Nothing warms the heart more that seeing students at both ends of the age spectrum working together. As a district school we are in a unique position to create opportunities through peer learning and mentoring, through to understanding the concept of community, and for us this extends from students as young as 4 through to 18 years of age. This week our year 10’s have started working on our school magazine ‘The Gnomon’. School magazines provide a snapshot in time, of what school life was like, key events and memorable moments that occurred during that school year.  Our school magazine class decided that they would start this year’s work by interviewing the kinders and asking them questions about what they enjoy about their time at school to then use in the magazine. Listening to the nerves of some of our eldest students quickly softened by the joy and enthusiasm of our kinders was a pleasure to see and listen to. Comments from kinders ranging from ‘you smell nice!’ to ‘will I get to see you again?’ and ‘please come back and play with us tomorrow!’ had our year 10’s reflecting on when they first started school and reminding them of how simple life feels when you are 5!  

Our school magazine class will be taking orders soon for this year’s magazine, and just like a time capsule, it will provide plenty of treasures for them to look back fondly in years to come.