Around the Junior School

Junior Student Representative Council

Over the past few weeks, the SRC have been baking some delicious cupcakes that have been purchased by the Junior School students and families. Between the Junior School Performing Arts Concert and Monday 5 June at school, the SRC has raised $660.60.

With such incredible funds, the SRC are now able to purchase a giant, human sized chess board. This will be implemented into the Junior School for all students to enjoy at break times.

The SRC would like to thank everyone who has supported them in raising funds for this exciting piece of equipment.

Year 6 – The Effect of Natural Disasters on the Earth’s Surface

On Tuesday 13 June, Year 6 went out to Windermere. They were greeted by Mr Callaghan, who discussed all things volcanoes! This was extremely fitting as Year 6 had recently researched  volcanoes in order to complete their Informative Writing assessment.

Students formed groups and used shovels to dig a hole into the ground. A drink bottle full of water, food colouring, vinegar and dish soap was placed into the hole and students covered over the drink bottle, replicating a volcano. 

Once all volcanoes were built, a concoction of baking soda and water was mixed together and poured into the spout of the drink bottle. It was amazing to watch all of the liquid erupt out and onto the ground.

JS Digital Technology Video

Year 5 Bathurst Goldfields Excursion

Year 5 enjoyed a day at the Bathurst Goldfields on Friday 2 June. Although it was the second day of winter, the weather was a beautiful sunny 19 degrees. The goldfields at Bathurst is a reconstruction of a gold mining village showing students a mine, a working stamper battery crushing ore, operative steam engines, a miner's hut, a blacksmith's forge, and gold panning. All students enjoyed the gold panning experience, going home with a sample of gold.

CWA Speeches

Congratulations to Elizabeth Miliken, Janagan Kandeepan, Georgiana Saran and Harry Kensit who represented our school at the CWA Public Speaking last week. From all accounts our children were a credit to the school and their families. They spoke confidently and entertained the judges and the audience. It was lovely to be given feedback on how beautifully the children wore their uniforms and carried themselves in public. 

Felicitations to Janagan in Year 4 who won his section. Janagan has now been invited to participate in the Inter Group Public Speaking Competition on 19 June in Narromine and we wish him all the very best.

Merit Awards 

K Paddington

• Flynn Savage: Trying hard to improve his letter formations.
• Jayan Nanayakkara: Insightful contributions during our storybook lessons.

K Plume

• Nicholas Church: Immaculate manners and inquisitive questions at our recent excursion to Millthorpe Museum.

1 Elmer

1 Simba

• Tommy Harvey: Improved focus in Maths and hard work when learning about equal groups.
• Poppy Fardell: Being a dependable and responsible class member.

2 Jack Berne

• Harriet Gibson: Presenting her topic talk as confidently as a maths teacher!
• Anoushka Kotasthane: Creating imaginative character descriptions as well as Kevin from Home Alone makes jokes.

3 Watson   

• Morgan Zinga: His enthusiastic engagement, insightful questions, and ideas during our excursion. Well done, Morgan!

3 Armstrong

• Eddie Chapman: Always applying himself in Maths and sharing his mathematical thinking about patterns.
• Michael Gurr: His active participation in our excursion to the Museum. Congratulations on your detailed explanation of the mining artwork.
• Savidu Fernando: Working hard on writing his speech in English and delivering it with great confidence. 

4 Einstein   

• Felix Knox: Committing to his narrative writing and coming up with engaging and creative ideas.
• Hallie Long: Her ability to collaborate with all her class peers effectively. 

4 Pitt

• Milly McLennan: Always having a positive attitude towards her learning and challenging her thinking across all subjects.
• Marlon Zielinski: His improved effort in reading each night.

5 King

• Audrey Sharp: Her kind and caring nature
• William Watkins: Sharing his imaginative ideas in English.

6 Mandela

• Jimmy Jones: His improvement in reading fluently, spelling unfamiliar words, and tending to punctuation in his writing.
• Sam Rusten: Such a wonderful transition into 6 Mandela and for always upholding the school values with pride.

6 Brockman

• Harry Oldroyd: His consistent effort in all areas of his learning.
• Harry Kensit: His wonderful CWA public speaking speech.