What a wonderful but also busy few weeks at Balnarring Primary School. Yesterday I attended the interschool triathlon event in Crib Point. I am so proud of the efforts and team work of our students. I know that our students were well prepared with a number of training sessions taking place leading up to the event.
Our 2026 Foundation students have now attended for two transition visits and it has been wonderful to welcome them into our school. While the students were in their transition session, I invited their parents/carers to come for a guided tour of our Balbirooroo Wetlands with some of our Year 6 students, Ms Green and I. I would like to acknowledge our students who did an amazing job of sharing some interesting facts and details about our wetlands, why our wetlands are so special to us and provides some examples of some of the activities we do in the wetlands. Thank you to Tallulah, Audrey, Jarvis, Paddy, Jack, Wren, Bianca and Finn who were very knowledgeable and engaging tour guides.
On Friday we celebrated the achievements of our students who participated in the Science Talent Search this year. It was wonderful to have their families come in and celebrate as we recognised these students. As always, we are incredibly proud of all of our students who participated in the Science Talent Search for all of the time and effort spent on learning and research to prepare their entries. In addition to the great results that our students achieved this year, Balnarring Primary School has also been awarded the Peter Craig School award in this years Science Talent Search. This award is for schools that demonstrate high quality student work covering a range of science concepts. Out of 168 participating school in 2025, only 4 schools received this award. Our school will receive a trophy and a bursary prize. I would like to congratulate Kate, our science teacher who dedicates a huge amount of time to not only supporting our students to submit their projects but also inspires them to have such a keen interest in science.
If you would like to view the Science Talent Search presentation day video where our school was acknowledged for receiving the Peter Craig School Award, please follow this link. STS Presentation Day video 2025
Our Year 2026 Year 6 Leaders were also introduced to our school community during assembly on Friday. We are proud of all of these students and look forward to them flourishing in their leadership roles next year. It is with excitement that I announce our School Captains and House Captains for 2026:
School Captains: Bowie D, Hudson S, Alexander B, Indie T
House Captains: COOLART – Charlotte, Maisie, Taj HURLEY – Ziggy W, Frankie R, Chelsea A
LARNOO – Georgie G, Lani O, Quentin C WARRAWEE – Arlo S, Ruby H, Louie M
Our construction works to rectify our storm water drainage is now mostly complete with the courtyard complete with new synthetic turf being opened on Friday last week. All of the temporary fencing has now been removed from our site however, we do have some pickets and tape up to cordon off areas where we need to allow grass to regrow.
Over the December/January school holidays we will be having solar panels installed on our roof. This will enable us to have more sustainable energy usage.
Bethany Jackson
Principal
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