This year, the promotional imagery for the Junior Production of The Lion King Junior was created through a student art competition. Chelsea’s piece was one of the many fantastic submissions. Congratulations to Chelsea G in Year 2 who the winner of the Junior School Production Promotional Artwork Competition.
This week, the School’s Marketing Team visited the Year 2 classroom to reveal the winner and explain how Chelsea’s dynamic artwork piece was taken and turned it into various promotional pieces, including the program, posters and digital banners.
Once again well done to Chelsea G for her special award and congratulations to all the students not only in Year 2 but in other year levels who submitted an entry for the artwork competition. We look forward to seeing these inspiring pieces on display at Barbara Sutton Hall on both nights during the Lion King Jnr production.
Congratulations to Theresa W in Year 3 for participating in two events at the World Skate Games Italy 2024. Theresacompeted in the Junior Roller freestyle park and street events for participants aged from 7-17 year olds. During the tournament Theresa was the youngest and the only Australian competitor in the Street Sessions. At the conclusion of the tournament Theresa achieved 11th place in the Park competition final and 13th place in the Street competition final, which is currently the best result for Australia in these two categories. Also, Theresa met a number of famous skaters from around the world and became friends with them. We wish Theresa all the best in the future and CGGS is very proud of her efforts.
Congratulations to Alice L of Year 4 for winning the 2024 Wild At Art Competition with a Group of children. Her group achieved first place for best groupwork titled ‘The reflection of a koala’ from Tamm Art Studio. The artwork was a collage that was created by 33 students (ages 5-12) over 4 weeks using recycled materials (such as newspapers, magazines, and wrapping paper). Below is a picture of the Group artwork and it clearly shows the detail in the piece. We are also very proud of Alice’s achievement in Art and wish her all the best for the future.
Paul Donohue
Head of Junior School
As EL3 prepared their submission for the Ormiston Art Show, they consolidated their learning about mushrooms and highlighted the Hundred Languages of children. They created a collaborative artwork that reflected their learning journey. Images of their visual representations of mushrooms such as drawings, paintings, clay sculptures and craft creations, were layered over the photographs of the actual mushrooms found and observed in the Early Learning playground. The children were very proud of their work, especially when we visited the Ormiston Art Show as a class.
“That’s our mushroom!”
We are now extending our learning by exploring other varieties of fungi, such as yeast. We introduced yeast through the making of bread. We began with lots of discussion and hypotheses of what it might do to our bread, as well as smelling it and investigating it with our senses.
“I think it will make the bread brown” – Tashi.
“It will make it mix” – Nolan.
“It will be chocolate” – Evelyn, Mia, Elakiya.
“Make it rainbow!” – Xena, Elsa, Aimee.
“Pink!” – Noria.
“Yellow” – Liam.
“Red” – Jeslyn.
We worked as a team to measure our ingredients and mix our dough, ensuring we all had a role to play. The children are developing a growing appreciation for the need to take turns and wait, so others can have their turn.
We left our mixture and came back to observe it after 2 hours.
“It’s bigger!” – Elakiya
“Bubbles!” – Anne, Camille
“It’s going down” – Freya
Yeast made our dough… “Bigger!” – Thomas and Camille
We look forward to continuing our Inquiry into fungi and developing our understanding of the thought-provoking natural world that surrounds us.
Eva Szymanski
Early Learning 3 Teacher
Recently, the Foundation students engaged in an Inquiry investigation about the features of living things. The Foundation students were fascinated by the unique adaptations animals have to help them survive and thrive in their environments. Two features that captivated their imaginations were opposable thumbs and webbed feet. They learnt how opposable thumbs help certain animals to grasp and manipulate objects, while webbed feet give aquatic animals like ducks and frogs the ability to swim and move through the water efficiently. Our STEAM sessions primarily focused on plant life. The students learnt about different parts of plants and sorted these in multiple ways based on their features.
“Webbed feet are so cool. I wish I had webbed feet when I go swimming.” – Luna
“I tried to pack my school bag without using my opposable thumbs. It was really hard!” – Ella
“I liked learning about opposable thumbs because they are very useful.” – Abigail
“I liked learning about animals with webbed feet because I love learning about animals.” – Jesley
Mikaela Stanaway and Selena Reedman
Foundation Classroom Teacher
The Ormiston Art show was an incredible celebration of the artistic achievements of all students in the Junior School. It was fantastic to have so many families in attendance enjoying the artwork. Many people stopped to view the slideshow of the students engaged in the artmaking process.
A highlight of this year’s Art Show included the 41 ‘Space Invaders’ that invaded Ormiston. Each space Invader had a QR code that linked to the name of the artist and the name of the space invader. Another highlight was having a photograph in front of the wings made by the Year 2 Art club students. A favourite group of artworks were the ceramic cake slices made by the Year 5 students. Each delicious piece of cake represented the missing slice in a drawing on the opposite wall.
Our Art Show assembly was organised and led by Anshika Anand and Annabel Li who both spoke confidently about the Ormiston Art program. A big thank you to all the musicians who performed at the opening.
It has been a delight to see the curiosity, engagement and passion shown by the students at Ormiston this year.
Lilian Bishop
Junior School Art Teacher
A team of 36 students headed off to Doncaster Athletics Track to represent CGGS at the annual North Balwyn District Athletics Carnival. This event allows selected students to demonstrate their skills and compete for a place at the Boroondara Division Athletics Carnival in Term 4. A place on the team is highly sought after and selection is made based on student performances at previous House Athletics and GSV Track and Field Carnivals.
Competitors faced a challenging day with wild weather, including strong winds, rain and a hail storm! The resilience shown by the team, as well as their determination and commitment to the competition was inspiring. It was a very successful day with many students achieving personal bests. Students who placed first or second in their event earned a place at the upcoming Division Athletics Carnival in Term 4.
Some highlights included:
Elsa L – 2nd Long Jump
Audrey C – 1st 200m and 1st 800m
Quynh B – 2nd High Jump
Alessandra R, Claire Z, Audrey C and Faye L – 1st 4×100
We wish these students all the very best for the upcoming Division Athletics competition next term.
Kim James
Head of Health and Physical Education – Junior School
The Annual Concert at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Friday 6 September was a highly entertaining evening of inspirational music performances. Our CGGS musicians took the audience on a creative journey of high-quality items, whilst showcasing their extraordinary abilities. Murrundindi opened the program with a Welcome to Country and a shared Welcome Song in Woiwurrung language with the Year 4-6 choirs and Year 8 musicians.
The Ormiston students were excited to be performing in a world-class venue and presented their items with engagement, enthusiasm and passion. The appreciative audience had much to applaud and celebrate throughout the program, with all students and staff performing with a positive energy and collaborative approach. The Year 4-6 Choir and the Vocal Express singers enjoyed the experience of singing together on the Melbourne Recital Centre stage and appreciated listening to the Secondary School items.
We thank all of the Ormiston students and staff involved in the concert, alongside the wonderful CGGS parents and the support they provide. We look forward to seeing the Ormiston community at the Junior School Performing Arts events in Term 4.
Kate Savige and Rohan Mack
Directors of Music
