Jumping for joy

For all our students, returning to the St Michael’s campus was a very exciting moment. Our younger students in particular were unable to hide their joy! Kindergarten to Year 2 students beamed as they ran, jumped, threw and hurdled for their House at the K-2 Athletics Carnival in Term 4. Thank you to our Year 6 leaders who led the events and helped their younger peers throughout the Carnival. Students in Kindergarten to Year 2 participate in noncompetitive events throughout the year, which celebrate student learning and encourage the development of team spirit.

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Let’s get physical – Taking our annual Aerobics Competition online

Creativity has always been the hallmark of a St Michael’s education. Our image of the child as capable has, at its core, a commitment to the idea that all students can be supported to use their imagination and skills to create something new. Creativity is valued within and beyond our curriculum programs, and throughout 2020 our students continued to impress us with their creative responses to challenges presented by the pandemic. The Virtual House Aerobics Competition was demonstrative of this creativity. The annual House Aerobics Competition is a longstanding event in the School sporting calendar, alongside House Athletics, Swimming, and Cross Country. Each year, teams from our five Senior Houses: Breen, Hughes, Kilburn, Mitre and Sarum, come together and design routines, make song choices, and practice together, before entertaining the School with their energetic performances. Led by the House Aerobics Captains, the dedicated students learnt choreography and filmed themselves performing the routines individually at home. They each sent the films in to be edited by their peers, who created high-energy ensemble performances. The student coaches and video editors did an excellent job in replicating the House Aerobics experience virtually. A big congratulations to Mitre House for winning the overall competition, and well done to all teams for their creative performances and high-quality video productions.

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Kilburn House's Senior team performance Our Robotics Club watching the House Aerobics Carnival live stream Co-Captains of the School Lucy and Tom hosted the event in a variety of fun costumes