JS News: 27 Jul 2022
By Karen Mahar, Deputy Head of Junior School
Green and Gold Day
Many Aussie sports fans will be focused on watching the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK, which commence this coming Friday, 29 July. Our team consists of some 456 athletes.
To acknowledge and demonstrate support for our Aussie competitors, JS staff and students are encouraged to wear the green and gold, or some form of Aussie attire, on Friday.
It’s easy to do. We encourage your involvement and believe that by everyone feeling included, Aussie success becomes more enjoyable!
Child safety
It remains an ongoing priority for each of us to protect our students – every single one of them.
Keeping our children safe, teaching them and providing them with life skills to keep themselves safe, both at home and in our community, as well as online, is a matter of growing commitment.
In Week 3, Bruce and Denise Morcombe, founders of the Daniel Morcombe foundation, will visit Radford Junior School to speak with students and staff in Years 5 and 6. Denise and Bruce have become Child Safety Ambassadors who aim to raise awareness of child safety by providing key messages to students.
Their presentation intention is to teach children about personal safety and awareness, including cybersafety and phone safety, by focusing on three key safety messages: Recognise, React and Report.
Rostrum
Last term, students in Years 4, 5 and 6 participated in the Rostrum public speaking competition.
The 2022 Junior School Rostrum Competition, held on 24 May, was a wonderful showcase of local student speakers who were both articulate and entertaining. Those in attendance were treated to a broad and diverse range of engaging, creative and thought-provoking speeches, ranging from an organised jumping spider to droning politicians.
We would like to congratulate our Year 4 student, Prisha Kochhar, who was declared the winner of the Junior School competition with her speech on the topic of 'Being Organised', and the runner-up, Year 5 student Jimmy Eyers.
Prisha went on to the quarter-finals held at Lyneham Primary school – which she also won!
We extend our best wishes to Prisha in the coming weeks as she prepares to compete in the Junior School Rostrum finals.
The Junior School Oratory Team would like to thank staff, parents, and students for their support of the Rostrum program. We look forward to the 2023 competition.
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