Co-curricular Update
Mrs Catherine Litchfield, Director of Co‑curricular Learning
Celebrating Summer Co-Curricular Success and Looking Ahead
At our Co-curricular Awards Assembly last week, our community came together to celebrate the many successes of the Summer co-curricular season. It was a privilege to recognise the achievements of our students across a wide range of activities, and to acknowledge the enthusiasm and commitment they bring to all aspects of school life. Congratulations to all award recipients, and to every student who participated so wholeheartedly over the summer months.
At Kinross Wolaroi School, we are fortunate to offer an exceptional breadth of co-curricular opportunities spanning sport, service, the arts, academic pursuits and global experiences. This year, that program has been recognised nationally, with the School named an Excellence Awardee at the Australian Education Awards. This recognition reflects the dedication of both staff and students, and is something the entire community can take pride in.
As the summer season drew to a close, it was encouraging to see the winter co-curricular program begin with such energy. Early home rugby fixtures have been outstanding, complemented by strong starts across soccer, hockey and netball. The Cadet Passing Out Parade and Dinner were significant highlights, and the Performing Arts Festival promises to be another memorable occasion.
There is also much to look forward to across the arts, with rehearsals for Beauty and the Beast well underway. Students are encouraged to support their peers by attending what will no doubt be a vibrant and impressive production.
Beyond campus, our students continue to represent the School with distinction. The Cattle Team’s participation at the Royal Easter Show, ongoing success in debating, and the Equestrian Team’s excellent performance at the Coonabarabran Expo—including another win in the polocrosse competition—demonstrate the breadth of talent and commitment across our community.
Opportunities for growth extend far beyond competition. Recent tours to Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Vietnam have provided students with transformative global experiences, broadening their perspectives and deepening their understanding of the world. Looking ahead, students will again have the opportunity to consider exchange programs—experiences that are consistently described as life-changing.
The value of co-curricular involvement, particularly sport, was further reinforced at a recent seminar by Australian Test cricketer Nathan Lyon. Reflecting on leadership and teamwork, he shared that his most memorable moments in cricket were not always his own achievements, but those of his teammates. His perspective serves as a reminder that being part of a team during school years plays a powerful role in shaping character.
Sport also develops critical life skills—resilience, discipline, communication and teamwork—that extend well beyond the field. As Lyon emphasised, the best players are often the best listeners, and those who contribute most positively to a team environment ultimately find the greatest success.
While celebrating achievement is important, so too is recognising the way in which our students conduct themselves. As the winter season begins, our students have demonstrated exemplary behaviour and sportsmanship, even in the face of less positive conduct from others. This reflects the values of Kinross Wolaroi School—competing with determination, while always upholding dignity and respect.
Students are reminded that how they play the game matters just as much as the result. There is no place for poor sportsmanship—whether through words or actions—and we must always strive to rise above it. By listening to coaches, supporting teammates and respecting opponents, we continue to build a strong and positive sporting culture.
This message extends beyond the field to everyday conduct, including online behaviour. Students are encouraged to consider carefully their use of social media and their digital presence. Expectations around behaviour apply in all environments, and the choices made online should reflect the same values upheld within the School community.
Attention to detail in presentation and uniform is another important aspect of representing the School with pride. Simple steps—wearing the correct uniform, adhering to guidelines and maintaining high personal standards—allow both students and staff to focus on performance and participation. As a former Headmaster wisely noted, “Take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves.”
As we move further into the winter season, students are encouraged to continue raising the bar—to train with purpose, perform with commitment and represent the School with pride. Above all, it is important to approach each opportunity with positivity and enthusiasm.
Finally, sincere thanks are extended to the co-curricular team, led by Nikki Jasprizza, for their work in coordinating programs and events throughout the year. Their efforts behind the scenes ensure that students have access to such a rich and rewarding co-curricular experience.
Once again, congratulations to all award recipients, and best wishes to all students for the season ahead.
