Chapel Hill State School

Student Achievements at Chapel Hill State School

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS - 2009

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS .

Student Achievements

Piano : Congratulations to Curtis Allan for achieving ‘Honours’ in his Grade 1 Piano Exam.

MMMM Dance Concert

Congratulations to the CHSS students who participated in the Mini Movements Mega Moves Dace Concerts held on Saturday. The standard of the 3 performances was exceptional and the students are to be commended for their hard work, and dedication to dance!!!

Optiminds - State Final

Last weekend the “Groovy Rainbow Llamas” Opti-minds team competed in the State Finals at the University of Queensland. On Saturday, at the 20/20 Opti-Vision Youth Forum the team presented their idea for the future which they had been preparing over the last six weeks. They designed a public transport system called ‘The Transpiral” which would allow the city centre to become traffic-free.

On Sunday the students spent a very challenging three hours problem-solving, constructing models, script-writing and rehearsing before presenting their solution to the judges, their parents and friends.

The parents and teachers who were lucky enough to watch the team perform were overwhelmed by the students’ knowledge, presence, performance ability and team work. They engaged the audience totally and made us all extremely proud to be members of the Chapel Hill School community. THEY WERE TOTALLY AWESOME and were awarded HONOURS at the Presentation ceremony that evening. Congratulations to Tahlia Stickley, Becky Degnan, Ned McGrath, Dylan Kidd, James Brotton, Ned Cavanough and Katherine Viney on your amazing effort. A big thank you to Michelle McGill and Jane McGrath who have been working with the students during lunch time and after school.

ICAS Tests

Students from CHSS achieved outstanding results for the International Competitions & Assessments for School in English & Mathematics.

Nine students participated in English and were awarded 2 High Distinctions (Jordan Yee, Fergus Hanlin), 2 Credits (Daniel More O’Ferrall, Sebastian More O’Ferrall) and 5 Participation Certificates (Billy Edwardson, Carl Janz, Clare Chuang, Jarrad Edwardson, Sankalp Gosalia).

Twelve students participated in Mathematics and were awarded a High Distinction (Tahlia Stickley), 5 Distinctions (Daniel More O’Ferrall, Jordan Yee, Jayden Stickley, Rachel Hauenschild, Fergus Hanlin), a Credit (Billy Edwardson) and 5 Participation Certificates (Carl Janz, Clare Chuang, Jamie Livingstone, Jarrad Edwardson, Sankalp Gosalia).

Congratulations to all students.

Community Award

Congratulations to Amelia Remmerswaal who received a Quest Young Star Community Award for completing the MS Readathon and raising $600 to help people with MS.

Irish Dancing : Well done to Shannon Ryan who won the Qld State Championships (9yrs). She has qualified for the 2010 World Championships which will be held in Scotland next March!

Chess : Last Thursday CHSS entered 2 teams into the Regional Chess Tournament. The team of Jayden Stickley, Daniel Huth, Neil Givens and Ben McLean came 2 nd out of 26 teams while Liam Halstead, Nicholas Wait, Colwyn Bowie and Alex McLean came 13 th. Special congratulations go to Jayden who individually came FIRST out of 99 students with a “picket fence” (7 wins from 7 games)! Thank you to Michelle Stickley for organising everything – Meryl Huth.

Regional Athletics : Congratulations to Jose Long, Hamish Hamilton and Demi Winter who competed at the Regional Athletics Championships. Hamish Hamilton will be going to the State Championships for the 800m.

OPTI-MINDS

On Saturday three teams of students from our school competed in the Opti-minds Challenge at Indooroopilly State High. Opti-minds is a creative problem solving event for teams and they are required to solve demanding, open-ended challenges from one of the following categories: Language Literature, Science Engineering, Social Sciences. They competed against about 30 other teams in each of their categories from both state and private schooling systems and I am sure it comes as no surprise to the Chapel Hill State School community that our teams represented themselves and our school at an extremely high standard. They were rewarded for all their hard work and long hours spent solving the challenges with Team 1 receiving ‘The Spirit of Opti-minds’ Award, Team 2 receiving an Honours Award and Team 3 was awarded 1 st Place. This is a very difficult competition and the students should be congratulated for their resilient and hard-working approach.

The parents and teachers who were lucky enough to watch the teams perform on Saturday were overwhelmed by the students’ knowledge, presence, performance ability and team work. They engaged the audience totally and made us all extremely proud to be members of our school community.

Congratulations to all students on your amazing achievements. Team 3 have now been invited to represent the Brisbane West Region at the State Finals in October.

Team 1 : Jessica Goodrich, Katie Winter, Molly Jackson, Nat Martyn, Anthony Jacobsen, Marcus Cameron, Eddie Freemantle (Thank you Ann Tew and Helen Winter)

Team 2 : Lorin Bell, Genevieve Pearce, Robin Allsopp, Hamish Hamilton, Sarah Stimpson, Emily Foley, Lachlan Hamilton (Thank you Miss Harrop and Nikki Stimpson)

Team 3 : Tahlia Stickley, Becky Degnan, Ned McGrath, James Brotton, Dylan Kidd, Ned Cavanough, Katherine Viney (Thank you Ms Gill and Jane McGrath)

Special thanks to Amanda Gethin-Jones who has been working with the students during lunch time and preparing them for the Spontaneous Challenge which forms a part of the overall result.

