{"id":9147,"date":"2023-11-13T16:17:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T05:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=9147"},"modified":"2023-11-16T14:09:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T03:09:06","slug":"geography","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/article\/geography\/","title":{"rendered":"Geography Excellence \u2013 The Australian Geography Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am so proud to announce that our Geography students excelled in the Australian Geography Competition achieving nine high distinction awards, 17 distinction awards and several credits across Years 8 to 10. An acknowledgement and a very big congratulations to Kate Pitman-Fernandez who has been recognised as achieving in the top 1% of the State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Australian Geography Competition is the largest national Geography competition for High School students and is sponsored by The University of Melbourne, University of NSW, Monash University, The University of Queensland, and Curtin University. The design of the competition is to assess student geographical knowledge and skills and reward excellence. This year this national competition attracted over 72,000 student competitors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brigida Zagora<\/strong><br>Head of HSIE (Humanities and Social Sciences)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Year 8<\/strong> <strong>High Distinction<\/strong><br>Clio Apostolopoulos<br>Louisa Giugni <br>Sabina Klar <br>Zara Saade <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Year 8<\/strong> <strong>Distinction<\/strong><br>Tanvi Chava <br>Sienna Di Santo <br>Emma Frecker<br>Laila Gregory<br>Tara Merrick<br>Alannah Quinn <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Year 9 High Distinctions<\/strong><br>Annelies Notelaers<br>Calliope Stewart <br>Sanya Thapa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Year 9 Distinctions<\/strong><br>Amy Blue <br>Gabby Curro<br>Gabrielle Indra <br>Isabella Kelly <br>Zara Ters <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Year 10 High Distinctions<\/strong><br>Kate Pitman-Fernandez \u2013 Top 1% in NSW<br>Chloe Gu<br>Jayden Xie <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Year 10 Distinctions<\/strong><br>Eve Blanchard <br>Ava Casonato<br>Charlize Daher <br>Michelle Indra <br>Isabel Marturia<br>Lily Vincent <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student reflections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Participating in the Australian Geography competition was an interesting experience to test my geographical knowledge and skills which included reading various graphs, making educated guesses and predictions and interpreting a map accurately. I found many questions challenging as they examined my critical thinking skills. Overall, I enjoyed participating in this competition.<\/em><br><strong>Gaby Indra<\/strong><br>Year 9 Distinction Winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The competition consisted of a number of multiple choice questions that were designed to test and challenge our understanding of geography. In doing so, we tested our existing knowledge based on class work and were also extended with questions unrelated to class work. This drew on our logical thinking, general knowledge in addition to our ability to make educated guesses. It was an interesting and challenging exercise.<\/em><br><strong>Zara Ters<\/strong>  <br>Year 9 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-Nov14-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"9431\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/11\/Assembly-Nov14-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9431\" \/><\/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-Nov14-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"9429\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/11\/Assembly-Nov14-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9429\" \/><\/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-Nov14-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"9428\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/11\/Assembly-Nov14-4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9428\" \/><\/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-Nov14-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"9430\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/11\/Assembly-Nov14-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9430\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am so proud to announce that our Geography students excelled in the Australian Geography Competition achieving nine high distinction awards, 17 distinction awards and several credits across Years 8 to 10. 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