Currambena school blog

Hi everyone.

This week our play rehearsals are coming along well. Everyone has learned their lines, costumes are well underway and we’re getting into some serious voice projection, gestures and stage movement. We all hope you enjoy it very much when you see the film. Very disappointing that we can’t perform for you all live… so many things have been affected by COVID this year.

Our Year 6s have been attending high school orientation days which all seem to be going very well. They come back to school looking very pleased and confident. Some of last year’s Year 6s have been in touch with me recently to check in and tell me how well they’ve done this year, in spite of all the disruption. We’re going to organise a Zoom meeting in the last week of term so some of them can wish good luck to the current Year 6 group.

In our academic work, we are tackling patterns and algebra in maths and finding it lots of fun. In English, our persuasive writing plans and final written texts are almost complete. Some of the children have also typed their pieces into Google documents and completed a third edit for a slightly different audience. Some very impressive pieces of writing.

We have now finished our sex education sessions and everyone managed to handle the embarrassment of talking about the different aspects of puberty. It can undoubtedly be a tough time for young people and they do need all the support they can get. We talked about adults they could speak with and ask difficult questions if needed. Might be a good time to touch base with them and ask if they had any other questions. Some might be interested to hear how puberty was for their parents.

We began PIP presentations last week and will have some more today. It’s going to be challenging to fit them all in before the end of term! So far, they have been very interesting and well presented.

Swimming on Tuesday was good fun… see the photos in this Newsletter. We worked on breast stroke in the Olympic pool and it was great to see so many strong and capable swimmers.

Kris Kringle is also taking up some of our time as notes are written and delivered. We will have an end of year circle on the last day and presents will be given. Each recipient will try to guess the giver of their Kris Kringle notes and gift. Maximum spend of $25 please.

School Council meets tomorrow night and will consider my proposal about our end of year camp. I’ll email when I have their decision.

Have great weeks.

Cheers,
Wendy

Hello! My name is Miro and this is my time at Currambena.

I don’t remember much from Preschool but I do remember playing with this type of lego that was a massive trend at the time. I also remember when I met Julian and everyone was calling him Julianna. There was also the time I met Perry and he was called the Puzzle Master. We would argue about what bird in each of our names was better (I have Hawk in my name and he has Peregrine).

In Sue’s class, I remember having loads of fun. One funny moment I remember is when you could be naked at school when we were in the middle of a lesson. A friend of mine ran into the window entirely naked. Another thing I remember is a time when we did an experiment where we set out three types of food and found out which one the ants went to most. I remember there was meat, honey and something else I don’t remember.

In my next school year, I was in both Marius’s and Tammy’s class. I was in Marius’s class for two years so I’m just going to do them as one. I remember when we were choosing Marius and one day he shocked us by jumping from behind the chair. I also remember when I came back from Sweden we were doing a science experiment with yeast and Soren offered me a spot beside him. I also remembered we would make plans that when we were adults we would live together in a massive spaceship with loads of cool things on it. We also made a plan to steal the crown jewels!

In Sarah’s I remember I learnt loads of spelling. We did a spelling test every week and were always going into what was called Louise’s class at the time wishing we could go on the rafters. I also remember we did a play and I was Zack Power .

In Leesa’s class, I remember we were so excited about the rafters. I also remember that we patted the rats and made obstacle courses for them. I also remember we went to camp and we loved it. We learnt to crack whips and throw boomerangs. But there were two things that were quite funny. One was a cow that peed on my water bottle. There was also water that tasted like beans.

In my first year of Wendy’s class, I remember having so much fun. I met so many new friends and so much happened in the year. The main thing I remember is camp at Bendalong which was the best. I loved setting up tents, snorkelling and patting stingrays. There were so many other things that I enjoyed at camp but I don’t want to make the list too long. I also remember when we stayed overnight at school. It felt weird to wake up and be already at school but it was lots of fun. When we had to go into lockdown the first time, I enjoyed it because I could do my work in my own time, get it done early and have the rest of the day to myself. But I did miss my friends.

This year, being Year 6 has been quite fun. I loved the Little River camp. It was fun. We stayed in pentagonal cabins. We made rafts and our team’s one floated well. We also did canoeing and at the end we capsized them. Then we went abseiling. The second lockdown was quite fun too. I got really good at biking but it was good to be back at school. I’ve had loads of fun this year so far and I’m sad it’s my last at this school because this has been the only school I’ve ever been to and I’m sad to leave.

I will be moving down to Bowral and am going to a Steiner high school. I’m looking forward to going to this school (it’s called Aurora) because they have a forge and I’m looking forward to doing some metalwork.

So goodbye to Currambena and all my friends. Thanks for all the fun! From Miro.