Mercurius issue 9 – September 2018

From the Principal

Dear Parents, Carers and Fortians, The last two weeks have seen Year 11 students completing their final exams for Year 11 courses. I would like to thank all members of the school community for their patience during this examination period and for keeping the areas around the school hall quiet. Year 7 and our many talented Year 10 coaches enjoyed the Gala Day at St Lukes Oval at Concord on Wednesday 19th September. Final Week of Term 3: Monday 24th September is Confucius Day – Mr Dong will be running activities in the hall during lunch to…

Tell Them From Me survey

As mentioned in recent newsletters, the Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation has activated the… Read more

Important Dates

September 24 Confucius Day 24-25 SRC Camp 26 Robotics Competition Preparation Day… Read more

Sport at the Fort

As part of the school’s commitment to holistic education, and to encourage each child to… Read more

Petersham Poetry Competition

As part of the new Stage 6 syllabus, the Year 11 cohort have… Read more

Debating

This has been my first year as the Fort Street High School Debating Co-ordinator and… Read more

Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award Expedition

On the 23rd of August, on a very cold morning 35 students from Year 10… Read more

WAFTUS – UTS excursion

Throughout term two, Year 10 students from Fort Street and Tempe high schools participated in… Read more

National Titration Competition

Three teams from Fort Street were invited to participate in the National Titration Competition at… Read more

Year 9 First Fleet Park

On the 12th of September, two year 9 Geography classes led by Mr Carritt and… Read more

Tournament of Minds

Tournament of Minds offers teams of students the opportunity to solve authentic, open-ended challenges that foster creative, divergent thinking whilst developing collaborative enterprise, excellence and teamwork. This year Fort Street entered five teams across challenges set in The Arts, Language… Read more