During the second week of the recent school holidays, two PLHS Year 8 students – Zoe Proude and Reef Borlase – participated in the National Youth Science Forum’s STEM Explorer program. The event, which focussed on exploring careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), saw over a hundred students invited from around the...Read More
During the July school holidays, Room 23 students Darcy Redding, Caleb Henderson and I joined our mainstream peers on the annual PLHS Ski Trip to Mt. Hotham. An early start on Sunday saw us depart Adelaide at 6:30am, but our weary eyes soon brightened as we boarded the bus and made the five-hour journey to...Read More
Earlier this week, two more international students flew into Port Lincoln, ready to commence Year 11 classes at PLHS on Monday morning. Welcome to Audrey Cash from the USA (above-left) and Lisa Ferroni from Italy (below-centre). Also in town (for a three-week holiday) is former international student Emily Neelen from Germany (above-right). We thank their wonderful...Read More
Fast Food Advertisements Last term, my Year 9 English class were challenged to create their own fast food advertisements. The students chose to study companies such as Zambrero, The Original Pancake Kitchen, Dunkin’ Donuts, Starbucks and Subway, and even made their own such as “AZ’s Burgers” and “Jay & Sam Milkshakes – Drink It Like...Read More
Last night at the Port Lincoln Hotel, eighteen Port Lincoln High School students (fifteen pictured here) graduated from the ten-week Youth Opportunities program before a large crowd of supportive family, friends and PLHS staff. Youth Opportunities is a positive empowerment program which provides tools and strategies to help enable young people to overcome challenges, reach their...Read More
After learning about the structure of DNA molecules, my Year 10 Science students were asked to make representative models using lollies and pasta. They had to include a phosphate, a deoxyribose sugar and a nitrogen base to make up nucleotides, which are the building blocks of DNA. ~ Mrs Lyn Hosking (Science Teacher)Read More
On a very wintry Monday June 25th, a group of Port Lincoln High School students travelled to Tumby Bay to compete in a 5-a-side Soccer Carnival. We played against teams from St. Joseph’s School, Cummins Area School, Tumby Bay Area School and Navigator College. Our boys came first (out of eight teams), whilst the girls also...Read More
Adopt-a-barra Update Thank you once again for participating in our Adopt-a-Barra program. The barramundi are coming along very well and some have reached a size of over 500 grams. We the Yr 11 aquaculture students; are pleased to inform you that we have tagged your adopted son (barramundi are all males) with a special I.D....Read More
The 2018 Rotary Port Lincoln Community Bank Science and Engineering Challenge was staged earlier today inside Navigator College’s Mangiri Centre. PLHS sent another talented and determined squad of Year 10 (and 9) Science students to compete against other school teams from across the EP. This wonderful annual event – an outreach program delivered by the...Read More
