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Student Awards

Student Awards will be presented at Assembly in Week 8

Friday September 12, 2025 (2.35pm)

 

Congratulations to our most recent Award winners!

Families and friends are invited to attend.

 

Foundation

  • Xavier H (FSC) - ‘Be Your Best’ for working hard on your learning goal.  You are now placing your letters much more accurately on the dotted thirds.  Keep up the great work Xav! 

  • Layla G (FSC) - ‘Help Others Succeed’ for helping your classmates to learn by staying focussed on your own work and ignoring distractions around you.  Keep up the great work Layla! 

  • Jonny McM (FBW) - ‘Be Your Best’ for working independently to complete your writing tasks.  Jonny, it is wonderful to see your confidence when sounding out words and rereading your sentences to check that they make sense.  Great work!

  • Ariel S (FBW) - ‘Be Your Best’ for continuing to work hard in all areas of learning.  Ariel, your desire to learn, willingness to try new things, and to always try your best are fabulous qualities that you should be very proud of.  Great job!

 

Year 1 & 2

  • Arlie S (12CL) - ‘Be Responsible’ for making great choices in the classroom.  It was fantastic to hear you ask to move places when someone was distracting you during your learning.  Well done, Arlie.

  • Sylvie K (12CL) - ‘Be Your Best’ for consistently taking your time to ensure you are producing work of a high standard.  It is wonderful to see you go back and check your work to fix mistakes and make improvements.  Great work Sylvie. 

  • Poppy M (12ZH) - ‘Be Your Best’ for regularly trying your best to complete tasks to the best of your ability.  The pride you take with your work is always amazing.  Well done, Poppy!

  • Ruby M (12ZH) - ‘Be Your Best’ for contributing to class discussions more often.  Your confidence is growing each day and it is wonderful to hear your contributions during sharing time.  Keep it up!

  • Laylah K (12GM) - ‘Be Your Best’ for your dedication to improving your reading and spelling.  You are trying your best during Initial-Lit classes and your making tremendous growth!  Great work Laylah!

  • Maddison W (12GM) - ‘Be Responsible’ for consistently being a terrific leader within 12GM.  You set a wonderful example to others by always following instructions, choosing kindness and always including others.  Well done, Maddison!

 

Year 3 & 4

  • Harry W (34JM) - ‘Be Your Best’ for working really hard in class, staying focused and for having such impressive handwriting.  Harry, you have made so many improvements this term, you should be very proud of yourself!  Well done!

  • Tom W (34JM) – ‘Be Responsible’ for always presenting such neat and impressive written work.  Tom, you are working so well in all areas and you are making sure you’re staying focused on what you need to do.  Keep it up!

  • Elijah G (34LB) - ‘Be Your Best’ for improving your reading fluently in the classroom this term.  Elijah, you have become more confident reading aloud.  Well done!

  • Malakhai T (34LB) - ‘Be Your Best’ for getting his work done on time and to a very high standard.  Excellent effort, Malakhai!

  • Skyla G (34MH) – ‘Be Your Best’ for joining our classroom and sharing her love of learning with us.  Welcome to 34MH Skyla, we are enjoying getting to know you.  Skyla, you are a star in the making in our tables card challenges.

  • Arianna A (34MH) – ‘Be Your Best’ for confidently reading in the classroom, sharing ideas and presenting written work neatly.  You make the most of class time to improve your learning.  Fabulous effort Arianna!

  • Nixon H (34MH) – ‘Be Your Best’ for showing enthusiasm when working on our novel study of ‘Charlotte’s Web’, through your willingness to read and share your ideas.  Super work!

     

Year 5 & 6

  • Logan B (56TD) - ‘Be Your Best’ for persisting to solve problems involving the addition and subtraction of decimals.  Logan, it was great to see you challenge yourself during our daily reviews to strengthen your knowledge of decimals.  Great job Logan!

  • Jaxon W (56TD) - ‘Be Your Best’ for his keen participation in our Decimals Unit.  Jaxon it’s great to see you raise your hand and give confident and clear explanations of your answers.  Well done, Jaxon!

  • Ned B (56EN)- ‘Be Responsible’ for taking on board advice, learning more about note taking and identifying key facts to form a very sequential paragraph.  Great work here Ned!

  • Brady B (56EN) - ‘Be Your Best’ for concentrating well during maths sessions and extending your thinking through taking on challenges and other methods of calculation.  Thank you, Brady!

  • Ethan F (56EN) - ‘Be Your Best’ for making changes where needed to ensure that you are giving 100% towards written tasks.  Ethan, you have drafted some very well organised paragraphs and ensured that your handwriting is spot on.  Well done!

 

Specialist  

THE ARTS (Yr 3-6)

  • Ethan F (56EN) – ‘Be Your Best’ for showing enthusiasm towards all art lessons and an eagerness to improve on your drawing skills.  I look forward to seeing your crazy camel work printed.

  • Mae R (34MH) – ‘Be Your Best’ for following and completing art lesson briefs well.  Mae you always put careful thought into your designs and use colour well to enhance your work.

  • Lila T (56EN) – ‘Be Your Best’ for your dedication to the school production and especially your leading role of Dorothy.  You have dedicated yourself fully to learning your dances, songs and lines, and always perform with such joy and a huge smile.  Lila, you are so supportive of your cast members.  Thank you.

  • Marlie W (56EN) – ‘Be Your Best’ for your support of your fellow cast members in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and working so hard on and off stage in your roles.  You are such a respectful team player, and I truly appreciate your words of thanks at the end of each lesson.  Thank you.

P.E. (F-Yr 2)

  • Ella K (34MH) - ‘Be Your Best’ for being determined to improve your High Jump and listening to feedback positively.  You put in a lot of effort and did a fantastic job Ella.  Well done

  • Oliver C (56NW) - ‘Be Your Best’ for always focussing on developing your skills and being a great team player.  You improved your Hockey skills during our classes.  Well done on achieving great results in your running at Catholic Athletics.

INDONESIAN (F-Yr 2)

 

  • Hugh H (FSC) – ‘Be Your Best’ for being very attentive, co-operative in practising your speaking and playing games to remember vocabulary in Indonesian.  Baik sekali – very good!

  • Aubrey L (FBW) – ‘Be Your Best’ for trying herself in speaking, writing, and participating so well in Indonesian.  Baik sekali – very good!

     

 

Happy Birthday

We wish many happy returns to all September birthdays - Wyatt C (FSC), Peggy F (34LB), Zeke T (56EN), Brady B (56EN), Rupert McM (34JM), Leo N (56EN), Syrah R (FSC), Ella C (56NW), Hamish T (56NW), Ned B (56EN), Charlotte H (FBW), Amelia H (FSC), Joshua M (34JM), Hugh H (FSC), Sophia H (12GM), Atticus McA (34LB), Abigail W (12GM), Flynn G (FBW), Albie B (12GM), Hamish McK (12CL), Denzel S (12CL), Poppy K (12CL), Lenny S (12GM) and Max S (12ZH).

 

We also wish Jake Hywood and Ibu Etty a happy birthday!