Gifted and Talented Report

Celebrating our gifts and talents here at MSCW!

MSCW students have a vast array of gifts. Our Marist Compass acknowledges this dimension in every person and it is important we allow our girls the opportunity to shine.

The domains of giftedness and talent cover intellectual and academic areas, creativity, leadership or psycho-social, visual and performing arts, sport or psycho-motor and perceptual.

This week I would like to shine a light and celebrate the accomplishments of some of our talented students across the domains:

Elite Athletes

The following are some of our elite athletes. For this category, a student needs to be competing at state or national level.

If you are an elite sportswoman, let us know!

Year 7

Izabella Mansory- basketball

Emma Ward- swimming and Oztag

Year 8

Mikaela Gavranic- football

Ruby Betro- football

Olivia Treadwell- swimming

Maya Ostapenko- swimming

Year 9

Sarah Reynolds- gymnastics

Year 11

Bronte Hookey- netball

Year 12

Ava Gibson- swimming

Sienna Chambers- tennis

Performing Arts

Year 10 – Adelaide Kennedy

We celebrate the gifts of Adelaide who will be performing in a play Called “Black Sun/ Blood Moon” and taking the play on the road. She will tour far North Queensland, and regional Victoria, and the season will end at Parramatta Riverside and The Chatswood Concourse. 

A synopsis of the play:

Black Sun/Blood Moon follows two intertwining stories – one magical, the other all too real. An inspired climate change activist tries to change the world, as a “down on her luck” Liberal politician finds herself on a mythical quest to save the future.  Using video projections and life-size puppets Black Sun/ Blood Moon is a visual spectacle. 

Public Speakers

We celebrate the gifts of the following students who will be representing MSCW in the CSDA Public Speaking Competition this term- good luck!

Year 7

Ava Marangon

Alanah O’Donovan

Year 8

Sophie Murphy

Angelina Severino

Year 9

Jacinta Da Silva

Alissa Tosh

Year 10

Harriet O’Connor

Leia Gonzales

Senior

Natalie Broom

Monet Lobina

Claudia Walker

Sienna McCarthy

Philosophy

We celebrate our philosophers as they delve into big thinking.

What is Philosophy? 

Philosophy translates to Love of Wisdom- philo meaning love and sophia meaning wisdom. To us, the study of philosophy is a phenomenon in which knowledge is being put to the test and questioned in so many different ways. It questions everything, reality, existence, knowledge and fundamental nature.

At Marist Sisters College, Woolwich, we strive to be seekers of knowledge and wisdom as we develop our skills through our schooling journey. Philosophy can not only be applied in different classes but in real life as well, thinking up ideas and learning how to critique constructively with logic.

There are multiple branches of philosophy which are studied in class, ranging from metaphysics- the nature of reality, to epistemology- the study of knowledge and senses.

Philosophy is a really fun course and is great if you want to learn that ‘All I know is that I know nothing’.

By Georgia Hay, Jacinta da Silva, Seana Miao

BRAINways EDUCATION: Holiday Workshops for Gifted Students, Sydney, 13-14th April

Programs are offered for students in Years 5-8:

$54 per workshop

The workshops are:

The Mathematics of Wilderness Survival

The Medicine of Exhaustion

Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? Exploring the Nature of Reality

The Psychology of a Sweet Tooth

Please let Mrs Rachael Colreavy know if you would like more information.

rachael.colreavy@syd.catholic.edu.au