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Celebrating International Women’s Day

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International Women’s Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. It is a day when all women are recognised for their achievements. International Women’s Day was first born out of labour movements at the turn of the twentieth century in North America and across Europe, with the aim to achieve equality for all people across the world, especially women.

Since those early days, International Women’s Day has grown in prominence and reach, touching women in every corner of the world. The growing international women’s movement has helped make International Women’s Day a central point for awareness and action, to build support for women’s rights, as well as their full participation in the economy, politics, community and in everyday life.

But, what about the women across the Finigan SDE community?

Well, when we crunch the numbers about the women that we have across our school community, the statistics might look something like the following:

  • We have approximately 117 full-time students (52%) and a further 281 single-course students (59%) who identify as she/her.
  • We have at least 85 women on our teaching and administration staff across Finigan SDE.
  • From our six Learning Hubs across NSW, we have women leading or teaching in all these learning spaces.
  • Our Executive staff also consists of 18 women from of a potential 27 (66%) Head Teachers, Assistant Principals, and Deputy Principals.
  • We have 15 young women participating in our Student Leadership Team this year too, amounting in almost 70% of the representation total for our school.

As you can see, girls and women are evidently represented in all aspects of the Finigan SDE school community – but there are particularly high percentages seen in leadership positions for both our students and staff. That is certainly something to celebrate!

So, what now?

In the name of continuing to build awareness and momentum, we would love for you to take time to reflect on the important women in your life and to consider the current data around gender equality in our school and our country. Use the prompts to the right to provoke some creativity and reflection on current issues in our world.

District Arts Festival

District Arts Fesitval

We are so excited to announce that Finigan will be involved in the Queanbeyan District Arts Festival this year! This is a major opportunity for our school community to be involved in a production, showcase our talents and to connect with each other.

If you are not a performer, that is not a problem. You might just like to show your face in a video that will be played in the background of our act. This is your opportunity to be immersed in a whole school production alongside your peers. School Productions are well known for creating bonds and friendships, teaching lifelong skills, inspiring a sense of belonging, strengthening well being and in all honesty, just encouraging a whole lot of fun.

The Australian Geography Competition 2024

Australian Geography Competition

The Australian Geography Competition is a contest for Australian secondary school students, assessing their geographical knowledge and skills. The Competition aims to encourage student interest in geography and to reward student excellence.

For further information on the Australian Geography Competition CLICK HERE or go to the following website https://geographycompetition.org.au/

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10 June

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King's Birthday 2024

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