Senior School News
Highlights of 2025
My highlight of Year 5 was at Camp Rumbug, when we did lots of fun activities, hanging out with friends, and roasting marshmallows on the fire there, and school footy because we didn’t have to do any work the whole day and got to play footy. – Ned 5B
A highlight of Year 5 has been having sport days on Fridays, because it was really fun having to do no work for 30 minutes. – Giselle 5B
A highlight of Year 5 has been when I was chosen to play in the school netball team and having prep buddies. – Lily 5B
My highlight of Year 5 was going to Camp Rumbug and having fun with my friends in the cabin and staying up till midnight. – Sasha 5B
My favourite part of Year 5 was going on camp and having a good time, and also when we had Hoop Time because we made it to the semi-final, and when we had footy. – Blake 5B
My favourite memory of Year 5 was when I came 20th in cross-country. It will be a memory that I won’t forget. – Noah 5B
My favourite part of Year 5 was Camp Rumbug because I had a great cabin and the activities were fun. – Taj 5B
My favourite part of Year 5 was going on camp and having fun with my friends. – Alfie 5B
My favourite memory in Year 5 was the production because I got to perform with my friends. – Grace K. 5B
The best highlight of Year 5 for me was definitely the production because I was a lead role and I got to see how backstage works. – Sienna H. 5B
A highlight of Year 5 has been my teacher Miss Bull. She is really nice and makes class fun. My favourite part of Year 5 was Hoop Time because we made it to the semi-finals. I also enjoyed Miss Bull's birthday because we didn't have to do any work. Next year I will make sure I am a great leader; I promise to make a friendly environment and include everyone in my games. – Tom 5B
My highlight of Year 5 was Camp Rumbug. My favourite part of the year was Crittercoins and I loved interschool sport, basketball. – Dylan 5B
My favourite memory of Year 5 has been hanging out with my friends at lunch and in class. A highlight was camp with my friends, doing all of the activities and having fun. Also I liked hanging out with my buddies during buddy time. – Laura 5B
My favourite highlight of Year 5 was when we went to Camp Rumbug. We didn't just make more friends, but also learned more life skills like how to canoe, how to build rafts, and even how to find things in nature with scavenger hunts. – Zara 5B
A highlight of Year 5 has been the soccer tournament I played in. Even though we lost in the final, we had lots of fun. It was the Lightning Premiership, and they scored 3 goals and we scored 1. We had a great coach, my uncle. – Josh 5B
My highlight of the school year was my birthday because everyone made a big fuss about me. – Lenny 5B
My favourite memory of Year 5 was the soccer Lightning Premiership; the day was filled with lots of commitment and perseverance. It was the best! – Geneva 5T
My favourite things that happened this year were camp because of all of the fun activities, and one more thing was Kaboom where we got to do fun activities and challenges with our buddies. – Sienna S. 5T
My favourite thing in Year 5 was camp because of the fun activities we did there. – Lucy 5T
My favourite time of the year was going to IMAX to learn about erosion. – Jesse 5T
My favourite memory of Year 5 was camp because it was a time of laughter and adventure. – Tao 5T
My favourite memory of Year 5 was the day I went to the cricket carnival; even though we lost, it was still really, really fun. – Lachie 5T
My favourite memory of this year was the Lightning Premiership and the feeling of winning and celebrating every goal. – Octavio 5T
My favourite memory of this year was the school production, Book Week, my friends, and my amazing teacher Mrs Tench. – Milo 5T
My favourite memory of this year was when we went to IMAX. – Alexis 5T
My favourite memory of this year was going to camp because we got to do fun activities. – Max I. 5T
My favourite memory of this year was when I won the Goldstein Award presented by Tim Wilson. – Milla 5T
My favourite memory of this year was going to camp and spending time with friends, and Hoop Time. – Talia 5T
My favourite memory of the year was camp. We got to play tonnes of fun games including flying fox over the lake, making a raft, going kayaking, and so much more. We stayed in cabins with our friends. We also had beads and each colour meant a different strength. That’s why I loved camp. – Grace 5T
My favourite memory of this year was swimming and sport. I loved swimming because it is my favourite sport. – Hudson 5T
My favourite memory was going to camp and participating in all the amazing activities and going on the zip line across the lake! – Max O.
