Senior School

GPA Improvers Years 10 to 12

The following Years 10 to 12 students were recognised in last week’s Headmaster’s Assembly as our biggest GPA improvers from Semester 2 last year to the end of Semester 1 this year. They have also achieved strong learning behaviours in all their subjects, which of course is essential to any sustained improvement and success.

Year 10

Mitchell Beyers
Harvey Bishop
Benjamin Clarke
Antonio Di Falco
James Duffy
Alec Easton
Zane Fulcher
Max Hardcastle
Rory Jack
Owen Kernick
Leo McMahon
Harrison Rankin
Charlie Salter
Raefe Swindle

Year 11

Alexander Abbott
Alexander Barrett
Heath Dennison
Wil Fearnley
James Heathwood
Lachlan Hill
William Li
Alex Ma
Spencer Parkes
Daniel Peterson
Benjamin Pringle
Peter Sousalis
Thomas Wood

Year 12

Nicholas Bond
Luke Cormack
Thomas Crooke
Luke Crudden
Oscar Derrick
Caleb Godfrey
Guy Gorwood
Evren Gunluk
Angus Leggett
Finn McGuire
Ethan Naidu
Shevan Nanayakkara
Alex Parkes
Angus Richards
Henry Robins
Kurt Siwek
Demetri Souris
Simon Velge
Beau Williamson
William Yunker

Richard Wheeldon
Deputy Headmaster

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Study Hub

Study Hub days

Time: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 3:15 to 4:15 pm
Location: The Centenary Library (CL204)
Tutors: Teachers, Teacher Aides, Old Boy Tutors, Year 11/12 Peer tutors
Contact: Please email Ms Jackson for more information

The goals

For a student to work collaboratively with a peer, specialist staff, talented senior students and Old Boys
To help students understand classwork, homework or assessments
To help students catch up with missed work in a supported environment

In all cases, students are required to come up with specific tasks to complete or with questions to ask.

Sign-in and attendance stamp

Students sign in on arrival in the Study Hub attendance register.
After the sessions, students (Years 7 to 9) will have their diaries stamped by the supervising teacher, and time in and out will be recorded.

Kelly Jackson
Senior Learning Support Coordinator

Aquila news

F1 in schools

Four Churchie teams represented the school in the F1 in Schools programme regional round at The Southport School. The competition asks students to design and manufacture a prototype Formula 1 car and develop a business and marketing case for their team. Competing for the first time, Hyperion Racing (comprised of Kevin Lu, Jacob Seldon and Hugo Johnstone in Year 10) was the best-performing car in the Professional division and finished third overall in this division. Invincible Racing (Alister Hillier, Henry Peters and Angus Peters) was the best-managed team and produced the best portfolio in the Professional division. Velocitas Racing—a Year 9 team composed of Owen Yu, Charles Chen, Jayden Ooi and Charlie St Clair—was the overall winner of the development class. Max Miles and Arin Jadhav, in Year 8, represented the School in the cadet class.

Write a Book in a Day

On Tuesday 10 September, students in Years 7 and 8 are offered the opportunity to participate in the Write a Book in a Day competition. Working in teams of 5 to 10 students, they will be asked to produce a book, based on specified prompts, within a school day. The programme is run by the Kids Cancer Project, and students who participate raise funds through sponsorship for this great charity. If you would like to be involved or find out more, please email Grant Smith (grant.smith@churchie.com.au)

Grant Smith
Head of Gifted Education (Aquila)

Headspace Viking Run

Years 5 to 12 students are invited to join the Senior School at this year’s Headspace Viking Run, a fun afternoon of mental wellbeing, walking and running after school on Friday 9 August. The Viking Run sees students from Churchie and St Margaret’s complete a 4.5 km fun run course (2.5 km for Years 5 and 6) while wearing Viking helmets, with the course lined with conversation starters, music and drinks stations to add to the feel of the event. Starting on The Flat at 3:45 pm, there will be a world record attempt for the ‘largest gathering of people running in viking helmets’ verified by our Federal Member Max Chandler-Mather MP and local Councillor Fiona Cunningham. Students have also organised bands, a sausage sizzle, a food truck selling sushi and prizes for runners who get involved. It is also a fundraiser for Headspace Woolloongabba, with the funds helping to connect young people in our community to wellbeing services.

Entries are $16, which includes fun run entry, a donation to Headspace, helmet hire, entry to the prize draws and a memento from Headspace. Prep School students can be collected from the Flat from 4:30 to 5:15 pm. Entries can be purchased from the Churchie payment portal here, with preregistrations including a wristband and entry to the prize draw. Any questions about the event can be directed to Director of Service Mr Clayton Kelly at Clayton.Kelly@churchie.com.au.

Please note that Gate 8 will be closed for the car park at the rear of the school from 3:45 pm.

Clayton Kelly
Director of Service

Parent wellbeing panel discussion: mental health and seeking support

On Wednesday evening, the Churchie Wellbeing Lecture Series, in partnership with the Old Boys’ Association, hosted a panel discussion facilitated by Damien Edmonds (1987) on the important topic of wellbeing.

The panel included current Year 12 student and Wellbeing Ambassador Alastair McDonald, teacher and Nansen Housemaster Mitch Rosenlund and Founder and CEO of Ford Health, corporate health and resilience expert and Churchie Old Boy Toby Ford (1977).

To view the presentation, please click here: Parent Wellbeing Panel Discussion.

Josh Di Bella
Deputy Head of Senior School (Years 10 to 12)

National Science Week

Join us for an exciting National Science Week filled with activities, competitions and educational fun! Here’s what we have planned:

Science show

Don’t miss the highlight! At the end of each show, enjoy some delicious handmade ice cream straight from our experiments. Bring your lunch and your friends.

Dates: Tuesday 13 August and Thursday 15 August
Time: Lunchtime
Location: Stanley and May Smith Science Centre forecourt
Presenter: UQ Science Ambassadors and Dr Mikhai

Year 7 science meme competition

Create the funniest and most creative science-related memes that are appropriate. Prizes will be awarded to the best three memes.

Submission: Submit them via this JotForm by Friday 16 August at 3 pm.

Spaghetti bridge building competition

Join us for a challenging and fun Spaghetti Bridge Building Competition. Put your engineering skills to the test and see whose bridge can hold the most weight!

Date: Wednesday 21 August
Time: 7 am
Location: Stanley and May Smith Science Centre (SC02)
Organisers: UQ Science Ambassadors and Morning Scholars Group

John Martin
Head of Faculty (Science)