A Symphony of Stories: Students Celebrate Book Week at TKS
What does Book Week mean to our students? According to Year 4 students Joye and Noor, it’s much more than costumes, parades and favourite book characters. It’s an opportunity to celebrate the stories that help shape who we are and the interests we share with others. This year’s Book Week theme, Symphony of Stories, came…
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Lost at Sea, Found Through Community: Year 4s Shine at Wakakirri
What began as an idea in a classroom became something much bigger on Wednesday 12 August, when our Year 4 students took to the stage at the Frankston Performing Arts Centre for this year’s Wakakirri Performing Arts Festival. Wakakirri is a national performing arts festival that invites students to tell original stories through a unique…
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TKS Artists Take Top Honours at Young@Art Exhibition
Creativity, courage and artistic excellence were on full display recently as twelve talented TKS students from Years 7 to 11 showcased their work in the prestigious Young@Art Exhibition, held at The Hut Gallery in Ferntree Gully. Bringing together young artists from across the City of Knox, the exhibition provides students with the unique opportunity to…
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Gone Fishin’ – Leadership with a Splash!
“Give someone a fish, feed them for today. Teach them how to fish and feed them for a lifetime.” – Anonymous “Gone Fishin’!” The familiar catchcry was certainly in full effect on Friday 7 August as our Year 6 students cast their lines into an imaginary pond as part of our Leadership Program. The activity…
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Music Camp Hits a High Note at Rutherford Park
The sound of rehearsals, laughter and music filled Rutherford Park last week as 124 students from Years 7 to 12 came together for The Knox School’s annual Music Camp, making it one of our largest camps in years. Bringing together students from intermediate and senior ensembles, the three-day camp provided an immersive opportunity to focus…
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A Mad Hatter’s Tea Party Comes to Life in Year 7 Art
What do you get when you combine creativity, craftsmanship and a touch of Wonderland? For our Year 7 Visual Communication Design (VCD) and Art students, the result is a captivating collection of clay top hat sculptures inspired by the curious and imaginative world of the Mad Hatter. Under the guidance of Mr Chris Hilton, students…
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Strings Students Shine at Victorian School Music Festival
It has been a big week for The Knox School Music Department, with our talented string ensembles taking centre stage at the Victorian School Music Festival (VSMF) at the Hawthorn Arts Centre. Across three consecutive days, students from Dolce Strings, Corelli Strings and Volante Strings proudly represented the School, performing alongside some of Victoria’s finest…
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Year 8 Coders Excel in National Python Competition
Year 8 Coding and Robotics Students participated in the Beginner’s Python Competition organised by Grok Academy, competing alongside students from across Australia and internationally. Eleven students achieved outstanding results, scoring between 409–410 out of 410 and placing them among the top performers. What makes this achievement particularly impressive is the level of student agency demonstrated…
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Food & Media: A Year 7 Collaboration
This year, the Technology, Art and Design department is strengthening cross curricular connections, beginning with an integrated project between Year 7 Food Studies and Media. This term, both classes embarked on a collaborative task that quickly proved to be a rich, real world learning opportunity. In Food Studies, students designed a smoothie for a specific…
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What Can We Learn When We Truly Listen to a Life Lived Before Ours?
In a world where communication is often instant and digital, there is something deeply powerful about slowing down, listening, and truly understanding another person’s story. This term, some of our Year 9 students have been doing exactly that through the CUBE elective Behind Those Eyes. As part of the program, students visited Arcare this week…
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