House System
The students are placed into five teams called 'houses'. The houses compete against each other in sporting, arts and cultural activities. All houses vie for the title "Best House" which is named at the end of every school year. Houses gain points and merits which are totalled, the highest scoring house receives the award. Each house was named after a prominent female figure and also assigned a colour. The houses and their colours are:
- Archibald House - blue (Adella Archibald)
- Cavell House - green (Edith Cavell)
- Curie House - red (Marie Curie)
- Keller House - yellow (Helen Keller)
- Scrimgeour House - purple (Margaret Scrimgeour)
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