College News 2012

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2011 Higher School Certificate Results

The HSC class of 2011 has achieved outstanding results in the HSC and we are delighted to congratulate and celebrate their successes:

• St Ursula’s College had an impressive 94% of courses above the state examination mean this year. Particularly strong results were recorded in General Mathematics (14.59), English Standard (13.93), Textiles and Design (11.99), Studies of Religion II (11.51), Music I (9.64), Senior Science (9.46), Legal Studies (9.33) and Ancient History (9.31).
• Solid results were achieved across a range of subjects. Of all the two unit courses (including Studies of Religion I) studied at the College in 2011, 62% of all results were marks of 80 or above (Bands 5 or 6).
• In the demanding Extension courses, 100% of all results were in the top two bands (E3 or E4).
• A total of sixty-five girls from the College appeared one hundred and sixty-five times on the HSC Distinguished Achievers List of students who scored 90 or more marks in a course.
  

Four students were named on the Premier’s All Rounders Merit List for scoring 90% or above in 10 or more units. These students were: Nadim Azzam; Laura Bernhardt; Caitlin Brooks; and Julia Down

The College also had an unprecedented eleven students named in the Top Achiever’s List for attaining a State placing. These students included:

Congratulations to all the staff and students who have worked extremely hard to achieve these outstanding results. I look forward to acknowledging and celebrating these significant achievements with the College community in 2012 at the HSC High Achievers Assembly.

Fantastic results for 2011 School Certificate

Year 10 students at St Ursula’s College achieved great success in the 2011 School Certificate tests. The College average examination mark was well above the State average in all six tests. The percentage of our students in the top two bands – Bands 5 & 6 (80 – 100%) was also consistently and significantly above State figures. In the Computing Skills test, 78.8% of our students attained a Highly Competent (80% or above) level of achievement compared with 52.47% across the State.

Special congratulations to Rachel Green, Juliana Hasham and Angela O’Rourke who gained a Band 6 in the suite of Board of Studies School Certificate Tests.

The 2011 School Certificate results are outstanding and the girls are to be congratulated on their success. We can certainly expect great things from this cohort as they work towards their Higher School Certificate in 2012.

HSC selections for ArtExpress and nominations for Encore 2012

It is with much pride that the College announces that two students have had their Body of Work for Visual Arts selected for inclusion in ARTEXPRESS 2012 and one student has been nominated for Encore 2012.

ArtExpress is a State wide exhibition of the best Body of Work by Year 12 students from NSW, with the artworks going on display in major metropolitan and regional art galleries. Alisa Kwai and Anika Lukins have recently had their respective Bodies of Work, titled ‘Heritage’ and ‘No Sleep’, selected for display during January 2012 in the Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre. This year 9,775 students submitted Bodies of Works for the Visual Arts Examination and only 499 students were nominated for the ARTEXPRESS exhibition.

Two other Year 12 Visual Arts Students have also been chosen to exhibit from Dec 16 20011- Jan 16 2012 in the annual Artrules11 exhibition at the Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery Gymea. This is also a wonderful achievement for the students as the works are selected by the curators of the Gallery from all St George and Sutherland Area schools. These students are Annie Huang ‘Destroy the old world, create the new world’ and Greta Balog ‘The Family Table’.

Greta Balog, has also been nominated to perform in the prestigious ENCORE concert. ENCORE is a program of outstanding performances and compositions by students from the Higher School Certificate Music examinations. It is held annually at the Sydney Opera House. The College community waits in anticipation of learning of Greta’s selection for this performance.