Brighter Futures, Autumn 2022

A brighter future

Em's bright future

Support for Em began when her single mother, Jay, was struggling financially. Over twelve years Em earned a place at a selective high school, won Most Improved in Mathematics, coached netball and became a Year 12 prefect. We funded her violin tutoring and music camps along the way, and she has since played at our events to thank supporters.

Em set a goal of an ATAR above 95 and achieved 98.5. She is now studying Commerce, and after winning a university scholarship she asked that our support go to a new student instead.

You've truly played such a major role in where I am today and I will always be so grateful.Em

Student check in

My year so far

Arnold, in Year 4, won a school award for knowing 12 x 12 = 144 and solving it on the board in front of his class. Vee, in Year 7, practised reading aloud three times a week and recorded videos of herself speaking, and was invited to join the Debating Club.

Hal, in Year 9, has found English hard because of an additional learning need, and has learned to "never give up". Tom loves Science experiments, Bunsen burner included.

Annual Prize Giving Ceremony

A day to remember

Nine Sydney students were recognised at the Australian Museum in April, for everything from academic success to humanitarian efforts. Afterwards, families explored a dinosaur Lego exhibit, and four students who met that morning, Arnold, Evan, Theo and Lex, went through it together.

Ella won our Artistic Achievement Prize, Mo the H and M Pope Prize for Excellence in Engineering and IT, and Bea the Lodge Ionic Jubilee Prize for Most Improved Tertiary Studies.

Student outcomes

Mathematics skills to last a lifetime

Bo, in Year 9, set goals to revise regularly and master percentages. Semester 2, 2021 was his best ever, and he won our award for Significant Uplift. His mother told us she cried when she saw he had passed Maths.

Lee, in Year 4, now knows her times tables, adds and subtracts decimals, and reads public transport timetables. Her grandparents are "overjoyed".