{"id":9128,"date":"2023-11-13T13:40:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T02:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=9128"},"modified":"2023-11-16T12:55:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T01:55:26","slug":"history-excellence-the-australian-history-competition","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/article\/history-excellence-the-australian-history-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"History Excellence \u2013 The Australian History Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am so proud to announce that our 2023 History students in Years 7, 8 and 10 have achieved brilliantly in this prestigious national competition. Congratulations in particular to our six High Distinction awardees and 20 Distinction awardees. Many more of our students excelled achieving merits and credits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Australian History Competition is the largest competition for History students. The aim of the competition is to challenge students to demonstrate their analytical, creative, and interpretative historical skills. This year over 32,000 students entered from schools across Australia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brigida Zagora&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Head of HSIE (Humanities and Social Sciences)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Year 7 High Distinction<\/strong><br>Annie Cordony-Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Year 7 Distinction<\/strong>s<br>Mabel Clarke <br>Phoebe Cunneen <br>Valentina Gibson <br>Sophie Torresan<br>Chloe Xu <br>Abigail Yang <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Year 8<\/strong> <strong>High Distinctions<\/strong><br>Violet Addabbo <br>Sabina Klar<br>Chloe Solmirano <br><br><strong>Year 8 Distinctions<\/strong><br>Molly Bonner <br>Celine Choi <br>Louisa Giugni <br>Maia Khoury <br>Allegra Marando<br>Sabine Santa Maria<br>Wendy Wang <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Year 10<\/strong> <strong>High Distinctions<\/strong><br>Kate Pitman-Fernandez<br>Charlotte So<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Year 10<\/strong><strong> Distinctions<\/strong><br>Drew Babbage <br>Eve Blanchard <br>Melissa Bousquet<br>Chloe Gu <br>Isabella Huang <br>Scarlett Lynch<br>Eleanor Yates <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student reflections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I enjoyed participating in the Australian History competition due to the wide range of topics covered. Some questions were challenging.<\/em><br>Valentina Gibson<br>Year 7 Distinction Winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Partaking in the Australian History Competition helped to further deepen my learning by applying my prior knowledge to the test. The competition challenged my ability to recall historical facts and use critical thinking skills to formulate responses and find the answers.<\/em><br>Chloe Solmirano<br>Year 8 High Distinction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Australian History Competition was a fantastic opportunity, which provided us with a platform to extend our understanding of various historical concepts through an engaging exam format. This competition facilitated the development of our historical skills and was an enriching challenge that provided an alternative way of engaging with historical content.<br><\/em>Kate\u00a0Pitman-Fernandez<br>Year 10 High Distinction Winner<\/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\/72\/2023\/11\/Assembly-Nov14-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"9426\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/11\/Assembly-Nov14-5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9426\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/11\/Assembly-Nov14-6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"9424\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/11\/Assembly-Nov14-6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9424\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/11\/Assembly-Nov14-7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"9425\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/11\/Assembly-Nov14-7-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9425\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am so proud to announce that our 2023 History students in Years 7, 8 and 10 have achieved brilliantly in this prestigious national competition. Congratulations in particular to our six High Distinction awardees and 20 Distinction awardees. Many more of our students excelled achieving merits and credits. 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