Year 12 Archives

Class of 2024: ATAR Results and Achievements

by Matt | Dec 16, 2024 | ATAR, Graduates, NEWS, Senior School, Year 12

The Cathedral School is proud to celebrate the outstanding achievements of its 2024 graduates, whose exceptional ATAR results have cemented the school’s reputation as a leader in academics and vocational education across North Queensland. All 105 Year 12 students successfully attained their Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE), with over half also earning a Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualification.

This year’s cohort demonstrated excellence with the following QCAA recognitions:

QCAA Certificate of Academic Commendation: 7 students (for achieving A grades in six general subjects).
QCAA Subject Achievement Commendation: 3 students (for earning 100% in a subject).

Remarkably, 41% of graduates achieved an ATAR above 90, significantly surpassing the state average of 25%. These impressive results reflect the dedication and hard work of the students and the exceptional support of The Cathedral School’s teaching staff. Congratulations to the Class of 2024!

Valedictory Day & Formal 2024

by Matt | Nov 16, 2024 | NEWS, Year 12

Valedictory Day highlights for the Class of 2024 – the final assembly and awards, the Guard of Honour, and finishing with the Formal at Murray Sporting Complex in Annandale.

Photography by Jo Duncan, Infuzed Media, Scott Radford-Chisholm.

Farewell Assembly & Guard of Honour

Formal Arrivals – Murray Sporting Complex

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Formal – Stage & Event

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A bright future for Ciaran

by Matt | Jul 23, 2024 | Art, NEWS, Senior School, Year 12

2024 has been a standout year for Year 12 student Ciaran Glasheen, who has earned widespread recognition in the Australian art scene for his exceptional paintings.

Ciaran’s painting ‘Dad likes striped shirts’ was accepted as a finalist in the prestigious Brisbane Portrait Prize – Next Gen, one of Australia’s most renowned portrait competitions. This acceptance highlights Ciaran’s dedication and exceptional talent in the field of visual arts. Throughout the year, he has shown tremendous growth and commitment to his artistic practice, culminating in this outstanding achievement.

Adding to this accomplishment, Ciaran also won the Junior section of the 2024 Cameron & Co Swim Art Prize. His stunning painting, which honours surf lifesaving in Townsville, was showcased at the Drill Hall Studio, earning him well-deserved recognition for his beautiful work.

To complete a remarkable hat trick of achievements, Ciaran’s artwork was featured in the Umbrella Studio annual members exhibition last month. Impressively, his piece was sold on opening night, marking his first sale as an artist and further establishing his emerging career.

‘Ciaran Glasheen is undoubtedly on a path to a long and successful career in the arts. His talent and dedication are rarely seen in someone so young, and we are incredibly proud to support and celebrate his journey.’ – Jenna Dann, Visual Arts Teacher at The Cathedral School.

Ciaran was also one of only two students from North Queensland to have work selected for The Creative Generation Exhibition in 2023 which was exhibited at QAGOMA in Brisbane. The other was also from Cathedral, past student Alice Edgerton (Class of 2023).

UN Youth Forum

by Matt | Mar 11, 2024 | NEWS, Senior School, Year 12

By Maddi McLean – Year 10.

On 2-3 March, 14 Cathedral students from Years 10-12 (Jack Roseby, Alex Pastega, Kayden Crome, William West, Maddi McLean, Grace Burrows, Summer Mason, Lily Johnston, Bjorn Hyseni, Do Young Park, Annabel Goddard, Abbygail Vets, Spycer Morse, Tami Mana) participated in the UN Youth Forum Townsville Conference entitled Navigating Diplomacy: Power and Influence.

On Saturday we took part in two workshops, the first around the concept of diplomacy and whether it is advantageous. The second workshop then focused on power and the military.
We then took part in an IPS (interactive problem-solving) task, with the background being the Cuban missiles. We were divided into three groups representing, Cuba, the USA and Russia, and we had to maintain our objective and choose actions to achieve success against the other countries. After this, we did our first model UN debate on military exercises.

Sunday was filled with heated model resolutions such as near-space technology and democracy versus artificial intelligence. Two of our students, Alec Pastega and Jack Roseby, won the Evatt Competition, successfully representing their allocated country in a mock UN Security Council diplomacy exercise. They have been selected to participate in the State Final in August. Congratulations, Alec and Jack.
We finished the day with an opportunity to voice our opinions on what we believe is good about Australia and what could be improved. These ideas will be taken to the UN General Assembly. Overall, the weekend was filled with challenges and lots of problem solving.

Alec Pastega and Jack Roseby, winners of the Evatt Competition, will participate in the State Final in August.

Sunday was filled with heated model resolutions such as near-space technology and democracy versus artificial intelligence. Two of our students, Alec Pastega and Jack Roseby, won the Evatt Competition, successfully representing their allocated country in a mock UN Security Council diplomacy exercise. They have been selected to participate in the State Final in August. Congratulations, Alec and Jack.
We finished the day with an opportunity to voice our opinions on what we believe is good about Australia and what could be improved. These ideas will be taken to the UN General Assembly. Overall, the weekend was filled with challenges and lots of problem solving.

To find out more about the UN Youth State Conference (QLD) visit unyouth.org.au

Year 12 Biology Camp 2024 – Orpheus Island

by Matt | Feb 27, 2024 | NEWS, School Camp, Senior School, Year 12

The annual Year 12 Biology Camp is one of the highlights of the senior school curriculum. The students spend four days based at the JCU Orpheus Island Research Station – a World-Class Research and Teaching facility on the Great Barrier Reef.

‘On Thursday the 15th of February, the Year 12 Biology students travelled to Orpheus Island where they spent their days snorkelling and using transects and quadrats to collect data in a Fringing Coral Reef Flat Ecosystem. We connected with Professor Morgan Pratchett, a conservation ecologist based at James Cook University, Australia. The knowledge and skills that students acquired while working with Professor Morgan was fantastic.’
Rebecca Smith – Head of Science Department.