Somerset Lifetimes 2019 Semester 2

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stories, collaborate and learn the secrets to success in the post- industrial workplace. My congratulations to the Chairperson of this magnificent event, Mr Dane Oman , and his organising committee; and our staff for producing another spectacular event. This year’s Synergies Exhibition took on a different look. Also held over the two days of the Celebration of Entrepreneurship, the exhibition was held in our new Design Centre with an amazing array of pieces from the various genres of the Visual Arts. Many more activities, competitions and events have occurred in Term Four including Day of Dance, Cultural Collage, Rowing Dinner Exams, and the Valedictory Chapel and Dinner to name only a few. Our students continued to work hard in our academic, cultural, co-curricular, service and sporting programmes that we work consistently and tirelessly to shape our students’ futures by learning to critique, collaborate, create and communicate! Craig Bassingthwaighte Headmaster

In the weeks following we saw our student; in the Gold Coast Eisteddfod and the Gold Coast Secondary Schools Drama Festival, our netballers and rowers competed in the Vicki Wilson Cup and the South Queensland Rowing Championships respectively, and we again hosted a very successful Somerset Festival for Young Performers. Of course these are just a few of the many varied activities, competitions and events that our students have been involved in as they continued to work hard in our academic, cultural, co-curricular, service and sporting programmes. We returned to Term Four inspired and ready to run. With the annual MYP Personal Project Exhibition we witnessed the culmination of the hard work of our Year 10s, with the guidance of their staff mentors, who produced some amazing and spectacular projects for all to see. I am in awe of their achievements. The Somerset Gift, on Saturday 12 October included of a Pole Vaulting Competition for the first time and was an outstanding success with record registrations. I congratulate Mr Damian Flint , Sports Facilities Manager and his Committee and Ignition Athletics Club and Queensland Athletic League for their organisation and delivery of this magnificent event. It was also wonderful to see some of our students competing; enjoying the environment and, for some, bringing home some prize money. And that was just week one! Week 2 saw the third annual Celebration of Entrepreneurship and the Synergies Exhibition, held over two packed days celebrating the problem solvers, creative thinkers and innovators of the Gold Coast and Queensland. Entrepreneurship represents the new workplace, and this is why our Celebration of Entrepreneurship aims to bring together entrepreneurship with young people to share

From the Headmaster

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