Stories and highlights

Future Teachers Club

Macquarie Fields High School was the first school to have a Future Teachers Club which gives students the opportunity to teach Micro Lessons and experience what teaching really is like on the other side of the desk.

Many of the FTC Alumni are now professional teachers. The concept of the Future Teachers Club has now spread across NSW and QLD. Students in Years 8-12 are welcome to join the Future Teachers Club.

FTC Opportunities

• Teaching micro lessons to both primary school and secondary school students
• Working with our partner universities to attend teaching degree lectures
• Annual visit to schools in Armidale as part of the FTC exchange delivering STEM lessons the students developed with the support of the University of New England

We greatly appreciate all the staff who open their classrooms to allow our FTC students to experience what it is like on the other side of the desk.

Teach.NSW Teacher Education scholarships

Each year, Teach.NSW offers a range of scholarships to Year 12 students who are interested in completing a teaching degree at university. MFHS Alumni have experienced great success in receiving these scholarships because of their membership in the Future Teachers Club.

For more information:

https://education.nsw.gov.au/teach-nsw/get-paid-to-study/teacher-education-scholarship

Representative Sport Success

We have experienced great success with out representative sport teams including Boys and Girls Cricket Teams, Boys and Girls Football, Boys and Girls Ultimate Frisbee, Table Tennis, Swimming, Athletics, and Cross Country.

Chess Team

Our school chess club continues to enjoy great success ranking at the top of the Sydney Southwest interschool competition, and we now represent Sydney Southwest in the greater sydney Interschool chess competition.

We have multiple chess boards going every recess and lunch in the Library, and training happens regularly in the science labs.