You may have heard of a new and growing initiative called RAW, can Recycling for Animal Welfare, started by Lachlan Ray Year 8. Lachlan has been walking around at the College, at the swimming carnivals from the start of the year collecting cans.
In Term Three, Year 7s were kindly donated a range of seedlings from the Southern Beaches Community Garden (SBCG) at Tugun. We linked this to our learning in Science about taking care of our planet through renewable and non-renewable resources.
Students Marcus Ibsen and Nick Tan eagerly joined Mrs Leslie and Mr O’Brien recently, on an insightful trip to the University of Queensland. Here, Kydra Walden, our 2018 College Captain and now first-year engineering student, provided us with an opportunity to explore the creative spaces and engineering labs that UQ has to offer.
The Year 7 and 8 Maths Quiz Team won the Gold Coast South Division in August and therefore qualified for the State finals, which was recently held at University Queensland. This year, before the quiz itself, students were privileged to receive two workshops from UQ lecturers.
Since commencing our studies this year, we have delved into influential and relevant cases which we’ve only seen from a textbook perspective. Then the chance of observing a variety of different cases at the District and Supreme Courts appeared.
Earlier in October 20 young men and two staff ventured down to Doon Doon, New South Wales to partake in the annual 1st XV Rugby Leadership Camp. Alumni, Daniel Stoten and his fiancé Tiana Dustow kindly opened up their 200 acre property to allow the camp to go ahead.
On Monday 21 October, six Somerset College students pitched off for a $5000 prize in the final of the Telstra Mayor's Technology Awards at Bond University. The students were in two teams.
Friday evening, 18 October, saw the students at the College take their audience to places in their imagination as they presented our annual Cultural Collage. The event presents a symphony of sights and sounds as the students give various drama, dance, music and Wordsmiths performances.
Earlier this year five Year 12 Legal Studies students entered a legal studies competition which was sponsored by Griffith University, in conjunction with Short, Punch and Greatorix Lawyers. The students, Britt Franzmann, Ainsley McCarthy, Holly MacDonald, Mackenzie Quiggan and Joanne Joe were able to write about any topic of their choice to demonstrate an understanding of the law.
The 2019 Queensland Schools’ State Championships started with a time-trial format for all the single scull entries. This is the first time this format has been used, and it was great to see Callum McClure and Nicholas Tan both qualify for their respective A-Finals.
In Term Three, students in Years 7 and 8 Mathematics, Years 9 and 10 Mathematics Extended and selected students in Years 11 and 12, participated in the prestigious ICAS Mathematics Assessment. This year the ICAS Assessments moved online, a change that reflects a sector-wide transition to computer-based assessment.
Year 10s celebrated their Personal Project Exhibition this term. They welcomed Year 9 students and their parents on the evening of Wednesday 9 October to the Great Hall, where they shared their experiences and project wisdom, as Year 9s themselves set off on their Personal Project journey.