This year, in an exciting upgrade of our facilities, the College has converted one of its classrooms, Cordner 1.1, into a dedicated, industry quality, film studio. This venture coincides with the construction of the Design Building and adds to the development and expansion in this area for student use.
The Gold Coast Public Health’s immunisation team will be providing vaccinations to all Year 7 students on Monday, 4 March 2019 in the Pool Function Room. Anyone needing further information can review the state government's Queensland School Immunisation Program.
Within the Somerset College Mathematics Department, we are fortunate to have a team of passionate educators who are genuinely excited by Numeracy, and who are committed to transmitting that enthusiasm to their students. There are several ways engagement is fostered, and these include, teamwork, working with technology, making connections to the real-world and using concrete materials.
On Thursday 14 February, a number of Year 12 students who hold positions on the Student Leadership Team went to Mount Tamborine to spend the day with the Year 7 cohort at camp. We were all buzzing with excitement, anticipating making some great memories with the younger students.
Week 3 has been an exciting week for both the Design Faculty and the Sustainable Spartans. A collaborative project implemented in 2018 saw us install two native bee hives with the help of Dr Toby Smith from Bee Aware Kids.
2019 is certainly off to a flying start in the College’s Design Department. With the delivery of several new pieces of equipment in late 2018, our students now have access to more technology and equipment than ever before!
Here at Somerset, we will continue to encourage our students to look towards the interests of others in both small and big ways. Whether it is holding the door open for someone, picking up rubbish that is not yours, volunteering to coach or mentor a younger student or partaking in one of the organised local or national service learning projects, the opportunities are continually there for the taking.
The SMS meets on Tuesday lunchtimes in Ray 1.4 and again has a busy year ahead. The first big event in 2019 will be Pi night and will be held, of course, on Pi day March 14 (3/14).
For all Queensland schools, 2019 will be the final year for Mathematics A, B and C and it will also be the final Year for Prevocational Mathematics. Prevocational Mathematics is designed to help students improve their numeracy by building their confidence and success in making meaning of mathematics.
On Wednesday 21 November, our Year 11 cohort spent the day working with Peer Power, delving into the principles of collaborative leadership and teamwork. The day was a wonderful opportunity for students to come together in Houses and engage in a range of creative activities designed to generate discussion and ultimately, planning for 2019.
Following an already challenging two days of hiking through the gorgeous region of Mount Barney National Park on 6 September, the Year 10 camp group led by Captain Lez (Mrs Leslie) and Hendo (Mr Henderson) set out to summit Mount Maroon. In the days leading up to this hike, we had encountered little resistance, which had placed our spirits high for what would be a demanding climb.
An Interdisciplinary Unit, a component of the MYP, was completed by 130 very excited Year 7 students this week. On Tuesday the Year 7s, in their corporate attire, were keen to pitch their very own company and state why the judges, a competent group of Year 11 Business Studies students, should choose their company product as the best for 2018.