Issue 7 2012.pdf - St George Christian School

Whole School News
The National Rope
Championships
The National Rope Championships were held from 22 to 25
June at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre. This competition
involved 400 competitors from around Australia and a
group from Singapore in various speed and freestyle events.
Six students represented our school at this competition. They
were Nathan Chang (Yr 9), Jessica Payne (Yr 8), Josephine
Anugerah (Yr 8), Georgia Clark (Yr 6), Lydia Chang (Yr
4) and Jacqueline Maskito (Yr 4). Last year, at our first
Nationals, these same students placed in the top half of
their age group but were awarded no medals. This year
every student gained either a Silver or Gold medal.
Our students won the following:
Nathan Chang and Jessica Payne: Silver for their pairs
freestyle routine (like a gymnastics floor routine using dance,
gymnastics and aerobic skills whilst skipping with a rope).
Josephine Anugerah and Georgia Clark: Silver for their Pairs
30 second Double Under speed relay.
Lydia Chang and Jacqueline Maskito: Gold for their Pairs 30
second speed relay, Gold for their Pairs 30 second Double
Under speed relay and Gold as the overall 10 and under
Pairs Champions.
These students trained long and hard to achieve these
results at this level of competition. Coaches from other
teams complimented our students, not only on their success
this year, but their improvement as well. The judges also
complimented our students on their attitudes and said that
no matter what happened they always had smiles on their
faces.
I am so proud of their efforts, sportsmanship and grace.
They are a fantastic group to work with and their families
are so supportive. Everyone was so pleased, not just to
win medals this year, but because we stepped up and
improved with everyone achieving PB’s for all events.
Thank you to the school community for your support of the
team. It does make a difference.
Mrs Karen Binns
Infants
Welcome back to Infants for Term 3. This will be a very busy and eventful term. We have begun to introduce
interactive white boards to the classrooms, with the first two being placed in 1G and 2CL. The other classes will receive theirs
in due time. We have also begun trialling Mathletics (an interactive mathematics program) with a group of Year 2 children.
We hope to extend this once we have established the benefits it provides for our students.
Book Parade - A warm invitation is extended to family and friends to attend our Book Parade on
Tuesday 14 August 2012. Notes have gone home informing parents of the timetable and Sausage Sizzle
lunch on the day. Children will come to school dressed as a book character from a book in the Infants
Library. If you need inspiration, Mrs Brown will have a box of books and suggestions near the Library for
you to get some ideas for the costumes.