I would like to start our Year 9 newsletter article by congratulating Indra, Charles, Oscar, Anon and Caleb who competed in the recent Black Square Chess competition held at Kings Meadows High School and to thank Mr Murray for organising such a wonderful opportunity for our students.  While we were the only public high school participating, it was excellent to see our students’ playing games against students from Scotch Oakburn College, Grammar, St Pats and Launceston College, allowing them to enjoy meeting students from other schools.  All our students won a couple of games while also experiencing games which presented them with challenges and an opportunity to develop their resilience opening their minds to further learning.  I look forward to hearing about future opportunities for our Year 9 students and I know Mr Murray is keen for us to form a team who will have the opportunity to compete against other schools in future competitions.  I encourage any other Year 9 students interested in chess to contact Mr Murray.

On Wednesday last week our senior boys’ seconds played Riverside High School in their football grand final and I would like to thank all our students for their competitive spirit and sense of teamwork on the day.  I would also like to thank Mr Brewer for working with them over the season.  While we didn’t walk away with the win, they did walkway with the opportunity to work together as a team and to further develop their skills in a competitive environment facing their challenges in a positive manner.

Stella, Layla, Alix, Lucy, Bella A and Ebony have been working hard learning their lines to compete in the upcoming Deloraine Drama Festival on Friday 19 September and I would like to acknowledge their efforts and contributions to the arts this term.  Their teachers have certainly commended them on their recent hard work in class and we look forward to sharing more about their experience from the Drama Festival in the next newsletter.

Congratulations also to Kaiden, Isaac, Gracie and Isla who represented our school well on their recent excursion to Airtime 360 and the PCYC as part of their Elevate experience.  Feedback has been extremely positive and I know they enjoyed the trampolining, rock-climbing and boxing activities provided for them on the day.

On Friday last week we had 31 Year 9 students interested in taking up the role of student leadership.  They were also welcomed by Sadie and Grace two current Student Leaders who provided them with some advice and knowledge about the responsibilities and roles, prefect workload and the importance of teamwork for success.  Thank you to Mrs Glasby and Miss Attard for creating this wonderful opportunity for our future applicants as they start to craft their applications with higher levels of motivation and understanding because of your efforts and the speech given by Sadie and Grace.

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