Welcome Back to Term Two

A warm welcome back. I hope everyone enjoyed their two-week break after a rather hectic and enjoyable Term One. The next nine weeks promise to be no less busy. As we commence Term Two, please be aware of the following operational conditions that apply to Victorian schools.

Face Masks

Face masks, while recommended, are not required in any school setting. This means students in Years 3 to 6, staff and visitors in primary schools are no longer required to wear face masks. Any student or staff member who wishes to wear a mask can do so, including those who are medically at-risk.

Face masks are mandatory for all students who travel on school buses.

Screening Requirements

Students and staff who have tested positive for COVID-19, and have completed their 7-day isolation period, now do not need to undertake rapid antigen test (RAT) screening for 12 weeks after their release from isolation. This was previously 8 weeks.

Household Contacts

Students and staff who are household contacts of a COVID-19 case are no longer required to quarantine. They can return to school as long as they undertake rapid antigen tests 5 times within their 7-day period and wear face masks indoors if they are aged 8 and above, unless they have a valid exemption.

If any household contact returns a positive RAT result during this period, they must isolate for 7 days and not attend school.Vaccination requirements for visitors to schools

Parents, carers and other adult visitors (not performing work) are no longer required to show evidence of two doses of COVID-19 vaccine.

Term Two Dates

April 28th - Whole school A.N.Z.A.C Service at Senior Campus

May 3rd - House Cross Country at Parklands Golf Club

May 4th – Laidlaw House Service

May 6th – Division Athletics in Warrnambool

May 10th - NAPLAN commences for Years Three and Five students

May 16th - Year Six Canberra trip commences

May 20th - College 150th Musical Showcase + College History book launch

May 21st - College 150th Gala Ball

May 26th – Junior School Photo day

May 27th – Senior School and Sibling photo day

June 1st - Learmonth House Service

June 3rd - Prep to Year Three Flagstaff Hill excursion

June 6th - Hamilton Eisteddfod commences

June 10th - Report Writing Day- no classes

June 13th - Queen’s Birthday public holiday

June 17th - Opera Australia visit

June 22nd - V.I.B.E Day (Years 1-6)

June 23rd - Semester One reports released to parents

Year Five and Six Anglesea Camp

The last week of Term One saw our Year 5 and 6 students head to Anglesea for a three-day Auscamp experience. The students bushwalked, surfed, canoed, climbed and mountain biked around the wonderful Surf Coast region. It was an enjoyable three days, with students offered many opportunities to push their individual comfort zones. Special thanks to Mrs. Robertson and Miss See for their support and encouragement of the students.

CSIRO BEBRAS Challenge

In late Term One, our Year 3 to Year 6 students sat the first of the 2022 online BEBRAS computational thinking challenges. The students acquitted themselves well, with the following excellent results.

Merits

Aida Adamson, Ruby Price, Archie Aitken, Finn Hawthorne, Kirav Patel, Archie Barber, Hugo Cameron, Zane Palmer, Henry Bufton, Poppy Shepherd, Ellie Lewis, Tayla Williams, Hugo Toma, Ollie Duffy, Reian Patel, Georgia Kennedy, Andrew Sun, Hannah Young and Evie Templeton.

Credits

Poppy Edgar, Adelaide Farquharson, Fred Nagorcka, Grace O’Sullivan, Ada O’Brien, Freddie Milne, Hartley Johns and Maggie Mercer.

Distinctions

Lachie Sweeney, Angus Reid, Will Cameron, George Edgar, Lachlan Reid and Abigail Henderson.

Thank you to Miss Brabham for coordinating this competition.

House Cross Country

The third and final House sports competition for 2022 is our House Cross Country. This will be held next Tuesday, 3rd May at the Parklands Golf Club. We will commence with the 12/13yo events at 9.15 am. The students will complete the course and will return to school directly after their race has finished. Presentations will be made back at school after all races are completed. Early Learning Centre Piccino and Prep students will run 500m, 7 and 8 year old students 1000m, 9 and 10 years old students 2000m and 11/12/13 years old students 3000m. We are delighted that we are again able to invite parents to come and support our runners on the day.

Hockey Season 2022

This Saturday sees the commencement of the 2022 GRHA season. College has two Division 5 teams and three Division 4 teams entered in competitions. A reminder that all College players must be registered with Hockey Victoria before taking to the field this weekend. Best of luck to all players and congratulations to those playing their first game of hockey.

Matches for Round 1.

Division 5 Wallabies v Coleraine Red - Pedrina Park at 12.00 pm

Division 5 Kangaroos v Coleraine Maroon - Pedrina Park at 1.00 pm

Division 4 Drop Bears v Demons – College at 2.00 pm

Division 4 Tassie Devils v Coleraine Black-Pedrina Park at 3.30 pm

Division 4 Bandicoots v Dunkeld -College at 3.30 pm

Soccer Success

Late last term, Year 6 student Harley Kearns trialled for the South West Victorian Football Association and has been selected to represent the SWVFA in the under 13 squad for the Country Leagues Football Association Country Championships in Geelong in June. Best of luck Harley and well done on your achievement.

Stephen Nelson

Head of Junior School

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