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2021 Leichhardt Christmas Card Competition
2021 Annual Camp Week
2022 Celebration Week
2022 Let's Connect Days
2022 Cairns SDE Virtual Art Show
2022 National Youth Science Forum
2022 Premiers Coding Challenge
2022 Year 12 Graduation
2023 Annual Camp Week
2023 Prep Enrolments
2023 School Calendar
2023 Student Leaders
2023 Creative Arts Competition
2023 Early School Leavers Survey
2023 Heroes in Business Program
2023 Premier's Coding Challenge
2023 Premier's Reading Challenge
2023 Reader's Cup
2023 School Leaver's Shirt and Jersey
2023 Year 12 Graduation Celebration Dinner
2024 QATSIF Scholarships
2024 FUSE Cup Senior Schools Regional Competition
2024 Indigenous Australian Engineering School
2024 International Film Challenge
2024 Senior Annual Camp and Celebration Week
2024 Student Leaders
2024 Year 10 Taster Program (South West)
2025 Student Leader Applications are now open
2025 Student Leader nomination application
ABC Heywire - 2025 Competition now open!
ADFA Virtual Open Day
Air Force Careers Information Session
Annual Camp Week 2022
ANZAC Day
Apprenticeship Opportunities - Cairns Regional Council
Apprenticeships for 2024
A quick reference for who to contact
Army Indigenous Work Experience Program
Assistance for children and young people to access NDIS in Queensland
Aussie Bird Count Week
Australian Defence Force Presentation
Australian Institute for Performing Arts
Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors
Australian Olympic Change-Maker
Australian Reading Hour 2023
Bedtime Stories for Children
Biannual Forum
Biannual Forum May 23
Book Week at Cairns SDE
Cairns Libraries April School and Youth Week Program
Cairns SDE P & C Student Community Service Awards
Cairns SDE's 50th Anniversary
Cairns Show 2022
Cairns Show Public Holiday
Cairns Children's Museum
Cairns Engineering Information Session
Cairns Libraries CBCA Book Week
Cairns Libraries - June and July School Holiday Program
Cairns SDE Annual Camp Week 2024
Cairns SDE Calendar Art Competition
Cairns SDE Fitness Challenge
Cairns SDE Reunion
Cairns to Karumba Bike Ride 2023
Cairns Tropical Writers Festival
Cairns University Experience
Cairns Youth and Careers Expo 2023
Cairns Youth & Careers Expo 2024
Cairns Youth Week and School Holiday Events
Casting Audition - Ultimate Classroom
Celebrate Schools Tree Day and National Tree Day
Celebrating a Triumph for Sustainability!
Celebration Week
Character Development Through Costume
Child Safety Handbook
COVID 19 Update
CQU Engineering Information Session 2024
CQ University Open Day
CSDE Careers Expo
Curious Minds
Deadly Start Program
Defence Work Experience Program
Early Years Strategy Survey
Earth Hour
eKindy 2022
Enjoy a sailing adventure with South Passage
Exciting news from the library corner
Exercise Challenge Progress
Expression of Interest
FairPlay Program
Farm safety calendar competition now open !
Fashion Design Workshops
Film Industry Mentor Program
Free Community Breakfast
Free Parenting Seminars
From Vision to Inclusion Workshop
FUSE Cup
Georgetown State School Colour Fun Run
Getting started at Cairns SDE
Graduation 2021
Graduation Celebration Dinner
Griffith University Year 12 Early Offer Guarantee
Heroes in Business - 2024
HMAS Cairns Open Day
Home Tutor Connect
Home Tutor Connect Session
Hospitality and Tourism Awards 2024
Inaugural Cairns SDE Calendar
Indigenous School Based Traineeships
Information for families
InspireU STEM Camp
Instrumental Music Program
Introducing Schoolzine!
JCU Summer School for ATSI students
JCU Careers in Health Webinar
JCU Pathways Webinar
JCU STAR returns in 2022
JCU Virtual Open Day
JCU Winter School 2023
Junior Poetry Competition
Junior Secondary subject selection
Keep Australia Beautiful Week Photo Competition
Koala Kreativity Contest
Last chance to nominate a student become a Young Future Shaper!
Latest Results - Student Exercise Challenge
Lessons commence on Monday 23 January
Let's Connect Days for 2023
Let's Connect Term 1
Living Away from Home Allowances Scheme
Living Through COVID Survey
Maritime Careers Open day
Meet our School Based Youth Health Nurses
Minecraft Club
Mini Schools
MS Teams
myQCE Student Reference Group
NAPLAN
NAPLAN 2022
NAPLAN 2023
Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability
National Recycling Week
National Youth Science Forum 2023
New 2022 Scholarships
Next Superstar DJ
No Impact Week
Online Dance Forum
Orientation Week
P&C's AGM
P&C Cash Raffle
Parent Teacher Interviews
Positions Vacant
Prep 2025 Transition Sessions
Puggy Hunter Memorial First Nations Health Scholarships
QAS Emergency Medical Dispatcher Recruitment and Open Nights
QATSIF Scholarships
QBuild Apprentice Positions
QFES Road Safety Presentation
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Queensland Academy of Sport
Queensland Virtual STEM Academy
Queensland Youth Parliament
Register now for the Future Fixers Season 2 Bootcamp!
Registrations are currently open for the JCU CAIRNS EISTEDDFOD!
Rising Stars in Data Science
SAE Creative First Nations Full Tuition Scholarship
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School of the Year Competition
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Space Camp in Alabama USA
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Start QUT (STEM Intensive)
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Student Exercise Challenge - Photography Competition
Student Academic Reports 2022
Student Free Day
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Tablelands University Scholarship Program
TAFE at School Skills Taster Programs in SEQ
TAFE Queensland in Greater Brisbane are now accepting 2025 applications
TAFE Season School 2023
Term 2 Robotics STEAM Workshop
Term 3 STEAM Workshop 2024
Term 3 Mini Schools
Term 3 Mini Schools 2022
Term 3 STEAM Workshop
Term 4 STEAM Workshop and Vex IQ Regional Competition
The No Impact week - Carbon Cleanse challenge
The Fuse Cup
Transition Pathway Information Sessions
Transition to Prep 2024
Currently selected
Tree Planting Workshop
Tree Day
Uni Step Up Online 2023
University of Canberra Creative Competition
UQ Health Science Camp
Victorian Indigenous Engineering Winter School (VIEWS)
Watch Out - Cane Trains About!
Week 1 exercise challenge results
Welcome to 2024 at Cairns SDE!
Work Exposure in Government (WEX)
World Environment Day
World Environment Day 2024
World Oceans Day
Year 12 Graduation -2024
Young Endeavour Youth Scheme
Young Language Ambassadors Program
Young Rural Ambassador
Youth Advisory Groups
Zonta STEM Award
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Transition to Prep 2024
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26/10/2023
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Join us online to learn more about Prep at our school.
Friday 10 November @ 10 am - Prep life at Cairns SDE
: this session is for parents of future Prep students.
Friday 17 November @ 10 am - Getting to know you
:
this session is for future Prep students and parents.
Thursday 23 November @ 10 am - The world around us
: this session is for future Prep students and parents.
Friday 24 November @ 10 am - Prepping for Prep
: this final session is for parents of future Prep students.
Please email
Leigh Quirk
to register for session links.
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Last reviewed 26 October 2023
Last updated 26 October 2023