Student Achievements

State Athletics 

We are very proud to announce that Brayden Attwood from 11.2 came first in the 110 Metre Hurdles at the recent School Sport Victoria (SSV) State Championships (Under 17 boys), in addition to coming second in the 100 Metre Sprint.

The 100 metre sprint was incredibly close with Brayden missing out on 1st place by 0.05 of a second.

Brayden is to be commended on his dedication and hard work throughout his track and field campaign this year - his achievements have been remarkable.

PSC Girls Chess Team - 2nd in the State!

On Friday 13th October, six of our extremely talented chess players, competed in the 2023 Victorian Schools Secondary Girls Chess State Final, which was held at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School in Keilor East. 

The six finalists were:

Yekta Abdullahi from 8.1

Chloe Dryden from 8.1

Alexandra Fitzgerald from 9.3

Malia Nimaya from 9.5

Gowri Prabhu from 8.1

Marinella Salvador from 9.5

The competition was fierce from the 14 other schools who took part, but our team were strong and came in second behind Penleigh and Essendon Grammar, with Chloe Dryden being awarded the Individual Bronze Medal for her performance.

A tremendous achievement and we congratulate all of our players.

The girls have been mentored since they were in Year 7 by Mr Sergio De Lima and Mr Christian Ampongan. Mr De Lima and Mr Ampongan have been running the Chess Club at Pakenham Secondary College for the past 13 years.  The Club is on every day during both recess and lunch, with regular workshops held by Chess Master, John Nemeth, for all of our players. 

PSC Chess Team - 8th in the State 

Congratulations to our Chess Team for coming eighth in the Chess Secondary Open State Finals on Monday, 9th October. 17 students competed at Oliver Plunkett Primary School, with a total of 298 competitors from 47 schools.

We had a record breaking number of student who qualified for the State Finals and our team were outstanding, in what was a very close competition. 

Congratulations to:

Young Women in Science Mentoring Program

The Hudson Institute of Medical Research offered three of our students a unique and inspiring work experience program this term. 

It was a fabulous experience for our three young science students; Yifei Wang, Hannah Camarines and Katie Brooks (all from 10.5). They gained exposure to valuable opportunities in science and medical research, building their confidence and excitement about this field.

Maths Talent Quest 

First held in 1982, the Maths Talent Quest (MTQ) is an annual activity open to all primary and secondary students in Victoria. Students select their own investigation topic based on their personal learning interests and apply mathematics in context. They understand and discover how mathematics is used and found in the world around them.  

This year, our Numeracy Learning Specialist, Mrs Peterson, worked with the Year 7 Enhancement Class on this great program. The class covered a whole range of topics including a pizza restaurant, a road trip around Australia and even how to spend the $11 million to renovate our own 'D Block'!

Pakenham Secondary College submitted some of these projects to the Victorian competition and one group achieved a High Distinction Award for their fantastic project; 'World Hunger'. The award was presented to the students last week at a ceremony at RMIT.

The students involved in the project are:

Nadia Howard

Mia Inness

Kim Kaur

Chahat Sarao

Kim, Mia, Chahat and Nadia have written a short report on their experience:

MTQ (Maths talent quest) was an amazing opportunity for our small group of 4. Every Monday or Tuesday we would work on our MTQ project, this went on for more than two terms. We all liked how we got to choose our group topic to work on and expand our knowledge in Maths, and especially world hunger (which was the topic we chose.) We all enjoyed working with each other and helping each other working on the final figures, the PowerPoint, model of the globe, and all the research that went into the project. Things we all liked included the teamwork and dedication put into this project, we also enjoyed working on a topic we enjoyed and using Maths to solve a massive global problem. We enjoyed working with new people and getting to know them better. One of the things we were most proud of was being able to make a model, which we made from a globe and paint to show what countries suffer the most from hunger and where they are on the map. Overall MTQ was an amazing project to work on and we would most definitely do it again! Thank you to Mrs Peterson for giving us the chance to work on the project and giving us the chance to work together with something we all enjoy.

Kim, Mia, Chahat and Nadia from 7.5