Swimming Age Champions
Age | Age Champion | Runner Up |
12 years girls | Ella Hunter | Philippa Bailey |
13 years girls | Mila Staniforth | Scarlett Cantelo |
14 years girls | Grace Lowther | Charlotte Keightley |
15 years girls | Isabelle Provost | Ana Phillips |
16 years girls | Rose Turner | Lucy Campbell |
17 years girls | Chloe Provost | Isabel Grout |
18-19 years girls | Edie Campbell | Ivy Askew |
Multi-class | Mackenzie Miller |
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12 years boys | - | - |
13 years boys | Freddie Littlejohn | Joshua Westcott |
14 years boys | Freddie Mendl | Jock Bowman |
15 years boys | Ewen Kerridge | Zaro Jalal |
16 years boys | George Nash | Steven Collins |
17 years boys | Matthew Lowther | Hamish Searle |
18-19 years boys | Brody Steele | Spencer Williams |
Multi Class | Tom McIsaac |
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Swimming Records
| Event | Name | Age group | Record |
| 50m Butterfly | Brody Steele | 18yrs | 27.17 |
Cross Country Champions
Age | Age Champion | Runner Up |
12 years girls | Ella Hunter | Kimberley Williams |
13 years girls | Lara Hooper | Mila Staniforth |
14 years girls | Zara Campbell | Ellie Brabin |
15 years girls | Anna Orr | Grace Segger |
16 years girls | Holly Hutchinson | Skye Napier |
17 years girls | Anna Childs | Clancy Murray |
18-19 years girls | Lucinda Reidy | Ava Healey |
12 years boys | David Elliot | Thomas Cardiff |
13 years boys | Tim Napier | Luke Peterson |
14 years boys | Hamish Bailey | Frederick Mendl |
15 years boys | Wilfred Mcleod | Henry Jones |
16 years boys | Samuel Commins | Jackson Beaudin |
17 years boys | Maxwell Horne | Hamish Searle |
18-19 years boys | Angus Hunt | Jock Casey |
Athletic Champions
Age Champion | Age Champion | Runner Up |
12 years girls | Ella Hunter | Kimberley Williams |
13 years girls | Lara Hooper | Mila Staniforth |
14 years girls | Jessica Childs | Chloe Badgery |
15 years girls | Ingrid West | Isabelle Provost |
16 years girls | Skye Napier | Georgie Simpson |
17 years girls | Anna Childs | Zara Bruem |
18-19 years girls | Lucinda Reidy | Ruby Leigo |
12 years boys | Sam Moxey | David Elliot |
13 years boys | Tim Napier | Jack Trengrove |
14 years boys | Sam Hunter | Ollie Crellen |
15 years boys | Liam Vaira | Wilfred McLeod |
16 years boys | Heathcliffe Bell | Angus O'Brien |
17 years boys | Sidney Weston/Cooper Martin | - |
18-19 years boys | Charlie Miller | Oliver Wilson |
Athletics Records
| Event | Name | Record |
| Girls 12 years 200m | Ella Hunter | 30.65s |
| Girls 12 years Long Jump | Ella Hunter | 4.46m |
| Girls 13 years Long Jump | Lara Hooper | 4.91m |
| Girls 12-14 years Triple Jump | Lara Hooper | 10.23m |
| Girls 15-16 years 1500m | Skye Napier | 5.10mins |
| Boys 18-19 High Jump | William Kline | 1.90m |
Girls 12-14yrs 4 by 100m Relay Douglas House | Mila Staniforth, Jessica Childs, Laura Klein, Annemeike van Gilst | 58.14s |
Boys 12-14yrs 4 by 100m Relay Richards House | Ollie Crellen, Lyle Robinson, Geordie Mason, Marcus Pigott | 56.64s |
Special Recognition Athlete Award Mila was age champion in Swimming, Athletics and Came second in the cross country. | Mila Staniforth |
