Student Stories, Achievements & Community News
Student Stories
Medieval Day is a great opportunity for our Year 8 students to experience immersive, hands-on learning through themed sessions and activities.
Christian A
"We learned about various aspects of life in the Dark Ages, such as heraldry, archery, weapons, crime, and punishments. It amazed me how people lived, protected themselves, and addressed justice years ago. I enjoyed learning about archery and how punishments prevented crimes from happening. The day was enjoyable in general and taught me more about history."
Leo M
"I went on the excursion to learn about medieval Europe and BOY DID I! We did everything from learning about the punishments for medieval crimes and wearing armour and holding replica weapons to even learning to fight like a knight with swords and arrows (Archery).
I thought lots of things were super interesting especially the fact that if someone died the lord and lady had to pay the king for "Breaking" his property. It was lots of fun and an amazing hands-on way that we got to learn about medieval history!"
Athan Z
"We were split into House groups, and our group had a wonderful day learning about archery, armour and weapons, heraldry, crime, and punishment and even got to try and defeat a knighted presenter with blunted swords.
It was a great learning experience for me, as I learned a very interesting fact that if you wanted to kill a person then you would need to pay a tax to the king as everything is the king's. I enjoyed watching the students try and take on the fully armoured knight at the end of the day the most, it was very enthralling! All in all, my takeaway from the day was that time then was vastly different to times now, from people’s rights, to the punishment of wrongdoers, it is easy to say, times have definitely changed."
Celebrating Student Achievement
Congratulations to our Monash Scholars for 2025 - 2027. Year 10 students Hunter M, Aaron S and Aaron V have each been offered a place in the Monash Scholars Class of 2025 to 2027. This prestigious program selects high achievers with an exclusive opportunity to get a head start with Monash, experience university life, meet other like-minds and further their personal and academic development.
Best wishes to our finalists at the Brother Quentin O'Halloran Public Speaking Event this month. Students will deliver their prepared and impromptu speeches to our audience and panel of adjudicators.
Year 7 - Ben S, Kristian S & Jensen W
Year 8 - Oscar D, William H, Ethan S & Samuel S
Year 9 - George B, Oliver F & Dan P
Year 10 - Vinne M, Zane K & Joshua M
Year 11 - Luke K, Oran J, Nick S & Daniel A
Year 12 - Tomas P, George S & Maurice K
Hosts - Alex T, Thomas R, Will A (Year 11)
Adjudicators - Tom Gregory (Class of 2024) and Austin Wharfe (Class of 2023)
Congratulations to our students who tested their skills and knowledge in the 2025 Australian Geography Competition, with 9 achieving a High Distinction, 16 Distinctions and 22 Credits.
High Distinction Students
Year 7 - Karl V
Year 8 - Christian B & Luke C
Year 9 - Sebastian T
Year 10 - Finn B , Jeremy L, Aaron S & Joe W
Year 12 - Austin P
Well done to Flynn Hunter (College Vice Captain), whose band The Masons has been announced in the official selection of The All American High School Film Festival for music video to their song, Pancakes.
"Being selected for The All American High School Film Festival is an extremely prestigious achievement as they are known for annually hosting the world's largest high school film festival. Ours is the only Australian music video selected this year - and will be played in Times Square in October, allowing us to reach an audience internationally, a major milestone for the band. We're so excited for what's to come later in the year!"
Congratulations to Liam S (Year 8) who won first place for the SA ITF Taekwondo Championship Tournament in Adelaide. Liam has been practicing Tekwondo for 8 years and his hard work and persistence continues to pay dividends.
Congratulations to Michiel K (Year 8), Oliver S (Year 10) and Angus L (Year 11) who have been selected to represent Victoria at the Australian Pool Rescue Championships in Adelaide this week.
Community News
In Memoriam
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Guy Pirona, who taught Science at St Bede’s College for 30 years. Guy left the College just seven years ago and remained a valued member of our extended community.
We extend our thoughts to the loved ones and friends of Norma Hand, a long serving staff member at our College.
Sincere condolences to the St Patrick's Primary School community, who recently lost Tim Noonan, former Principal. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and all who knew him.
May God's love be a comfort to you at this time.
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