Teaching and Learning

 

National History Competition

Outstanding results in the National History Competition!

The Giant Classroom History Competition provides an opportunity for our capable historians to shine at a national level and this year our students have done particularly well, with some outstanding individual results.  On a very special note, John Charnley, Euan Sutherland and James Sutherland received results that were higher than the top winner in some other states.  We congratulate them!  They should be exceptionally proud of themselves. 

This year the format of the competition was expanded, with Year 7s and 8s sitting the same paper, and Year 9 and 10 students sitting a Year 10 based paper.  Each year level was graded differently, with consideration to what students have covered in their year level curriculum within the school environment.

The study of History extends way beyond facts or recall and at the College we are dedicated to developing each student’s ability to apply critical and creative thinking that focuses on historical skills, including terms, concepts, chronology, knowledge, interpretation, contextualisation and source analysis. 

National History Competition results:

High Distinction (top 5% of Year 7 and 8.  Top 4% in Year 9 and 10): Fitzroy Maclean, Kelly Ferguson (Yr 10), James Sutherland (Year 9), Euan Sutherland, John Charnley (Yr 7). 

Distinction (top 10% of Year 7 and 8. Top 7% of Year 9 and 10): Eren Zehir, Liam Jeffery, Leyland Jones, Max Green (Yr 7), Finn Bowes, Nihindu Ranasinghe (Yr 9), Pippa Gan, Tim Gilling, Jarrod Hurst, Jarman Oakley, Sami Zehir (Yr 10).

Credit: (top 15% of Yr 7 and 8, top 8% Year 9, top 10% Year 10) Liam Bowman, Lachlan James, Anna Kelly (Yr 9) Harrison Bright (Yr 8), Kyle Herbertson, Claudia Roberts (Yr 10)

Merit: (top 20% of Yr 7 and 8, top 9% Yr 9, top 10% Yr 10) Niamh Jones (Yr 10), Louise Millear, Harrison Beal (Yr 9), Tess Dempsey, Juliet Page (Yr 8) Isabelle Musson, Grace Austin (Yr 7)

Congratulations to all the participants, who did a marvellous job.  The skills of History are vital in many other subjects also, and the History Faculty plays an integral role in working with students to develop their analytical and academic abilities at a whole-school level.

Mrs Jody Ogle

Head of History