BISSA Cross Country

Congratulations to our Secondary Students who competed at BISSA Cross Country at the Narrandera Race Club on Monday 8 May! Top placings included;

Samual Eddy Year 10 2nd Place
Darcy nelson Year 10 4th place
Josh McLean Year 10 6th Place
Andrew Martin Year 8 5th place
Cleo Oberin Year 7 6th place
Olivia Tranato Year 7 5th place
Poppy Palmer Year 7 5th place

A fantastic effort by all students!

Year 12 PDHPE Camp

Last week our Year 12 PDHPE students travelled to Geelong for a three day camp conducting physiology activities. Students went Sea Kayaking and Stand Up Paddle Boarding with Go Ride A Wave and took took part in Eye in the Sky at the Victorian BioScience Education Centre in Geelong. Which exposed students to leading edge GPS Athlete tracking equipment, including real time feedback system measuring distance, speed and heart rate.

Another highlight of the Year 12 PDHPE trip was the opportunity for the students to meet elite netballer Maddie Robinson. Maddie is currently the Collingwood Magpies captain and has played for the Australian Diamonds numerous times over the past 10 years. The students were in awe as she spoke from an elite athlete perspective.

RAS Cross Country

Students had an excellent day at the 2017 RAS Primary Cross country. We had 15 students finish in the top 10 which makes them eligible for the CIS Primary Cross Country in Sydney.

The following students placed in the top 4 in their event:

1st Isabella Crossman
1st Albert Cunningham
1st Luke McDonald
1st Jake Clancy
4th Clara Edgar
4th Scarlett Southern
4th Asha Davies
4th Nicholas Christensen
4th Ky McDonald

Echuca-Moama Sing Fest

The first ever Echuca Moama Sing Fest 2017 was held over this past weekend with great success! Singers and choral groups from around the Echuca/Moama area worked together at several performances over the weekend.

On Saturday, students from Moama Anglican Grammar Singers and our Jr Singers performed along with several other groups at the Kerrabee Sound Shell in Moama. In the morning, they had a workshop with six other choirs from around the area, including River Voices, Bella a Capella, singers from Deniliquin and a special guest youth choir, Southern Voices who came from Melbourne to be a part of this event. At the workshop, our students warmed up with over 70 other singers and learnt two massed-choir pieces which were performed at the finale of the Sound Shell concert. It was a delight to sing with so many other voices and the group sounded exceptional.

The Sing Fest included an evening concert on Saturday at Moama Anglican Grammar featuring Southern Voices and River Voices. Members from the Australian National Choral Association also attended this event.

Finally - the Sing Fest concluded Sunday morning with pop up performances around the Echuca port area. A highlight was when the group decided to sing under the wharf in the Discovery Centre to passing paddle-steamers who received a special serenade that morning! We look forward to more Sing Fests to come and a big thank you everyone who helped make it possible.

Martina Richardson

Playing on Hallowed Ground

On Sunday 7 May a number of our Primary students played in the grid Auskick games during the Hawthorn and Melbourne match at the MCG. William Anderson and Oscar Eade in Year 3 and Aiden Anderson in Year 2 were lucky enough to be selected to play in the half time main game for Hawthorn. A fantastic experience for the students to play on the big stage!

One Million Stars

Our staff and students are assisting with making some stras for 'One Million Stars' a conversation to end all forms of violence and help demonstrate a more peaceful society.

Our stars form a group of one million stars weaved together by July 2017, which will then be used in an installation of woven stars at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Take a look at some of our grade 4 students with their stars!

Apex Debating

Congratulations to our Senior Debating Team who competed at the Echuca Moama Apex Debating Finals at Cadell's Moama on Murray Resort this Wednesday. Team members Sunnie Habgood, Alyssa Hunter in Year 11 and Kerrie Dick in Year 12 were the affirmative side with the topic: "That the United Nations has failed". The girls were extremely prepared and all had exceptional public speaking qualities. The standard of their rebuttal was consistent among all members. A big congratulations to the girls on their achievement and thank you to Miss Sophie Moylan and Miss Kelly McKay for assisting the girls.

Peer Support

Last Thursday our Primary students took part in peer support . Our Year 6 students led a number of different cross-age out door activities. The students had a great time!

Mothers day

On Monday our Primary students celebrated Mother's Day by welcoming their special person to their classrooms! Primary classes ran a number of different activities and made some great gifts. A Mother's Day morning tea was proudly supplied by our wonderful Canteen staff. We hope all our wonderful mums had a Happy Mother's Day!

