Redeemer Record, July 2012 - Redeemer Lutheran College

8 | junior school news | REDEEMER RECORDJunior School NewsThe Junior School has been a busy placeto date this year!In March we finally moved into thenew Junior School Office. This is apurpose built and designed space toaccommodate a larger reception area,new offices, as well as a sick bay andstaff room facilities. The bright coloursare inviting to the young students andthe area has a professional feel to it.Also in March we acknowledged our inaugural Junior SchoolHouse Captains. Students from Year 5 were given the opportunityto nominate themselves for these positions and a boy and girlfrom each House Team were selected.Congratulations to our Inaugural House Captains:• Lavarack: William Eivers and Ella Wenke• Mansfield: Soumil Sharma and Kailee Muller• Ramsay: Harrison Lavin and Taylor Pashen• Wilson: Bailey Aslander and Mineka VedamuttuThese students were awarded with a house badge during one ofour Assemblies.Camps were a highlight in Term 1. Our Year 4 and Year 5 studentshad their year level camps at Bestbrook Mountain Resort andCamp Currimundi, respectively. Camps are organised for studentsin the Junior School in a variety of locations, focusing on differentskills to ultimately help provide the students with the necessarycompetencies to enjoy the Tuchekoi experience when they reachYear 9.The Prep Bible Presentation is an annual event that is an initiativeof Our Saviour Lutheran Church. Members of Our Saviourcongregation attend a special Chapel service where they give everyPrep child their very own Bible. Prep parents are also welcome toattend this event and a morning tea is provided after the service.Once the students have received their Bibles, some members of thecongregation then graciously give their time to come in weekly tospend time reading Bible stories to our Prep students.Building student relationships across the College is a key goal atRedeemer. Teachers look for appropriate ways that they can bringthe Senior or Middle School into the Junior School or vice versa.Each year the Year 12 Manufacturing Students look for ways theycan build or make something that will be of benefit to the JuniorSchool students. This year the Year 12 Manufacturing class workedto design and create a storage system for outdoor play equipment.The class was given the task of building four mobile storageproducts that could be easily manipulated by the students. Oncethe boxes were complete, the students visited the Junior School toshow our students how to use them appropriately.The Senior School students who study Early Childhood also spendtime in our Junior School classrooms assisting where necessary.One of the big roles they played to date was assisting with theMothers Day Stall by preparing, wrapping and pricing items.This is an annual event that the Junior School children eagerlylook forward to. Students walk to the Senior School to enter theMothers Day Stall and select a suitable item for their special Mum.The Early Childhood students assist again on the day by helpingJunior School students with selecting and paying for their items.Mrs Kelli McKeiverjuniorHead of Junior School