Tongarra Students

In a wonderful achievement Emily Debrot (Year 10) has won the 16 years girls javelin at the recent NSW All Schools athletics championships.  Emily threw the distance of 3740m to take the title.  Emily has been a great asset to the schools sporting achievements over many years and this is set to continue as she heads to Hobart to compete at the National All Schools in December.

An amazing effort, Well done, Emily!

Creative writing teaches students to express their feelings and imaginings, learn to empathise with others as well as describe the complexities of God's world.  The Tongarra Creative Writing Competition aims to develop these skills in an enjoyable way.  Congratulations to all students for submitting a story.  There were many unique entries that showed great skill in character development, descriptive language and plot creation.  The winning entries will be awarded a book voucher prize at the term four assembly and published in Tongarra Times throughout the term.

Year 7 and 8 - 1st - Nathanael Muscat, 2nd - Rachel Imisides, highly commended - Melissa Hansen.  Year 9 and 10 - 1st Tamara Bosward, 2nd - Jacqui Fleming - Highly Commended - Timothy Booth.  Year 11 - 1st - Emily Jarret, 2nd - Jessy Wyles.

On Wednesday 4th November The Illawarra Coal Regional Science Fair was held at the University of Wollongong.  This is a great opportunity for people to share their enthusiasm for Science.  School students and judges discuss their passion for Science during 2 one hour judging sessions. 421 students were registered from 41 primary and high schools, presenting 294 projects.  Students from as far away as Narromine and Broulee attended.  Tongarra campus was represented by Hannah Bartley, Hannah Rochester, Mellissa Hansen, Rachel Imisides, Owen Wilkins, Tara Brown, Tabitha Bellino, Emily Debrot and Benjamin Deen.  These motivated students had to present their student research projects onto decorated wooden boards and then take them to the University on Tuesday afternoon.  They returned for the judging on Wednesday.

At the end of the prize giving Tongarra had received 4 Highly Commended medals.  These were gained by Tara Brown, Hannah Rochester, Hannah Bartley and Mellissa Hensen.

As a Science teacher, it is exciting to see so many young people with a passion for Science.  A lot of effort had one into their original research as well as into the preparation of the display boards.   I look forward to our students being involved again next year. 

Mrs Carr.