Junior School News & Sport
Junior School Chess Club
- Junior School News
- Highlights from the Junior Resource Centre
- Junior School Chess Club
- Junior School Sport
Junior School News
PRAYER/REFLECTION
Next week, 18- 24th June is National Refugee Week.
Freedom
Lord, I pray for your gift of freedom.
May your Holy Spirit guide those in power to work for
equality for all your people.
PHOTOS
Individual and group photos will take place next Friday 15th June and students should ensure their shoes, blazers, socks, uniform, haircuts and grooming generally are in good order on Friday. The boys were asked to purchase blazer buttons from the uniform shop today so some needle and thread work would assist. There is no need for sporting gear. The boys have been given an order form which they need to return on Friday and submit to the photographer. The form is also available below.
ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
Considering the weather last week, we were very fortunate to complete the carnival with the exception of high jump which will be run at school on the next two Fridays (U/10 and 11 this week and U/12 next week). Interested boys need to bring at least their runners. Unfortunately novelty events couldn’t proceed on the day. The carnival was a fun day where all the boys participated with enthusiasm and barracked for their teams.
Unfortunately we can’t announce age champions and the winning house until after the high jumps are completed.
Thank you to the hearty band of parents who assisted on the day and those who came to support. The teachers and Year 11 boys were fantastic and, with the cooperation of the boys, a great day was had by all. The finish of the last relay was a great way to finish the carnival with P.J Marren crossing the finishing line first for Treacy House. Now it remains to be seen which House has won the carnival.
JUNIOR SCIENCE ACADEMY: SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMS AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY
Details are in the flyer below or at www.mq.edu.au/about/holidays
*Please also see General Notices section on the 'Student & Parent Matters' page of this newsletter for more Holiday Program options.
P&F NEWS & EVENTS
Full details of all events, including those for Years 5 & 6 and the Trivia Night, can be found on the P&F Page of this Newsletter.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ACTIVITIES
- Thursday 14th June: Sport – dance and training. Leaving at 10 am – boys require morning tea and sporting gear, i.e. mouthguards or shin pads. Please move any music specialist lessons from Period 2.
- Friday 15th June: Photos – your son needs to bring his order form on this day!
- Wednesday 20th June: Year 5 Author Visit - James O’Loughlin at 9am
- Staff Meeting after school
Happy Belated Birthday to all the boys born in
MAY
Congratulations to …
Christopher Abbott, Oscar Anderson, Cooper Anderson, Spencer Anderson, Oscar Ashford, Maxwell Forbes, Nathan Formosa, Joshua Giersch, Christopher Harris, Archie Harris, Aidan McNeilly, Aiden Perez, Benjamin Shoudra, Lachlan Staber, Hamish Tooher, Ewan Walsh, Luc Walsh, Cameron Williams and Luka Zaknic.
Happy Birthday to all the boys born in
JUNE
Congratulations to …
Ned Bacic, Liam Barnier, Aiden Chan, Alexandre Colinard, Riley Collins, Quinton Crispe, Zavier Ferreira, Raffaele Fiore, Beau Gaughan, Daniel Guerrera, Ronald Holmes, Jakob Lohtaja, Thomas Lough, Luke Mooney, Victor Mosmann, Finley Peake, Daniel Plummer, Daschiel Silk and Christian Tierney.
Thanking you for your support.
Mr T Long - Head of Junior School
Highlights from the Junior Resource Centre
There is always something happening in the JRC!
This week World Cup fever has arrived with lots of new and exciting books on the 2018 Fifa World Cup. These books are so popular that they will be on overnight loan so that all the boys will get a chance to enjoy and read up on all the teams.
Author Visit – James O’Loghlin - Wednesday 20th June, 2018 – 9:00am
Year 5 are invited to meet author and media man James O’Loghlin as he discusses and reads from his latest kids’ book, ‘The New Kid’ which is sure to be a favourite this year! A great fast read for 8-12 year olds.
Mrs Martin’s Book Trail – FIFA World Cup 2018 Fact File
A must-have read over the long weekend has me ready and prepared for the World Cup 2018. Now with a wealth of information on super strikers, midfield masters, I’m ready for the match kick off – France vs Australia on Saturday 16th June at 8pm. How far can the Aussie’s go? All the Way!!!
Mrs E Martin
Learning Enrichment
IPSHA Junior Debating News: Round 3 of the IPSHA competition was hosted by St Pius X College last Friday 8th June against Abbotsleigh Junior School. The debate was on a challenging topic: “That parents should give their children mobile phones.”
Congratulations to both teams on their efforts as they worked very well together as a team considering the time restraints with other commitments during the week. They presented very convincing, well formulated arguments and the adjudicator particularly commented on their skillful manner and delivery of their speeches.
The next debate is scheduled for Friday 22nd June when we will travel to St Luke’s Grammar School at Dee Why .
Mrs B Spanyik - Learning Enrichment Teacher
Junior School Chess Club
Round 6: Team A have a BYE and Teams B, C and D will be at HOME this week. Please check the draw for further details.
Mrs E Martin - Junior School Chess Convener
Junior School Sport
Thursday Sport: at Oxford Falls with a combined Dance/Sport focus. Students will do a session of each. Winter training gear for Rugby, Football and AFL is therefore required. Note the early departure and need for a packed lunch for the next 2 Thursdays.
Dance: Our Dance program continues this week and is integrated with our Thursday sport program of winter training. Please note the amendments to travel times in the table above. On the early departure days, boys will require a packed lunch. The cost of the 4 week program is $30 and will be charged to Term 3 Fees. Parents are warmly invited to attend from 12.45pm on Thursday 28th June for our Final Performance. Afternoon Tea will be served from 1.30pm.
Athletics Carnival: Unfortunately we were again met by stormy weather on our Annual House Carnival. Despite this, our students did a great job competing in the adapted program. I sincerely thanks the parental supporters who braved the wintery weather, particularly those who generously assisted in the running of the Carnival. This week we will begin our high jump selections at school (this Friday lunchtime for U10/11 students and then the following Friday for U12’s ). Upon completion of the final events we will announce our Age Champions, Athletics Squad and overall House Champions for 2018.
Rugby:
Mr G Virgona - Junior School Sportsmaster
Football: Please note the starting times for the Preps.
Mr P Cummins - Junior Football Convenor
AFL:
Ms D Cummins - Junior AFL Convenor