Gazette January 2022
“ Tudor House students have become renowned for their ability to speak in front of an audience at a young age. It is a life skill to which we are especially dedicated so that no matter what pathway a student chooses, their ability to communicate will help them stand out and achieve.”
Tudor House Our unique regional campus of The King’s School, Tudor House, is one of twenty International Baccalaureate schools in NSW. Our students enjoy a daily dose of ‘more green and less screen’ on 169 acres, where the BMX track and renowned Kahiba outdoor education program are favourite activities. Throughout 2021, our curriculum built on King’s pillars of Academic Excellence, Character Development and Christian Community through diverse activities, from authoring books to figuring out how to cure disease.
Individual actions can change the world Year 4 students felt a real-world connection to the work of University of Wollongong researchers who gave them an up-close and personal account of how they unlock the secrets of motor neurone disease to develop therapeutic strategies to help sufferers. “Students love to know how things work. They always ask ‘Why?’ and ‘How?’ Learning about issues – in this case an illness – from experts trying to come up with a solution reinforces the central idea that individuals can use their skills, knowledge and creativity to solve everyday problems,” teacher Kathryn Lonze says. It had a special significance this year with the world relying on science to rescue us from the grip of a health pandemic.
A good talker must learn to listen The hotly contested annual Public Speaking Competition is a highlight of our community and did not disappoint, despite being conducted on Zoom. From exploring nicknames, through defining female astronauts, to the importance of resilience, our students entertained the King’s community for hours. George Bernard Shaw said: “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place”. Tudor House students have become renowned for their ability to speak in front of an audience at a young age. It is a life skill to which we are especially dedicated so that no matter what pathway a student chooses, their ability to communicate will help them stand out and achieve.
Congratulations to all the participants, finalists and winners:
Kindergarten: 1st: Hudson Philby (Soccer) 2nd: Lily Lees (Female Astronauts) 3rd: Grace Hoskins (Bees)
Year 1: 1st: Valley Meyerson (Education is a Privilege) 2nd: Greta Oates (My Favourite Holidays) 3rd: Teddy Rogers (Dinosaurs)
Year 2: 1st: Wilbur Young (Snakes) 2nd: Chelsea Trudgeon (All About Me) 3rd: Sienna Takla (If I Were Principal)
Year 3: 1st: Amelia Hartwright (Parents) 2nd: Harry Meyerson (What Kind of Person Are You?) 3rd: Axel Pennington (Tom Brady)
Year 4: 1st: Edward Leahy (Nicknames) 2nd: Eliza Oates (The Olympic Games) 3rd: Isabel Elliot (What Life Will Be Like in the Future)
Year 5: 1st: Soraya Rennie (Why Tudor House is Not Really a King’s School) 2nd: Charlie Truman (Douglas Mawson) 3rd: Theodore Hennessy (Excuses)
Year 6: 1st: Harry Leahy (Resilience) 2nd: Annabelle Barlow (Covid) 3rd: George Manka (Why You Shouldn’t Clean Your Room)
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