From the Head of Junior School

It has been lovely to see many parents and grandparents onsite for our Celebrations of Learning and our Kindergarten to Year 5 assemblies. This week Year 1 and Year 5 hosted their Celebrations of Learning and Year 3 performed a beautiful assembly. It was also wonderful to join with Junior School parents at this week’s Coffee with the Principal morning. In attendance was our Head of Marketing and Community Relations, Michele Dunn, our Deputy Principal, Melissa Boyd and of course our Principal, Lisa Moloney. Thank you to parents and carers for taking the time to be with us, showing our young learners the value of education.

Cyber Safety

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our Director of eLearning, John Clear, for an informative webinar on Cyber Safety held earlier this week. If you were not able to attend, I strongly recommend you take the opportunity to listen to this very informative and practical talk. The link can be found below.

Cyber Safety webinar recording

International Night

International Night was a wonderful evening of community celebration, which was a huge success thanks to the many helpers and volunteers. Many thanks to the following:

P&F Year Representatives
Parent Ambassadors
Parent volunteers
All families who catered for the Korean, Indian and French stalls
Parents on the planning committee
Marketing and Community Relations Department, especially Event Coordinator Jillian Avramis
Facilities Department
Music Department
Café team
Executive staff
Junior School staff

Our Year 12 students also helped out in so many ways and spoke fondly of their memories of International Night when they were in Junior School.

My final thanks is to our Junior School girls and their families. International Night is all about community, coming together, celebrating our diversity and the richness that makes our MLC School community so special.

For photos from the event, please visit the MLC School Facebook page.

Year 3 to Year 6 Swimming Carnival

Today cheers could be heard across the campus as we held our annual Year 3 to Year 5 Swimming Carnival. (Year 6 participate at the Senior School carnival and an event is held for Kindergarten to Year 2 at the end of the year, following their intensive swimming program.) Our Year 3 to Year 5 girls had a super fun day in the pool, joining in with our Sports Captains to cheer on their House. It was a delight to see so many parents on the upper pool deck, cheering too with many wearing the House colours!

Photos from the day will be shared on the MLC School Facebook page and in next week’s newsletter.

Co-curricular Music Concert – Tuesday 4 April 2023

On Tuesday 4 April 2023 from 5pm–6pm, the Music Department is holding a Junior School concert in Potts Hall that will feature the following music ensembles:

Angeli Choir
Ukestra Ukulele Group
Junior Orchestra
Junior Jazz
Junior School Taiko Groups
Year 5 and Year 6 Band

Staff Spotlight – Samantha Anderson

Samantha Anderson is an enthusiastic educator who is passionate about the importance of Drama in primary education. She has a background in Music Theatre, obtaining a Bachelor of Music (Theatre) from the Australian Institute of Music where she then moved on to completing her Master of Teaching (Music & Drama). A graduate of MLC School herself, Samantha understands the importance and benefits of girl’s education and the benefits Drama can have both inside and outside of the classroom. She is passionate about creating warm, safe and inviting spaces for her students and believes that the arts are an essential part of developing confidence, creativity and communication skills. Samantha began her career in education teaching drama in a high school setting where she honed her craft and realised that she had a passion for working with younger students, which led her to MLC School.

I look forward to seeing our long distance runners at the Year 3 to Year 6 IPSHA Cross Country this Saturday at the King’s School, Parramatta.

– Daniel Sandral
Head of Junior School