Currambena school blog

Just a short Newsletter this week… very strange to have an unexpected holiday on a Thursday!

Thanks to everyone who helped with the social on Friday night. It was great fun and a lovely way to say farewell to Leesa. We all wish her the very best of success in her next adventure!

This week we are finishing off our PIP presentations which are so interesting and informative. We are all learning a lot about topics like Frogs, World History, Marilyn Monroe, Diseases, Cake and the Periodic Table… to mention but a few! Well done to everyone in the group!

We are also making 3D models… hopefully at least one photo will make it into the Newsletter today.

On Monday, we had a session with David from Y-safe about internet safety. Really valuable information for the group… and David was very impressed with the level of engagement and the knowledge of the children. We also had our second session with Talk Money presenter, Briony, who took us through some scenarios to demonstrate the importance of making calm, conscious and informed decisions about spending, especially online.

I hope you enjoy Immie’s “My Time at Currambena” in this Newsletter. We have 13 students leaving for high school this year, almost a record number, so we had to begin these Newsletter pieces this term in order to fit them all in!

A reminder that our Jervis Bay camp will be Monday 5th to Friday 9th December. Please note the dates. There will be a meeting early next term to discuss details.

And finally, have a wonderful, safe and relaxing holiday!

Love,
Wendy

Year 3
My first year at Currambena was in Year 3, and Leesa was my teacher. My closest friend was Harper and she showed me around the school, then I made friends with Perry, Soren and Jana. When I was in Year 3, Harper and the other Year 4 girls were always nice to me. They were Jasmin, Annika, Rosa, Gwen, Leila and Isla. They were always helping me out and telling me about the school.

Year 4
In Year 4, all the kids from Sarah’s class came up and I thought they would be Year 3 but they were Year 4. There were a couple of girls that looked nice but I didn’t know their names, so I was kinda shy around them, but after I learned their names, and they were Sophie, Zali, Alex and Claudia.

Year 5
Year 5 was a very big change for me because I was entering Wendy’s class and everyone said it was going to be hard, so I was scared and I was scared of Wendy but luckily I was already doing guitar with her, so it wasn’t too bad. I was sitting with my friends and I was feeling a lot better. At the end of the year I had the best camp I’ve ever had at Jervis Bay and I was sooo sad to see the Year 6s go. I cried so much.

Year 6
This is definitely going to be the saddest year for me saying goodbye to all my friends. I’m probably not going to see some of them ever again. It’s going to be sad having my Year 6 ceremony. I’m looking forward to doing Kris Kringle and Jervis Bay! It’s so exciting but I think this has been the best year out of all of them. Wendy has been the best teacher ever. I could not ask for a better one!

The End
I’m going to miss Currambena sooo much. It’s made such a huge difference to my life and luckily I won’t be leaving forever because my brother goes here, but I’m going to miss everything: the seniors’ room, my teacher, craft, canteen and especally my friends. They’re the ones who got me this far. Thank you so much Sophie, Zali, Alex, Jana and Claudia. I’m going to miss you all sooooo much.

Goodbye Currambena!

My first year at Currambena was at Preschool. I spent 2-3 years there. I can only remember never wanting to leave my mum. Every time I went to preschool I missed my mum and one time I even ripped out some of her hair. My preschool teachers were Michael and Katrina. Michael would always play guitar songs and Katrina would make the playdough. My buddy was Izzy. I remember us all sitting in a circle and it was my turn to pick a buddy and I pointed at Izzy and ran for the playdough.

Kindergarten
In kindergarten I think I had Jess as a teacher. I don’t quite remember but I do remember getting those blocks that stick together with magnets and playing with them every day or two. My class did our play based on a book with animals having a party in the jungle and I was a really pink flamingo.

Marius Year 1-2
In Marius’s class, we had a bluetongue lizard and Sophie and I would take it on walks every 2 days, and when we got back to class Marius would come back as “Elvis Presley”. There was also a student teacher but I don’t remember her name. All I remember is her giving me a giant tub of glue and saying it was a present (as a joke) and me taking it home for slime. I think we did a mediaeval play that year. I don’t remember it and our second play I don’t remember at all but I do remember a yellow school bus.

Sarah’s Class Year 3
Sarah was a bit scary to me through my time at Currambena (no offence Sarah). I only have memories of her shouting when they were rehearsing school play. And this year I had my first camp at Mowbray Park. The play that year was based on the crayon book.

Leesa’s Year 4
This year was the year I met my best friend Florence (who doesn’t come to Currambena). And I also started being friends with Imogen. Leesa’s class was fun because we got to climb the rafters and write our names up. I didn’t go to Leesa’s camp that year and the play was something about 2 girls and bad guys and animals.

Wendy’s Class in Year 5-6.
Wendy was a really good teacher and I loved the camps (other than getting homesick), the excursions and buddies. My first buddy was Arabella and my second buddies were Celeste and Justin. The school play in year 5 was based on Halloween and aliens, and the second play hasn’t started yet.

Thank you all the teachers Katrina, Michael, Jess, Marius, Sarah, Leesa, Wendy, Carolina, Julianna and Julie (our lolly-pop lady) for teaching me at least once and thank you to my friends Sophie, Alex, Claudia, Imogen, Harper and Florence and thank you Crafty for teaching me and being my favourite teacher for 9 years.