Head of Partnerships & Transitions
Mrs Rebecca Johnson
Aspiring Minds
Earlier this term, we welcomed our Year 6 Aspiring Minds students to the school to engage in a transitional extension and enrichment program. These Year 6 students received a conditional offer of enrolment to State High through demonstrating a depth of aptitude to their primary school study and through their results in our Academic Selective Entry test when they were in Year 5.
The program engages students in our ways of learning and aims to ignite and foster a desire for powerful learning as we push the boundaries of how incoming students see themselves as learners. Over the semester, students work across multiple faculties as they get to know their peers, teachers, State High student leaders and university mentors.
We were fortunate to have the Directors of the Extraordinary join us to begin our Aspiring Minds Program during which our students undertook the ‘Puzzle Masters’ challenge. This learning challenge required our students to work in groups to visit and solve puzzle stations within a limited timeframe, challenging them to think interdependently and enter The Learning Pit.
To learn more about the Aspiring Minds Program, please visit the school website:
Monday Afternoon Enrichment Program
In Week 3, there was a buzz in the air as students engaged in their first workshops as part of the 2020 Monday Afternoon Enrichment Program (MAEP). The purpose of the MAEP is to trigger students’ curiosity beyond the classroom, encourage experimental inquiry and innovation and connect to the real work through collaboration with external agencies.
MAEP Snapshot
RACQ Driver IQ
Year 11 and 12 students engaged in an interactive and engaging safety awareness workshop with RACQ, which utilised a resilience-based approach to empower novice drivers to survive and thrive throughout their driving journey.
Engineering with QUT
Students engaged in the first of three workshops, all of which discuss problems created from lack of resources in developing countries due to social and economic constraints.
UQ Ideas Hub
Students started their entrepreneurial journey by developing an understanding of the different steps involved in becoming an entrepreneur.
OzCLO
Students engaged in the first of four coaching sessions which is preparing them to participate in the Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad (OzCLO).
At State High, we seek feedback from our school community on the specific needs of our students. To contribute to the planning of the 2020 Monday Afternoon Enrichment Program and/or submit feedback on past or present programs, please follow the link below.