HEAD OF SWANS
Chess Club
Enthusiastic chess players have begun meeting in the library at lunchtime on Thursdays to challenge their strategic abilities over games of chess. We will continue to welcome new players to join these informal games for the next few weeks before we launch the 2020 Interhouse Chess competition. I would like to welcome Mrs Diana Ganapathy, who brings a wealth of strategy and enthusiasm, to help lead our Chess Club.
MacqLit
Mrs Kym Kjaer has returned to oversee our MacqLit program in 2020. She has been busily testing students’ reading abilities and has selected the first small group of students to participate in MacqLit. An information session was held on Tuesday afternoon for the parents of these students to introduce them to our literacy intervention program and explain how they can help to improve their children’s reading and comprehension. These students will meet with Mrs Kjaer for one period each day.
da Vinci Decathlon
The Riverina Anglican College has the honour of hosting the Riverina da Vinci Decathlon again this year. Year 7 & 8 teams will be competing on Wednesday 6th May while teams from Years 9, 10 & 11 will compete on Thursday 7th May.
This is a team based academic competition across 10 disciplines, from codebreaking to engineering to drama, designed to stimulate and challenge the students. More detailed information about competition can be found at http://www.davincidecathlon.com/davinci/index . We have sent invitations to high schools across the region and are looking forward to a couple of exciting days of interschool competition.
Applications are now open for students to apply to be a member of one of the College teams. We will have teams from each year group from Year 7 to Year 11.
The application form can be found at https://forms.gle/cizVV6DfHcssn2oL6
Applications close next Wednesday, February 26.
Any students or parents who have questions about this exciting competition are welcome to contact me at Kylie.Woodgate@trac.nsw.edu.au.
Kylie Woodgate | Head of SWANS