G ANDHI HOUSE LINCOLN HOUSE MANDELA HOUSE

It has been a very busy few weeks at School for Gandhi House. We have had House Week with several competitions taking place. We have had Chess Competitions, the Super Smash Brothers Gaming Competition, and the Inter-House Volleyball competitions. It was a great turn out of students in all events. Thank you to all students who participated and supported Gandhi.

I also want to say thank you to all the parents in Gandhi House and in the wider school community for their donations to the World’s Greatest Shave. We absolutely smashed our goal of $8,000, raising over $12,000! Of the twenty students who were part of the St George’s Team, 10 students were from Gandhi House. A congratulations and thank you to: Harvey Miller, Harrison Smith, Gabriel Fourie, Rory Bingham, Charlie Bray, Campbell Bradley, Greta Bushell, Dylan Hassan, and Ben Humphries for their courageous efforts to the cause. And who could forget Mr Alex Hanssen who shaved his head and his beard after the team raised over $10,000. My sincere thanks and appreciation to all Gandhi students and their families for being involved in this terrific effort.

During Extended PCG this week, students had their first PCG activity for the year. This gives the students to opportunity to do activities with students within their PCG and develop bonds with students in different year groups. This included visits to food restaurants outside the school to playing board games with their PCG.

With Gandhi Charity Day approaching ever closer on the Thursday 6 April, I am busy behind the scenes preparing for the event. Money raised from this event will be donated to the UNICEF Türkiye Earthquake Response Appeal, to help the families who have been displaced by the recent earthquakes.

More information will follow over the coming days – stay tuned to SEQTA messages and the now much loved and admired Gandhi House Noticeboard on Level 1.

Mr Peter Quan Head of Gandhi House

Last week was our first ‘House Week’ where Inter-House lunchtime competitions were held for students to compete in. This term the options were Chess, Super Smash Bros and Volleyball.

It was lovely to see the amount of Junior school and Senior school students participate with such enthusiasm. We had eight Junior School, and ten Senior School students sign up for the tournament.

The students played 3-4 Swiss rounds to determine the top 4 who would play in an elimination bracket.

Congratulations to Alex Maloney for winning the Junior competition. John Skinner achieved second place, Aman Mohammad third place, and Max Kember fourth place. For the Seniors, Blake Edmonds won the competition with Alex Brown in second place, followed by Mason Chin and Jacob Spargo. Overall an excellent result for Lincoln House!

This week in extended PCG it was also PCG activity week. This is an integral part of our pastoral care program, where students of all age groups in the PCG can interact and bond with each other and their PCG tutors.

Some of the activities Lincoln PCG’s participated in included a sausage sizzle at King’s Park, enjoying ice-cream at Elizabeth Quay, eating out at restaurants in the City, having a picnic in the park and much more.

I encourage all Lincoln students to think of fun and exciting ideas your PCG can do next term!

Mr Vincent Lim Head of Lincoln House

Last week marked our first House Week event, which is set to be a regular occurrence every term in Week 7.

It was great to see such enthusiasm and engagement by students from all three Houses. House Week aims to build House spirit through a series of activities held at lunch time, where students can compete for House Points.

The activities can be anything, not just sports related. Last week we held Gaming, Chess and Volleyball Tournaments. Well done to Finn Turner, Jacob White, Jacob Spargo for winning their division of the Gaming Tournament, Blake Edmonds for winning the Senior Chess Competition, and the Junior Volleyball Team for winning the volleyball competition.

The seniors are yet to play, but we have done such a great job as a House so far. Well done to all students who participated or were involved, and who received points for their House!

This week during Extended PCG, each PCG was able to take part in an activity of their choosing. It was a great to see so many different activities, such as Miss Scheele’s PCG having a sit-down lunch at Little China, some heading to the foreshore, and others enjoying lunch in one of the many parks around the City. This was a great opportunity that allowed students to form stronger and tighter bonds and added to the great House spirit of Mandela.

In Week 10, during extended PCG, we will be having a House Sausage Sizzle at Wellington Square. It will be a great way for students to get to know each other a little better and enjoy the last week of school.

Mr Tom Dempers Head of Mandela House