Head of Campus Update – 25 July 2016

After a much needed break everyone (staff and students) returned at the start of the semester ready to jump right into Term 3. The first day back saw our Year 5 girls (and BGS boys) arrive at school ready to embark on their journey back in time. They headed off to a very cold (snow-surrounded!!) Ballarat to spend 3 days/2nights at Sovereign Hill. As well as attending the costume school and experiencing life as a student on the goldfields in the 1850s, our very lucky Year 5 students also enjoyed the special Christmas in July activities including fake snow and colourful light displays.

But no doubt the highlight of our first 2 weeks back was our special 90^th celebration day in Junior School. We planned this for Wednesday 20 July as that was the 90^th school day of our School’s 90^th anniversary year so it was a very significant date. To help make this day even more special we combined it with our Grandparents Day and a more lovely morning could not have been had . . . . . grandparents/special friends engaging with students in a variety of activities in classrooms around the Junior School (ELC – Year 6), visiting the school archive display and the book fair.  This was followed by an extra special Junior School assembly which was enjoyed by a ‘full house’ in the auditorium. Our relatively new Year 3/4 Andante String ensemble performed publically for the first time  – not that anyone would’ve known it was their first ever performance as they were brilliant!! We took a walk down memory lane and enjoyed photos and information of our School’s history, sang Happy Birthday, awarded our Class Achiever certificates, but the real highlight was a video of student reflections about their grandparents.

After assembly our grandparents and special friends enjoyed a lovely morning tea before heading home with many wonderful memories of a special morning.

Mrs Melissa Graham
Head of St Margaret’s Junior School