Junior School

HAMILTON EISTEDDFOD

Next week sees the 60th Hamilton Eisteddfod.  Close to 50% of the Junior School will compete in competitions as members of the Chamber Singers, Pizzicato Strings, Year 5 Tuned Percussion group, Year 2 Strings or as individual performers. The participation rate is a wonderful testament to the music program on offer at Myrniong.  Best of luck to all competitors.  Thank you to Music specialists Mrs. Christie, Mr. Singh, Mrs. Salt, Mrs. Bell, Mr. Lica and Mr. Hansen for their efforts in preparation of our students.

Parent/Teacher Interviews

The window for booking Parent/Teacher Interviews will remain open until 12.00pm on Friday 8 June. There was a small issue with our SIMON system which allowed for multiple bookings with the one teacher but that has now been rectified.  Parents of children in classes with two teachers (Year 1, 3, 4 and 5) need only book the one interview appointment.  Semester One reports will be released prior to the interviews. Parents are requested to read the reports prior to meeting with classroom and specialist teachers. 

Interschool Soccer Match

The Junior School will host Good Shepherd College in a soccer match at lunchtime on Friday. We will be fielding a mixed boys/girls team comprising students from Years 4, 5 and 6. We are hoping that this is the first of many interschool contests with our neighbouring school.

Star Students

The following students were awarded Star Student Awards at this week’s Assembly.

• Prep - Vann Creek for coming to school with a smile and ready for learning.
• Prep - Rihaan Golwala for his consistent focus and achievement in all areas of his learning.
• Year 1 - Eadie Tigges for her enthusiastic approach to maths tasks and for working hard to explain her problem-solving ideas to her classmates.
• Year 2 - Annie Cain for her curiosity. She asks questions to further her knowledge and uses this to assist her learning.  Annie’s research about The Naracoorte Caves during our Inquiry lessons showed this with the effort and detail she included in her PowerPoint presentation.
• Year 4 - Hugh Cain for consistently treating the classroom and his peers with respect, demonstrating the classroom rules to the best of his ability.
• Year 4 - Maggie Wallis for regularly trying her best in every subject, always striving to improve her work to the best of her ability.
• Year 4 - Harry Diprose for consistently giving his best effort in every subject, especially with a focus on mathematics.
• Year 5 - Arya Bouchier for putting time, creativity, thought and energy into your entry for the 2024 Whitlam Institute ‘What Matters’ Writing Competition. 
• Year 5 - Livvy Bell for putting time, creativity, thought and energy into your entry for the 2024 Whitlam Institute ‘What Matters’ Writing Competition. 
• Year 5 - Gwen Nettleton for putting time, creativity, thought and energy into your entry for the 2024 Whitlam Institute ‘What Matters’ Writing Competition. 
• Year 6 - Mi-Ha Kim for putting time, creativity, thought and energy into your entry for the 2024 Whitlam Institute ‘What Matters’ Writing Competition. 

Greater Western Regional Cross Country

Congratulations to Max Cameron, Johnny Fenton, Grace O’Sullivan and George Robertson who all ran in the Greater Western Region Cross Country Championships in Warrnambool. All performed extremely well in their events. Grace O’Sullivan qualified for the State Cross Country Championships in Melbourne on 18 July at Yarra Valley Racing Club.

Hockey

Division 5

The Panthers had a great game against Demons Red winning 4-0. It was great to see what we are practising in training happening on the field and the players really lifting in the second half to score the four goals (George Whinney, Bobby Giles, Chelsea Pickford and Eloise Bufton). Player of the Match goes to Evie Pickford for getting lots of the ball and a great effort. 

College Tigers were 4-0 winners over Coleraine Gold. 

Division 4

College Wolves recorded their first win for the year, defeating Demons 7-4 in an entertaining match. Oscar Hawthorne put on a dominating display, scoring five goals. Single goals went to Lachlan Pickford and Finn Hawthorne. Best on ground for Wolves were Maggie Wallis and Oscar Hawthorne. 

College Foxes were victorious 3-2 in a top of the table clash with Dunkeld. Goal scorers were Hugo Cameron and Max Cameron. Best on ground for Foxes was Archie Aitken.