Myrniong - Early Learning and Primary
Notices to be Distributed in the Coming Week
- Jump Rope for Heart sponsorship forms
Junior School Cross Country
Last Friday, the Junior School ventured down to Lake Hamilton for the House Cross Country. In a change from past years, races started and finished at the Adventure Playground. The weather held out, with an acceptable 18 degrees and then a slight ‘Scottish mist’ at times. The students gave their all, and were a great support to each other and their House mates. Berry House triumphed on the day, with Laidlaw House in 2nd place, Young House in 3rd , and Learmonth in 4th. Special mention to 11 year old competitor Charlie Beggs, who broke the school Cross Country record by 3 seconds, recording a time of 12 minutes 44 seconds for the 3 kilometres. The record was previously held by Young House legend Sam Horne, who ran 12 minutes 47 seconds as a 12 year old in 2007. Special thanks to the parents and Piccinos who joined us for a picnic lunch after the racing.
Digital Technologies
This term, Digital Technologies has been the focus for the Junior School professional learning. We have been guided by Mrs Anna Robertson, who has been leading the staff in developing a roadmap for the Junior School to integrate Digital Technologies into the teaching of Mathematics, English and Inquiry. The Year Two class with Miss Brabham is about to embark on an exciting journey with ‘Lego WeDo 2.0’. The programme uses a project progression defined by three phases - Explore, Create and Share. Students will undertake a range of different projects with a science and engineering flavour, and will focus on computational thinking.
ELC4 Piccinos
Fridays have seen our ‘Piccino’ class venture out of the school and up to H.I.R.L. (Hamilton Institute of Rural Learning) for exploration and fun in the gardens. Kitted out in gumboots and raincoats, they certainly made for a great sight heading down the Myrniong driveway with Mrs O’Brien and Mrs Williams. It has been a great opportunity for them to delve into the outdoors with investigative play.
Year 5 'Camp Brownlows'
Congratulations to Chantal Jackson and Tom Heazlewood who were awarded ‘Camp Brownlow’ medals for their efforts on the Year 5 Cape Bridgewater camp. On the last day of camp, the Auscamp leaders, teachers and students were asked to vote 3, 2 and 1 for students who showed resilience, teamwork, endeavour and enthusiasm. Chantal and Tom accrued the most number of votes - well done!
L@M Project
This coming Friday sees the commencement of the fencing of the enclosure for the Year 3 L@M (Lambs at Myrniong) project. We hope to commence the animal husbandry project in the first week of Term Three. If families have orphaned lambs that they would like to donate for the project, please contact the Junior School. We are ideally looking to house 8 - 10 lambs. We also need help with a shelter. If you have any surplus materials that you would like to donate, please let us know.
Hockey
Div 4
College Lightning went down 6 - 1 to a strong Coleraine Maroon side. Lachlan Rees scored for College. He was well supported by Lucy Roberts and Tyler Butcher.
College Hurricanes defeated Dunkeld 7 - 1. Jack Austin played strongly in the midfield, and was well supported by Sophie Merrin and Harry Austin. Ben Walker played strongly at fullback. Harry Mould scored a brace and was a constant threat in front of goals.
College Storm defeated Monivae 6 - 1. Goal scorers for College: Natalie Featherston, Jorja Hermon, Luke Marshall, Phoebe Russell and Nick Hoskyns. The team played some excellent hockey, and used the width of the pitch to good effect.
Div 5
College played an entertaining 3 - 3 draw against Coleraine. Dougal White, Rupert Merrin and Darcy Fleetwood scored for College. In only their second match of competitive hockey, the team did extremely well.
Mr Stephen Nelson
Head of Junior School