12 November 2021

Newsletter Articles

From The Principal

Remembrance Day 2021

Today at 11:00am Ms Hyland escorted a two of our senior students to participate in the ceremony in town to mark Remembrance Day. At school we were able to test the page function of our new phone system to engage with all students in a minute’s silence. While this was happening our Year 8 clarinet player, Tom Kunde, played the last post in the courtyard to a small group of staff and students. Well done to all!

Capital Works Projects Update

We are progressing with the final arrangements for the multipurpose hall, new ITD workshop and Agriculture infrastructure projects. These will be first rate facilities that will add greatly to the capacity of the school when completed by mid-2023. Plans and details will be presented at the P&C meeting next Monday.

Awards Night

Our Awards evening will be held this next Thursday in the Rec Centre at school. This is an important evening when we take the time to recognise the great achievements of our students across the year. Congratulations to all students who receive certificates and awards on this evening!

Valedictory Ceremony

Next Friday represents a significant day of the life of our Year 12 cohort as it is their last day of school. This is a tremendous achievement for all students. This event will start at 10:10am and will conclude with a morning tea for the Year 12 students and their guests.

York McFadzean
Principal

From Acting Senior HOD

Congratulations to our Year 12 students that have been working so hard sitting their external exams and completing their final assessment pieces. Not long to go and there will be no more school bells, no more school lunches, and no more trying to find a clean uniform to throw on in the morning. Just a reminder that all Year 12s are required to return all textbooks and their laptop to the library by next Wednesday. Students will also need to be in attendance on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. A full program of these days was included with the note that went home a few weeks ago.

Our Year 11 students have now finished all their assessment for 2021 and are currently starting on learning new material. For this reason it is important for students to continue to attend school right up until the end of Week 8 so they don’t miss out on key content and knowledge.

Finally, not long until our Year 10 students head off on camp to Emu Gully. Final payments for students attending are now overdue. A very big thank you to Miss Jess Embrey for all her hard work planning and organising this camp. It looks like it is going to be a lot of fun.

Ang Garner

Awards Night 18 November

Invitations have been posted out to the families whose students are receiving an award. Awards night will start at 6pm on Thursday 18 November at the St George High School Rec Centre. All students are to be dressed in formal uniform. After the ceremony any sponsors that wish to have a photo with the award winning student are to see Nichole Taylor.

Year 12 Valedictory 19 November

All Year 12 parents and guardians are welcome to join us at the Year 12 Valedictory on the 19 November starting at 10.10am at the Rec Centre. Year 12 parents are invited to a morning tea in the Library afterwards.

Remembrance Day

Year 11 students Michelle Hams and Christina McKee paid their respects on behalf of St George State High School staff and students at the town Remembrance Day ceremony yesterday. The whole school paid their respects and stood for a minute silence while Tom Kunde played the last post on his clarinet. Well done Tom!

Year 9 ITD

This term the Year 9s are working on developing their skills and imagination by designing a CO2 racing car. The project involved a lot of aerodynamic thinking, some force and gravitation knowledge as well as learning how to shape balsa wood. Racing and timing the cars brought out the competitiveness in all.

Kylie Whitaker

Year 9 Science

The Grade 9 students have been putting their investigation skills to the test in preparation for our final assessment in science. In the upcoming weeks, the students will investigate a crime to find out which teacher is guilty of a crime. They will be required to inspect fingerprints, inspect pen ink via chromatography testing, view hair under the microscope, and test mysterious powders. Pictured are students viewing different animal hairs under a microscope, and dusting off footprint casts they made in previous lessons.

Vanessa Beavan

SPORTS NEWS

Triathlon/Aquathlon - Well done to the students who participated at the SW Triathlon/Aquathlon trials in St George last Sunday. A great performance and effort were made by everyone. The following students were selected in the South West Team and will compete at State Titles at Hervey Bay in February 2022.

Junior 13-14 Years 300m Swim/ 10km Bike/ 2km Run – Daniel Sheedy, Charlie Nelson, Sienna Beardmore & Josie Small
Intermediate 15-16 Years 500m Swim/ 15km Bike/ 4km Run – Lillian Stenhouse

Congratulations to two of our future Year 7 students for 2022, Andrew Sheedy and Claire Stenhouse who were also selected in the Aquathlon 1km Run/ 200m Swim/ 1km Run and will join the team at State Trials.

Cricket - Good luck to Oliver Lockwood and Dylan Hart at State Titles 12 & Under Cricket for next week.

Calendar

10 Questions With Leonard Cott

Favourite Colour:- Green
Favourite Day Of The Week:- Saturday
Favourite Holiday Destination:- Hervey Bay
Where Would You Love To Go On Holidays One Day:- Around Australia
Favourite Food:- Japanese
Favourite Song:- Gods Country by Blake Shelton
Favourite Novel:- Not much of a reader but I do read Fishing monthly
Favourite Movie:- Speed
Favourite Sport (Play or Spectator):- Rugby League
Favourite School Subject:- Ag/Maths

Tenders

Multi-Purpose Sports Hall

These are concept drawings of the new Multi-purpose sports hall that will be constructed on our front oval over the next 18 months. As you can see it is an exciting structure which will provide unbelievable opportunities for our students and the wider St George community. Once the final details have been decided and approved we will post the plan so you can see the detail of the project.

Job Vacancy – Agricultural Assistant

Community Notices

Learn French

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