Da Vinci Decathlon Awards
Laura Tan
James Morrow
Marcus Proctor
Tim Napier
Jessica Childs
Josh Leung
Harry White
Anna Clunas
Basketball Awards
Award | NAME |
Colours | Bukunmi Adetifa |
Colours | Audrey Blyth |
Colours | Joshua Brett |
Colours | Milo Mages |
Colours | Cooper Martin |
Colours | Oscar Withers |
Junior Colours | Hamish Bailey |
Junior Colours | Louis Blyth |
Junior Colours | Thalia Brett |
Junior Colours | Isla Callaghan |
Junior Colours | Billy Irons |
Junior Colours | Ewen Kerridge |
Junior Colours | Aston Lett |
Junior Colours | Phoebe Wong |
Cricket Awards
Award | Reason for Honours | Name |
Honours | NSW All Schools U19 team | Phoebe Johnston |
Honours | NSW CIS U 15s Team | Freddy Stevens |
Colours |
| Robbie Heath |
Colours |
| Charlie Keirle |
Colours |
| Charlie Miller |
Colours |
| Ashton Nock |
Colours |
| Hugh Shannon |
Colours |
| Will Younghusband |
Junior Colours |
| Billy Baldwinson |
Junior Colours |
| Tom Baldwinson |
Junior Colours |
| Benjamin Chambers |
Junior Colours |
| Alexander Cosier |
Junior Colours |
| Mitchell Cosier |
Junior Colours |
| David McIsaac |
Junior Colours |
| Angus O’Brien |
Junior Colours |
| Freddie Warren |
Junior Colours |
| George Whittle |
Junior Colours |
| Nicholas Wood |
Junior Colours |
| Harry Yelland |
Junior Colours |
| Chuck Fletcher |
Junior Colours |
| Declan Dixon |
Rowing Awards
Award | Reason for Honours | Name |
Honours | Australian Championships Gold | Lucy Reidy |
Honours | Australian Championships Gold | Bell Clinton |
Honours | Australian Championships Gold | Emily Wise |
Honours | Australian Championships Gold | Alice Dymock |
Honours | Australian Championships Gold | Ruby Leigo |
Honours | Australian Championships Gold | Isabel Grout |
Honours | Australian Championships Gold | Rahni Jarick |
Honours | Australian Championships Gold | Grace Tancred |
Honours | Australian Championships Gold | Jane Bruce |
Honours | Australian Championships Gold | Ash Robinson |
Honours | Australian Championships Gold | Heathcliffe Bell |
Honours | Australian Championships Gold | Xavier Zinga |
Honours | Australian Championships Gold | Hamish Macdonald |
Honours | Australian Championships Gold | Sam Thomas |
Honours | NSW States Gold/Nationals Bronze | Toby Buckland |
Honours | NSW States Gold/Nationals Bronze | Hamish Searle |
Honours | NSW States Gold/Head of the River Gold | Reuben Cleary |
Honours | NSW States Gold/Head of the River Gold | Henry Power |
Honours | NSW States Gold/Head of the River Gold | Henry Jones |
Honours | Head of the River Gold | Harry Oldroyd |
Honours | NSW States Gold | Jock Petersen |
Honours | Australian Championships Medalist | George Hunt |
Honours | Australian Championships Medalist | Angus Hunt |
Honours | Australian Championships Medalist | Matilda Whitely |
Honours | Australian Championships Medalist | Millie Helyar |
Honours | Australian Championships Medalist | Ruby Hilder |
Honours | NSW States Gold/Nationals Medalist | Georgia Tancred |
Honours | Australian Championships Medalist | Alexandra Karasch |
