Author: Eve Cogan

What a big year it has been in 2017! We say thank you to Grace Conacher for the success she brought Aikenhead as House Captain this year.

Welcome to Sophia Micos and best of luck leading us in 2018!

Enjoy your summer break girls xx

-Eve

The annual St Vincent’s College Spring Fair was a great day that raised thousands of dollars.

Our house Aikenhead was running two stalls that were very popular. The jumping castle and the petting zoo.

Here are the photos from the day:

A big thank you to everyone who turned up and I would like to call out a few special girls:

• Sophia Micos created and posted promotional posters all around the fair!

• • Maddison Aitken (9)
  • all the girls who volunteered to run the two Aikenhead stalls! They did an awesome job running the petting zoo and jumping castle! They also were great at keeping the lines full by inviting people to join the fun.

    — From Year 7 —
    Janda Collins Widders (7)
    Charlotta Mackay (7)
    Billie Monjo (7)

    — From Year 8 —
    Sophia Cotis (8)
    Ivy DuFaur (8)
    Betty Howells (8)
    Emily Mackay (8)

    — From Year 9 —
    Ilaria Marsella (9)
    Rosa Blakemore (9)
    Kristin O’Sullivan (9)
    Maddison Smith (9)
    Elysse Choy (9)
    Sophia Fazio (9)
    Amelia Kamp (9)

    — From Year 10 —
    Lynn Jiang (10)
    Josie Larkin (10)
    Madeline McPherson (10)
    Sophia Micos (10)
    Alana Tokic (10)

    — From Year 11 —
    Grace Conacher (11)

    — From Year 12 —
    Alice Morgan (12)
    Bronte McIntyre (12)

  And well done to Ashley Abalajon who performed a passionate solo performance at the lip sync battles, singing the Pokemon theme song!

-Eve

The athletics carnival was a fun day to remember for Aikenhead. In amongst the fun there was an array of success from different Aikenheader. Check out all our bright orange memories:

The results were:

4^th overall

2^nd for House Spirit

In it to win it next year ?

-Eve

Aikenhead girls had a wonderful time at the 2016 St Vincent’s Performing Arts Night. We worked hard all term, putting in many lunch times and CP classes with our year groups to create the fantastic final product. A big thank you to the girls who choreographed.

Here are the photos from the night:

The results:
Aikenhead placed 3^rd. We congratulate O’Brian house on their win.

All of us in Aikenhead are proud of all the talent we saw on display that night.

-Eve

Our House will be having our Aikenhead House Mass on Wednesday 27^th July (Week 2). The Mass will begin at 8:15am and will be followed by a morning tea for the whole house. Family and friends are also invited to share in this morning of community spirit with our House. See you there!

Calling all Aikenhead girls to donate any stylish clothes, shoes or accessories that you are no longer needing to contribute to the Vinnies Op-Shop Fashion Parade and Stall in Week 5 this term! This is a major event for house points, so the more we donate, the more points we will receive.

Show that generosity of spirit and start collecting!

Congratulations Aikenhead. We did very well with our 2nd place for the day, the most number of age champions (3) and 3rd place in the cheer.

We congratulate Cater and their win. We were looking good until victory was snatched in the last relays by Cater.

Here are some great memories for the day.

Figure: Aikenhead Swimming Carnival Cheer 2016

The Photos

The Winners

Again. Congratulations to Cater (the winning house) and to O’Brien (who won House Spirit).

More information
http://www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au/events-and-news/news/svc-swimming-carnival/

AGE CHAMPIONS

12 YEARS	Molly Whitely	Cater
13 YEARS	Maddison Neill	Aikenhead
14 YEARS	Eve Cogan	Aikenhead
15 YEARS	Chloe Woodward	Williams
16 YEARS	Morgan Twigg	Williams
17 YEARS	Georgina Bannister	Cahill
18 YEARS	Bronte McIntyre	Aikenhead

-Eve Cogan, Year 9