Jason Falinski (Mackellar, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

In December last year I was invited to attend Terrey Hills Public School's presentation day to celebrate their students' achievements in 2017. What a fantastic year it was for them. The students lived up to their school's values of respect, responsibility and learning. The Terrey Hills Public School has always had a vibrant community spirit, and this was especially evident over the Christmas period. The entire school community got involved to donate Christmas hampers to the Burdekin association. Year 6 students also went to visit local nursing homes to spread the Christmas cheer. Congratulations to the school's fantastic choir for their performance at the Schools Spectacular in November.

A group of year 5 and year 6 students, cleverly named the Terrey Bites, signed up for the first Lego League competition. The Terrey Bites use Lego to solve problems, innovate, foster teamwork and learn perseverance. Ultimately they placed first in the regional that finals. Their robot Evie was ranked an impressive 15 out of 68 national teams. Congratulations to the principal, Guy McLelland, for leading a school that sets a positive example for their students by getting involved in the local community.

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