Achievements
Honours Pockets
Well done to the Year 12s who have received honours pockets, awarded to students who have earned honours in 3 or more programs.
Joshua G (Concert Band, Choir and Orchestra)
Oscar L (Academics, Choir, Orchestra and Debating)
Emily S (Academics, Choir, Orchestra and Debating)
Xabier W (Athletics, Choir, Production)
Australian Maths Competition Prize Winners
Congratulations to Sachin G (Year 7) and Lin W (Year 8) who were in the top 99.7 percentile of this competition thanks to their impressive results in the AMC this year.
Softball Championships
Well done to Sam W (Year 9) and Talia N (Year 10) on their softball achievements.
Sam has just returned from Perth where he represented Victoria the Australian Schoolboys U17 Softball Championships. He is also going to compete in the Sunshine Coast on Thursday for the U16 Australian Softball Team Training Camp.
Talia Nuroo was part of the girls team who finished 4th and played extremely well.
National Lacrosse Club Championships
Well done to Liam F (Year 10) who was selected as the goalie for the Northern Warriors Under 15 lacrosse team in the National Championships. Liam was also awarded MVP!
National Basketball Championship Winner
Well done to Nathan H (Year 7), whose Spectres team won the U14 National Basketball Championships recently. They won the Gold Medal and competed against 48 teams from across Australia as part of the Championships, making it one of the most elite youth competitions in the country. Well done!
Wordfest Competition
Well done to Shiven in Year 9 who recently won the 2022 Monash ‘WordFest’ Short Story Competition! He took out 1st place in the 12-14 years category with his short story “Unity is Strength”.
Congratulations also go to Aarush S (Year 9), Jehan M (Year 8) and Lily H (Year 7) whose stories were all highly commended.
Click here to read their stories:
Lyrebird Awards
Matilda has won several awards and we could not be prouder of all the award winners, both students and staff!
The Lyrebirds are an organisation that celebrate theatrical excellence across the South-East of Victoria. In our first year in the association, HT have been nominated for an incredible 13 nominations at the Lyrebird Youth Awards.
Congratulations to all the nominees!
• Best Production – Youth Musical | 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹, 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹
• Best Ensemble – Youth Musical | 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹
• Best Performer in a lead female role – Youth Musical | 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗧
• Best Performer in a lead male role – Youth Musical | 𝗫𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗪
• Best Comedic Performance – Youth Musical | 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗼 𝗞-𝗝
• Best Acting Partnership – Youth Musical | 𝗟𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗙 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝗬
• Highly Commended Performer – Youth Musical | 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗖
• Best Sound – Youth Musical | 𝗠𝗿 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻
• Best Lighting – Youth Musical | 𝗠𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗺𝗮𝗻
• Best Choreographer – Youth Musical | 𝗠𝘀 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘇
• Best Musical Director – Youth Musical | 𝗠𝗿𝘀 𝗞𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗮 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝘄𝗮𝘁
• Best Director – Youth Musical | 𝗠𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗺𝗮𝗻
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 𝗟𝘆𝗿𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 – 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀:
Huntingtower School for their comprehensive student mentoring program in all production roles for Matilda the Musical.
Chess Results
Our Open Secondary and Middle Years teams participated in their respective Chess State Finals on Wednesday and both teams performed very well. The tournament was held at Huntingtower in the VCE Building.
Our Open Secondary team finished in first position in their division beating out a very strong Mazenod team. Top performers in the Open Secondary division were Rey D and Jacki L (both with a score of 8.5 out of a possible 9).
Our Middle Years team finished a close second in their division after leading the tournament for the first 8 of 9 rounds. Top Performers in the Middle Years division were Kallol S, Benny C, Lin W and Jonathan W (all scored 6/9).
EMR Athletics
Well done to Cheng-Yun H (Year 4) who reached the EMR Athletics competition recently and competed in the 100m and 200m!
