If you have been into our Junior School over the past term, you will have noticed the windows of K/1 and Year 2/3 have been adorned with pictures of the students of each respective class. They are holding boards that answer the question, ‘What I love about my Junior School’. The answers that were provided [...]
The annual Rostrum Public Speaking ACT competition was held in Cooma on Monday, 4th June. Emily Willsmer from Year 6 represented our Junior School, having been chosen from our Year 5 and Year 6 students. Each student developed their own speech over the past term based on topics that the Rostrum organisation sends to all [...]
The decision on whether your child is ready for school is not easily answered. One thing that I can say is that simply focusing on arming children with their letters and numbers before entering a kindergarten classroom is not what determines school readiness. School readiness is more about how adaptive a child is to a [...]
Four Year 6 students in Abbey Wilson, Georgia Rumball, Emily Willsmer and Sarah McCabe took part in their first ever virtual debate against Bundaberg Christian College. The debate topic was: Gender classifications in sport should be replaced by weight classes. We took the negative position. Our girls worked collaboratively to come up with their ideas [...]
On Tuesday, 13 March, the circus came to town and we got to be a part of it! SMGS’ Junior School was entertained by a travelling circus company, called Circus Challenge. Two performance artists displayed their circus skills to us on stage as we watched them juggle, spin, throw and whirl objects around. They had [...]
This week Mr Klimes took his Year 5/6 Science class to Guthega Power Station for an excursion linked to their studies on electricity unit. This was a superb opportunity for the students to make real life connections with what is learnt in class. The Snowy Scheme certainly provides our local community with opportunities galore to [...]
