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over 9000 students in NSW for HSC ARTEXPRESS Amanda Zhu, Year 9, was awarded Class Excellence for achieving 100% in the National Chemistry Quiz Claire Park and Wendy Xin, Year 6, achieved Distinctions, placing them in the top 10% of students in the Mathematics Challenge for Young Australians. Wendy also placed in the top 2% for the Maths Olympiad problem solving competition Harriet Cook, Year 6, earned a Silver Award in the BOSTES 'Write On' Competition Eva Jacobsen, Year 3, received a Gold Award for 'Write On' 2015 Stage 2 Narrative Megan Fitzgerald, Year 11, was awarded the Year 10 Academic Excellence Award at the University of Sydney for being named the Year 10 Dux in 2014 Claire Kelly, Year 9, placed 1st in the Junior Readings section of the AHIGS Festival of Speech held in October Allegra Lamaro and Lilli Black, Year 7, were representatives at the YMCA NSW Junior Parliament in July Rosemary Cook, Year 9, is a member of the senior choir in the Sydney Children's Choir. She has also been a member of the Gondwana Choir since 2012 Alyssa Meli, Year 9, received a Highly Commended in the Woollahra Youth Photographic Competition 2015 Rhiannon Carr, Year 10, was awarded Gold in both the 50m and 100m Butterfly at the Pacific School Games in November Holly Harris, Year 7 won the NSW State Championships and is the current Australian Novice National Champion in Figure Skating Phoebe Hughes, Year 8, was selected to represent NSW in the Under 14 Girls State team at the Whistler Cup in April. This was Phoebe’s first international event Lara Parmenter, Year 11, was selected to play for the Under 20s Premier League for UTS Ella Cusack, Year 8, was selected to tour the USA with the University of Sydney Football Club and will be
coached at UCLA • Sarah Noonan, Year 7, won the Australian Youth Showjumping competition in September and is now ranked 35 in the world for Under 14 Showjumping • Charlotte Ekins and Capri Felix, Year 7, won gold medals at the Surf Livesaving Championships in March.
OUT OF CLASSROOM LEARNING EXPERIENCES In 2015 many diverse learning activities outside of the classroom took place: • The Sophie’s Cottage children enjoyed spending time in the wild learning more about the bush. Their activities included areas such as the Vegetable Garden and the little bridge, and nature walks along the lower pathways. Their enthusiasm when participating in International Mud Day, reflected the joy they experience when outside • Joigny children visited the National Maritime Museum to participate in Pirate School, following on from a term of trying to protect ourselves from and discover all about pirates. Later in the year the children headed off on a dual excursion firstly to the Australian Museum to explore the Albert Chapman Mineral Collection. After setting up their own Crystal and Rock Museum at Joigny, this was a fitting way to view some amazing crystals and deepen the children’s knowledge about the differences between rocks and crystals. The second part of this excursion was a visit to the Art Gallery of NSW to see the Archibald Exhibition. The children’s investigations into portraiture resulted in them creating their own unique portrait • Joigny children regularly participated in Wild Time enabling them to explore their natural surroundings, construct and create their own camp site, forge through unchartered wild bush and create secret tracks. The children also recognised World Environment Day, World Water Day and participated in National Tree Day, planting over a hundred trees, shrubs and plants throughout the Barat Burn area. A highlight was being
OPPOSITE PAGE: ALEXANDER APPLEYARD, CHRISTIAN LANGLEY, HAMISH MURRAY AND ISABELLA ZUCCON (YEAR 3) WITH THEIR SOLARSPRINT CARS, ANASTASIA PANAS WITH THE YEAR 7 MATHEMATICS CLASS – WINNERS OF THE NATIONAL MATHEMATICS TALENT QUEST. THIS PAGE (CLOCKWISE L-R): CLAIRE KELLY (YEAR 9) 1ST PLACE IN JUNIOR READING AT AHIGS FESTIVAL OF SPEECH, SOPHIE KONDILIOS – NOMINATED FOR HSC ARTEXPRESS, RHIANNON CARR (YEAR 10) DUAL GOLD WINNER AT THE PACIFIC SCHOOL GAMES, GABRIELLE JAMES BENNETT, LARA PARMENTER, NATALIE MCDOWELL AND MEGAN FITZGERALD (YEAR 11) IN ‘KRB GIRLS CUT GIRLS’ FOR CANCER RESEARCH,
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