”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

Photos from our WYD Pilgrims

"Mary rose and went with haste" (Luke 1:39)