Many of St Andrew’s Anglican College secondary students took part in the prestigious Australian Geography Competition at the beginning of this school year, competing alongside 70,000 students from about 750 other schools around the country. The Competition consisted of multiple-choice questions testing geographical knowledge and skills.
The results are finally in and St Andrew’s celebrated with 27 students announced as Distinction winners, 16 receiving High Distinctions and two – Daniel Boulton and Xavier Hargreaves – achieving in the top one percent of competitors.
The result came as a complete surprise for Year 8 student Daniel Boulton. “I actually thought I didn’t do that well at the time,” he said. “It felt hard – it was definitely challenging.”
“I never thought of myself as a geography person but I think now I’ll be more drawn to it.”
St Andrew’s Head of Humanities Ron Bartholomew was pleased with the results. “It is a wonderful reflection on our great team of teachers whose passion for all things history and geography is infectious,” he said.
