Learning @ Brigidine
“Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardour and attended with diligence.” Abigail Adams
Learning and Innovation
“The more that you read, the more things you will know.
The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
Dr Seuss
It is hard to believe that we are at the end of another academic year, however 2022 has been a year of significant success that has come from the pursuit of rigour and the resilience to achieve one’s very best. Dr Seuss’s observation that “the more you learn the more places you will go” aptly captures our year of learning.
As the year draws to a close we again celebrate the Class of 2022 on their outstanding HSC results. We hope that your pursuit of rigour and your resilience throughout your Stage 6 journey is an inspiration to the cohorts that follow.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the dedicated Head of Departments and teachers for their tireless efforts to improve the quality of teaching and learning in their KLAs and for their approach to making the learning experiences engaging for our students. The outstanding results that our students have achieved over the course of the year do not happen by accident. They are a culmination of dedication and commitment from our students and their teachers to ensure that each student is growing and progressing.
We would also like to thank the staff, students and families for their sustained efforts in ensuring they made the most of the learning opportunities provided this year. 2022 has continued to build a community of resilient, capable and responsible lifelong learners.
Academic Awards
As the 2022 Academic Year drew to a close, we had the opportunity to acknowledge students who achieved at an exceptional level academically and those who have demonstrated consistent determination and resolve in their studies.
I would like to take this opportunity to again congratulate our award recipients for Semester Two. Your tenacity and dedication to learning is extraordinary. The 2022 academic awards and recipients are outlined below.
Distinguished Achiever Award
The Distinguished Achiever Award is presented to students who have maintained a Grade Point Average (GPA) of five (5) across the year. The GPA is a calculated average of all academic grades achieved in both Semester One and Semester Two. To achieve a five (5) point GPA, students must achieve an A Achievement Grade for all subjects studied at the College in both Semesters.
Our 2022 Distinguished Achievers are:
Year 8 | Mila Boshuizen |
Year 9 | Isabella Larbalestier |
Year 10 | Sienna Beadon Mia Block Leila Maxfield Abigail Ng |
Year 11 | Olivia De Arajuo Yasmeen Janschek Emma Karpes Olivia Khoo Elsa Lane Isabella Woods |
Conatus Award
We acknowledge student effort across the academic year through the Conatus Award. Conatus is the Latin for Effort and with this award we recognise students who consistently apply themselves and approach learning with tenacity and a desire to strive for their personal best.
The Conatus Award is awarded to students who have maintained a Grade Point Average of 5 across both Semesters. To achieve a 5 point GPA students have achieved an A Grade for Effort across all subjects studied at the College in both Semester One and Two.
Our 2022 Contaus Award recipients are:
Year 7 | Jordana Agus Audrey Birbas Zari Boyd Claire Campbell Tisya Chopra | Nandana Dayal Alexandra Foot Livia Ho Gemma Williams Olivia Woznica |
Year 8 | Elisabeth Bernhardt Mila Boshuizen Ajelen Castillo Evelyn Cheung Serena Chu Olivia Freitas Evans Daisy Herr Jacqueline Liao Caitlin Ma | Emily Molloy Taylor Murphy Emilia Pagano Gabriella Rae Aurelie Salim Sienna Simons Grace Toms-Morgan Eva Tsonis Teagan Weber |
Year 9 | Lea Avdishov Katharina Bernhardt Leila Bumanglag Lily Caddle Sophie Carter Ruby Colacicco | Zoe Delavande Vasconcelos Isla Dindial Alicia Gunawan Lili Halasz Isabella Larbalestier Divita Singh |
Year 10 | Amelie Bald Mia Block Evie Bundy Katreen Diab Paige Easson Lauren Leong Leila Maxfield Molly Menzel | Holly Mintoff Annabelle Molly Leela Money Maria Moutopoulos Angelica Nagy Abigail Ng Rebecca Tang |
Year 11 Academic Awards
The following Year 11 students were recognised for their academic achievement in individual courses:
Erin Anthony | First Place Photography |
Charlize Ashby | Academic Achievement Community and Family Studies |
Cloe Ashton | First Place Visual Arts Academic Achievement Biology |
Armani Audisho | Academic Achievement Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation |
Pearl Collins | Equal First Place Ceramics Academic Achievement Visual Arts |
