SPEECH NIGHT PROGRAMME 2023
CEREMONY Welcome and Processional
Opening Prayer
Chair of Council’s Address
Please stand
Ms Susy Thomas Moderator, Uniting Church of Australia
Mrs Claire Poll
Please stand
Presented by Mrs Wendy Castles
Centenary Song
School Hymn
SpongeBob the Musical
Labore et Honore by Paul Jarman
Land of Our Birth
Bikini Bottom Boogie
Combined Choirs, Bartok Orchestra, Wind Ensemble with Pipe Major, Sophie Hall
Accompanied by Bartok Orchestra, Combined Choirs, and Wind Ensemble
Performed by the 2023 PLC cast
Year 12 students, staff, official party, and Council
Conductor – Ms Anne Coughlan
Led by Madeleine Robins Conductor – Ms Melissa Mulcahy
Please be seated Acknowledgement of Country Monique Mouda-Hughes and Ebony Withers 2024 Reconciliation Captains
Land of our Birth, we pledge to thee Our love and toil in years to be: When we are grown and take our place, As men and women of God’s grace.
Solo Didgeridoo Didgeridoo – Mr Micheal Spratt Gorna Liyarn Dancers Please stand
Father in heaven, who loves us all, O help Thy children when they call; That they may build from age to age, An undefiled heritage.
National Anthem Advance Australia Fair Accompanied by Bartok Orchestra, Combined Choirs, and Wind Ensemble
Teach us delight in simple things, And mirth that has no bitter springs; Forgiveness free of evil done, And love to all beneath the sun.
Led by Emma Osling Conductor – Ms Melissa Mulcahy Please be seated
Land of our Birth, our faith, our pride, For whose dear sake our fathers died O Motherland, we pledge to thee, Head, heart and hand through years to be. Please be seated
Presentation of Prizes – Years 7 to 10
Principal’s Address Ms Cate Begbie Dance Company Impermanence Incoming Chair of Council Mrs Morgen Lewis
2023 Head Prefect’s Address
2024 Head Prefect Goodnight
Presented by Mrs Morgen Lewis
Lucy Correia
Jacinta Boquest
Presentation of Dux School Awards
Senior Pipe Band
Recessional
Presented by Ms Cate Begbie
The Dragon’s Lair Mhairis Wedding Scots Wha Hae The Girl from Dungannon Out of the Air The Jig of Slurs Queen of the Rushes Long Way to the Top Jingle Bells Ode to Joy
Scotland the Brave
Stage Band I Only Want to Be With You written by Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde Arranged by Ed Wilson Conductor – Mr Chris Goff
Presentation of PLC Perth Inspiring Old Collegians’ Awards Dr June Jones Award Presented by Mrs Alex Vines (Jones 1985) Dr Patricia Kailis Award Presented by Ms Amanda Kailis (1982)
Finale – Dance Out ‘23! A medley of songs including Canned Heat, Everybody Dance Now, and Can’t Stop the Feeling Arranged by Mr Chris Goff Combined Choirs, Bartok Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Senior Pipe Band, and Dance Company Conductor – Mr Chris Goff Auld Lang Syne 2023 Pipe Major, Sophie Hall
Pipe Band, Combined Choirs, and Bartok Orchestra. Conductor – Ms Anne Coughlan Acknowledgements Music Staff Chris Goff (Wind Ensemble and Chorale) Anne Coughlan (Bartok Orchestra) Melissa Mulcahy (Wind Ensemble) Jessica Sardi Linda Arnold (Young Voices) Lanny Sugiri (Piano) Alisdair McLaren (Senior Pipe Band) Marianne Kirby (Senior Pipe Band)
Theatre Arts Oliver Craze Patrice Smith Jacinta Eaves Carli Edwards Chad Wetton
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Presentation of Prizes – Years 11 & 12
INTER-HOUSE TROPHIES WHICH HAVE BEEN PRESENTED
HOUSE SHIELDS
Athletics
Ferguson
Mills Family Trophy Baird House
Sports
Swimming
Carmichael Shield for Champion House
Blackwatch Trophy Stewart House
Ferguson
Cross Country
OLD COLLEGIANS’ ASSOCIATION BURSARY
Ferguson
Marching
Heather Barr Memorial Bursary
Ferguson House
Ruby Crier (Year 11)
Arts Day
Dr Vera Summers Bursary
Ferguson House
Stella Wandel (Year 10) Olive Cusack Bursary Ruby Clifton (Year 8)
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Ferguson House
Academic
ALPHA MERIT AWARD FOR ACADEMIC ENDEAVOUR The Alpha Merit Award is awarded at each year level to those students who score most highly on the selection criteria. All students, from the most academic to the least, are considered and are equally eligible. It is a highly respected honour and recognises the solid, supportive, hard-working, and conscientious PLC student who strives to do her best academically.
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE These prizes recognise a student’s outstanding academic achievements in the disciplines studied. They are awarded solely on scholastic results.
CITIZENSHIP AWARD These prizes recognise PLC students who demonstrate integrity, acceptance of responsibility, inclusivity of others, compassion, respect for self and others, and engagement in the life of the College community.
YEAR 7
YEAR 8
Alpha Merit Award for Academic Endeavour Victoria Boey Mimi Castleden Ruby Clarke Valme Gil Domenech Ivy Natta Sophia Nattrass
Alpha Merit Award for Academic Endeavour Matilda Ashton Zella Barrett-Lennard Woss Mateya Browne Eleanor Fraser Erica Nakhoul Addisyn Starkey
Academic Excellence Award Isla Barker Olivia Bell Jaime Kimball Sophia McManus Hannah Regli Katie Wallis
Academic Excellence Award Tia Ford Eleanor Kerr Rie Kojima Poppy Mahon Pepper Roberts Samantha Yang
Citizenship Award Isla Barker Olivia Bell Ruby Clarke Maisie Hatch Amy Leitch Sophie Thissen
Citizenship Award Kristen Kelly Eleanor Kerr Mia Liveris Poppy Mahon Charlotte Meredith Maggie Wandel
Francesca Nelson Citizenship Award Tallula Chamberlain
Langdon Family Prize for Citizenship Kate Correia The Boarding House Prize for Effort and Enterprise Addisyn Starkey
YEAR 10
YEAR 11
Alpha Merit Award for Academic Endeavour Tessa Bignell Fenella Cox Stacey Dean Claudia Penny Greta Terzieva Poppy Walker-Jones
Alpha Merit Award for Academic Endeavour Uyen Dang Isobel Egan Anouk Flugge Georgie Lyster Jasmine Ritchie Kaitlyn Sin
Alpha Merit Award for Academic Endeavour Eadie Barrett Lucia Italiano Genevieve Kessey Laura Kingdon Natasha Playford Darcy Waters
Academic Excellence Award Sana Burt Amelia Corbett Jessie Cox Emma Parker Madeleine Weaver Elizabeth Webb
Academic Excellence Award Ruby Bell Isla Mannolini Livya Siford Vicky Wei Elise Wright
Academic Excellence Award Zara Ball Charlotte Gishubl Sophie Graham Zoe Michea-Palmer Marit Nair Amelia Wallis-Hughes
Citizenship Award Emma Antunovich Alexandra Argyle Claudia Penny Aurelia Qaqish Celia Rosser Bridie Swingler OCA Lukin Family Prize Ava Farrer Eileen Dunston Award for Citizenship Selma Argyle Graham Reynolds Integrity Award Sana Burt
Citizenship Award Lottie Dowling Georgia Fleay Zahra Male Claire Trainor Stella Wandel Amanda Nash Prize for Citizenship Isla Everingham Baird Prize for Music Tessa van de Veire Dorothy Hutchinson Prize for Piano Kaitlyn Sin Crabb Art Prize Kiara Stofberg Australian Defence Force Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork Award Kaitlyn Sin Australian Defence Force Future Innovators Award Vicky Wei The Hazel Day Academic Excellence Prize Emma Ryan
Citizenship Award Jacinta Boquest Molly Crawley Genevieve Kessey Nirmali Madigasekara Inez Miller Sheila Robertson Memorial Prize for Citizenship Sydney Emmott
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YEAR 9
YEAR 12 Academic Awards
Drama Prize Nelly Galluccio
Materials, Design and Technology : Wood Prize Cheyenne Norwood
Alpha Merit Award for Academic Endeavour Tess Landau Georgia Kronja Ally Negus
Economics Prize Jessica Fry
Academic Excellence Award Shantisha Schaufler Jessica Wolf Yufei Guan Tess Marinko Sophia Gianotti
English (General) Prize India Mansbridge
WACE Subject Awards
Francesca Nelson Award for Food Science and Technology Cassandra Beresford
OCA Prize for Mathematics Specialist Yifan Cui
Summers French: Second Language Prize Claire Dean
Physical Education Studies Prize Bec Anderson
Vi Major Prize for Geography Mary Sounness
Physics Prize Rebekah Smith
Hetherington Prize for Visual Art Zoe Armstrong
Politics and Law Prize Jessica Fry
Heidi Moullin Prize for Media Production and Analysis Sophia Gianotti
Psychology Prize Josephine Terriaca
Aboriginal and Intercultural Studies (General) Prize Emma Holtham Applied Information Technology Prize Isabella Van Ingen-Kal Accounting and Finance Prize Amilia McKenzie Blackall Prize for Biology Josephine Terriaca Business Management and Enterprise Prize Olivia Clifton Careers and Enterprise (General) Prize Philippa Gillman Chemistry Prize Yifan Cui Chinese: First Language Prize Yixin Guo Dance Prize Grace Goody Design: Photography Prize Grace Goody
Eggleston Jones Prize for English Sophia Gianotti
Food Science and Technology (General) Prize Chloe Walsh
