Our students can take advantage of several scholarship and award opportunities.
NSW School Nanga Mai Awards
The Nanga Mai Awards are an annual event organised by Aboriginal Education and Communities Directorate. The awards recognise and celebrate innovation, excellence and educational achievement in Aboriginal education in NSW public schools, school communities and department directorates.
Premier’s Spelling Bee
The Premier’s Spelling Bee is an annual competition that encourages primary school students in Years 3 to 6 to develop their spelling skills in a fun and educational way. Students are selected at school level to take part in regional finals. Regional winners then compete in the state final.
Premier’s Reading Challenge
This Premier’s Reading Challenge encourages students from Kindergarten to Year 9 to develop a love of reading and plays an important role in developing literacy.
The Premier’s Reading Challenge is an initiative designed to foster a love of reading among students. This challenge encourages young readers to read a set number of books during the challenge timeframe. Books to chose from include a variety of genres and levels. This challenge promote’s literacy and critical thinking, and aims to cultivate a lifelong passion for reading. Students who complete the challenge receive recognition for their efforts, and our school benefit’s from a stronger culture of reading and learning.
Premier’s Debating Challenge
The Premier’s Debating Challenge is open to students from Year 5 to 12. Teams compete in a round robin series of debates against other schools. The winners go on to compete at regional and state level to determine the eventual state champion.
Public speaking competitions
The Arts Unit offers public speaking competitions for NSW school students. Each competition is a great opportunity for students to develop their speech-writing and presentation skills while representing their schools in a state-wide competition.
Our public speaking program is designed to help students develop the necessary skills to speak confidently and effectively in front of an audience. Student's benefit from this program in various ways such as improved communication skills, confidence,critical thinking, developing leadership and preparing them for the future. In Term 3 all student’s are expected to prepare a speech and present this to their class. We will then run stage finals and the winning student’s have the opportunity to compete against other schools in our Port Hacking network.
Premier’s Anzac Memorial Scholarships
The Premier’s Anzac Memorial Scholarships are an opportunity to visit significant overseas sites associated with Australia’s participation in war for Years 10 and 11 students in selected schools.
Duke of Edinburgh Award
The Duke of Edinburgh Award provides an internationally recognised, self-development program for people aged 14 to 25. The program equips young people with the opportunity to undertake a variety of voluntary and challenging activities.
