Dear School Community Members,

The race that stopped the nation!!!

Congratulations to Angus Warren, Lucas Baskin, Justin Acharya and Murray Mills on their Silver Medal at the State Track and Field Championships yesterday. These four boys competed in the 4 x 100m Relay and came desperately close to winning the event. This is an amazing effort to be the second fastest 12/13 years old relay team in the State. This event was streamed live and it was so exciting watching these students progress through the heats into the final. A huge thank you to Mr Hambrook, Sean Warren (coach) and each of the boys families for their incredible support of the boys. We look forward to acknowledging this achievement and congratulating the boys.

Student Leadership: Student leadership is a high priority for us at Mano as student voice is a critical element in a high performing school. With this in mind, we continue to expand the leadership opportunities for our students. This includes our School Captains and Vice Captains, our House Captains, our Positive Behaviour and Wellbeing Ambassadors, our Class Ambassadors and our Junior School Councillors. These opportunities commence at Grade 2. Our 2024 Student Leadership Team have been instrumental in so many aspects of our school this year and I look forward to highlighting this in the coming weeks.

Recently we continued our selection process for our 2025 Student Leadership Team and I was blown away with the leadership capacity we have at Mano. The team ethos, the passion of Mano, the enthusiasm, the care for each other, the aspirations, the honesty and the selflessness was on full display. I am incredibly confident in another positive and successful 2025 under the guidance of our 2025 Student Leadership Team.

Mano Colour Run – Friday, 8th November (tomorrow): “Tomorrow is the big day!”, yelled the excited Grade 2 girl.

“The big day is here – Friday is our Colour Run”, whispered the Grade 3 boy.

Date: Friday, 8th November (tomorrow)

Time: 2:00pm – 3:10pm

Venue: Mano Oval

Thank you to our families who have registered their children in readiness for our Colour Run tomorrow. So much fun will be had by our students as we raise funds for our Playground upgrade program. Please note the following for tomorrow:

Families are warmly welcome to attend our Colour Run
Students will wear casual clothes with a white t-shirt
Students will require a named drink bottle
Students will require a hat that is not their Mano Sunsmart hat (as the hat will get coloured)

We look forward to another wonderful Mano event!

Student Transition:

Date: Friday, 8th November (tomorrow)

Time: 9:30am – 11:00am

Tomorrow is our first ‘Step-Up’ session for all students. This session involves students participating in transition activities in their 2025 year level. This helps prepare students for their transition to their next year level. It will be great to see our 2025 Prep students again, as well as our current students learning about all the opportunities and experiences they will engage in next year.

Teachers have begun the process of compiling our classes for 2025. This process is complex and something we take very seriously. Academic needs are considered, friendships play an important part, as well as a range of other factors. Students are guaranteed at least one of their 4 friends they nominated.

Remembrance Day: Our annual Remembrance Day ceremony will take place:

Date: Monday, 11th November

Time: 9:05am

Venue: Assembly area (in front of flag poles)

We will observe a minute’s silence and lay wreathes in memory of fallen service men and women. Please feel free to join us for this special service and take some time to discuss the significance of events such as these with your children.

Christmas Concert – End of Year Celebration: I am pleased to inform you that the date and details for our Christmas Concert and end of year celebration has been finalised.

Date: Thursday, 19th December

Time: 9:15am – 11:00am

Each Learning Community (Year Level) will perform a ‘song’, our Term 4 Unleashing Potential awards will be presented, along with some other awards and announcements. We look forward to sharing with you further details as we get closer.

Thank you for supporting our school and have a great week.

Christian Smith

Parents & Friends