Mathematics Applications Prize Jessica Wolf Mathematics Essentials (General) Prize Eva Kapinkoff Media Production and Analysis (General) Prize India Mansbridge OCA Prize for Mathematics Methods Yifan Cui
IB Diploma Subject Awards Strahan Family Prize for Human Biology Grace Goody John Stewart Prize for Literature Sophia Gianotti John Stewart Prize for Modern History Lily Hawkins Marine and Maritime Studies Prize Elizabeth Hutton Materials Design and Technology: Textiles Prize Tess Marinko Materials, Design and Technology: Wood (General) Prize Chloe Walsh
Diploma Biology HL Prize Isabel Scott Diploma Business Management and Enterprise HL Prize Sophie Hardcastle Diploma Chemistry HL Prize Rilyn Hawkins Diploma Chemistry SL Prize Shantisha Schaufler Diploma Chinese B HL Prize Ziyan Cai Diploma Chinese B SL Prize Zofia Bradley
Diploma Economics HL Prize Katie Marris
Diploma Theory of Knowledge Prize Isabel Scott
Diploma Film HL Prize Tess Landau
Awards
Diploma Film SL Prize Madeleine Robins
Diploma French B SL Prize Sophie Hall Diploma Geography HL Prize Diana Crampton Diploma Global Politics HL Prize Tess Landau Diploma Global Politics SL Prize Zofia Bradley
Australian Defence Force Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork Award Lucy Correia Australian Defence Force Future Innovators Award Annabelle Lewkowski Ampol PLC Best All Rounder Coco Paganin Cruickshank Family Prize for Citizenship Lucinda Egan Finlayson Senior Boarder Prize Imogen Famlonga
Diploma English A Language and Literature HL Prize Angélie Ng
Joanne Lapsley Pipe Band Prize Sophie Hall
Diploma English A Literature HL Prize Madeleine Robins
Lee Halford Citizenship Award Brooke Poole
Diploma Mathematics Analysis and Approaches SL Prize Sophie Hall
Lynn Hunt Social Justice Award Hannah Wilson
Diploma Mathematics Applications and Interpretations SL Prize Zofia Bradley Diploma Psychology HL Prize Madeleine Robins Diploma Psychology SL Prize Ruohan Yu Diploma Spanish ab initio SL Prize Rilyn Hawkins Diploma Theatre HL Prize Zofia Bradley
The Milbank Prize for Citizenship Denby Shephard Music Performance Prize Emrys Loveday Olive Cusack Prize for Citizenship Jaz Shervington
Samantha Argyle Prize for Citizenship Amilia McKenzie The Boarding House Prize for Endeavour and Spirit Emma Holtham The Lord Family Prize for Citizenship Katie Marris W D Benson Prize for Citizenship Grace Goody VET Award DJ Carmichael & Company Vocational Education and Training Dux Lucinda Egan WACE Runner-Up to Dux Award Janet Phemister Prize for WACE Runner-Up to Dux Rebekah Smith WACE Dux of School Award DJ Carmichael & Company WACE Dux of School Yifan Cui IB Diploma Runner-Up to Dux Award Janet Phemister Prize for Diploma Joint Runner-Up to Dux of School Sophie Hall Madeleine Robins IB Diploma Dux of School Award
Prize for Deputy Head Prefect Elizabeth Hutton Prize for Head Prefect Lucy Correia Principal’s Inspiration Award Hannah Jeitz
DJ Carmichael & Company Diploma Dux of School Zofia Bradley
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Diploma French B HL Prize Angélie Ng
Agnes Robertson Prize for Citizenship Ava Miels
Heather Barr Memorial Prize for Citizenship Alice McLellan
PRESENTED AT JUNIOR SCHOOL END OF YEAR ASSEMBLY ON MONDAY 4 DECEMBER 2023 YEAR 3
YEAR 5
YEAR 6
Academic Excellence
Academic Excellence
Academic Excellence
Art
Alexandra Lee Margot O’Malley
Eva Bruna Lalic Georgia Day
Amy Deng Amy Huang
Tessa Ponosh
Citizenship
Citizenship
Lotte Beccard Leni Nientiedt
Rose Fox
Citizenship
Ava Jefferys
Merit
Merit
Ruby Carlson Sofia Lambo Tessa Ponosh
Charlotte Dennis Greta Iannizzotto Grace Mete Evallia Palassis
Yi Wen Liu Eloise Lynn Sienna Mills Ilyse Vincent
YEAR 4 Academic Excellence Hanna Qin Angelina Yuan Citizenship Ruby Eden Odelia Smith Merit Tannah Ackerman Sascha Hardwick Clementine Kane Anna Sekine
Sophie Landau
Merit Elena De Felice Paige Dyson Lais Fass Angela Li Chloe Spiers Erica Van Niekerk
Music Amy Deng Mandarin Catherine Lee French Aaradhana Rao Physical Education Sofia Lambo
We thank our prize donors, these include PLC Parents, Old Collegians’ Association, and individuals from our PLC community. Congratulations to our girls on making 2023 such a great year for PLC.
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