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YEAR 9 TALK MONEY INCURSIONS

BY ELIJAH HALLIDAY (SECONDARY TEACHER)

Our school recently participated in the Talk Money with Ecstra Foundation program, which included two interactive workshops designed to help Australian students learn money lessons for life, to be confident talking about money and to make informed financial decisions.

Our Year 9 students attended the Making Money Work workshops, where they discussed different ways to make money and learned some practical skills for navigating the world of work. Topics included pay rights, being safe at work, pay slips, tax, superannuation and more.

The students and teachers enjoyed the workshops and definitely learnt some important financial concepts and lessons about money.

At BHCS, we are committed to building financial literacy skills, and our Year 9 Civics program has been a great opportunity to introduce these topics and life skills. 

To learn more and find helpful financial literacy resources, check out the Talk Money website - www.talkmoney.org.au 

2026 PRIMARY & SECONDARY HOUSE CHESS COMPETITION

BY JENNY SIMMONS - CHESS EXTRORDINAIRE & SECONDARY TEACHER

Widely known as the game of Kings, chess is a wonderful game to know how to play. 

Earlier in the term we held our Secondary House Chess Competition and then followed up with the Primary House Chess Competition. Both competitions ran over three lunchtimes and we had just under 30 students participating in each event.

Congratulations to all students who participated and had a go. A special mention to the top scorers from each year level:

Year 5 - Tristan B

Year 6 - Jordan D

Year 7 - Elliot N

Year 8 - Alex T

Year 9 - Angus B, Eamon B, Leon H

Year 10 - Elroy T

Year 11 - Riley J

Year 12 - Jack T

Final results were: