Secondary School

From the Head of Secondary

Our first full week has been full of activity in the Secondary School. Cross Country was the highlight of the week; there is something so very special about the whole school coming together; I love watching the support and camaraderie across the community.

We also welcomed back the staff and students from Uni Tour, had students and staff visit an aged care facility to deliver a Chapel service, sent a busload of students off to the local netball tournament, had students out on our final SCUBA course, and had a visit from WAAPA to work with our Year Eleven and Twelve musicians. The mix of sports, arts and service activities is lovely to see.

Values and Christian Service (VACS) News

Term One Results

I would like to share some VACS results from Term One.

In the Sports rotation (Years Ten to Twelve students), the results were very interesting. Mokare won the first two weeks, Baudin won the third and sixth weeks, and Wilson won the fourth and fifth weeks. At the end of the rotation, Camfield are in fourth place with 10 points, Mokare are in third place with 14 points and Wilson and Baudin drew for first place with 19 points each.

In the Arts and Culture rotation (Years Seven to Nine students) there was a painting competition and a photography competition. In the painting, Mokare came fourth, Wilson were third, second place was awarded to Camfield, and Baudin came first.

In the photography competition, Baudin came fourth, Camfield was third, second place was awarded to Wilson, and Mokare came first.

These results will all contribute to the House Shield, and we look forward to more results at the end of Term Two.

Term Two – Service Rotation

This term students from Years Seven to Twelve will work together in a range of service opportunities. Our Year Eleven Peer Support leaders consulted with their Year Seven buddies and chose activities that they can work on together.

Options available this term include:

Boarding projects
School Facilities - help with the grounds at GSG
St John's Church - gardening
Primary School - maths activities & lunch
Media - movie/music/photos/Anchor link
Farm - work on the school farm
Wattle eradication/Beach clean up/Tree planting
Two People's Bay - tree trimming
Chapel services for aged care facility
Random Acts of Kindness
Hunger Heroes - cooking food for Foodbank etc
Kingfisher Fair planning
Sustainability
School projects - car wash etc
Crochet blankets for Hospice
Gardening for indoors/create cards for aged care
Fish Traps Adopt a spot
Bird Hide repair
Musical Performance for Aged Care
Adopt a spot

In previous years students have reported that this is their favourite rotation of VACS as they discover the joy of service. Please talk to your child about how they feel participating in an activity that helps someone else or the environment in which we live. I look forward to working with the students in this year’s program.

Maths Club

We are excited to launch GSG’s Maths Club! Have you ever wondered about an emirp? It is a special type of prime number - come along to Maths Club to find out more.

Thursday after school, 3.20pm to 4.30pm and Tuesday lunchtime, 1.15pm to 1.50pm in MB1. All students welcome from Years Four to Twelve.

We will focus on problem-solving and preparing for events like the Australian Mathematics Competition, ICAS, and the Australian Problem Solving Mathematics Olympiad. If you would like to explore some mathematics outside of the curriculum, and have some fun with other mathematicians then please come along.

Elevate

We look forward to welcoming the Elevate Team back to Great Southern Grammar at the end of next week. They will be working with Year Nine students on ‘Memory Mnemonics’ and delivering two workshops to Year Eleven students titled, “Ace Your Exams’ and ‘Student Elevation’.

Upcoming webinar for parents – How to Help Get (and Keep!) Your Child Motivated

We’re excited to announce that Elevate Education will be hosting a free webinar for our parents on Wednesday 10 May.

Elevate Education works with our students, delivering high impact workshops on study skills, motivation, wellbeing, and exam preparation. By tuning into their webinar series you will learn how you can help better support your children at home through reinforcing the skills they learn at school:

Wednesday 10 May: How to Help Get (& Keep) Your Child Motivated

Click here to register for free.

Here’s what Elevate will be covering on the night:

What impact does praise and reassurance have on your child’s motivation?
What are the best type of goals to be setting with your child? 
How can you help your child create meaningful and lasting motivation?

Mrs Victoria Turnor | Head of Secondary

World's Greatest Shave

On Monday of Week Four (15 May), a group of our Year Twelve students are going to cut their hair or shave their heads in support of the Leukemia Foundation. This event was run last year by the Year Twelve leaders and our year group has decided to follow on and do the same. The head shavings will commence at lunchtime and each student would love your support before and on the day.

If you would like to donate to any of our Year Twelve students, here are the links to their donation pages:

We hope to see you there and thank you for any and all donations!

Year Twelve student leaders