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Today, after a little convincing, our office extraordinaire Bron gathered up some hot food and lollies and put on an amazing brunch for 4HS .

Ava had previously complained about the smell of the teachers’ morning tea being cooked in Art every Wednesday morning. Our class had to smell it, but never got to eat it!

Finally our time came!… And can we say, our spread smelt ten times more delicious. We even got to enjoy the food in the staff room.

What a great day! We don’t know what we would do if Bron wasn’t here at our school. Thank you Bron, you’re the best 🙂

Written by Matilda.

Swimming has began, here at Myrtleford P12. P-6 students have been participating in their swim safety program that they do every year. 4HS students have been having a BRILLIANT TIME practicing their strokes and water skills. Some of the activities we are undertaking in each session include diving for blocks, swimming laps and rescuing one another using noodles & life floaties. Hopefully we all pass our level test!

Our swim safety program also provides us the opportunity to fine tune our technique in preparation for our annual Swimming Carnival that will be held in the summer months of 2017. As part of the Carnival we compete in swimming races in the big, deep pool and fun activities in the medium, shallow pool. We can’t wait for the Carnival to roll around!

What are your swimming goals?

Which swimming stroke do you find the most challenging to master? Why?

What is your favourite Swimming Carnival event?

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By Hayden, Kade, Matilda & Ava

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*Apologies to all the boys… you were clearly hiding from our guest photographer 😉

Students and teachers alike descended on the oval and tennis courts today for a cricket spectacular. The event was in aid of the McGrath Foundation Pink Stumps Day, which raises money for breast cancer research. While the primary school students were competing against one another in continuous cricket, the senior school students were battling the staff in a Kanga match on the oval. There were plenty of big swings, the occasional 6 and of course the odd scream of “HOWZAT?!” The only missing ingredient of an otherwise fantastic day was a river swim post match to cool off.

How many runs did you score?

Were you successful in hitting the stumps or catching the ball to get an opponent out?

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On Friday the 4/11 2016 Myrtleford P12 had their first ever twilight fair. Every class from prep – 6 had to participate by preparing a stall. The pony club also participated by doing $5.00 pony rides. Lots of people came with their little stalls and helped out. Mr. Lindsey pumped his wicked beats from a music truck. Miss cartwright had a killer stand, selling badges and art works. Doughnut Dudes were selling jam doughnuts, along with the year 8 girls selling what Kade calls good milkshakes. Our stall was an obstacle course; it was a whacker of a stall. Some other year eights and sevens put on a haunted house in the 5 – 8 building. All the little kids were afraid of it. They raised over $400.00! It was a cracker of an afternoon.

Written by Kade, Ava and Matilda

What was your highlight?

Do you have a suggestion for a stall for next year’s Twilight Fair?

On Wednesday the 9th of November, Myrtleford P12 College had their annual Prep to Year 6 celebration night. The year 2s kicked off the evening busting out some moves to Footloose. While we were backstage preparing for our act, the preps dazzled the audience with their umbrellas and gumboots performing to Dancing In The Rain. Along with year 3, we performed Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Towards the end of the night, Mrs Cartwright presented two awards to each year level. Eventually, a very special award called the Martin Torpey Award was given. This year, Amy in year 6 won it. It was a great night!

Written by Matilda, Kade and Hayden.

Performing in front of a live audience can be very daunting. How did you feel whilst up on stage performing in front of your family and friends?

The evening was a great way to showcase our great talents and achievements. What other great achievements or proud moments have you had this year at school?

Only a few of the fun acts are mentioned above. What were your highlights of the evening?

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Nothing says the sound of summer like hearing cricket being played in the streets and in the parks or watching it live on the television. Many Australians have grown up listening to Richie Benaud’s voice on the radio, commentating matches all over our country. The sound of cricket is a comforting, familiar Australian sound that most of us appreciate, even if we’re not active cricket participants.

Yesterday, the sounds of cricket boomed across our school tennis courts with all the primary children participating in a MILO Cricket Clinic. Our session began with a warm up game of snowball tag, which got our heart rates racing. This was followed by a by a game of rapid fire. We had a blast and were stoked to walk away with a free squishy cricket ball!

What skills, both physical and interpersonal, do you think make for a good cricketer?

What is a “sound of summer” that makes you happy?

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Wow… we know now who is charge around here… and it is not us!

Persistent rainfalls have resulted in widespread flooding across much of our school’s district. Many homes lost power last night and roads and bridges became impassable. Subsequently, a significant number of our students and teachers were unable to get to school today. Our thoughts are with those families – we hope that any damage is only minimal.

According to TAFCO’s Myrtleford weather station, a total of 153.6mm of rain has fallen in the last month. This is purportedly five times more than the previous year!

With so many students and teachers absent, classes combined for a fun day together. In Years 3 & 4, we painted landscapes of flooded plains, played maths games and ran our hearts out in a mega session of “Rob the Nest” with Mr Slotegraaf.

What has been your family’s experience with the floods?

Thank you to Jess for the flood images. If you have an image of the floods that you would like to be posted here, please email it to hawkes.kate.k@edumail.vic.gov.au

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What are you looking forward to this term?

What goals do you hope to achieve?

What an honour it was to be visited this morning by Rio Olympian, James Willett, who spoke of his time in Rio last month.

James shot an AMAZING round in the Olympic heats and scored 140 out of 150 – an Olympic Record! Overall, James came 5th in the medals round. He informed us that the Gold medallist was 49 years old, which just goes to show the longevity you can have in clay shooting AND the opportunities that are to come for the young athlete.

James has been shooting since he was 12 years old on his family farm in Corowa, near the NSW/VIC border. His family and friends in neighbouring farms built a shooting range on James’ farm to Olympic specifications so that he could train at home. James spends approximately 8 hours a day training and has travelled to many countries around the world to compete.

One of James’ Rio highlights was meeting other athletes in the Olympic Village. He even got to watch Novak Djokovic train!

James happily posed for photos with all the students and signed drink bottles, hats and even a guitar! We are so thrilled that he was able to come and share his Olympic experience with us.

Which part of James’ talk did you find the most fascinating?