Magis report 

A few weeks ago, our Years 9 and 10 Creative Edge Teams competed at Curtin University in the Regional Finals of Creative Edge. The Creative Edge Competition provides students with the opportunity to develop both critical and creative thinking skills and encourage them to experiment with original ways to communicate their challenge solution to an audience. I am proud to announce that both teams are through to the State Finals – a wonderful achievement and well deserved! Special congratulations to the Year 10 Team who won the 2022 Alec Pascoe Spirit Award. This Honour is awarded to the team who best exemplifies the spirit of the competition: working consciously with integrity, outstanding teamwork, positivity, and resilience. In essence, what it means to be Magis! 

We received a vast number of entries for this year’s College Creative Writing Competition. The standard was exceptionally high, and I commend all students who took part. A selection of Secondary school staff read through the entries to determine a Junior (Years 7-8), Intermediate (Years 9-10) and Senior School (Years 11-12) winner. I am delighted to announce that the winners of the 2022 College Creative Writing Competition are:

• Junior prize winner: Elizabeth Levey (Year 8)
• Intermediate prize winner: Xavier Jeffery (Year 10)
• Senior prize winner: Samantha Eastman (Year 12)

Congratulations to our prize winners. They will receive their prizes at the Magis Awards Breakfast in Term 4.

This week, saw Homerooms/Houses compete against each other in the inaugural Magis Music Challenge – testing students on their music general knowledge. Was fantastic to see student representatives getting into House spirit and pushing themselves ‘to do more’. Congratulations to our year group winners:

• Year 7: Daisy Martin (Loreto)
• Year 8: Gracie Byrne (St Louis)
• Year 9: Luisa Parish (Campion)
• Year 10: Jackson Tout (Ward)
• Year 11: Emmeline Bosnich (Loreto)
• Year 12: Genevieve Ferguson-Allen (Ward)

Congratulations to the overall challenge winner - Loreto House!

Magis: Opportunities to do more!

Raise Our Voice in Parliament is back for 2022!

Raise Our Voice Australia has partnered with over 70 federal politicians, who have agreed to use one of their 90 second speaking slots to read a speech written by a young person aged 21 or under from their electorate. Speeches should answer the prompt "What do you want to see from Australia's new parliament?" Speech submissions close on 19 October 2022. If you are 21 or under or know someone who is, please head to www.raiseourvoiceaustralia.com/youthvoice to access speech templates, check out the participating politicians, and submit a speech.

Grab a camera, get outdoors, and start photographing WA’s biodiversity! Entries are now open for the 2022 Chevron Focus Environment Competition. For further details please click on the link below. Entries are due Friday 23 September.

You can keep up to date with Magis and Altiora events by following the Term 3 calendar – which can be accessed by clicking on the link below. Please note: The Magis Awards Breakfast has been moved to Term 4 to include the final competitions for the year.

Daisy Farley

Magis Coordinator – Gifted and Talented