Congratulations to GT Online students Lily Moses (Champion Bay SHS), Ella Tennant and Dylan McKenzie (both Kalbarri DHS) who have been selected for the Premier’s Anzac Student Tour for 2025. For the initial part of the competition, the students wrote an essay on why memorials are important in remembering our Anzacs. Ella wrote about the HMAS Sydney II Memorial in Geraldton, Dylan researched and wrote about the 22^nd Commando Squadron which was led by his Great, Great Uncle while Lily investigated the Sandakan Memorial which stands in Boyup Brook. Having been announced as finalists,  they attended an interview during the October holidays after which the 10 students who make up the tour group were selected. The students represent schools across the state, including from Broome, Kalbarri, Geraldton, Perth, and Norseman. They will travel to Japan from 17 to 27 April 2025 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. While in Japan, they will also have the opportunity to reflect on the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and recognise the significant acts of reconciliation that have occurred between our nations since this time. The tour group were recently presented with certificates acknowledging their selection by the Director General at a ceremony in Anzac House in Perth.

We are very proud of Lily, Ella and Dylan and recognise the incredible guidance and support provided by their dedicated GT Online HASS teacher Sue Thomson.

Congratulations to GT Online student Lilly Moses who was a WA Runner Up of The Simpson Prize.

The Simpson Prize is an essay writing competition for Year 9 and 10 students that focuses on Australian military service in World War One. Lilly’s entry for the 2024 Prize focused on the different historical interpretations around the nature and significance of the ANZAC legend. Lilly spent considerable time researching this topic and wrote a very poignant entry arguing that despite many challenges, the ANZAC legend and commemoration of Anzac Day, still has widespread support across Australia.

Lilly’s consistent argument that the ANZAC legend is an integral part of Australian Identity and that there will always be a place for the commemoration of ANZAC Day was awarded as runner up for the 2024 Simpson Prize and as such Lilly participated in a study tour in Canberra travelling to key historical and commemorative sites. We are so proud of Lilly’s achievement in this prestigious competition and encourage other students to take on the challenge of writing an entry for Simpson Prize 2025.

Well done Lilly!

Simpson Prize Results

Humanities students sat the annual Australian History Challenge. The Challenge requires students to work with Historical sources to answer a series of multiple-choice questions. As usual, our GT Online students performed very well putting their historical knowledge and skills to good use to earn certificates rewarding them for their results. Certificates will be presented to students at camp in November.

These are the results for our students:

Year 10

High Distinction : Natascha Pufke

Distinction : Hannah Tomkins

Credit: Ella Hobbs, Lilly Moses and Hugo Seeley

Merit: Mazlyn Membry and Kaitlyn Carr

Year 9

High Distinction : Josiah Simmons and Dylan McKenzie

Distinction : Mathilde Lambe and Lee Vigo

Credit : Miriam Baines and Ella Tennant

Merit : Fiona Heyink and Hannah White

Year 8

High Distinction : Dhyey Patel and Maya Gallegos

Distinction : Abby Kwong and Ishtar Hamilton

Credit : Jorja Best, Hamish Duncan and Eden Cross

Merit : Fay Lalande

Year 7

High Distinction : Hayley Simmons and Gilbert  Jancey

Distinction : Lucy Pearn and Rafael Morcombe

Credit : Rhave Palompo and Daniel Essers

Merit : Abigail Baines and Leila Ridwan

Well done to everyone on your great results.

Congratulations to Ngaire Simmons, Imogen Froby and Mazlyn Membry who have all made it to the finals of the Premier’s Anzac Student Tour for 2024. Each of the girls wrote an essay on the Anzac spirit for their initial entry. Ngaire wrote about Pilbara local Percy Gratwick who was awarded a Victoria Cross in World War One. Imogen also wrote about a local in her essay about Elizabeth Bridget Grover, a Katanning woman who nursed soldiers from Gallipoli during WW1 while Mazlyn wrote about her grandfather, Richard Rooney, who fought in the Vietnam War. Ngaire, Imogen and Mazlyn will have their final interview on Friday 6^th October from where the 10 students who will tour Singapore in April next year will be chosen.

Good luck girls.

Humanities students sat the annual Australian History Challenge. The Challenge requires students to work with Historical sources to answer a series of multiple-choice questions. As usual, our GT Online students performed very well putting their historical knowledge and skills to good use to earn certificates rewarding them for their results. Certificates will be presented to students at camp in November.

These are the results for our students:

Year 10

High Distinction : Ngaire Simmons and Tory Semmens

Distinction : Austen Mead

Year 9

High Distinction : Mazlyn Membry, Imogen Froby, Mukhesh Mygapula and Nikolaus Grogler

Distinction : Natascha Pufke and Ella Hobbs

Credit : Lilly Moses and Sharleen Sibanda

Merit : Kaitlyn Carr

Year 8

Distinction : Josiah Simmons

Credit : Lucy Beecroft, Tahlia Tierney, Sophia Pigdon, Mathilde Lambe, Ella Tennant and Fiona Heyink

Merit : Reuben Castillo, Lee Virgo and Ella Golding

Year 7

Distinction : Abby Kwong and Seraphina Norris

Credit : Jack Cusack, Eden Cross, Hamish Duncan, Alexa White and Phoebe Haselhurst

Merit : Maya Gallegos

Well done to everyone on your great results.