Marsden High chalks up win at top teacher awards

A Logan school has chalked up a major win at the state’s most prestigious awards for teachers held in Brisbane last night.

TOP TEACHERS. Marsden State High School has principal Andrew Peach (right) plus teachers (l-r) Mitchell Robertson, Thomas Patterson and Kirra Gold were all finalists in this year's Teacher of the Year awards (sponsored by The Courier-Mail). Picture: NIGEL HALLETT

A LOGAN school has chalked up major wins at the state’s most prestigious awards for teachers held in Brisbane last night.

Marsden State High School was nominated for four awards at last night’s Queensland College of Teachers TEACHX Awards and claimed victory in the prestigious Leadership and Learning award.

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They are the only state government awards to recognise teachers from all schooling sectors from early childhood all the way through to year 12.

Principal Andrew Peach won the Excellent Leadership in Teaching and Learning Award, edging out other finalists from Ormiston College, Kelvin Grove College, Mackay College and Emmaus College.

Mr Peach said he was thrilled with the award which he said showed the school was focusing on what mattered.

“Leadership and school learning were important to me and that has been recognised,” Mr Peach said.

“But the part I am most proud about is the recognition for the whole school,” Mr Peach said.

“It’s hard when you get individual awards when you know there is strength from a whole team that does the bulk of the work across the whole community.

“We are really lucky at Marsden to have such a large school with so many great teachers.”

TOP TEACHERS. Marsden State High School principal Andrew Peach won the Excellent Leadership in Teaching and Learning Award. (sponsored by The Courier-Mail). Picture: NIGEL HALLETT

But the school’s accolades also extended to three other teachers.

Marsden’s Tom Patterson was nominated the Innovation in Teaching Award.

Mr Patterson played an integral part in the school’s Mana program helping senior students and those in year 12 to get into the workforce by learning about construction.

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He was in a category with finalists from Stanton Lodge, Townsville, Frenchville State School, Nambour Special School and C & K Eimeo Road Community Kindergarten.

Teacher Kirra Gold was nominated in the Excellence in Beginning to Teach Award, competing with finalists from Saint Stephen’s College, Tagai State College, Nursery Road State Special School and Kirwan State High School.

Marsden’s Mitchell Robertson was a finalist in the Outstanding Contribution to School Community Award.

Mr Robertson played a crucial role helping students at Marsden with a wellbeing program which focused on mental health.