Our School Captains for 2025 are Sebastian Warhurst and Evie Toeroek (Year 6/Waratah).
Our House Captains are:
- Trey Fox and Irene Debnath (Banksia)
- Josiah Wong and Charli Littlefield (Blue Gum)
- Douglas Wheaton and Grace Shearer (Waratah)
- Hudson Hirsch and April Bailey (Wattle)
Our Sustainability Leaders are Isabella Hancox-Milian (Year 6/Waratah), Shay-Leigh Knighton and Ava Latacevski (Year 6/Blue Gum).
Our Wellbeing Leaders are Alice Mulvihill (Year 6/Blue Gum), Imogen Carmichael (Year 6/Waratah) and Madeline McIntyre (Year 6/Wattle).
Our Sport Leaders for 2025 are Zoe James (Year 6/Banksia), Elijah Waller, Chloe Foote and Harry Byrnes (Year 6/Wattle).
Our Service Leaders for 2025 are Abigail Darlington (Year 6/Banksia), Hannah Williams (Year 6/Blue Gum) and India Smart (Year 6/Waratah).
We blitzed them in the pool
After conducting swimming trials and looking at times provided, we settled on the swimming team that would represent our school at the SAPSASA District Swimming Carnival on Thursday 27th February.
Teams from every primary school in the district converged on the Strathalbyn pool for a day of friendly competition.
We sent a team of 26 students from Year 4 to 6 to compete. Our team was large compared to other schools, which was indicative of the depth of talent we were able to select from.
Investigator College was able to come out on top for the third year in succession. We won both the Overall Champion School as well as the Handicap shield – whereby the schools total score is divided by the number of students in Year 3-6.
Sebastian Warhurst won five events and set new records in each of them, in the 12-year-old butterfly, backstroke, freestyle, breaststroke and 100m freestyle.
See final scoreboard
1st Place – Investigator: 178 points.
2nd Place – Encounter: 86 points
3rd Place – Port Elliot: 78 points
4th Place – Tyndale: 38 points
5th Place – Victor Harbor: 26 points
6th Place – Mt Compass: 21 points
7th Place – Eastern Fleurieu: 19 points
8th Place – Goolwa: 5 points
Our Southern Fleurieu District Team
Butterfly
Seb Warhurst
Shay-Leigh Knighton
Irene Debnath
Backstroke
Natalia Perre
Seb Warhurst
Shay-Leigh Knighton
Freestyle
Seb Warhurst100m
Natalie Perre 100m
Natalia Perre 50m
Irene Debnath relay
Isla Curnow relay
Seb Warhurst 50m
Josiah Wong relay
Hannah Williams
Shay-Leigh Knighton
Adam Williams
Edward Wilson relay
Breaststroke
Irene Debnath
Seb Warhurst
Shay-Leigh Knighton
Medley
Millie Shepherd
Animal adaptations
On Wednesday in Weeks 2, 3 and 4 this term the Year 5s travelled out to the Currency Creek EcoCentre. This year the focus was on animal adaptations as part of their Biological Sciences Curriculum.
In Week 2 students set fauna cameras to try and capture images of animals. We spent time in the field looking for evidence of animals living at the site and identifying tracks and scats. Students chose four different locations and captured images of a variety of animals.
In Week 3, due to the extreme heat, we stayed at the Victor Harbor campus where students participated in sessions focused on the unique adaptations of bats. Thank you to guest speaker Chris Grant who shared his knowledge.
On the final visit in Week 4 students spent the day learning about the adaptations of reptiles. We studied local turtle species and fyke nets were set in the river to try and catch some local species. Students got in the water with waders to check the nets. This year we caught one eastern long-necked turtle as well as a variety of native and introduced fish, shrimp and yabbies. Students were also involved in a session on snake safety, including a snake bite first aid session. Thank you to Sylvia Zukowski from AquaSave for running the turtle sessions.
ELC Excursion
See below an update from ELC Director Michelle Brougham on the Little Investigators’ recent outing:
The highlight last week for ELC students was their first bush kindy walk to Bush for Life Reserve at Encounter Bay. The students were full of energy and enthusiasm about what was to come. Walking through the quad we were greeted by many of siblings and friends in the big school, but before we knew it, we were ready to cross the road, looking both ways for traffic, listening for cars and then crossing as a group with our educators when it was safe to do so. We focused on walking on the path alongside the road to ensure that we were still safe. Once at the bush for life site we needed to wash our shoes to help protect the environment and preserve the work that the volunteers are doing here. As we walked through the bush Mr Freebairn pointed out cool and interesting things for our students to look at such as hollow trees, a beehive, sap on the branches, holes in the ground and flowers. We really needed to rely on our senses to gather information about what we could see, smell, hear and feel around us. These opportunities enable students to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the world around them, build confidence and capacity, and develop language skills. There are many benefits of our bush kindy adventures and we look forward to expanding on these over the course of 2025.
Important term dates
For a list of important term dates, head to your Schoolbox Calendar.
