Junior School Report

Junior School is very busy with Swimming Carnivals and preparation of rooms for the Expo which will be held in Term 2. Students are working very hard to get great results for the Progress reports and Parent teacher Interviews which are later in the term.

In Integrated Studies – Students are learning some History of Australia and completing Timelines.  Year 8 are studying Medieval History. Students are earning their Bunsen Burner Licences in Science and in PE Sport they are practicing the techniques for Athletic events.

Japanese classes are studying the various alphabets and symbols. In French and Italian the students are learning greetings and participating in role-plays. 

Class Captain Elections have been held and the results are as follows. Congratulations!!

Swimming Carnival

The Year 7 and 8 students competed in the School Swimming Carnival in their house colours on Friday 2 March.  The day was filled with enthusiasm and excitement as students barracked for their house colours. The winning house for the day was BUTTROSE HOUSE. The students enjoyed the free time swim on such a hot day and many competed in the various events including the Bocce and Tug of War was a huge hit!  Well done to all our students for such great participation. We have a number of students who also participated in the Regional Carnival.

Progress Reports

Teachers are in the process of completing Progress reports for Coordinators. All students must be up to date with homework and class work. All students are reminded to complete at least one hour of study a night. If they are having difficulties they should speak to their class teacher.

Please ensure that your child has a lock on their locker. We cannot be held responsible for things taken from unlocked lockers. Also every child must have a spare key lodged with their Learning Manager. Could you also ensure your child’s clothing and books are labelled. Mobile Phones are to be turned OFF before entering the school and locked in the Locker. They are not to be used during school hours.  We do not take responsibility for lost or stolen phones.

Year 7 SEAL - NGV Excursion 

Report by Dragon Fan 7F

The excursion to the NGV was an extremely fun learning experience. We began the day by lying down in a large hall with a glass roof. The glass was made of small and large coloured squares and rectangles which depicted different animals. Afterwards we continued upstairs to look at artefacts about well-known people that we were assigned to.

Later, we went to the Japanese and Chinese Exhibition. Japanese art was very colourful and wild and the Chinese art was eccentric and sometimes modern in style.

At lunchtime, everyone gathered at Southgate and we went to NGV Australia. We studied and Australian painting then we wrote a piece based on the picture.

It was a great experience learning about artefacts in the galleries. There was a diverse amount of art. I am sure everyone had a great day there!!!

Lauren Honeycombe

Junior Sub School leader