High school....

Tori started Year 8 at St Brigids on Tuesday. Here she is looking oh so happy!!!

She so did not want her photo taken :) And it turns out that this is the winter uniform and is only allowed to be worn in winter. DUH!!

Overall though, she doesn't mind going, so that is the main thing. We did have the schools 80th Anniversay Welcome Back Mass this afternoon. That was FUN!

She is off to camp tomorrow for 3 days. What will I do???

Sandy

Tori's graduation...

was on Monday night.

Both her and Shayla looked gorgeous!!!!You can't see her hair very well in the photo, but there was a cute diamonte hair clasp and I curled her hair.

The night started with the formal speeches and presentations, Tori's best friend Teisha got the Citizenship Award and Tori got the award for Best Faction Leader. Well done, girls!!

They finished off the night with some dances, including the Tango. All the kids came out on to the floor, in partners, with the boy holding a long stemmed rose. Then the boys bowed and presented the rose to the girl. So cute!!

I managed to have a dance with Tori and Jay did the daughter/father dance with her :)

This is her official Graduation Photo :)

It was a lovely night!!

Sandy

Book Week...

was last week at the kids's school. On Friday, they had to dress up as a favourite book character.

Tori went as Pippi Longstocking.....

Shayla went as Dorothy - from Wizard of Oz......

Willow went as the Scarecrow.....from Wizard of Oz.....

Tiana made the blue checked apron for Shayla's outfit from a sheet from the Salvos....not a stitch in sight....2 buttons hot glued on, and a large safety pin in the back. The red shoes were Nanny Meryl's - they were already red, with the bow on the top, but Bub painted them a stronger red and sprinkled glitter. They honestly looked fantastic!!

They all looked great on the day.

Sandy

Tori's school report...

On Friday Tori came home with her school report for the first half of the year. She got an A in dance, B's for English, Math, Music, Health, Phys Ed and Technology & Enterprise. She got C's for Science, Society & Environment and Art. Her teacher wrote the following:

Tori has continued to be an exemplary student. She is respectful, polite and well mannered and she has a highly developed sense of responsibility. She has been an excellent faction captain carrying out all her extra duties in a responsible and reliable manner. It has been important to her to be a good role model and she has achieved this by being a caring class member, a conscientious and commited faction captain and a fully involoved member of the school community.

She is a very focused and motivated sutdent who has demonstrated the ability to set goals for herself and achieve them. Tori is an independent learner and a very cooperative team member. She applies herself fully to her tasks and takes pride in all she does.

She is very conscientious and she strives to do her best in all she undertakes. She has maintained excellent standards in the presentation of her written work and her dedication to achieving high standards is evident in the excellent homework routine she follows. She has a highly developed sense of right and wrong and she constantly shows positive values.

Well done Tori.

I am very, very proud of her. She has always loved school and is doing so well :)


Sandy