Junior School

King's Birthday Long Weekend

A reminder that next Monday, 9 June is a public holiday. There will be no classes at Junior School or the Early Learning Centre.

Semester One Reports and Parent / Teacher Interviews

Junior School Semester One Reports will be released online via SIMON’s PAM portal (Parental Access Module) to parents and guardians on Friday 13 June at 4.00pm. Parent/Teacher interviews will be held on Tuesday 17 June and Tuesday 24 June, from 3.30pm to 6.00pm. Parents and guardians will be able to book 15-minute interviews with classroom and specialist teachers. These can be in person or online via TEAMs. 

Week 7 Assembly

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

Prep 

• Willow Weilbaecher for diligence towards her work and achieving excellent results in the Prep classroom; especially when demonstrating her understanding of place value of number to twenty.
• Davey Slabbert for his great effort when using skills to write independently. He breaks words into syllables, listens to sounds and writes with neat handwriting; all resulting in complete sentences.

Year 1

• Lydia King for always being a willing classroom helper and for going the extra mile to assist others. 

Year 2

• Will Farquharson for the thought he put into planning and writing his story called Patty Cat’s Adventures which included strong vocabulary choices.

Year 3

• Annie Barber for consistently displaying a positive attitude towards her learning and for trying her best in everything she does. She is organised and methodical in her work and asks questions when she needs something clarified. 
• Rosie Bell for being an enthusiastic and curious learner, who works hard to improve her knowledge and understandings in all areas. She is organised, has a positive attitude and tries her best in everything she does. 

Year 4

• Lucy Cameron for her attention to detail in writing tasks, along with her consistent self-reflection and motivation for continuous improvement. She has demonstrated the qualities of a true Star Student of Myrniong throughout Term 2. Well done, Lucy!
• Daisy Tigges for her creativity and attention to detail in her Home Learning extension task, where she constructed a Minecraft Education character using various household items. Her outstanding dedication to all Home Learning tasks throughout the term is truly commendable. Well done, Daisy!
• Shriaan Golwal for his consistent focus and self-motivation during our Multiplication and Division unit. He continually seeks opportunities to challenge himself and engage with more complex mathematical concepts. Well done, Shriaan!
• James Cochran for dedication and effort in Mathematics during our Time unit, which has led to strong understanding and achievement.

Year 5

• Thomas Kennedy for his hard work and effort during our recent maths unit on multiplication and division.
• Anika Nelson for being a constant, friendly presence in the classroom and working hard to master complicated multiplication and division problems.

Year 6

• Maelys Haynes for being a kind and respectful member of our Canberra camp trip, always willing to help and support her friends.
• Arya Bourchier for her helpful efforts both in class and on our recent Canberra trip, always ready to assist when asked and demonstrating strong leadership qualities.
• Archie Barber for being engaged and organised throughout the Year 6 Canberra camp, showing a genuine interest in each site and giving everything a go.
• Otto Whitehead for his enthusiastic approach on the Year 6 Canberra trip, giving everything a go and asking interesting questions, displaying his fun-loving curiosity

Camp Brownlow Awards 

• Year 5 - Milla McClure
• Year 6 - Patrick McDonald

Belonging, self worth and confidence

It is a busy time of year with winter sports in full swing and the Hamilton Eisteddfod front of mind for many of our student musicians and dancers. Ben Crowe, in demand professional mentor and coach,  publishes a weekly Mojo newsletter. In last week’s, he spoke about the 1993 Disney movie ‘Cool Runnings’. 

The movie focuses on a Jamaican bobsled team and their ambitions to compete at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympic Games. In one scene, their coach sits with team member Derice, who’s laser-focused on winning gold, believing that then, and only then will this be enough. Coach Irv looks at him with empathy and understanding and shares a quite profound truth -“A gold medal is a wonderful thing, but if you are not enough without it, you will never be enough with it.”  

Crow talks about the moments we find ourselves searching for belonging, self-worth and self-confidence in results or outcomes. He makes the point that this scene isn’t about bobsledding or any kind of competitive sport or artistic competition, it’s about the vulnerable and courageous journey we all go on to discover that we’re imperfect, and full of struggle, but that we’re unconditionally enough. We don’t ever have to do something to be someone. Our achievements, experiences, wins and losses are all part of the adventure, but they don’t define us.

I wish all our Hamilton Eisteddfod competitors all the very best and hope they enjoy the experience of taking part.

Junior Hockey

• Under 10: College Falcons defeated Dunkeld 5-0.
• Under 13: College Hawks defeated College Eagles 5-1.

There are no matches this weekend. 

PowerCor Works - North Boundary Rd

The intersection between North Boundary Rd and Hensley Park Rd will be closed each morning for the coming weeks. North Boundary Rd will also be intermittently closed further west as part of the works. 

Junior School parents can drop off their children as normal at Myrniong, but they will need to turn left on the exit onto North Boundary Rd and then back along the dirt portion of McArthur St. 

The North Boundary and Hensley Park Rd intersection may be open by afternoon pick-up on some days.