During the holidays I was fortunate enough to travel with ten of our students to Japan.
The trip was fantastic with us spending three days in Tokyo, Kyoto and Hiroshima.
For me, the sheer amount of people in any one place at any time was a sight to see. At 11pm at night the subways and trains...
As most of you know I am an avid sports fan and love to be involved as both player and coach. To explain myself a bit better I am going to use sporting analogies to explain how we may do things a little differently from now on.
For me I see myself as the coach, the staff and students as the...
This year we have been fortunate enough to have five of our staff nominated for an Excellence in Public Education Award.
This is a huge achievement from...
Staff have just recently completed two days in Professional Development on the best ways to teach Numeracy and Maths to our students.
The presenter was Professor Di Simeon and our staff were really excited to see new strategies and how they can be implemented across the site to help our...
What a fantastic sight, to see so many of our students enjoying the simple pastime of reading.
As part of my weekly tours of the school, I walked into our JP area to find parents working with our students on various reading activities. These students are receiving added intervention support...
Aboriginal Veterans (SA) visited Point Pearce on Friday May 4 to conduct a special service to honour and commemorate military service of Aboriginal veterans from the Point Pearce Community and surrounding districts. Held as part of the Point Pearce 150th Anniversary celebrations, 15 CYS...
The 2018 ANZAC Dawn Service performance by the CYS and Combined YP Schools Concert Band was well supported by students, old scholars, community members and staff.
The weather was cold but a clear sky encouraged a large crowd to gather at the Maitland memorial.
Many former band members...
I am very proud to announce that CYS are this year's winner of the YP Secondary Interschool Athletics competition.
Not only did we win the Overall shield, but this was set up by winning the u14, u15, and Open age group categories. This is an unbelievable achievement considering we were...
Our 2018 Splash Carnival was held on Tuesday February 20th in perfect conditions for enjoying the cool water of the pool. Principal, Mr Keleher, opened the proceedings and he and Mr Tuck kept the crowd entertained and informed commentating on the...
Our annual 'Meet the Teacher' night attracted many families who attended to receive information about their children's classes, subjects and teachers.
Presentations included informational slides, videos, pamphlets and chalk and talk (though on a whiteboard, not a...
