Around the School

Primary Grip Leadership

On Thursday our Primary Student Leaders and House Captains attended the Bendigo annual GRIP Leadership Conference. At the conference the students develop their leadership skills.

ANZAC SERVICE

Our students solemnly recognised the spirit of ANZAC at our whole school service. We are very proud of our students, staff and families who represented our school at various ANZAC services around the district. Jamison McFadden, Ella Carriero and Kade Austin joined River Voices Choir (led by Mrs Martina Richardson) and sang during the Tongala ANZAC ceremony and then laid a wreath on behalf of the school. Kai and Liam Romanin played the drums with the piper to lead the Deniliquin parade. Kai was then joined by Caitlin Paul and other students to lay a wreath on behalf of our school. A special thank you to our Parents and Friends Association for creating the wreaths for the services.

Primary Cross Country 

The 2017 Primary Cross country was an exciting yet nerve racking time for our Primary students. Many began the race with butterflies in their stomachs and ended the long distance event with deep breaths and a sense of achievement. I was very proud of the enthusiasm and effort shown by our students. It was also exciting to see a large number of parents attend and to see so many students supporting each other.  It was a fantastic day all round.

Mr Callum Gibbs

Head of Primary Sport

School Cross Country Results

Now that the results are in from our Primary Cross Country its time to find out who has been awarded the 2017 Whole School Cross Country Winner. 

1. Martin- 1040
2. Perricoota 977
3. Meninya 860
4. Chanter 819

Year 8 Camp

Our Year 8 students had a great time away on camp. Among other things, students went surfing, tackled the high ropes course, took night walks and visited the 12 apostles. The cold and rain didn't stop these campers!

Youth Summit Event 

On Wednesday 3 May, Caitlin Paul and I made our way to Radcliffe's at 10 am for the 'Seriously???!!' Youth forum. The Youth Forum was run by Kate Wilde and a Youth Steering Group consisting of teenagers from all over the Campaspe Shire. The aim of the Youth Forum was to bring the topics of discrimination and bullying to the minds of young leaders from Echuca College, St Josephs College, Echuca Specialist School and Rochester Secondary College, and of course Moama Anglican Grammar. The day was a great opportunity for students to mingle with one another and share their ideas on the topics.

First off, every student filled out a questionnaire based on themselves and then we were all put into groups with people from all of the other schools and given 20 minutes to memorise each others answers to the questions. This activity was a really good ice-breaker as it got everyone talking and made everybody feel comfortable. During morning tea, the Youth Steering Group had set up a range of activities such as a 'Thought Wall' and a 'Voice Box' where students were encouraged to share their ideas on diversity.

After morning tea, it was time to talk about campaigns. Each school was asked to form a group and tackle either bullying or discrimination through the use of a potential campaign. Caitlin and I formed a group and came up with the idea of 'Culture Day', a day where different cultures are celebrated and taught. After half an hour of writing a key message, a slogan and drawing a mascot, we were then asked to present our campaign idea in front of all of the other students as well as the mayor of Campaspe Shire and 3 Campaspe Shire councillors. This was a very rewarding experience as youth had a voice and had the council's full attention. One by one, every group got up and presented their ideas in a range of mediums. One group wrote and acted out a play on homophobic bullying and another group made fancy costumes out of paper. After every group had presented it was time for lunch and the Youth Steering group had now added a 'Photo Booth' to celebrate diversity to the list of break-time activities.

Once everyone had their photos taken and people had been given their last chance to use 'Voice Box', we all sat down to complete the final activity, 'Play-Doh Pictionary'. This activity was very similar to the ice-breaker at the start of the day and strengthened the bonds between leaders within each group. Overall the day was an enlightening and fun way to address some of the more serious issues within our community. 

Mia Oberin (Year 10)