Teaching and Learning

Elevate Education Student Seminars

On Monday 28 August we welcome a representative from Elevate Education who will provide students in years 7-12 with a valuable study skills development seminar. The seminars will go for 1 hour and students are provided with an Elevate Education workbook to take notes. A letter was sent to families on 9 August 2023, with information about Elevate Education seminars.

Just a reminder that Elevate Education also provide a free parent webinar series.   To register for an upcoming webinar, please click on the following link: https://get.elevatecoaching.info/au/schoolwebinar

Great results in the National History Competition!

The Australian History Competition provides an opportunity for our capable historians to shine at a national level. This year, our students have again done particularly well, with some outstanding individual results and an average across the board above the state and national averages.  We congratulate all the students for their efforts; they should be proud of themselves. 

For several years, the format has been that Year 7s and 8s sit the same paper, and Year 9 and 10 students sit 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.  This year’s results showed an overall growth in skill set in the competition analysis.

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: Phoebe Baker (Yr 9), Annabel O’Toole, Olivia Rees (Yr 10).

Distinction: Will Cameron, Lachlan Reid (Yr 7), Finlay Hunt, Austin Sobey (Year 8), Bowen Brown (Yr 9), Harry Dorahy, Madeleine Funcke, Amelia Jackson, Sophie Merrin, Olivia Read (Yr 10).

Credit: Frederick Milne (Yr 7), Amelia Bradbeer, Jaxon Garrard, Louis Lazzari (Yr 8), Harry Croft, Finn Dennis (Yr 9), Olive Jackson, Will Mackellar (Yr 10).

Merit: Ashraf Diab, Reuben Hays, Georgina McDonald, Sophie Nagorcka (Yr 7), Marianna Novikov Claudia Cochran, Cairo Cullinane, Libby Hermann (Yr 8), Georgia Adams (Yr 9) Su-Riann Kim, Harry McDonald (Yr 10)

Some of these students will receive their certificates in a House meeting, some will receive them in an upcoming assembly.

Congratulations to all the participants, who did a marvelous 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.

JODY OGLE

Head of History