Junior School News

From the Deputy Head of Junior School

It has been a busy start to the term and it is wonderful to see all the students back into the swing of Term Three.

This year we have worked with the council and parents to achieve a more efficient and safer process when parents drop off and pick up students. The work of the staff in this process is also acknowledged and appreciated. Students may need to walk a little further to the gate and parents can no longer get out of their cars in MacKenzie St. but this is a small price to pay for the safety of our students.

This week we enjoyed a visit from the wonderful Australian composer and musician Paul Jarman who came in to work with our choirs. With the ability to play 25 instruments, and having played in over 40 countries around the world, Mr Jarman’s rich musical experience is something that students have been truly immersed.

Over the last month, the school has benefitted from the expertise of Dan Petro. Dan is a Behaviour Analyst and director of Behavioural Resources Australia Pty Ltd where he utilises his extensive professional history of developing custom behaviour management and intervention programs, including providing the implementation training. Dan has worked with our Junior and Senior School staff to help them better cater to the ever-increasing needs of our students.

We thank the Friends of Junior School who have continued to meet monthly this year and are currently preparing for the Girton’s Got Heart function at Fortuna on Friday 9th August. I encourage parents to attend this event which promises to be a wonderful evening.

Mrs Viv Bath

Deputy Head of Junior School

Student Representative Council

On Friday 26th July, we inducted our Semester Two SRC class representatives. These students will meet with Mrs Beks, Mrs Fisher and Mr Gibbs regularly to discuss ways in which they can best serve their fellow students. Currently on the agenda is the Girton’s Got Talent auditions and we look forward to the grand finale of this competition on Friday 2nd August. Congratulations to our Semeseter Two SRC Reps.

YEAR 3D	Siún O’Malley (Jones)	Lucas Chen (Jenkin)
YEAR 3M	Khloe Barich (Riley)	Marana Murray (Jenkin)
YEAR 4D	Bianca Schelosky (Jones)	Nicholas Chong (Jones)
YEAR 4M	Isabel Weibgen (Riley)	George Noble (Frew)
YEAR 4V	Gracie Morris (Jenkin)	Brandon Tuohy (Frew)
YEAR 5D	Lily Rohan (Jenkin)	James Ford (Riley)
YEAR 5M	Avni Rao (Jones)	Fraser Pollock (Aherne) Darcy Steel (Millward)
YEAR 5V	Mia Harvey (Aherne)	Vincent Cooney (Jenkin)
YEAR 6D	Mackenzie Couch (Millward)	Tom Marchant (Millward)
YEAR 6M	Ruby Cornelius (Aherne)	James Trotter (Jenkin)
YEAR 6V	Zoe Holland (Jenkin)	Cooper Henery (Jenkin)

Mulan Jr

Girton Grammar Junior School is buzzing with excitement for the upcoming production of Mulan Jr which will be performed in Term 4. The Year Two, Four and Six students have been busy learning to sing some familiar songs from the Disney version of the story Fa Mulan. Mrs. Jenny Geyer and Mrs. Georgiana Rice have been working with the main characters to learn their scenes of dialogue and several exciting dances.

On Saturday 27th of July, the main characters took part in a photo shoot at the Golden Dragon Museum. Mrs. Ann Forko, Mrs. Nicola Matthew, Mrs. Mandy Ellison and a group of parents and Senior School makeup helpers transformed the children into their characters.

Thank you to all the staff and parents who assisted with makeup and costumes during the photo shoot.

Student quotes:

Lulu Stanley 6V (Grandmother Fa) - “I loved being able to see my character come to life when we put on our makeup and costumes. It was very exciting”.
Charlotte McNally 6V (Yun: ancestor)- “I liked that we were able to shoot the photos in a Chinese setting. I really liked the Chinese gardens.”

Please click on the images above to view the gallery

Junior State Aeroschools Championships

What a fabulous day for the Junior Aerobic students. After all of their hard work, it was pleasing to see them take the stage and develop confidence. It was an amazing achievement for the whole team to work together to win the Aeroschool Champion Primary School award, the students were most impressed with our trophy.

Congratulations to the following students who have qualified to compete at the National Aeroschool Championships. They had to make the top 5 to progress to the next level and all of our students made it through in at least one of their routines.

Mini level 3 Pair

Amelia O’Rielly and Siun O’Malley (4th place)

Mini level 3 Pair

Pip Noble and Lauren Davenport (5th place)

Junior Level 4 pair

Lily Georgous and Stephanie Carlson (2nd place)

Junior Level 4 pair

Clementine Maruff and Erica Mason (4th place)

Mini Level 3 Trio

Maya Dhanapala, Norah Rao and Lauren Leung (3rd place)

Mini Level 3 Trio

Hazel Ziffer, Alyssia Younan, Indikah Hedges (4th place)

Junior Aerodance

Varley Bobart, Eliza Jackson Sloane, Stephanie Carlson, Lily Georgous, Harriet Noble, Misha Gupta and Ana Karamaloudis (2nd place)

Junior Aerodance

Maya Dhanapala, Norah Rao, Lauren Leung, Amelia O’Rielly and Siun O’Malley (3rd place)

Mini Level 3 Group

Maya Dhanapala, Norah Rao, Lauren Leung, Amelia O’Rielly and Siun O’Malley (4th place)

Mini Level 3 Group

Hazel Ziffer, Alyssia Younan, Indikah Hedges, Pip Noble, Shayla Tang and Lauren Davenport (5th place)

Belinda Vernon

MiC Aerobics

Soccer Success!

Congratulations to our Junior School Girls Soccer team who became Regional Champions this week.

After a big day of soccer in Swan Hill, the team came away with a 3-0 win in the Grand Final. The girls are now down to the final 8 teams in Victoria and will play in the State finals in Melbourne in September.

Congratulations to the following girls from Years Four through to Six.

Mia Nichol (6 Aherne)

Tess Haynes (6 Millward)

Mackenzie Couch (6 Millward)

Anna de Vries (6 Jenkin)

Bella Bowles (5 Riley)

Imogen Stewart (5 Millward)

Ruby Cornelius (6 Aherne)

Claire Jones (6 Jones)

Bronte Flanagan (6 Jenkin)

Maggie Byrne (6 Joens)

Ruby Flanagan (4 Jenkin)