Save the date!  Classes 4, 5, 6 and 7!

Friday 2nd June your child will be performing at the Festival of Voice.  Please collect your child (and their instrument if they are in the orchestral ensemble) straight after school and bring them to the Denmark Civic Centre for 3.15pm, where we will gather for their performance.

Please ensure your child wears a school shirt of any colour, or a plain coloured shirt with no logos.

Thank you

You may have noticed some exciting new changes to our grounds recently as work has started on our new Playground.  The children are thrilled with the new equipment!

Denmark Festival of Voice - 2-4 June 2023

The Denmark Festival of Voice is not your average music festival.  Held in the beautiful south coastal town of Denmark, Western Australia, the festival is one of only two dedicated vocal festivals in Australia.  The festival explores diversity, celebrating voices from near and far and those from the edge.  Music is only one part of the program alongside storytelling, spoken word, poetry and experimental performance.

• The festival features many choirs and offers lots of opportunities for audience participation in singing.
• There is a big component of the festival dedicated to First Nations song and stories, presented by Noongar performers from the South West and Albany.
• The festival takes place in multiple venues in Denmark.  The majority of these are accessible (accessibility will be confirmed in the final program when released).
• Everything presented at the Denmark Artshouse is free to attend, otherwise full weekend passes are available for purchase before hand.  Or individual events can be paid for on the door.  Children 11 years and under can access the whole festival for free. 

The final program is still being put together and will be released next week - in the meantime tickets can be purchased online at https://www.denmarkarts.com.au/festivalofvoice.

The artwork on the poster has been done by Nathan Viney, a local cartoonist.

Colour Blindness

Children who are colour blind can see as clearly as other people but can’t tell the difference between some colours or see colours differently from other people.  Very few people who are colour blind are ‘blind’ to all colours – most often they see red and green as very similar.

It’s good to know if a child is colour blind because they may have difficulty at school with activities that use colours, such as drawing and sorting blocks, and with computers.  Additional information on colour blindness can be found on the Raising Children Network website (as per link).

If you have any concerns, colour vision testing can be performed by some General Practitioners (GP), eye specialists or optometrist.  If you have any questions you can also contact your local Community Health Nurse, Rochelle Klose on 9848 0616 / 0427426137 or rochelle.klose@health.wa.gov.au.

This year is the 27th year of the annual Elleker Running Festival (always held on Sunday of the June long weekend) with 5 event options:

• 1km Half Marathon – $60 (17 years and above)
• 10km Run – $50 (13 years and above)
• 10km Walk – $50 (13 years and above)
• 2km Dash– $15 (10-16 years old)
• 1km Dash– $15 (6-9 years old)

The event is conducted in and around the small township of Elleker.  The course is a pleasant, relatively flat route, showcasing picturesque karri forests and farmland.  The mild weather at the time of the event makes for perfect running conditions.

All events are timed and all finishers receive a finishers medal.  To register or for more information about the 2023 Albany Retravision Elleker Running Festival head to www.albanyathletics.com.au.