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A Review: Shadowboxing - Tony Birch (2009)

Conor Ammett

I was sceptical at first about Shadowboxing. I read a bit of the blurb, and thought, ‘oh, 1960s Australia, that can’t be too interesting.’ I wouldn’t have picked the book for myself, as I love fantasy, romance and adventure. I was wrong though. Shadowboxing is so interesting, in the way that it’s cleverly written and the narrative is explored. In the novel you follow the life of a boy called Michael as he moves from Clunes in rural Victoria to Fitzroy, Melbourne. You don’t get to see his whole life, only certain stories, moments. This leaves you to think about whether his whole life is like these stories, or whether these are just the extraordinary tales he wishes to share with the reader. One of my favourite stories is about the moon landing, and how schools based an entire day of learning on the Apollo 11 journey. There’s this quote that I keep thinking about, even weeks after I’ve finished reading the book: Michael yells, ‘F*ck the moon!’ to his assistant school principal, and the imagery is absolutely vivid.

Overall, I would definitely recommend Shadowboxing to any teenager, especially if you don’t think it’s the type of thing you would read, because I can guarantee you will be pleasantly surprised.

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Teacher Tag: Ms. Bobeff

[U]: You were tagged by Mr. Bourke so I’d like to go back to the time when you first met. How was it being part of the first Galileo team ever? 

B: Um…. I loved it. It was a great experience. I felt really really lucky. So, that was my first job, out of the Masters of Teaching, and I loved the school, and I was also really excited about Galileo, and then, when - I suppose… I’m just trying to think… I remember just feeling really excited and kind of really honoured that I was being asked to be part of that, um, and then when it sort of started, and I was working with Michael and Paul, when we actually started working, it was really tough, because everything was new, and we had to design it, um, but there was always that sense of excitement and that we were doing something quite different and quite interesting. And then, probably just the best thing was that I had just such a great year. I really loved all the kids that came through, and yeah, for that whole year I just felt really happy and really lucky, and you know, kind of blessed in a way that I was part of it, so it was great.

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Hungry for Change

With 15 minutes of lunchtime remaining at The University High School,  students are still lining up for food. There are seven chicken nuggets left, two chicken schnitzel burgers, towers of two minutes noodles and one lonely, shrivelled dim sim. . There’s not a fresh, homemade salad or sandwich in sight. Does this seem like the food a school canteen should be serving?  The type of food to fuel the minds and bodies of our children? We have decided to crack open the canteen and find out what the school community really thinks, and we expect to find students hungry for change.

 

This type of heavily fried food should not be a staple of a child's lunch. Government schools are encouraged to provide a range of healthy foods to students. These recommendations are set out inthe National Healthy School Canteen Guidelines for healthy food and drink supplied in school canteens. Food is rated according to a traffic light system; green means these foods and drinks are the most suitable to be sold in school canteens and should be available on the canteen menu every day, amber means the food contains some valuable nutrients, but may be too high in saturated fat and / or sugar and / or sodium, Foods and drinks categorised as RED are not consistent with the dietary guidelines and should not be sold in a healthy school canteen. They are low in nutritional value and may also be high in saturated fat, sugar or sodium. Unfortunately all the foods available to students in the last 15 minutes of lunch time at the canteen come under a amber and red food rating. For some students these foods are eaten on a daily basis and in large quantities. So what is the effect of this level of consumption of processed, fried foods?

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One down. Three to go.

One down. Three to go.

 

It’s the last day of Term One, and for all of you sitting in class absent-mindedly staring at the walls or resting your heads on the stack of books in front of you, I understand. Everyone - teachers, students and sport teachers alike, are tired, worn-out and really just need some proper sleep. But don’t worry, 2.30pm is coming up super soon, just keep obsessively looking at the clock for the next few hours.

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Exchange: The World Awaits

By Madeleine Sorić

So it’s the time of year again that the year 10s are about to fly off to the other side of the world. Whether it’s Denmark, Germany, Finland, or wherever they're going, some lucky students at Uni High are about to go on an amazing adventure.

Last year I had the pleasure of going on exchange to Hamburg, Germany. It was the best term of my life. I made so many good friends, bonded with my exchange family, and fell in love with the city. Some of my fondest memories ever are on exchange. However, there are some things to watch out for, so here is a bunch of advice I have come up with for all of you going on exchange.

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From the Archives: School Personalities

In the 1960s, it was common that editions of Ubique included a section entitled ‘School Personalities’, in which the Ubique team would share thoughts and anecdotes about some of Uni High’s weirdest and most wonderful students and staff. These are the ones that we published on our old website and love so much that we thought they deserved a second upload.

 

 

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Volleyballin’

By Conor Ammett

‘Dab it out, dab it out.’ ‘And sweep, and sweep, and sweep.’ ‘Tunnel ball!’ These are the things I will remember about my year 10 interschool sport experience in term one this year. I’ll remember how our team bonded over losing the first match; I’ll remember the smiling face of a fellow teammate as she finally got the hang of serving over the net; I’ll remember posing for photos at the end of the day, when we felt victorious, free and as successful as Victoria Azarenka when she hits a dab.

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