On Wednesday 9 December, the School celebrated another wonderful year of achievements with our community at Prize Giving. Congratulations to all prize winners – see below for a full list of awards. A photo gallery from the day, including the prize winners, can be viewed and downloaded here.
Intermediate Prizes
Intermediate Art Prize – joint winners Heung Wong and Sophie Storrar
Intermediate Drama Prize Siena Thomas
Intermediate French Prize Scarlett Flanders
Intermediate Science Prize Lucy Simmons
Intermediate Te Reo Māori Prize Olivia Grimshaw
Intermediate Physical Education Prize – joint winner Evie Skidmore
Intermediate Spanish Prize Evie Skidmore
Parents’ Association Prize for Industry Millie Cameron
Intermediate Mathematics Prize – joint winners Gracie Lewis and Sophie Westwood
Intermediate Technology Prize Gracie Lewis
Intermediate Religious Education Prize Rosie Beech
Parents’ Association Prize for Industry Rosie Beech
Intermediate Music Prize – joint winner Hannah Hudson
Intermediate Physical Education Prize – joint winner Hannah Hudson
Parents’ Association Prize for Industry Hannah Hudson
Intermediate English Prize Lydia Burns
Intermediate Music Prize – joint winner Lydia Burns
Intermediate Social Studies Prize Lydia Burns
Watson Prize for All-round Improvement Hardiya Padda
Year 9 Prizes
Year 9 Art Prize – Semester 1 Eryn Nain
Year 9 Bio Technology Prize Sophie White
Year 9 Food Technology Prize Elise d’Abois
Year 9 French Prize Lila Fenn
Year 9 Physical Education Prize – joint winners Niamh Faith-O’Connell and Greta Apatu
Year 9 Music Prize Esther Dear
Year 9 Science Prize Harriet Douglas
Parents’ Association Prize for Industry – Frimley House Elizabeth Barrett
Parents’ Association Prize for Industry – Wallingford House Anna Wilson
Parents’ Association Prize for Industry – Tauroa House Charli Waihape
Year 9 English Prize Gabriella Jones
Year 9 Art Prize – Semester 2 Gabriella Jones
Parents’ Association Prize for Industry – Rouncil House Gabriella Jones
Year 9 Art Prize – Semester 3 Jamiee Whittaker
Year 9 Design Prize Jaimee Whittaker
Year 9 Drama Prize Jaimee Whittaker
Year 9 Mathematics Prize Jamiee Whittaker
Year 9 Religious Education Prize Jaimee Whittaker
Year 9 Social Studies Prize Jaimee Whittaker
Year 9 Spanish Prize Jaimee Whittaker
Year 10 Prizes
Year 10 Art Prize – Semester 2 Meghan Wuisan
Year 10 French Prize Jess McNamara
Year 10 Materials Technology Prize Sophie McLay
Year 10 Mathematics Prize Shih-Han Wang
Year 10 Science Prize Isla Collings
Parents’ Association Prize for Industry – Rouncil House Zoe Coyle
Parents’ Association Prize for Industry – Frimley House Bhummaree Srinutapong
Year 10 Physical Education Prize Alexandra Cave
Parents’ Association Prize for Industry – Wallingford House Alexandra Cave
Year 10 Product and Spatial Design Prize Scarlett Miller
Year 10 Art Prize – Semester 1 Scarlett Miller
Year 10 Business Studies Prize – Semester 1 Sophie Ward
Year 10 Drama Prize Sophie Ward
Year 10 Business Studies Prize – Semester 2 Catherine Jackson
Year 10 English Prize Catherine Jackson
Year 10 Food Technology Prize – Semester 1 Catherine Jackson
Year 10 Religious Education Prize Catherine Jackson
Year 10 Music Prize Grace Haliburton
Year 10 Social Studies Prize Grace Haliburton
