COLLEGE NEWS

QATSIF ART ENTRIES

The College has entered a number of stunning student artworks into this year’s QATSIF Creative Arts Competition. The girls spent may hours developing an original design and then cutting lino to leave the negative image. They then printed the first layer of the image before cutting the second element of their design and printing again. For some, this process was repeated again and again. The lino print process is very time-consuming, requiring skill and patience. The goal was to replicated the integrity of the original design regardless of how many times the tile was cut and printed. Mrs Walsh, Head of Arts & Exhibitions, was thrilled with the quality of these pieces, all of which are currently proudly on display in various offices in the Administration building. 

(artworks by: Jmelliah Barrett, Mackenzie Chong, Lorianna Eseli)

(artworks by: Tooya Gorringe, Osaelma Tabuai and Tyreisha Major)

 

SPORT & FITNESS NEWS | With Ms Angela Cooper, Head of Sport & Fitness

“The only one who can tell you ‘you can’t win’ is you, and you don’t have to listen.” Jessica Ennis-Hill

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL RECAP

Our Interhouse Athletics Carnival for 2022 was a brilliant day filled with energy, talent, speed, and teamwork. It was great to see everyone come out dressed from head to toe in blue, yellow, purple and green. Whether you were a serious competitor or just there to have a go, every girl gave it their best effort and that was amazing to see. The carnival spanned across two days this year, with the long-distance track events on Thursday and the rest on the Friday.

Walking around to all of the events throughout both days, it was great to see so many girls trying something new and pushing themselves to the limit to see what they could achieve. Whether it was triple jump or running the 1500m on the Thursday, girls kept putting themselves out of their comfort zone to see how they would go.

The support shown throughout the day was also incredible, with everyone cheering on their friends and House to help them succeed no matter what colour they were wearing. This led to an awesome, spirit packed athletics carnival to finish off our three carnivals for the 2022.

Our Athletics Age Champions and Record Breakers this year reached incredible feats. 

AGE CHAMPIONS:

  • 12 YEARS – Sylvia Gesa
  • 13 YEARS – Olivia Koloi
  • 14 YEARS – Sophie Hannay
  • 15 YEARS – Ella Bensch and Keyara Geatches
  • 16 YEARS – Sarah Bourke
  • 17 YEARS – Charlize Barrett
  • OPENS – Ellie Farrands

RECORD BREAKERS:

  • 12 YEARS
    • Sylvia Gesa – 100m – 14.28 sec
    • Akara Gizu – Long Jump – 4.22m
    • Caitlin Edison – Triple Jump – 8.25m
  • 13 YEARS
    • Alyssa Doyle – 100m – 13.56 sec
    • Charli Russell – 400m – 1.07.58 min
    • Gabriella Parenti – Triple Jump – 9.48m
  • 14 YEARS
    • Sophie Hannay – 800m – 2.49.02 min
    • Sophie Hannay – 1500m – 6.05.17 min
  • 16 YEARS
    • Sarah Bourke – 400m – 1.07.03 min
    • Sarah Bourke – 800m – 2.46.14 min
    • Sarah Bourke – 1500m – 5:53.25 min
  • 17 YEARS
    • Pattigum Repu – 100m – 14.18 sec
    • Charlize Barrett – 200m – 29.35 sec
    • Charlize Barrett – 400m – 1.07.89 sec
    • Ruby Mitchell – Long Jump – 4.44m
    • Ruby Mitchell – Triple Jump – 8.88m
  • OPENS
    • Brooke Davis-Goodall – 800m – 2.54.79 min
    • Brooke Davis-Goodall – 1500m – 6.22.45 min

Congratulations girls on all of your achievements.

The Spirit Award for the Athletics Carnival is based on many categories. These include, Cleanliness of House Areas, Most Helpful House, Best House War Cry, Best House Banner and Best Grade 12 Costume. The participation, noise and costumes were unmatched this year, with all of the students and teachers going all out to match their house themes. The winner of the Spirit Award for the 2022 Interhouse Athletics Carnival went to Thrones. Great effort to all the Thrones girls, very well deserved.

The winner of our Interhouse Athletics Carnival was very highly contested this year, with all Houses pushing themselves and supporting each other throughout both days. This year our placings for our 2022 Interhouse Athletics were, in 4th Place was Princes. In 3rd Place was Doms. In 2nd Place is Thrones. In 1st Place is Powers. Congratulations Powers, very well deserved and an amazing performance.

Overall, this year has been astounding in terms of carnival spirit, participation, and energy. All three carnivals for 2022 were so fun, spirited, and unforgettable.  A huge thank you to the girls, teachers and parents that made this possible for all three carnivals, it is greatly appreciated.

– by CLARA DEER – Sports Prefect

TSSS INTERSCHOOL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL RECAP

Two weeks after our Interhouse competition was the TSSS Interschool Athletics Carnival, which also spanned over two days. This year is the second year that we have been in the ‘A’ Schools division. Both days we had a huge turn out of girls come to compete in their events based on their performances at our House carnival. The support levels were again amazing, with our school helping out at different stations and helping students from other schools if they had been injured or gotten lost. It was a great carnival to be a part of and it was awesome to see all the girls performing at their best and pushing themselves and each other to be their best. This year we placed in a commendable third place for the girl’s division. This is an incredible accomplishment for our Interschool Athletics Team this year and deserves a huge congratulations.