Briena Connon | Equal First Place Economics Academic Achievement Legal Studies |
Eliza Cooke | Academic Achievement Business Studies |
Mia-Lili Cronan | First Place English Studies |
Clare Culligan | Academic Achievement Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation |
Caitlin De Andrade | First Place Personal Development, Health and Physical Education |
Olivia De Araujo | Equal First Place Studies of Religion II Equal First Place Mathematics Advanced Equal First Place Chemistry Academic Achievement English Advanced |
Matilda Dibb | Academic Achievement Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation |
Nadia Dizon | Academic Achievement Mathematics Standard |
Sarah Graaf | Academic Achievement Geography |
Roisin Haenga | Academic Achievement Studies in Catholic Thought |
Camryn Hilliard | First Place Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation |
Ella Howard | Academic Achievement Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation |
Caitlin Indrawan | Equal First Place Economics Academic Achievement Business Studies |
Maya James | Academic Achievement Chemistry |
Yasmeen Janschek | Equal First Place Studies of Religion II First Place English Extension I First Place English Advanced Equal First Place Mathematics Advanced First Place Music 2 First Place Physics Academic Achievement Mathematics Extension I |
Ava Kalogerakis | Academic Achievement Personal Development, Health and Physical Education |
Jasmine Kamaludin | Academic Achievement Legal Studies |
Emma Karpes | Equal First Place Studies of Religion I First Place Mathematics Extension I Equal First Place Mathematics Advanced First Place Business Studies Academic Achievement Industrial Technology: Multimedia |
Olivia Khoo | Equal First Place Mathematics Advanced Equal First Place Chemistry Academic Achievement Mathematics Extension I |
Jacqueline Kostogiannis | Equal First Place Studies of Religion II |
Tarryn Lafferty | Academic Achievement English Standard Academic Achievement Community and Family Studies Academic Achievement Industrial Technology: Multimedia Academic Achievement Photography |
Elsa Lane | Equal First Place Economics Academic Achievement English Advanced Academic Achievement Ancient History |
Charlie Lymbery-Ashton | Equal First Place Studies of Religion II First Place Legal Studies First Place Modern History First Place Biology |
Evanna Manavis | Academic Achievement Geography Academic Achievement Chemistry |
Annabelle Mansour | Equal First Place Design and Technology |
Faith Marian Ibarra | First Place Music 1 First Place Industrial Technology: Multimedia |
Isabella Matis | Equal First Place Studies of Religion I Academic Achievement Biology Academic Achievement Food Technology |
Sophie Murphy | Academic Achievement Geography |
Emelia O’Leary | Academic Achievement Business Studies |
Sophia Otton | First Place Work and the Community |
Shauna Peppard | Equal First Place Mathematics Standard |
Sarah Pignatelli | Equal First Place Design and Technology Academic Achievement Personal Development, Health and Physical Education |
Caitlin Pitt | First Place Community and Family Studies |
Hallie Pizzinato | Academic Achievement Design and Technology |
Lily Robinson | First Place English Standard Equal First Place Mathematics Standard First Place Geography |
Emma Rogers | First Place Work Studies |
Teagan-Rose Sarmento | Equal First Place Ceramics |
Jessica Schroeder | Academic Achievement Studies in Catholic Thought Academic Achievement English Standard |
Ellie Shearman | First Place Ancient History |
Ava Sheerin | Academic Achievement Mathematics Standard |
Sereyna Sou | First Place Studies in Catholic Thought I |
Stasia Tan | Academic Achievement Studies in Catholic Thought |
Lily Townsden | Academic Achievement Food Technology |
Mary Vasiliadis | Equal First Place Studies of Religion I Academic Achievement Legal Studies |
Ashleigh Walker | First Place Food Technology |
Isabella Woods | Academic Achievement Legal Studies Academic Achievement Modern History |
Semester Two Awards
Our Presentation Day acknowledged the outstanding academic achievement and effort of students in Years 7-10. The awards presented for Semester Two included:
Academic Merit The award for Academic Merit is presented to students who have maintained a Grade Point Average of 4.5 across the Semester. The GPA is a calculated average of all academic grades achieved in Semester Two.
Year 7 | Lola Abraham | Livia Ho |
Leah Andrews | Alexis Hudson | |
Eloise Bedrossian | Klara James | |
Audrey Birbas | Venus Kelly | |
Zari Boyd | Sienna Knight | |
Sienna Byrne | Ivanna Lee | |
