Junior Campus

ART EXHIBITION AND GRANDPARENT’S DAY

We are very excited to announce our biennial Art Exhibition and Grandparent’s Day will be held on the afternoon of Monday 23 October.  Students have been working hard throughout Terms 1, 2 and 3 on their exhibition pieces.  Grandparents are invited to attend from 2.00pm onwards.  We have staggered visiting times to allow all groups to have time and space to appreciate the wonderful exhibition pieces.

• 2.00pm - Prep/Year 1/Year 2
• 2.30pm - Year 3/Year 4
• 2.45pm - Year 5/Year 6

Grandparents are invited to share in an afternoon tea of tea/coffee and scones before and after their visit to the Art Room. There will be an exhibition opening at 2.00pm on the Library lawns.

WEEK 2 ASSEMBLY

The following students received Star Student awards at this week’s Assembly.

• Prep - Will Farquharson for making a huge effort to improve the neatness of his handwriting.
• Year 1 - Annie Barber for working hard to improve her fluency when skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s. 
• Year 2 - Harry Parfrey for demonstrating increasing focus during writing tasks.
• Year 3 – Maelys Haynes for working well with a partner and sharing thoughtful ideas and explanations during Shared Inquiry lessons.
• Year 4 - Hugo Cameron for his consistent kindness towards others, and for consistently ensuring he has high standards for all our classroom activities.
• Year 5 - Finn Hawthorne for taking pride in the neatness and presentation of his writing, doing well in his weekly Reading Diary, reading the challenging ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’ and taking some wonderful photos for our class Space Photo Competition.
• Year 6 - Heston Small for always sharing interesting facts and information to add to our knowledge during class discussions. 
• Year 6 - Dru Mayfield for fabulous fluency reading, using his best newsreader voice to engage the audience.

SPOTLIGHT ON MYRNIONG LEARNING

Year 1 - Students have commenced a Geography unit exploring the natural and built features of the environment.  They have practiced using grid references to find places on simple maps and have learned to use the key/legend to interpret features on a map.

Year 3 - To complete the Climate topic, the students have been looking at natural disasters, what causes them and where in the world they’d be likely to encounter one.  They have made connections to the different climate zones and created 3D models to show their research. 

Year 4 - Students have begun their Civics and Citizenship Inquiry study into the role of their local government and the services they provide in our community.  They are examining how rules and laws affect them and the importance of laws in society.  This also ties in nicely with our persuasive writing unit where children are convincing different readers about their point of view such as changing different rules and laws. 

Year 5 - Students in Year 5 have been concluding their Space Unit studying the phases of the moon, and the Earth’s rotation and revolution cycles.  They have participated in hands on sessions to explain these cycles and made small scale paper models.  Students have also been ‘star gazing’ out of school and have submitted many wonderful photographs of ‘Our Amazing Skies’ for our class competition.

Year 6 - Students have been honing their narrative writing skills.  They have been tasked with creating a ‘Mr. Men’ style narrative, using one of the 24-character strengths as a central theme. 

STUDENT DIARY ART COMPETITION

Our theme for the 2024 student diaries is ‘Australian Flora and Fauna’. Students from the Early Learning Centre to Year 3 and Years 4, 5 and 6 will be invited to submit their A4 portrait-orientated entries to the Junior Campus Reception by 27 October.  

Mrs Cameron will cast her expert ‘creative eye’ over entries and two submissions will be selected for the Prep to Year 3 and Year 4 to Year 6 diaries. Best of luck to all students. 

JUNIOR CAMPUS SPORT

Regional Athletics

Last Friday, the Junior Campus Regional Athletics team consisting of Elsie Brown (Hurdles), Jimmy Dyer (1500m), Johnny Fenton (800m), Yolanda O’Sullivan (1500m, 800m), Sophie Satchell (Discus), Lachlan Sweeney (Long Jump) and Ed Whinney (Shot Put) competed in the SSV GWR Athletics Championships in Ballarat. 

Our entire team performed absolutely magnificently in each of their events throughout the day. Particular congratulations to placegetters who will be going on to competing at the SSV State Athletics Championships in Melbourne - Yolanda O’Sullivan, 2nd in 1500m and Lachlan Sweeney, 2nd in the Long Jump.  Congratulations also to Yolie for receiving 3rd in the 800m, Jimmy Dyer 3rd in the 1500m and Elsie Brown 3rd in hurdles.

Many thanks to Mr Ben Phillips and Mr Philip Molesworth for helping to prepare our students for this event in the lead-up and for their support on the day in Ballarat. 

Golf

Well done to Heston Small and Sophie Satchell who had a great time representing College at the SSV Primary Golf Tournament at Parklands today. Sophie played incredibly well and finished equal first in the Junior Girls division and will now compete at the Divisional level.

Cricket - Year 5 and 6

The HDSA Year 5/6 Cricket competition is going to be held on Thursday 26 October at Pedrina Park. All Year 5/6 students will participate, and the competition will run entirely during school time. 

LOUISE PATTERSON