Annual Speech Day and Distribution of Prizes calculations

At the School’s annual Prize Reading on Wednesday 30 October, the names of the girls who will receive awards at Brisbane Girls Grammar School’s 2019 Annual Speech Day and Distribution of Prizes, to be held on Thursday 14 November, were announced.

The majority of the awards presented at the Annual Speech Day and Distribution of Prizes acknowledge academic achievement. The following information outlines the calculations process by which prizes and certificates are awarded. If any students have questions about prizes, they should speak to their Head of House.

Brisbane Girls Grammar School awards academic pockets to girls who receive a Prize for Outstanding Academic Merit (full pocket), a Prize for Academic Merit (half pocket) or a Certificate for Academic Merit (general pocket). Both the Dux of Year 11 and 12 will be eligible for a ‘blue’. The criteria for the awarding of these pockets are the same as those used to calculate the prizes and certificates below.

Year 7

As previously notified (email to parents 1 May 2019), Year 7 students will not receive prizes at the Annual Speech Day and Distributions of Prizes ceremony.

Year 8, 9 and 10

Years 8 and 9 calculations are based on all eight subjects studied, and are awarded based on the calculation of Grade Point Average (GPA) as at the end of Term 3 for all subjects in which students received an overall level of achievement on their Semester 1 report.

Year 10 calculations are based on all seven subjects studied, and are awarded based on the calculation of Grade Point Average (GPA) as at the end of Term 3 for all subjects in which students received an overall level of achievement on their Semester 1 report.

Awards are issued up to the top 20 per cent of the cohort who have achieved a GPA of at least 13.00.

	Prize for Outstanding Academic Merit	Prize for Academic Merit	Certificate for Academic Merit
	Within the top 2 per cent of the cohort	Within the next 8 per cent of the cohort	Within the next 10 per cent of the cohort

Year 11

In Year 11, Prizes for Outstanding Academic Merit, Prizes for Academic Merit and Certificates for Academic Merit are awarded based on the overall quality of outcomes a student achieves across her subjects studied for both Unit 1 and 2. Subject percentage outcomes are totalled and a resulting average score is used to assign prizes.

Awards are issued up to the top 20 per cent of the cohort who have achieved an average score of at least 80.00 based on overall results from Units 1 and 2 as determined at the end of Term 3.

The most outstanding student in Year 11 is awarded the Annie Mackay Bursary.

	Prize for Outstanding Academic Merit	Prize for Academic Merit	Certificate for Academic Merit
	Within the top 2 per cent of the cohort	Within the next 8 per cent of the cohort	Within the next 10 per cent of the cohort

Year 12

In Year 12, Prizes for Academic Merit and Certificates for Academic Merit, are awarded based on the overall quality of VHAs, HAs etc. that a student achieves across her subjects studied; for example, VHAs are graded on a range from 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest. Subject scores are totalled and a resulting average score used to assign prizes.

Year 12 prizes are awarded up to the top 20 per cent of the cohort who have achieved an average score of at least 41.00 based on overall results of a student’s best five subjects studied in Year 12 after the Verification process has been completed.

The Year 12 Dux receives the Lady Lilley Gold Medal, which was initiated by Sir Charles Lilley, a foundation Trustee, and was first presented in 1883.

To be eligible for Dux (first in year), Proxime Accessit (second in year) or Third in Year (this prize is not always awarded), students must be studying six subjects in Year 12 and awards are based on the overall average score across these subjects.