JUNIOR HORIZON | Wednesday 18th October What a wonderful morning of student engagement we’ve had in our HORIZON session yesterday. Year 7 students participated in a fitness program organised by Mr Josh Watson; Healthy Heart, Healthy Head, where they joined in a range of activities to get up and active – and laughing out loud! They enjoyed a healthy snack of ‘crunch & sip’ also. Congratulations to Bashir for earning the most House points for their participation, closely followed by Gibbons. The Year 8 session began with the announcement of the Year 9 House Leaders for 2024. We look forward to formally congratulating this wonderful group of students. Bashir – Madeline Plunkett Foley – Maxine Lavulo Gibbons – Sofia Dawson Hayes – Talia Franklin Kelly – Caitlin Abela Lyons – Addison Everett Sullivan – Lodi Nettle UB – Edwina Jones Year 8 students also engaged in a learning workshop; Unpacking Feedback to Feedforward, to help them maintain a growth mindset. Year 9 had a presentation on ‘The World of Work’ which included some great advice from Ms Krauze, our Post School Advisor, and some Year 11 students about applying for a job and attending an interview. It is great to see so much positive engagement and skill development in learning across a breadth of pastoral and academic areas. Nicole Tyler Dean of Junior School

Congratulations to the St Mary's AFL Team who won at the Diocesan AFL Day last friday.

IN THE CLASSROOM | In Year 7 Start-Up lessons, students have been developing positive learning habits and skills to help them reach their personal goals. This week’s session was about note-taking, and the students brainstormed and practised various methods for writing notes. They finished by nominating whose work was the most effective. The students engaged very well and it was a successful activity on our first ‘Device-Detox Day’ of the term.