Around the School
Fire and Rescue
Our Year 10 students had a visit form NSW Fire and Rescue last Friday where the students got to see first hand the equipment used to remove victims of road accidents from damaged vehicles. Mr Cadd even had a turn and the students got to test out their CPR skills. A great experience to further their road safety knowledge.
2018 Student Leadership Induction
Last Thursday we inducted our 2018 School Leaders into the positions noted below:
School Captains: Marni Rickard and Daniel Stephens
School Vice Captains: Kate Mulcahy and Scott Eddy
Year 11 SRC: Isabella Clavin and Nicholas Farr-Jones
Year 10 SRC: Catrina Paul and Connor Bacon
Year 9 SRC: Adele Brandrick and Alex Smith
Year 8 SRC: Charlotte Bowler and Hamish Smith
Public Speaking and Debating Captain: Cleo Oberin
Music Captains: Charlotte Goode, Reese McDonald, Jack Barber and Fifunmi Ajiboye
Chanter House Captains: Caitlin Paul and Mitchell Stephens
Martin House Captains: Georgia Walton and Chris Uys
Meninya House Captains: Zahli Calder and Brenton Urbaniak
Perricoota House Captains: Mia Oberin and Jackson Stewart
Road Safety
Our PDHPE faculty has recently received a grant to implement road safety across the school. Our senior students will be working with our primary classes to teach road safety using the recently created bike course during lunchtimes. Our PASS students have been creating the course with the help of our maintenance team Dean and John. A big thank you to Echuca On Your Bike for donating some small bikes!
On Thursday morning our Year 10 PDHPE students took a lesson on Road Safety with our Year 2 students. The lessons form part of the Year 10 students assessment on Road Safety. The other Year 10 classes will be teaching Year 1 and Kinder next week!
Year 6 Students Get a Taste of PASS Extension
Our Year 6 students had a fantastic time this week when the Year 10 PASS Extension students ran sessions on bike riding and canoeing in the Moama Botanic Gardens!
Get Happier
We are thrilled to be rolling out Ivan Honey's Get Happier project in our Primary School. Click here to read more about the program which was featured in the Bendigo Advertiser last weekend.
Dramatic Minds
On Wednesday our Year 9/10 Drama class participated in the Long Paddock Dramatic Minds Festival held at Deniliquin High School with their performance, ‘Romeo, brought to you by ADHD’.
Robot Wars
On Wednesday students in 4G had a special visit from Mr Hickingbotham's Year 9/10 robotics class. The students were treated to a front row seat of Robot Wars!
Cows Create Careers
Congratulations to our Year 9/10 Agriculture students who took out the Northern Victoria/Southern NSW Cows Create Careers Competition in Shepparton on Thursday!\
Pizza Time
4W had a great time in the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program on Thursday making pizzas!
Year 9/10 Music
Our Year 9/10 Music Elective class did a fantastic performance of "Under the Bridge" and "Superstition" at today's Secondary Assembly!
Primary Maths Games
This week students in Kindergarten to Grade 2 took part in the inaugural Primary Maths Games! With assistance from students in the Year 9/10 Maths Enrichment Elective, Primary students completed a number of fun, hands-on problem solving activities. Highlights included estimating and measuring volumes, "how fast to 100" and tessellating shapes. Take a look at all the fun!
Farewell
We have recently farewelled our highly regarded Business Manager of 10 years, Mrs Jenny Martin. Jenny and Don are relocating to the hills to try their hand at farming and we wish them every success in their new venture.
Prior to being formally employed in 2007, Jenny was regularly seen around the fledgling school as a volunteer, Foundation Parent and Board Member. She has always upheld our School Core Values and has earned enormous respect in and around our school community.
Jenny’s devotion and commitment to building this school “from the ground up” has been evident in every facet of our School. She has been heavily involved from our beginnings at the original Martin Street temporary site, overseeing each purchase of equipment and the development of each building on our current Kirchhofer Street campus. Everything has been subject to and benefitted from Jenny’s careful scrutiny and detailed planning.
Jenny’s dedication to her tasks over these 10 years has contributed to our School becoming an absolute asset for Echuca-Moama, employing over 90 staff and our district children have the opportunity to attend an excellent school.
Congratulations on a job well done!
Welcome to Our Team
Brett Burdeu - Business Manager
Primary: Nunawading South Primary School
Secondary: Kings Wood College Box Hill
Tertiary: Bachelor of Commerce, University of Melbourne
I am thrilled to have joined the team here at Moama Anglican Grammar School. My wife Shannon and I have relocated to Bendigo from Melbourne (via Perth for 5 1/2 years) with our 21 month old twin daughters Eden and Ivy to be closer to Shan’s family who all reside in the area. I have a varied financial background spending time at Ford Motor Company, KPMG and Deloitte. Having had an independent school education at Kingswood College in Melbourne it is exciting to get back involved in the independent education sector as I am a strong advocate for the benefits that it provides.
When not chasing the girls around the house (or anywhere we happen to be!) I love my footy (frustrated Melbourne FC tragic and Brownlow medallist in my own mind) cricket (Shane Warne wannabe) and horse racing (poor but sensible mug punter). In other rare moments I also enjoy sitting down with a good book and a nice glass of red.
Fun Fact: I had open heart surgery to correct a hole in my heart when I was 16. Shan is adamant that it wasn’t completely healed until we met!
Acting Deputy's
Kathleen Kemp and Daniel Lukies have recently been appointed Acting Deputy Principals for the remainder of this term. They will both continue in their current roles; Daniel as Head of Secondary and Kate as Head of Teaching and Learning Secondary.