Year 10 Spanish Prize Grace Haliburton
Parents’ Association Prize for Industry – Tauroa House Grace Halliburton
Level 1 Prizes
Level 1 Accounting Prize Tin Lin Cheng
Level 1 Art Prize – joint winners Peiru Pang and Imogen Lovell
Level 1 Food and Nutrition Prize – joint winner Rosa Mackenzie
Level 1 Geography Prize Amelia Barrett
Level 1 History Prize Mollie Asher
Level 1 Materials Technology Prize Meg Dinneen
Level 1 Mathematics Prize Ella Simmons
Level 1 Physical Education Prize – joint winner Amanat Kumar
Level 1 Product & Spatial Design Prize Man Lok Tsang
Level 1 Music Prize Courtney Woodmass
Level 1 Spanish Prize Courtney Woodmass
Level 1 Drama Prize Maggie Grimshaw
Level 1 Food and Nutrition Prize – joint winner Maggie Grimshaw
Level 1 French Prize Martine Sandberg
Level 1 Physical Education Prize – joint winner Martine Sandberg
Level 1 Advanced Science Prize Liberty Jackson
Level 1 Economics Prize Liberty Jackson
Level 1 English Prize Charlotte Castell-Bateman
Level 1 General Science Prize Charlotte Castell-Bateman
Level 2 Prizes
Level 2 Accounting Prize Georgia Niblett
Level 2 Art (Painting) Prize Rachel Hansen
Level 2 Biology Prize Martine Sandberg
Level 2 Chemistry Prize Amanat Kumar
Level 2 Communication Design Prize Sophie Lowry
Level 2 Drama Prize Noreen Mnyanyi
Level 2 Economics Prize Harriette Kemp
Level 2 Food and Nutrition Prize Felicity Dawson
Level 2 Geography Prize Matilda Ellis
Level 2 History Prize Charlotte Pettigrew-Heeps
Level 2 Mixed Mathematics Prize Rosa Ellingham
Level 2 Music Prize Miharu Nagata
Level 2 Physical Education Prize – joint winner Emma Dixon
Level 2 Physical Education Prize – joint winner Tessa Nettlingham
Level 2 Photography Prize Lydia Price
Level 2 Product & Spatial Design Prize Harriet Park
Level 2 Physics Prize Ella Simmons
Level 2 Spanish Prize Amelia Dear
Level 2 Classical Studies Prize Amy Alexander
Level 2 French Prize Amy Alexander
Level 2 Mathematics Prize Amy Alexander
Level 3 Prizes
Level 3 Art (Painting) Prize Emma Jackson
Level 3 Accounting Prize Olive Cornwall
Level 3 Biology Prize Charlotte MacFarquhar
Level 3 Business Studies Prize Harriet Alderson
Level 3 Drama Prize Olivia Dowley
Level 3 History Prize – joint winner Ella Ruddle
Level 3 Mathematics (Statistics and Modelling) Prize Maia Briggs
Level 3 Media English Prize Amy Alexander
Level 3 Music Prize Megan McKenzie
Level 3 Physical Education Prize Jessica de Lautour
Mia Dolce Prize for Best Gateway Student Shyan Meade
PORSE Education & Training (NZ) Ltd Prize for Best STAR student Isabella Chrystall
Level 3 Mathematics with Calculus Prize – joint winner Hyewon Kim
Level 3 Classical Studies Prize Annabelle Fenn
Level 3 English Prize – joint winner Annabelle Fenn
Level 3 Communication Design Prize Annecy Webb
Level 3 Photography Prize Annecy Webb
Level 3 Geography Prize Rachel McDougall
Level 3 Product & Spatial Design Prize Rachel McDougall
Level 3 Materials Technology Prize Holly Lin
Level 3 Spanish Prize Holly Lin
Level 3 Chemistry Prize Phoebe Burns
Level 3 Mathematics with Calculus Prize – joint winner Phoebe Burns
Level 3 Physics Prize Phoebe Burns
Level 3 English Prize – joint winner Elizabeth Knowles
Level 3 History Prize – joint winner Elizabeth Knowles
Level 3 Home Economics Prize Elizabeth Knowles
