Teaching and Learning

 

History Competition Outstanding Results in the National History Competition!

The Australian History Competition provides an opportunity for our capable historians to shine at a national level and this year our students have done particularly well, with some outstanding individual results.  We congratulate all the students for their efforts and they should be very proud of themselves. 

This was the second year the format of the competition where Year 7s and 8s sit the same paper, and Year 9 and 10 students sit a Year 10 based paper.  Each year level was graded differently, with consideration to what students have covered in their year level curriculum within the school environment.  This year’s results showed an overall growth in skill set in the competition analysis.

The study of History extends way beyond facts or recall and at the College we are dedicated to developing each student’s ability to apply critical and creative thinking that focuses on historical skills, including terms, concepts, chronology, knowledge, interpretation, contextualisation and source analysis. 

National History Competition results:

High Distinction: Oskar Masters (Yr 9), Hannah Russell, Harrison Beal, James Sutherland, Liam Bowman (Yr 10)

Distinction: Ashleigh McNaughton, Jack Lewis, Lachlan Tonissen (Yr 7), Leyland Jones (Yr 8) Harrison Bright (Yr 9), Sophia Baker, Nihindu Ranasinghe (Yr 10)

Credit: Campbell Craig (Yr 7) Jock Keiller, Tăne Nelson (Yr 9)  Eren Zehir, Euan Sutherland, Hannah James, Lachlan Craig, Liam Jeffrey, Max Green, Michael Crowle, Thomas Hirst (Yr 8), Finn Bowes (Yr 10)

Merit: Tara Sullivan, Isabella Bradbeer (Yr 10), Grace Austin, Chloe Russell  (Yr 8) Jordyn Brown (Yr 7)

Congratulations to all the participants, who did a marvellous job.  The skills of History are vital in many other subjects  and the History Faculty plays an integral role in working with students to develop their analytical and academic abilities at a whole-school level.

Mrs Jody Ogle

Head of History