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Student Achievers - Lucy Mansfield
Posted on December 31, 2019

My name is Lucy Mansfield. I am sixteen years old, and live with my family of 9 (Yes, it does get somewhat noisy!). I live on a farm in the Barossa region with lots of animals, including pigs, sheep, cows, horses, alpacas, chickens, a dog, and three energetic cats.
I enjoy gardening, going to CFS, playing with the cats, reading, writing short stories, wakeboarding, swimming, and ice skating. I also love playing strategy games such as Scrabble, Sudoku, and Chess. I am also involved in our Christadelphian youth group.
My experience at OAC
I started going to Âé¶¹¹û¶³´«Ã½ in 2012. I completed two years of French, and then started studying year 10 at OAC in 2014. I have since completed years 10 and 11 with high grades. I found OAC incredibly helpful in improving my literacy, numeracy, organizational and research skills.
Âé¶¹¹û¶³´«Ã½ not only taught me numerous important skills, but it also provided me with the opportunity of studying at home whilst getting my SACE. I could manage my schoolwork whilst handling my other commitments such as volunteering through CFS.
In Year 10 I also learnt leadership, management, and commitment through the Student Leaders program which OAC runs.
I thoroughly enjoyed my experience with OAC. It was a learning experience in itself studying via long distance, and I really liked the opportunity of having such a diverse classroom.
And today
This year (2016) I am completing Year 12 at Âé¶¹¹û¶³´«Ã½.
I am already enjoying my subjects, and will be sad to say goodbye to the College that has done so much for me.
I am very interested in working with the elderly, and hopefully next year I will do a Cert III in Aged Care at TAFE with the intent of further study at University level.