and Cate Lewis. As we were crowd to preform our measuring duties correctly!
walking around the grounds I was As you know, Lake Bolac is a cold place in winter, I could not get
asked if I had been to Lake Bolac over the fact that the boys wore shorts all year round! Not sure
before. I hesitated to answer but if that is still the case. In my second year, a new staff member
honesty is the best policy…”Yes. I have been to a few B and S joined the staff. Her name was Giselle Crouch. What a wonderful
Balls”. After this sentence blurted out of my mouth I thought that achievement to now be the Principal.
was going to be the end of my job prospects at the school. Luckily After two years I moved to Melbourne and taught at Wesley
for me I was offered the position. College for 12 months and then to Red Cliffs Secondary College
for 18 years. I am currently in my fourth year of teaching at
This all happened the week before Term 1 1996 was about to Mildura Senior College. I am married to Mark (the reason I moved
begin. The next challenge was to find a place to live. There were to Melbourne) and we have three children Tessa (18), Misty (16)
no rental properties in the town so Andrew Twiss kindly offered and Ethan (14). I am often reminded of my time at Lake Bolac
a room to rent until something else popped up. because I regularly see a past student Richard Snell working in
retail when I am out shopping. He was one of my first students
The first day at the school was exciting and terrifying all at the in Yr 8 Maths.
same time. I had meetings all morning with various teachers all of I could not have asked for a better start to my teaching career
which involved a cup of coffee for each session. I had never drunk and I am grateful for the opportunity to share my Lake Bolac
so many cups of coffee and I remember going home that night experience.
jittering from the volume of coffee I had consumed and vowed
from that day that I would not drink coffee at work and have stuck Staff 1997
to that my whole working life (although with increasing age I do Back Row: Nathan Pearce, Dave Nicholson, Mark Howard, Roger Flanner,
sneak some in now). Colin Easton, John Wallis
Third Row: Helen Robinson, Andrew Twiss, Mark Sherriff, Cate Lewis,
The school had such a positive energy. The staff at Lake Bolac Rochelle Pitcher, Lyn Hucker
were so welcoming and went out of their way to ensure I had the Second Row: Margaret Wills, Pam Hayes, Meg Driscoll, Adele Krepp,
resources I needed to teach and with Cate Lewis, Pam Hayes and Viv Maretinich, Louise Fay, Martine Amos
Andrew Twiss mentoring me I knew that I had found a wonderful Front Row: Giselle Crouch, Lynette Smith, Jacqui Coleman, Brendan Ryan
work environment to begin my teaching career. Their generosity (Principal), Alan Campbell (Assistant Principal), Jenny Cosgriff, Judy Aldous,
has been paid forward in the support that I give to new staff or Jan Thatcher
faculty members that I work with. Absent: Judi Smith

Coming from a small rural town, St. Arnaud, I could see
similarities in terms of the importance of sport in the community.
It wasn’t long before I was playing squash or rather running
around chasing strategically placed balls and returning them as
the tennis/badminton player I was, straight back over the red line!
My fondest memories are playing netball for Wickliffe/Lake Bolac.
I loved having the opportunity to play beside work colleagues
like Jacqui Coleman and Kirsty Coglan and playing against staff
like Meg Driscoll and Cate Lewis and playing with and against
students and parents and being coached by Pam McInnes.
Through the netball/football club I became a committee member
that planned the B and S Ball. This gave me the opportunity to see
the function from the fundraiser side and how well the community
worked together to raise money for their sporting associations.

I was the stage manager (person telling actors to get ready to go
on stage) of the school musical Pirates of Penzance which was
directed by Meg Driscoll. Alan McInnes was the lead singer and
lost his voice so Meg stepped in and sang his lines when he was
unable to.

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Alumni

Former Student I still make music today as a hobby, and I am quite happy with
that! At the end of my 20s, I made my way to the profession of
Brad Murray teaching and have been doing it ever since. In 2016 I completed a
Master of Education (Student Wellbeing), again at the University
I grew up in Lake Bolac and attended my full 13 years of of Melbourne, and have developed a strong passion in the areas
schooling at Lake Bolac Primary School and then Lake Bolac of student wellbeing and pastoral care. I am just about to finish
Secondary College. my 11th year teaching at St Patrick’s College and have had the
pleasure of teaching a number of kids whose parents went to
For my experience, I was never a sporty kid, never really fit the school with me, working alongside staff who I went to school
mould of a country kid who was driven by sport. I tried many with, and more recently, being a supervising teacher to a pre-
sports including golf, squash, tennis, cricket and for a brief time, service teacher who attended and works at Lake Bolac College
football, but I was terrible at ALL of them! Towards the end of – the term ‘going full circle’ feels very real here!
my primary school years, I began to fall in love with music. This As for where I am at now in 2021 – my wife, three kids and I
grew significantly in high school. I bonded with the lab technician are about to move to Wangaratta, to start the next chapter
at the time, Dave Nicholson, over my burgeoning love of all of our lives.
things music. He was the first person in my life to really inspire
me to take music seriously – this set me off on a path, from Year 1997 Year 12
7, where music became my focus. I have always valued Dave’s Back Row: John Wallis (Form teacher), Bradley Murray, Bradley
passion for music and his willingness to work with students who Matthews, Dallas Cameron, Paul Cleeland, Alan McInnes, Geoff Harrop,
loved music. I have never forgotten this – in fact, he gave me a Alarna Nolan, Benjamin McGeachin, Colin Easton (Coordinator)
small card which detailed a bird, an ibis I think, and to this day, Front Row: Margot Mulcahy, Alison Phillips, Carmel Fitzpatrick, Renae
that little card still sits inside my acoustic guitar case, 25 years Milward, Paul Wilson, Kate Miller, Renee Howlett
later. A momentum to his incredible influence on me. When I got
to the senior years, the school tried to support me by hiring a
music teacher so I could complete music by VCE, but sadly, the
teacher employed to take me for Year 11 music only lasted a few
weeks, and then a new teacher was hired for the start of my Year
12, and he also only lasted a few weeks. Despite this, the school
was great in supporting me to do VCE music by correspondence,
and as a result of the disadvantages I faced in doing senior school
music, I was very lucky to receive a full scholarship to complete
two degrees at the University of Melbourne – a Bachelor of Music
and a Bachelor of Teaching.

