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Junior School News: Term 1, Week 10, 2023

During Holy Week, we humbly come before you to offer our prayers and seek your guidance and blessings. We tremble to think that it was one of Jesus’ own friends who betrayed him. One who sat by him, who broke bread with him.
We thank you for your endless love and mercy, and for sending your Son, Jesus Christ, to redeem us and show us the way to eternal life. We ask that you give us the strength and wisdom to follow in His footsteps and live a life that is pleasing to you.
During this Holy Week, we ask that you help us to reflect on the sacrifice that Jesus made for us and to deepen our understanding of His love for us. May we be reminded of the power of forgiveness, the importance of humility, and the gift of salvation that you offer us through Jesus.
We pray for those who are suffering during this time, whether it be from illness, loss, or other challenges. May they find comfort and peace in your loving embrace and know that you are always with them.
Finally, we ask that you bless us with the courage to share your love and grace with others, especially during this Holy Week. May we be a shining light of hope and inspiration to those around us, and may we always remember to put our faith and trust in you.
We ask all these things in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

ANZAC Day March – Queanbeyan RSL sub-branch. Tuesday 25 April – Junior School students keen to attend should meet outside the City Council Chambers at 10:00am, dressed in full school Winter uniform. Parents will need to be present to help support their son/s. For more information, please contact Brenda Galvin: brgalvin@stedmunds.act.edu.au

First Day of Term Two for students is Wednesday 26 April. Monday 24 April is a pupil free day.

Junior school Parent/Teacher Evening – Thursday 27 April. 3.30pm – 6.45pm. Information will be sent home to families via email this week with details on how to book.

Athletics Age Champions – Congratulations to the age champions from our Junior School athletics carnival.
9 Years –          Jack Peach
10 Years –       Tom Gibson
11 Years –       Hugh Gibson
12 Years –       Benji McNamara

Junior School Cross Country Carnival – Wednesday 3 May. 9.15am – 10.45am.

St Edmund’s College Junior School Cross Country

Wednesday 3 May

9.05am     Assemble in class, post stickers on PE shirts/House coloured shirt then bring your students to the grandstand on Owens.  (Briefing & Staff to Area of Responsibility)

Age GroupDistance
  9’s1.5km
10’s2.0km
11’s3.0km
12’s3.0km

* All times are approximate

All Students to Assemble on Owens Oval 9.10am in PE UNIFORM/House Coloured Shirt

Race 1             9.10 to 9.30                 12 Years          3.0km
Race 2             9.35 to 10.00               11 Years          3.0km
Race 3             10.05 to 10.20             10 Years          2.0km
Race 4             10.25 to 10.35             9 Years            1.5km

Ages are the age the boys ARE turning or HAVE turned in 2023Top of Form

School Sport ACT Representative 12/U OpportunitiesSchool Sport ACT has changed the process for applying and participating in Sporting Trials.

Anyone interested in trialling for the various regional sports, now need to log onto the ACT Sports Website and register for the sport that your child wishes to trial. It is the responsibility of parents/carers to monitor the website for any upcoming sporting events, if your child is interested in competing in the regional competitions.

Please also note if your child is successful in being selected for an ACT team to participate in a national or regional tournament, a formal written letter is required, addressed to the College Principal to seek permission for absence from school during this period. Once the College has received such a request it can then be formally approved for your son’s participation in this activity with School Sport ACT. Secondly, we will also be able to acknowledge his achievement here at school.

Year 4-6 After School Homework Club
Tuesday and Wednesday after school (only runs weeks 2-9)
3.30pm – 4.30pm
Junior School Library lab
Boys are to bring work with them that they may need assistance with. This could be homework, assignments, extension work or additional work set by their classroom teacher.
Email: hellem@stedmunds.act.edu.au should you wish your son to attend.

Year 6 Runners Program – As a part of our Year 6 into High School transition program, we will be enlisting the assistance of Year 6 students to help as runners. As runners, the students will get to know the school layout very well ahead of Year 7. The students will work in pairs for a full day (learning remotely between jobs). The students will rotate through on a daily basis for semester 1 only.

Winter Uniform – Term 2. Please note that for Terms 2 and 3, we will move to Winter school uniform. For Junior School, this involves a move to long sleeve shirts, ties, jumpers, long pants and Winter jackets (optional). Please note Eddies rugby hoodies are not part of the formal uniform.

Team HEAT Holiday Program – St Edmund’s College Junior School will be hosting a fun and exciting Team H.E.A.T holiday program in the upcoming school holidays. This will take place on Wednesday April 19 to Friday April 21. This will be the second week of the upcoming holidays. All activities are facilitated by Team HEAT staff and Team HEAT is an external provider, although staff are known to the school. Siblings of current students (boys and girls) are welcome to attend.  Numbers are limited.

For more information, please contact team_heat@outlook.com

Hair Policy – Thank you to all parents/carers for keeping your son/s haircuts in line with the school’s uniform and hair policy. At times barbers may make mistakes. If they are informed of their mistake, many will fix the haircut (in line with our policy) at no extra charge. Could I please ask that all parents/carers familiarise themselves with the hair policy so that students can get about their daily work without teacher’s asking them about their haircuts. Thank you for your assistance with this.
Hair should be kept neat, tidy and clean at all times and not grown or styled into an extreme or exaggerated fashion.
Hair should be above the shoulder in length (above the bottom of the school shirt collar) and no shorter than a number ‘two’.
Students are not allowed to have lines or designs shaved into their hair nor grow long sections of hair that can be fashioned into ‘top buns’, plaits, undercuts, braids, ‘rats tails’, ‘mohawks’ or ‘mullets’ etc.

Student Drop Off and Pick Up – Please do not use the staff carpark (off Canberra Avenue) to drop or collect students before and after school. This is a dangerous place for our students to be moving through and we would like to keep this area for staff only. Thank you for helping to keep our community safe.

David Kelly
Assistant Principal – Junior School