St John the Evangelist Catholic High School Nowra eNewsletter

COMMUNITY NOTICES

University of Wollongong

The University of Wollongong would like to invite your students to LEARNING LABS, an academic enrichment holiday program. We are targeting students from Year 7 to 10 during 2019, who are passionate, self-motivated and curious learners.

Dates: 10- 12 July, 2019

Venue: University of Wollongong (Wollongong campus)

Applications close: 29 May 2019

LEARNING LABS program brochure

APPLICATION PROCESS

Students can be encouraged to apply by their school, classroom teacher, subject specialist teachers from school or out-of-school or by their parents. If a school-based professional is identifying a potential student they will supply them with a Teacher Nomination Letter
Parents/Guardians/student visit our website and read the full list of workshops available by selecting the blue button relevant to their child’s age group.
Parents/Guardians/student (or school if parent/guardian is unable to) fill out the online application form.
One piece of supporting documentation for first time applicants is required that demonstrates their ability (see 'Supporting Documentation' section on website). Please note that the Teacher Nomination Letters can be used as a supporting document.

We will also have several sponsorship places available for students who identify as Australian Aboriginal/Torres Strait or students experiencing financial difficulty.

For further information about workshops and the application process please visit our website, or contact the Learning Labs team via email at learning-labs@uow.edu.au or phone on (02) 4221 5557.

LOGO COMPETITION

The Illawarra Mercury in conjunction with Cycling Australia and Destination Wollongong are running the 'Take Wollongong to the World' Logo Competition - an opportunity to design the official logo for the 2022 UCI Road World Cycling Championships (one of the biggest sporting events in the world) to be held in Wollongong.

The overall prize for the winning entry is valued at over $20,000 (which is open to all), but there is also a specific schools prize, which involves Cycling Australia bringing international cyclists to the school to conduct a skills clinic for your students for the day. (Please note: The competition is based on a Wollongong event but is open to ALL students in the Diocese).

Here is a link to the Mercury story: https://bit.ly/2W3eC6E

The following links provide all the information needed for the competition, too:

Entry form: https://bit.ly/2LShuQj

Design guidelines: https://bit.ly/2Hjvahs (pdf also attached to this email)

Terms and conditions: https://bit.ly/2VjuMo0 (pdf also attached to this email)

If possible, I'd love to be able to organise a media story for a school out of this to showcase some of the great imagination, creativity and talent (and support for art) in our schools... so if any teachers do want to take up this opportunity as a class (and for example, do an art class spent on designing the logo or experimenting with ideas) or you have a couple of talented students who will jump on this opportunity that we can do a story on to feature them, please let me know as soon as possible and we can look into organising some possible media coverage this term.The competitin closes on June 28.