Junior School

Mother's Day Celebration

Sunday 11 May is Mother’s Day.  Best wishes for a lovely day to all the mums in our Myrniong learning community.  We will be hosting an afternoon tea and visits to classrooms on the afternoon of Monday 12 May, from 2.30 pm onwards. We look forward to welcoming the ‘Myrniong Mums’.

Morning Drop off's

A reminder to parents that any students arriving at the Junior School before 8.30am must be signed into the Before School Care program at the Early Learning Centre.  In the last few weeks, a number of students have been dropped off around 8.15am. We currently have a lot of heavy machinery using our driveway and adjoining roads to access the construction site at the Equestrian Centre and we cannot have children unsupervised in the playground.

School Photographs

Tuesday 13 May and Wednesday 14 May sees Arthur Reed Photos visit the College for the 2025 school photographs.  Junior School students will have their individual, class and family photographs on the Tuesday. Cross campus sibling photographs will be on the Wednesday. Students will be required to wear full winter uniform.  All PE classes have been moved to Monday 12 May to accommodate the photographs. 

Star Students

The following students were awarded ‘Star Student’ awards at this week’s Assembly.

Prep

• Theo Stevenson for continued practice and improvement of handwriting.  Letters are formed correctly and neatly.
• Amelia Parfrey for consistently demonstrating focus in class and achieving great results.

Year 1

• Evie Price for consistent segmenting and blending when decoding new words. What great reading progress! 

Year 2

• Emily McVeigh for the effort she puts into every aspect of her school day.  She is organised, has a positive attitude, tries her best and asks questions when she needs something clarified.

Year 3

• Annie Cain for the positive approach she brings to every aspect of school life and the hard-working approach she takes to all tasks. 

Year 4

• George Robertson for his great improvement in spelling and writing, and the consistent effort he puts into his learning.
• Fred Hawker for his great improvement in spelling and writing, and the consistent effort he puts into his learning.
• George Malseed for his all-round performance in class, enthusiasm for all subject areas, and his willingness to support classmates whenever they need help.
• Eva Solum for her dedication to detail and consistent hard work both in class and in her home learning.

Year 5

• Harry Diprose for some creative and witty writing when expanding sentences.
• Tilly Cameron for enthusiastic efforts in multiplying two digits by two digits and her willingness to help others.
• Euan Baulch for his use of persuasive language devices and interesting language in his book review of our class novel.

Year 6

• Henry Bufton for a positive start to the term, consistently trying his best and showing strong engagement during our inquiry lessons.
• Scarlett Hawker for always having a positive attitude and being a helpful presence in the classroom.
• Patrick McDonald for being prepared and organised as an SRC representative, and showing great initiative to enhance his learning in class.
• Adelaide Farquharson for always trying her best across all subjects, staying consistently on task, and quietly achieving the learning objectives in each lesson.

Pride in Uniform Award - Clementine Shrive and Annie Barber

Junior Hockey

Junior hockey commenced on Saturday in wonderful autumnal weather.  

College teams came away with two wins and a loss. 

• Under 10 Falcons defeated Demons Red 1-0
• Under 13 Hawks went down 2-1 to Demons 
• Under 13 Eagles had a 5-2 win over Coleraine Maroon

This weekend’s matches.

• Under 10 Falcons v Demons White at 12.00 pm - Pedrina Park
• Under 13 Hawks v Coleraine Maroon at 3.30 pm - Pedrina Park
• Eagles v Dunkeld at 2.00 pm - College Hockey Field

Athletics

Congratulations to our Junior School Athletics team, who ably represented our school at the SSV Division Athletics Championships in Warrnambool last Friday. Each of our team members ran and participated in field events with heart and effort and we are so proud of them all. 

Particular congratulations to the following students who have now qualified to compete at the Greater Western Region Athletics Carnival in Ballarat on Friday 10th October:

• Will Brown - High Jump, Shot Put
• Olive Monk - 200m
• Lachlan Sweeney - Long Jump
• Tommy Brown - Discus, Hurdles

Cross Country

The Junior School is sending 40 runners to compete in the HDSA Cross Country event at Lake Hamilton, this Friday from 2:15pm. 

We wish all of our runners the very best of luck for their 2000m and 3000m events.