School Captains Report

By Rose, Amira, Francesca and Adrian

Camp:

In week 1, the 5/6s went to Phillip Island Resort for the 2026 camp. The three days we stayed was an amazing experience! The activities we were lucky enough to do were superb. The Twin Flying Fox, The Giant Swing, Low Ropes and Boulder Wall, Canoeing, Raft Making and Archery were the 6 activities the three groups did over the two days. The food we received was absolutely phenomenal, and everyone was so stoked with everything we did and ate. Sadly camp went quick, but at least the 5/6.

(See below for some student camp recounts).

Jump Rope For Heart: 

At St Bernards we have started Jump Rope for Heart. It is a fundraising project for heart disease awareness. As you would know by now you get different prizes for the amount of money you donate. We can clearly see that there is skipping mania at St Bernards and it has definitely brought our school closer together.

Uniforms:

Just a reminder for everyone, Please wear the right uniforms as we have spotted people around the yard wearing sports jackets with your normal uniforms and runners with school uniforms. Also as it is getting warmer,  please consider wearing your summer uniforms. 

STEM:

This term in STEM we have been learning about science which is the ‘S’ in STEM. In year 5/6 , we are exploring the properties of the states of matter. The 3/4s are learning about how different states of matter can change, like when you freeze a liquid it turns into a solid. In 1/2 , they have been investigating mixtures of solids and liquids and in Foundation, they have been studying how they can change the shapes of solids. It has been really fun exploring these new exciting topics and we are all very excited to continue learning. 

Graduation:

This is the last term for our magnificent Year 6s. We wish them all the best in their final weeks of primary school here at St Bernard’s. The Year 6s will have their graduation photos on the 27th November during school hours. 

Later this term St Bernard’s looks forward to welcoming our new Preps to the St Bernard’s community for orientation. 

A reminder that there is no school for students on Friday 30th October. The teachers will be going on a pilgrimage to St Patrick’s Cathedral, Mary Mackillop Centre and the Mary Glowrey centre to gain a better understanding about teaching Religious Education.                                                                                                  

Joke of the fortnight

What do you call a sad berry?

A blueberry

Juliet

Camp Recount

Last week, me and the rest of 5/6 embarked on the two hour bus ride to Phillip Island Adventure Resort for school camp. An hour and a half later, we stopped for lunch at a coastal town called San Remo. My friend, Luna must have accidentally dropped some of her food because soon we were attacked by a massive flock of hungry seagulls! When we finally made it to camp I found out I was in cabin twelve along with Bronwyn, Lucy, Evelyn, Summer and Mila G! A nice lady called Emily showed us to our room and there we settled in and made up our beds for that night. Later, after every cabin was sorted, we headed over to A Maze N 'Things, an illusion park. There, I conquered a maze, walked through an upside down room and ate the best Anzac slice I´ve ever had.

After a delicious spaghetti and bolognese dinner, we watched a movie and went to bed for some hard earned rest.

The next day, I woke up, got dressed and began making my way with the rest of my cabin, to breakfast. After four helpings of jam smothered toast, it was time for group activities. In archery I shot a bullseye along with Luna , Ayla, Christopher and Louie, and in raft making my team won! Low ropes and boulderwall were a lot of fun, but my favourite activity of that day was canoeing. Me and my partner Isabel paddled around in our boat having the best time while the water splashed us. After a quick dinner and some sorbet we took the bus to the penguin parade and watched them along with three wallabies and a wombat waddle around until dark.

When we got back it was time for bed  and we were sure ready for it! We were so tired that by the time Mr Josh called lights out I was already asleep.

On the morning of the last day, we packed up (or tried  to pack up) our sleeping bags, books and luggage. After our last breakfast of ⅚ camp, it was time for the twin flying fox. Our instructor, Hallie clipped us up as we one-by-one zipped down the 250 metre wire. When it got to my turn I held my breath and stood on the platform, at the very moment I stepped off it I began to zoom down the Flying Fox. But as soon as it started I was at the end of the line. Next up was the giant swing. We went up to the line and waited our turn while the others screamed and swung to and fro. When it was time for me to go I held onto the rope as tight as I could .up, up, up I went and nearing the top I called ¨Stop!!!¨ For a moment nothing happened then, WHOOSH ! I swung back and forth as gravity pulled me down. It was the best feeling ever. And before I knew it the last activity of camp was over and it was time to go home.  

