Congratulations and thank you to the PLHS students and staff who have supported today’s “Do it For Dolly Day” – this inaugural event is being held across Australia to raise awareness of the impact of bullying and cyber-bullying. A special mention must go to our event’s organiser, Mrs Helen Marks (pictured) and her Year...Read More
Did you know that one in every four students in schools is a victim of bullying, with one in five cyber-bullied? Amy ‘Dolly’ Everett took her own life at the age of 14 due to relentless bullying and cyber-bullying. Her family have now devoted their lives to raising awareness around the impact of bullying/cyber-bullying. They...Read More
Next week, our Year 10 students will be out in the community completing a Work Experience placement as part of their Personal Learning Plan (PLP) studies. We wish these students every success in this activity and thank the amazing businesses who have offered to host our students.Read More
In the next podcast with one of our Assistant Principals, Ms Deb Marks discusses our Flexible Learning Options (FLO) program delivered at the Community Learning Centre on Edinburgh Street – she is joined by full-time Year 12 FLO student Caitlin Barnett (pictured):Read More
Once again, our senior Visual Arts classes were invited to spend the final two days of Term 1 in Adelaide on the annual PLHS Year 12 Art/Design Trip. Another busy schedule was arranged for the attending students, with a wide variety of eye-opening and thought-provoking creations on offer. The first day’s itinerary featured visits...Read More
On Thursday April 4th, thirty Year 10 students from Miss Woldt and Miss Taylor’s Outdoor Education classes travelled to Coffin Bay for their aquatics camp. This was a major assessment for the term with a focus on organisation, participation, camp skills and water safety. Thursday’s calm, sunny conditions were a clear contrast to the wild...Read More
In early Week 11, eighteen PLHS students travelled to Adelaide to compete in the annual SSSSA Athletics Carnival; they formed part of the Far West squad, which also included Ceduna and Streaky Bay. Far West proved to be fierce competition in the Division 1 C grade, beating Heathfield, Kapunda, Unley, Waikerie and Eastern Fleurieu....Read More
Port Lincoln High School was privileged to receive a visit yesterday from the South Australian Minister for Industry and Skills, Mr David Pisoni MP. Minister Pisoni was keen to see how our students engage in vocational education and training through our Trade Training Centre facilities (Aquaculture and Commercial Cookery) and Flexible Learning Options centre. He...Read More
We recently received a letter from Ms Catrin Harris, Program Coordinator for Southern Cross Cultural Exchange, informing us that Year 10 student Claire McCarthy has been selected to participate in their student exchange program later this year. As a result, Claire will depart Australia on August 16th and head to the Scandinavian nation of...Read More
Our Year 8 Science class has just completed a unit of work on the Transfers of Energy. They investigated the type of energy transfers and levers utilised in creating medieval weapons as part of a project integrating HASS, English, Science and Mathematics. The students then used this knowledge to build and modify catapults to fire...Read More
