Learning Support
& Enrichment
- NSW Census 2019: Current medical documents for students
- Da Vinci Decathlon: 28 - 30 May at Knox Grammar School
- After-school Study Program: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 3.30pm - 4.30pm
NSW Census 2019
Please ensure that your son’s medical documentation is emailed to Mrs Annabel Gunns, LSE Coordinator AGunns@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au. The Census is used to provide funding to our school to support students with physical, cognitive, sensory or social-emotional disabilities.
Da Vinci Decathlon
Year 5 and 6: Ms Bettina Spanyik - Bspanyik@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au
Year 7 and 8: Mrs Annabel Gunns - AGunns@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au
Year 9 and 10: Ms Michele Waterson - Mwaterson@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au
All senior school students please join the teachers listed above each Thursday lunchtime in LC1 (Years 7 and 8) or in LC2 (Years 9 and 10) starting 7 February.
The Da Vinci Decathlon is an interschool one-day competition for motivated creative-minded students in May 2019, at Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga. It is an academic gala day of cultural and academic enrichment activities for teams of 8 students from Years 5-11.
The Decathlon involves the following disciplines:
- Mathematics – emphasis on problem solving, number patterns and logic puzzles.
- English – spelling, word origins, definitions, textual analysis and writing tasks.
- Science – students engage with higher level scientific concepts to test their ability to apply them
- Code Breaking – students will decipher complex and mysterious codes.
- Engineering Challenge – a design task that tests problem solving skills, creativity and ingenuity
- Ideation – unleashing your skills of creativity, critical problem solving, collaboration and communication to solve real-world problems.
- Creative Producers – emphasis on creating under pressure a 60-second dramatic performance
- Art and Poetry – the team will develop a poem interconnected with a work of art based on the chosen theme.
- Cartography – students will decipher maps and apply the principles of map-making to represent spatial information in an imaginative way.
- General Knowledge – current affairs, entertainment, the Renaissance, sport and trivia.
Students who would like to prepare for the challenge will have the opportunity to be selected to represent St Pius X College at the Da Vinci Decathlon.
After-school Study Program
NOTE: There will be no After School Study Program tomorrow, Thursday 7 February, due to a staff meeting.
WHAT IS IT? A quiet time and space where you can get a head start on your homework and assessments, catch up on missed work, do some wide reading, study or do research with a friend, or get some one-to-one reading, writing, or maths help. You are welcome to use your time as you wish for learning purposes, or make the most of having teachers, Mrs Gunns on hand to assist you with your homework and assignments. Note: Regular attendance is rewarded with merits.
WHEN? Each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 3:15 to 4:30pm.
WHO FOR? Open to all students in Years 5 to 10. Come on a regular basis, or casually. Sign in when you attend.
WHERE? Senior Library, top of A Block (SRC).
QUERIES? Please email Mrs Gunns at AGunns@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au
Mrs Annabel Gunns - Learning Support & Enrichment Coordinator