Week 7 Assembly Highlights | SHEP & Languages Speech Competition Results
During Thursday’s School Assembly, we celebrated a couple of noteworthy achievements.
Firstly, we proudly announced the SHEP: State Honours Ensemble Program awards for students in Years 6-11.
This prestigious program, offered by the Queensland Conservatorium of Griffith University, is dedicated to nurturing and inspiring young musicians across the State.
Since its inception in 2001, SHEP has grown significantly, becoming an integral part of music education in Queensland.
The program brings together passionate students from various regional centres and metro Brisbane, providing them with opportunities to collaborate and elevate their musical talents.
Congratulations to all our talented award recipients…
South-East Queensland Program
Year 6: Jhaiella Gee – Violin, Phoebe Wong – Violin
Year 8: Charli List – Double Bass, Constance Lao – Vocal, Nayeon Kim – Clarinet
Brisbane Program
Year 6: Michael Kotykhov – Viola
Year 7: Lily Prewett – Violin
Year 9: Sylar Carney – Vocal, Eliza Flower – Vocal, Tiffany Tindall – Vocal
Year 10: Henry Zhang – Flute, Destinee Pickvance-Yee – Vocal
Year 11: Mitchell Dixon – Trombone, Georgia Woehrle – Alto Saxophone, Ben Stanley – Percussion
Secondly, we recognised the winners of the 2024 Languages Speech Competition.
Earlier this month, 46 Canterbury students, including 12 from our Junior School, competed against dozens of other schools at the Language Teachers Association of Queensland Speech Competition, held at Griffith University.
Preparations began last term, with students writing and practicing their speeches.
On the competition day, Canterbury excelled, winning awards in all the language divisions we entered – Mandarin, Spanish, French, and Japanese!
Our students brought home four gold, one silver, and four bronze medals, along with numerous placings and highly commended awards.
Well done to all the contestants, and a special thank you to our dedicated teachers – Mrs Martinez, Mr Clark, Ms Rosello, Ms Wu, Mrs Norfolk, Mr Harmer and Mrs Tani.
Spanish
Year 4 – 2nd Place: Nua de Wet, Highly Commended: Aarav Patel
Year 5 – 1st Place: Ananyaa Parikh, 3rd Place: Karta Watkins-Rameka, Highly Commended: Adelyn Shields
Year 6 – Highly Commended: Haeun Bae
Year 7 – 1st Place: Bear Newsham, 3rd Place: Anagha Menon
Year 8 – 3rd Place: Ellyse Pal
Year 10 – Highly Commended: Gurjaap Buttar
Mandarin
Year 7 – Highly Commended: Evie Schelbach, Highly Commended: Ruoxi Chen
Year 8 – 1st Place: Mikael Sandanayake
Year 9 – 1st Place: Jillian Zamora, 4th Place: Hayley Schoeck, Highly Commended: Penina Pao
French
Year 9 – 3rd Place: Prabhnoor Kaur
Year 12 – Highly Commended: Emerald Kaing
Japanese
Year 11 – Highly Commended: Claire Plummer
Year 12 – Highly Commended: Airlie Bower, Highly Commended: Angelina Som
