From the Head of Junior School
Thank you to our Year 3 parents who attended the Year 3 assembly this week. It is a lovely opportunity for the girls to showcase some of their learning.
Parent Workshops
This week we continued our offering of parent workshops, with Year 6 Strengthening Positive Online Behaviour and Pre-Kindergarten’s Laying the Foundations for Lifelong Learning. The feedback has been very positive. I appreciate that it is not possible for all parents to attend; however, these sessions are designed to be delivered in person and are therefore scheduled prior to our Celebrations of Learning.
Next Monday at 8am, Kindergarten’s Foundations of Early Literacy will be held in The Daphne Line Hall. Current Pre-Kindergarten parents are most welcome to attend.
Staffing News
As Term 1 concludes we thank Lina El-Khoury who has been teaching Year 3E. We are very fortunate to have such a skilled and dedicated educator on our team. Lina will continue to work at MLC School as a casual teacher whilst also working for the Faculty of Education at the University of NSW.
This week we announced that Eddie Park has been successfully appointed to the specialist teaching position of Technology, eLearning and Innovations Leader at PLC Sydney. This is a wonderful career opportunity for Eddie, and he will be greatly missed by students, parents and colleagues.
We will also greatly miss Deborah Doyle, better known as Miss Debbie. She has given so much to the girls and staff during her years at MLC Junior School. Deb is retiring at the end of this term, and we hope to see her occasionally as she joins our casual teacher assistant team. We wish Eddie and Deb all the very best for the future.
Cardboard Challenge – a great success
What a wonderful community event. The evening was a great success, filled with fun, teamwork, creativity and friendly competition, and we even managed to avoid the rain! Thank you for your support and participation. The train carriages were fantastic.
Congratulations to Mooramoora, the winner of the Cardboard Challenge trophy. The cardboard train can still be seen on the red carpet, with thanks to Bede Schofield, STEAM Lab Coordinator, Marie Cassar, STEM Coordinator, and others for their engineering prowess.
Click here for the photo album and the time-lapse video on Instagram.
Year 3 to Year 6 Swimming Carnival
Cheers could be heard across the entire School as students in Year 3 to Year 5 participated in our annual Swimming Carnival. It was a day of great spirit, participation and competition. Thank you to our Director of Sport, Scott Carpenter, the Sports department, and all the Junior School staff who supported this fun event.
It was wonderful to see so many parents involved – many in House colours – cheering the girls on. Congratulations to Churunga for winning this year’s Swimming Carnival.
You can watch the ‘Super Fish’ Race by clicking on the video below, and read the full story in the Sports section of this newsletter by clicking here.
Crazy Hair Day
Crazy Hair Day is coming up on Tuesday 31 March, and we’re excited to invite everyone to take part while raising money for the Leukaemia Foundation. Students are encouraged to come to school with the craziest, wackiest, and most imaginative hairstyles they can dream up.
Easter Egg Drive
As in previous years, students in Year 3 to Year 6 are invited to donate chocolate to our Easter Egg Drive. This is a service initiative, in lieu of students receiving Easter eggs at school. Thank you for your donations by Wednesday 1 April 2026.
Collected Easter eggs will be donated to the following charities:
- Parramatta Mission
- Wayside Chapel
- Loaves and Fishes, Ashfield
If other families would also like to donate to this very worthy cause, it would be greatly appreciated.
– Daniel Sandral
Head of Junior School