High Abilities

Pitchdeck Entrepreneurship Competition Winner

On Thursday November 27th Katie Kristoffersen claimed her prize for being part of the winning team at Pitchdeck competition at Korowa Anglican School in August. Katie’s team pitched the best idea for a solution to teen mental health issues, by coming up with a one stop shop app for linking mental health professionals to young people.  Her team had to pitch their idea to a group of young entrepreneurs and develop their business and marketing plan in a matter of hours.

As part of her prize, Katie had a tour of Parliament House and a sit down chat with Nicole Werner MP, Shadow Minister for Youth Justice and Youth Affairs.

Katie had the opportunity to ask questions of Ms Werner and discuss issues that matter to young people, including crime, social media and future career pathways and AI.

CHES Activities week for High ability Year 9 students

On Thursday Dec 4th a group of nine high ability English students from year 9 (2025) attended a Creative Writing Workshop at CHES (Centre for Higher Education Studies).  Students travelled together on the train to attend this whole day workshop in South Yarra.  Students were working with author Jenna Lo Bianco. Students took part in speed writing, work with AI-generated visual prompts, and used music to inspire writing style and voice. There was extended time to develop and refine their own creative pieces, supported by insights from Jenna’s professional experience as a published author.