{"id":40997,"date":"2025-06-20T14:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T04:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=40997"},"modified":"2025-06-25T08:35:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T22:35:54","slug":"from-the-head-of-junior-school-226","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/from-the-head-of-junior-school-226\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Head of Junior School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-35865\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/02\/Exec_Thumbnail_DanielSandral25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/02\/Exec_Thumbnail_DanielSandral25.jpg 230w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/02\/Exec_Thumbnail_DanielSandral25-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Congratulations to Booralee House for their wonderful assembly this week. Booralee Junior School house are supporting the School\u2019s Colour Run for Sony Camp.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Student Achievements\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our Junior School students have been excelling in various competitions and events, showcasing their talents and hard work. We are proud to announce that our ISDA Debating team won this year\u2019s grand final. Additionally, our students secured second place in the duologue section at the Parramatta Eisteddfod and also took second place at the Sydney Eisteddfod. We also placed second at the Junior Chamber Strings Eisteddfod, an outstanding achievement. One of our talented Year 6 artists, <strong>Mia Li,<\/strong> was a finalist in the Young Archies, with another artwork displayed in <em>Vivid<\/em>. You can read more about her work in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&amp;p=40810\">this newsletter<\/a>. These achievements highlight the high standards across many facets of learning at our School.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Groove at the Factory Theatre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Wednesday evening our Junior School band musicians preformed with our Senior School girls at the Factory Theatre in Marrickville. Titled Groove, this annual event has been a wonderful opportunity for our students to perform in a public venue. Congratulations to our Music Department and all performers. Yo can read more about this in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&amp;p=40947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Junior School Athletics Carnival\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">We had the perfect weather and the best day for our Kindergarten to Year 5 Athletics Carnival. It was a delight to see the parents dressed up, (some with cheer posters) getting into the spirit of the day. Mooramoora won the House Cheer. We will announce the overall winning team with the age champions at assembly next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Click on gallery view full images<\/em><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-40997 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/K9A0154.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/K9A0154-640x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/K9A0985.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img 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data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/K9A1834-640x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/K9A1874.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/K9A1874-640x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a 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number of events coming up next week including the Puppy Pageant on <strong>Monday 23 June<\/strong> (see article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&amp;p=40898\">this newsletter<\/a> for more information), Illuminate on Tuesday evening and the Colour Run on Friday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8211; <a href=\"mailto:dsandral@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au\">Daniel Sandral<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>Head of Junior School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Booralee House for their wonderful assembly this week. Booralee Junior School house are supporting the School\u2019s Colour Run for Sony Camp.\u00a0\u00a0 Student Achievements\u00a0 Our Junior School students have been excelling in various competitions and events, showcasing their talents and hard work. 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