HOME RUN // Congratulations to Chloe in Year 6 who was selected to be part of the NSW CIS Softball Team today! #mamrelearning

FOR OUR ELDERS // This week our school has been celebrating NAIDOC Week (which actually takes place during the school holidays). Students were involved in a range of activities celebrating Aboriginal cultures, histories and people, especially focusing on our Elders. Today we held our Annual NAIDOC Chapel service, where we were delighted to have Uncle Leon, Aunty Kaylene, Uncle Rick and Uncle Joe share with us. Throughout the service, 15 of our Aboriginal students presented Bible readings, prayed, performed music and shared about their own Country and the significance of their Elders to them personally. A special part of the service was when Year 1 and Year 2 students presented the school with the beautiful murals they had created this week featuring their year group totems of the crow and the kangaroo, along with Aboriginal symbols showing that our school is a meeting place for many people on their learning journeys. Thank you also to school parent Mr Joshua Jansons who took the aerial drone photography of Junior School students forming the Aboriginal flag on the oval! We are truly blessed as a school community to be able to celebrate the rich diversity of our school and to be connected to Country through our Aboriginal students and our visiting Elders. #mamrelearning #NAIDOC2023 #ForOurElders

RATION CHALLENGE // For the next three days, a group of our students and staff are eating the same rations as a refugee — just a small amount of rice, flour, lentils, chickpeas, beans, fish (or tofu) and oil. The aim is to raise money to bring emergency food, healthcare and life-saving support to the people who need it most. If you would like to donate/sponsor, please follow the link and find the name of a participant to sponsor. As they each reach certain amounts raised, they can access things like salt, a small amount of milk and so on. If you don't know who to sponsor, how about sponsoring the person with the lowest total and give them a boost! Thank you for your support. https://schools.rationchallenge.org.au/t/mamre-2023?fbclid=IwAR0hHYMsPCmtWA2iH5QbQx-i-0yWxUXzgvthbiMJQOsgcDKhBV2QlO9CXXU #mamrelearning #rationchallenge #actforpeace #refugees

TITRATION CHAMPIONS // Year 12 Chemistry students Harman, Ella and Alexander recently competed at Sydney University in the NSW Schools Titration Competition. Students competed in teams of three and, in ninety minutes, must complete a set of acid-base titrations to determine the unknown concentration of a weak acid. Our Mamre team’s superior accuracy placed them at the top of the field of Sydney schools. Well done team! #mamrelearning

TICK TOCK ON THE CLOCK // Year 1 students have been investigating the connections that can be made between fractions and the clock in their Mathematics lessons. Was the lesson a quarter of an hour or 15 minutes or both??? #mamrelearning

CHARITY PJ DAY TOMORROW // On Thursday 22 June, Andrews House will be running a Charity Day to support the work of the Australian Red Cross. All students are encouraged to come to school in warm pyjamas or suitable lounge wear and bring a gold coin donation. Hot chocolate drinks and pikelets will be available for sale before school from 8am and at Recess. Please see the note emailed home for more information. Help us support the Red Cross and the wonderful work they do in our own community and around the world. https://www.redcross.org.au/sites/annual-reports/2014/year-in-review/100-years/ #mamrelearning #redcross

FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS // Congratulation to our 2023 Open Girls CIS Cup team for a very successful competition and a nail biting final! #mamrelearning

THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE BOOK WORM // Maggie the magpie was a surprise visitor in the Library this morning! #mamrelearning

ON FIRE! 🔥 // Last week our fire cadets in Years 7 to 11 took part in “first attack” fire fighting training including using carbon dioxide and dry powder fire extinguishers. Do you have a small dry powder fire extinguisher and a fire blanket in your kitchen at home? Every home should have them. #mamrelearning

FLYNN HOUSE CHARITY DAY - WEDNESDAY 17 MAY // A reminder that tomorrow is Flynn House's Charity Day, raising funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service with a bake sale at lunchtime. Flynn House is named after the founder of the RFDS, John Flynn. Cakes and other baked goods, as well as drinks, will be available for purchase ranging from 50c to $2. All students are invited to bring money to buy from the bake sale and support the RFDS. www.flyingdoctor.org.au #mamrelearning

ON THE FIELD // Congratulations to Lachlan, Ebony, Aaliyah and Claudia who represented Mamre on the CSSA team at the Combined Independent Schools Touch Football Championship. Ebony was also selected to be part of the CIS team to compete at All Schools. Well done! #mamrelearning

IN THE POOL // Congratulations to Year 7 student Mary who recently competed in the Combined Independent Schools Swimming Championships. Mary represented Mamre well and achieved some personal best times. #mamrelearning

MOTHERS’ DAY SNAPSHOTS // It was wonderful to have so many mothers, grandmothers, aunts and other special ladies join us on Friday for our Mothers’ Day Breakfast. We hope that our students are all spoiling their Mum today! #mamrelearning

❤️ CELEBRATING MUMS ❤️ // Our 3 Year Old ELC Program students celebrated the Mums that work in our school office today, giving them beautiful bracelets that they had made. Looks like our Principal, Mrs Graydon, is very much loved by our ELC children! Happy Mothers Day on Sunday to all our school Mums, Nannas, Aunts and other special ladies in the lives of our students and staff! #mamrelearning

GET READY FOR KINDY IN 2024 Come to Mamre Anglican School's Kindergarten 2024 Information Evening on Monday 15 May. Visit our Kindergarten rooms from 7.00pm to see displays and talk to teachers. From 7.30pm a presentation will be held in the Hall where you will learn about our holistic approach to learning within a Christian environment and how to prepare your child for starting school. Information about enrolling your child at Mamre will also be available. Mamre Anglican School is located just off Mamre Road at 45 Bakers Lane Kemps Creek. For more information about Mamre go to: www.mamre.nsw.edu.au #mamrelearning