On the 12th of October, a team of 12 PLC girls competed in the secondary girls’ interschool state finals. There was fierce competition with many tough battles fought, and the final scores for the tournament were extremely close.

Prior to this tournament the team had exchanged theory and practised together at Chess Club, analysing various positions and learning from our mistakes. The girls also played in a series of open interschool tournaments, which provided strong competition for additional practice.

We were delighted to host PLC Old Collegian Leanne Hall (1996) at our recent online Literature Festival.

 @lilymandarin spoke openly about overcaming barriers to become an award-winning writer for children and young adults at a time when there were few role-models from Asian-Australian backgrounds.

 Students also heard from Jane Godwin, Thomas Mayor and Evelyn Araluen who explored Indigenous and multi-cultural themes in their works.

You may have recently heard of Dr Sam Blake, a young Australian Mathematician who decrypted a secret code that had baffled police investigators and mathematicians for over 50 years. As part of Maths Week 2021, PLC was lucky to have Sam present his amazing work to our students. 

Congratulations to Zara and Lianne who have been recognised with a Premier’s VCE Award for their outstanding academic results in 2020.

Zara received her award for Biology and Lianne for Literature.

The Premier’s VCE Awards recognise the top-performing students in the state and 297 students were recognised this year. 

OC Annie Smithers (1983), the acclaimed chef, writer and restaurateur is launching her latest book "Recipe for a Kinder Life" in August.

She is a pioneer of the paddock-to-plate philosophy and at her much-loved restaurant "du Fermier" in Trentham, she serves French provincial-style, seasonal food, much of it harvested that day from her garden and local meats and poultry.

She is a regular contributor to "BluePrint For Living" on ABC Radio National where she discusses the rudimentary skills necessary for good home cooking.