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Whitsunday Anglican School

Locality: Mackay, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 4969 2000

Address: 2-16 Celeber Drive 4740 Mackay, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.was.qld.edu.au

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25.01.2022 A glorious morning heralded the start of the new format of the Junior School House Athletics carnival with the introduction of Year 5 and Year 6. Our You Can Do It! Foundations came to the fore with persistence and confidence highlighted in our running, having-a-go, jumping, throwing, competing and participation. Traditional events such as sprints, discus, shot put, long and high jump along with egg and spoon races completed a wonderful morning of involvement from our youngest kindergarten students to our Year 6 leaders. Eventually, once participation in all the events had been counted, Charles House came out on top as the 2020 Junior School House Athletics champions.

25.01.2022 The cheering was loud, the effort was terrific: our Preparatory to Year 6 students gathered in their Sports House groups to compete in the Junior School House Ball games. Just as with our House Athletics carnival, this is a moment in the School’s history with our first Preparatory Year to Year 6 Ball Games. After a very close tussle it was Trinity who came from behind to clinch the 2020 trophy.

24.01.2022 Outdoor Education Week - Kindergarten Kindy had an awesome trip to the Botanic Gardens Yesterday. They saw the enormous carpet python, played on the play ground and saw a spectacular Ulysses butterfly.

24.01.2022 Outdoor Education Week - Year 10 Plenty of fun and adventure has been taking place at the Year 10 Outdoor Education Week. Have a look at what they have been up to

21.01.2022 The Kindergarten children had a visitor this week for their end-of-year celebrationsthe children sang Christmas songs and also received a small gift from Santa.

21.01.2022 Outdoor Education Week - Preparatory Year Today, Preps were beach goers. We started with an exciting bus ride to the start of Sandfly Creek Walk which we followed until we reached Iluka Park. Town Beach was our next port where mermaids, pirates and town planners were aplenty. To finish our adventure we explored all the playground had to offer.

20.01.2022 The twelfth annual Splendour in the Arts has cemented its place in history as being our very first ONLINE celebration of the Arts. ‘Splendour Online’ features artworks from students from Kindergarten right through to Year 12, along with a range of musical and dramatic performances from students involved in our Co-curricular Arts Program. You can view our online Splendour in the Arts Exhibition at your leisure, from November 23 through to December 7, 2020 by visiting: https://arts.was.qld.edu.au

20.01.2022 Outdoor Education Week - Preparatory Year Our Preparatory children were crazy with excitement with a visit from Mad Animal Addiction farm. It was a cuteness overload.

19.01.2022 Yesterday, our students received a visit from the RSDC and participated in the YOL1000 project which is a collaborative initiative between RSDC, Mackay Regional Council, and other key partners, aiming to effect change for young people living in the Mackay Region. The project involves engaging with 1000 young people from across the region to enable them to share their experiences of growing up in Mackay.

18.01.2022 Outdoor Education Week - Year 1 On Thursday, Year 1 students visited the Mackay Botanic Gardens. We looked carefully to find birds, insects and different sizes and shapes of leaves. Students returned to school at 5:30pm for the highlight activity of the week- Year 1 Sleepover. After a chapel service with Reverend Janet and pizza for dinner, everyone settled in for a peaceful night’s sleep in Ron Bourne Hall.... On Friday morning, after a delicious breakfast in the boarder’s dining room, students returned to their classroom. A visit from Mackay Recycling Centre taught everyone about the importance of recycling and which items can be recycled at home.

17.01.2022 Outdoor Education Week - Year 3 Our Year 3 campers put their knot tying and creative skills to work designing and building rafts. We launched our creations in the upper reaches of the Proserpine River with great fanfare.

16.01.2022 Congratulations to Year 8 student, Dylan Itzstein, who has been offered a position at Full Company Level in two upcoming BCYB productions - Alice In Wonderland in Brisbane (Jan 2021) and The Snow Queen at the Gold Coast (June 2021). This is his 5th year performing with BCYB, most recently performing the lead male role of ‘Joe’ in The Magic Faraway Tree in 2020. He will also perform the role of ‘Romeo’ in Creative Company Z’s contemporary dance production of Romeo & Juliet in April 2021. Recently, Dylan travelled to Sunshine Coast for Get The Beat Dance Finals, where he was crowned Mr Get The Beat Junior. He has also recently competed in the Front & Centre National Dance Finals, winning the Overall Elite Aggregate Award for his age level.

15.01.2022 Outdoor Education Week - Year 10 It's the final day of Outdoor Education Week for Year 10 students. Below is a picture of the kayaks for the students, for their paddle home. The other is group 2 on their Great Whitsunday Walk yesterday.

12.01.2022 Outdoor Education Week - Year 3 Day 3 of the Year 3 Outdoor Education Week saw the students hike to the Faust Dam and Lake Proserpine. The students discussed the construction of the dam and drafted their observations.

