JUNIOR SCHOOL LEARNING

CANBERRA EXCURSION

Our Year 6 students enjoyed an action-packed three day visit to our national capital, Canberra. The itinerary included visits to the National Museum of Australia, Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, Australian War Memorial, Questacon, Mt Ainslie Lookout, and the new Australian Parliament House. It was wonderful to see the students engage and learn through being immersed in these experiences.

“The Parliament House tour was a great experience and was made even better with our funny tour guide who told us that everything, including the building itself, belonged to us and everyone working there was working for us! Overall, Canberra was great and it was a perfect trip for our last camp in the Junior School.”

Ella Burke Year 6

GRANDPARENTS’ HIGH TEA

We warmly welcomed grandparents and grand friends to our special High Tea where we shared the story Family Tree by Josh Pyke, the story of a tree that unites families and communities around the world, spreading joy, love and spirit. The students then enjoyed sharing their love and thanks for their grandparents by adding leaves of gratitude as we built the family tree together.

SIMULTANEOUS STORYTIME

National Simultaneous Storytime is an annual event where a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country. Senior School Drama students visited the Junior School to read and perform this year's book, Family Tree, by Josh Pyke and Ronojoy Ghosh, a celebration of family, community and the seasons of life.

Junior School Learning

ETHICS OLYMPIAD

The 2022 Junior School Ethics Olympiad gives our Year 5 and 6 students the opportunity to engage in ethical and moral issues, providing a unique framework for our young philosophers to engage with students from around the world. Topics included “Is war ever justified?” and “Is it more important to fit in with your peers or to excel in what you are good at?” Our teams both received honourable mentions.

SPIRITUS

A group of Year 6 girls explored ‘Spiritus’ for a tour of the new learning spaces. "We visited Spiritus and we loved the focus on sustainability, with copper on the glass windows, sensory water refill stations, recycle and food waste bins, a huge skylight that you can look through and see the whole 7 floors and a herb garden outside the food technology rooms. We loved the change facilities, the gym and basketball court too and the large spaces that are multipurpose. We are so excited that it is not too long until we can use it!"

DA VINCI DECATHLON

Students in Years 5 and 6 were challenged with mathematical, poetical, artistic and engineering problems around the theme of patterns in the State round of the Da Vinci Decathlon. Congratulations to all the competitors for displaying such higher order thinking skills, especially the Year 5 students who placed 3rd in the Ideation category. Their teamwork and dedication to the competition were outstanding.

TECHGIRLS LAUNCH

The Year 6 Techgirls teams were very excited to meet their female business mentors for the first time, including our very own ex-student entrepreneur and innovator Georgie Drury (’94). We are so appreciative for the guidance these mentors can offer the Year 6 students. This program builds resilience, problem solving, and collaborative skills in our students. It is integrated throughout the Year 6 Curriculum. Maria Emmi eLearning Teacher Educator

Emmanuelle Senden-White, Year 6, has set up her very own environmentally sustainable project and we applaud her initiative to create a better world. “I am very excited to share my project called Tender Threads. I set up an online platform for girls to buy/sell quality second hand clothes. It will hopefully raise awareness around sustainability issues, and we can all do our little bit to help create a better long term outcome for all!" Visit Emmanuelle's website tenderthreadsfashion.com.au