Parent & Student Matters
- Science Club
- Languages Department News
- Market Day
- Microfiction Competition Winners
- Year 8 Principal's Award
- Textbooks for Year 12 2023
Science Club
Last week in Science Club we investigated combustion reactions in the form of methylated spirits rockets. We had quite a few enthusiastic participants to watch the show too! Essentially, we attached our metho rocket to a straw and threaded some string through the straw. We then attached the string to 2 retort stands across the lab. We lit the metho rocket with a candle on a metre ruler and kept everyone away from the string. Some of the rockets really combusted well and moved very quickly along the string, along with a loud sound... and others were disappointing. It was nice to see a few new faces at Science Club this week.
At this stage Science Club will not be running in Week 9, but should be back again in Week 1 Term 3.
Mrs Joanne Schuster - Science Coordinator
Languages Department News
The Secondary College of Languages, formally known as Saturday School of Languages, has opened their enrolments for 2023. Students who would like to continue to learn a family language are encouraged to complete the enrolment forms and return them to Mrs Manga, Languages Coordinator, before the end of November, 2022. The first school day for enrolled students is 4 February, 2023. If you have any questions about enrolling at the Secondary College of Languages (SCL), please contact Mrs Manga. Kmanga@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au
Alternatively, you can find out more by contacting SCL on 02 7814 2115 on the website SCLanguages.Schools.nsw.gov.au or by emailing them at
SCLanguages.School@det.nsw.edu.au
Mrs Kara Manga - Languages Coordinator
Market Day
On Monday Year 9 Commerce students held their ‘Market Day Stalls’, after 7 weeks of preparation. This was a great practical educational experience for the students, learning about running a business at the same time as raising money for our partner schools. A big thank you to Ms Van Riet, Mr Perry, Ms Wang, Mr Dobb and Mr Gillogly for their hard work.
Mr Simon Yue - EGBC Coordinator
Microfiction Competition Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the Microfiction Competition and thank you to all entrants. The competition concluded this week after over one hundred entries were received. Students and teachers were invited to compose a short piece of fiction totalling no more than 100 words and including specific actions and words. The stories were expertly judged by Year 12 Academic Prefects Cody Choi, Elliot Cook and Christopher Zilifian.
While the competition has ended, the work with the students' fiction is far from over. A selection of entries will be passed on to Visual Arts students who will illustrate the stories for publication in an anthology that celebrates the talented creativity of St Pius X College students and teachers. Watch this space! For now, enjoy the winning entries attached below:
Mr Daniel Quilty - English Coordinator
Year 8 Principal's Award
Congratulations to Angus Gibson of Year 8 who received a Principal's Award at Assembly on Monday. A Principal's Award is given when a student receives 3 Coordinator's Awards. This equates to receiving 15 merit cards in a year. A great achievement!
Mr Scott Steinman - Year 8 Coordinator
Textbooks for Year 12 2023
As we draw to the conclusion of Year 11, it is time to consider textbook requirements for Year 12. You can choose to purchase textbooks from any source.
Please see the two attached documents for further information. Please note this is for Year 12 2023 students.
Mr Alex Damo - Assistant Principal, Teaching and Learning