Literature Prizes
Year 7 Old Girls’ Literature Prize Annabelle Jackson
Year 8 Old Girls’ Literature Prize Sophie Westwood
Year 9 Old Girls’ Literature Prize Caitlin Mitchell
Year 10 Old Girls’ Literature Prize Catherine Jackson
Year 11 Old Girls’ Literature Prize Imogen Lovell
Year 12 Old Girls’ Literature Prize Isobel Ham
Year 13 Old Girls’ Literature Prize Maia Briggs
Sports Cups
Newton Williams Cup for Sports Endeavour Jessica de Lautour
Haddington Cup for Leadership and Achievement in Sport Tessa Burns
Visual and Performing Arts Cups
Board of Proprietors’ Art Prize Emma Jackson
Genet Cup for Improvement in Speech and Drama Caetlyn Greenwood-Beard
Newson Family Cup for Speech Olivia Dowley
Hartgill Cup for Drama – joint winners Ella Ruddle and Olivia Dowley
Sarfati Cup for Best Junior Actress Lucy Simmons
Junior Play Producers’ Cup Tauroa
Hoby Cup for Intermediate Music Louisa Openshaw
Elvidge Cup for Junior Music Meghan Wuisan
Kennedy Cup for Senior Music Man Lok Tsang
Lowry Cup for House Music Rouncil
Subject Area Awards
Hodge Reading Cup Maia Briggs
McHardy History Prize Matilda Ellis
Hirst Smyth Cup for Junior Art – joint winners Scarlett Miller and Meghan Wuisan
Ferguson Cup for Junior Clothing Tamzin Buck
Vincent Barker Essay Cup Alia Wentz
Scannell Cup for French Martine Sandberg
Maxwell Cup for Excellence in Clothing Holly Lin
Shrimpton Cup for Home Economics Zara Waldin
Photography Plate Vayva Ridley
Photolife Photography Prize Vayva Ridley
Senior Physical Education Trophy for Distinction and Work Ethic Lily Brittin
Woodford House Commerce Cup Lily Brittin
Phillip Knight Memorial Cup for Science Giorgia Hickey
Osborne Mathematics Cup for a Senior Mathematician Giorgia Hickey
Louise Worsp Cup for Senior Art Harper McLean
Sally Bellerby Cup for Design Harper McLean
Special Prizes
Service to Music Prize Olivia Dowley
Service to the Chapel Prize Gabriella Gray
Mabel Annie Hodge Junior Cup Millie Read
Belinda Pittar Cup for Citizenship Sophie Westwood
Wallace Cup for Junior Leadership Grace Haliburton
The Makena Houston Award Alia Wentz
St Francis of Assisi Cup Georgie Hawley
The Birdwoods Award Maia Briggs
The 2011 Year 13 Leavers’ Trophy Su-chya Techathong
The Foss Cup for Outstanding Contribution to the
Special Character of Woodford House Gabriella Gray
Dillon Tray for Senior Leadership Alanah Price
The Woodford House Old Girls’ Gift Isabel Greville
Scoular Cup for All-Round Industry Ella Ruddle
Mabel Annie Hodge Senior Cup Holly Lin
Throp Prize for Citizenship Elizabeth Knowles
Kate Hutchinson Memorial Scholarship Kaylee Hutchinson
Eagles Trophy for Leadership in Year 12 Noreen Mynanyi
Head Prefect’s Prize Ella Ruddle
House Cup – for all House competitions – Music, Sport, Dama and Academia
4th place – Tauroa
3rd place – Wallingford
2nd place – Rouncil
1st place – Frimley
Final Awards
And, in no particular order, our Top Scholars for 2020 are:
Phoebe Burns
Olivia Dowley
Annabelle Fenn
Elizabeth Knowles
Ella Ruddle
Maxwell Cup for Proxime Accessit Phoebe Burns and Olivia Dowley
Dux of the School Elizabeth Knowles
Welcome to Prize Giving
Mrs Julie Peterson delivers her address
Guest speaker, Mayor Alex Walker
2020 Head Prefect, Ella Ruddle speaks
2020 Dux, Ellie Knowles
Mrs Julie Peterson, Ellie Knowles & Family