Individual Achievements

Students published in Primo Luxa journal of poetry by students in years 10 to 12 from across WA. There were over 300 entries in 2022 and it is a great honour to be selected for publication in this journal. This is the third year Poppy Bell has had a poem selected for publication.

Year 12 - Poppy Bell and Olivia Morton

Year 11 - Sophia Gianotti, Scarlett Newman, Jacinta Cuthbertson and Hannah Potts

Lottie Dowling (Year 9) received a Highly Commended award in the Tim Winton Short Story Competition. This is Western Australia’s most prestigious short story writing competition.

Saskia Fleming (Year 12) achieved a ‘Highly Commended’ award for her poem, ‘A strange dusk on the farm’ in the 2022 Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards. This is a prestigious, national poetry competition that gives students an opportunity to strive for excellence in literature. This is an outstanding achievement.

Year 9 team winning the national prize for Best Book (middle school) - Edith Hellings, EllaRose Greenaway, Emma Ryan, Isla Mannolini, Kaitlyn Sin, Kiara Stofberg, Livya Siford.

PLC Equestrian Team competed at the State Equestrian Interschools

Championships: Isobel Egan (Year 9), Kate Banner (Year 11),Lucinda Egan (Year 11), Lucy Caslick (Year 8)

2022 Chinese Students’ Achievements

1. 2022 Chinese Language Teachers’ Association of Western Australia Chinese writing and speaking competition.

(1) 2022 CLTAWA State Chinese Writing Competition

Category: Year 7-8

Aurelia Qaqish 3rd place

Category: Year 9-10

Emma Ryan 5th place

Category E4: Advanced level Grace(Yixin) Guo 1st place (Michelle)Beining Hu 3rd place

(2) 2022 CLTAWA State Chinese Speaking Competition

Category: Year 9

Emma Ryan 5th place

Special congratulations to Natalia Row (Year 10) who was invited to act as a host for the event, showcasing her outstanding public speaking skills in Chinese.

Congratulations also to Edith Hellings (Year 9), Isabel Greentree (Year 7) who participated in the Chinese speaking competition and Tia Ford (Year 7) who participated in the Chinese writing competition. They demonstrated great Chinese speaking and writing skills as well.

2. Mandarin Speaking Short Film Competition.

Former student - Emilia Streitberg (Year5R)’s Mandarin video ‘My

Grandpa’s Kangaroos’ won the ‘Best Mandarin’ & ‘ People’s Choice’ Prizes in primary school category of this competition.

3. 2022 Chinese Bridge Competition – Regional Final for Primary School Students from SA, WA, NT and the ACT

This year’s Chinese Bridge Competition (Primary school) in Australia is organised by the Confucius Institute at UWA. The competition was hotly contested by 22 entrants from nine schools across three states. The judging panel was consisted of Chinese teachers from South Australia, Western Australia and Zhejiang University (China).

Former student - Emilia Streitberg (Year5R) is the overall champion(1st) in this regional final competition and has represented Australia to go on to compete in the Global Finals, against students across the world.

4. 2022 Australia China Friendship Society of WA (ACFSWA) Chinese Language Students Awards

Ruby Clarke (Year 6 - Chinese as second language) has been awarded Chinese Language Student Awards(Primary)awarded Chinese Language Student Awards

Emma Ryan (Year 9 - Chinese as second language) has been awarded Chinese Language Student Awards (Secondary)

WA JUNIOR MATHEMATICS

OLYMPIAD 2022 (WAJO)

Yuki Li 7th Place: Merit award

Wellbeing

PLC Lighthouse Programmes

In 2022, whilst there was further COVID-19 interruptions through the early part of the year the Lighthouse was able to continue to provide a range of classes and programmes for students and staff. A snapshot of participation in Lighthouse programmes in 2022 is below:

Fitness

• Staff and students in Years 10 – 12 completed individual strength and conditioning training under the supervision of our O2Active coaches

• On average 45-participants per week undertook individual training in the Fitness Centre

Junior School Lighthouse Co-curricular Classes

• Classes conducted every afternoon Monday to Thursday (K – 6)

• On average 75-participants attended classes per week

• Kidznsport

• Code Camp

• Standing Strong

• Wings Drama

• O2Active Dance & Acro

• Speckles Art

Senior School Lighthouse Co-curricular Classes

• Classes conducted 3-4 times per week

• On average 23–participants attending classes per week

• Yoga/Pilates

• Spin Classes

• Circuit Training

Staff Wellbeing

• Classes conducted 1-2 times per week

• On average 5-participants per week

• Yoga/Pilates

• Sound Meditation

Lighthouse Mindful Rooms

• Students used the mindful rooms for wellbeing activities during lunchtimes:

• Recharge Room: On average 7-students per week

• Meditation Room: On average 18-students per week

• Expressive Art Room: On average 5-students per week

• Studios (games): On average 9-students per week

• Year 9 Service Leadership Programme Launch

• Young People. Small Steps. Real Changes.