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As part of Primary Interest Groups for Term Two, a group of students chose to participate in ‘Dance Fever’.

Our two Youth Councillors, Katie Hughes and Cormac Doolan, attended the SDRC Leadership Lunch to hear Olympian Steve Moneghetti talk.

In late July the Year 9 class completed their Outdoor Education sessions for this year with a hike up Mount Cordeaux, and then out to Bare Rock.

During their Outdoor Education lesson in early July, the Grade 1 students enjoyed discovering the different rocks as well as plants and trees growing near the riverbed.

On Friday the 9th of August the Primary school had its first 'Primary Games Day'.

Our artist-in-residence Chris Hulme has done a wonderful job over the July school holidays extending the tear drop mosaic pathway in the carpark. The mosaics were designed and crafted by SOTE's year 4, 5 and 6 students with Mr Hulme.

In early June the Grade 2/3 class went out to the Outdoor Education Centre at Upper Freestone with Ms Lightfoot and Mr Licence.

In late May, the Grade 1s visited the Gallery to admire an exhibition called ‘Plastic Doesn’t Grow On Trees’ by Mary Elizabeth Barron.

The Year 9 parents and students braved the bitter cold on Tuesday 4 June to participate in the first day of the Rites of Passage program at the School’s Outdoor Education Centre at Upper Freestone, facilitated by Dr Arne and his assistant Bere.

In late May, Mrs Mayall and the Year 4s explored friction through the use of different household items, including books, a plastic bottle, rice, and chopsticks.