Gifted and Talented Archives - Harrisdale SHS - Excellence in Learning and Teaching

Gifted and Talented School Tours

May 30, 2022 by claire

Parents and carers who are considering enrolling their child at Harrisdale SHS for the 2023 Gifted and Talented Program are invited to attend one of our School Tours to be held by our Principal Angie Thomas on the following dates:

This tour welcomes parents/carers along with your child who has completed the Gifted and Talented testing process held in February 2022.

The 60-minute tour will start at 3.15 pm from the front of the school (outside reception) and conclude at 4.15 pm.

Please select one of the above date options for booking.

Year 7 Gifted & Talented students visit The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research

May 27, 2022 by claire

Today our Year 7 Gifted and Talented students visit The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research to provide them with a hands- on experience of bio-medical research. Students learnt how cells cooperate to make multicellular organisms and gained an understanding of the size and scale of the microscopic world!

HSHS’s Gifted and Talented STEM program

December 15, 2021 by claire

Yesterday evening, Harrisdale SHS hosted the final event for the foundation class of the HSHS Gifted and Talented program.

Students had the opportunity to showcase their STEM projects for Semester 2 for parents and carers and celebrate their success. The students brought together some amazing group projects including sustainable inventions as part of their MARS in Schools Science competition where they created a biodome model with VR headsets, a digital journalism project in which the students created their own website, as well as a LEGO competition!

FIRST LEGO League Challenge

December 6, 2021 by claire

On Saturday, our Year 7 Gifted and Talented students competed in the FIRST LEGO League Challenge. This is an international competition where students have to create an innovation project about a solution to improve transport, code a LEGO robot they designed to complete missions and demonstrate the core values of the competition throughout the day. This was the first time Harrisdale SHS competed and received the “Breakthrough Award” and also placed second in the “Innovation Project Award”.