Subject Based Clubs

Subject Based Co-curricular activities offered at Fort Street include:

Art Studio

These sessions focus on a variety of art mediums and are held in K21 on Wednesday afternoons from 3.30pm until 4.30pm. This group is open to students from all years.

On Wednesday afternoons 3.30-4.30pm in K21.  Contact: Ms Cho and Ms Capel (Rowe Staffroom)

Blender Club (3D Modelling)

The 3D Modelling and Animation Club is led by Aaron Ji (Year 11) and aims to teach students how to use Blender software for 3D modelling and animations.

On Monday after school 3.30pm-4.30pm in K12. Contact: Ms Catalan (Rowe Staffroom)

Chess Club

Fort Street competes in the NSW Junior Chess League Secondary Schools Competition. The competition rounds are held on Friday afternoons during Term Two and involve travel to various schools in the district. Chess boards are also available to borrow during breaks in the library.

Contact:  To be advised

Debating and Public Speaking

Students work in small tutorial groups of 8-10 people, every Monday afternoon from 3:30 – 5:00pm. These tutorials are led by debating coaches recruited from Sydney’s premier universities. Many of these coaches have reached success at prestigious international tournaments. Every student in the program learns the key components of debating, and will have the opportunity to participate in formal and informal competitive debates within Fort Street. All students in the program are also eligible to try out for a FSHS representative team, which will compete in the Premier’s Debating Challenge against the best school in NSW. The cost for the program will be confirmed in Term 1 2024.

Contact: Mr Tennant (Cohen Staffroom) Monday 3.30-5.00pm

Drama Club

Open to students in years 7-10 that will challenge these students to think imaginatively about how they can create new worlds, characters and mood without relying on overly complex setting, props or costumes. The students work with short scripts and script excerpts and learn to bring those scripts to life by transforming themselves and their space into the characters and worlds of the play. No Cost.

On Wednesday mornings 7.45am in R1.  Contact: Ms Morosin (Rowe Staffroom)

Maker Society

This committee provides a space to inspire students to start their own technology based projects. Activities include beginner workshops for various technology platforms, show-and-tell, weekly open maker space access, long-term team-based challenges, as well as opportunities to enter inter-school competitions such as RoboCup Junior, the F1 in Schools technology Challenge and the Australian STEM Video Game Challenge. This club meets every Thursday afternoon in K13 from 3:15 to 4:40pm. There is a cost to join this society.

Contact: Mr Patane or Mr Pawley (Rowe Staffroom)

Premier’s Reading Challenge

Every student in Years 7-9 is eligible to participate in the challenge. Students need to read 20 books from the beginning of September to the end of August the following year. Students who have completed four Challenges receive a Gold Certificate; students who complete every challenge from Year 3 to Year 9 receive a medal. All Year 7 and 8 classes spend at least one period in the library exploring the variety of reading material.

Contact: Ms Page (Library)

Robotics

This is a student led club where teams learn about robots and how to build them using a range of technologies. The teams compete against each other at school and then progress to the Robocup Junior competition.There is a cost to join this club. Email:  fshsrobotics@gmail.com

Contact: Mr Patane (Rowe Staffroom) Thursday from 3:15 to 4:30pm in K13.

Science Challenges

Interested Year 10 students can participate in the Science Challenge where they act as mentors to students from local primary schools in conducting research projects and investigations (WAFTUS). During National Science Week, selected Year 9 and 10 students will display research projects in the Fort Street Science Fair. These projects will be evaluated and judged by a panel of scientists from the community.  

Contact: Mr Webb (Rowe Staffroom)

Theatresports

This program is offered to drama students in Years 8 – 12. The students focus on developing improvisation skills which help create problem solving and spontaneity. They learn a variety of Theatresports games, and to compete against each other in a supportive environment. Students also have the opportunity to be selected for representative teams that compete in external Theatresports competitions. There is a cost per student, to cover the cost of the Coach, dependent on how many students participate.

On Tuesday 3.00–4.00pm in R1 – Contact is: Ms Morosin (Rowe Staffroom)

Tournament of Minds (TOM)

Every year FSHS enters teams in this national educational program challenging the world to develop problem solving skills. TOM offers teams of students the opportunity to solve authentic, open-ended challenges that foster creative, divergent thinking whilst developing collaborative enterprise, excellence and teamwork. Challenges are set in the fields of the Arts, Language Literature, Social Sciences and STEM. Students from Years 7,8,9 and 10 form teams of seven people. Senior students have the opportunity to mentor junior students, acting as team coordinators and providing advice and feedback. Seniors can also be official judges at the competition event itself. Teams will be formed and trained in Term Two for the competition in Term Three.

Contact: Ms Trifunovic (Cohen Staffroom)