The past fortnight has been filled with action, with our Year 3 and 4 girls attending their annual swimming lessons at the Adelaide Aquatic Centre.

Held over four days, sessions focused on being safe and competent in and around the water. These sessions are invaluable for our girls’ development in this area.

The effects of travelling to and from the Centre and being in and out of the water have certainly been apparent by the end of the week, as we send a group of very happy but tired, little girls home for the weekend.

Outdoor Education

Our Year 5’s also enjoyed an exciting week with their Outdoor Education Day Trips spanning the four days. With a focus on indigenous culture, and environmental studies and sustainability, the girls took part in a program comprised of environmental projects and personal challenges inspired by the novel Storm Boy by Colin Thiele.

In line with the Year 5 Aboriginal Studies curriculum focus, the girls spent the first two days on campus being introduced to the traditional skills, language and culture of the Ngarrindjeri people. The girls learnt songs, cooked fish, built humpies and made damper - along with Wilderness staff and the music/language group, The Deadly Nannas.

The girls ventured away from school for the following two days, spending one day on the Spirit of the Coorong, visiting filming locations for Storm Boy, learning about and sourcing bush tucker, cockling and other learning related to indigenous culture.

The second day was spent visiting Frahns Farm - Dr David Patons’ Bio-R large scale habitat reconstruction project near Monarto. Students engaged in bird identification and banding, surveying small mammals, monitoring plant survivorship and regeneration, and checking nesting boxes.

Assemblies are Back

Week 6 saw a return of Junior School assemblies, but not as we know them.

Streamed via WebEx, with all girls in their classrooms, it has been a novel way for our Junior School to get together. Our Year 6 leaders have done an outstanding job of preparing prayer, nominations and introductions, all delivered live and online, while our Year 5 and Year 4 girls filmed their assembly items to share via a video link.

While we very much look forward to coming together in person, this certainly provides a platform to maintain connection and celebrations until we can.