{"id":47343,"date":"2026-09-11T15:55:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T05:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&p=47343"},"modified":"2026-09-11T15:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T05:55:59","slug":"from-the-of-head-junior-school","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/from-the-of-head-junior-school\/","title":{"rendered":"From the of Head Junior School"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>State Writing Award<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Congratulations to Junior School Captain Marina Chen<\/strong> (Year 5),<\/strong> who has been awarded the Stage 3 Gold Award in the 2026 WriteOn competition.<\/p>\n

This is a significant achievement in a state-wide competition conducted by the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA). Marina was presented with her award this week at the State Library of NSW, with her parents and our Deputy Head of Junior School \u2013 Wellbeing, Joanne Sharpe,<\/strong> in attendance. Congratulations, Marina!\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Public Speaking Competition Year 3 to Year 5<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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MLC School has a strong reputation for producing outstanding public speakers and debaters. This was certainly on display during this week\u2019s Junior School campus assembly, as students from Year 3 to Year 5 participated in the annual public speaking competition. The Senior School judges were highly impressed by the standard of the speeches.<\/p>\n

My congratulations to all the girls who participated in the public speaking knockout competition, and particular accolades to our finalists who will be announced next Thursday at our Awards Assembly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kindergarten to Year 2 Concert<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Today we held our annual Kindergarten to Year 2 concert, \u2018MLC School: A Birthday Celebration\u2019. The girls, with assistance from our concert director, wrote their own musical in honour of our 140th anniversary this year. Our thanks go to our Junior School Music Coordinator, Sophie Grattan-Smith;<\/strong> Music Teacher, Megan Ling;<\/strong> Concert Director Murray; accompanist Jono; and all other staff involved. Please look out on MLC School’s social media and in next week\u2019s newsletter for photos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Stay and Play Reminder<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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1.30pm Friday 18 September 2026<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A reminder that next week concludes with an end-of-term tradition for Kindergarten to Year 5: Stay and Play. Parents are welcome to attend, and Pre-Kindergarten students may also attend with their parent or carer. A message outlining everything you need to do in preparation for Stay and Play has been provided. You can also access this message here.<\/a><\/p>\n

– Daniel Sandral
\n<\/strong><\/em>Head of Junior School<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

State Writing Award\u00a0 Congratulations to Junior School Captain Marina Chen (Year 5), who has been awarded the Stage 3 Gold Award in the 2026 WriteOn competition. This is a significant achievement in a state-wide competition conducted by the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA). Marina was presented with her award this week at the State Library […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":47385,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[5],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-47343","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-junior-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/47343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=47343"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=47343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}