Year 2 Pirate Day

Ahoy matey! Our Year 2 students transformed into Pirates last Friday. Creating pirate grub, hunting for treasure and taking part in some pirate themed classroom activities.

Bombers Drop In

Our Year 3 and 4 students had a fantastic time working with Jayden Laverde and Brent Stanton from Essendon Football Club during Tuesday's skills clinic. Our K-6 leaders, Mr Rudge and Ms Deshon were privileged to have lunch with Jayden and Brent, kindly provided by the Year 12 Food Technology students. The leaders enjoyed asking questions regarding leadership, training and all things football.

Lego Club

Take a look at our Primary students enjoying Lego Club at lunchtime on Monday!

Rostrum Voice of Youth

Congratulations to Kerrie Dick, Mia Oberin, Cleo Oberin, Isabelle Williams, Georgina Gough, Hamish Smith and Alex Smith who competed at the Rostrum Voice of Youth Public Speaking Competition on Saturday at Notre Dame College. Over 3000 students participate in the Rostrum Voice of Youth each year, covering over 500 schools.

Georgina Gough in Year 7 took out the Year 7- 9 Junior Division final and will now progress to the state competition with her prepared speech “Where to form here” a humorous and moving rendition about a young person’s journey of challenge and self-discovery after completing their final school.

15 & Under Giants Cup

Match 1

Deni came out hard with defence but not hard enough when Charlotte (insert last name) kicked the first goal of the day within the first minute. Deni responded quickly scoring a point and 2 quick goals. Moama Anglican Grammar quickly came back with Arabella Quirk and Katie Halloran kicking 2 goals. Then after a few minutes of intense game play Deni kicked another goal, however they werent good enough as Charlotte came back and kicked 2 more goals, to bring the final score to 31 defeating 19 Moama Anglican Grammar's way.

Moama 5 1 31 def Deni 3 1 19

Goal Kickers: Charlotte McGillivray 3, Arabella Quirk 1, Katie Halloran 1

Match 2

As intimidating as Hay looked they were not enough to dampen our spirits. Even though she was positioned in the ruck nothing was stopping Kelsie from kicking her first goal. Charlotte, Meg and Arabella then followed suit to us in front. A big thanks to Miss Thompson, our captain Alex Tenace, our vice captains Jayda Richardson and Charlotte for leading us into victory. A special thanks to everyone who helped out on the day.

Moama 5 1 31 def Hay 2 2 14

Goal Kickers: Charlotte McGillivray 2, Kelsie 1, Meg Eishold 1, Arabella Quirk 1

Report by our Year 8 and 9 Girls

It's Drone Time

Our Kinder students had a great time learning about Drones this week in class with Ms Deshon and Mr Hickingbotham.

Blood Splatter Analysts

Our Year 9 Forensic students became blood splatter analysts this week. Heading outside the students used paint and droppers to create their very on crime scenes. Analysing the splatter marks to determine how the size and pattern of the blood splatter correlates with the distance from which the blood fell.

Constable Ebsworth Talks All Things Social Media

On Tuesday Senior Constable Paul Ebsworth from NSW Police Force spoke to all Year 6 students about Social Media, its uses and important things that we all need to consider now and for the future when we use the internet. The students were engaged throughout, asked several questions and reminded that they are always encourage to seek the advice of a trusted adult if they ever feel uncomfortable or out of their depth when using the internet.

Paul shared two useful websites for the students and parents. www.thinkuknow.org.au and Kids helpline www.kidshelpline.com.au/

Orange for One and All

On Thursday we celebrated inclusion by wearing a splash of orange with our casual clothes and bringing $2.

When getting dressed on Thursday and putting on a splash of orange we hope students thought about how to include everyone in the things they do and how they are respectful, tolerant and kind to those who might be different to them.

We live in a country and community that is vibrant and multicultural — from the oldest continuous culture of the indigenous Australians to the cultures of our newest arrivals from around the world. Our cultural diversity is one of our greatest strengths and is at the heart of who we are. It makes Australia a great place to live.

The diversity in our country is an integral part of our national identity. All people who come to Australia bring with them some of their own cultural and religious traditions, as well as taking on many new traditions. By including these traditions, we enrich our lives making everything we do that better.

Our school’s core values also promote inclusiveness especially the values of respect, tolerance and kindness.

We respect the culture and traditions of others, we are accepting and tolerant of things that we are not used to or things we don’t know about and we are kind, always, to everyone – we include everyone.

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