2013 School Magazine

ATH E N E At hene has once again concluded after a year of intense debate and discussion. A group of Year 11 and Year 12 students, combined with the boys from next door. met regularly to discuss issues of scient f'c. ph 10sophical and ethical importance Each Year 12 At henian spent time rigorously researching a topic of his or her choice to present to the group. After listening to each paper, everyone was invited to share opinions in an open discussion session. This year we had a particularly vocal group GWEN HA^?WOOD ,^;^OC ETY Why I like The Gwen Harwood Creative Writing Society I love participating in Gwennies because you can spend time with your friends while you are improving your writing skills Xiaoning (9W) Participating in the Gwen Harwood Society is a fun. low-pressure way to improve your writing skills Maddie (9H) I have improved my writing so much since joining Gwennies. I really like the relaxed and fun atmosphere of the society Rosie (9W) I like Gwen Harwood because I can write stories and it can't be considered procrastination Kelly (9W)

with everyone, including the Year IIS, presenting thoughtful and insightful comments

Across the year over tea and brownies we discussed topics ranging from religion in Australia to what it means to be a Good Samaritan. Other papers considered compulsory organ donations, media and privacy, and the ethics of advertising aimed at children. Each get-together was always highly anticipated and it proved to be a very successful and rewarding year

ANNABELLE GANK0 12 GRIFFITH PRESIDENT

QUT ACCOUNTING IN HIGH ^^^CHOOL^ The OUT Accounting in High Schools programme is run by the Queensland University of Technology and allows Year 12 students to complete the first-year subject of the Bachelor of Business Degree course. This course interested me because I enjoy accounting and I wanted to see if this was something that I would want to study full-time at university it also gave me a taste of what 'university life' would be like. which I really enjoyed. This year. three of us in Year 12 completed the course successfully: Randima Perera <12L), Abbey Sugrue (12W) and Ellen Dopking (120) CPIctured)

WHY I W!?ITE. ... - WRITING GIVES ME A SENSE OF FREEDOM YEAR 125TUDENT - I LIKE BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OUTCOME OF EVENTS. YEAR 85TUDENT BEING IN CONTROL 15 GREAT, MANIPULATING THE WORDS AND STORYLiNE I CAN Do 50

MANY FUN THINGS! YEAR 9 TUDENT

The Accounting in High Schools course is very self-directed, with students only attending university lectures six times over the period of six months: five of these lectures are with other high school students completing the programme, and one is a 'real' lecture with other university students I found this quite different to school as there is no teacher to check up on you to make sure that you are up to speed and understand everything. At first. I had trouble with time management, because I had to do all my school work as well as the extra accounting. Even though it was slightly stressful at times, I enjoyed the experience very much and would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone who was interested

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