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Director of Culture | Mr Matt Cocking

Debating Grand Final

Last night the Terrace Senior A won against Nudgee College in the semi-final for the Queensland Debating Union. In the other semi-final, Churchie defeated All Hallows’. Next Wednesday will see a very hotly contested grand final between Terrace Senior A and Churchie. Congratulations to these young men. This has been a long season with lockdowns and rescheduled debates. This final debate will be held at Somerville House. To date, we have not been made aware of the spectator limits. Please keep an eye on our social media as we would love as many Terrace Family members to Answer the Call and support our students at the final debate.

Our 9.1 and 9.3 teams also debated last night. Congratulations to these eight young men who also won their respective debates. These students will now go on to the quarter-finals with the 10.1s who won last week. The debates will be held at Brisbane Girls Grammar School on 13 October.

Chess

Last week we played Churchie, who are always a tough Chess opponent, with many highly rated players. The Terrace teams were reduced to 16 players instead of the regular 44 due to other commitments for Immersion and Orientation night. This meant that some of our boys were playing at much higher levels than they usually would. Despite this, they fought hard and kept their opponents at bay. One of our players was up against a Year 8 student, the second most highly rated player in Queensland, and even though the Churchie player won, he knew he had been well challenged. Congratulations to Charlie Macuga for his draw and Ben Sandstrom for his win against our most powerful GPS opponents.

Music success

Each year we strive for enthusiastic excellence in education. Part of this journey of success is being nominated for, and being accepted into, the State Honours Ensemble Program (SHEP). Congratulations to the 11 students who have been selected to participate in SHEP Primary held at the Queensland Conservatorium in November.

Support Group meetings

Support Group meetings will be held on 14 September in the Board Rooms at Mt Sion. Should you wish to contact the

Staying in touch

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