Learning @ Brigidine

”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

As we commence Term Three, it is an opportunity for students to pause and reflect on their learning journey thus far. While each of us are on a learning journey, it is unique and individual, and consequently we are all at different stages.

Years 7-10 having received their Semester One Report are halfway through their 2022 learning journey and this is a pertinent point to reflect. I encourage students to reflect honestly on their application and approaches to learning thus far and identify what may need to be changed or adjusted.

For our Year 11 students they now approach their final term of Preliminary courses which includes their final assessments. Our Class of 2022 commence their final term of classes at the College with their Trial HSC examinations commencing in Week 3. For our senior students, assessment should be approached as an opportunity to demonstrate not only their knowledge and skills but also the rigorous work and diligent effort that has gone into preparing.

As students reflect on their learning journey thus far and look towards the learning that is to come, students are encouraged to extend themselves beyond their comfort zone to achieve their personal best.

We wish the Class of 2022 every success in their Trial examinations which commence in Week 3. Our prayer for them is an extract from Thomas Aquinas’s ‘Student Prayer’:

“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.”

Subject Selection - Stage 6

As Term 3 commences, our Year 10 students will make final decisions as to their subjects for Stage 6. Following the careers lessons in Term 2, we hope that students understand the important connection between subject selection, career choices and further study beyond school.

One of the key aspects of your daughter’s success will be choosing the best pathway and courses that will ultimately set her up for success. We strongly encourage our Year 10 students and their parents/guardians to discuss subject preferences carefully. Our experience over many years, suggests that parents/guardians and students who work together to achieve goals in schooling, find the Higher School Certificate more manageable. Having clearly defined goals, which your daughter can measure, will allow her to take pride in accomplishing her targets.

To assist our Year 10 students in the selection of subjects, Subject Selection Interviews will be held on Wednesday 3 August. The interviews will take place in Synan Hall between 9:00am and 3:00pm. To accommodate the interviews, there will be no formal classes for Year 10 on this day.

Following the interviews, students will be emailed a Web Choices code that will be used to submit course preferences. Students are strongly encouraged to preference courses that are of interest and provide the appropriate level of challenge, whilst also considering the recommendations provided.

HSC Masterclasses

To assist our HSC students, Sydney Catholic Schools has developed a series of Masterclasses. These Masterclasses are available via Canvas and accessible to all students. Our Year 12 students are encouraged to engage with the relevant Masterclasses to assist their preparation for the Trial HSC.

Elevate Education

As we continue our partnership with Elevate Education, we are excited to announce that parents have exclusive access to Elevate Education’s Parent Webinar Series. Elevate works with our students, delivering high impact workshops on study skills, motivation, wellbeing and exam preparation. By tuning into their webinar series, you will learn how to better support your children at home, through reinforcing the skills they learn at school.

The details of the next webinar are below:

Wednesday 10 August @ 6:30pm

How to Help Your Child’s Essay Writing

Register Here

The session will cover:

The importance of goal-setting in essay writing;
How you can provide real-time support & feedback to speed up the process of improvement;
How students can begin to self-assess their work so they can become independent writers;

The webinar is run live online from 6:30 - 7:30pm (AEST) where the presenter will share Elevate’s key research and skills, and will conduct a live Q&A so you can ask them questions directly.

If you are unable to make the webinar, still sign up to attend and you will receive the webinar recording on Thursday morning.

Should you have any questions, please contact Elevate directly.

Semester One Award Recipients

On Wednesday 27 July, as a College we gathered to recognise the efforts of students in Semester One.

Academic Excellence was awarded to the following students:

First Name	Surname	Year	Award
Elisabeth	Bernhardt	Year 8	Academic Excellence
Mila	Boshuizen	Year 8	Academic Excellence
Grace	Toms-Morgan	Year 8	Academic Excellence
Isabella	Larbalestier	Year 9	Academic Excellence
Sienna	Beadon	Year 10	Academic Excellence
Mia	Block	Year 10	Academic Excellence
Aisling	Connolly	Year 10	Academic Excellence

The students listed below received awards for academic achievement and application to learning in Semester One.

