By Ms Taylor Quinn, Teacher Librarian

Last Thursday we hosted Warwick State High School for the annual Readers Cup Challenge. For this prestigious competition, teams of four students were asked to read four books prior to the day, then, as a group, they had to answer fifteen questions about each book. Mrs Wooding set the questions, Mr Carrasco was our incredible MC and Mr Salter and Miss W were our honourable judges. Big congratulations to the three student teams and two teacher teams who took part. We celebrated our participation this week with a pizza party! 

Our mighty band of chess players attended the second Warwick region interschool competition on Friday. Chess is a great strategic game that encourages concentration and cognitive thinking. All levels can participate in a chess tournament and benefit from playing other skill levels. Students at Assumption College are always welcome to play chess in the library at lunchtime to learn and hone their skills.

Miss Quinn and Mrs Wooding supported our e-sports students on Saturday as they travelled to Brisbane to participate in the QUT sports tech challenge. This was a fantastic day where students competed in the game ‘Rocket League’, learnt about the production and broadcast of e-sports, and engaged in other sports tech opportunities such as virtual motorsport and VR. All students really enjoyed their day, and we look forward to nurturing e-sports further at the College in 2024.