This week saw another busy schedule of physical activities staged to celebrate PE Week for 2018. Each day presented students with the opportunity to participate in a variety of interschool sporting competitions (golf, cricket and touch football) and lunchtime activities (netball, dodgeball, matball and volleyball), and culminated in today’s 3.5km Foreshore Fun Run. Participants were...Read More
For a gold coin donation, PLHS staff and students were treated to a lunchtime sausage sizzle barbecue and freshly squeezed fruit juice back at school following today’s Foreshore Fun Run. This fundraiser was arranged and delivered by Year 9 student Tyrene Gardner, with the assistance of SRC Coordinator Mrs Sarah Kidd and several volunteer staff and students. A...Read More
Demanding conditions greeted players at the Port Lincoln Golf Club earlier today for the annual Interschool Golf Challenge between Port Lincoln High School and St. Joseph’s School. Aside from the obvious challenge of trying to master an incredibly difficult sport, participating students also had to overcome high temperatures, strong northerly winds, raised dust, falling branches,...Read More
Earlier this year, I reported on the wonderful recycling scheme that was initiated by my Special Education students, as part of our ongoing Science and Maths studies. My Room 23 class have been encouraging all PLHS staff and students to recycle their cans and bottles in specially designed bins dedicated to our four SportsDay houses....Read More
Port Lincoln High School is delighted to announce that Year 10 student Jesika Cane (pictured) has been selected to participate in the 2019 Women in Engineering Camp – this exciting annual event is provided by the University of New South Wales and will run in Sydney from Monday January 7th to Wednesday January 9th). Jesika successfully...Read More
The South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) is the first senior-secondary curriculum in Australia to move to electronic exams. Earlier this afternoon, this new era began at Port Lincoln High School with thirteen students sitting the electronic exam for Stage 2 English Literary Studies in our new STEM Centre. Key teachers, ICT and administrative staff, together...Read More
On Wednesday October 31st, my Year 11 PE class and I had the opportunity to participate in an introductory self-defence class at Spektrum Port Lincoln. Although the students were initially a little unsure of what to expect, they came away from the session buzzing about what they had just learnt. As one student put it:...Read More
PLHS Year 10 student Ella Stevens is off to Far North Queensland next month as a member of the SA Track & Field Team at the National All Schools Games. This year’s national championships will be held in Cairns on December 7-9. This recognition comes on the back of Ella’s second place in the Under 18 Girls...Read More
Senior School Assistant Principal Miss Tash Rayson officially opened Port Lincoln High School’s annual Year 12 Art/Design Exhibition last night, before a large crowd of students, families and staff. The impressive practical work and written statements of eleven art and design students is now on display in the Nautilus Arts Centre’s Rotary Gallery, until Monday November 19th. This...Read More
