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Last Wednesday the Year 10 Drama class held a “Theatresports” competition as part of their course assessment. “Theatresports” is a form of improvisation that uses competition for dramatic effect. Six teams of four enjoyed playing a variety of games including Expert Double Figures, Sit-Stand-Lie, Typewriter…

This Term has been very busy and quite challenging for some of our students. With the school break coming up, most students tend to take this time to relax for a well-deserved rest, but some students may be overwhelmed with the challenges of the term and the year ahead and need someone to talk to.If…

Two groups of Darwin High School  Year 10, 11 and 12 English students attended the Brown’s Mart current production of “A Doll’s House”, the realist domestic tragedy written by the Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen. Although the play was first performed in 1879, and shocked audiences at the time, the…

Year 10 PLP students will have the opportunity to do work experience in Week 1 of Term 2 – Tuesday 18 to Friday 21 April.If students are not on Work Experience, they are expected to be at school.All completed work experience permission forms are due back by Week 10 Tuesday April 4.

Last Friday all Darwin High School Year 10 and Year 11 students participated in the wellbeing program Mind Blank.  Mind Blank is a highly acclaimed interactive performance which addresses wellbeing issues from a student perspective. The performance is a form of education for middle and senior students…

Last week Darwin High School's fifteen elected SRC members attended a Leadership Workshop at the Mitchell Centre. Students met with Darwin High School Board Chair, Michael Duffy to talk about the important role the SRC has within the school and how to present proposals from the student body to the…

Bullies can be scary and sometimes it’s hard to know what to do when you see someone getting bullied. Most of the time bullying takes place when there are others present. People who witness bullying or are aware that bullying is happening are called bystanders.Bystanders can play a number of roles. A bystander…

Darwin High School has partnered with Charles Darwin University for its School Scholars Program (CDUSSP). The initiative will see 100 Year 10 students from Northern Territory public schools participate in the three year program. Fifty-six of those students are from Darwin High School.The students were selected…

Darwin High School students competed at the Interschool Darwin Region Basketball competition last month.In previous years Darwin High School has entered up to fourteen teams with unlimited entries, but this year each school was limited to two boys’ and two girls’ teams. Approximately 90 students trialled…

Darwin High School Year 10 Legal Studies class participated in the NT Legal Aid Commission’s (NTLAC) Judgement Day program last week.Students learned about aspects of the criminal justice system by participating in a mock trial. Two students admirably played the role of defendants charged with stealing.…