Secondary Awards Ceremony

The first year of our Great Southern Grammar Secondary School has been a wonderfully vibrant year where we have enjoyed camps, events and carnivals with fantastic levels of attendance and participation. We have been able to enjoy mixing across year levels and our new vertical Homerooms have been well established.

Our students learned to become masters of time management once again as we ask them to keep on top of their studies while they make films for media, play basketball for the school or attend Young Writers workshops. What has impressed me more this year has been the way our students have supported each other. This has looked like students watching each other at sporting events, attending the Art exhibition, supporting each other with study, and supporting each other with friendship issues and reporting unkind behaviour. I love the way you look after each other; never lose this, you wonderful people, it’s a great example of something AI will never be able to match!

I would like to thank the students for their enthusiasm this year; for being here, for looking after each other and for supporting school events. I would also like to thank all of the staff for their passion and commitment in and out of the classroom. Finally, thank you to parents and families who send their amazing children to our school each day. Working with your children is an absolute privilege.

I wish you all wonderful and safe summer break, and I look forward to working with you again next year.

Please see this year’s award winners below:

Year 7 Arts	Hannah	Hull
Year 7 English	Grace	Outhwaite
Year 7 Health and Physical Education	Molly	O'Malley
Year 7 Humanities	Matilda	Chitty
Year 7 Japanese	Sarah	Arnold
Year 7 Mathematics	Edmund	Toomey
Year 7 Science	Lachlan	Evans
Year 7 Technologies	Willow	Coffey
Certificate of Excellence	Sarah	Arnold
Certificate of Excellence	Lachlan	Evans
Certificate of Excellence	Myla	Griskonis
Certificate of Excellence	Hannah	Hull
Certificate of Excellence	Edmund	Toomey
Year 8 Arts	Gracie	Shuttleworth
Year 8 English	Ruth	Darmody
Year 8 Health and Physical Education	William	Baldwin
Year 8 Humanities	Ruth	Darmody
Year 8 Japanese	Ruth	Darmody
Year 8 Mathematics	Ruth	Darmody
Year 8 Science	Ruth	Darmody
Year 8 Technologies	Ruth	Darmody
Certificate of Excellence	Ruth	Darmody
Certificate of Excellence	Darcey	Perkins
Certificate of Excellence	Evan	Pretorius
Certificate of Excellence	Adalyn	Sharpe
Certificate of Excellence	Kari	Taylor
Year 9 Arts	Tegan	Pears
Year 9 English	Tian	Bray
Year 9 Health and Physical Education	Ava	Marmion
Year 9 Humanities	Audrey	Cherry
Year 9 Mathematics	Nyomi	Johnson
Year 9 Science	Tian	Bray
Year 9 Technologies	Coby	Ravenhill
Certificate of Excellence	Sophie	Atkins
Certificate of Excellence	Tian	Bray
Certificate of Excellence	Milou	Buis
Certificate of Excellence	Audrey	Cherry
Certificate of Excellence	Harley	Duggan
Certificate of Excellence	Kimberley	Duncan
Certificate of Excellence	Madeline	Ellis
Certificate of Excellence	Ashlyn	Evans
Certificate of Excellence	Flynn	Huntley
Certificate of Excellence	Jayde	Scott
Certificate of Excellence	Rachel	Turner
Certificate of Excellence	Katelin	Woithe
Year 10 English	Bianca	Marshall
Year 10 Health and Physical Education	Kate	Carlson
Year 10 Humanities	Colin	Ferreira
Year 10 Mathematics	Amy	Medway
Year 10 Science	Colin	Ferreira
Year 10 Certificate II in Outdoor Education	Banjo	Stewart
Year 10 Hospitality	Chelsea	Pearson
Year 10 Japanese	Mariella	Somerscales
Year 10 Marine Studies	Sophie	Harris
Year 10 Physical Education Studies	Liesel	Freebury
Year 10 Wood Technologies	Amy	Medway
Year 10 Contemporary Music	Matilda	Comer
Year 10 Specialist Music	Matilda	Comer
Academic Excellence	Chloe	Climie
Academic Excellence	Colin	Ferreira
Academic Excellence	Liesel	Freebury
Academic Excellence	Sophie	Harris
Academic Excellence	Amy	Medway
Accounting & Finance: ATAR	Olivia	Hill
Accounting & Finance: General	Shayla	Filipowski
Biology: ATAR	Elsie	Wright
Certificate II in Hospitality	Ella	Mackenzie
Certificate III in Business	Olivia	North
Certificate III in Music Industry (Performance)	Lillian	Burgess
Certificate III in Sport & Recreation	Aiden	Clark
Certificate IV in Business	Ben	Thomas
Chemistry: ATAR	Samuel	Jeffery
Computer Science: ATAR	Luke	Roecker
Computer Science: General	Ryan	Hands
Drama: General	Hardy	Croucher
Drama : ATAR	River	Waters
English: ATAR	River	Waters
English: General	Georgia	Williams
Geography: ATAR	Madeleine	Warren
Human Biology: ATAR	Samuel	Jeffery
Literature: ATAR	Phoebe	Thompson
Marine and Maritime Studies: General	Georgia	Williams
Materials Design & Technology - Wood: General	Steven	Wiech
Mathematics Applications: ATAR	Madeleine	Warren
Mathematics Essentials: General	Georgia	Williams
Mathematics Methods: ATAR	Ryan	Hands
Mathematics Specialist: ATAR	Ryan	Hands
Media Production & Analysis: ATAR	Phoebe	Thompson
Media Production & Analysis: General	Olivia	Higgins
Modern History: ATAR	Phoebe	Thompson
Music: General	Lillian	Burgess
Outdoor Education: General	Tiffany	Butterworth
Physical Education Studies: ATAR	Philippa	Wilson
Physics: ATAR	Samuel	Jeffery
Politics and Law: ATAR	Madeleine	Warren
Visual Arts: ATAR	Annabelle	Lydeamore
Certificate of Excellence	Madeleine	Warren
Certificate of Excellence	Rosie	Nicoll
Certificate of Excellence	Angus	McSweeney
Certificate of Excellence	Samuel	Jeffery
Certificate of Excellence	Olivia	Higgins
Certificate of Excellence	Olivia	Hill
Certificate of Excellence	Georgia	Williams
Certificate of Excellence	Tiffany	Butterworth
Certificate of Excellence	Katie	Hartzell
Certificate of Excellence	Harley	Roberts-Johnson

