Junior School
Head of Junior School
LAUREN CUMMINS
Head of Junior School
Cultural Diversity Week
Last week we celebrated Cultural Diversity Week, which includes ‘National Day of Action Against Bullying. At Oakleigh Grammar, we are proud to have many students and parents from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds. In order to enhance community harmony and promote respect and understanding of different cultures, our students have participated in a variety of activities. They joined ‘Hands in Harmony’ and delighted in making a continuous link of hands around the Junior School building, learnt to count in different languages, and shared different artifacts and traditional dress brought from home.
We were entertained with a thought provoking performance from Brainstorm Productions to encourage our students to stand up against bullying, and also to be safe in the cyber world. Read more here.
Year 5 have also had their ‘Click Against Hate’ sessions, which after the success and feedback will come back in Term 4 before they transition to Middle School.
Thank you to Ms Katherine Bogiannidou, our Better Buddies Coordinator for arranging National Day Against Bullying, and to our Year 4 teachers for a fun-filled Cultural Diversity Week.
House Event
A Social Justice and House competition was held on Wednesday 28th March to help raise money for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal. Our leaders took charge of this event.
The Leaders role was to encourage and foster an enthusiastic, passionate atmosphere towards their domain at Oakleigh Grammar. The Social Justice Leaders and House Leaders assisted in the organisation of a Junior School House event at the end of term to promotes our School as a sustainable and giving community, student wellbeing and House spirit.
Year 1 and 2 Excursions
What’s been happening around the School?
Parent Portal
We encourage parents to publish their contact details on the parent portal, so that families can all get in touch with each other. This can be very helpful when planning play dates and organising birthday parties. Follow the link here.
Parents need to contact Patrick Lee PLee@oakleighgrammar.vic.edu.au for a password to log on.
Co-Curricular School Activities
Thank you to the teachers and parents involved in a school activity such as, games room, art and craft, sport training, instrumentals, chess or choir.
If your child is interested in these activities, please encourage your child to speak to their teacher about the wonderful opportunities that exist in our Junior School for next term, and complete the relevant enrolment forms.
Happy Holidays
Thank you to all families, staff and students for a wonderful start to the academic year. A reminder that students should be reading each night and have access to the Mathletics Website.
I take this opportunity to wish you farewell as I embark on my maternity leave, and wish Ms Sarah Boardman every success as she migrates from the Early Learning Centre to become Acting Head of Junior School.
Enjoy a safe and happy Easter holiday.
ELC After Care Recap
We have had a really busy term at After School Care! We have had some fun and fantastic experiences on offer at the program. Some of the highlights of cooking experiences have been: Making Smookies, Mini Dutch Pancakes, Unicorn Glitter Biscuits and Healthy Ladybird Biscuits.
For our Science experiences we have been hypothesizing different ways to make slime: Can it be done using contact lens solution or toothpaste? Or can it be done with baking soda and glue? We figured out that the best way was through using contact lens solution, this bound all the other ingredients together to make slime! We hope that the community at Oakleigh Grammar have a safe, happy and healthy term break!