Magis

Bell Shakespeare  performed ‘Just Romeo and Juliet’ for a group of about 80 Magis and Altiora students in the GBLT on Wednesday afternoon.  It was a most entertaining introduction to Shakespeare, with  audience participation very popular,  and the cast extremely enthusiastic and of course very talented.

Good luck to our Opti-MINDS and Tournament of Minds students  for  Saturday’s regional finals at Curtin and Edith Cowan Universities respectively. John XXIII Science-Engineering teams are competing at both events, whilst there is also an Opti-MINDS Language-Literature team at Curtin. Magis Year 7 option students are also currently preparing for a performance for assessment based on the third Opti-MINDS category, Social Science,  where the topic is masks.

Following the success of the three teams in the World Scholar’s Cup Global round in Sydney it is hoped to send the two older teams involving students from Years 8-10 to the Tournament of Champions at Yale University in America in November. A special thank you to our 2018 Yale representatives Emily Tyson, Alex Panther and Ben Linsten for their splendid efforts assisting this year’s teams to prepare.

Magis will run the John XXIII Chess Championships starting this coming week, and there will also be opportunities for students who have not yet completed the Magis Creativity Challenge to do so. The final Magis challenge for the Year, Academic knowledge, will then be held in week 8 and 9.

World Scholar’s Cup Global round report

Jim Miller

Gifted and  Talented Program coordinator