Student of the month
Student of the Month
Every month we recognise a student who shows the SOFMA values of dedication, respect and perseverance. Congratulations to all our past and present winners.
We have named a Student of the Month every month since 2012, and a Student of the Year every year since. It is one of the things we are proudest of, because the names tell the real story of this school: families who keep coming back, siblings who train together, and students who grew up here and now teach. Two of our senior instructors, Lachlan Mitchell and Alex Betjeman, are former Students of the Year.
2026 so far
Recent winners
- April
- Pearl Sherriff
- March
- Alex Whybrow
- February
- Oscar D'Antonio
- January
- Roan Ingram
The honour roll
Students of the Year
One student each year, every year since 2012.
- 2025
Olivia Bessant
- 2024
Benjamin Yates
- 2023
Alex Betjeman
- 2022
Hayley Bryers
- 2021
Robert Crew
- 2020
Cleo Demonchaux
- 2019
Edward Searle
- 2018
Lachlan Mitchell
- 2017
Ashton Ang
- 2016
George Sharrin
- 2015
Daniel Eley
- 2014
James Frayne
- 2013
Annie Sutherland
- 2012
Eden Haythorpe
The full archive
Every month, every name
About the complete archive
The complete month-by-month archive, roughly 160 named students from 2012 to today, is preserved here, grouped by year, exactly as on the current site. In the production build, every monthly entry and its lightbox photo migrates across intact.
Build note: migrate every entry from the current student-of-the-month page, including the photos under the dojo's image library, so no recognition is lost in the move.
Start your own story here
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