Have you considered yachting or fishing locally at Hillarys? We don’t advertise for profit-making clubs in our newsletter and I can’t endorse this group, except to say that they have been operating for quite some years.  You might like to check it our for yourself – looks like some great learning would occur in the great outdoors… hillarys-yacht-club-school-holiday-sailing-and-fishing-program-dec-16-jan-17

Good morning to all of you and I hope the school year has been kind to you and your students.  I am sending this email on behalf of the Sorrento Duncraig Junior Football Club.  As many people will be aware the AFL Womens League commences in 2017 and both the Australian Football League and the West Australian Football Commission have received increased interest in the game from interested females. The Northern Junior Football Conference (of which Sorrento Duncraig are a part of) is running a girls only competition next season for girls aged between 10 and 12 years of age … Continue reading for girls who want to play in an Australian Football League team

no-junk lunches Recent reports on more Australians being overweight do not apply to the children at Glengarry!  One only has to take a look around at our students.  As we feed children they grow into healthy adults with healthy habits. Lunch boxes filled with fresh, unprocessed fruit and vegetables, whole-grain cereal breads & ‘no added sugar’ snacks are a major factor. The other main factor in  fitness, is that Glengarry children run around a lot in their breaks, clearly enjoying the exercise and taking advantage of our spacious grounds. This information is from the Australian Government…Excess weight, especially obesity, is … Continue reading Well done lunch providers!

  Many thanks to all who tossed in a few coins for the Black Cockatoo fundraiser.  We raised about $117.  There is a jar on the reception desk, in the office.  Please send more coins if you can.  I will send off a cheque early next week. When I attend the 2016 Friends of Underwood Avenue Bushland Annual General Meeting on Saturday I will let them know how much we have raised for Kaarakin. Afterwards is a talk by Dr Anna le Souef entitled ‘The Secret Life of Cockatoos: The latest research in the race to save the Carnaby’s cockatoo’. … Continue reading Black Cockatoo fundraiser