BTC Interhouse Swimming Carnival

Last week saw the BTC Secondary students invade the town pool for the annual Interhouse Swimming Carnival. The carnival was held during the day this year, which led to a relaxed carnival where we weren't worried about the evening thunderstorm we had to dodge in previous years. Students were keen and committed to trying their best. Records were broken by Thomas Polkinghorne, Doug Rayment and Callum Smith. Girls Age Champions were Layne Prichard (13yrs),Maddie Fox (14yrs),Jane Wallace (15yrs)Jessica Sollitt(16yrs)Emma Evert (Open) with Archie house winning the girl's competition.Boys Age Champions were Thomas Polkinghorne (13yrs)Harrison Phillott(14yrs)Doug Rayment (15yrs)Callum Smith(16yrs) Zac Santo (Open) with Black house winnng the boy's compeition. Overall winners were Archie Black. The highlight of the evening was the annual "Beat Mr Gilbert" race with Doug Rayment pulling away to beat him in the last few metres of the 50m breaststroke. Interschool swimming will be held on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 February.

Students Prepare For 2010

Welcome back to the BTC Blog.After a rainy start to the 2010 school year, students were seen enjoying the sunshine around the College grounds at the start of Week 2. The hall has had the asbestos in the roof removed and has been painted over the holidays and is looking good. The Primary library is still a work in progress but it is taking shape .

Junior School Speech Day

BTC Junior School recently celebrated their Speech Day at The World Theatre.Speeches were made by Mrs Jenny Black (Head of Junior School) Mr Brian Hewitt (Principal), guest speaker Miss Jessie Landsberg and the four Junior School Captains. Musical items from both the Lower Junior Vocal Group and the Upper Junior Vocal Group entertained the audience.With the sporting awards ,Bryce House won the Girls Cross Country, Dickson House won the Boys Cross Country,Bacon House won both the Boys and Girls Athletics and Bryce House won the Girls Swimming with Bacon House winning the Boys Swimming. Junior Sportsman of the Year was Jacob Mc Laren and Junior Sportswoman of the Year was Layne Prichard.In the Academic Awards, all Prep students recieved a prize with Encouragement Awards and Academic Awards being given to Years 1-6. In Year 7 Encouragement Awards were given as well as the Proxime Accesit(Margaret Murray) and Dux of Junior School (Roger Murray).The Mann-Richards Memorial Prize for Citizenship was won by Ben Axford, Performing Arts Encouragement Award to Layne Prichard and the Performing Arts Outstanding Contribution to Junior School by Margaret Murray.

Power Up and Shiraz Concert

"Seasons of Love" -a song and dance spectacular, was a great show. A lot of hard work and practice went into the exciting production where singers and dancers combined performances. The audience was taken on a journey through the Seasons by two mischievious elves Bertram and George.Christmas had just finished and they were counting down, through the Seasons,to the next Christmas. The final acts were beautiful Christmas songs to get the audience in the right spirit for the up and coming festive season.

Primary School Break-Up Morning

Primary School students celebrated the end of a very busy year with a Break -Up morning on Tuesday. The students had fun on the slip and slide and in the pool. Prep and Year 1 students also enjoyed bubbles and finger paint. A heavy shower of rain added to the fun at the end of the wet play. After packing up, the Primary School enjoyed a special morning tea with lots of yummy food and a huge cake to say goodbye to Mrs Jones who, sadly will be returning to Brisbane to live.