Have you ever wondered...??
Have you ever wondered where the names of our Sport Houses came from?
Why do we have Paterson, Kendall, Lawson and Wright?
What do these words all have in common?
When our school first started, we needed to have sporting houses so that we could have competitions within our school. Someone thought it would be a good idea to give each of the houses a name and not just call them Red, Blue, Yellow and Green.
The names of the houses needed to have a meaning and to have significance. So after much thought it was decided to name the houses after famous Australian poets/writers, who have been important in Australia's history.
So we have:
Click on each photo to link to a page about each poet!
Why do we have Paterson, Kendall, Lawson and Wright?
What do these words all have in common?
When our school first started, we needed to have sporting houses so that we could have competitions within our school. Someone thought it would be a good idea to give each of the houses a name and not just call them Red, Blue, Yellow and Green.
The names of the houses needed to have a meaning and to have significance. So after much thought it was decided to name the houses after famous Australian poets/writers, who have been important in Australia's history.
So we have:
Click on each photo to link to a page about each poet!