News from around the College

The St Mary’s Chess team have for the first time in the schools history been awarded second place in the NSW Country Schools Chess competition North West Region.

This year sixteen schools took part in the knock out competition and games had to be played both face to face and on-line. This was a challenge the St Mary’s team were prepared to persist with and in the end we were very pleased with our achievement.

Thank you once again to Mr Heap (Community volunteer) who has supported our Chess players this year.

Mrs Samantha Kennedy

Public Speaking

Congratulations to Hollie Bennet who won Overall Gunnedah Lions Youth of the Year 2021/22 and Mackenzie Leader who was awarded Overall Public Speaking Winner and Lions Youth of the Year Runner-Up.

Congratulations to Maya Gallagher and Charlie Lawrence on representing St Mary's College.

Agriculture in Years 9 & 10

Due to lock down,  9/10 Ag were due a lot of prac, so they embarked on differentiated small horticultural construction projects. Choosing between bonsai, tiered gardens, hotboxes, or hydroponic systems.  The following attachments show some of their work.

Thanks to Oliver Neader and Jonothan Young for allowing the use of the Wood and Metal Tech resources,  in the construction of the cross-silo project.