Learning @ Brigidine
“Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardour and attended with diligence.” Abigail Adams
”No matter how many times you get knocked down, keep getting back up. God sees your resolve. God sees your determination. And when you do everything you can do, that’s when God will step in and do what you can’t do.”
Joel Osteen
Welcome back to Term 3! I hope that all the girls, and their families, had a wonderful break and were able to rest, relax and reflect on their application and approach to learning in Semester One.
With the commencement of Term 3, also comes the start of the HSC Trial examinations. I wish the Class of 2023 every success in their HSC Trial examinations, and my prayer for them is this extract from Thomas Aquinas’s ‘Student Prayer’ which has stood the test of time for almost 800 years:
“Grant me a penetrating mind to understand, a retentive memory, method and ease in learning, the lucidity to comprehend, and abundant grace in expressing myself. Guide the beginning of my work, direct its progress, and bring it to successful completion.”
Careers
All students, especially our Stage 6 students are encouraged to engage with the Careers Bulletin. There is a plethora of information outlined in this bulletin that will assist students in exploring their post school pathways.
While some Year 12 students have a clear path post Year 12, many students are uncertain about their next steps. However, as Phillip Williamson, Head Teacher Careers for the NSW Government’s Educational Pathways Program, writes – it is vital to go easy on yourself, self-reflect and do your research. Williamson’s practical tips for starting a career journey can be found here. The most important thing Williamson advises is to focus on the direction, not the destination.
Semester One Award Recipients
On Tuesday 25 July, as a College, we gathered to recognise the efforts of our Year 7-10 students in Semester One.
Academic Excellence in Semester One was awarded to the following students:
Leora | Fensom | Year 7 | Academic Excellence |
Hayden | Ng | Year 7 | Academic Excellence |
Jordana | Agus | Year 8 | Academic Excellence |
Rachel | Guan | Year 8 | Academic Excellence |
Klara | James | Year 8 | Academic Excellence |
Olivia | Woznica | Year 8 | Academic Excellence |
Lara | Block | Year 9 | Academic Excellence |
Mila | Boshuizen | Year 9 | Academic Excellence |
Victoria | Campbell | Year 9 | Academic Excellence |
Serena | Chu | Year 9 | Academic Excellence |
Teagan | Weber | Year 9 | Academic Excellence |
Lily | Caddle | Year 10 | Academic Excellence |
Zoe | Delavande Vasconcelos | Year 10 | Academic Excellence |
Isla | Dindial | Year 10 | Academic Excellence |
Gorjez | Fotu-Moala | Year 10 | Academic Excellence |
Isabella | Larbalestier | Year 10 | Academic Excellence |
The students listed below received an award for Academic Merit in Semester One:
Year 7 | |||
Kayla | Brady | Year 7 | Academic Merit |
Courtney | Codd | Year 7 | Academic Merit |
Mia | Couani | Year 7 | Academic Merit |
Georgia | Coure | Year 7 | Academic Merit |
Lara | de Vries | Year 7 | Academic Merit |
Sienna | Diaz | Year 7 | Academic Merit |
Grace | Gilham | Year 7 | Academic Merit |
Jacinta | Glass | Year 7 | Academic Merit |
Adelaide | Hutchings | Year 7 | Academic Merit |
Alazne | Hutchinson | Year 7 | Academic Merit |
Brianna | Joel | Year 7 | Academic Merit |
Anastasia | Kalkandis | Year 7 | Academic Merit |
Lucy | Marshan | Year 7 | Academic Merit |
Lulu | Miller | Year 7 | Academic Merit |
Isabel | Nino-Neville | Year 7 | Academic Merit |
Tamsin | O'Hara | Year 7 | Academic Merit |
Lucy | Scott | Year 7 | Academic Merit |
Amelia | Thompson | Year 7 | Academic Merit |
Year 8 | |||
Leah | Andrews | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Zari | Boyd | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Claire | Campbell | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Tisya | Chopra | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Georgia | Cleary | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Matilda | Daley | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Talia | Dametto | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Nandana | Dayal | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Ella | Dungey | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Alexandra | Foot | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Tara | Goldsbury | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Livia | Ho | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Alexis | Hudson | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Sienna | Knight | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Nadya | Lim | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Isabella | Matthews | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Cailee | Melhem | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Zahra | Oh | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Angela | Richards | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Chloe | Saputra | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Gabrielle | Savanis | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Arnaka | Segal | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Clarissa | Suryawijaya | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Isabella Ann | Tabuena | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Isabelle | Tao | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Eva | Tate Sorensen | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Mia | Thlivitis | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Abigail | Widjaja | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Gemma | Williams | Year 8 | Academic Merit |
Year 9 | |||
Elisabeth | Bernhardt | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Evelyn | Cheung | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Alexa | Djendjinovic | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Anastasia | Dudek | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Olivia | Freitas Evans | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Abby | Harrison-Green | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Daisy | Herr | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Michelle | Hill | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Yianna | Kalaitzoglou | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Alana | Keith | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Valerie | Kurniawidi | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Jacqueline | Liao | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Annika | Lindin | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Victoria | Linton | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Sarah | Luo | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Margaret | Ma | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Charlotte | Mansour | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Emily | Molloy | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Faye | Moutopoulos | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Katie | Ng | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Ava | Pedersen | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Gabriella | Rae | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Emma | Rozea | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Aurelie | Salim | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Alara | Sharkey | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Sienna | Simons | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Wing-Yan | Siu | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Amelie | Thistlethwaite | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Eva | Tsonis | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Sophia | Wolfram | Year 9 | Academic Merit |
Year 10 | |||
Cindy | Bahamonde | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Katharina | Bernhardt | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Ruby | Colacicco | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Kyna | Darragh | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Vy | Doan | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Dyzire | Fotu-Moala | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Sienna | Francis | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Erin | Fung | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Sophie | Georgoulas | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Alicia | Gunawan | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Amelie | Kloos | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Beatrice | Loho | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Michelle | Mansour | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Maya | McCarthy | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Romalie | McGrail | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Hannah | Miranda | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Sarah | Morrison | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Pei Lin | Ngan | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Ella | O'Rourke | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Mia | Sergio | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Divita | Singh | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Jessica | Skiba | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Stevie | Slade | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Jemima | Smith | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Bianca | Smith | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Gabriella | Taipari | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Emma | Vecchiet | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Julia | Vega Carmona | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
