EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENTS 16
AVA MAKES STATE BASKETBALL TEAM Congratulations to Year 7 student, Ava Kirkwood, who was selected for the School Sport Victoria State Basketball team. Whilst the State Tournament her team was meant to compete in was cancelled due to COVID, Ava is looking forward to trying out for the team in future years. Ava has been playing basketball since she was five years old and practises every day. She enjoys playing with her teammates and is looking forward to playing for Fintona in the GSV competition.
FRENCH COMPETITION SUCCESS A number of students achieved outstanding results in this year’s Alliance Française Poetry Competition — Berthe Mouchette. In the poetry recitation category, Caitlin Huang in Year 4 was awarded 2nd place with Onelli Wimalasuriya in Year 3 and Jemima Wilson in Year 10 being awarded 3rd place in their respective year levels. In the poem drawing category, Mila Tankir in Year 5 and Eva Yang in Year 6 were both awarded first place. Isabelle Moss and Claerwen Opat in Year 12 made it through to the second round of the oral exam. Fintona File | Spring / Summer 2021
A special mention to Sudiksha Dand in Year 9 who took out 1st prize in the written exam and received the Best Year 9 Award in the State. What an impressive achievement Sudiksha. Congratulations to all the students on these great results.
