Director of Culture | Mr Matt Cocking

Chess Inter-School Competition

Eleven of our top chess players took part in the Brisbane Secondary Inter-School Chess tournament on Tuesday 21 May.  Against strong opposition our Open A team consisting of Ben Zhang (Year 7), Adrian Jesuthasan (Year 9), D’arcy Long (Year 11) and Cooper O’Rourke (Year 8) came third.  Ben also won a merit prize along with his brother Yang Zhang (Year 11), for winning 4.5 points for their teams.

Voice of Youth finals

Throughout this year, I have had the wonderful opportunity of participating in the Rostrum Speaking Competition. It involves preparing and delivering an eight minute speech on a topic that you are often passionate about. This year, I have chosen the topic of a Modern Epidemic, the effects of anxiety and depression in today’s world. So far, I have been lucky enough to progress through some of the competition but only because of the support provided by both Mr Cacciola and Mr Pauley. Rostrum has not only improved my public speaking skills, but it has also helped me view the world in a different way and better understand the problems that we face today. It has been a great experience, and a huge thanks to Terrace for allowing me to participate and compete in Rostrum. I look forward to competing with my brother Will in the South Queensland finals of Rostrum, Voice of Youth. Luke Ames (Year 10)

Mooting

Well done to Lorenzo Battino (Year 12) who was one of 40 students selected for Honourable Mentions of Advocacy at the recent National High School Mooting Competition held at Bond University. This year marked the thirtieth time that Bond has hosted this competition and has seen the competition grow to 104 teams from 85 schools. Thank you to Ms Sam Knott for her excellent work with this team.

Support Group meetings

Debating Support Group – Tuesday 23 July, 5.30pm in the Old Boys’ Room DSGChair@terrace.qld.edu.au 

Terrace Performing Arts – Tuesday 23 July, 5.30pm in the Callan Centre TPAChair@terrace.qld.edu.au

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