Day: February 16, 2017

Inter House Badminton – G6-8, G9-12 – Next Week

Ladies and Gentlemen,

???Interhouse Badminton is coming next week!???

House captains: get your teams together. Secret Badminton superstars: speak to your house captains.

2 competitions: Gr 6 – 8 and Gr 9 – 12

     •       Grade 6 – 8   Teams of 6: 3 girls and 3 boys

     •       Grade 9 – 12 Teams of 8: 4 boys and 4 girls

Pencil it in your schedules?! Add it to your calendar?! Set a reminder on your phone?!

Come along and cheer your team to victory! Show some house spirit by wearing your house shirt?❤️?.

See you, Wednesday* first lunch, in the gym

(*TBC)

Senior House Basketball Results

Girls:
Taiping 6 defeated Xuanwu 0
Wutaishan 4 defeated Taiping 0
Xuanwu 6 defeated Wutaishan 0

Boys:
Xuanwu 17 defeated Taiping 7
Wutaishan 13 defeated Taiping 3
Xuanwu 12 defeated Wutaishan 8

Final Points:
1st Xuanwu 6 points
2nd Wutaishan 4 points
3rd Taiping 2 points

Well done to all the players for putting on a great show.

Thanks so much to Ms Andrew and Mr Coad for their outstanding refereeing! Thanks also to Mr Bratton, Mr Marsh and Mr Hornell for scoring, and Mr Dutton for timekeeping and organising the event.

Grade 4 Creative New Undertakings Share-Out

Have you heard a lot of chatter about Creative New Undertakings in Grade 4 this year? Have you wondered what this is all about? Do you want to know more? On Friday, February 17th the Grade 4 students are going to present their progress and thinking about their Creative New Undertakings project to the entire school community. Please join us in the foyer in front of the library from 9:20-10:40 to discover more about exciting student-driven inquiry projects. You will see authors, designers, bakers, woodworkers, filmmakers, cartoonists, builders, interior designers, inventors, problem solvers, and thinkers. We hope you all can make it to this special event.

ISTA Middle School Festival

…3 days of theatre games, workshops and performances, a chance to meet new people and develop skills in Drama…
If you’re still interested in the ISTA theatre festival in April (for grade 6-8 students) please collect a form from  Ms Philip or Mr Brown.
For those who have completed a form, please hand in to Ms Philip or Mr Brown as soon as possible!

MS/US Awards Assembly Tomorrow!

Hello Middle and Upper School Scholars,

Our Semester One Awards assembly will take place tomorrow morning in the PAC. This event will start at the usual assembly time of 8:00am and may push a little into Block One. Get ready to enjoy our poet laureates, an orchestra performance, ace speeches, and, of course, honoring our award recipients!

See you there!