College News

Back to latest news

Junior School News

Published September 3, 2021 · Academic

It is a delight to see that our primary school is a well-balanced one. While we are evidently flourishing in our academics, we are also focused on sport and arts to ensure our students relish other opportunities and interests.

“Do you know what my favourite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.” -Mike Singletary played for the Chicago Bears.

The Sports Carnival is the epicentre for students to be part of healthy competition. In early childhood, there is always a strong emphasis on gross and fine motor skills. The Early Years (Kindy – Year 2 ) had a fantastic carnival, heightening their physical skills. The prowess of the minor leagues as they partook in their events was mind-blowing! They ran at full pelt around the track and played many collaborative and team games.

In Term 3, the Catholic School Performing Arts Festival is a significant event in the calendar. With numerous talented and creative students in our midst, it was natural for the College to participate in this festival. There have been individual and group entries from our College and it was a privilege to watch various choirs, ensembles and dance performances. For the first time, the College entered the Choral Speech Category with the combined Year 5 classes representing the school. They were brilliant and received an outstanding award for their performance. Besides the Year 5’s, the Sacred Choral and the Primary Choir were also recognised for their “outstanding” singing. The Boys Ensemble and the Training Choir were acknowledged with “excellence” and “merit” awards, respectively.

Every year, Book Week triggers excitement, as parents and students spend time preparing the wonderful costumes. As expected, all the costumes were highly appealing. As a result, the Book Week Assembly and parade of book characters had the feel of a festival that celebrated the joy of reading.

The church is always a reference to the people and our students attend mass and live out the Gospel in their words and actions. This term, Year 5 and 6 had the opportunity to celebrate with the parishioners. Mass was a beautiful celebration where we gathered together in prayer and promoted our Catholic Identity. Lastly, the College has entered CEWA’s Quality Catholic School competition. We have entered under the category of Catholic Identity. So, please vote for us in the people’s choice awards https://awards.cewa.edu.au/.

Spring is on our doorsteps. Being in the hills, we get to enjoy looking at ducks wandering around with their ducklings, birds chirping, outbursts from the kookaburras and beautiful flowers blossoming. I have always felt that spring symbolises rebirth, especially this year with the torrential downpours we have received that the earth needs to drink up! Nature is ready to show off it’s extra colours.

Be praised, my Lord,
for Sister Earth, our Mother,
who nourishes us and sustains us,
bringing forth
fruits and vegetables of many kinds
And flowers of many colours.

God Bless
Anne Tan
Head of Primary

Share this article

Related posts

Academic
Italian: Academic Extension Beyond The Classroom  
During Term 1 our St Brigid’s College Year 3 –8 students were invited to participate in the Education Perfect Global Language Competition in Italian. The EP Languages Championship (EPLC) are a free event where students can compete at their own ability level. This competition is designed to help boost students’ personal learning journey, engage the students with curriculum-aligned content, and motivate them to compete on an international stage. They spent many hours outside of the classroom aiming for the highest possible score.  The competition created a lot of excitement amongst our students and drove a more in depth engagement in Italian. Students who reached medal status within our competition, showing great dedication in practicing the Italian language were invited to a Pizza Party on Tuesday 10th May during lunch time as a small acknowledgement of their achievement. It was great to have the cross section of both our primary and secondary students celebrating their achievements together!
Read More
Junior School
2023 Primary Inter-House Cross Country
It was a day of sun, fun and sport at our annual Primary Inter-House Cross Country ! Thank you to everyone who made the day absolutely perfect- teachers, volunteers, parents, supporter. Our young athletes showed their sporting mettle and enjoyed the day immensely. Congratulations to our running champs and the House win this year went to Watson. Here’s a full list of our the results of the day House Points 1st Watson 2nd Docherty 3rd O’Connor 4th McAuley 5th Shine 6th Reilly Spirit Bear Year 5’s Champions Girls Boys Pre-primary 1st Isabella Allibone 2nd Willow Altinier 3rd Ebony Naismith Pre-primary 1st Patrick Fitzgerald 2nd Jack Jones 3rd Aleksei Pellicciotti Year 1 1st Zara Daby 2nd Vittoria Mammone 3rd Mini Omedei Year 1 1st Jack Sanderson 2nd Daniel Ouwendyk 3rd Lewis Dickson Year 2 1st Wynter Miller 2nd Jaime Spencer 3rd Kate Bolding Year 2 1st Xavier Foster-Saville 2nd Blake Petersen 3rd Logan De Vos Year 3 1st Amelia Ouwendyk 2nd Harriet Dickinson 3rd Eva Separovic Year 3 1st Nate Paull 2nd Oscar Hamill 3rd Oscar Fitzgerald Year 4 1st Indiana Hall 2nd Eva Griffiths 3rd Annie Zuiderzijk Year 4 1st Tate Shortis 2nd Thomas Bolding 3rd Joshua Goodall Year 5 1st Aurelia Turley 2nd Dou Dou Aird 3rd Jessica Edwards Year 5 1st Henry Herbert-Drake 2nd Oynx Wearn 3rd Ben Guppy Year 6 1st Clara Hamill 2nd Molly Sayer 3rd Kaylee Tuffin Year 6 1st Kade Sanderson 2nd Benjamin Olk 3rd. Jace Goodall
Read More