Issue 500 | 11 Aug 23 | W4T3

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From the Principal Early Learning Centre Junior School Towards 2025 Senior School School News Community News Leading the Way

Upcoming dates

Key dates for Term 3. To access the full calendar please click here.

Friday, 11 August 2023 12 Hour Treadmill Charity Event
Saturday, 12 August 2023 Intermediate Rowing Commences
Monday, 14 August 2023 Mid-term Break
Tuesday, 15 August 2023 Years 5 – 6 Track & Field Carnival
Tuesday, 15 August 2023 Science Week
Wednesday, 16 August 2023 Junior School Book Week Event
Thursday, 17 August 2023 Year 9 – Bad Science
Friday, 18 August 2023 Very Special Kids Netball Match – Staff vs Students (Year 10 Initiative)
Monday, 21 August 2023 Victorian Interschool Snowsports Championships
Wednesday, 23 August 2023 GSV Track & Field Division 3 Championship Carnival
Thursday, 24 August 2023 GSV Track & Field Division 2 Championship Carnival
Friday, 25 August 2023 GSV Track & Field Division 1 Championship Carnival
Saturday, 26 August 2023 ELC Discovery Morning
Monday, 28 August 2023 Yrs 7/8 English Honours- Write a Book in a Day
Tuesday, 29 August 2023 ELC Bluegum Room Father’s Day Celebration
Tuesday, 29 August 2023 Junior School District Athletics
Wednesday, 30 August 2023 ELC Wattle Room Father’s Day Celebration
Wednesday, 30 August 2023 JS District Basketball (Year 6)
Wednesday, 30 August 2023 Year 9 Theatre Studies Excursion
Wednesday, 30 August 2023 Parent Teacher Interviews Online (Years 7 to 12)
Thursday, 31 August 2023 ELC Waratah Room Father’s Day Celebration
Thursday, 31 August 2023 Father’s Day Breakfast
Thursday, 31 August 2023 Junior School Parent Teacher Interviews
Friday, 1 September 2023 ELC Banksia Room Father’s Day Celebration
Friday, 1 September 2023 PFA Father’s Day Stall
Saturday, 2 September 2023 Year 9 Buffalo Exchange Depart
Sunday, 3 September 2023 Father’s Day
Monday, 4 September 2023 Debating House Finals
Monday, 4 September 2023 Years 11 & 12 GSV Finals
Tuesday, 5 September 2023 GSV Track & Field Finals Evening (After School)
Tuesday, 5 September 2023 Gala Concert (Years 3 to 12)
Wednesday, 6 September 2023 Australian Interschools (Mt Buller)
Wednesday, 6 September 2023 Years 9 to 10 GSV Finals
Wednesday, 6 September 2023 Senior School Parent Teacher Interviews Online (Years 7 to 12)
Thursday, 7 September 2023 Australian Interschools (Mt Buller)
Thursday, 7 September 2023 Years 7 to 8 GSV Finals
Friday, 8 September 2023 Australian Interschools (Mt Buller)
Friday, 8 September 2023 SCOGA Five Year Reunion ’18
Saturday, 9 September 2023 Australian Interschools (Mt Buller)
Saturday, 9 September 2023 Year 9 Exchange Depart Crofton House and Buffalo
Saturday, 9 September 2023 Year 8 Learn to Row Mini Regatta and BBQ
Sunday, 10 September 2023 Australian Interschools (Mt Buller)
Tuesday, 12 September 2023 Years 7 to 12 Chess Tournament
Tuesday, 12 September 2023 Bands Blast (Years 5 to 12)
Thursday, 14 September 2023 Boarders’ Parents’ Dinner
Friday, 15 September 2023 End of Term 3
Friday, 15 September 2023 Boarding House Closes 6.00pm

From the Principal

Sports Centre Official Opening

The official opening of our refurbished Sports Centre on Wednesday evening in the Dorothy Pizzey Centre was a significant occasion in the 127-year history of our School, and importantly, our sporting history.    

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Early Learning Centre

Literacy in the Early Years

Literacy is the capacity, confidence, and disposition to use language in all its forms. Literacy incorporates a range of modes of communication including music, movement, dance, storytelling, visual arts, media, and drama.

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Junior School

Insights from the Resilient Youth Survey 

The Resilient Youth Survey found that our students possess a notably positive learning mindset and are eager and ready to learn. This positive attitude sets a strong foundation for their academic and personal growth.  

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Book Week

The countdown to Book Week 2023 is on! Find out key dates for this year's celebrations.

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Towards 2025

Barbie: Girl Culture

Barbie is a fun yet thoughtful film and to all you Barbie fans out there, take your husband, brother, and male friends along to see it, even if they don’t want to.

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Senior School

Humanities Week

Humanities Week was an opportunity to lift Humanities out of the classroom, and bring life to elements of what is studied in these courses.

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Choose Your Own Adventure

Discovering your true sense of self has been found to be a predictor of psychological wellbeing. But how is it achieved? Head of Year 8, Ms Cher shares current research into how the adventure of experience during adolescence craft our passions.

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School News

Community News

Leading the Way

SCOGA Fellowship Opportunity

Applications for the 2023 SCOGA Fellowship are now open! Apply now to strengthen your professional development or make a significant contribution to your local community.

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