This weekend a number of the girls got their creative juices flowing at the Saturday morning Art Workshop.

Here we see Liza, Helen, Tatiana, Jasmine, Becky and Christine all focusing hard on their latest projects!

Yesterday Alina, Katya and Tatiana took part in the House Masterchef Competition, well done girls, a truly delicious effort!

Well done to Helen, Liza and Natalina who used their creativity skills to earn us 5th place in the Pumpkin Carving House Competition – a great effort from the girls!

Becky and Yuqi had great fun stretching their legs and putting their tennis skills to the test on Sunday morning – a great post Brunch workout!

This weekend a lucky group of girls had the opportunity to spend the weekend at Europa-Park in Germany. A lot of fun was had by all as we enjoyed the exciting rides and delicious food that was on offer!

Today the girls had their first day of school of another exciting term to come. With events such as the Pumpkin Carving Competition and the Christmas Dance ahead of us, it’s set to be a fun one! Welcome back girls!

All of the team in New Portena would like to wish you a Happy Holiday and we hope you enjoy having your daughter back with you, wherever you may be. Have a great time girls!

This month’s focus topic for our House Assemblies was E-Safety and Cyber Bullying.

Tonight we watched a Ted Talk, sourced by Steph, about how we should think carefully about what we type and post online.

Last week we also posted a photo on Facebook and asked people to comment with their location, and share it when they have seen it. Too often the girls can post, comment and share things without thinking and we wanted to show them how far wide these things can end up with just a few clicks. Within 24 hours the photo had been shared over 100 times, half of those by people unknown to the original poster. The maps below show all the locations the photo reached.