The Hamilton and Alexandra College Newsletter

Junior School

 Stephen Nelson, Head of Junior School

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Father's Day Breakfast

 

Next Friday, 5 September, we will host our annual Father’s Day Breakfast. Students are encouraged to wear their favourite footy colours and enjoy the company of fathers from ELC to Year 6, from 8.20 am onwards. 

 

 RSVPs are due today, Thursday. This will greatly assist us with catering for a large group. 

RSVP - CLICK HERE

Please note that there will be egg and bacon rolls for our wonderful Myrniong Dads and special people, as well as sausages in bread for the students. 

Learmonth House Service

The Learmonth House Service will be held on Monday, 1 September, at the Uniting Church at 10.15 am. The theme for the service is Optimism. All ELC and Junior School parents are welcome to attend. 

ICAS English Results

 

We have received the first of the ICAS competition results for 2025. Students from across Australasia participate in the ICAS (International Competitions and Assessments for Schools) online competition. The English results are graded as follows. 

 

Merit - Top 45% 

Credit - Top 35% 

Distinction - Top 10% 

High Distinction - Top 1% 

 

Congratulations to the following Junior School students on their English results.

 

Merit 

  • Eadie Tigges (Year 2)
  • Will Farquharson (Year 2)
  • Rosie Bell (Year 3)
  • Hugo Cameron (Year 6)
  • Alice MacDougall (Year 6)

 

Credit 

  • Henry Bufton (Year 6)
  • Ed Whinney (Year 6)
  • Adelaide Farquharson (Year 6)

 

Distinction - 

  • Emily McVeigh (Year 2)
  • Sam Uebergang (Year 2)
  • Livvy Bell (Year 6)

 

High Distinction

  • Charlie Giles (Year2)

 

Once all three competition papers are completed, we will present Merit, Credit, Distinction and High Distinction certificates at a Junior School Assembly.  Parents will be notified in advance.

Hockey

Results from the final round of matches on Saturday, 23 August:

 

Under-10 College Falcons had a strong 1- 0 win over Dunkeld

Under-13 College Eagles defeated College Hawks 3 - 0 in an entertaining match.

 

GRHA finals this Saturday

Under-10 Falcons v Coleraine Maroon at 12.00 pm - Pedrina Park

Under-13 Eagles v Coleraine Gold at 2.30 pm - Pedrina Park

 

A reminder that the sale of tickets for the 2025 College Hockey Dinner closes tonight. 

Premier’s Reading Challenge reminders:

 

The Premier's Reading Challenge ends on September 2nd 

If your child has been participating in the PRC for 2025, please ensure that their books are entered on the website and verified by this date.   Login details were placed in their record book at the start of the challenge.

 

Number of books students should read to complete the Challenge:

 

Prep – year 2 

  • Number of books: 30

  • Number of books from the Challenge book list: 20 or more

     

Year 3 – year 6

  • Number of books: 15

  • Number of books from the Challenge book list: 10 or more

     

Book Week:

During book week, the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) announces book of the year in several categories.  Every year junior school classes can read the shortlisted books for the Picture Book and Early Childhood book categories and then vote on the book that they think should be the winner.  We then compare this to the judges’ vote. 

Again, this year the results proved mixed – with some students in agreeance with the judges decision and others voting quite differently for the book they deemed worthy of winning the prestigious title of “book of the year”

 

Here are the student voting results: