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Junior Prize-giving

Waitaki Girls' High School —

Congratulations to our junior students!


Sports Awards

Renee Stenning and Jorja Belt (year 10 badminton doubles champions), Renee Stenning (year 10 badminton singles champion), Sai Sukumar and Brooke Taylor (year 9 badminton doubles champions), Emily Neal (year 9 badminton singles champion), Georgia Hawkins (most valuable junior hockey player), Molly Mansfield (most improved junior hockey player), Jorja Belt and Emma Fox (junior tennis doubles champions), Jorja Belt (junior tennis singles champion), Maddy Phillips (year 9 netball – most consistent player), Monica Ferguson (year 9 netball most improved player), Brooke Warden (year 10 netball - most improved player), Emma Fox (fair play award for netball), Kyala Fisilau (junior triathlon champion), Kyala Fisilau, Monica Ferguson and Natalie Bedford (junior triathlon team champions), Georgina Carter Trotman (most improved rock climber), Georgia Hawkins (intermediate cross country champion), Molly Mansfield (junior cross country champions), Charlotte Lane (junior trampoline champion), Sarah Jamison (cup for touch rugby).

Cultural Awards

Rhiannon Thomas (contribution to school music); Aliyah O’Brien (prize for music in Year 10); Olika Sikei (1st year 9 speech); Rhiannon Thomas (winner 9 writing prize); Hannah Miller (1st year 10 speech).

Academic Prizes

Year 9

Anna Mansfield (principal’s award for diligence); Natalie Bedford (9HU – 2nd health and physical education); Kate Mortimer (9HU – 2nd English); Maddi Byrne (9HU – 2nd science, 2nd social studies; 9RU – 2nd performing arts); Jade Tohill (9RU – 1st performing arts); Jordan Ingram (9PU – 1st languages); Emily Mavor (9HU – 1st health and physical education); Neve Ramsay (9HU – 1st social studies, 2nd mathematics); Kika Tangifolau (9HU – 1st English, 1st mathematics, 1st science); Hannah Shallish (principal’s award for diligence); Samantha Dennison (9KE – 2nd performing arts); Arabella Scrivener (9PI – 2nd performing arts); Mercedes Kennedy (9TA – 2nd performing arts); Allie Senior (9KA – 2nd English, 2nd mathematics, 2nd social studies; 9TA – 2nd languages); Poppy Wraight (9TA – 1st technology); Diana Pshenychna (9PI – 1st technology); Maiah Faulkner (9PI – 1st art, 2nd technology); Sophie Notman (9KA – 2nd health and physical education; PKE – 1st technology, 2nd languages); Charlotte Lane (9KA – 1st health and physical education, 2nd science; 9KE – 1st languages, 2nd art and a principal’s award for diligence); Rhiannon Thomas (9KA – 1st English, 1st mathematics, 1st science, 1st social studies; 9TA – 1st languages, 1st performing arts, 2nd technology); Diana Fonua (9KO – 2nd health and physical education); Willow Brew (9RU – 2nd art); Ofa Tokai (9KO – 2nd mathematics); Mackenzie Wilson (9RU – 2nd languages, 2nd technology); Hannah Lewis (9RU – 1st languages); Alessia Peneamene (9TA – 1st art); Larnie Davidson (9 KO – 2nd English, 2nd science; 9RU – 1st art, 1st technology); Maddy Phillips (9KO – 1st English, 1st health and physical education, 1st social studies); Georgina Carter Trotman (9KO – 1st mathematics, 1st science, 2nd social studies; 9PI – 1st performing arts, 2nd art, 2nd languages); Emily Neal (9TU – 2nd health and physical education); Kyala Fisilau (9TU – 1st health and physical education); Sai Sukumar (9KE – 1st art, 2nd technology); Georgia Stewart (9TU – 1st science, 2nd English, 2nd mathematics, 2nd social studies; 9TA – 2nd art); Mackenzie Shearmon (9TU – 1st English, 1st mathematics,1st social studies, 2nd science; 9 KE – 1st performing arts).

Year 10

Max Geddis (2nd performing arts group 1); Sol Cunningham (10KO – 2nd mathematics); Jorja Belt (2nd food technology group 1; 10 KO – 2nd health and physical education); Emma Fox (1st food technology group 1); Holly Dickson (2nd performing arts group 2; 10KO – 1st English, 2nd science); Renee Stenning (1st performing arts group 2; 10KO – 1st health and physical education, 2nd social studies); Ivy Tepper (1st textiles technology group 2; 10KO – 1st social studies, 2nd English); Casey Kinns (2nd digital technology group 1; 10KO – 1st mathematics, 1st science and a principal’s award for diligence); Nethmi Madawala Liyaddage (principal’s award for diligence); Lily Cadogan (10 RI – 2nd social studies); Holly Horn (2nd textiles technology group 1; 10RI – 2nd science); Eden Gilchrist (10RI – 2nd English, 2nd mathematics); Ruby McDermott (1st art group 1); Amber Haywood (1st art group 2); Hannah Miller (2nd German; 10 RI – 1st English, 1st health and physical education, 1st mathematics, 1st science, 1st social studies); Lily Wickham (2nd textiles technology group 2); Heather Watt (2nd art group 2); Katie Paton (10TO – 2nd science and a principal’s award for diligence); Mya Nicol (2nd food technology group 2; 10 TO – 2nd health and physical education); Michelle Fairburn (2nd art group 1, 2nd digital technology group 2; 10 TO – 2nd English); Saskia Brienesse-Little (1st digital technology group 2, 1st performing arts group 1); Emma Spittle (1st German; 1st food technology group 2; 10TO – 1st social studies, 2nd mathematics); Georgia Hawkins (1st digital technology group 1, 1st textiles technology group 1; 10TO – 1st health and physical education, 1st mathematics, 1st science, 2nd social studies).

Special Prizes

Emma Spittle (Isabel Clark essay competition prize); Emma Fox (most inspiring junior in sport); Sarah Jamison (junior sports dux); Rhiannon Thomas (junior cultural dux); Georgia Hawkins (Waitaki Girls’ High School Old Girls’ Assn. year 10 bursary); Anna Mansfield (diligence prize in year 9); Casey Kinns (diligence prize in year 10); Rhiannon Thomas (academic excellence in year 9); Hannah Miller (academic excellence in year 10).