The Heritage Herald

This week's cupcake competition fundraiser was a huge success. There was a buzz in the air and excited students as the cupcakes flooded into the library to be put on display. We had a high number of entries from both the Junior and Senior school.

The Student Representative Council had a difficult job to judge from such an array of talent and creativity. The winners will be announced at next week's assembly, so stay tuned. 

A big thank-you to everyone again for getting involved.

Stage 3 students Myra Whyte and Norah I’Anson have been faithfully raising the flags on the flagpoles at the front of the school in Term 2. Having noticed that the flags were beginning to look tired and needing to be replaced, they approached Mr Dures about the possibility of acquiring new Australian and Aboriginal flags. After contacting the office of Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan our school was generously provided with two vibrant new flags. A simple but very much appreciated gesture from our local member.  

 Stage 3 were entertained and energised by The Alphabet of Awesome Science at the Glasshouse on Tuesday. To our delight, the performance opened with a fireball and concluded with a bang. 26 experiments expertly conducted in 60 minutes brought to life many scientific concepts such as combustion, chemical change and forces acting on objects. Each awe-inspiring demonstration was woven together with a rich and rare word such as GUMFIATE and SPUMESCENT. We all agreed that it was one of the most LUCIFEROUS and inspiring performances that we have seen. If you get a chance, ask one of our Stage 3 students to describe their personal highlight. Their answer is bound to METAGROBALISE you. Many thanks to Coastline Credit Union for their generous community grant funding which subsidised the costs for our students. 

The Charles Sturt University team recently visited our school delivering the excellent ‘Future Moves’ program.

This was the second year Future Moves engaged with students from Year 5 through to Year 10. The extremely practical sessions were very well received and covered such topics as Career Dreams, Resilience, Senior School Subject Selection and the Who, What and Why of University.

Yesterday was the day that our high school Chess players had been looking forward to. During our Co-curricular time on Mondays, eager chess players engage in games and learn from each other. We travelled down to Taree to play against students from Manning Valley Anglican College – the same school who we competed against in the state Chess League tournament 3 weeks ago when they travelled to Heritage.

Tables were set up, clock at the side, chess sets all ready to go. Students kept a tally of their wins and losses, matching their skills, finding their next opponent on the same score.

While Heritage students were tentative meeting their opponents, they quickly overcame their nerves as the games began. Competition, friendly banter, encouragement, learning and teaching skills and strategies were the hallmarks of all games. The highlight was the building relationships and enjoying critical thinking opportunities together with new friends. Zac quickly showed his excellence, Lewis renewed old skills, Lachlan shared tactics and loved the chat and Cooper grew in his confidence and skills. We are now looking forward to inviting other schools into our Swiss Chess Tournament late in term 4.

A great day!

- Rachel Lilley