Dr Carmel McGrath

2019 School Captain Selection

Congratulations to all our Year 5 students who participated in the School Captain selection process last week. The quality of student speeches was extremely good with students showing confidence and preparedness. I am very pleased to announce our successful candidates are:

2019 School captains – Charlotte Seriser and Trey King

2019 School Vice Captains – Scarlett Rudy and Lysander Cameron

This week we begin our House Captains and the following week our Project Captains. Please see key dates below. The main criteria for all selections are: 

Participation, Behaviour and Leadership. The process involves student speeches, voting, shortlisting and interviews before final selection. Best of Luck to all.

Summary of key dates:

• Monday 19 – Tuesday 20 Nov times TBC (classrooms)  – House captain speeches and Year 4 and 5 student voting
• Thurs 22 Nov – Principal interviews shortlisted students
• Thurs 22 Nov – Principal announces the 2019 House Captains
• Mon 26 Nov 9:15am (Hall) – Project Captain speeches and student voting
• Thurs 29 Nov 9am - 11am – Principal interviews shortlisted students
• Thurs 29 Nov 12noon – Principal announces the 2019 Project Group Captains
• Tues 04 Dec – 2019 School, House and Project Captains introduced to school on assembly

Instrumental Music afternoon – Congratulations to Marina Thacker and Colin McIntyre for the fantastic Instrumental Gala Event on Sunday 18 November. The quality of the student performances was outstanding.  It is pleasing to see our audience for the event is growing steadily each year. Congratulations to all the performers: Junior and Senior bands, New Farm Beats, Senior Choir and our Shine Winner Trslr.  

Congratulations to our soloists in the choir: Camille, Greta and Sila who led the choir beautifully. Mr McIntyre also acknowledged the senior students leaving New Farm at the end of this year and wished them well in their music for secondary school. Special mention was made for our Year 6 soloist Dakota who has had numerous scholarship offers from a range of prestigious secondary schools. Lottie’s xylophone solo was a highlight of the band’s performance and her achievements in music have been noteworthy. Mia was commended for achievement in the honours selection in the metro schools this year. Special thanks also to Sunday Ali who accompanied the Choir and Djembe and James Byrne who accompanied on Base Guitar. Their contribution made the performances all the richer. 

Christmas Dance Concert

A reminder to ensure you purchase your family tickets for the Dance Concert. It is sure to be a wonderful night of dance performances.  

Reporting Period

Students are in the midst of finalising assessments which will inform their overall Semester 2 results. Teachers have been involved in moderation of assessment tasks over the past fortnight and will be completing report cards which will be sent home in the final week of school.