Ka | Wong | Year 10 | Academic Merit |
The students listed below received an award for Effort in Semester One:
Year 7 | |||
Giovanna | Bowen | Year 7 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Mollie | Bradstreet | Year 7 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Kayla | Brady | Year 7 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Courtney | Codd | Year 7 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Georgia | Coure | Year 7 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Leora | Fensom | Year 7 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Grace | Gilham | Year 7 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Michaela | Higgins | Year 7 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Alazne | Hutchinson | Year 7 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Carolina | Mar | Year 7 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Molly | Mccartney | Year 7 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Lucy | Molloy | Year 7 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Hayden | Ng | Year 7 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Isabel | Nino-Neville | Year 7 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Tamsin | O'hara | Year 7 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Lucy | Scott | Year 7 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Amelia | Thompson | Year 7 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Evangeline | Wheeler | Year 7 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Year 8 | |||
Lola | Abraham | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Jordana | Agus | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Leah | Andrews | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Siana | Avdishov | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Zari | Boyd | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Claire | Campbell | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Tisya | Chopra | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Georgia | Cleary | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Talia | Dametto | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Nandana | Dayal | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Alexandra | Foot | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Rachel | Guan | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Livia | Ho | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Klara | James | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Mirin | Kwak | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Zahra | Oh | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Angela | Richards | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Lara | Robinson | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Chloe | Saputra | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Arnaka | Segal | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Isabella Ann | Tabuena | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Eva | Tate Sorensen | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Mia | Thlivitis | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Abigail | Widjaja | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Phoebe | Williams | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Olivia | Woznica | Year 8 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Year 9 | |||
Elisabeth | Bernhardt | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Mila | Boshuizen | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Victoria | Campbell | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Serena | Chu | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Alexa | Djendjinovic | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Anastasia | Dudek | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Sienna | Guerrera | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Daisy | Herr | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Michelle | Hill | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Yianna | Kalaitzoglou | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Alana | Keith | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Valerie | Kurniawidi | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Victoria | Linton | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Charlotte | Mansour | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Emily | Molloy | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Faye | Moutopoulos | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Katie | Ng | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Gabriella | Rae | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Emma | Rozea | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Aurelie | Salim | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Sienna | Simons | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Wing-Yan | Siu | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Zoe | Stavrou | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Amelie | Thistlethwaite | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Eva | Tsonis | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Teagan | Weber | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Sophia | Wolfram | Year 9 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Year 10 | |||
Katharina | Bernhardt | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Lily | Caddle | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Sophie | Carter | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Ruby | Colacicco | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Coco | Collins | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Kyna | Darragh | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Zoe | Delavande Vasconcelos | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Isla | Dindial | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Vy | Doan | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Gorjez | Fotu-Moala | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Erin | Fung | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Tara | Gabriel | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Julia | Garcia | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Sophie | Georgoulas | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Alicia | Gunawan | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Lili | Halasz | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Poppy | Hogan | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Ebony | Kennedy | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Isabella | Larbalestier | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Beatrice | Loho | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Hannah | Miranda | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Stella | Moore | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Pei Lin | Ngan | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Ella | O'rourke | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Lucie | Potter | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Lauren | Rego | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Mia | Sergio | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Amalie | Sinkovic | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Stevie | Slade | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Bianca | Smith | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Jemima | Smith | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Gabriella | Taipari | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Emma | Vecchiet | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Sophia | Visser | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
Nicole | Wolff | Year 10 | Effort Award - Semester One |
I would like to take this opportunity to once again congratulate and acknowledge the dedication and tenacity that has been demonstrated by all students who have received awards for their application and approach to learning throughout Semester One.
Ms Natasha Fox & Ms Eleonora Agazzi
Director of Learning and Innovation Director of Curriculum