Anthony

5/6 camp 2026

Last Wednesday the 5/6s went to Philip Island Adventure Resort. It was the best but if I was to pick my favorite part about our 5/6 camp it would be canoeing with Kingston. Let me tell you the story. My cabin woke up at 5:30am. Other students in my cabin decided for no reason whatsoever to wake me up in the process, so I was annoyed since I wanted a good sleep before all of my tiring activities that were coming up later that day. We started activities at 9:00am. Emily was my group's instructor and she explained how to do things correctly and she did this really well. When we started canoeing, Kingston was constantly splashing water in my face. We also had a canoeing competition, where if you won you had the best canoeing skills. When we were in our canoe, I was trying to explain to Kingston that we needed to steer the canoe to the platform and he did the opposite. So I jumped off the canoe and failed to get to the platform. In the process I lost my paddle, which was annoying. When I got back to the canoe I had to steer with one paddle. Which was very bumpy and as a result of losing one paddle we lost miserably but canoeing was very fun and I liked it.

Luna

C A M P  R E C O U N T !

Last Wednesday, the 5/6s visited Phillip Island Adventure Resort and had a bunch of fun! We left at 9:00 am and made a quick stop at San Remo for a 45 minute lunch break. We were all very happy that we were given very lovely weather to do all of our activities in! After we were all done with lunch, we jumped back onto our bus and continued our journey to Phillip Island!

D a y  1 

When we arrived we were all told to get bags out from the bus and put them off to the side. We later met in the Rec room where we met Emily. Emily was our instructor for our time at Phillip Island. She warmly introduced herself and told us everything we needed to know while we stayed at camp. After Emily finished Mr Josh called out our cabins. I was sharing a cabin with Kalia, Mila M and Isabel.

The rest of the day was for us to explore and play! At around 6:00pm we gathered in the dining hall and ate dinner. We had a delicious Spaghetti bolognese and some garlic bread, as for dessert a lovely chocolate mouse!  We later had some free time to change into our pajamas. At 7:30pm we went to the Rec room again and watched this movie called Holes ( I definitely recommend). We went back to our cabins, washed up then I had a surprisingly good sleep!

D a y 2 

The next morning went so well, Mila and I woke up and looked out the window, to our surprise we saw this bird we had never seen before! It was literally like a mini dinosaur! We quietly woke up Isabel and Kalia to show them but they were both creeped out. At 7:30am Ms Antonella came into our cabin  and told us to get ready for breakfast (which we already were). We cautiously walked to breakfast, on the lookout for any of those weird dinosaur birds but we were very lucky. We found a spot to sit at, as we were waiting to get called up by Mr Josh. I had toast and butter for my breakfast and we all had apple juice. Afterwards my cabin was on cleanup duty! My group's first activity was archery which I was very excited for. Towards the end  Mr Josh wanted to make stuff interesting and said whoever in the group gets a bullseye would earn a Zooper Dooper for them and the team! To my surprise Juliet and I got a bullseye for the class! We then got a short break, changed it to some clothes and then headed to our next activity, raft making! We had Emily who split us into two teams, boys v girls. We were given eight poles and four planks of wood to make the most creative raft out of the two. After 30 minutes Emily's whistle blew off which told us to shove our rafts in the water, it rushed through the gaps of our raft and went into our shoes like a dramatic movie scene! The boys' raft drifted across the lake as they yelled to us to save them. The boys raft went further and further away as Emily blew her whistle for us to come land.All of the girls ran, we talked through what we had to do and we WON!! We all sprinted to put our jackets/helmets away then ran back to our cabins to have a nice quick but warm shower, changed into some new clothes, put our wet clothes away  to then get ready for our next activity.