Claire Campbell | Nadya Lim | |
Tisya Chopra | Talia Lissette | |
Georgia Cleary | Isabella Matthews | |
Aoife Connolly | Eabha Morrissey | |
Matilda Daley | Sophie Norris | |
Talia Dametto | Amelie Nyker | |
Nandana Dayal | Angela Richards | |
Maddison Dee | Samantha Robbie | |
Zara Dilger | Lara Robinson | |
Ella Dungey | Chloe Saputra | |
Alexandra Foot | Arnaka Segal | |
Lucy Gallagher | Grace Soanes | |
Amelia Glass | Isabelle Tao | |
Tara Goldsbury | Mia Thlivitis | |
Rachel Guan | Abigail Widjaja | |
Hayley Higginson | Gemma Williams | |
Zara Hluschniow | Phoebe Williams | |
Year 8 | Elisabeth Bernhardt | Faye Moutopoulos |
Lara Block | Taylor Murphy | |
Victoria Campbell | Katie Ng | |
Evelyn Cheung | Emilia Pagano | |
Alexa Djendjinovic | Ava Pedersen | |
Anastasia Dudek | Gabriella Rae | |
Olivia Freitas Evans | Aurelie Salim | |
Abby Harrison-Green | Sarina Salvestrin | |
Daisy Herr | Meya Scott | |
Michelle Hill | Alara Sharkey | |
Yianna Kalaitzoglou | Sienna Simons | |
Valerie Kurniawidi | Zoe Stavrou | |
Jacqueline Liao | Amelie Thistlethwaite | |
Sarah Luo | Grace Toms-Morgan | |
Caitlin Ma | Eva Tsonis | |
Margaret Ma | Audrey Vonwiller | |
Lucinda Miranda | Sophia Wolfram | |
Emily Molloy | ||
Year 9 | Lea Avdishov | Sarah Morrison |
Katharina Bernhardt | Pei Lin Ngan | |
Leila Bumanglag | Ella O'Rourke | |
Lily Caddle | Ella Schroeder | |
Ruby Colacicco | Mia Sergio | |
Zoe Delavande Vasconcelos | Alexandra Shaw | |
Vy Doan | Divita Singh | |
Gorjez Fotu-Moala | Jessica Skiba | |
Sophie Georgoulas | Stevie Slade | |
Alicia Gunawan | Jemima Smith | |
Michelle Mansour | Emma Vecchiet | |
Hannah Miranda | ||
Year 10 | Amelie Bald | Molly Menzel |
Hannah Berry | Jasmine Miller | |
Evie Bundy | Holly Mintoff | |
Milana Burazer | Annabelle Molloy | |
Aisling Connolly | Leela Money | |
Katreen Diab | Jessica Ng | |
Emily Grimmond | Ciara Regan | |
Saskia King | Nicola Richards | |
Lauren Leong | Tara Thorne | |
Lola Mactavish | Akasha Wala | |
Nikara Mahon | Sienna Williams | |
Leila Maxfield |
Academic Excellence
The award for Academic Excellence is presented to students who have maintained a Grade Point Average of 5 across the Semester. The GPA is a calculated average of all academic grades achieved in Semester Two.
Year 7 | Jordana Agus | Olivia Woznica |
Zahra Oh | ||
Year 8 | Mila Boshuizen | Teagan Weber |
Serena Chu | ||
Year 9 | Isla Dindial | Ka Wong |
Isabella Larbalestier | ||
Year 10 | Siena Basile-Vassallo | Maria Moutopoulos |
Sienna Beadon | Abigail Ng | |
Mia Block | Rebecca Tang |
Effort Award
The Effort Grade is determined by a student's application and approach to learning throughout the Semester. We acknowledge all students who have maintained a Grade Point Average of 5 across the Semester.
Year 7 | Jordana Agus | Livia Ho |
Leah Andrews | Venus Kelly | |
Siana Avdishov | Isabella Matthews | |
Audrey Birbas | Cailee Melhem | |
Zari Boyd | Olivia Morrison | |
Claire Campbell | Zahra Oh | |
Tisya Chopra | Mia Thlivitis | |
Aoife Connolly | Abigail Widjaja | |
Nandana Dayal | Gemma Williams | |
Maddison Dee | Olivia Woznica | |
Alexandra Foot | ||
Year 8 | Elisabeth Bernhardt | Caitlin Ma |
Lara Block | Emily Molloy | |
Mila Boshuizen | Taylor Murphy | |
Ajelen Castillo | Katie Ng | |
Evelyn Cheung | Emilia Pagano | |
Serena Chu | Ava Pedersen | |
Olivia Freitas Evans | Gabriella Rae | |
Abby Harrison-Green | Aurelie Salim | |
Daisy Herr | Sarina Salvestrin | |
Michelle Hill | Sienna Simons | |
Valerie Kurniawidi | Grace Toms-Morgan | |
Jacqueline Liao | Eva Tsonis | |
Sarah Luo | Teagan Weber | |
Year 9 | Lea Avdishov | Isabella Larbalestier |
Katharina Bernhardt | Pei Lin | |
Leila Bumanglag | Naomi Lissette | |
Lily Caddle | Michelle Mansour | |
Sophie Carter | Maya Mccarthy | |
Ruby Colacicco | Romalie Mcgrail | |
Zoe Delavande Vasconcelos | Lucie Potter | |
Isla Dindial | Alexandra Shaw | |
Erin Fung | Divita Singh | |
Julia Garcia | Sibella Slade | |
Alicia Gunawan | Stevie Slade | |
Lili Halasz | Sophia Visser | |
Ebony Kennedy | Ka Wong | |
Year 10 | Amelie Bald | Holly Mintoff |
Antonia Baranowski | Annabelle Molloy | |
Sienna Beadon | Leela Money | |
Mia Block | Maria Moutopoulos | |
Evie Bundy | Angelica Nagy | |
Milana Burazer | Abigail Ng | |
Katreen Diab | Jessica Ng | |
Paige Easson | Tong Tong Shields | |
Lauren Leong | Rebecca Tang | |
Emily Matheson-Rayner | Akasha Wala | |
Leila Maxfield | Sienna Williams | |
Rhianna Mendes | Lucy Williamson | |
Molly Menzel |
We wish students and their families a safe and Holy Christmas.
Ms Natasha Fox & Ms Eleonora Agazzi
Director of Learning & Innovation Director of Curriculum