Keep on Connecting

Senior School Fun Times: 

A Great Bake-off and Pet Morning Tea

A Staff vs Student Bake-off provided for some fun and entertainment in the Senior School recently. The Program involved: 

• One team member to cook something savoury and one to cook something sweet
• Theme: Food with a story eg. childhood memory (which you can share if the MC asks)
• Timing:
  • 10 minutes to prep (ingredients can be placed ready but not measured out yet). If ingredients need to be heated before mixing (eg. melting butter) this should be done during prep time.
  • 10 minutes cook/bake time
• Catch: Chef 2 cannot start prep until Chef 1 has finished their prep and put their dish in oven/stovetop

There was talent and passion in these collective kitchens that would have made Chef Manu proud! 

Two student teams (Amber and Ella accompanied by sister chefs Carla and Danica) and one teacher team (Miss Easton and Mrs deMeester) cooked up a storm, with an amazing range of deliciousness including pasta, Anzac biscuits, corn fritters and exotic South African delicacies. 

The judges looked dapper in their formal attire (Katelyn, John, Tim, Ricky, Mrs Wansbrough and Mr Farmilo), and their wit and banter, coupled with Mr Presant’s dynamic hosting, took the event to new heights of culinary entertainment. 

Congratulations to Amber and Ella for winning the People’s Choice award and special thanks to all who participated and watched. So engrossed we all were in the food that no one thought to capture the event with a photo, but it will remain in our hearts, minds and imaginary taste buds.

More recently, quite a menagerie of pets joined Senior School for morning tea one day, from fish and chickens to cockatiels, cats, dogs and rabbits! We enjoyed some fun conversations about our pets’ names, as well as their good and bad habits (but thankfully did not see any bad habits on screen!)

Mrs deMeester

Wellbeing Coordinator & Senior School Teacher

Fitness and FUN! Zoom Sessions

Mrs Appleby is hosting  “Fitness and Fun” Zoom sessions sometimes with over 50 participants which has been quite the hit. These Fitness and Fun sessions are running twice a week on Zoom for the Preps, Year 1 and 2. This week saw students doing some junior athletics, throwing, jumping and running all from their living rooms.  

“Fun and Fitness is a session we run for Preps, Year 1 & 2 on a Wednesday and Thursday afternoon from 3-3.30pm. It's a fun and movement filled session with the children to get them moving, stretching, balancing and all things 'not-related-to-sitting'.  

Each session includes movement that gets our hearts pumping, stretching to loosen tight muscles and balance and yoga moves to reconnect our brain and body. While all we use is a small space, so the children can see me and their friends on Zoom, we also use our imagination to take us out into God's big wide beautiful world.” – Mrs Appleby

Andrew Farmer

Head of P.E. & Health

Year 9 English Class

Year 9 students are reading Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in English. Last Friday afternoon we got into the spirit with Grecian togas made from sheets and towels, forest backdrops, and even some ‘magic’ flowers and mechanical props!

Kathryn Brown

Senior School Teacher

Lunchtime Tennis Finals 

Tuesday August 11th saw some of our students (who are attending school) out enjoying the sunshine at lunch time. There were 10 students from Prep to Grade 5 and they were all playing together. They were having a tennis final! 

Lucas 1L – I liked watching them play.

Sunny 5S – I was having a winning streak!

Lorena 4V – I thought it was a wonderful time to play tennis especially with the sun shining so brightly. The game was fantastic and everyone had 1 turn at least.

Rafael 2M – I was in the tennis finals once. It was COOL Bro!

Ledison 2H – I like that there was a tennis final at lunchtime and it was Angus vs Me in the final. I had so much fun and wish that I could do it again.

There was a ref, a ball boy and they were playing to 15 points with plenty of replays. The students were all engaged and patiently waiting their turn, which some of them never got to have. A few took to other things but mostly they stuck together which was lovely to see.

Loueen Swank

Keeping Connected Through Music

St Andrews students Joshua, Cynthia and Gabriel have been staying connected during these lockdown times through their love of music. We hope you enjoy this beautiful musical piece they have so creatively put together. 

During the lockdown period, something that I miss a lot is the ability to play music together with my friends and especially the string orchestra at school. Because of this, two of my good friends, Joshua Chen (4C) and Cynthia Chen (4C) decided to play a piano trio piece that was edited together by my brother. This was three individual video clips of the same piece, Minuet from Miniatures by Frank Bridge, and later on, edited together to sound like one whole piece by my brother. Below is the video and I hope you enjoy listening to it! 

Keep safe and I hope to see you soon again at school!

Gabriel Liu (4V)

Year 11s Travelling

Last week the Year 11B students went travelling…virtually!

I think Harry had the greatest idea. We all shared photos of ‘places we wish we could be’.

Harry’s was his bed. Well played Harry, well played.

Kathryn Brown

Senior School Teacher