Learning Across the 

Senior School

Years 7-12 Humanities Awards

2025 Governor’s Civics Awards for Schools

We are delighted to announce that Loreto College Marryatville Year 12 Student Sophia B was awarded one of the elite ‘2025 Governor’s Civics Award for Schools.’ Sophia will receive her award next year at an official ceremony at Government House. This impressive achievement was for Sophia’s Stage 2 Legal Studies Inquiry Character References pursuant to the Sentencing Act 2017 (SA).

2025 National History Challenge Awards

This year Loreto College also had its largest number of student entries in the 2025 National History Challenge. These students were Aeon N, Emily T, Karli Y and Sophia H (Year 12), Grace C and Elisa F (Year 11), Emily H, Annie M, Grace G and Eloise C (Year 9). Congratulations to all these students for extending their learning and exploring this year’s theme, ‘Conflict and Resolution.’

In what is a remarkable set of achievements, a number of these students were also recognised at an elite level. Their awards are the following:

Emily H: (Year 9) South Australian Winner for Australia’s Defining Moments Category

Aeon N: (Year 12) South Australian and National Winner for Women’s History Category

Grace C: (Year 11) South Australian and National Winner for Australian Wartime Experiences Category

Sophia H: (Year 12) South Australian Winner for Australia and Asia Category

and

Sophia H: 2025 South Australian Young Historian of the Year

This is the 4th time in 5 years that a Loreto College Marryatville student has achieved this prestigious award.

As part of their prize, Aeon, Grace and Sophia were also awarded a 3-day study tour of Canberra’s Museums and Galleries culminating in the official award ceremony at Parliament House, Canberra on Monday 24th November. At this ceremony, they were presented with their Prize Medals by the Hon Jason Clare MP, Minister for Education.

All Loreto Students are now encouraged to enter the 2026 National History Challenge and consider the theme for next year which is ‘Voices.’

As a community we celebrate these exceptional achievements by our Loreto Students.

Paul Foley

Leader of Humanities

Year 7 Science

Modelling an Orbit

The Year 7 Science students were required to construct an interactive model to determine whether the orbital period of a satellite is affected by the mass of the planet it orbits, and therefore by the strength of its gravitational pull. It was so much fun and a great way to reinforce what we had been learning in class.

Fly Me to the Moon

As part the Earth, Moon and Space Unit, our Year 7 Science students were delighted to create their own ‘acid and base’ rockets! The girls mixed baking soda with vinegar in a plastic drink bottle 'rocket' to create carbon dioxide gas, which when released, caused the rocket to spectacularly overcome the pull of gravity and head straight for the stars! The excitement was something we will always treasure!

Day and Night

Working with balloons always guarantees an awesome lesson. The Year 7 Science students thought it was already Christmas when asked to use a globe to check the shape and position of the major continents and to next try drawing them onto the balloon. The balloon was then hung by a string in front of the bright lamp representing the sun and slowly turned anticlockwise to model day and night in Australia and the rest of the world.  Of course, we made time to play with the balloons afterwards!

Year 8 Science

Let’s ROCK!

Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks were displayed in the laboratory for the Year 8 Science students to choose one rock that they could use to create a fun photo to bring joy to the class. Our future geologists absolutely adored working with rocks this term and learning about the structure of the Earth.

Year 9 Science

Caring for Country

The Year 9 Science students worked diligently on a group task to prepare a video documentary on Preventative Bushfire Management, combining Indigenous knowledge with non-Indigenous practices for sustainable fire management. We can't thank the girls enough for their commitment, reverence, and passion for Caring for Country.  

Patty Warrender

Biology/Science Teacher