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December 2018

Indian Round Square Immersion

karenmeyer2018-12-12T12:43:46+00:0012 December, 2018|Categories: Term 4 2018, Week ending 14 December 2018, Weekly News 2018|Tags: Middle School|

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The past week has been an awesome experience for six Middle Schoolers (and their escort) as they enthusiastically embraced the Round Square Conference at The Doon School in Dehradun, Northern India. While the conference theme related to the leadership and service IDEALS mainly, all six pillars were well and truly being lived. There were 154 students from 22 schools and only two delegations were not Indian Schools. As outsiders to this region, we were completely welcomed and our students did not seem to notice that they were the different ones this time. […]

Student achievement

karenmeyer2018-12-12T12:20:44+00:0012 December, 2018|Categories: Term 4 2018, Week ending 14 December 2018, Weekly News 2018|Tags: Senior School|

Mia King (Year 11) has been selected in the 2019 NAB AFL Women’s Academy Squad. Mia is one of 48 players to have been named in the third intake of this Academy, with academy members receiving a NAB AFL Women’s Academy scholarship that provides high-performance camps and personal development opportunities over a 12-month period. Mia also played in a practice game against North Melbourne recently in Hobart and has been asked to start travelling to Melbourne regularly for training with the North Melbourne team.

Kate Croft
Deputy Principal / Head of Senior School

Lost property

karenmeyer2018-12-12T12:10:04+00:0012 December, 2018|Categories: Term 4 2018, Week ending 14 December 2018, Weekly News 2018|Tags: Senior School|

There is still a significant amount of un-named lost property which has accumulated over the year – uniform items, lunch boxes and drink bottles – at the Senior School student reception. Please visit to claim any items.

Lost property

karenmeyer2018-12-12T12:08:49+00:0012 December, 2018|Categories: Term 4 2018, Week ending 14 December 2018, Weekly News 2018|Tags: Junior School|

There is still a significant amount of un-named lost property which has accumulated over the year – uniform items, lunch boxes and drink bottles – at the Junior School reception. Please visit to claim any items.

Australian Schools Basketball Championships

karenmeyer2018-12-12T14:00:16+00:0011 December, 2018|Categories: Term 4 2018, Week ending 14 December 2018, Weekly News 2018|Tags: Senior School|

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Our Senior boys travelled to Melbourne for the Australian Schools Basketball Championships from 2-7 December to participate in the U/20 Mens Division. They faced some very tough competition playing against the following schools: Mount Lilydale Mercy College (VIC), The Scots College (NSW), Hunter Sports High School (NSW), Reddam House School (NSW) and Newington College (NSW).

The boys won two games against Reddam House and Scotts College and only lost by under 10 points to the majority of the other schools, a slow start in a few of the games a contributing factor. […]

College Shop uniform sales for 2019

karenmeyer2018-12-12T12:11:34+00:0011 December, 2018|Categories: Term 4 2018, Week ending 14 December 2018, Week ending 30 November 2018, Week ending 7 December 2018, Weekly News 2018|Tags: Across College|

The College Shop will be open for ‘Back To School’ uniform sales from Monday 21 January 2019.

During the week of 21 January – 25 January, the College Shop is open by appointment only.

From Tuesday 29 January to Friday 1 February, appointments are available in the morning, 9.00 am – 12.00pm, with the shop then open for general sales from 12.30pm – 5.00pm.

Appointments can be booked via the College Shop page on our website.

Students requiring full uniform fittings, new students, or families with multiple children will need to book a one-hour appointment for uniform fittings.

Students entering Early Learning should book a 30-minute appointment, and those people that just need […]

Year 3 Art

karenmeyer2018-12-12T13:16:12+00:0010 December, 2018|Categories: Term 4 2018, Week ending 14 December 2018, Weekly News 2018|Tags: Junior School|

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Congratulations to the following Year 3 students whose Batik artwork was selected for inclusion in the ArtStart Exhibition, ‘Cobwebs, Tangles and Networks’.

This exhibition is currently showing at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Wellington Street until June 2019.

Madeleine McLarty
Benji McDermott
Eva Shaw
Alex Miller
Clancy Lillywhite
Arlo Lancaster
Miya Springer

Suzanne Creese
Teacher

Lost Property

karenmeyer2018-12-12T12:06:34+00:0010 December, 2018|Categories: Term 4 2018, Week ending 14 December 2018, Week ending 7 December 2018, Weekly News 2018|Tags: Middle School|

There is still a significant amount of un-named lost property which has accumulated over the year – uniform items, lunch boxes and drink bottles – at the Middle School reception. Please visit to claim any items.

Elphin Campus Celebrations

karenmeyer2018-12-07T13:14:41+00:007 December, 2018|Categories: Term 4 2018, Week ending 7 December 2018, Weekly News 2018|Tags: Junior School|

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The last full week of the school year has been a wonderful time of celebrating learning and Christmas across the Junior School.

Thank you to all families who have been able to share so many special moments with their child(ren) and their classmates and teachers. The joy and energy exuded by students at the Prep and Year 1 events on Wednesday, the time at Scotch Oakburn Park and the Wetlands for Early Learning Erina families, and then the spectacular Family Carol Service led by Year 4 and featuring all Year 2 and […]

Bush Learning

karenmeyer2018-12-07T13:04:22+00:007 December, 2018|Categories: Term 4 2018, Week ending 7 December 2018, Weekly News 2018|Tags: Junior School|

The Bush Learning program at the Wetlands has been a highlight of this year for the Early Learning Erina students and they wrote their Aussie Twelve Days of Christmas from their Wetlands experiences.