Honours | Australian Championships Medalist | Anna Orr |
Honours | Australian Championships Medalist | Sophie Caro |
Honours | Australian Championships Medalist | Andie Zinga |
Junior Colours | NSW States Bronze | Ralph Shannon |
Junior Colours | NSW States Bronze | Marcus Pigott |
Junior Colours | NSW States Bronze | Jonathan Wilkinson |
Junior Colours | NSW States Bronze | Alfie Lord |
Junior Colours | NSW States Bronze | Charlie Mclaughlin |
Junior Colours | NSW Schoolgirl Head of the River/NSW States Medalist | Pippa Wise |
Junior Colours | NSW Schoolgirl Head of the River/NSW States Medalist | Ingrid West |
Junior Colours | NSW Schoolgirl Head of the River/NSW States Medalist | Isabelle Provost |
Junior Colours | NSW Schoolgirl Head of the River/NSW States Medalist | Grace Lowther |
Junior Colours | NSW Schoolgirl Head of the River Medalist | Clare Bruce |
Junior Colours | NSW Schoolgirl Head of the River Medalist | Milly Dymock |
Junior Colours | NSW Schoolgirl Head of the River Medalist | Lily Berryman |
Junior Colours | NSW Schoolgirl Head of the River Medalist | Mila Yabsley-Bell |
Junior Colours | NSW Schoolgirl Head of the River Medalist | Chloe Caro |
Junior Colours | NSW Schoolgirl Head of the River Medalist | Charlotte Williams |
Swimming Awards
Award | Reason for Honours | Name |
Honours |
| Tom McIsaac |
Honours |
| Brody Steele |
Honours |
| Rose Turner |
Honours |
| Chloe Provost |
Junior Colours |
| Philippa Bailey |
Junior Colours |
| Scarlett Cantelo |
Junior Colours |
| Ella Hunter |
Junior Colours |
| Zaro Jalal |
Junior Colours |
| Ewen Kerridge |
Junior Colours |
| Freddie Littlejohn |
Junior Colours |
| Edward McGilvray |
Junior Colours |
| Freddie Mendl |
Junior Colours |
| Mackenzie Miller |
Junior Colours |
| Isabella Spliet |
Junior Colours |
| Mila Staniforth |
Tennis Awards
COLOURS | Name |
Colours | Lucy Baldwinson |
Colours | Ollie Hyde |
Colours | Milli Mackay |
Junior Colours | Ollie Fitzgerald |
ISA Award | Ollie Hyde |
ISA Award | Ollie Fitzgerald |
ISA Award | Milli Mackay |
ISA Award | Lucy Baldwinson |
ISA Award | Stella Mitchell |
ISA Award | Grace Solomon |
Touch Football Awards
Award | Reason for honours | Name |
Honours + ISA Representative Player + ISA DIV 1 Winner | CIS Touch Football | Olivia Carney |
Colours + ISA Colours + ISA DIV 1 Winner |
| Lucy Carney |
Colours + ISA Colours + ISA DIV 1 Winner |
| Clancy Murray |
Colours + ISA Colours + ISA DIV 1 Winner |
| Harriett Sinclair |
Colours + ISA DIV 1 Winner |
| Lucy Atkinson |
Colours + ISA DIV 1 Winner |
| Amber Duerden |
Colours + ISA DIV 1 Winner |
| Ava Healey |
Colours + ISA DIV 1 Winner |
| Grace Hosie |
Colours + ISA DIV 1 Winner |
| Katherine Ivey |
Colours + ISA DIV 1 Winner |
| Claudia Mason |
Colours + ISA DIV 1 Winner |
| Essie Mitchell |
Colours + ISA DIV 1 Winner |
| Maddelyn O’Brien |
Colours + ISA DIV 1 Winner |
| Lucy Robb |
Colours + ISA DIV 1 Winner |
| Minnie Whittle |
Colours + ISA DIV 1 Winner |
| Eadie Wilson |
Junior Colours + ISA Representative Player |
| Hattie Kelly |
Junior Colours |
| Hamish Bailey |
Junior Colours |
| Ollie Crellen |
Junior Colours |