11.01.2022 Looking for something to do on the holidays? 1. Dirty Duathlon Training Event #1 - Sat 26 September 2. Mini Kids Dirty Duathlon Training Event #1 - Sat 26 September 3. Kids Adventure Clinic - Level 1 - Mon 28 September 4. Kids Adventure Clinic - Level 2 - Wed 30 September... 5. ZACH MACH Mackay Adventure Challenge and MINI MACH 2020 - Sat 3 October See more

10.01.2022 Outdoor Education Week - Year 3 Team work, cooperation, supporting our team mates and fun were the order of the morning of day 2 for our Year 3 campers.

08.01.2022 Queensland Basketball Under 12 Titles in Townsville 28 Sep - 1 Oct Congratulations to the following: Division 1 Girls Meteorettes (top div) - took out the gold (best in all Queensland), Isabel Smith was part of the team.... Division 1 Boys Meteors - Archie Cruse: finished 7th in Queensland. Division 2 Boys Comets - Oliver Haynes, Zane Reid, Jude Novosel finished 4th in the state. Played off for bronze. The coach was Tiana Pompey. Division 2 Boys Stars - Flynn Cruse and Nash Novosel. Finished 13th in Queensland. Division 2 Girls Comets - Tatenda Kuveya was part of the team. There were some tough matches but they put up a very worthy fight in every single match.

07.01.2022 Our Year 4 students recreated the Nativity, as they and our Year 6 students led our annual Junior School Christmas Service. The students prepared for the Service throughout last week with our wonderful Reverend Janet Story. And to make the Service even more special, the Junior School community once again demonstrated their generosity at this time of the year with wonderful food and gift donations that were handed over to Mr John Langford from AngliCARE.

06.01.2022 Outdoor Education Week - Year 6 Have a look at some more pictures of what the Year 6, boat number 2 students have been up to! Some amazing animal life was spotted by Year 6 including a very large grouper and some sea turtles.

06.01.2022 The Little Bird Postcard Project A number of Whitsunday Anglican School students participated in The Little Bird Postcard Project that is a global community-based collaborative art project. All artworks will be exhibited here in Mackay during the month of October at the Jubilee Community Centre (near the MECC) before travelling to Emerald and then on to Biloela and other regional centres.... Have a look at some of the students work

05.01.2022 Each year the Junior School community rallies to raise funds for the Heart Foundation. In a twofold effort, the students spend the term learning to skip or enhancing their skipping abilities while also raising awareness about the need to keep our heart healthy. At the end of Term 3 we gather for our own ‘jump off’ for Jump Rope for Heart. Once again our very generous and supportive Junior School community has donated and raised in excessive of $4000 towards important research and developments against heart disease and stroke in Australia.

04.01.2022 The 2020 Whitsunday Anglican School Formal has kicked off! Don’t they all look amazing! #waspride #wasformal

04.01.2022 Outdoor Education Week - Year 6 Year 6 enjoyed a day of activities at Big 4 Resort. We made friends with the animals at the animal park. Staff from the park organised activities for the day. Students enjoyed sand art, mini olympics, a resort themed scavenger hunt, mini golf tournament and chalk murals. One final session at the water park followed by a movie night rounded out a full day.

03.01.2022 Outdoor Education Week - Year 2 & 4 The day was finally here, it was time for the annual, Halliday Bay, Year 2 & 4 Beach Olympics. The children enjoyed some great events like Catch the Seagull, Flipper Walk, Hula Hoop Twirl and Bucket Fill. It was nice to see some siblings reunite and participating together throughout the morning. Year 4 then enjoyed a swim in the enclosure, followed by a sandcastle building competition. Throughout the afternoon we played some Beach Volleyball, Tennis, Cricket and Soccer around the resort and finished our day with stealth games and a birthday treat for Saskia. Happy Birthday Saskia!

01.01.2022 Each year Education Perfect offers a world-wide competition in Mathematics which gives students the opportunity to compete mathematically with other students around the world. The Maths championships took place this year during the first week in September. A number of students from Whitsunday Anglican school took part in the competition, which saw the School placing first in Queensland, 8th in Australia and 17th globally. ... On an individual note, Manojavam Masabattula, Year 7, finished 3rd globally, answering an astounding 44,000 questions over the course of the week. This resulted in him winning an individual prize of $250.

01.01.2022 Outdoor Education Week - Year 4 Another adventurous day at Halliday Bay. After a rainy start to the day, the Year 4 Children headed to the beach for a morning of fishing with MRFA. We were lucky enough to catch a number of fish, for some, it was their first ever. The afternoon was a hive of activity back at base camp with some art and craft activities. The children made some instruments to play in the evening at our music night, whilst others enjoyed creating some beautiful beach art. We are looking forward to a visit from our Year 2 friends tomorrow and the annual Halliday Bay Beach Olympics.