Thanks to Frog and Kellie who are working tirelessly to get our Production into shape! 

Thanks to everyone who is working on the Quiz night!

Working bee: Sunday 14th September 9:30am-12:30pm

 We need lots of helpers to finish off the outdoor eating. garden area and to do some preparation for the coming bushfire season (note the change in date due to Father's Day!)

Clean up at rear of sports shed

Dirt: to be moved to top up the older garden bed and build new beds along the front fence.

Sleepers to line new garden edges and along the edge of the teacher car park. Paint the edging with yellow paint if we still have some. We need more logs to be placed in teacher carpark

Put wooden tops on tables

Spread the rocks batter off the area near the shed.

Clear leaf litter from around the school: people to bring rakes: Bushfire preparation

Remove the rio rod from the sleeper near the pump

Things for parents to bring:

Wheelbarrows, shovels, rakes, drills for table

Stories From Camp

        My camp reflection

By Tom

As the bus pulled up I peered out of the window, amazed by how different it looked compared to inside my head.  Then I realised there was more! And when I say more I mean a lot more! Buuut I’ll get back to that. When we got to the cabins the first thing I did was rush to our room (Me Zekie Rudy Finley Sully and Valentino).   I started to unpack and wondered how on earth did mum fit my sleeping bag in this tiny little black bag! 

Right, now I'll get back to the “more” part. We started walking away from the cabins and I wondered where we were going. Then I found out we were heading towards the pioneer settlement. The very first activity we did was lamington making. It was so cool and amazing how simple it was to make it. I can't remember what order they went in but we did other activities that were just as fun! (I’m going to tell you now) We did butter churning which is where you put cream in a jar and mix it with a mixing hand crank and then it turns into butter! 

We also did wood turning where we saw a man called Mr Grumpy make a rolling pin out of just a block of wood! At night we saw the light show and I can’t tell you how amazing it was, but I can tell you what it was like! There were projectors and water jets to act like a screen, there were bubble and foam shooters that covered Bernadette! (our principal) It even had flame throwers! For dinner we had penne with some mince meat but there was a bunch of oil at the bottom which was kind of gross.      

On the second day we made ropes by putting twine on a triangle like thing and twisting it around and then it made rope! I loved that we got to keep it. One of my favourite parts was when we went in the horse and cart where we got to go in a carriage pulled by a horse (except Sully because he was on the front).     

It was really fun and exciting and afterwards some people went in an old car, while  people stayed back and did skipping with a skipping rope. When it was my go I got the most jumps in our group with 28 jumps.  For dinner the second night we had fish and chips wich was better than the first nights dinner. Anyways thats my story of swan hill camp!    

                      The end

My Camp Story (on crutches) 

This story is a camp story, a camp story about me, Arlo - the kid on crutches.

 Originally the GP had said that with a fractured shin and all the necessary support I couldn't go to Swan Hill and sleep in a cabin and eat crappy camp food (which is still delicious because you're on camp.)But thanks to my mum and Bernadette the principal letting me go I managed to sit down on a V-line passenger train at nine twenty - five  on the 24th of august and stay on that train sitting talking to my classmates for three whole  hours until I stepped of the train in swan hill home of Swan Hill pioneer settlement which is where camp was to be held. A bus took us to three cabins, two of which were to stay in. I was in the Chewton mixed cabin with Wren, Lief, Hildie and myself.

 One of the most annoying things about being on camp with crutches  was that someone always had to carry my bag and when I tried to carry it myself it was as if I was in trouble. “No Arlo” . or “Not on crutches, Arlo” Bernadette would say in a warning tone. 

When we got to the Cabins after the long train trip and short bus ride I expected that we would relax and set up our cabins  but no ,first we had activities we left the buildings behind walking past a boat stationary in a lake only large enough to fit itself and a few ducks. We were soon split into school groups and one inter-school And had all started walking off to our respective activities.