| Ollie Fitzgerald |
Junior Colours |
| Markus Ivey |
Triathlon Awards
| AWARD | Name |
| Honours | Maxwell Horne |
| Honours | Samuel Commins |
| Colours | Ashton Montagliani |
| Colours | Anna Childs |
| Colours | Oscar Zielinski |
| Colours | Flynn Jones |
Water Polo Awards
Colours | Name |
Colours | Mack Sweetapple |
Colours | Ivy Askew |
Colours | Spencer Williams |
Cattle Team Awards
Colours | Name |
Colours | Maddie Lawry |
Camerata Competition
Junior Division | |
Highly Commended | Ella Kerdic |
Highly Commended | Joshua Leung |
Highly Commended | Lola Mages |
Second Place | Julian Capanas |
First Place | Charlotte Hoskins |
Senior Division | |
Highly Commended | Felix Kairaitis |
Highly Commended | Nethuli Pathirana |
Second Place | Samuel Martin |
First Place | William Hoskins |
Duke of Edinburgh Awards
AWARD | Name |
Bronze | Harriet Bird |
Bronze | Freya Berry |
Bronze | Jane Bruce |
Bronze | Isla Callaghan |
Bronze | Lucy Campbell |
Bronze | Sophie Caro |
Bronze | Benjamin Chambers |
Bronze | Harry Chapman |
Bronze | Fergus Chase |
Bronze | Georgia Clunas |
Bronze | Samuel Commins |
Bronze | Maisie Cooper |
Bronze | Charlotte Cox |
Bronze | Hannah Cunningham |
Bronze | William Dunlop |
Bronze | Aurora Everett |
Bronze | Natalie Hayward |
Bronze | Ruby Hilder |
Bronze | Jessica Ker |
Bronze | Ella Kerdic |
Bronze | Kate Larkings |
Bronze | Eliza Lord |
Bronze | Olivia McBeath |
Bronze | Honor McCardell |
Bronze | Sophie McColl |
Bronze | Harry Miller |
Bronze | Frankie Mitchell |
Bronze | Grace Murray |
Bronze | Charlotte Pearce |
Bronze | Lilly Robb |
Bronze | Isla Ross |
Bronze | Amelia Sharp |
Bronze | Georgie Simpson |
Bronze | Georgia Tancred |
Bronze | Poppy Warren |
Bronze | Minnie Whittle |
Silver | Chaitra Avirneni |
Silver | Julia Bligh |
Silver | Anna Childs |
Silver | Steven Collins |
Silver | Catalina Harding |
Silver | Lily Moe |
Silver | Grace Murray |
Silver | Skye Napier |
Silver | Nethuli Pathirana |
Silver | Georgia Phillipe |
Silver | Sophie Richmond |
Silver | Hamish Searle |
Debating Awards
Captain of Debating: Chaitra Avirneni
Colours | Reason for Honours | Name |
Honours | Represented KWS in the National Debating Competition Grand Final | Abbey Cunial |
Honours | Represented KWS in the National Debating Competition Grand Final | Rosie Hedley |
Honours | Represented KWS in the National Debating Competition Grand Final | Milo Mages |
Honours | Represented KWS in the National Debating Competition Grand Final | Olivia Wilson |
Colours |
| Chaitra Avirneni |
Colours |
| Lola Mages |
Colours |
| Maisie Cooper |
Colours |
| Chamara Fernando |
Colours |
| Georgie Simpson |
Colours |
| Poppy Warren |
Junior Colours |
| Lucy Campbell |
Cadet Awards
Colours | Name |
Colours | Nash Adams |
Colours | Bukunmi Adetifa |
Colours | Ivy Askew |
Colours | Jackson Davis |
Colours | Felix Kairaitis |
Colours | Annabelle Kerridge |
Colours | Katie Lawler |
Colours | Grace Shea |
Colours | Spencer Williams |
Colours | Jessica Woods |
Junior Colours | Tom Mason |
Junior Colours | Lotte McLeod |
Junior Colours | Anna Orr |
Junior Colours | Daniel Rourke |