Principal’s Report

Principal’s Report

Dear Fortians, Parents and Carers,

On Friday 14th June the school welcomed a group of visiting Fortians from the class of 1959-1963. Graham Easton, Vice-Captain and School Dux of 1963 and grandfather of two current Fortians in Years 8 and 10, addressed the Assembly and spoke proudly of the great community that he and all our current students belong to. The returning Fortians were impressed in particular with the school choir and a number of them reminisced of their days in their 100-strong multi-eisteddfod-winning school choir. The ‘old boys’ were joined by Jules Davies from the Foundation, members of the executive and students from the SRC for morning tea and a tour of the school. This group of classmates last visited the school in 2013 for their 50th reunion and in 2015 when they presented the school with a Post-World War II Honour Board which is currently displayed at the front of the school Hall.  It is always a pleasure to host visiting Fortians.

Semester 1 Reports have recently been distributed for all students in Years 7, 10, 11 and 12. Electronic copies of reports can also be accessed from the Sentral Portal. Years 8 and 9 reports will be distributed in week 9.
Students who were nominated by their teachers as excelling in two or more subjects received awards at the recent Recognition Assemblies held on Friday 14th and 21st June. Congratulations to all of the award recipients.

Coming Up:
Parent Teacher Night
All interview bookings are to be made through the Sentral portal:
Wednesday 26 June – Years 7 and 10 – School Hall
Monday 1 July – Years 8 and 9 June – School Hall

Tournament of Minds
ToM is a problem solving programme for teams of students. Tournament’s aim is to enhance the potential of our youth by developing diverse skills, enterprise, time management, and the discipline to work collaboratively within a challenging and competitive environment. The challenges will involve research before developing a creative interpretation in response to the Challenge.

Students are required to solve demanding, open-ended challenges from either the Arts, STEM (Science, technology, Engineering and Mathematics), Language Literature or Social Sciences). Preparation for the competition commences in term 3 and teams will work together at lunch times. Students interested will need to be available for the morning of Saturday 31st August and Sunday 15th September.

Students are to approach Mr Chapman if interested.

Congratulations:
Titration
Congratulations to our Year 11 team – James Nguyen, Crystal Pham and Amelie Skeleton who came first out of 64 teams at the regional Titration Competition at the University of Sydney on Friday 14th June. This team will now go on to compete at the Australian nationals in September. Thanks to Mr Leondios, this is the second year in a row that Fort Street have been placed first at the regional level.

Staff Member of the Week Trophy
Week 8– Peter Scudds is a highly experienced and knowledgeable English teacher. He has been awarded staff member of the week for his commitment to students and his passion for English as a discipline. Peter fosters a love of literature and learning amongst students and staff.