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Swimming Carnival Senior School
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It was lovely weather for ducks at the start of the year – and swimming! Senior School students participated in their Swimming Carnival, which was held at Sydney Olympic Park.
Red Shield Appeal Whole School
Junior and Senior girls volunteered their time for the Salvation Army’s annual Red Shield Appeal. The students spent the day at Bridgepoint Shopping Centre collecting donations for the Salvation Army’s many services and programs that help those in need.
Drama is Back! Senior School
Our Senior Production took to the stage to perform The Wolves over 4 sold out nights. A play by Sarah Delappe, The Wolves centres on the experiences, emotions and lives of high school girls through their weekly Saturday morning pre-game soccer warmups. Well done to performers, crew and staff who helped bring Queenwood Theatre back with a bang!
Eco Warriors Unite! Junior School
The Junior School Eco Warriors hosted a Clean Up Australia morning. Students Ella, Sasha, Natalia, Ines, Eden (Year 6), Waverly and Abby (Year 3) and Sarah (Year 1) braved the cold and rain for a few hours as they picked up hard plastic, styrofoam, fishing lures, soy sauce plastic fish, plastic bottles, shoes, balloons, cans, plastic cups, lollipop sticks, tennis balls and more, to help make the area safer for our wildlife and for future generations.
Qantas Airways introduced a roundthe-world air service from Australia to London.
The Cahill Expressway in Sydney opened, the first true freeway in Australia.
The ANZAC Day Act 1958 received Royal Assent, making ANZAC Day (25 April) a national public holiday in Australia.
Bobby Fischer, 14 years old at the time, wins the United States Chess Championship.
The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) opened in Sydney.
Above: As there was no curricular Drama program offered at Queenwood in 1958, pupils produced their own productions during lunch and after school. In 1958 The Importance of Being Ernest was produced and performed entirely by students (from left) D. Thompson, B. Lusted, A Plomley, N. Pizzey, M. Lindsey (aka ‘Dotty’), E. Durham, A. Dobrowolska (aka A. Volska), S. Jeffrey & J. Whistler.