My favourite part of the year is having Mrs Tench again and Camp Rumbug, and the mud run at camp. – Archie 5T
My favourite memory of this year was camp. We toasted marshmallows. I loved spending time with my friends and teachers on camp! – Ethan 5T
Year 6
My Grade 6 highlight was the sleepout. What an incredible experience doing something so important with so many people I love! – Miss Newey
My Grade 6 highlight was probably the Canberra camp because I got to have fun with my friends and go to a place that I have never gone before. – Edward O’Callaghan
My Grade 6 highlight was Canberra because we got to be with our friends and have fun in the cabin together, but I didn't like how they made me be a vegetarian; overall, it was pretty fun. – Harriet Simpson
My Grade 6 highlight was interschool sports because we made it to regional footy and I participated in most of the sports. – Marlow Shannon
My Grade 6 highlight was production. It was so much fun; I got to have a good time with my friends, and it was a great and amazing experience. I also loved going to Canberra. It was awesome, and I loved all the amazing things we did. I have so many highlights from this year, but these are just two of them. – Sophie Bourbon
My Grade 6 highlight was the St Vinnies Sleepout. It was a fun experience which helped me understand homelessness more. – Tess Farrelly
My Grade 6 highlight was going to Canberra for camp. It was so much fun going to some cool places I have never been to before with my friends. – Ebony Tudor
My Grade 6 highlight was when I got one of the starring roles in the production. It was so fun. – Annabel Maxfield
My Grade 6 highlight was making it to state netball. It was such a fun and memorable day where we came second overall. – Emmerson Barton-Cope
My Grade 6 highlight was playing for the school footy team and getting into regionals. I loved making it into basketball for school. – Nate McCabe
My Year 6 highlight was state netball because it was a fun experience where I could play my favourite sport with my best friends, and it was amazing to be a part of it and to come second. – Audrey Beven
My Grade 6 highlight of this year was the production because it was so fun getting to perform on the big stage, and I got to do it with my friends. – Molly Jamison
My Grade 6 highlight was the Dendy footy grand final where we beat St Joan of Arc. – Fergus Riddex
My Grade 6 highlight is Year 6 Canberra camp. It was very fun and interesting. – Iszac Minio
My Grade 6 highlight was athletics and cross country. I loved it because you got a chance to participate, represent the school and hang out with your friends and cheer them on. – Emily Hodder
My Grade 6 highlight was the production because I loved being backstage waiting to say a line and getting up on stage to perform with my friends. – Harper Bodinnar
My Grade 6 highlight was the Dendy athletics carnival. I loved athletics because I competed in my favourite events: the 100m, long jump and the 4x100 relay. In the 4x100 I got 1st, and my team was Eddie, Mars and Van. – Remy Pereira
My Grade 6 highlight was Canberra camp when we went bowling, and in my team was Ava, Tess, Emily P. and Miss Bulte. Miss Bulte won, but we still had lots of fun. – Zoe Martin
My Grade 6 highlight was all of the sport days that I took part in. I played in AFL, basketball and soccer. – Callum Hill
My Grade 6 highlight was the St Vinnies Sleepout because it was fun and a great learning opportunity. It was fun making the care packs and writing nice notes to go with them. – Olivia Mertin
My Grade 6 highlight was the Canberra camp. It was so fun. We went to a lot of cool places, and it was fun to hang out with my friends. – Emily Podlena
My Grade 6 highlight is the production. I was so happy. I loved being on stage with my friends and being Thing One and Thing Two with my best friend, and doing our own made-up dance to open the show. – Ava Thurlow
My Grade 6 highlight is the Year 6 sleepout. I liked it because we slept outside on cardboard. I also liked learning about homelessness and it made me feel how important it is. I also loved selling spiders with Remy and Daniel during the Year 6 stalls. – William Gleeson
My Grade 6 highlight is the production because I got the role I really wanted, and it was an incredible time to spend with friends backstage. – Liv Budin
My favourite Grade 6 highlight is going to school sport events. This year I was lucky enough to participate in basketball, netball, cricket, swimming and athletics. – Audrey Shannon
My Grade 6 highlight was playing interschool sports netball. Playing against people from other schools was very fun, and I liked being with my friends. – Edie Denton
My Grade 6 highlight is the St Vinnies Sleepout. We participated in many activities and learnt so much about homelessness and its impacts. I really enjoyed taking part in this event with my friends and spreading awareness for such an important topic. – Micaela Pacquola
My Grade 6 highlight was school camp because I loved spending time with my friends and doing all the fun activities. My favourite activity was the drop slide. – Cassie Rowe-Natoli
My favourite thing in Grade 6 was doing the interschool sports, as I played in AFL, soccer, basketball and cricket. – Van Shannon
My favourite thing that happened in Year 6 was the production because I had so much fun backstage and on stage. – Owen Molony
My favourite thing in Year 6 was the sleepout stalls and interschool sports. – Will Anderson
My favourite memory of Year 6 was Canberra because we got to go bowling. – Jacob McNulty
My favourite memory from this year is the production because I got to have fun and hang out with my friends during rehearsals. – Elodie Lakes
My favourite thing in Year 6 was bowling. – Eddie Surkitt
My favourite memory in Year 6 was the musical as I got a chance to be a main character, Cat 4. Another memory is athletics as I love sport and have a passion for it. – Alexia Pigott
My highlight of Year 6 was Canberra camp because I loved sharing a cabin with all my friends, playing games with them, and when everyone would help each other get ready. – Odette Lynch
My favourite highlight of Year 6 was in Canberra when we went into Lola’s cabin and dried our hair. – Rosie Surkitt
My favourite highlight of Year 6 was my Canberra cabin. I had so much fun and they made the camp even better. – Pippa Lonsdale-Coates
My favourite highlight is in Canberra when Miss Bulte walked into our cabin, walked over to Rosie’s bed and said she looked like a baby. – Lucy Neilson
My favourite highlight in Year 6 was being in a cabin with my friends in Canberra camp. – Lulu Milliken
My favourite Grade 6 highlight is the school camp experience in Canberra because we got to have fun with friends and explore the amazing Canberra. – Archie Calder
My Grade 6 highlight was going to school basketball and footy, which we won, which meant we got to go to the next round. – Will Fogarty
My Grade 6 highlight was going to school footy, and we won, which meant that we went to the next round. – James Martin
My Grade 6 highlight was going to school footy, and we won, which meant we got to go to the next round. – Thomas Ackerman
We wish everyone a joy-filled Christmas and New Year, and a wonderful summer break.
Tilly, Darcie, Kate and Mak