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Churchie

Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 3896 2200

Address: Oaklands Parade 4169 Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.churchie.com.au

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24.01.2022 Congratulations to Quan, Garry and Eric on winning the state finals of the Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers Year 7/8 Maths Quiz. https://www.churchie.com.au/news-and-even//maths-champions

23.01.2022 Good luck to all boys participating in GPS sports this weekend. Catch the following games on live stream: Football First XI https://youtu.be/FfU_QaO11WY Football Second XI https://youtu.be/bZzrLzFryWA Football Third XI https://youtu.be/LoT1h_Py0AE... Rugby First XV gps1stxvrugby.com/ Basketball First V https://www.youtube.com//UCasqFk7kRSRmyfHCiyZdGCQ/featured See more

23.01.2022 Last week, the CART2020 season came to an impressive conclusion with the opening of the IB Exhibition and announcement of the 2020 awards. Congratulations to Ben, Jordan, Riley, Cale, Tao, Connor and Rupert on their achievements.

21.01.2022 Year 4 recently visited St Helena island, a former high-security prison in Moreton Bay.

21.01.2022 As part of NAIDOC Week celebrations, the Prep School welcomed Reconciliation Action Plan Coordinator for our Anglican Diocese Aunty Sandra King, Aboriginal artist Ms Wendy Rix, and Madonna, Nick, Arron and Ashley from Nyanda Cultural Tours.

21.01.2022 Years 2 and 3 boys have enjoyed exploring the new adventure playground at lunchtime.

20.01.2022 Years 8 and 9 GPA Improvement Award recipients were recognised at Headmasters Assembly last week. Congratulations, boys!

20.01.2022 Year 11 Visual Art students recently completed an authentic experience, working through multiple workshops informed by different artists and mediums. This experience provides a springboard for students to develop an inquiry for the bodies of work they create in Year 12.

19.01.2022 The Nansen House Year 11 cohort organised a paddle to battle youth mental health to raise awareness of RUOK?. The overall message taken away from the talks on the water was, As a house, we need to create an environment in which we can talk about our mental health. Owen Douglas

19.01.2022 Join Headmaster Dr Alan Campbell and Head of Preparatory School Mr Mark Wyer for a tour of the Preparatory School campus on Tuesday 24 November. Bookings are essential as limited spaces are available. https://www.churchie.com.au//school-tou/headmaster-s-tours

18.01.2022 Churchie Boarding is on the road! Director of Boarding Jason Wynne-Markham is visiting families throughout Queensland. Follow him via Twitter for updates: https://twitter.com/acgsboarding

18.01.2022 Chess success! Our primary chess team has taken out the National Primary Open title at the National Interschool Chess Championship, with our secondary team coming second in the Premier Open Secondary division. Congratulations, boys!

17.01.2022 Congratulations to Will, Addison, Caelan and Bill, who were the overall state champions of the online Queensland Middle School Ethics Olympiad. The boys will contest the Australian finals next year.

16.01.2022 Virtual CART is live! While the experience of our art awards showcase is different this year, youll still be blown away by the depth and creativity of the work. Well done all! The Year 12 QCE exhibition was launched today and can be viewed on our website. Also follow Churchie Art on Instagram for updates. https://www.churchie.com.au/news-and-events/cart/year-12-qce

16.01.2022 Churchie has reached Burketown! Director of Boarding Jason Wynne-Markham is currently on the road visiting Churchie Boarding families throughout Queensland. Enjoy some highlights from his trip so far.

16.01.2022 Year 5 boys were recently challenged with designing and building a timer that would accurately measure one minute during a recent science investigation day as part of their unit of inquiry, How the world works.

16.01.2022 Well done to our Years 10, 11 and 12 GPA Improvement Award recipients.

15.01.2022 Congratulations to our Year 3 Accelerated Readers who received honours awards last week.

15.01.2022 Although the annual CBCA Readers Cup competition was unable to go ahead this year, our Year 6 team still went ahead and competed against each other. Congratulations to Kevin, who took out first prize and won a book voucher.

15.01.2022 In the 250th anniversary year of Beethovens birth, 130 Churchie boys came together during the School at Home period earlier this year to perform his masterpiece, An Ode to Joy Festival. Enjoy the final result, which is thanks to the Music Support Group!

14.01.2022 Curiosity changes our world! Enjoy a sneak peek of PYPXYear 6 Primary Years Programme Exhibition. Tomorrow, Year 6 boys will be sharing their work with their parents.

13.01.2022 The 2020 CART Emerging Artists Awards celebrate and recognise our talented students from Years 7 to 10.

13.01.2022 Ahead of the final GPS round this weekend, two of our Year 12 First XV players reflect on their journey through the school and the sport. George Stoddart and Sam Farrar were interviewed by Andrew Dawson for The Courier-Mail online (subscriber only content).

