Literacy Enrichment - Get Involved!
What is ‘Literacy Enrichment’ at SJRC?
It’s opportunities in and out of SJRC that enrich students’ understanding of and experience with media, film, reading, writing, and language in general. It’s excursions, festivals, writing, debating and public speaking competitions, and live performance.
Check us out at - SJRC Literacy Enrichment
In the SJRC Literacy Enrichment Spotlight
- Are you in Year 10 or older and need a creative outlet?
- Then share your story with ABC’s Heywire!
- What Do I Enter?
- Tell a story about an aspect of your life, where you live.
- Tell your story in any format you like.
- It's about you
Heywire is about giving Australia a window on your life and/or your community. You are unique and the place where you live is unique, and that makes your story fascinating. Personal stories are the most compelling. - But not everything about you
We're not asking you to tell your WHOLE life story. Focus on one important or interesting aspect of your life. It could be one hobby that's important to you, or one issue that you are passionate about, or one challenge you've overcome, or an interesting thing that has happened to you, or one thing that irritates you about where you live, or what makes your town unique. - Then do this:
Visit the Heywire website for further details and inspiration.
https://www.abc.net.au/heywire/competition/
Competition closes Wednesday 16 September 2020
Coming up:
Where Can My Interest in Media and English Take Me?
Another SJRC Literacy Enrichment feature focusing on careers in media and all things literacy will start soon. If you’re interested in careers in animation, film making, advertising and journalism then this feature is for you. We’ll look at what these careers are and how to get there.
Debating 2020 SJRC V MacKillop: Last week’s successful debating competition saw SJRC win 4 of the 6 debates contested.
Apart from the clear success enjoyed here, further success was the collaboration of students and staff evident in the little things and the big things:
- Mrs Bale’s team of helpers setting up the library
- Mr McKee’s PC setting up C11 as the second debating room
- Mrs Eames always at the ready to ‘pap’ the event and capture our students in full flight
- Mrs Marchment’s behind the scenes support of the whole process, starting with a ‘How to Coach Debating’ session through to topic setting and adjudicating
And lastly to our SJRC students who participated and assisted in a spirit of gusto and courage. Win or lose, it is that spirit that defines the day.
What Now? Public speaking!
Please stay tuned for updates on public speaking coaching and competitions that will be published on Schoolworx and here next week.
