Junior School News

Billabong Ranch Excursion

On Friday 5 September, our Preparatory students travelled to Billabong Ranch in Echuca for an exciting farm excursion. The day supported our learning across Science, Technologies, English, and Humanities and Social Sciences, providing rich opportunities to connect classroom learning with real world experiences.

Through hands on interactions with animals, farming activities, and the rural environment, students explored living things, designed spaces and special places in our world. Feeding and observing the animals sparked curiosity and wonder, while time spent around the farm encouraged meaningful communication and collaboration.

The excursion was not only an opportunity to broaden our knowledge but also a chance to build confidence and engage with the world beyond the classroom. Many students were eager to share their favourite moments — from patting the friendly animals to discovering how farms work.

A heartfelt thank you to our teachers and staff who made this memorable day possible — and to our parents for the extra effort of getting the children up early so we could all catch the bus on time!

Some of our Prep highlights:

“My favourite thing was patting the animals and the funniest thing was the carriage ride.” — Jayden (Prep Jones)

“The farm looked great. My favourite thing was patting the animals. After we got off the bus, we got a magnet.” — Eva (Prep Riley)

“My favourite part was the pony ride. It felt bumpy on the carriage ride.” — Yanting (Prep Millward)

“My favourite part was going on the horse and carriage because we almost crashed into the bus and it went really fast!” — Walter (Prep Frew)

“My favourite activity was the pony ride because I got to ride a horse.” — Harris (Prep Jenkin)

“My favourite activity was going on the carriage ride because it went really fast.” — Spencer (Prep Aherne)

“On Friday we went to Billabong Ranch. My favourite thing was everything. I had fun. There was a playground. I got to play on it. It was fun. I went on the big slide. It was fun. I loved it.” — Ivy (Prep Aherne)

“On Friday we went to Billabong Ranch. My favourite thing was the puppies.” — Rolly (Prep Frew)

“On Friday we went to Billabong Ranch. My favourite things were the pony riding, puppies and the carriage ride.” — Astrid (Prep Frew)

Mrs Catherine Stagg

Preparatory Teacher

Renegades Cricket Players Visit

At Girton Grammar we had the wonderful pleasure of having two Renegades cricket players come to our school. It was a good experience for all of us to interview them and learn a little bit about cricket.

The Renegade players that came to the school were Taylor and Jye. We started off with an enjoyable warm-up game called the Jye Challenge. Why? Because he's undefeated.

There were different levels. Level one: throw the ball, clap your hands and catch it. Level 2: clap in front, clap behind and catch, and so on.

By level 5, a handful of kids were left: Chad, Ava, Harper and Dylan.

By the end, we could all totally see why it was called the Jye challenge!

Grades 2 and 4 were glad to able to participate in this special opportunity. We are all very grateful for their visit.

Julius Carney (4 Riley)

Fred Campbell (4 Jenkin)