What a successful subject expo for year 8 students! A special thank you to our Year 8 students, Connor Lamb, Lovette Walker and Jessica Leggett, who worked hard to promote Drama to our current Year 7 students. Likewise, Madelyn Cliff, Emily Travan and year 9 student, Hannah Fajic, demonstrated how fun and interesting Creative Writing can be. We hope lots of current Year 7 students choose these great electives in Year 8!
Callaghan College Wallsend Campus had 9 students celebrated as finalists in the Aspire Today, Influence Tomorrow writing competition at an Awards Ceremony, held at Newcastle Museum on Wednesday 12 August. 22 schools entered the competition and there were only 15 finalists, so this was a fantastic achievement!
Chloe Levoi won the Radio/Media category and Tegan Butts, former Wallsend student, won the Charity category. Both girls wrote powerful and very personal pieces about the influence they would like to have in their chosen field. Chloe and Tegan now get to spend 'a day in the life' of their category mentor. Tegan will be mentored by Rick Prosser, Rush Mentoring Service Director, and Chloe will be mentored by Tanya Wilks from KOFM. The English faculty would like to congratulate all students involved, who represented our school with pride and honour. Our Senior Debating Team has continued their winning streak, defeating Lampton in the inter-zone finals and Warners Bay in the quarter-finals of the Premier’s Debating Challenge. They will compete against Maitland Grossmann on the 24th of August in the semi-final on their home turf. The winner of this debate will go on to compete for the title of regional champions. We wish them the very best of luck.
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