Myrniong - Prep to Year 6

Junior School Sesquicentennial Project

As our sesquicentennial year draws to a close, it gives me great pleasure to announce the final Junior School event to celebrate our 150th year as a school. We would like to plant a woodland around the Myrniong oval. Junior School families and staff are being invited to purchase and plant a family tree, which you can watch grow at Myrniong. Our College Property Manager, Mr. Nick Dopheide has been working hard to source species that will grow and thrive in the Myrniong surrounds. Junior School families will shortly receive an invitation to be part of this special event and, to form a lifelong connection with Myrniong. Please keep an eye on the children’s school bag – the invitation will come home with your eldest child.

Summer Uniform

Next Monday, 17th October marks the first day of compulsory summer uniform at the Junior School. Our two-week grace period, in which students can wear summer or winter uniform, finishes tomorrow. Fingers crossed for some warm spring weather.

Myrniong Year 12 Assembly

Next Thursday we welcome back to Myrniong 14 of our current Year 12 students who attended the Early Learning Centre/Prep through to Year 5 from 2008 to 2015. It is a special day for these students, as they enter their final week of schooling at College prior to commencing their VCE exams. The students will make their way up the oak-lined driveway and into the Refectory for a special assembly. Parents of our Year 12 and Junior School students are most welcome to attend. The walk up the driveway will commence at 2:30 pm.

Cyber Safety

On Tuesday, Warrnambool Police Youth Resource Officers, Brooke and John, visited the Junior School and ran cyber safety sessions with our Year 4, 5 and 6 students. The digital world is an increasingly complex space, and their messages were important ones for our students.

not to send a picture of themselves to someone they do not know
to never place a full profile and picture of themselves anywhere on the internet
to never give out personal information including their name, home address, phone number or school
to never arrange a face-to-face meeting with someone they have chatted with on the internet

New Guidelines - COVID

Throughout the last three years, College has followed government advice regarding COVID. As of today, the following guidelines are in place for Early Learning Centre and Junior school students.

It is strongly recommended that students:

who test positive to COVID-19 should stay home and isolate for 5 days
should not attend school after 5 days if still symptomatic
who are symptomatic but have not tested positive should not attend school
advise the school of the COVID-19 positive test result.

Where students become symptomatic at school they should:

be collected by their parents/carers
undergo testing for COVID-19.

CSIRO Bebras Challenge

In late Term Three our Year 3 to 6 students took part in second round of the CSIRO ‘Bebras’ Computational Thinking competition. Congratulations to the following students;

Distinctions - Aida Adamson, Fred Nagorcka and Freddie Milne

Credits - Max Cameron, Ada O’Brien, Reian Patel and Andrew Sun

Merits - Hugo Cameron, Tommy Brown, Angus Reid, Elsie Dyer, Alinta Margetts, Matilda Mercer, Poppy Edgar, Ollie Duffy, Finn Hawthorne, Grace O’Sullivan, Imogen Johns, Jack Novikov, Mi-Ha Kim, Kirav Patel, Zane Palmer, Poppy Shepherd, Ruby Price, Hugo Toma, Ellie Lewis, Elsie Brown, Violet Lynch, Will Cameron, Camilla Edgar, Evie Templeton, Charlie Hindhaugh, Hartley Johns, Georgia Kennedy, Maggie Mercer, George Nicholls, Lachlan Reid, Sophie Satchell, Yolanda O’Sullivan, Amelie Shrive, Heston Small, Arshita Woosantia, Harriet Stacy, Hannah Young and Jess Templeton.

Week Two Assembly Awards

The following students received awards at the Week 2 Assembly;

Violet Shrive – Year 2

Grace O’Sullivan - Year 3

Elsie Brown – Year 5 (Compass Award – Level 1)

Charlie Hindhaugh - Year 6

Oscar Hawthorne - Year 6

Harriet Stacy - Year 6

Pride in Uniform Award - Evie Templeton, Year 5

Exciting News!

The Junior School sends its very best wishes to Miss Sophie Ross and her partner Blake, who are expecting their first child in February of 2023. Miss Ross’ replacement for 2023 will be announced prior to Orientation Day on Thursday 10th November.

Stephen Nelson

Head of Junior School