In my last three years of high school, I have fond memories of
playing guitar in a band with 3 other students – we performed at a
range of events in the sporting complex, the town hall, and various
other events and parties. This was definitely the highlight of my
time growing up. I then spent my 20s trying to make it in the music
industry – in a band, as a venue promoter, as a band manager,
agent and running my own record label for a decade. In the end,
I broke even money wise, but never ‘made it’!

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Engagements Marriages

Breen – Sippi Harrington – Coote Lloyd – Fisher
Jacquie Breen (former student) Krystal Harrington and Charlotte Lloyd (former student)
and Ben Sippi Rowan Coote (former student) and Jamie Fisher

31.12.20 24.04.21

Home: Illowa Home: Toronto, Canada

Gilmore – Blair Hollard – Coote McDougall – Otto
Bibby Gilmore (former student) Casey Hollard and Jacqui McDougall and
and Angus Blair Justin Coote (former student) Rhys Otto (former student)
31.12.20
26.03.21 Home: Ballarat

Home: Yarram Park, Willaura Notting – Newson
Georgia Notting (former student)
Grimmer – Rankin and Ben Newson
Katherine Grimmer (former student) 20.10.21
and Sam Rankin Home: Ararat

Johnson – Lubeek
Kim Johnson (former student)
and Zack Lubeek

20.03.21

Home: Ballarat

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Births

Spencer – Veale Albert Ferguson
Mary Spencer and Jess (nee Park, former student) Louise (nee Higgins, former student)
Luke Veale (former student) and Jeromy Albert and Hayden Ferguson

17.04.21 A girl, Maeve Rose on 16.07.21 A girl, Phoebe Louise on 26.10.21

Home: Woorndoo Sister to Oliver Sister to Rosie

Home: Willaura Home: Harrow

Blake Forbes
Melanie Evans and Linsey and
Luke Blake (former students) John Forbes (former student)

A boy, Hunter James on 04.09.21 A boy, Oskar Mitchell Robert on 19.04.21

Brother to Arlo Brother to Bastie and Winton

Home: Lake Bolac Home: Streatham

Britten Fraser
Emma and Annie (nee Armstrong, former student)
Tyler Britten (former student) and Alistair Fraser

A boy Oliver William on 29.09.19 A girl, Alice Mary on 14.05.21

Brother to Harvey Sister to Isla

Home: Dartmoor Home: Stoneleigh

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Fraser McLean Otto
Georgie (nee Ware, former student) Sarah (staff member) Tess and
and Alex Fraser and Bradley McLean Michael Otto (former student)

A boy, Hamish Dale on 28.06.21 A boy, Harrison Edward on 20.08.21 A girl, Olive Poppy on 12.08.21

Home: Mortlake Brother to Ella and Sophie Home: Mt Duneed

Home: Wickliffe

Higgins Otto Paterson
Carly Mitchell and Holly and Neka Lee Jones and
Jimmy Higgins (former student) Joe Otto (former student) Nick Paterson (former student)

A boy, Archie James Mitchell on 01.10.21 A boy, Bobby Perce on 19.09.21 A girl, Twiggy Helen Madden on 29.09.21

Home: Westmere Home: Ballarat Sister to William, Lottie and Poppy

Home: Willaura

Higgins Otto Taylor
Claudia and Marni and Susie (nee Gibson, former student)
Tom Higgins (former student) Nigel Otto (former student) and James Taylor

A girl, Ellen Edith on 26.07.21 A girl, Clementine Ruby on 23.01.21 A girl, Alice Margot on 23.03.21

Home: Mortlake Home: Ballarat Sister to Harry

Home: Cavendish

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Deaths

Vallance Monegetti
Kate (staff member) Ray (former student)
and Charlie (former student)
Passed away 12.09.21
A boy, Archer Charles on 13.11.21
Our deepest sympathies to Anne, Allison,
Home: Lake Bolac Glenda, Ken and their families.

West Smith
Katie (nee Guthridge, former student) Lynette (former staff and parent)
and Paul West
12.03.52 – 17.08.21
A girl, Goldie on 30.01.21
Devoted and dearly loved wife to Wayne.
Home: Geelong Much loved mother and mother-in-law of
Mathew and Susan, Danny and Belinda,
Jamie and Shannon, Emma and Chris.
Adored Nanna to Trinity, Oakley, Jazmin,
Crystal, Juliette, Dakoda, Indi, Mia,
Sydney and Ryan.

Zordan
Laura (former student)
and Nick Zordan

A girl, Maeve Louise on 02.04.21

Sister to Arthur and Eddie

Home: Horsham

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