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Year 5-8 Academic Awards and Year 11 Optimus Awards

Last Wednesday the College gathered to acknowledge the Unit 1 Year 11 Optimus and Years 5-8 Semester 1 Academic Achievement Award recipients. Many thanks to the parents/carers who attended. Congratulations to the students below on their achievements. 

Year 5 Bronze Academic Achievement Award Recipients

Ben Crerar, Hamish Donnelly, Angus Graham, Will Jackson, William McLaren, Benjamin Moran, Noah Newman, Lucas Puzey-Reitmayer, Daniel Sadimenko, Leo Scuderi, William Smith, George Swan, Ruben Vos, Moses Yeung.

Year 5 Silver Academic Achievement Award Recipients 

Chandler Forrest, Orlando Kelly, Tejas Koirala, Lewis Shirley, Harmon Sidhu, Rory van Gent, Oscar Wilton

Year 5 Gold Academic Achievement Award Recipients

Perry Ballinger, Joseph Byrne, Harrison Davis, Jack Felix, Jack James, Ben Jefferies, Callum Murphy, Patrick Thirgood

Year 6 Bronze Academic Achievement Award Recipients

Rhys Adams, Barney Armstrong, Beau Ballinger, Yevin Bandara, Lincoln Bartlett, Mitch Belyea, Jake Byrne, Balthazar Caesar, James Channells, Aidan Field, Cormac Gannon, Archer Hardiker, Rocco Ibrahim, Fredrick Little, Jonathan Lutkic, Isaac McGeachin, Sam Mellifont, George Padilla, Luca Pozzebon, Patrick Pringle, Jimmy Sexton, Henri Tewson, Lachlan Widt, Jack Willoughby

Year 6 Silver Academic Achievement Award Recipients

Nick Bray, Spencer Hoddy, Hugo Lockhart, Sam Martin, Connor O'Neill, Harry Stevens

Year 6 Gold Academic Achievement Award Recipients

Owen Ambrose, Thomas Ball, Flynn Barrett, Finn Beaver, Thomas Macdonald, Harry Maher, Joe Campion, Danny Carey, Campbell Chapman, Lucas Crowley, Charlie Davis, Patrick Hambleton, Harrison Heisel, Roman Krutil, Sebastian Kaminski, Harrison Lewis, Maxwell King, Harry McConnell, Levi Milton, Will Minahan, Ben Mulholland, Liam Santos, Brendan Sarich, Oliver Scott, Harry Stevens, Cooper Williams, Nathan Wright, Ethan Yi

Year 7 Bronze Academic Achievement Award Recipients

Olly Allen, Julian Bishop, Oscar Broad, Cooper Chaseling, Oscar Chapman, Alasdair Coghill, Jordan Dahl, Zach Fisher, Thomas Graham, Jayden Graham, Tommy Guerrero Hayllar, Patrick Garton, Alexander Holding, Cooper Lewis, Flynn Mohr, Christian O'Reilly, Harvey Pye, Sean Rennick, Rahul Rodrigues, Hugo Russo, Preston Ryder, George Saunders, Quinn Smith, Jack Somerville, Oskar Sterzl, James Travers

Year 7 Silver Academic Achievement Award Recipients

Seve Ahlholm, Harry Anderson, Benjamin Arcus-Simpson, Jimmy Corbett, Josh Davis, Oli France, Isaac Gervais, Xavier Hill, Hunter Kayra, Hamish McAndrew, Jake Moule, Leo O'Rourke, Oliver Petrie, Hamish Pope, Alistair Schweitzer, James Stigter, Joseph Tickle

Year 7 Gold Academic Achievement Award Recipients

Jacob Ashton, Sam Bennett, Pedro Chadud, Nicolas Cienfuegos, Ned Clifford, Billy Croft, Oliver Crowley, Jackson Davis, Matthew Davies, Jack Donohue, Frankie Hain, Jack Hamilton, Harry Heather, George Holland, Lincoln Hughes, Xavier Hunter, Casey Kuhnert, Tristan Krueger, Hugo Larard, Luke Landolt, Harrison Leigh, Henry Mackay, Caleb McCluskey, Lachlan McDonough, Oliver Milner, Ben Nolan, James Phelan, Isaac Ruffini, Ronan Sadimenko, James Stute, Adhithya Sudheesh, Jed Taylor, Noah Watherston, Ethan Wu

Year 8 Bronze Academic Achievement Award Recipients

Ben Abraham, Artie Corbett, Harry Coulter, Billy Dunn, Darcy Frazier, Chris Hartfiel, Vincent Heenan, Darcy Jackman, Damon Johnston, Morgan Jones, Archie Knowles, Jack Lambley, Gabriel Pua, Montek Sidhu, Archer Smythe, Quinlan Taylor, Mav Tucker, Xavier Tyndall, Oliver Ve, Andrew Vetter, Dominic Whitham

Year 8 Silver Academic Achievement Award Recipients

Zac Andersen, Ted Armstrong, Andrew Boys, Cormac Deady, Xavier Kelly, Barney Leadbeater, Roma Park, Nicholas Steffens, Jesse Walter

