SECONDARY NEWS
FROM THE HEAD OF SECONDARY
The end of the first term is fast approaching, and it has been quite a busy term with one obvious disruption: that being Cyclone Alfred. Next week, our Cross Country Carnival will be held on Tuesday afternoon. The school holidays are fast approaching and the first international school tour to Italy departs late next week. During the first weekend of the holidays, our Rugby players will again contest the Ballymore Cup in Brisbane and our younger students will have the opportunity to travel to Armidale in the first week of the holidays for the annual Rugby Carnival.
Interim reports will be available to access via Parent Lounge at the close of school on the last day of term, Friday 4 April. Year 7 – 12 reporting will see only Learning Dispositions in the Interim Report. Parents can access individual subject results via continuous reporting in GECO.
Parent Teacher Interviews will be held in Term 2 (Week 2 & 3) on Tuesday, 29 April and Tuesday, 6 May. Interviews will be 10 minutes each and run from 3:30 – 7:00 pm. Information regarding how to book interview times for your child will be accompanied by the school report.
Wishing all families a wonderful and safe Easter break.
Mr Darren MacLeod-Paterson
Head of Secondary
FROM THE DEAN OF STUDENTS
Families are advised that in Term 2 and Term 3, students move to our winter uniform guidelines. The requirements for this are that students wear blazers with their formal uniform to and from school each day, and ties remain on all day. As the weather cools down, for warmth when wearing the formal uniform students may wear the green jumper, the blazer or both. The blue fleece is part of our sports uniform items and accordingly should only be worn with the sports uniform.
Special Assemblies
In Term 2, there are two special assemblies: ANZAC Day on Thursday, 24 April, and Foundation Day on Wednesday, 18 June.
For these assemblies, all students are required to wear full formal uniforms, including blazers. Sports uniform permissions are suspended until after the assembly. Students with practical PE classes or uniform passes should bring their sports uniforms in a Grammar sports bag and change after the assemblies.
Student Spotlight
Congratulations to Year 7 student Matisse F for being awarded First Place in the Year 6/7 category of the Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA) Meanjin Brisbane + Young People’s Summer Writing Challenge.
Several ALEA Meanjin Local Council members read the entries and compared notes to decide the winners in each category. The readers were all delighted by the entries and loved reading the various different narratives and poems.
Congratulations Matisse! Read the short story below.