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Page 94 Wynnum High and Intermediate School
General Purpose Fee: Intermediate School, 15/- per year per
family.
High School £1 per year per family.
This fee is payable in full at the beginning of the year or in equal
instalments at the beginning of each of the three terms. This money
is used to provide school amenities (sporting material, library books,
mural decorations, etc.).
School Colours : Bottle green and grey.
Uniform : Detailed information furnished on application.
Research and Guidance : Officers from this Department visit the
school on one or more days each week to assist in directing pupils into
courses and careers for which they are best fitted. Parents wishing to
interview the officers may do so. Appointments are arranged through
the school.
Physical Education : Teachers from the Physical Education Staff
attend the school. All pupils receive instruction for at least one
period per week.
Games :
(a) Internal : The school is divided into three Houses—Griffith,
Lilley and Wentworth. Inter-House competitions are conducted
in football, cricket, tennis, athletics, swimming, basketball,
vigoro, softball.
(b) External : The Intermediate School fields teams in Inter-School
Rugby League and Soccer controlled by the Primary Schools
Association. This school also takes part in the district Athletics
and Swimming Carnivals.
The High School fields teams in inter-school competitions,
conducted by the Q.S.S.S.S.A. in football, cricket, tennis,
basketball, athletics and swimming.
Extra-Curricula Activities : Army Cadets : A highly efficient unit
with its own band parades one afternoon each week. The Cadets attend
an annual camp in August.
Tennis coaching scheme under a well-known professional is
conducted on the school’s excellent courts.
Dancing Classes are conducted by a well-known professional in a
local hall. Pupils of the High School are encouraged to attend these
classes.
High School pupils organise and run their own annual term socials
under supervision.
Life Saving Classes are conducted during the swimming season.
Choirs from the Intermediate School and High School attain a very
high standard.
Crusader meetings are held once each week for both boys and girls.