  First up As Chewton, group four  - me and most of my classmates had lamington making with “Miss Kranky”  (who,not as the name suggests was not actually cranky.) Well Kranky rode her trike and we followed behind along a dusty cobblestone street and into the Murray Inn an old building with a shiny, wooden floor Miss Kranky took us past a locked door and into a modern kitchen with a stainless steel bench in the middle on the stainless steel bench sat two large, plastic bowls filled with chocolate sauce, a plate of coconut flakes and a latex glove for each of us. We grabbed two pieces of sponge cake and dipped them in the chocolate and coconut with the gloves on while Miss Kranky told us the story of how lamingtons were invented.

 The next activity was old games BORING! with crutches I couldn’t do half the things no sack races . Soon I found myself moping next to a life-size locomotive display.

 Wood turning was more fun though. We went into another old fashioned shop and stood behind a barrier while a man in old laborer's clothes  explained and demonstrated how a rolling pin was made after the activities. We walked back along the cobblestone streets and past the old stationary boat (which happened to be a paddle steamer.) And into our cabins where we started to set up our beds. People at school said that Bernadette gave sweets to the cleanest cabin or the nicest students and the rumours were true. But we  didn't get the lollies, yet the boys cabin cleaned up first leaving us second and last. An hour or two later it was dinner time, we came into the eating hall in the center of the cabin complex. We lined up to get served spaghetti bolognese but me and the other vegetarians got served eggplant sauce, YUM!  But what wasn't yum was the half centimeter of oil lying at the bottom of everyone's plate now that was just gross. After dinner we walked into the pioneer settlement for a light show. We sat down in a modern amphitheatre made of wood and concrete and other modern things and the show began… lights flashed from the other side of the river where the theatre was situated. The brown silhouette of a wedgtail eagle is what the lights made first and it went from there. I felt overwhelmed by lights for much of the performance and Wren coughed from the smoke but soon it was over and the story of swan hill and Australia was told. When we were back in the eating hall we were served our supper (which I didn't eat much of because I was full from dinner) and sent to bed… That was the first day of my camp on Crutches. THE END Written by Arlo McDonald     

 First Peoples connections and information

You can find out more about Yoorrook here

https://yoorrookjusticecommission.org.au/ and Four Corners have an excellent program on Yoorrook. 

https://iview.abc.net.au/show/four-corners/series/2025/video/NC2503H008S00 

We also heard about the current Treaty work being undertaken in Victoria. You may have heard that Djaara have begun Treaty negotiations with the Victorian government.

Sushi Dates for 2025

http://www.schoollunchonline.com.au 

14/2

14/3

16/5

13/6

8/8

12/9

24/10

14/11

12/12

Term 4 dates

Term 4 6 Oct – 19 Dec

• 7-15 October Somers Camp selected 5-6 students

• 10 October World Mental Health Day

• 10 October Goldfields Team Tennis/ softball (9/10-12/13 YO) TBC

• 17 October Goldfields Cricket Blast/ Basketball (9/10-12/13 YO) TBC

• Tuesday 21 October at 2.30pm Vaping prevention session for Grade 5-6 students

• Wednesday October 22 + Thursday October 23 I Am Mindful (I.A.M) program yr 5/6 students in 2 x 2hr sessions, Teacher PD 3.30-4.30 and Parent education workshop on Zoom 7.30pm-8.30pm 

• Wednesday 29th October Vaping prevention session with Bron Grieves 2:30pm

Preparation for Puberty grade 5-6

• Tuesday 28th Oct 9:30-11am

• Friday 7th November 2.30- 3.30

• Thursday 13th November 9.30- 11am

• Tuesday 18th Nov at 9,30 a- 11

• Tuesday 25th November 9:30-11am

• 4 November Curriculum Day

• 10-12 November Grade 5-6 Anglesea

• 7 November Kickball P-2 (change of location to Maldon)

• 11 November Remembrance Day

• Bike Ride 3-6 Date TBC

• Halloween dress up (week of 31st)

• 18, 25 November, 2 Dec Prep Transition 

• 3 December International Day of persons with disability

• 9 December Whole School Step Up Day

• 10 December Human Rights Day

• 16 December Xmas Carols, Yabbying

• 17 December Graduation/ End of year picnic 5-7:30pm

• 18 December Year 6 Big Day Out

• 19 December Pool Day 12-2:30