Junior School

Learmonth House Service

House Services are an important part of the fabric of our school.  On Monday, Learmonth House presented their 2024 House Service at the Hamilton Uniting Church.  Their theme of ‘Gratitude’ was very well presented via Bible readings, a story ‘The Old Lady And Her House’, in songs including ‘You Can Never Be Too Grateful’ and ‘Thank You’ and, in acrostic and gratitude poems.  Reverend Doctor Fiona Hill spoke to us about the value of gratitude. Well done to the Prep to Year 6 Learmonth students and Mrs. Bell for presenting a relevant and thoughtful House Service.

National Early Childhood Educators' Day

Early Childhood Educators’ Day was Wednesday, 4 September.  It recognises and celebrates the work of Australia’s educators in early learning services (long day care, family day care, kindergarten / preschools and occasional care) for their wonderful contribution to the wellbeing and healthy development of the young children in their care.  Our Early Learning Centre team of Silvina Werner, Tamara Weilbaecher, Emma Gordon, Bree Clapham, Angel Weisbach and Bernadine Kelvy do an amazing job of educating and caring for our youngest Collegians. Their invaluable work is appreciated by all. 

ICAS English Competition

Earlier this term, a small group of Year 2-6 Junior School students sat the ICAS English and Spelling Competition papers, competing against students across Australia.  As the world’s global language and arguably two of the most important subjects of the Australian curriculum, English and Spelling are a crucial building block for academic success.  ICAS English and Spelling assessments are designed to provide an objective ranking of students’ performance based on the English curricula for the relevant year. 

Congratulations to the following students and well done sat the assessments:

Merit (Top 40% of ICAS students throughout Australia)

• Rosie Bell-Year 2 English
• Hazel Johns-Year 4 English

Credit (Top 25%)

• Hugo Cameron-Year 5 English   
• Ed Whinney- Year 5 English
• Livvy Bell-Year 5 Spelling

Distinction- (Top 10%)

• Livvy Bell- Year 5 English
• Imogen Johns-Year 6 English

Parent / Teacher Interviews

Our second and final round of Parent/Teacher Interviews will take place on Monday 9 September and Tuesday 10 September from 3.30 pm to 6.00 pm. Online and in-person interviews can be booked with classroom and specialist teachers via SIMON.  The booking system will close at 12.00 pm this Friday, 6 September. The 15 - minute interviews are to discuss student progress. Semester Two reports will be released in Week 8 of Term. 

Hats On - Day 1, Term 4

Hats On Day is usually the first day of spring, 1 September. With the eclectic and windy weather of late, we have made the decision to push this back to Day 1 of Term 4, Monday 7 October. Parents are most welcome to send hats into school prior to this date. Please ensure they are named. When not on heads at recess, lunch and in P.E lessons, hats will stay in lockers and on classroom hooks throughout Term 4. 

Afternoon Pick Up

I am looking for assistance from parents regarding 3.15 pm pick-up at the Junior School.  All cars should only use the driveway to exit the property.  In the last few weeks, a number of drivers have been using the laneway behind the Early Learning Centre to make a quick getaway. This isn’t a driveway but rather an access laneway for maintenance and horsemanship staff. Please assist us in ensuring the safety of students, staff and parents by keeping to the designated exit driveway.

Junior School Sports

As local sports reach the exciting final and grand final stages of their respective competitions, I wish all Junior School students and families involved the very best. 

John Wooden was an American basketball coach. He was the most successful coach in the history of College basketball, winning 10 NCAA titles in 12 years with UCLA. John Wooden was a unique coach, renowned for his holistically development of his players. Some of his quotes are worth contemplation before playing in finals.

• “Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That’s in your power.”
• “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.”
• “Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.”
• “Adversity is the state in which we most easily become acquainted with ourselves, being especially free of admirers then.”
• “Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”

Hockey

College Foxes defeated College Wolves 6-1 in an all-College Division 4 semi final on Saturday to book a place in the Grand Final, where they will play Dunkeld in a repeat of the 2023 Grand Final.  Foxes will play at 11.00am at Pedrina Park.

College Tigers defeated College Panthers 2-0 in another all-College semi final, to progress to the Grand Final on Saturday, where they will also face Dunkeld.  Tigers will play at 1.00pm at Pedrina Park.

2024 players are asked to return their playing tops to team managers or the Junior School Reception before the end of the term.

Basketball - Hoop Time

This week all of our students in Years 3-6 were lucky enough to attend the Hoop Time Basketball Carnival at HILAC. On Tuesday, our Year 3-4 ‘Future Stars’ players enjoyed a round robin format of fabulous basketball fun. Our students are highly commended for their positive sportsmanship, inclusive teamwork and support of their peers throughout the day. All teams scored impressive wins on the day and our College Hawks team, ably coached by Mr Michael King even won the Future Stars Grand Final! WOW!

Thank you to Michael King, Katie Pye, Ms Winstanley and Mr Hawthorne for coaching our teams and to Bec Small, Phoebe Stewart and Katrina Robertson for scoring.

We look forward to the busy chaos of the Year 5-6 Hoop Time Carnival to be held on Friday.

📸 From Hoop Time can be found on pixevety

College Cricket season

The 2024-25 Cricket season is coming up and the CCC is again providing opportunities for kids to participate in our great game.

We will again be entering teams in the HDCA under 12s competition and are looking at numbers. U12s is open to boys and girls in grade 3 and older, is played on Wednesday after school and training is on Tuesday after school.

Our home ground is at Myrniong. 

We will also be running out junior blast program on Thursdays on the College hockey field for kids from ELC to Year 2. 

If you have kids interested in cricket, please fill out the online form at the link below and we will be in touch.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16fvZTMqldsY9bJkodnE0M5g_3UE3oBzWGo0NhRGngfk/edit?chromeless=1

Regards

Angus Brown

President

College Cricket Club