A Visit from Our Cowboy & Sporting Wheelies

What a treat it was to have our Cowboy, Zac Herdegen, visit us this week! Zac jumped right into the action, joining one of our Year 5 teachers' favourite childhood games—a high-energy mix involving a tennis racquet, tennis balls, hoops, two competing teams, and plenty of laughter all around.

The highlight of Zac's visit was joining 4D for their PE lesson with Sporting Wheelies. Alongside our students, he discovered the incredible skill, strength, and determination required to play sports in a wheelchair. It was a powerful learning experience for everyone involved.

Sporting Wheelies' inclusive school sports program, "Raising the Bar," gives both students and teachers hands-on experience with inclusive sport. These sessions welcome all students, regardless of ability, creating meaningful connections while building awareness and understanding of life with a disability. Judging by the smiles and engagement we witnessed, they achieved their goal of delivering an enjoyable and eye-opening experience.

Let's Talk About Lunch Waste

First, let me celebrate the fantastic lunchboxes I see daily—so many of you are packing healthy, nutritious, and delicious meals for your children and what about those treats? However, Miss Fuller, our Eco Bin chooks, and I have made some concerning discoveries during our daily rounds.

We're finding unopened packets of Tiny Teddies, Shapes, chips, cheese and crackers, yoghurts, muesli bars, chocolate custards, and juice boxes every single day. We've even discovered entire untouched snack boxes and unopened tins of Glee from the tuckshop. Don't get me started on the sandwiches, fruit pieces, and sausage rolls with just one bite missing!

Beyond the environmental impact of food heading to landfill, this represents a significant cost to your family budget and time spent preparing meals. Could you have a gentle conversation with your child about food waste? Perhaps remind them it's perfectly fine to bring home what they don't finish.

While Miss Fuller and Mrs Moores' chickens are certainly well-fed from our Bibi Goo bin investigations, I can only imagine what treasures await in the Prep, Year 4, 5, and 6 areas!

Enjoy Your Well-Deserved Break

What a wonderfully busy term it's been! Our students have worked incredibly hard and deserve to close those school books for a well-earned rest.

For those lucky enough to be travelling during the holidays, safe journeys to you and your families. We look forward to welcoming everyone back refreshed and ready for another exciting term ahead.