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Coming Events AUGUST 19 Independent District School T&F GPS Track & Field 1 - ANZ Stadium TRIVIA NIGHT yr 12 Ag Science Farm Surveys excursion \ year 7 Students & Teacher Stand down Day Chess Rd 2 NC (A) Prep Big Band Eistedfodd Art Centre 20 Tennis/Basketball Rd 2 NC (A) Gymnastics Rd 4/5 BBC (A) 21 Stradbroke Island Dux Open Day 22 Yr 8 E Stradbroke Island Camp yr 11 Ag Assignment Due yr 12 Ag Assignment Due yr 12 English Recorded Interview year 10 BOM Exam (This Week) year 11 BOM Assignment Due Kreisler Strings Eistedfodd Full Staff Meeting Boarders’ Chapel 23 Yr 8 E Stradbroke Island Camp yr 12 Accounting Exam yr 12 Chinese Speaking and Writing Task yr 12 Drama Prac Test maughan House Commemoration service 24 Yr 8 E Stradbroke Island Camp round Square Breakfast Meeting holy Communion yr 10 French Writing Test yr 12 French Reading Test Cremona Strings Eistedfodd Art Centre Atkinson House Commemoration service yr 12 Drama Evening Performance Test 25 Yr 8 E Stradbroke Island Camp yr 9 History poster due yr 10 Ag Science Excursion yr 12 Japanese Speaking Test Assembly GC Nth Primary Cricket Trials yr 12 Supper - Dining Hall yr 12 Drama Evening Performance Test 26 GPS Track & Field 2 - ANZ Stadium yr 11 Art: ‘Writing Task Draft’ yr 12 Art: ‘Extended Writing Task’ GCCC Junior Council Meeting yr 9 Chinese Speaking and Writing Task yr 8F Listening Test year 12 Japanese Speaking Test Chess Rd 3 ACGS (H) Fashion in the Chapel FREE Remedial Chinese classes for students, and Speaking Competition Preparation, 27 Tennis/Basketball Rd 3 ACGS (H) Gymnastics Rd 6 BGS (A) 28 29 Yr 8 F Stradbroke Island Camp yr 11 & Yr 12 RAP life Education Visit yr 12 QCS Preparation Session yr 12 Tech Studies Com Serv toy project yr 12 French Listening Test yr 8D Listening Test yr 10 Accounting Exam (This Week) yr 10 Legal Studies Exam (This Week) Boarders’ Chapel 30 Yr 8 F Stradbroke Island Camp yr 11 & Yr 12 RAP life Education Visit yr 12 QCS Day 1 yr 9 1 French Listening Test yr 8BE French Listening Test 31 Yr 8 F Stradbroke Island Camp yr 11 & Yr 12 RAP life Education Visit yr 11 Physics EEI Due holy Communion yr 12 QCS Day 2 Chinese (LOTE) Excursion yr 11 French Writing Test september 1 Yr 8 F Stradbroke Island Camp yr 11 & Yr 12 RAP life Education Visit yr 8 Humanities Class Test yr 9 History test yr 12 Stand Down Day Fathers’ Day Breakfast yr 11 Japanese Reading Test yr 9 2 French Listening Test yr 10 French Listening Test yr 8 Chinese Speaking Task yr 11 Chinese Speaking and Writing Task 2 Chess Rd 4 BSHS (A) P&F ‘Presidents Dinner’ Assembly FREE Remedial Chinese classes for students, and Speaking Competition Preparation, 2 GPS Track & Field 3 - ANZ Stadium PUBLIC HOLIDAY - GC Show Day TSS Cattle Show Team - Gold Coast show yr 11 Art: ‘Writing Task Draft Return’ no Basketball Fixtures 3 Tennis/Basketball Rd 4 BSHS (A) Gymnastics 2011 GPS Championships at TSS TSS Cattle Show Team - Gold Coast show Rowing AGM Friends of Rowing AGM Date: Tuesday 30 August 2011, 6:30pm Venue: River Centre Light refreshments will be served. Music Calendar Ensemble Competing at Eisteddfod Grainger Concert Band....... Tues 16 August Brass Ensemble.................... Wed 17 August Drumline............................. Wed 17 August Big Band 2......................... Thurs 18 August Big Band ........................... Thurs 18 August Guitar Ensemble.....................Fri 19 August Weiniawski Strings..................Fri 19 August Snr Concert Band...................Fri 19 August String Orchestra..................Mon 22 August
Readers are leaders Andrew Stark - head of libraries Those of you who follow this column regularly might remember that August is a busy month for readers. During this month, Book Week will give a national focus to reading and schools around Australia (and in some of our international neighbourhoods) will be celebrating the joy and benefits of reading. Officially, Book Week, the longest running children’s festival in Australia (it’s in its 66th year!) is a weeklong celebration that begins on August 20. During the week, we do not simply focus on the CBCA short-listed books, but celebrate all forms of Australian literature produced by our highly regarded authors and illustrators. During the boys’ reading lessons, they have been introduced to a variety of Australian (and international) authors and illustrators and many boys have taken up the challenge of reading through the CBCA short-listed books. The CBCA finalists were announced earlier this year and this Friday, August 19, the winners in each category will be declared. While this is an exciting time for young readers around Australia, it is even more exhilarating for those authors and illustrators who have made the final cut in one of the world’s most highly regarded literary competitions for young readers. Recently, library staff began organising four different collections of fiction and non-fiction with the intention of placing a small library of works in each of the senior school boarding houses. Each ‘Boarders’ Library’ will be the domain of each boarding house and selected boys will be responsible for maintaining the collection and suggesting acquisitions to extend it. Each collection will consist of a combination of brand new and second-hand books, and, never fear, each House will have its fair share of ‘Harry Potter’, Matthew Reilly and Robert Muchamore! A similar library will be set up in Rogers House for Prep boarders. It is envisaged that each Boarders’ Library will be up and running for the beginning of Term Four and boarding boys are very welcome to add their own books from home to the collection. There will be no official ‘borrowing’ of the books; all the books are available at any time (and there is now no excuse for nothing to do during prep!) Happy reading! FOUNDATION TSS Foundation Business Breakfast Tuesday 23 August 2011 Special Guest Dr Peter Beattie FORMER PREMIER OF QUEENSLAND AND QUEENSLAND TRADE COMMISSIONER FOR THE AMERICAS Dr Beattie is the former Premier of Queensland and former Queensland Trade Commissioner for the Americas. He became leader of the Labor Party in Queensland in 1996 and was elected Premier in 1998. He held this position for nine years, until retiring in 2007. During his time as Premier, Dr Beattie launched the Smart State Strategy to boost biotechnology research in Queensland. The Institute for Molecular Bioscience was the first institute built under the Smart State Strategy. After retiring as Premier, Dr Beattie was appointed Trade Commissioner for the Americas. He retired from this position in 2010. Dr Beattie is currently the non-executive Chair of the Board of the National Association of Cinema Operations – Australasia (NACO) 3
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