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Throughout the year, a number of extra curricular competitions take place in NSW. The below information will be updated throughout the year
Throughout the year, a number of extra curricular competitions take place in NSW. The below information will be updated throughout the year
Some competitions promoted throughout the year include....
Some competitions promoted throughout the year include....
What Matters Competition
Dorothea Mackellar Poetry competition
The Evatt Competition
NSW Philosothon
Australian Brain Bee Competition
What Matters Competition
What Matters Competition
What Matters? is an annual writing competition run by the Whitlam Institute. The competition is open to NSW, the ACT and Tasmania school students in years 5 to 12.
Responding to the simple question 'what matters?', entrants are free to express their views on any issue they care about.
Students are to submit an original written work between 400-600 words in prose or poetry, of either fiction or non-fiction
See Mrs Pitt for more information or visit the competition website https://www.whitlam.org/what-matters
See Mrs Pitt for more information or visit the competition website https://www.whitlam.org/what-matters
Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Competition
Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Competition
Talented poets are invited to enter the Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards, the oldest and largest poetry competition for students in Australia.
Students can enter their own original works or a poem based on a theme. Winners receive $500, a trophy and a prize pack. Poems on any subject are accepted. Any students who are interested can see Mrs Pitt in the HSIE staffroom for an entry form.
More information is also available at the competition website https://dorothea.com.au/How-to-Enter-awards
More information is also available at the competition website https://dorothea.com.au/How-to-Enter-awards
The Evatt Competition
The Evatt Competition
The Evatt competition is a Model United Security Council diplomacy competition for students in Years 9-12.
It takes place in the form of a mock session of the UN Security Council where students in teams of two debate, amend and vote on resolutions from the perspective of their assigned nations.
The most effective diplomats move on to the next round.
More information can be found at the competition website https://unyouth.org.au/event/evatt-nsw/
Fill in the form here if interested.
Philosothon
Philosothon
Hosted by St Andrews Cathedral School and run by Philosophy in Schools Association of NSW, the NSW Philosothon is a competition where students meet with students from other schools and discuss philosopthical issues like:
Is virtual reality real?
What makes something a work of art?
Can we ever know the world as it is and not just as it appears to us?
Students will be judged by university philosophy lecturers for presenting useful questions, well support arguments and challenges to the reasoning, evidence and assumptions of others
Any students in Year 8 - 11 who are interested need to register their interest with Mrs Pitt by the end of March
Australian Brain Bee Challenge
Australian Brain Bee Challenge
The Australian Brain Bee Challenge is a neurological competition offered to students in Year 10.
The challenge consists of a Round 1 online test and Round 2, where selected students participate in a full day of neuroscience workshops at UNSW. Past students have enjoyed lab tours, demonstrations, lectures, experiments and the opportunity to speak to researchers which is offered in Round 2.
Any interested students in Year 10 need to email Mrs Pitt in Term One of each year
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