Freshwater Bay Primary School

The ANZAC ceremony, hosted by the Town of Claremont and the Claremont RSL sub branch this morning, was beautiful. We were represented by Head Girl Lola Webster, Head Boy Harrison Rennie, and Deputy Principal Heather Mackesey. Special thanks to Claire Pelliccia Photography for capturing these special images.

Freshwater Bay Primary will hold its annual Mother's Day Market, week 2 of term 2 in Herbert Hall. Vouchers can be pre purchased by using the QR code below. Make this year extra special for mum!

This term, Year 4 students have been learning about La Francophonie - the international organisation representing French-speaking countries around the globe. Madame Gibson was thrilled to be a invited to a panel discussion this afternoon with the French Minister for Francophonie, M. Thani Mohamed Soilihi and Pierre-André Imbert, Ambassador of France to Australia. Bonnes vacances tout le monde! Happy holidays!

Today Treasure Hunters Club, run by YouthCare, held their final session for Term 1. The students were able to decorate their very own treasure box. Treasure Hunters Club runs every Wednesday in Cowan Hall at lunchtime, teaching life skills through games, activities, craft, drama and music. If you have a child in yrs 1-6 interested in attending, please see the Front Office for a permission slip. A big thank you to the Treasure Hunters Volunteers who make every Wednesday lunchtime so exciting.

Wishing our Interschool Swim Team all the very best today!
Special thanks to Rachel Nobel and Emily Bland for their dedication in giving our team the best shot, through delivering a number of training sessions. A big shout-out to CCGS for hosting our young swimmers at their pool and providing such a great environment for them.

Today the school was treated to a fantastic live music performance from Musica Viva. The theme was "Music of the World" which was the culmination of this term's music lessons. Students enjoyed joining in with singing, dancing, body percussion and shouting enthusiastic "hey's" in time, which could be heard across the grounds. Thank you, teachers for rescheduling your day to make this possible. The students absolutely loved it!

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Our Year 6 students received their Leavers Jackets yesterday at a lovely presentation. Our P&C generously provided each of our Leavers with this very special memento. A special thank you to Jenny Falkner for the wonderful design and to Mischa Way and Liz Jeffrey for coordinating and having them ready in time for the change of season!

CONGRATULATIONS CROWDY
Our faction swimming carnival was held today at Claremont Aquatic Centre. Crowdy took out first place, it has been 8 years since their last victory. Coming in a close second was Briggs, followed by Sutton and lastly Kirwan. The team spirit and camaraderie was on full display. We were super grateful for all the parent volunteers who generously gave their time and to our amazing staff who made the day run so smoothly.
The House Champions were Yr 3 Olivia Dyer, Winston Lindsay, Yr 4 Evelyn Carney, Sebastian Cook, Yr 5 Coralie De Beukelaar, Arthur Lindsay, Yr 6 Lola Webster and the boys drew, Hugo Ferguson and Pace Bland - felicitations to all. A huge thank you to CLAIRE PELLICCIA PHOTOGRAPHY for capturing these beautiful images.

FRESHIE 2024 GRADUATION
A huge thank you to our year 5 parents for hosting the Graduation morning tea, our special guests for presenting the awards, Deb Smart for her amazing powerpoint presentation and Sarah Stempowski for putting together the Leavers Book, capturing the real essence of each of our leavers and to all our community who braved the heat to support this very auspicious and memorable occasion. Congratulations to the very worthy award recipients and to our new 2025 Leaders. We wish our Leavers all the very best for the next chapter in their lives.

The Freshie Colour Dash Raffle 2024 has been drawn. A huge thank you to Jane, Pierra and Johanna for a massive effort in coordinating the P&C Raffle. Through our Freshie community support, we raised nearly $30,000 towards our $70,000 target to construct additional bathrooms for our students. Thank you also to our generous sponsors. A full list of winners and prizes will be available on Compass tomorrow. We are so lucky to have such a wonderful and supportive P&C. Thank you for all you do!

FRENCH BREAKFAST
This term, Year 6 students learnt about a typical French breakfast and how to order politely in a café. They celebrated the end of Year 6 French with a un petit déjeuner. Le menu du jour - croissants, pains au chocolat, tartines, jus d'orange et chocolat chaud. Bon appétit! Un immense merci Madame Gibson.