Year 8 Gold Academic Achievement Award Recipients

Isaac Bell, Oliver Blakemore, Will Broughton, Ewan Cahill, Nate Christison, Jack Davis, Oliver Davis-Dodd, Teo Dehamel, Remi Dehamel, James Doolan, Leo Doolan, Oliver Dyer, Caleb Fuller, Liam Goddard, George Henderson, Reilly Keane, Raj Keeney, Charlie Kelly, Matthew Kepka, Christian Manning, William Marshall, Riordan Patterson, Aarav Patel, Harry Player, Will Quinn, Eamon Reeves, Thomas Ryan, Remi Sakzewski, Thomas Shaxson, Parker Stayte, Eddie Thompson, Henry Walker, Tim Watts, Will Webster, Lucas Weigl

Year 11 Bronze Optimus Award Recipients

Zac Barnett, Tommy Barron, Timothy Bennett, Alexander Cienfuegos, Matthew Christensen, Jacob Cook, Angus Cope, George Collyer, Nick de Araujo, Lachlan Davidson, Hamish Davidson, Owen Dodwell, Kian Dickman, Michael Foxon, Charlie Garton, Breyton Hagarty, Owen Hair, Xavier Howard, Max Higgins, Max Jones, Thomas Kerridge, Gus Leadbeater, Elias Madden, Harry Marshall, Max Macready, Cooper McGinn, Benjamin Mead, Sam Millott, Sam Monk, Hamish Munro, Will Morrison, Will Nye, Ben Player, James Post, Jordan Pratt, Tomos Pratt, Luke Rabie, Van Sanders, Josiah Short, Charles Speakman, William Spencer, Christian Weston-Kelly, Benjamin Wex, Jack Watson, Harry Wood

Year 11 Silver Optimus Award Recipients

Max Davis, Remi de Nino, Sebastian Gardiner, Ambrose Gonzalez, Hugo Hameus, Max James, Daniel Kelly, Angus Lanagan, Jack Montocchio, Joshua Newman, Micah Netzler, Max Reibelt, Kurtis Smith, Lewis Tunny, Zachariah Watts

Year 11 Gold Optimus Award Recipients

Patrick Cleary, Joshua Dale, Isaac Deem, Cullen Fitzgerald, Tom Gahan, Max Gallagher, Lachlan Grant, Ben Hartfiel, Harry Hogan, Finlay Keogan, Bailey Lawrence, Aidan Phillips, Matthew Rowston, Elliot Schanzl, Francis Schutt, Andy Surtees, Lachlan Vink, Andrew Woodward

Old Boy’s Afternoon Math Tutoring

Old Boy Maths tutoring is available to students on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons in the Senior library from 3:10pm-5:00pm. All are welcome.

Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews – Week 6

We believe that education is a collaborative effort, and we are grateful for the unwavering support of our parents and the wider community. PTS interviews are an important part of your son’s educational journey.  One that allows for a time to reflect on his strengths, but also discuss opportunities for areas of growth and improvement.  To ensure timely feedback and discussion we will be offering PTS online (via Teams) on Monday 12 August (Week 6). Spaces are limited and bookings close at 7:00pm on Wednesday 7 August. 

Subject Selection Year 9 2025

Current Year 8 students will be choosing their electives for Year 9 2025 over the next two weeks.  The Year 9 Subject Handbook along with instructions for selecting subjects were sent home last week. Boys are encouraged to select subjects that they would like to try and that they would enjoy. 

Electives need to be decided by Tuesday 13 August.

Elevate Live Parent Webinar

The latest in the series of live parent Webinars hosted by Elevate Education is scheduled for Wednesday 7 August. Here’s what Elevate will be covering on the night:  

• Using praise and reassurance to motivate your child  
• Setting relevant and effective goals for your child  
• Helping your child to stay motivated long-term 

Topic: How to Get (and keep!) Your Child Motivated

Details Wednesday 7 August 6:30pm-7:30pm (AEST)

Registration: Click here to register for free 

Old Boys Tutoring List  

Please find here a list of Old Boys who are available to tutor your son outside of school hours.  This list can also be located on the parent portal or via this link.  Please note it is the parent’s responsibility to organise and liaise tutoring times with the Old Boys.   

Year 12 Night Study Sessions   

The Night Study Sessions are weekly study times available to Year 12 students who wish to work in collaboration with their peers for assessment, complete revision, revisit classwork or work on external exam preparation.    

When: Every Wednesday during term time from 5:00pm-8:00pm

Where: Senior Library

Who: 2024 Year 12s only

Requirements:   

• Current ID card is to be presented on arrival   
• All students must sign in and out of the library   
• All standard library rules are to be followed (including no eating)   
• Normal student behaviour expectations apply; if these cannot be met, boys will be prohibited from returning to future sessions   
• Students are free to wear full College uniform or plain clothes   
• Students are free to arrive and leave as they see fit. Supervision is only provided in the library between 5:00pm-8:00pm.   
• Students are to be in the library only. This is not a time for sport or social gatherings.

A supervisor will be on duty from 5:00pm-8:00pm to assist if required; however, these are not tutoring sessions. 

Tutoring at the College 

Tutoring is available for all students, and outlined below are faculties where you can receive assistance:

*Other faculties by appointment with the classroom teacher.

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