First Name	Surname	Year	Award
Jordana	Agus	Year 7	Academic Merit
Leah	Andrews	Year 7	Academic Merit
Zari	Boyd	Year 7	Academic Merit
Sienna	Byrne	Year 7	Academic Merit
Eliza	Chee Quee Dawson	Year 7	Academic Merit
Tisya	Chopra	Year 7	Academic Merit
Matilda	Daley	Year 7	Academic Merit
Nandana	Dayal	Year 7	Academic Merit
Ella	Dungey	Year 7	Academic Merit
Alexandra	Foot	Year 7	Academic Merit
Tara	Goldsbury	Year 7	Academic Merit
Livia	Ho	Year 7	Academic Merit
Alexis	Hudson	Year 7	Academic Merit
Klara	James	Year 7	Academic Merit
Nadya	Lim	Year 7	Academic Merit
Isabella	Matthews	Year 7	Academic Merit
Laila	McCarthy	Year 7	Academic Merit
Zahra	Oh	Year 7	Academic Merit
Angela	Richards	Year 7	Academic Merit
Lara	Robinson	Year 7	Academic Merit
Chloe	Saputra	Year 7	Academic Merit
Gabrielle	Savanis	Year 7	Academic Merit
Isabelle	Tao	Year 7	Academic Merit
Eva	Tate Sorensen	Year 7	Academic Merit
Mia	Thlivitis	Year 7	Academic Merit
Abigail	Widjaja	Year 7	Academic Merit
Gemma	Williams	Year 7	Academic Merit
Olivia	Woznica	Year 7	Academic Merit
Rachel	Aditama	Year 8	Academic Merit
Lara	Block	Year 8	Academic Merit
Evelyn	Cheung	Year 8	Academic Merit
Serena	Chu	Year 8	Academic Merit
Alexa	Djendjinovic	Year 8	Academic Merit
Abby	Harrison-Green	Year 8	Academic Merit
Daisy	Herr	Year 8	Academic Merit
Michelle	Hill	Year 8	Academic Merit
Maria	Lagane	Year 8	Academic Merit
Jacqueline	Liao	Year 8	Academic Merit
Caitlin	Ma	Year 8	Academic Merit
Margaret	Ma	Year 8	Academic Merit
Emily	Molloy	Year 8	Academic Merit
Faye	Moutopoulos	Year 8	Academic Merit
Katie	Ng	Year 8	Academic Merit
Gabriella	Rae	Year 8	Academic Merit
Emma	Rozea	Year 8	Academic Merit
Aurelie	Salim	Year 8	Academic Merit
Alara	Sharkey	Year 8	Academic Merit
Zoe	Stavrou	Year 8	Academic Merit
Amelie	Thistlethwaite	Year 8	Academic Merit
Eva	Tsonis	Year 8	Academic Merit
Teagan	Weber	Year 8	Academic Merit
Sophia	Wolfram	Year 8	Academic Merit
Katharina	Bernhardt	Year 9	Academic Merit
Leila	Bumanglag	Year 9	Academic Merit
Lily	Caddle	Year 9	Academic Merit
Zoe	Delavande Vasconcelos	Year 9	Academic Merit
Isla	Dindial	Year 9	Academic Merit
Dyzire	Fotu-Moala	Year 9	Academic Merit
Sophie	Georgoulas	Year 9	Academic Merit
Alicia	Gunawan	Year 9	Academic Merit
Sarah	Morrison	Year 9	Academic Merit
Ella	O'Rourke	Year 9	Academic Merit
Divita	Singh	Year 9	Academic Merit
Stevie	Slade	Year 9	Academic Merit
Jemima	Smith	Year 9	Academic Merit
Emma	Vecchiet	Year 9	Academic Merit
Ka	Wong	Year 9	Academic Merit
Amelie	Bald	Year 10	Academic Merit
Antonia	Baranowski	Year 10	Academic Merit
Siena	Basile-Vassallo	Year 10	Academic Merit
Hannah	Berry	Year 10	Academic Merit
Evie	Bundy	Year 10	Academic Merit
Milana	Burazer	Year 10	Academic Merit
Mikayla	Burke	Year 10	Academic Merit
Summer	Crispin-Scott	Year 10	Academic Merit
Amy	Day	Year 10	Academic Merit
Katreen	Diab	Year 10	Academic Merit
Paige	Easson	Year 10	Academic Merit
Emily	Grimmond	Year 10	Academic Merit
Sienna	Hafer	Year 10	Academic Merit
Amelia	Halonkin	Year 10	Academic Merit
Thea	Hutchings	Year 10	Academic Merit
Maika	Joss	Year 10	Academic Merit
Saskia	King	Year 10	Academic Merit
Minami	Konda	Year 10	Academic Merit
Lola	Mactavish	Year 10	Academic Merit
Nikara	Mahon	Year 10	Academic Merit
Emily	Matheson-Rayner	Year 10	Academic Merit
Molly	Menzel	Year 10	Academic Merit
Holly	Mintoff	Year 10	Academic Merit
Annabelle	Molloy	Year 10	Academic Merit
Maria	Moutopoulos	Year 10	Academic Merit
Dakota	Murray	Year 10	Academic Merit
Abigail	Ng	Year 10	Academic Merit
Jessica	Ng	Year 10	Academic Merit
Erin	Roach	Year 10	Academic Merit
Finn	Rooney Weimers	Year 10	Academic Merit
Min Hong Tong	Shields	Year 10	Academic Merit
Anna	Shmalko	Year 10	Academic Merit
Rebecca	Tang	Year 10	Academic Merit
Tara	Thorne	Year 10	Academic Merit
Sienna	Williams	Year 10	Academic Merit
Jordana	AGUS	Year 7	Effort Award - Semester One
Audrey	BIRBAS	Year 7	Effort Award - Semester One
Zari	BOYD	Year 7	Effort Award - Semester One
Claire	CAMPBELL	Year 7	Effort Award - Semester One
Eliza	CHEE QUEE DAWSON	Year 7	Effort Award - Semester One
Tisya	CHOPRA	Year 7	Effort Award - Semester One
Nandana	DAYAL	Year 7	Effort Award - Semester One
Ella	DUNGEY	Year 7	Effort Award - Semester One
Alexandra	FOOT	Year 7	Effort Award - Semester One
Livia	HO	Year 7	Effort Award - Semester One
Klara	JAMES	Year 7	Effort Award - Semester One
Angela	RICHARDS	Year 7	Effort Award - Semester One
Lara	ROBINSON	Year 7	Effort Award - Semester One
Isabelle	TAO	Year 7	Effort Award - Semester One
Eva	TATE SORENSEN	Year 7	Effort Award - Semester One
Gemma	WILLIAMS	Year 7	Effort Award - Semester One
Olivia	WOZNICA	Year 7	Effort Award - Semester One
