JUNIOR SCHOOL JUNIOR SCHOOL Alison Brent • Head of Junior School
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JUNIOR SCHOOL JUNIOR SCHOOL Alison Brent • Head of Junior School Our journey throughout 2019 was gather and analyse evidence of critical Our Mindfulness and Positive Education inspired by the words of Mary Ward, thinking to inform our teaching practice programs continued. Staff aligned their “We should be such as we appear in the Junior School. We chose this goal professional development and research and appear such as we are,” as we so that we could support the students to with practice and SMART goals. We celebrated the Loreto Year of Sincerity. learn and reason effectively, for example; continued using the SAMR model for digitally, verbally, creatively, analytically integration of ICT and we developed Sincerity is about knowing one's own and in writing. We also wanted to assist success criteria with the students for feelings, thoughts, strengths, goals, values our students to develop a mindful learning tasks and their ability to articulate and desires and also taking responsibility approach to their learning and develop the learning intention (LI) i.e. WALT - We for them and their quality. It is also about their skills in computational thinking, Are Learning To … WILF - What I’m acting in ways which are consistent with design thinking and systems thinking, Looking For … TIB - This Is Because … this true self. We worked throughout the to develop the learning dispositions year to develop the girls’ understanding in students so they can become A major priority within our school is to that we have a responsibility to ourselves critical thinkers. develop faith and a Catholic worldview, so and others, to be our best selves. the spiritual element of the girls’ education Our staff used a variety of evidence based continued to be an important focus We have much to be grateful for when strategies to improve student thinking throughout the year. Liturgies, School celebrating the school year. Our students including: Project Based Learning, Habits Masses and daily prayer combined with were offered a dynamic curriculum, of Mind, De Bono, Blooms, Williams Model, our Sacramental and Religious Education allowing them to set goals for themselves Multiple Intelligences, Visible Thinking Program, assisted in developing a and reflect on their learning. and Thinkers Keys. This was combined community of faith. Our Grandparents’ Day, with a variety of stimulus, including Mothers’ Day and Fathers’ Day activities Our goal for the year focused on Critical scaffolds, questioning techniques and all combined to weave the fabric of this Thinking and specifically on how we delivery methods to support learning. wonderful community. LORETO KIRRIBILLI 24 We invested in developing a mental of a great friend and how to use the Skipping, Speech and Drama, Code Club, health program called Grow Your Mind. Friend-o-meter to assess healthy versus Dance and Chess. A number of students Using the science of positive psychology, unhealthy friendships. Students also enjoyed performing with choirs and Grow Your Mind is an emotional wellbeing discussed the importance of standing up learning a variety of instruments. Many program for students and for their families. for themselves and how to put out those participated in the Concert Band, Jazz, Brain awareness is central to the mental common Friendship Fires. String, Guitar and Ukulele ensembles. health resources within the program. Year 6 travelled to Canberra and Year 5 The school year offered the girls many enjoyed Camp at Myuna Bay. Our students also experienced the opportunities to flourish and participate Language of Friendship program as well as in a number of Extra-Curricular activities. We are very grateful to the Class Parents a special workshop early in the year. Dana Swimming, Cross Country and Athletics who organised out of school activities Kerford, Canadian Friendship Expert and Carnivals were enjoyed as were a myriad for families. These events run by parents Founder of Girl Power, visited the Junior of sports including Tennis, Hockey, are always such a strength within our School to facilitate a Day of Friendship on Netball, Cricket, Tee-Ball, Modball, Softball, community and allow families to meet and 4 April. During these workshops, students Equestrian, Skiing and Taekwondo. enjoy each other’s company, developing a learnt the Four Friendship Facts, qualities Activities included Double Dutch sense of belonging and community. JUNIOR SCHOOL 25 CONGRATULATIONS & THANK YOU TO OUR 2019 SCHOOL LEADERS SCHOOL CAPTAIN Clementine Wills VICE CAPTAIN Eva Eales LITURGY CAPTAINS Alannah Youseff & Anna Dowling MUSIC CAPTAINS Coco Butcher & Samantha Wong ICT MONITORS Mabel Oxenham, Annie Peel, Lara Bonato & Tess van Vliet LIBRARY MONITORS Stella Smith, Lauren Tandy, Daisy Smyth & Arabella Hsu MUSIC AWARDS COLOUR HOUSE CAPTAINS For Music accomplishment and participation throughout the year. MILSON Tia McKenzie & Abbey Blanks CONCERT BAND