Congratulations to:
Telstra Business Women’s Awards.
Fiona Godfrey (Principal), has won the 2011 Telstra Business Women’s Award in the South Australian White Pages Community and Government Award category. Fiona is pictured with Peter Barclay (Group Manager of the White Pages and Sponsor of the Community and Government Category) at the presentation ceremony on 16 September.
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Rio Tinto Big Science Competition Awards.
As one of the top scorers in the Rio Tinto Big Science Competition, Eloise Moore (Year 9) was invited to attend an Awards Ceremony in Canberra on 15 September. Of the 31,000 participants from Years 7-12 in Australia, Eloise was one of 58 students to achieve a score of 30 out of 30. At Parliament House Eloise had the opportunity to meet with Old Scholar (1973), The Hon Julie Bishop, MP.
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On Monday 24 October, Eloise Dibden (Year 9) was presented with a Children’s Week Award by Mrs Liz Scarce (Patron of the Children’s Week Association) at Government House. Awards were given to outstanding members of the community who contribute to, and are a part of the future generations. Eloise’s award was in the category, ‘In recognition of courage, strength and perseverance shown in the face of adversity.’
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Tournament of Minds State Winning Team.
On Sunday, 11 September three teams from St Peter’s Girls participated in the State Tournament of Minds competition. The Junior School team was awarded Honours in the Primary Social Sciences category. The Language Literature team won Honours in the Senior Language Literature category. The third team which competed in the Secondary Social Sciences category was awarded Honours and were selected as State Winners.
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Sophie Linn (Year 11) and Margaret Gayen (Year 12) were the only two South Australian females selected to be part of the Australian athletics team who competed at the Isle of Man Commonwealth Youth Games in the international event. Both the girls returned home with medals. Sophie won a silver medal in the 1500m and placed 8th in the 3000m final. Margaret gained a bronze medal in the Long Jump and the 4 x 100m Relay and finished 5th in the final of the 100m Hurdles. Unfortunately for Margaret, she clipped a Hurdle with a toe which resulted in a stumble and dropping back from 2nd to 5th place. These are stunning results from two of our most talented athletes!
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The following girls were awarded prizes at the Presentation Ceremony of the Oliphant Science Awards on Friday 23 September.
Year 7: Lili Koch (photography), Emma Cheney (game). Year 8: Emily Lewis (poster), Victoria Neale (invention), Amelia Gare, Zoe Steinhardt, Abbey Weymouth (multimedia), Saumya Chanana (essay). Saumya was also awarded a University of Adelaide, Faculty of Sciences Prize for the most outstanding entry highlighting the benefits of scientific research to the community. Year 9: Maithili Mishra (experiment). Maithili was also awarded the Australasian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Prize for the best student project with a biochemistry theme. Year 10: Georgina Belder (experiment). Georgina was also awarded a Tall Poppy Prize for best secondary investigation and an Australian Institute of Energy Prize. Pictured above are Geogina Belder (left) and Maithili Mishra (right).
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Annika Beaty with her award.
Annika Beaty (Year 12) has been awarded a prize for her essay in the Youth Section of the ‘SA Writers’ Centre Short Story Competition’. Awards were presented during the SA Writers’ Festival 2011, at the Writers at Wirra Wirra Day. The winning stories have been included in an anthology of short stories, published by Seaview Press.