Published on: 29 October 2020

  • Year 6 Study Skills
  • Lapathon
  • Future Problem Solvers
  • Maths Have Sum Fun

All the Year 6 boys took part in a Study Skills session in preparation for their transition to Year 7. Mrs Sharyn Bana (Head of Biology in the Senior School) delivered a session to help the boys learn about organisation, summarising and revision skills required to assist in the transition into the Senior School. The session was engaging, and the boys were actively participating the skill of highlighting and learning how to approach the ‘T-note method’ to recall key concepts.

To continue our annual support of the Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF), this week saw our annual Lapathon take place to raise money for the children in Cambodia who are less fortunate than ourselves. Each year group ran laps around the Preparatory School Oval to complement their fundraising efforts. Founded in 2004, CCF has provided many wonderful opportunities of support and resourcing to vulnerable children in Cambodia.

The following Year 6 boys (Max Ingham, Archie Bucher, Emilio Cherubino, Nate Wong, Peter Harrison-Schmidt, Zach Paramore, Hayden Jeffreys and Arjun Brian) took part in the National Global Issues Future Problem Solving competition at St Mary’s School on 18 October. There were 21 teams in the Junior division across every state in Australia. The boys participated in a tense two-hour session working together to find solutions to end poverty in the year 2050 and beyond. The National final results saw one of our teams placing fourth. The boys represented the School admirably and were coached by Victoria Wisker (Centre for Excellence Coordinator).

Eighteen of the Year 5 and 6 Maths Extension boys under the guidance of Mrs Anthea Feaver took part in the Have Sum Fun Competition held at Aranmore Catholic College last Saturday. Competing in teams against students from other schools in a ‘quiz night’ format, the boys completed four rounds of questions. Competition was fierce and the end results were very close. The CCGS team of Justin Goh, Thien-An Ho, Benjamin Bejczy, Lachlan Russell and Vivek Varghese took out first place, one point ahead of the WA Russian School. Another Christ Church team consisting of Nate Wong, Josh Ng, Ethan Zhang, Elliott Ho and Prajwal Raj placed fourth. The boys were particularly proud of their achievement, given it is the third year in a row that a Christ Church team has won the competition.

On 14 November we will be holding a birthday celebration commemorating 50 years since the construction of the School’s iconic Chapel and on the day we will also acknowledge Father Frank’s retirement. If you would like to join us please register your attendance via this link.

Congratulations to this week’s BGM Award winners.

Enjoy the week!

Dr Steven Males
Head of Preparatory School