Elisabeth	BERNHARDT	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Mila	BOSHUIZEN	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Priya	CARPENTER	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Ajelen	CASTILLO	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Evelyn	CHEUNG	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Serena	CHU	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Olivia	FREITAS EVANS	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Honey	HAYLER	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Daisy	HERR	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Maria	LAGANE	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Jacqueline	LIAO	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Caitlin	MA	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Emily	MOLLOY	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Faye	MOUTOPOULOS	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Taylor	MURPHY	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Emilia	PAGANO	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Gabriella	RAE	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Emma	ROZEA	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Aurelie	SALIM	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Sienna	SIMONS	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Zoe	STAVROU	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Sophie	THOMPSON	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Grace	TOMS-MORGAN	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Eva	TSONIS	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Zuri	WALA	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Teagan	WEBER	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Sophia	WOLFRAM	Year 8	Effort Award - Semester One
Lea	AVDISHOV	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Katharina	BERNHARDT	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Leila	BUMANGLAG	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Lily	CADDLE	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Sophie	CARTER	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Ruby	COLACICCO	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Coco	COLLINS	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Zoe	DELAVANDE VASCONCELOS	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Isla	DINDIAL	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Vy	DOAN	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Dyzire	FOTU-MOALA	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Gorjez	FOTU-MOALA	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Sienna	FRANCIS	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Sophie	GEORGOULAS	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Alicia	GUNAWAN	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Lili	HALASZ	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Poppy	HOGAN	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Isabella	LARBALESTIER	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Divita	SINGH	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Jemima	SMITH	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Julia	VEGA CARMONA	Year 9	Effort Award - Semester One
Amelie	BALD	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Sienna	BEADON	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Mia	BLOCK	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Evie	BUNDY	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Mikayla	BURKE	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Aisling	CONNOLLY	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Summer	CRISPIN-SCOTT	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Katreen	DIAB	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Paige	EASSON	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Jemma	HOPKINS	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Miji	KWAK	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Lauren	LEONG	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Lola	MACTAVISH	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Nikara	MAHON	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Leila	MAXFIELD	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Molly	MENZEL	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Holly	MINTOFF	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Annabelle	MOLLOY	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Leela	MONEY	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Maria	MOUTOPOULOS	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Angelica	NAGY	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Abigail	NG	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Jessica	RYAN	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One
Rebecca	TANG	Year 10	Effort Award - Semester One

Ms Natasha Fox Eleonora Agazzi

Director of Learning and Innovation Director of Curriculum

Careers

"The best way to predict the future is to create it." Abraham Lincoln

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
Abraham Lincoln