Junior School

Camps

The Year 6 Canberra trip has been an enjoyable and rewarding interstate camp. We have visited Parliament House, the National Portrait Gallery, the Museum of Australia, Questacon, the National Art Gallery, the Australian Institute of Sport, the National Sound and Film Archive and the National Arboretum. 

Wednesday was our formal day and included two amazing highlights. We visited the High Court of Australia, and for only the second time in 20 years, we were given the privilege of attending a full sitting of the High Court, with all seven Justices presiding over a case. A rare event indeed. The second was our visit to the Australian War Memorial, where our Junior School Captains Anika and Thomas were afforded the huge privilege of laying a wreath on behalf of The Hamilton and Alexandra College at the Australian War Memorial’s Last Post Ceremony. They joined visiting dignitaries from Italy, and representatives from the Australian Military in paying their respects to those Australians killed in war. It certainly was a moving ceremony.  Link to Ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWwxKcAo9mw

Interstate camps are a huge commitment for staff and attending parents. I thank Mr. Hawthorne, Mrs. Povey and Doug Cameron for their wonderful support and care of our Year 6 students in Canberra. 

We look forward to our final camp for 2027, which takes place in Week 7, with our Year 1, Year 2, Year 3 and Year 4 students spending three days at Cave Hill Creek near Beaufort.  

Walk/Ride To School Day

Our second Walk/Ride to School Day for 2026 will take place next Friday, 13 November. It is an opportunity for students and parents to add an additional 30 minutes of exercise to the weekly totals. Students wishing to join staff on the ride to school must be proficient bike riders and have helmets. No scooters, please. 

Parents are most welcome to join the walk or the ride. We will leave from the Neil MacLean Hockey Field at the Senior Campus at 9.00 am.

Super 8s Cricket

Congratulations to all Year 5 and Year 6 students who participated in the Hamilton Super 8s Cricket tournament last Friday. The players enjoyed stunning spring weather throughout the day. Matches were played against local primary schools in the Boys’ and Girls’ Divisions. Both Girls’ teams made the semifinals, with College Strikers progressing to the final against Hamilton North. The girls won a terrific match and now progress to the Greater Western Region Finals in Ballarat on Wednesday 18 November. Thanks to Mrs Patterson, Mr Bell, Ms Ridgeway-Faye, Mr Hawthorne, Gapper Eddie Rickets, and parent Andrew Kennedy for supporting the students at Pedrina Park.