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Overall Maths Champions Once Again
Our mathematicians did us proud
in the prestigious Maths Team
Challenge.
Ormiston College performed
exceptionally well against
some of the best and brightest
mathematicians from many top
performing schools. The exciting
annual event has grown to such an
extent that the 2011 session had to
be split between two venues. Our
teams excelled with Years 11/12
coming 1st and 2nd, Years 9/10
placed 2nd and 12th and Year 8
coming 2nd and 14th. This splendid
result awarded Ormiston College the
Overall Champion Trophy for the
third year. Mr Ian Thomson, Head
of Mathematics, congratulated and
thanked students and staff and said,
in the words of Freddie Mercury, “We
are the Champions”.
Geography Students Excel in Acclaimed National Competition
The National Geographic Channel
Australian Geography Competition
is a joint initiative of the Royal
Geographical Society of Queensland
and the Australian Geography
Teachers' Association, sponsored
by National Geographic Channel.
This prestigious event takes place
in approximately 750 schools
throughout the country.
The annual competition is renowned
for its ability to test Australian
geography students’ depth of
understanding in the subject.
Under strict time constraints,
students are required to respond
to stimulus material testing their
knowledge and skills. The demands
of the competition can be extremely
challenging yet our geographers
came out on top – as they have done
in previous years.
Head of Department, Mr Ian Burgess,
was not at all surprised at the
results from this year’s competition,
Head of Department, Mr Ian Burgess, with High Distinction Geographers
Absent: Jonathan Dunne, Aaron Curtis and Dylan Grey
remarking “When you have such
great staff, as we have in the
Humanities Department, and inspired
students, you can’t help but come up
with great results”.
This year our students received 17
High Distinctions, 25 Distinctions
and 44 Credits. Congratulations to
all students but especially our High
Distinction recipients: Jarrod Allen,
Joshua Burton, Jonathan Dunne,
Lily Greer, Quangvy Ho, Jai Lordan,
Keely Lynch, Alexander Muirhead,
Rachel Naulls, William Pilgrim,
Matthew Reynolds, Lachlan Bishop,
Aaron Curtis, Dylan Grey, Jade
Grigg, Georga McLean and Nicholas
Stratford and our special Humanities
staff.
6 The Oracle Semester One Edition 2011