Myrniong - ELC to Yr 6
Mad Hatter's Tea Party
“You’re all entirely bonkers. But I will tell you a secret. All the best people are.”- The Mad Hatter
What an amazing afternoon was had last Friday at the Junior School Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. The weather gods smiled down kindly on us. Whilst enjoying a scrumptious afternoon tea on the lovely library lawn, we were entertained with music from our Year Four and Year Five musicians. Our guest speaker for the event was Mr. Neil MacLean, who told the gathered students, teachers and parents/grandparents a little about the history of Myrniong and the original ‘Mad Hatter’s Tea Party’ organised by the then Head of Junior School, Mrs. Ann Scott. We heard a reading of Lewis Carroll’s poem ‘The Jabberwocky’ by our Year Six students and School Captain Amelie Shrive shared with us some details from a time capsule that was buried in the Junior School grounds in the early 2000s. The day culminated in some ‘oldy worldy’ games on the oval and a Myrniong ‘hat toss’. Special thanks to Mrs. Bernadette Milich for her vision and planning of the event. Her extended family produced much of the equipment we used for the oval games. Our Junior School parent body did an amazing job of preparing food, decorating tables, serving students and cleaning up at the end of the day. It was a genuinely marvellous event, and it underlined the vibrant, passionate and hard-working learning community that is the Junior School. Well done everyone.
Parent Workshop - College Vision - The Next Decade
Last Thursday evening a ‘College Vision - The Next Decade’ workshop was held for interested Junior and Senior School parents. Dr. Andrew Hirst shared with the group a draft vision statement and enlisted the thoughts, questions, and ideas via small group discussions and shared feedback sessions. It was a very worthwhile evening. Many thanks to the Junior School parents who attended. More information from this evening will be shared over the coming weeks.
Parent/Teacher Interviews-March 22nd and 23rd
A reminder that Parent/Teacher interviews are on next Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons for Prep to Year Six students. Please contact Mrs. Natalie Povey to make a booking. Bookings close on Monday afternoon.
Star Students - Week 7
The following students were awarded ‘Star Student’ awards at this week’s Assembly.
Shriaan Golwala - Year 1
George Malseed - Year 1
Maelys Haynes - Year 2
Johnny Fenton - Year 3
Ollie Duffy - Year 4
Hugo Toma - Year 4
Hannah Young - Year 5
Amelie Shrive - Year 6
Arshi Woosantia - Year 5
Andrew Sun - Year 5
Angus Reid -Year 3
Maggie Wallis - Year 2
Year Three Assembly & Laidlaw House Service
The first of our 2022 House Services and Class Assemblies will take place in the coming weeks. The Year Three Class Assembly will be held in the Refectory next Wednesday March 23rd at 12.20 pm. All parents are welcome to attend. The Laidlaw House Service will be on Wednesday March 30th at 12.20 pm in the Uniting Church. The theme for their House Service will be Compassion. All Junior School parents are invited to attend. Students are required to wear a tie and blazer for the Service.
Hockey Season 2022
In the next week, information will be sent out about College hockey teams and registration for the 2022 GRHA competitions. We will look to have two training afternoons prior to the holidays, on Thursday March 31st and Thursday April 7th. These will be at Neil Maclean Hockey Field at the Senior Campus, commencing at 3.30pm. Students can catch the bus up from the Junior School. All participants must wear shinpads and mouthguards.
*We are still missing a number of yellow and green playing tops from last year’s ‘Tassie Devils’ Division 4 team. This was a brand-new team set of tops and I would appreciate them being returned as a soon as possible.
Mr Stephen Nelson
Head of Junior School
House Athletics Carnival
Congratulations to all of our incredible Junior School students who participated in the annual Junior School House Athletics Carnival last Tuesday, 8 March. I was again most humbled to watch so many children willingly step out of their comfort zone to participate in events that challenged them both physically and mentally throughout the day. The support and encouragement children gave to each other, the ‘have-a-go’ attitude and pure hard work that was demonstrated throughout the whole day was absolutely magnificent to experience.
Thank you to the parents who so willingly donated their time to assist on a stopwatch, track placings and at field events. We could not run the day without so many extra hands chipping in to help along the way. Thank you also to Mrs Kate Pye and her wonderful support crew for running a delicious sausage sizzle, drinks and cake stall – I know this was greatly appreciated by many hungry athletes and their families!
Congratulations to members of Berry/Young House who were eventual overall House Champions and to the following children who performed exceptionally well to achieve their Age-Group Champion medallions.
9yo: Angus Reid and Matilda Mercer
10yo: Jack Novikov and Poppy Shepherd
11yo: Charlie Hindhaugh and joint winners Yolanda O’Sullivan and Elsie Brown
12/13yo: Lachlan Reid and Amelie Shrive
Today, Thursday 17 March, a team of 44 students will compete in the HDSA Athletics Carnival and we wish them all the very best for a successful and positive day on both track and in the field.
Mrs Louise Patterson
Junior School Sports co-ordinator