Special Awards:

The Australian Defence Force Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork Award	Amy Medway
The Australian Defence Force Future Innovators Award	Colin Ferreira
Year 7 Values and Christian Service Award	Connor Occhiuto Wright
Year 8 Values and Christian Service Award	Ruth Darmody
Year 9 Values and Christian Service Award	Nyomi Johnson
Year 10 Values and Christian Service Award	Liesel Freebury
Year 11 Values and Christian Service Award	Olivia Higgins
Boarding Award	Matilda Norrish
Boarding Award	Zane Cairns
Year 7 Academic Achievement Award	Hannah Hull
Year 8 Academic Achievement Award	Ruth Darmody
Year 9 Academic Achievement Award	Tian Bray
Year 10 Academic Achievement Award	Colin Ferreira
Year 11 Academic Achievement Award	Samuel Jeffery
Year 7 Principal's Award	Hannah Hull
Year 8 Principal's Award	Riley Jenkins
Year 9 Principal's Award	Audrey Cherry
Year 10 Principal's Award	Kate Carlson
Year 11 Principal's Award	Rosie Nicoll

Year Eleven Camp

Mary Witham (Year Eleven)

The Year Eleven students are a very tight and supporting year group, which ultimately lead to the enormous success of our last camp together.

We are very thankful for everyone who put it together; Mrs Turnor, the Heads of House, and the lovely staff at Camp Kennedy.

The camp included a one night stay, filled with swimming, boogie boarding, eating, soccer, walking, games, dances, teambuilding, and eating.

The camp was pretty luxurious as it included food deliveries and mattresses, and the most difficult part was co-ordinating an elaborate dance within our house to perform at the end of the night.

To wind down from that, the morning followed with a trek to Mutton Bird, where we met Gary who taught us about dreaming-the formations of the land. As well as meeting a yoga instructor to revive us from our walk.

Mrs Victoria Turnor | Head of Secondary

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