After all the hard work and effort that the cast and crew had contributed we didn’t want to see it all go to waste. With a time frame of five days we decided “the show must go on” in a sense. With the full support of staff, students and parents we were able to pull some magic strings and run a full day rehearsal/ performance with amazing costumes and mountains of energy.
The cast was so excited to have the opportunity to perform and were very grateful to our Headmaster Mr Craig Bassingthwaighte and other members of staff who spared their time throughout the day to provide a small audience for the students.
A huge thank you must go to Head of the Junior School, Rebecca Collie who without her support, this amazing opportunity would not be possible. She has helped to make our dreams come true, when we wished hard enough.
Thank you to the cast, crew, production team, backstage and entire company for your hard work putting this show together. It has been a joy to watch the students develop their skills and a lot of fun! Their enthusiasm and energy is our inspiration.
We worked out what size we needed by trying them on ... “Tight is not the right one.”
We looked for puddles ... “Puddles have water, if it’s only mud it’s not a real puddle” … “ because you can’t splash in just mud!”
Is this a short boot or tall boot puddle ... “I’ll try! If water comes in it’s too deep!” … “ we can measure with a stick” or “stick your hand in.”
Maybe both ... “It’s not coming in! If we jump it will!”
And then we cleaned up because …”mud is stinky.”
We’ve explored the concept of change and how it influences our character, our connections and our relationships. Change has been a very fitting concept to explore this term!
Most importantly, we built a creative word MOUNTAIN to extend and up level our vocabulary.
The symptoms of Corona blues are: difficulty in smiling, avoidance of eye contact, reluctance to converse, and suspicion towards other shoppers.
At home, isolated with family, it shows itself in easy irritation, snappiness, the endless “whys” from small children, “I hate living in this family” from teenagers and the semi-silent harrumphs from mums, dads and other carers.
Here is the Chaplain’s prescription to stave off the Corona blues:
At least three times an hour (and include your eyes), and especially when you pass a stranger.
Lift them from your shopping or your work regularly and look for something lovely and heartening around you.
Sprinkle positive speech into all your chats, physical and electronic. Reinforce this by minimising the negativity in your conversations so as to not reinfect yourself.
Be proactive in kindness: allow people to go before you at checkouts, bring your neighbour’s bin in from the kerb, offer to drop milk, bread, etc. at the door of elderly neighbours (this can all be done while easily maintaining social distance and hand washing/sanitiser protocols).
Together at home add to the above.
Needs to be liberally practiced every day. It seems the more we love each other and the more cooped up we are, the more we irritate each other. It’s natural, but patience is the antidote.
This is preventative medicine. Nearly every family member does things that irritate other family members, and often they are insignificant and require a tiny effort to fix. Children, pick up your dirty clothes and put them in the laundry. Teenagers, hang the wet towel on the bathroom rail, and turn the music down. Dads, stop hogging the remote (or the best TV). Mums, you don’t have to do anything, you’re perfect.
The fastest path to the Corona blues is to constantly look inwards. The cure for the blues is to look beyond yourself to a person or a system that promises and delivers hope and comfort. For me, as a Christian, it is God who expressed His love in His Son, Jesus. In the College we have many Christians, but we also have many families with a wide variety of faith perspectives. Whatever yours is, take some time everyday to meditate on the hope it promises you and take in the comfort it offers you.
A school with no students; a pub with no beer. The shelves are now empty; there’s nobody here. We seemed so connected but now stay apart, After this year we will need a new start.
Classes are shifting, we’re going online, So just stay the course till Corona’s benign. The subjects are constant with some rearranged, But out of the ether, our service has changed.
We’re in it together, so please wash your hands, Stay distant from others and watch where you stand. A strong Spartan outlook will help us get through, For during this crisis we’ll have to make do.
And after it’s over and all‘s said and done, We’ll get back to normal and start having fun. So while we are waiting and keeping our nerve, Look to the future and flatten the curve.
Goals Australia offered a unique five aside sporting experience for everyone to enjoy. It is safe, fully enclosed and floodlit, and features an all-weather 4G synthetic turf pitch.
In this first edition from the Schools 5 Cup, Somerset competed with Southport State High (who had three teams registered), Keebra Park and Foxwell College. After playing each opponent one time, we ended first in the league table. The team played a total five games between 9.00am and 12.00noon. After completing the group stage, the boys had a well-deserved lunch break.
Ending in the first group, meant playing in the Semi-finals verse Keebra Park. We started well creating many opportunities but the ball didn’t want to go in. It was Keebra who scored the first goal. But we continued creating opportunities and moved the ball around quickly. We made some great goals to go on and win 7 to 2.
After playing the Semi-finals, Southport State High School was waiting for us in the final. After beating Southport in the group stage, we knew they were ready for revenge. It showed when they scored two goals in the first half and took an early lead. Somerset underestimated its opponent. In half time we spoke and asked ourselves what our objective was? As discussed in the morning, we wanted to bring the Trophy to Somerset. In the second half we improved and showed some class scoring three goals. The final score was 3 to 2 to Somerset.
Well done to Alex Benson, Harry Mackintosh, Carter Dennings, Jayden McLean, Patrick Colville, Augustine Charisiou, Leo and Charlie Razack.
If any questions, please contact the coordinator of Football and Futsal: mdekruijf@somerset.qld.edu.au
CLICK HERE to check out our new-look Basketball Schoolbox Page, and meet Spartan Steve, who will be challenging you to workout while in isolation!
Lots of new stuff including some great things to keep your basketball brain busy, and have some fun competing against friends in drills while at home using HomeCourt mobile app!
Some new things on this page that you MUST CHECK OUT!
Stay tuned for more videos coming soon showing:
Thanks, and can't wait to get back into the swing of things!
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Furthermore, we found that beeswax wraps are beneficial to those wanting to become more eco-friendly as they are sustainable, natural, and have antibacterial properties.
It was a really fun process when we were producing our wax wraps and packaging, while learning a lot of new skills. To create the design for our wraps we used a program called Adobe Illustrator. This program allowed us to create any design we wanted from cute fruit designs to mandalas to even pictures of our favourite band. We then printed our design and used the sublimation technique to transfer our design onto cotton.
In order to coat the cotton with beeswax, we applied hot wax onto the cotton, then spread it evenly using the heat press and a brush. After producing our beeswax wraps, we created sustainable packaging on Adobe Illustrator which was then printed using the laser-cutter. Completing our products was very rewarding and has definitely inspired many students to be more sustainable in our everyday lives.
The excursion began with a bus ride to The Barracks in Brisbane. The first part of our agenda was to watch a French film titled, Roxane whilst soaking up the language and being captivated by a storyline about a hen and a farmer with theatre talent! After watching the hilarious film, we went to the restaurant Moda for lunch.
During lunch, a competition arose as to who could go the longest without speaking English. Of course, the almighty Year 12s reigned supreme. The delicious food and trying to speak French created a joyous atmosphere that we all enjoyed immensely. Although we sometimes struggled to understand each other, speaking in French throughout the whole excursion was a great learning experience. We are all appreciative for the amazing excursion.
Many thanks to Mrs Forsythe and Ms Morel for making this excursion possible.
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