{"id":3927,"date":"2025-09-25T21:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/?post_type=article&#038;p=3927"},"modified":"2025-09-26T08:27:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T22:27:49","slug":"a-year-of-distiction-in-geography-and-history","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/article\/a-year-of-distiction-in-geography-and-history\/","title":{"rendered":"A Year of Distiction in Geography and History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mr Adrian Brombal &#8211; Leader of Learning &#8211; HSIE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the second consecutive year the College has entered Years 9 &amp; 10 into the Australian Geography Competition which is a 40 question exam based on a series of map and geographical skills and completed across the entire country by roughly 50,000 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We had 19 High Distinctions across both year groups scoring within the top 10% of participants. In Year 9 the College had two students achieve in the top 1% of Year 9 &#8211; Thomas C and Jamie Q with Thomas achieving 1st place in Year 9 nationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6008.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3929\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6008-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6008-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6008-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6008-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6008-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6008-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6008-145x109.jpg 145w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6008-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6008-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6008.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6017.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"3936\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6017-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6017-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6017-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6017-188x250.jpg 188w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6017-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6017-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6017.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6019.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"3928\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6019-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6019-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6019-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6019-188x250.jpg 188w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6019-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6019-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/IMG_6019.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The College&#8217;s long standing tradition of entering into the Australian History Competition also continued, a 50 question examination on Australian History completed by tens of thousands of students nationwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The College had 13 High Distinctions across Years 8, 9 and 10. These are outstanding results which are a testament to our talented boys who show a passion for the humanities as well as the effort of an incredibly dedicated HSIE team who support them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Adrian Brombal &#8211; Leader of Learning &#8211; HSIE For the second consecutive year the College has entered Years 9 &amp; 10 into the Australian Geography Competition which is a 40 question exam based on a series of map and geographical skills and completed across the entire country by roughly 50,000 students. 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