Parent & Student Matters 

• Australian History Competition
• Film Festival Prizegiving

Australian History Competition

Each year St Pius X College History students from Year 7 to 10 participate in the Australian History Competition. This competition consists of 50 multiple choice questions based largely on historical sources related to the Stages 4 and 5 syllabuses. This year there have again been some outstanding results that reflect well on the work being done in History classrooms by the students and their dedicated, passionate History teachers. 

The following high achievers were presented with their certificates at the College Assembly this week:

High Distinctions

Year 7: Ashworth Hilton

Year 8: Cameron Cheah, James Hanna 

Year 9: Aston Cortis-Jones, Luke Morton

Distinctions

Year 7: Nicholas Belov, Anthony Gu, Vihaan Kadam, Matthew Krizan, Joshua Telford, Ian Wong

Year 8: James Batura, Lorenzo Gonzalez, Nicholas Jie, Rory Rapa

Year 9: Jono Battishall, Flynn Clulow, Harry Greenwood, Fletcher Kennedy, Aaron Klarich, Joshua Lee, William McIlveen, Oliver Sudbury, Jenson Whitby, Jarrod Wong, Jake Yu

Year 10: Charles Garnys, Marcus Ng, Lachlan O’Neill, Riley Patten, James Stapleton, Joshua Wang

Mr Pat Rodgers - Leader of Learning, History/Legal Studies

It’s a  Wrap! Film Festival Prizegiving

On Wednesday morning our Lights Camera Pius! Film Festival prizewinners were presented with their Westfield voucher prizes and certificates. Congratulations to all the boys who submitted work this year. Their work reflected the unique voice and vision of our young creators.

The winners this year were:

Junior Category  (Yrs 5,6,7 and 8)             

Runner Up        Alexander Troughton and Zareh Keledjian, Year 7, 'Car Chase'

First Prize         Alexander Troughton, Year 7,  'Alexa'

Middle School   (Yrs 9 and 10)

Runner Up        Sam Xegas,  Year 9, Animation'

First Prize         Jake Swan, Year 10,  'The Watchtower of Chatswood'

Senior School     (Yrs 11 and 12)                       

First Prize (two equal prizes)   Edward Moss, Year 11, 'The Knock Within' 

                                                         Archie Turner, Year 11, 'The Missing Shoe'

Thanks to Mr Daniel Burton for the idea of a Student Choice award for all those who attended the festival. This year, by a large margin, the audience selected the ‘The Knock Within’ by Edward Moss. Ed received an additional prize and certificate.

Our very large Film Festival Committee members were also presented with their certificates, recognising their commitment and the hard work involved in creating a film festival.

The films are now available for everyone to see on Clickview Online.  

Ms Frances Doyle and Ms Donna Janes