As we head to holidays, the Year 7s look back over the term and wonder how they managed to fit everything in. We’ve had athletics, musical, debating, NAPLAN, examination block, APS sport and to finish the term, a highly popular table tennis competition.
Twenty-two lucky Year 10 Business and Entrepreneurship students attended an interactive entrepreneurship experience at the University of Queensland Ideas Hub, St Lucia, Brisbane campus, 11 June. The Ideas Hub was established in 2015, and since its inception has been a key pillar of the UQ entrepreneurship framework.
Our 1st Netball team headed into the APS Finals on Friday with a goal in mind, to bring the trophy back home and complete an undefeated record in three APS seasons. Mission accomplished… but it wasn’t easy.
From Round Three onwards, most divisions face ‘secret subject’ debates – the topic is unknown until students arrive at the venue. They’re given the topic, a classroom, and must use nothing but pen and paper (and their minds) to craft their debate.
This year, I have been lucky enough to be selected as the Youth Member representing the people of Burleigh in the 2019 YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament. I am one of 93 young Queenslanders aged between 15 and 25 who have been selected to represent.
The skies were leaden, but the spirits were high at last Saturday’s 2019 GCRASRA Trophy Regatta held out at Wyaralong Dam and the last official event with Mr Andrew Butler as Head Rowing Coach. The rowers were fiercely determined to bring home the win for Mr Butler, pulling long and strong down the protected course and ultimately coming a fabulous second over-all.
My name is Sarah and for my Personal Project, I created two picture books (zines to be exact). The purpose of my Project is to explore the human condition and how people evolve and change from the events in their lifetime.
It’s true what they say about your final year of high school - time really does fly and in the Year 12 Common Room it's busy as usual as our first semester draws to a close. It’s easy for us to get stuck in our little hive in the SLC, but I’ve learnt over these past few months that finding an escape, whether it’s in the new PA, on the courts, fields or the gym, or my personal favourite, a power nap on the Quad, is just as important.
My name is Leigh Amores and for my Personal Project, I have chosen to create 15 teddy bears by utilising the fabric off-scraps from clothing production. I then visit children in hospital and donate the bears, thus reducing the amount of textile waste sent to landfill, while uplifting the experiences of children and families in hospital.
Straight from running, jumping and throwing at the Inter-House Athletics Carnival, Somerset’s Science Committee members are still powering away on a Thursday afternoon. Each fortnight our members come together to bond over their love of science.
Every two months, like-minded Year 10 and 11 students from 125 different state and private high schools from across the Gold Coast meet to form the Gold Coast Junior Council. The Gold Coast Junior Council is a two-year student leadership and civic program which provides opportunities for students to develop communication, public speaking and leadership skills while being involved in the local community.
Hi my name is Soumia Lamont and for my Year 10 Personal Project, I’m writing a fiction novel based around conflict and how it affects those with mental illnesses. My novel, Solitude, follows the story of a young girl developing schizophrenia as a nuclear war unfolds around her.