Learning Support and Enrichment

• NSW Youth Week Design Competition
• Sleek Geeks Science Eureka Prize
• $1,000 Literary Award for Senior Secondary Students
• Mathematics Daily Drop-in Sessions
• Da Vinci Decathlon
• After-School Study Program
• Volunteer Readers and Writers

NSW Youth Week Design Competition

Entries now open: NSW Youth Week 2019 Design Competition

Youth Week is fast approaching. This year, the NSW Youth Week theme is: Coming together to Connect, Share, Speak out, and Celebrate. The theme was decided by the NSW Youth Advisory Council 2018. Youth Week will run from 10-18 April 2019.

To celebrate NSW Youth Week this year, the Office of the Advocate for Children and Young People (ACYP) is inviting young people between 12 and 24 years of age to enter the NSW Youth Week Design Competition.

The winner will be presented with an award and will receive shoe slides with their design printed on them for themselves, their family and friends at the NSW Youth Week Forum at NSW Parliament House on Monday 8 April 2019.

Designs can include drawings, paintings, photographs and digital illustrations. It’s not about being a good artist, it’s about young people showing us what inspires them.

Please refer to details at the Office of the Advocate for Children and Young People.

https://www.acyp.nsw.gov.au/youth-week-2019-design-competition 

Entries close Sunday 17 March 2019. 

Sleek Geeks Science Eureka Prize

This is a short film competition open to primary and secondary school students across Australia. Sponsored by the University of Sydney, the prize encourages students to explore a scientific concept, discovery or invention, or test their own scientific hypothesis, in a 1-3 minute film.  See Mrs Gunns for details.

$1,000 Literary Award for Senior Secondary Students

Applications are invited from senior secondary students residing in Australia or New Zealand for the 2019 Liam and Frankie Davison Award for outstanding achievement in literary writing on an issue in women's health thanks to the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RANZCOG). 

Applications opened 31 January and close Tuesday 30 April 2019.

This $1000* award provides an exciting opportunity for students, whether they are interested in medicine, science, health, sociology, politics or law. Launched in 2014, the award was renamed in 2015 in honour of RANZCOG staff member and award-winning author, Liam Davison and his wife Frankie, a secondary school teacher, in recognition of their shared passion for nurturing and encouraging young writers.

Entrants can write about any issue in women’s health that interests them. Previous submissions have included fictional and non-fictional pieces addressing a broad range of issues including anorexia, child marriage, pregnancy in third world countries, assisted reproductive technology and violence against women.

Please  see below for details.

Mathematics Daily Drop-in Sessions

Great News! Maths skills sessions are offered in C1 on a daily basis

Da Vinci Decathlon

Meetings continue Thursday lunchtimes:

• Years 7 and 8 in LC1
• Years 9,10 and 11 in B10

After-school Study Program 

This is a time for any student to apply to their studies. It is usually available three afternoons per week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 3:30pm – 4:30pm.

Volunteer Readers and Writers

This is a rewarding and invaluable service for students. If you are interested in assisting with reading and writing needs of students for examinations please contact AGunns@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au. 

Mrs Annabel Gunns - Learning Support & Enrichment Coordinator