Speech Day Award Criteria
JUNIOR SCHOOL
Junior School Speech Day Award Criteria
Junior School Awards
K-2 Endeavour Awards
(Supported by Mitre 10)
Presented to each student within the grade, demonstrating their personal growth within the strands of the Key Learning Areas of English or Mathematics.
Years 3-6 Award for Endeavour
(Supported by Thredbo, SMRC, Perisher & Lions Club Jindabyne)
Presented to the student who demonstrates perseverance and consistently strives towards self-improvement, focused within a Key Learning Area.
Years 3-6 Academic Achievement in English
(Supported by Thredbo, SMRC, Perisher & Lions Club Jindabyne)
Presented to the student who has shown consistent commitment to their studies and has displayed academic excellence throughout the year, across the cohort, within the Key Learning Area of English.
Years 3-6 Academic Achievement in Mathematics
(Supported by Thredbo, SMRC, Perisher & Lions Club Jindabyne)
Presented to the student who has shown consistent commitment to their studies and has displayed academic excellence throughout the year, across the cohort, within the Key Learning Area of Mathematics.
Years 3-6 Academic Achievement in Science & Technology
(Supported by Thredbo, SMRC, Perisher & Lions Club Jindabyne)
Presented to the student who has shown consistent commitment to their studies and has displayed academic excellence throughout the year, across the cohort, within the Key Learning Area of Science and Technology.
Junior School Speech Day Award Criteria
Years 3-6 Academic Achievement in HSIE
(Supported by Thredbo, SMRC, Perisher & Lions Club Jindabyne)
Presented to the student who has shown consistent commitment to their studies and has displayed academic excellence throughout the year, across the cohort, within the Key Learning Area of HSIE.
Years 3-6 Specialist Award for German
(Supported by Thredbo, SMRC, Perisher & Lions Club Jindabyne)
Presented to the student who has demonstrated consistent motivation, interest and endeavour across the cohort within the subject area of LOTE.
Years 3-6 Specialist Award for Visual Art
(Supported by Thredbo, SMRC, Perisher & Lions Club Jindabyne)
Presented to the student who has demonstrated consistent motivation, interest and endeavour across the cohort within the Key Learning Area of Creative Arts-Visual Arts.
Years 3-6 Specialist Award for Physical Education
(Supported by Thredbo, SMRC, Perisher & Lions Club Jindabyne)
Presented to the student who has demonstrated consistent motivation, interest and endeavour across the cohort within the Key Learning Area of Physical Development, Health and Physical Education.
Years 3-6 Specialist Award for Music
(Supported by Thredbo, SMRC, Perisher & Lions Club Jindabyne)
Presented to the student who has demonstrated consistent motivation, interest and endeavour across the cohort within the Key Learning Area of Creative Arts-Music.
The SMGS P&F Cultural Arts Award
Presented to a Stage 3 student who demonstrates consistent enthusiasm, participation and commitment to one or more chosen co-curricular experiences: Instrument Ensembles, Public Speaking, Service Learning or Debating.
Junior School Speech Day Award Criteria
The Barbara Bradshaw Citizenship Award
Presented to a Junior School student who is an enthusiastic and willing participant in all school activities, considers the needs of others, shows respect, cares for the school and community environment and is a role model for peers. This award is in the name of Barbara Bradshaw, who was a long-serving Teacher Aide within the Junior School community.
The Stuart Walker Cup for Dux of the Junior School
The Dux of the Junior School is the Year 6 student who, in the current academic year, has demonstrated in all Key Learning Areas, with a particular emphasis on English, Mathematics, Science and Technology, as well as a consistently superior standard of quality work, that they are the highest achieving academic member of the Year 6 cohort, according to class performance and progressive school-based assessments completed throughout the school year.
Awarded Throughout the Year
Junior School Speech Day Award Criteria
Foundation Day Cordis Spiritus Junior School Award
The Cordis Spiritus Award recognises a student from the Junior School and a student from the Middle or Senior School who reflects the ‘spirit of Snowy Mountains Grammar School’ and all that our school stands for. The award recognises a student who is outstanding in their contribution to the School and whose efforts, through ‘heart and spirit’, have made a significant impact on our community and the daily life of the School. Respect to self, family, school and others is an underpinning consideration in the determination of this award.
Sports Person All-Rounder of the Year
Junior School
The Junior School Sports Person of the Year Award is presented to a student from Year 5 or 6 who has demonstrated exceptionally high levels of participation and athletic achievement in a range of sporting activities in House, HICES and representative sports. The recipient must also clearly demonstrate a level of sportsmanship and commitment to all SMGS sporting activities.
The Sue West House Shield Award – House Champion
The overall recipient of the House Shield will be determined by results achieved from each of the Houses throughout the year. The House that accumulates the most points from activities within areas of school life will be named as the Champion House.
An important aspect of the House Shield is that Academic, Cultural and Sporting pursuits form part of the holistic educational process of the School and are therefore all counted towards the awarding of the House Shield.
The ‘year’ for the House Shield begins at the start of Term 4 and concludes at the end of Term 3. This is to enable the Year 12 students to complete a full year as part of the House and as House Captains.
School Speech Day Award Criteria
Junior School Speech Day Award Criteria