On Tuesday March 4th, PLHS was fortunate to be visited again by several members of the Port Adelaide Football Club. On this occasion, the Power players and staff spent the day with thirteen of our SAASTA (South Australian Aboriginal Sports Training Academy) students. The Power team facilitated sessions that allowed our students to explore their various language groups,...Read More
The Workabout Centre program connects Aboriginal secondary students with education and employment pathways which can lead to school-based traineeships, apprenticeships and post school support. Last month, Minister for Education Mr John Gardner MP announced that the scheme would expand into Port Lincoln. The Port Lincoln Workabout Centre, to be managed by Ms Jolene Miller, will initially...Read More
PLHS was delighted to host professional photographer (and ex-student) Robert Lang at our school yesterday for another one-day photo shoot. Rob’s brilliant shots will soon be displayed across a variety of promotional platforms, including our school website, pull-up banners, Woolies TV slideshow and computer screensavers. We thank Rob for his skill, professionalism and flexibility throughout...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
As part of next month’s Adelaide Fringe festival, three members of our Aboriginal Art program will have their work included in “Yabarra – Gathering of Light”, a large interactive artwork on the banks of the River Torrens. Congratulations to Cooper Miller, Sabrina Burgoyne and Daqwan Saunders on this wonderful achievement. The “Yabarra” project is described as “a story for the...Read More
Last night, the 2019 Bendigo Bank Port Lincoln Art Prize was officially opened with an awards ceremony at the Nautilus Arts Centre. We are delighted to announce that four PLHS Visual Art students received youth awards. Congratulations to Deklan Males, (who won the Rotary Club of Port Lincoln Youth Award for his work entitled “Family Mob”),...Read More
SACE COMPLETION: 13% increase overall 28% increase at main site, 5% increase at CLC (FLO-enrolled) ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER (ATSI) STUDENTS: 21% increase in ATSI SACE completion 100% ATSI SACE completion at main site SAASTA results all between A- and C Porsha O’Brien achieved an ATAR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (SWD): 54% increase in SWD...Read More
The 2018 Port Lincoln High School Yearbook is out now. To download your free copy, please click the following link: 2018 Port Lincoln High School Yearbook PLEASE NOTE: This is a large PDF file (98MB) – please be patient when downloading. This edition is our inaugural digital yearbook. Whilst you are welcome to print a hard copy...Read More
Our Year 8 PLHS Aboriginal Art Program class invited Year 7 students to attend a workshop-style transition session earlier today – the aim was to share and discuss their experiences and the work that they have produced this year. Nineteen Aboriginal Year 7 students from Lincoln Gardens, Poonindie, Port Lincoln and Kirton Point Primary Schools accepted the...Read More
The students in Room 22 have been learning about Electricity. As part of their practical component, they performed a Van de Graaff experiment, demonstrating how charges transform as well as using everyday applications to conduct static electricity. Another exciting science experiment involved testing the acidity and basicity in the kitchen, creating colour liquids to determine...Read More
