UN Voice of Youth Competition We are very proud of Year 8 student, Mariya, who ranked third in the Junior Finals of the UN Youth SA’s Voice Competition last weekend. Mariya impressed the judges with her presentation on the topic of ‘Incentivising Migration to Regional Australia’. The Voice Competition is considered Australia’s most prestigious public […]
Welcome to our new OSHC staff member! This Term, we welcomed Chelsea to our wonderful team of OSHC Educators. Please read some information about her below.
Active Play The playground is a wonderful place for students to be active, play with friends and challenge themselves. Students have shown persistence and resilience while learning new skills and trying new pieces of equipment. Many students enjoy showing educators new skills or tricks they have learnt while playing and experimenting. The rock climbing walls, […]
Year 3 Bilingual Storytellers! Our 3EG students were given the challenge of writing a ‘Bilingual story’, partly in Chinese and partly in English – a culmination of four terms of learning including food, transport, introduction and sea animals. They read a model story by the teacher and in teams of two or three they then […]
Term 3 Vacation Care The October Vacation Care program engaged the students in an array of activities. The program began with a much-anticipated visit to the famous Haigh’s Chocolate Factory. Students enjoyed a tour, learning how chocolate is made and the history of the Haigh’s Chocolate Factory. On their return to school, the students enjoyed […]
Frog Craft The students were eager to learn about the themed topic ‘Reptiles and Amphibians’. The educators provided engaging crafts and activities for the students which brought to light some interesting facts about the various types of animals included in the classification, habitat, diet and much more. Some facts which interested the students were that […]
Visitors with Tales of Success Timor-Leste is a country in Southeast Asia, approximately one hour’s flight away from Darwin. The country has a population of 1.3 million people and it has the highest rate of poverty in Southeast Asia. Before the pandemic began, Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said that, “one in five […]
Continuing the Storytelling of our History Boarders’ High Jinks The routine and discipline of the boarding house in the 1920s was strict with early mornings and rules of silence but mischief and pranks abounded. Midnight feasts and pillow fights were part of boarding house culture, but it was the arrival of the daughters of the […]
Chemical Reactions in Year 9 Whenever we study a Chemistry topic, students ask “Can we make something blow up?”, so last week we did exactly that. In our study of Chemical Reactions, we have recently been learning about different properties of acids and bases and where these are found around the home. In an adaptation […]
The National History Challenge Causes and Consequences The National History Challenge is a research-based competition for Australian students from Year 1-12. It gives students a chance to be historians, researching world history, examining Australia’s past, investigating their community or exploring their own roots. The theme of the 2022 National History Challenge was “Causes and Consequences”, with […]
