Dear Students, Parents, Carers and Families

YEAR 6 GRADUATION

On Wednesday night, our Year 6 Graduation Ceremony was an exciting but emotional night for our students, families, staff and our school community.

It was wonderful to see everyone come together with over 180 people in attendance for such a special occasion. We were able to celebrate their primary school journey together and acknowledge the achievements of our Y6 graduating class of 2022.

The graduation is also an important milestone as we are able to start the process of saying farewell to our Year 6s as their final days of primary school draw near and they prepare to transition to not only the next chapter of their education but their life journey too.

I would like to acknowledge the outstanding efforts of our parent Y6 Parent Graduation Committee, Ms Nancy Walker and other staff involved in the amazing organisation and set up of this very special event. Your exceptionally generous gift of time, creativeness, effort and passion certainly added an extra amount of special to this already momentous occasion. Thank you for creating the amazing decorations and decorating the hall, the brilliant programs, organising the photos of the students, and the graduation disco – you have achieved something very special for all.

Thank you to Sheridan Morrison, our school council president, for your commitment to our school community and a great speech to open the ceremony.

Well done to our Year 6 Senior Leaders for all of your amazing speeches, which encapsulated your great memories of Maramba, journey, personal achievements and learnings about being you!

While all the students have had an outstanding year, the Graduation Ceremony also recognised the exceptional achievements of students.

Ace Foundation Encouragement Award:

Each year the ACE Foundation lead by the Board Chair Dr. Leon Shapero has provided our school with six awards.

Congratulations to these students have pushed themselves through challenging situations demonstrating our school value of resilience in their learning. They have had to be brave and risk takers. In class, they are increasingly focussed and motivated, respectful and self-driven to be successful.

Aurora B

Kaylee C

Fatema G

Robina N

Gael N

Jacinta V

School Social Service Award:

This award acknowledges and highlights the fine ways our Senior School Leaders have fulfilled their duties this year. As ambassadors of our school, they have demonstrated school pride throughout their interactions with all members of the school community and visitors to our school.

Charlie Coates, Gayatri Kamath, Macey M-S, and Mia T

Human Literacy Awards:

Human Literacy goes beyond social and emotional learning. It harnesses the importance of a values based education, promotes safety (including Cyber safety), nurtures a growth mindset, and supports students to be innovative thinkers and actioneers. Human Literacy consists of 5 key elements: Social, Physical, Intellectual, Cultural and Emotional (known as the S.P.I.C.E.® elements).

Socially, students need to know how to develop affirming relationships, be a leader and a team player, as well as become a proactive citizen online and offline.

Physically, students need to be able to make healthy choices that support body and neurological development. We need students with an environmental conscience that can act as environmental change-makers.

Intellectually, students need to be innovative and reflective problem solvers that are able to respond to new challenges, set values-based goals and achieve success.

Culturally, students need to know that they matter, and develop a growth-mindset that will support their attitude, identity and a positive outlook.

Emotionally, students need to be able to understand their emotions, to be able to bounce back from difficulties and develop emotional intelligence that will assist them to flourish.

Social	Physical	Intellectual	Cultural	Emotional
Nathaniel Seiuli	Joshua Ladouceur	Brandon Keth	Lily Donovan	Emma Albarenque

Academic Awards:

Accelerated Achievement Awards:

The Accelerated Achievement Awards are presented to students who have achieved outstanding academic and personal growth in a specific curriculum area.

Reading	Writing	Mathematics	Humanities	Digital Technologies
Roman Asad	Sahil Ahmadi	Josh Tansey	James Nicoli	Selena Jiggson

Outstanding Achievement Awards:

The Outstanding Achievement Awards are presented to students who have achieved outstanding academic results above their peers in a specific curriculum area.

English	Mathematics	Science	Digital Technologies	Humanities
Gayatri Kamath	Ryan Williams	Lincoln Talbot	Scarlet Mcpherson	Mia Taylor

School Values Awards:

The School Values Award is presented to a student who consistently demonstrates the school values of Respect, Responsibility, Relationships and Resilience in their actions and words.

Finley Morrison

Leadership Award:

The Leadership Award is presented to a student who consistently shows outstanding leadership qualities every day.

Charlie Coates

Specialist Awards:

The Specialist Awards acknowledge the exceptional talents of students in a specialist area of the curriculum.

STEAM Award	Sunny Shi
Visual Arts Award	Malakai Edwards
Performing Arts Award	Sienna Wilson
Physical Education Award	Kiara Boyes
Citizenship Award	Amber Reichert

Academic Excellence Award:

The Academic Excellence Awards are presented to students who have achieved outstanding academic results across all curriculum areas.

Avindee Amarasekera

Macey Macdonald-Stitt

It has been a pleasure and a privilege to have been your Primary School Principal, to grow, learn and walk beside you!

I wish you all the best for your bright future ahead!

Take care and stay safe.

Kind regards,

Darren Wallace Diane Morwood

Principal Assistant Principal

Birthdays

Happy Birthday to the Students and Staff who will celebrate their birthdays this week.