On Monday 24th of July Jared (Y8) represented our school at the Local final of the Junior Legacy Public Speaking Competition. The event was held at Elderslie High School and involved 16 of the best young public speakers in our region. Jared worked hard to prepare and deliver his five minute speech titled “To Trump …
Escape to Everywhere – Book Week
“Books let you fight dragons, meet the love of your life, travel to faraway lands and laugh alongside friends, all within their pages. They’re an escape that brings you home” -@betterbybooks So with this year’s theme “Escape to Everywhere”, students are encouraged to read books which help them to ‘escape’. Book Week provides an opportunity …
Maths Competition
Could you solve the following problem? A river runs from west to east. Colin’s hat has fallen in 28 metres upstream from the waterfall. Pepper the wonder dog is admiring the view 36 metres directly south of the waterfall. Pepper can run exactly three times as fast as the hat is being carried downstream. What …
Science Competition 2017
This year we had a total of 58 students participate in the Australian School Science Competition. The Australian School Science competition explores Earth and Beyond (incorporating the Earth Sciences and Astronomy), Energy and Change (incorporating Physics), Life and Living (incorporating Biology and Ecology) and Natural and Processed Materials (incorporating Chemistry) with in the different papers. …
Archibald Prize – Pick the Winner!
Students were encouraged to enter the Archibald Prize – Pick the Winner!! competition by viewing the 43 finalists of this years Archibald Portrait Prize on the Art Gallery of NSW website. Students engaged with art in dialogue and critiqued the works to judge which portrait they thought would win. We all eagerly anticipated the announcement …
Mock Trial RPCS vs Emmaus Catholic College
On Thursday 20th July students representing RPCS travelled to Emmaus Catholic College for Round 4 of the NSW Law Society Mock Trial competition. The students were: Year 11 James Azzi, Wilfred Fung, Andrew Huynh, Kimberley Santos and Year 10 Montanna House, Anna Costa Lopes. Anna and Montanna were outstanding in their roles as prosecution witnesses. …
Stage 2’s Excursion to Botany Bay
On Tuesday 30th May, Stage 2 went on an excursion to Botany Bay to support students’ learning in History. The purpose was twofold. The first was to understand the Aboriginal way of life including their food, shelter, tools, weapons and relationship to Country. The second was to learn about stories of the First Fleet including …
Rugby 7s Gala Day
On Thursday the 1st of June, our Open Boys and Under 14 Boys journeyed to Granville to compete in a regional Rugby 7s Gala Day, hosted by the NSW Waratahs. The Open Boys started their campaign strongly drawing their first game against Richmond High School, gaining some valuable Rugby experience along the way. They then …