Annabel Matthews Year 6 WARD Georgia Moran & Arie Stephens JAZZ BAND Charlotte Croll Year 6 HEATON Brigid Matthews & Claudia Healey STRING ENSEMBLE Lily Roberts Year 5 BARRY Audrey Segaert & Issie Howard JUNIOR STARS Abigail Damian Year 3 GUITAR ENSEMBLE Eva Eales Year 6 MOTHER GONZAGA BARRY UKULELE ENSEMBLE Arabella Bambagiotti Year 6 AWARD OF HONOUR The recipients of the Mother Gonzaga Barry Award of Honour CHOIR AWARDS have been selected by their teachers, due to their demonstration throughout the year to live the Loreto values and this year MAGICAL MINIS Zoe Turner Year 2 specifically targeting Sincerity….. “We should be such as we JUNIOR SCHOOL Coco Butcher Year 6 appear and appear such as we are”. Congratulations to the PETITE VOICES Arabella Hsu Year 6 following 2019 recipients. KINDERGARTEN Anastasia Louridas & Eloise Steele CONTRIBUTION TO THE SPIRIT OF MUSIC YEAR 1 Chanelle Leon-Gularte & Samantha Wong, Year 6 Mia de Vere White YEAR 2 Zoe Turner & Audrey Loneragan Thank you to our parents who have supported us this year and YEAR 3 Sophie Abbott & especially to those in their final year in the Junior School. We are Emmanuelle Senden-White blessed with very generous parents, willing and able to contribute to the positive wellbeing of our school. Thank you for your support YEAR 4 Alyssa Squires & Lara Verheyen in assisting in the classroom, with sport and carnivals, at Sausage YEAR 5B Lucy Henry & Mia Fernandez Sizzles, Concerts, the Spring Fair and P&F Functions, as well as class YEAR 5G Zara-Jean Falinski & Josie Harrington activities or representing us on various committees. Thank you! YEAR 6B Annabel Matthews & Annabel Peel Thank you to our tremendous staff who are such an asset to YEAR 6G Eva Eales & Anna Saliba Loreto and a pleasure to work with. The following pages present a snap shot from each class and THE O’DEA AWARD special events held throughout the year. Enjoy! Congratulations to Year 6 student Claudia Healey for exemplifying School Spirit. LORETO KIRRIBILLI 26 JUNIOR SCHOOL 27 JUNIOR SCHOOL 31 JUNIOR SCHOOL 33 JUNIOR SCHOOL 35 JUNIOR SCHOOL 37 JUNIOR SCHOOL 39 Be a pineapple ... wear a crown, stand tall and be sweet on the inside. JUNIOR SCHOOL 41 JUNIOR SCHOOL 43 JUNIOR SCHOOL 45 JUNIOR SCHOOL 47 INTERHOUSE JAZZ LORETO KIRRIBILLI 48 JUNIOR SCHOOL MUSIC MUSIC CAPTAINS' REPORT Coco Butcher & Samantha Wong • Music Captains We welcomed our new Junior School Then it was off to China where Year 1 We finished the term by celebrating Music Teacher, Ms Amelia Granturco, to sang Nine Million Bicycles in Beijing with Grandparents’ Day with our marvellous Loreto Kirribilli and started the school their colourful fans. Next it was time to buskers filling the driveway with music to year with the Opening Mass at Star of hop onto the Locomotion with Year 3’s welcome grandparents and friends to our the Sea Church. Claudia Healey and spectacular dance number. The train school. The Liturgy began with the Magical Anneliese Scott sang the responsorial stopped in Hungary where Year 5 dazzled Minis singing You’ve Got a Friend In Me by psalm while Charlotte Croll, Coco the audience while singing and playing Randy Newman and the Junior School Butcher and Gemma Ronan played the Ukulele to Budapest by George Choir performing You’re My Best Friend percussion with Miranda Hamer on the Ezra. This was followed by Juniors Stars by Queen. Flute and Samantha Wong on Violin. performing Hungarian Folk Dances. In Term 3 we celebrated the Fathers’ Day In Term 2, we celebrated our mothers The new friends moved onto Turkey where Liturgy. The Magical Minis began with an with a Liturgy where we were serenaded Year 6 entered the Hall from behind the amazing version of Stand By Me that blew by the Petite Voices performing Whitney audience dancing and singing to Istanbul the dads' socks off. The Junior School Choir Houston’s One Moment in Time and the Not Constantinople. The next stop was sang My Dad Snores and the Guitar and Magical Minis with a cute performance France where we were blown away by Ukulele Ensemble performed We Will Rock of Put A Little Love In Your Heart by Genevieve Williams singing I Love Paris. You by Queen. Annie Lennox. The Junior School Choir performed the The Spring Fair featured a number of Our attention was then on the Junior crowd favourite I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) Junior School Ensembles taking the stage School Concert which was definitely one and we landed in New York, to be wowed in the GBC. The day was opened by the to remember. The theme for this year’s by the Broadway Dance show provided by Junior Stars followed by the Concert Band, concert was What a Wonderful World. The Year 4 to Anything Goes. From New York the Jazz Band and concluded with 5 Gold and audience was taken on a musical journey girls travelled south to Mexico where the 5 Blue, who sang and played a series of around the world led by Lara Bonato and Guitar and Ukulele Ensemble performed songs with their ukuleles that they had Hannah Duffy playing Lauren & Kate.