Congratulations to Emmanuella (St Thomas Apostle College) and Sophia (St Michael’s Catholic College) who on Wednesday 4th March were successful in their applications for BASET Pioneer Awards allowing them to join Canberra Grammar School for four weeks this summer. Louise, Director of BASET, said “The Britain Australia Society Education Trust is thrilled to support these deserving young women and would love to support more applicants for 2021. For more information please see www.britain-australia.org.uk/baset“

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The SSLP Street Photography competition is hurtling towards the fifth and final theme in March. The winners of January’s Structure round have been announced as Bertie (student), Hari (staff) and Lily (junior). Entries for the fourth round Anything with Wheels must be submitted by Saturday 29th February, we are expecting composition to play a key role in the story telling.

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One of our students certainly has a reason to celebrate this half term, as her design was picked by furniture designer Tom Faulkner as the winner in our Take A Seat Competition. Anne-Elizabeth from St Saviour’s & St Olave’s School now has her very own chair which Tom described as “true to her original art-deco concept” and “both practical and beautiful”.

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Part 2 of our EXCLUSIVE Professional Learning Trio took place on 29th January. Those in attendance shared their experiences of using Live Marking, Self & Peer Evaluation and Conferencing. They have made contacts with other teachers and are in the process of arranging observational visits. Registration is now open for the third and final session on Wednesday 23rd March.

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Congratulations to the recent SSLP competition winners.
Juliana from JAGS was named as the winning student for her entry in the Entrances and Exits round of the Street Photography Competition, with Eleanor a close 2nd and Jamie submitting the winning staff entry. Congratulations to Florence, Ludo, Isabel, Elodie, Lorcan and Alex whose physics essays have won them each a place at this summer’s Particle Physics School hosted at CERN.

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‘Entrances & Exits.’

We had 36 photographs entered in the second round of the
2019-20 SSLP Street Photography Competition. 
The guest judges this month were from RichardClive and Partner. All the photographs are viewed ‘blind’, as the judges only know the first name of the photographer.

Juliana – 1st place student
JAGS
“We [RichardClive] liked the tension of something about to happen and the initial confusion over whether it is another person or a reflection in Juliana’s picture. We were also impressed with the colour balance which is often difficult to achieve and the blurring that adds to the active motion the picture instils.”

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