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Kadul

Year 5 had a very interesting, entertaining and informative incursion entitled 'Kadul'.  The performer is Ryka and in his performance he reveals the richness of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands cultures.  The show included participatory dances with the students and teachers along with presentations and explanations of various instruments, artifacts and costumes specific to the Islands.

Ryka also introduced the Aboriginal culture of ‘painting up’ with ochre and explained its importance.  Dance and the didgeridoo were also introduced.  This incursion is part of our English program which is based on the Dreamtime and the novel ‘My Girragundji.’

Orientation Days

The new Year 5, 6 and 7 students all had successful orientation days in the last week.  We have lots of very excited boys ready to start in 2018!  Thank you to all the staff who worked to make them successful experiences for the boys.

Upcoming Events

1. Best wishes to Cavan Ryan, Thomas Wilkins and Jack Hammond who will be participating in the IPSHA Speakers’ Challenge tomorrow at St Andrew's Cathedral School, CBD.  Thank you to Mrs Spanyik who has been preparing the boys and who is escorting them to the event.
2. The College will have our Remembrance Day service this Friday.  The wreath will be presented by two Year 5 boys, Thomas Reay and  Daniel Staal, whose parents have been involved in the armed services.

Mr T Long - Head of Junior School

Junior School Sport

Thursday Sport:  We commence our swim program in lieu of regular sport.  Year 5 attend Macquarie Uni Aquatic Centre for a pool based program and Year 6 attend Dee Why Beach for a surf skills program. Parents can collect boys directly from each venue by 2.15pm.

Basketball: 

Mr G Virgona - Junior School Sportsmaster

Softball :  Report Round 10

Last Saturday our game at St Patrick’s College was ‘touch and go’ prior to its commencement. However, the weather held out and a great game of softball was able to be played. The coach had some concerns to begin with as players were not able to play due to sickness or injuries and therefore the reallocation of positions was done a number of times.

We were playing a round-robin style of game against St Patrick’s and Trinity Summer Hill. St Patrick’s batted first and Trinity fielded. St Pat’s had 9 runners home. Trinity went into bat and we fielded and Trinity got 9 runners home. Then we batted and 8 of our players came home, with St Pat’s fielding. The game became a real competition with only one run difference. St Pats went into bat, Trinity fielded and St Pat’s only had 1 player home. That was it for St Pat’s 10 runs.  SPX batted against Trinity and 5 runners made it home. Final score 13. Trinity batted and St Pat’s fielded and 5 runners made home. Their final score was 14.  

Jhon Evans stayed focussed as he pitched to both teams. Will Mathie did some great stealing of bases. Jose Monk is always a dependable player and even helped Trinity out for their first innings. Eliot Sanders caught a fly ball - this is starting to become an every match occurrence for Eliot.  Luca Van Vuuren and Max Lenton were using all their skill and speed to chase balls and keep the run rate down. Joshua Connors and Patrick Hall shared the catcher’s position which made both teams hesitate to make a run home. Michael Whitehead, although injured, defended his base and was a valued player. Special mention to Marcus Steen who was injured and unable to play but still came along to support his team.  Well done Marcus.

Thank you to Mr Evans for keeping score.

Ms J Williams - Softball Convenor

NSTA Tennis:  Please see the Senior School Sports page.

Mrs S Iwatani - NSTA Convenor