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The Year 2 Star Sister Programme is a great opportunity
for the Year 2 students to grow and develop their
leadership skills from an early age. In Term 1 our focus is
to build the Year 2 student’s self-esteem and work on
their leadership skills. They identify what type of leader
they want to be and set goals for themselves, which we
reflect upon each term. In Term 2, we have a formal
ceremony to induct the Year 2 leaders. As the leaders of
the Prep-Year 2 community, our Year 2 students take on
various responsibilities. These include running and
initiating our Prep-Year 2 Assemblies and mentoring the
Prep students. The Preps and Year 2s regularly get
together, where the Year 2 students are responsible for
teaching and guiding the younger students in an
activity, which allows them to form a special bond. The
Prep-Year 2 Assemblies are run fortnightly and have a
strong focus on the Ruyton Values. Students across Year
2 take it in turns to lead these Assemblies and work
closely with all teachers in lower primary. The Star Sister
philosophy is to give all Year 2 students the opportunity
to lead and develop a sense of achievement.
Miss Brigitte Hook
and
Mrs Cait Mullins,
Year 2 teachers
What do we do as Star Sisters?
Charlotte L
‘We teach the Preps and show them how
to do things and share things with them.’
Harriet C
‘In Assembly we got to show our respect for
the environment. We made an iMovie and we got to
meet different teachers at lunchtime, like Mrs Graham,
Ms Bond and Ms Oldfield. It was great fun.’
Zara F
‘In Prep to 2 Assembly we are given a theme by
the teacher and then we have to make the Assembly.
There are always four girls – I had Ava, Isabella and
Audrey and our theme was care. We did mindfulness
activities, and showed care and showed how to colour
the letter C for Care. We read stories too.’
Valentia D
‘I loved making snowflakes because we got
to teach the Preps how to make them and how to cut
shapes out.’
Sophie K
‘You help out in the playground. If a Prep gets
hurt, you look out for them.’
Elizabeth H
‘In Assembly we do mindfulness at the
beginning and read a book. We ask questions about
the book to see if the Preps and Year 1s understand.
Our value was Honesty.’
Lucy T
‘In Assembly we read a book called Twinkle and
it was about Bouncing Back and at the end part
we got to dance.’
Why do you like being a Star Sister?
Ruby B
‘I am proud of doing something and I use Honesty
and I respect the Year 1s.’
Tegan T
‘My favourite part is helping my buddy with
learning what to do and they try and try again so hard
to get it right.’
Sarah O’S
‘I am so proud when I feel I have achieved
something new with the Preps. I also get to know
them all.’
Three Pelicans 3
Ruyton Girls’ School Year 3 Newspaper
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Year 3 students are thrilled to launch
the inaugural Three Pelicans 3 newspaper! The title is inspired by
the original fountain in the Junior School playground, which features
three pelicans. Through this venture, students are learning the art of
preparing and conducting interviews, building their research skills,
writing and editing articles and producing the publication. A school
newspaper, such as this, is the perfect medium to foster responsible
expression, ethical reporting, collaboration of ideas and effective
communication skills. The reporting teams change for each edition
and students need to think carefully about how they will source their
information, then report on their findings. Over the year, our Year 3
journalists-in-training will produce several editions of this publication,
reporting on as many exciting and interesting events and topics
as possible. We can’t wait to share our next edition with the Ruyton
community!
THREE PELICANS 3, FIRST EDITION (24 JUNE, 2016)
Progress Report: Our New Junior School!
Reporters: Maggie Wu, Riya Mandrawa, Alessandra Klasev, Leija
Michael, Sophie Willmott and Holly Thomas
We have explored the building of the new Ruyton Junior School. In the
following paragraph we will inform you of what we have learned this
term. In the middle of 2015 the School Board met with Ms Ginnane
and Ms Douglas and decided to take the opportunity to partially
demolish the old buildings and create a new and exciting 21st Century
Ruyton Junior School. Construction began in February this year and
is expected to be completed, using bricks and steel, over the summer
school holidays. Students and teachers will move in at the beginning
of the 2017 school year. Ms Douglas explained to us that the weather
over Term 2 has impacted on the expected completion date.
We can watch the building going up from the Derham House
playground, or fromWellington Street outside the gates. We can’t
wait to move in!
FUN FACT: UP TO 30 PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON THE SITE OF OUR
NEW BUILDING EVERY DAY!
Extra Extra … Read All About It
Star Sisters