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Student Achievements
STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENTS
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Bridie Hipwell Senior School Year 12
Congratulations to Bridie Hipwell, whom this year was drafted by Hawthorn at pick 10 in the AFLW National Draft.
Some history on her pathway to this fabulous achievement:
Bridie was one of 27 girls from all states selected in the U18 National AFL Academy at the end of last year. That program culminated in Bridie playing in an All-Australian Academy Team against an Under 23 All-Star Team. In her first game back after eight weeks with a broken wrist, she was named in the Best Players for the Academy Team playing at centre half forward.
Bridie was also named in the Vic Metro AFL team and played in the National U18 AFLW Championships. Bridie was named as centre half forward in the NAB League U18 Girls Team of the Year.
Bridie debuted against Richmond in Round 3 of the AFLW season. She played six games for the Hawks and kicked two goals.
Well done Bridie and good luck for what we hope is a long and successful career!
Grace Jackson Sandringham Campus Year 3
During this year’s Federal election campaign, Grace Jackson wondered why some of the campaign advertising boards for local candidates had been covered over and others had not. Discussion around the campaign boards led her into a journey of discovery into politics. She inquired into the different candidates in her electorate of Goldstein, their policies and what they stood for. Grace interviewed the Liberal, Labor, Greens, Independent and One Nation candidates and then learned how to create a blog in order to present her findings. This led to Grace attending a Climate Change Conference as part of the media team, where she learnt more about the candidates’ climate change views and policies. Through this independent inquiry, Grace demonstrated numerous PYP Learner Profile Attributes. She was a fantastic communicator, thinker, inquirer and was open-minded to the information she learned.
Noah Sterling Sandringham Campus Prep
Noah Sterling (Prep at Sandringham Campus) competed in the AusCycling Victorian Schools Mountain Bike Series, representing Firbank Grammar School.
In the second round of the series, Noah was placed in the top 10 out of 25 students in the under-9 age group. Noah learned some valuable life lessons through this competition including:
• Never quit if things go bad – you may succeed the next time • Leadership in doing what you enjoy gives confidence for others to do it too • Each race lets you learn something to do better next time
Madeleine Quail Senior School Year 11
Madeleine Quail was nominated for the Junior Life Saver of the Year Award. She has been involved in her life saving club at Black Rock for a number of years and is using it towards her Voluntary Service for the Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award.
She is involved in teaching four areas at the club, including nippers and rescue and resuscitation.
She was awarded the most amount of patrol hours in one season with 92 hours. She was the youngest person at the club to complete this many hours and was also the only junior lifesaver nominated from her club.
Hanna Graham Senior School Year 10
Hanna Graham in Year 10 has been a finalist for our Berthe Mouchette Competition in two consecutive years (2021 and 2022). The Berthe Mouchette Competition is a French poetry competition organised by the Alliance Francaise of Melbourne for all schools in Victoria. Hanna has also received the Chong Family Prize twice for her high academic achievements in French.
Libby Eng Brighton Junior Campus Year 6
Congratulations to our Year 6 Sustainability Leader, Libby, for her well informed and passionate plea to the Bayside Council. Libby contacted the Council in an attempt to help Turner House more effectively manage food waste. As a result of Libby’s actions, Turner House will now have access to the food and green waste service provided by the Council. Libby has been instrumental in educating and inspiring our community.
Despite the wild weather conditions impacting the 2022 Victorian Interschools Snowsports Championships, Year 4 student Isabelle T of Turner House successfully qualified to compete at Nationals held at Perisher. Congratulations Isabelle!
Martha Ickeringill Senior School Year 9
The Berthe Mouchette Poetry and Oral Competition
Martha Ickeringill has been awarded first place in the Berthe Mouchette French Poetry Competition organised by the Alliance Française de Melbourne. She was one of 118 finalists (receiving 20/20) from a cohort of 1424 students from across Victoria. This is a remarkable achievement and we are so proud!
Sienna Cushen Senior School Year 10
Congratulations Sienna C, who has been representing Team Vic and Firbank at the School Sports Australia Diving competition. Sienna was captain of the Victorian team and came 2nd in all events, taking home 3 silver medals.
