Around the School

2023 ACC Swimming Carnival

D-Division here we come!

What an incredible day we had at the 2023 ACC E-Division Swimming Carnival. With the 37-degree day forecast, we were thankful to be in the indoor pool and very determined that we were not going to get relegated, and the students definitely made sure of that!

excited and standing up on the pool deck! Team St George’s shone brightly throughout the event.

We have amazing swimmers. Special mention goes to Amelie and Alyssa who swam to Rottnest last Saturday in the Port to Pub and still managed to swim with so much enthusiasm on Monday. There is just no stopping them.

ACC E-Division Swimming Carnival Results:

Our students are incredible Ambassadors for the School, and it is well recognised how St George’s have been moving through the divisions so quickly since our inaugural year in 2017. The students were tenacious and there was an incredible team spirit with the ACC asking us to sit down in the stands because we all were so

NWAS Sports Carnivals

The NWAS One-Day Carnivals are taking place next week. It is an exciting time in the Phys Ed Department.

Selected students and their families would have received a Direct Message with all the details about the Carnivals. Students need to meet in the Fitness Centre at 7:55am. Good luck to all teams and remember “Sport in the right spirit”.

Year 7 & 8 - Tuesday 28 March

Girls Basketball @ Bendat Mr Gharsallah

Boys Basketball @ Bendat Mr Sloan

Indoor Beach Volleyball @ Malaga Miss Yoxall

Ultimate Frisbee @ Carmel Miss Perijmabida

Cricket @ Langley Park East Ms Scheele

Year 9 & 10 - Wednesday 29 March

Girls Basketball @ Warwick Mr Quan

Boys Basketball @ Warwick Mr Sloan

Indoor Beach Volleyball @ Malaga Ms Donovan

Ultimate Frisbee @ Carmel Miss Perijmabida

Cricket @ Wellington Square Ms Scheele

Ms Jodie Scheele

Head of HPE

ACC Championship Basketball

The ACC Championship Basketball rounds are concluding. I believe our Year 7-9 Girls Team will make it through to the ACC Elimination Rounds, which will take place next term.

Many thanks to our students who committed to the games each week. The teams have come up against strong teams in Mercy College and John Septimus Roe, but they keep their work effort up and face the challenge in true St George’s spirit.

I would like to also extend a big thank you to Mr Peter Quan, Mr Conrad Sloan and Mr Yousri Gharsallah who coached our teams and also to Melissa Mann who is our Performance Administrator and does a lot of work administratively behind the scenes. It is a Team effort always at St George’s.

Thank also to our student alumni, Harry and Alex Maude, who gave up their time to referee the games.

Ms Jodie Scheele Head of HPE

Richard III

Death, desolation, ruin, and decay. A summer of discontent! Richard III is truly a play for our times. A Machiavellian usurper engages in riotous infanticide, to steal the crown, only to lose the love of his mother, the respect of his kinsmen and finally, his own life. Australian politics could almost provide the entire cast.

Last week’s Year 11 and 12 ATAR Literature excursion was a great success and is sure be the first of many memorable outings. The University of Western Australia’s Graduate Players provided us with a compelling performance of one of Shakespeare’s darker narratives, on a virtually bare stage, with limited sound effects.

The skies remained friendly and our students were provided with a wonderful foray into the complex art of drama.

Mr Damien Kerrigan Head of English and Languages

Last week saw St George’s return to the Western Australian Debating League. We have registered two teams for this year’s competition and Tuesday night provided us with our first opportunity to square up to the opposition.

Novices

Our Novice team participated in their first ever debating losing narrowly to Mercedes College presenting an affirmative argument on the proposition: “This house would place entry fees on all natural spaces (e.g. national parks, beaches)”.

Our Novices learned a great deal from the experience. I, for one, was fascinated to note how readily they bounced back from a bruising and how quickly they turned their attention to what they would do with what they learned. This was a great example of what students can do when they bring a growth mindset to a challenging context.

On 28 March they will face Perth Modern School to argue against the proposition: “This house believes that anti-war campaigns should place more emphasis on the environmental impacts of war.”

Juniors