{"id":9539,"date":"2026-06-30T01:01:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/?post_type=article&p=9539"},"modified":"2026-06-30T01:01:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:01:42","slug":"house-relics-backstory-competition-3","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/article\/house-relics-backstory-competition-3\/","title":{"rendered":"House Relics Backstory Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
It is exciting to be announcing the winners of the Fort Street House\u00a0Relics Backstory competition. The stories these students produced really helped articulate the values that Fort Street High School promotes for its Kennedy Cup House system. These winners showed great courage, creativity and effort to produce these engaging stories and should be proud of their contribution to the spirit of the school.<\/div>\n
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Below is a list of winners, with a quick synopsis of their stories. Use the link to read the full story and enjoy the\u00a0House\u00a0spirit shown by Fortians.<\/div>\n
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House\u00a0Relic\u00a0Backstories Winners<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n
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JOSHI – Adam Ali (Yr 10)\u00a0The Calculator of Academia<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
A wise calculator that reminds students that learning cannot be done through taking short cuts.<\/div>\n
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MAWSON – Pranaya Prakash (Yr 8)\u00a0The Last Tool Standing\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
How Douglas Mawson came to the realisation whilst using his icepick that resilience isn\u2019t about being unbreakable, it\u2019s about continuing, even when you already feel broken.<\/div>\n
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KIRBY – Sebastian Italiano (Yr 8) The Star Forged Gavel\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
A gavel forged from the remnants of a fallen star that carried a strange authority and was used as a tool for promoting learning and justice.<\/div>\n
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PRESTON – Harrison Tran (Yr )\u00a0The Source of Creativity\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
A young woman stumbles across a paintbrush which creativity itself flows through its bristles.<\/div>\n
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SHEIKH – Persephone Lee (Yr 10)\u00a0The Twelve Labours of Simon Sheikh (abridged)\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
A powerful megaphone teaches others the power of their voice\u2014to speak, organise and be heard.<\/div>\n
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The full stories can be read here:<\/div>\n
https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1iuFEd-s_Z_VxmD1ycrcVDOmj92CsUduUaYoxvxBvGXI\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/div>\n
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It is exciting to be announcing the winners of the Fort Street House\u00a0Relics Backstory competition. The stories these students produced really helped articulate the values that Fort Street High School promotes for its Kennedy Cup House system. These winners showed great courage, creativity and effort to produce these engaging stories and should be proud of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-9539","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/9539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}