Magis report 

Congratulations to our Year 9 and 10 teams who competed in the Regional Finals of Creative Edge over the weekend. The Creative Edge Competition provides students with the opportunity to develop both critical and creative thinking skills and encourage them to experiment with original ways to communicate their challenge solution to an audience. In addition, teams are given an 'Impromptu Creativity Challenge' on the day of their Regional Final. The judges were wowed by the imaginative way they had examined the Literature and Humanities challenges and for their outstanding props and costumes. There is a lot of preparation involved in the lead up to the competition, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank the students who, despite their busy schedules, enthusiastically attended meetings and rehearsals. 

Congratulations to Year 9 student, Poppy Hartfield who has been selected as one of nine finalists in the State Grand Final of FameLab Academy. Poppy will be presenting her speech on 'Women in STEM' at the Heath Ledger Theatre later this term. An outstanding achievement – well done Poppy! 

Magis: Opportunities to do more!

Raise Our Voice in Parliament is back for 2022!

Raise Our Voice Australia has partnered with over 70 federal politicians, who have agreed to use one of their 90 second speaking slots to read a speech written by a young person aged 21 or under from their electorate. Speeches should answer the prompt 'What do you want to see from Australia's new parliament?'. Speech submissions close on 19 October 2022. If you are 21 or under or know someone who is, please head to www.raiseourvoiceaustralia.com/youthvoice to access speech templates, check out the participating politicians, and submit a speech.

Middle School Ethics Olympiad

Years 8 and 9 students are invited to submit a nomination for the Middle School Ethics Olympiad. The Ethics Olympiad is a collaborative event which encourages students to analyse and discuss real-life, interesting, ethical issues. Students will be mentored by members of our College Senior Ethics Team - who won bronze at this year’s International Final. Please see Magis Teams for further details. Nominations close on Friday 9 September.

Chevron Focus Environment Competition

Grab a camera, get outdoors and start photographing WA’s biodiversity! Entries are now open for the 2022 Chevron Focus Environment Competition. For further details please click on the link below. Entries are due Friday 23 September.

You can keep up to date with Magis and Altiora events by following the Term 3 calendar – which can be accessed by clicking on the link below. Please note: The Magis Awards Breakfast has been moved to Term 4 so as to include the final competitions for the year.

Daisy Farley

Magis Coordinator – Gifted and Talented