The following student were selected in the TSSS Athletics Team to compete for a spot in the Northern Team at the trials to be held at the Townsville Sports Reserve on Thursday 1 September, 2022:

  • Gabriella Parenti (13yrs – 100m, 200m, 400m, Long Jump, Triple Jump)
  • Alyssa Doyle (13yrs- 100m)
  • Olivia Koloi (13yrs – 200m, Triple Jump)
  • Charlie Russell (13yrs – 1500m, 800m, 400m)
  • Sophie Hannay (14yrs – 800m)
  • Lorianna Eseli (15yrs – Javelin)
  • Osaelma Tabuai (15yrs – Discus)
  • Eryn Matters (15yrs – 3000m, 1500m, 800m)
  • Kenya Mari (15yrs Shot Put)
  • Lalita Kris (16yrs – Discus)
  • Sarah Bourke (16yrs – 1500m, 400m)
  • Charlize Barrett (17yrs – 200m, 400m)
  • Brooke Davis-Goodall (Open – 1500m)
  • Ellie Farrands (Open – 200m)

 

SCIENCE NEWS | With Mrs Shari Finlay, Head of Faculty – Science

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more so that we may fear less.” Marie Curie.

SCIENCE WEEK – 2022

In Week 5, St Patrick’s College Townsville celebrated Science Week with enthusiasm and excitement. This year’s theme, “Glass: More than meets the eye” allowed students to participate in activities relating to glass.

On Monday, students participated in a DIY terrarium workshop – over 80 terrariums were made. Tuesday’s activity saw lots of students make their own kaleidoscope and the senior girls had the opportunity to dissect an eye. On Wednesday at our ‘Science Week Assembly’ we welcomed local Scientist and Ninja Warrior, Keziah Furnell to speak to the students. Keziah gave an inspiration address and we are very grateful for her sharing her story with us. We also hosted Dr Vanessa Pirotta, a wildlife Scientist who works closely with whales on a live ZOOM chat. She gave students an insight to the collection of whale snot using drones – a very interesting scientific field, indeed! On Friday, we hosted Scientist, Tamille Brunt on a live ZOOM chat. Tamille works within North Queensland tracking the movements of platypus – she gave us an insight into the importance of collecting eDNA of these wonderful and curious organisms. She also gave us a website to log any platypus sightings in NQ.

Students and staff thoroughly enjoyed the many activities on offer during Science Week and are already checking the website to see what next year’s theme will be.

AQUATIC PRACTICES | With Ms Kate Tomerini

The Year 11 Aquatic Practices students received a masterclass is fish-filleting last week. A task which is very much harder than it looks, the girls have added this skill to their list of accomplishments.

JAPANESE NEWS | With Ms Anna Kendall 

Year 9 Japanese students went to GYO Japanese Restaurant as a part of their Healthy Food Unit. They were able to experience a variety of Japanese food and practice using cultural manners and use their language skills. Students were encouraged to try different foods, including karaage, gyoza, miso soup, vegetable tempura, teriyaki to name a few. They also enjoyed well known cuisine, such as, sushi and sashimi. To finish off students also tried ice-cream mochi. The excursion was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

 

 

HUMANITIES HAPPENINGS | With Ms Kelli Chapman, Head of Faculty – Humanities 

“The humanities help us understand others through their languages, histories and cultures. They foster social justice and equality. And they reveal how people have tried to make moral, spiritual and intellectual sense of the world. The humanities teach empathy.”

LEGAL STUDIES

Year 11 and 12 Legal Studies classes have been out and about recently. On Friday 19th August, Ms Hansen and the students attended the JCU Legal Studies Conference. At the conference, students gained unique insights into Native Title Law, Human Rights Law, Constitutional Law, Business Law, Criminal Law, Employment Law and Sports Law, touching on topics from all 4 units of the syllabus.

Both Year 11 and 12 Legal Studies classes also had the opportunity to see firsthand the court systems in action when visiting the Townsville Law Courts recently.

HUMANITIES

Year 7 Humanities are currently nearing the end of their Geography unit on Water In The World. Being such a valuable resource for all Australians, it has been an important and interesting unit of work to cover. In order to see the water cycle in action, students in Ms Hyne’s class recently made their own enclosed terrariums.

$5 FORMAL

Held in Week 6, the $5 Formal has become one of the highlights in the Seniors’ calendar. Not only does it provide an opportunity to meet with and mix with seniors from the other Colleges, but students get to play dress up in outfits from Formals long-gone or ensembles that just make us wonder, “What was I thinking?” With all monies raised going to support charities, this year’s event featured a full red carpet catwalk. Thank you to Mrs Hambly and all the Pastoral Care Team who supported this year’s event. 

WHALE WATCHING – REEF GUARDIANS | With Mr Chris Pacey

Last week, members of the Reef Guardian Club were invited to go Whale Watching for the day. With limited places, the excursion quickly filled. Supported by Ms Byrnes and myself

, the girls travelled off the coast in search of whales and were eventually rewarded for their patience when a medium-sized Humpback Whale breached and then proceeded to frolic a short distance from the boat. It was a wonderful, awe-inspiring moment that the girls will never forget.