Junior School
CHINESE LANGUAGE STUDIES INTRODUCED TO ST ANDREWS
It is so exciting that Chinese Language has been introduced to St Andrew this year! Students experienced and learnt some simple greetings for the Chinese New Year. If you see them around campus, don't forget to give them a big smile and friendly "Ni Hao" 你好！
Rebecca Lim
MYSTERY READERS
Superheroes love reading too! The Year 1s were thrilled to have Spiderman 'swing' by to read them "The Book with No Pictures". Mystery Readers show our students that reading is an exciting, adventurous time, with so many opportunities for fun and laughter. Because as we all know, everything written on the page has to be said by the person reading it, even if the words say BLORK. Or BLUURF. Or BLAGGITY BLAGGITY and GLIBBITY GLOBBITY. Everyone had a super-fun time. Mystery Readers show that everyone who reads gets to be a Superhero.
PRIMARY PE/SPORT
The St Andrews Primary Sports “ Academy” is up and running for 2019 with another busy year of PE and Sport planned. Do look at all the Sport dates on the school website and follow your regular update e-mails that contain all the information you need about Clubs, teams and sports carnivals.
Again we are looking forward to our regular events such as the SSV Swim carnival for selected swimmers, House swimming for Years 5 -15 and the CSEN swim carnival for Primary students Years 3-6 on Thursday March 18 at Ringwood pool.
Soccer Club for Years 2-4 begins for four weeks on Tuesdays (3:30-4:30pm) from March 12 and Soccer League from March 14 (4:30-5:30pm) at Knox Regional Football Centre for Years 3-9. All forms have been e-mailed out to ALL parents. PLEASE check your sports e-mails for updates on tennis, netball and basketball opportunities for your children. The PE staff at St Andrews are all working incredibly hard to provide these opportunities and if you have time to get involved and hold a Working With Children Check PLEASE let me know! Let’s make St Andrews a real sporting powerhouse and please get involved where you can and positively support all students, teams and staff involved in the Sport program. Thanks for your support.
Andrew Farmer - PE Teacher
SSV DISTRICT SWIM CHAMPS
The primary swim team WON the Wantirna SSV district swimming trophy in February. We had some wonderful achievements from the Year 3- 6 swimmers and many will return for the next Divisional round in a couple of weeks. Thanks to Cailyn Holland and many parents for supporting the team!! Onwards and upwards Tokyo 20220 Olympics here comes St Andrews !!!
PREPS GET OFF TO A FLYING START
We have just completed day 10 of Prep and had so much fun learning, playing and discovering how God created the world. We have learnt about the colours of the rainbow, number 1-5, have been practicing how to write our names. We have had lots of fun in the playground meeting new friends and exploring St. Andrews.
Mrs Pilllfeant - Prep P Teacher
YEAR 2's DISCOVER AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS ART
On Friday March 1st the Year 2's visited NGV for an introduction to traditional and contemporary Australian indigenous art. They were given a wonderful guided tour and lecture about the amazing culture and concepts that inspired the unique style of art. After an awesome tour we braved the heat and walked to the Oak lawn at the Botanic gardens. Under the cool shade of magnificent oak trees the Year 2's created some beautiful artwork of their own. It was a fantastic day enjoyed by everyone. Well done Year 2's!
Sally Darlison - Year 2 Teacher
