From the Head of Junior School

At last Friday’s Junior School Assembly we inducted the 2020 Junior School House Captains and Vice House Captains. The process for selecting the House Captains is fairly simple. Each prospective Captain presents a speech to his or her House. The students from Year Three to Six then vote on the boy and girl who they feel would best lead their House. The person with the highest number of votes is the Captain and second highest is the Vice Captain. As part of the presentation of the positions at Assembly I spoke of the leadership role that they will undertake throughout the year. We considered the following Chinese proverb: Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow. In reflecting on the proverb I asked the students to consider how they would lead. It is not enough to tell people what to do. It is not enough to talk and point. If you are to truly lead, you must lead by example. While the selection of Captains is, to a large extent, based on the delivery of the speeches that they prepare for their respective Houses, how they act in the role is how they will be judged as leaders. They will be judged on their actions, how they conduct themselves, how they treat others.

It is my hope that our House Captains and Vice House Captains will lead the Junior School through their actions as much as through what they say. It was explained to everyone that leadership is not a badge to say that one person is more important than another. Leadership is a responsibility to put the needs of others before your own needs. To make sure that others feel valued. Our student leaders recognize that, without the help and support of the other students, they would not be in a leadership position at all.

Of course our Captains and Vice Captains will not be the only student leaders in the Junior School. There will be many others who, through their actions in the playground, the classroom or in the broader community, will step up to help lead the school. Year Six is a time when many of our students do step up and lead. They lead as role models to the younger students. They lead by extending the hand of friendship to our new students. They lead by helping out around the school whenever they see the opportunity. I look forward to working with all of our young leaders throughout the year.

HOUSE CAPTAINS

Aherne

Captains: Mia Harvey, Mitchell Clarke

Vice Captains: Naomi Pether, Tanaka Tamangani

Frew

Captains: Georgia Mahony, Fraser Allan

Vice Captains: Audrey Jackson, Lewis McIntosh

Jenkin

Captains: Lily Rohan, Vincent Cooney

Vice Captains: Olivia Maher, Albert Cunningham

Jones

Captains: Avni Rao, Tadhg Hughan

Vice Captains: Jasmine Mann, Riley Taylor

Millward

Captains: Sabine Stewart, Darcy Steel

Vice Captains: Imogen Stewart, Felix Keane

Riley

Captains: Sarah Crosby, Ashan Dhanapala

Vice Captains: Bella Bowles, Oliver Salter

Mr Donald Thompson

Head of Junior School

Essendon Football Club Visit

On Friday, February 14, the Junior School students were fortunate enough to be visited by the Essendon Football Club on their tour to Bendigo. The eight players attending signed their autographs, played kick-to-kick, answered questions and completed a skills session with the Year Four and Year Five students. We are very grateful for this visit and would like to thank the Essendon Football Club for coming and promoting football for the enthusiastic girls and boys of our school (and maybe even a few teachers).

One day in the future, we may even see some of our students playing in the AFL or the AFLW!

Dean Norris

MiC Junior School Football

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Parenting Ideas Partnership

Our school has had a long standing partnership with Parenting Ideas Australia, a company that provides expert support and resources for parents and schools. As part of the partnership Parenting Australia offers schools and parents free access to Webinars throughout the year. Last year 43 of our parents took the opportunity to access these webinars. The first free webinar for this year is taking place on March 18. Parents who register but cannot access the webinar on the day are able to download it to watch later.

Information from Parenting Australia

Future-proofing your child

This century is characterised by disruptive change that is turning our world upside down. Jobs aren’t just changing, whole industries are ceasing to exist. The scripts for success are being rewritten on a daily basis in our families, at work and in life. In this webinar Nikki Bush teaches parents what to expect and how to support their kids to thrive in a future world of work.

Key learning and discussion points include:

Developing a client care strategy that builds and sustains long-term relationships
How teachers can engage parents in their child’s learning
Building confidence to conduct sensitive conversations with parents about their children’s learning, wellbeing and behaviour
Effective methods to support parents with many of their common parenting and family issues
Techniques to overcome parent negativity and turn adversaries into advocates for the teacher and school

Presented by

Nikki Bush

Award-winning speaker and bestselling author

Video overview

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When

Wednesday 18 March 2020 at 8:00 PM AEDT

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Congratulations to...

Ruby Conti (8 Millward)

Student Achievements