Further to yesterday’s report about our inaugural STEM Floor Challenge, a committed band of Year 8’s and 9’s returned to the Eyre Floor at lunchtime today to have another go at the very difficult “20 Bricks Problem”. We are delighted to announce that (working as a team), the group managed to achieve their goal, by...Read More
The SA School Immunisation Program will be offered at PLHS by the City of Port Lincoln Council. All Year 8 students will be offered: 2 doses of human papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil® 9 at 2 separate visits. 1 dose of the diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough vaccine, Boostrix® All Year 10 students will be offered: 2 doses of...Read More
Earlier tonight, a large number of Year 8 families attended a Parent Information Evening on the Stamford Floor – more chairs had to be quickly located in order to seat the sizeable crowd. Following Acting Principal Mr Todd George’s welcoming address, Middle School Assistant Principal Mrs Amy O’Brien outlined a range of pertinent Middle...Read More
Congratulations to the talented and dedicated Year 8/9 students who attempted our first STEM Floor Challenge earlier today. Today’s design brief challenged participants to create a structure using one A4 piece of paper that could support twenty house bricks at least 4cm off the ground. In small groups, they enthusiastically spent their lunch break...Read More
Congratulations to Scott Daley and his Port Lincoln “Science in the Pub” team on the successful delivery on tonight’s inaugural session. Dr Michele Lastella from CQUniversity presented an engaging seminar about sports psychology entitled “Champions Do Extra” . As pictured here, the PLHS staff and students in attendance experienced an informative (and at times interactive) presentation,...Read More
PLHS is delighted to welcome international student Paola Allejos Padilla to our school community for 2019. Paola comes to us from the northern German city of Hamburg (population: 1.8 million); she has joined our Year 11 group and is being hosted by the Hamnett family. Whilst Paola’s mother Susanne is German, her father Asterio is...Read More
Over 740 students commenced the 2019 school year at Port Lincoln High School earlier today, either at our main site on Ruskin Road or at our Community Learning Centre campus on Edinburgh Street. Around 130 of these students are our new Year 8’s – we wish them a warm welcome to our school community. Day...Read More
PLHS is delighted to welcome three new staff members to our school community for 2019. The following podcast contains a brief interview with (pictured below L-R) Mr Craig Curtis, Mr José Zayas-Buil and Mr Stewart Calder:Read More
Over the past few years, some of our Indigenous students have participated in (and completed) a Certificate II in Fisheries Compliance Support course. This initiative has been facilitated through collaboration with the Australian Maritime Fisheries Academy, Hamish Telfer (Senior Fisheries Officer with PIRSA) and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s Indigenous Advancement Strategy....Read More