West Akuna District Sports

Last Monday and Wednesday the school was well represented at the West Akuna School Sports District Athletics Carnival. The school performed well and everyone is proud of the efforts that all competitors put in and as a result the following students have made it through to the next round – The Met West Regional Athletics Carnival on Tuesday 1 st & Wednesday 2 nd September at QSAC. Demi Winter (Long Jump), Jose Long (Discus) & Hamish Hamilton (100m 200m & 800m). Congratulations and good luck!

Chess News

Twelve players represented the school in the Somerville House Primary Schools Tournament held last Sunday. Congratulations to the team of Jayden Stickley, Daniel Huth, Ben McLean & Nicholas Barrett who were placed 4 th in the Novice Division. Special mention to Sebastian More O-Ferrall, Natasha Bernhardt & Neil Givens for a great effort in their first tournament. The event as the first showing of the new School Chess Shirts!

Photography Competition

Congratulations to Elsie Salkeld who won the Kid’s category in the Jetstar Photography Competition.

Touch Football . Congratulations to Kaitlyn Winter, Nikki Kouvaras, Alex Barry & Tess Bilkey who competed in the Regional Touch Competition.

Kaitlyn Winter was then selected for the Met West U12 Girls Touch Rugby Team to play in the State Competition. Congratulations and well done Kaitlyn.

District Cross Country . The school was well represented at the District Cross Country held at Fig Tree Pocket last Thursday. The school was placed 3 rd overall and all students performed their best and ran the best that they could. Josie Long, Molly Long, Hamish Hamilton, Daniel Manning & James Doring have won through to the next level – the Regional Trials to be held at Limestone Park in Ipswich. Once again, thanks to Margot Manning and her band of parent helpers for preparing the students, over the past 10 weeks.

Netball . Congratulations to Molly Long who was selected in the western Districts Netball Team to compete at a State Challenge Carnival.

Futsal . Toby Richter has been selected in the 2010 Qld Rep Futsal Team. Congratulations Toby.

Hockey . Congratulations to Nikki Kouvaras & Oliver Prest who have been selected in the Met West U12 Hockey Team. Oliver has also been selected to represent Brisbane in the U13 Hockey Team and the U12 Met West Cricket Team.

AFL . Aaron Yusia has been selected for the Met West 12yr & U AFL Team as a member of the leadership group. Congratulations Aaron.

Congratulations to Aaron Yusia who has been selected in the MetWest 12 years and under AFL side for the second year running. This year he has been named as a member of the team's leadership group. 

School Cross Country

Last Thursday, the school conducted its Annual Cross Country and fun run. A huge thank you to the Manning Family (Margot and Steve) and their band of helpers ( Linda Janz, Hillary Janz, and Jill Williams) for training the children over the past weeks and for organizing the day on Thursday. Congratulations to everyone who participated. Special congratulations to those children who have trained over the last 10 weeks and completed the actual cross-country distances (1.1km 9yrs, 2km 10yrs, 3km 11-13yrs).  

The Results are as follows:

13yrs Boys : 1st James Doring

13yrs Girls: 1st Molly Long

12yrs Boys : 1st Hamish Hamilton, 2nd Daniel Manning, 3rd Adam Livingstone

12yrs Girls : 1st Kristen Harding, 2nd Jessica Jones, 3rd Megan Williams

11yrs Boys : 1st Scott McQuade,

11yrs Girls: 1st Meg Jenkins, 2nd Liana Cook, 3rd Tahlia Bligh

10yrs Boys: 1st Jamie Livingstone, 2nd Ned Cavanough, 3rd Lachlan Pennell

Congratulations to the Senior 2 Touch Football Team who won 6-2 to Pullenvale last Friday. Special thanks to Charlotte, Kristen and Jade who scored our tries. (Tahlia Stickley)

Congratulations to Chapel Hill Senior 1 Touch Football Team for defeating Kenmore South 3-0. Thanks to Jess and Katie for scoring our tries. (Alex Barry)

Congratulations to Marcus Cameron (6A) and Nick Martin (6B) for being selected to play in the West Akuna District Rugby League Team.

Mountain Bike Racing

CHESS
Thirteen students from Chapel Hill School participated in the Somerville House Summer Chess Tournament on Sunday.

Congratulations to Jayden Stickley and Daniel Huth who were the highest point scorers of the day, with 5 points out of a possible 7 and to Colwyn Bowie who scored 4 points at his first ever tournament! It was also the first tournament for Liam Halstead, Rachel Hauenschild, Joe Barrett and Shea Dawson. Special mention should also go to Fergus Hanlin, Philip Groves and Nicholas Barrett. Well done to all the children and to their wonderful parents for giving up their day in support!

Congratulations to the Senior 2 Touch Football Team who won 6-2 to Pullenvale last Friday. Special thanks to Charlotte, Kristen and Jade who scored our tries. (Tahlia Stickley)

Congratulations to Chapel Hill Senior 1 Touch Football Team for defeating Kenmore South 3-0. Thanks to Jess and Katie for scoring our tries. (Alex Barry)

Congratulations to Marcus Cameron (6A) and Nick Martin (6B) for being selected to play in the West Akuna District Rugby League Team.