13.01.2022 Our new Prep School building is taking shape, with the roof structure placed this afternoon. This will be home to Year 3, Visual Art and an exciting discovery space. If you want to see a preview of the finished building, visit https://www.churchie.com.au/com/foundation/current-projects

13.01.2022 The Goodwin and Gerald House dinners provided boarding families with the opportunity to reflect on the year and celebrate the achievements and efforts of our boarding students.

12.01.2022 Below is a selection of images taken by Churchie Photography students throughout the year. They recently had the opportunity to visit the historical Boggo Road Gaol to exercise a wide variety of photographic techniques and principles.

11.01.2022 Yesterday's Year 11 and Year 6 war cry is still echoing around Magnus Quad.

11.01.2022 Congratulations, Declan! Declan Fletcher is one of several Year 12s featured in this video, showing the moment they learned discovered their 99.95 (highest possible) ATAR.

10.01.2022 A profile on Churchies GPS Basketball programme in The Courier Mail (subscription required). Director of Basketball Trent Goodrick outlines the reasons for the sports rise to success over the past decade.

10.01.2022 Good luck to our boys tomorrow as they take on Toowoomba Grammar. Catch the following games on live stream: Basketball First V, 1.30 pm https://youtu.be/1m5Of7IPWTE Football First XI, 12.15 pm https://youtu.be/J-Dy7tPf92M Football Second XI, 10.30 am https://youtu.be/uWK7Ol0VYVQ Football Third XI, 9.15 am https://youtu.be/UeCL4ZIu7x0... Rugby First XV, 3 pm gps1stxvrugby.com/ See more

10.01.2022 Churchie's Track and Field team produced an outstanding 43 personal bests at this year's GPS Track and Field Championshipsa great effort by all!

09.01.2022 Enjoy some highlights from this year's Playfest production of 'Charlie Pilgrim (or a beginner’s guide to time travel)'.

08.01.2022 The Churchie community is invited to join a new social volleyball competition. It will be held Monday evenings, commencing 12 October. Years 7 to 12 students, Old Boys, staff and Churchie parents (males and females) welcome. View the flyer for further details: https://www.churchie.com.au//Churchie-Network-Volleyball-2

07.01.2022 Due to the current border restrictions, some of our NSW families were sadly unable to attend the boarding house dinners last week. However, six boarding parents held their own Gerald House dinner at home at Yamala, Delungra, NSW and zoomed in on the main dinner at Churchie. Emma, one of the parents, contacted our Chartwells site manager, Joost, who was kind enough to share the menu and photos of the food so she could replicate the dinner at home.

07.01.2022 Last year we followed the boys of 2019 through their PYP Exhibition journey, from the early provocations through to exhibition day, and produced this short video. They did such fantastic work, and we look forward to seeing what the Year 6 2020 boys have in store for us.

06.01.2022 Henry, Connor, Charlie, William and the ensemble performed selections from Be the hero and Out there on the road, accompanied by the Big Fish Band and Musical Director Ms Sarah Landis at last weeks Headmasters Assembly. The cancelled 2020 Churchie Somerville House musical was due to be performed in May.

06.01.2022 Today at 11 am, the School paused to observe Remembrance Day, gathering before the Old Boys’ Memorial on The Flat, which commemorates the 119 Old Boys and staff who made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. Lest we forget.

05.01.2022 A day of friendly (but serious) competition to finish the termPrep School Billy Cart GP and Senior School Inter-House Carnival.

04.01.2022 Year 6 students had a great time at their Outdoor Education camp on the Noosa North Shore.

04.01.2022 Year 5 boys had a great time at their Noosa North Shore camp last week.

03.01.2022 A great morning view from Goodwin House. Housemaster James Thorpe.

02.01.2022 Uncle Boomerang from Burragun Aboriginal Cultural Services visited Year 5 and spoke about how his culture is communicated in many ways through language, stories, songs, dances, games, ceremonies, daily life and art.

02.01.2022 Years 7 to 9 students in the Aquila programme recently studied one of Australias most loved and infamous paintings, Jackson Pollocks Blue Poles. They investigated the physics of the notion of viscosity in regards to the paint, the mathematics of the fractals behind Pollocks painting, the artistic techniques and methods behind the work, the historical and political context of the paintings controversial acquisition by the Whitlam government and the economic valuation of art.

02.01.2022 Earlier this week, our Prep School students had the opportunity to show their parents the art they have created throughout the year at the Prep School Art Exhibition.

01.01.2022 Years 4 and 5 students visited the Senior School to experience a walk and talk of CART 2020.

01.01.2022 Year 9 recently held a touch football competition, with Gerald House securing the win in the grand final.