Each week we celebrate the amazing achievements and successes of our students. These awards are an acknowledgement of their hard work, resilience and determination to do the very best they can! The below students will receive their awards during next week's assembly. Assembly will be held in the amphitheatre (weather permitting) or the BER gymnasium.

Attendance Awards

Attendance at school is pivotal to creating ongoing positive learning behaviours. Engaging in school every day provides the very best opportunity for a child's holistic development - social, physical, intellectual, cultural and emotional growth. The graph below represents all student absences.

Congratulations to Experts of Excellence - 3/4T who will be receiving the 'Attendance Award' for having the highest attendance percentage for Term 2 Week 5.

Congratulations to Academic Astronauts - 2FB who will both be receiving the 'Attendance Award' for having the highest attendance percentage for Term 2 Week 6.

Student Achievement Awards

Congratulations to the following students who have received a Student Achievement Award:

Student	Home Group	Awarded for
Rayan	Talented Teddies - FR	Showing wonderful dedication to practising your reading skills. Your hard work with segmenting and blending sounds is helping you grow into a more confident and capable reader!
Stevie-Rae	Brave Bears - FP	Showing fantastic effort and persistence when practising writing your name. Your hard work and growing independence are helping you make wonderful progress!
Zaafir	Positive Pumpkins - 1R	Always showing a positive attitude towards learning and continuing to try your best. Your outstanding progress in both reading and maths has been amazing, and your initiative in picking up rubbish from the yard during each recess shows responsibility towards our school community.
Rosie	Wandarra Wedgetails - 1L	Showing fantastic growth in reading by taking on feedback and applying it during reading sessions. You should be very proud of the effort and determination you are showing each day. Keep practising your reading and shining brightly — we are so proud of you!
Seb	Academic Astronauts - 2FB	Showing great progress in your work ethic. You have been growing your capacity to work independently and are showing great pride in your work. We are both so proud of you! Keep going!
Rose	Academic Astronauts - 2FB	Your continued resilience each day. You continue to build strength in your problem solving skills and take each day to achieve new goals. You are proud of the work you do, and have shown great kindness to others in the classroom. Keep being a great friend.
April	Powerful Parrots - 3/4W	Displaying her personal best efforts across all learning areas and consistently showing our School Values throughout the school. She should be very proud of her efforts, well done!!
Jed	Powerful Pack - 3/4B	Enthusiasm in his work, alongside an eagerness and willingness to learn at every opportunity. Great job Jed!
Emily	Experts of Excellence - 3/4T	Your active and positive participation during our questioning the author of our class novel: Charlotte’s Web. Emily has worked hard throughout the Novel Study to deepen her comprehension and applied this throughout her learning tasks. Well done, Emily!
Levi	Books ‘R’ Us - 5/6E	Demonstrating resilience by attempting his best efforts in maths. Levi worked toward drawing arrays that matched a division number sentence. He reflected on his own capabilities and shared positive feedback on the important strategy, keep it up Levi.
William	United Warriors - 5/6W	Always displaying the 4R’s. You always produce your personal best work whilst assisting and encouraging others around you to also produce their personal best. Keep being a fantastic role model!
Bill	Dream Team - 5/6H	Excellent focus and effort across all lessons, as well as being a great leader to his peers.

Specialist Awards

Congratulations to the following students and classes who have received a 'Specialist' award:

PERFORMING ARTS

Walter - Powerful Pack - 3/4B

For always being a prominent leader for your team. You are always willing to adapt and change, showing immense resilience and relationship skills. You are a positive role model for the class and your efforts do not go unnoticed. Bravo Walter, keep up the good work!

VISUAL ARTS

Natalia - Dream Team - 5/6H

For outstanding acrylic painting work. Your excellent blending techniques create smooth transitions and bring depth and life to your artwork. Congratulations on your creativity and dedication!

STEAM

Riley - Powerful Pack - 3/4B

For being an outstanding teacher’s assistant and generously supporting classmates with coding in Scratch. Your patience, leadership, and helpfulness make learning better for everyone. Well done!

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

George - Powerful Parrots - 3/4W

For his great attitude and efforts in Physical Education. Well done, George!!

AUSLAN

Bianca - Dream Team - 5/6H

For always being a respectful and responsible student. You make great choices for your learning and for those around you, and you are a terrific role model to your classmates. Congratulations Bianca on this well-deserved award!

Values Badges

Congratulations to the following student who will receive a value badge:

Winston 5/6E - Responsibility

Colouring Competition

Congratulations to the 16 winners of our colouring competition! Last week, we held a special assembly to present prizes to 11 Maramba Primary School students and 5 kindergarten students from our local childcare centres. Winners were recognised for their creativity and invited to the front of the assembly to receive their prizes. Congratulations to all of our winners and thank you to everyone who participated.

Birthdays

Happy Birthday to the Students and Staff celebrating their birthdays in Term 2: Weeks 6 & 7