We love to celebrate the achievements of our students both at school and in their other endeavours. 

Below is a report about Jake in Year 6, whose hard work and persistence in gymnastics is being rewarded! Thank you to Katelijne for sharing! 

Jake started gymnastics as a recreational activity (1.5 hrs) on a Saturday morning at Lyneham in term 4 of 2017.  By the end of term 2 in 2018, he tried out for the national stream and was found suitable, so he joined Canberra City Gymnastics Club in Belconnen as a member of the Men's Artistic Gymnastics (MAG) team. MAG is what you usually see at World Championships or at the Olympics, where athletes must complete routines on 6 different apparatus being: rings, high bar, parallel bars, vault, pommel horse and floor. Since joining 5 years ago, Jake is in his final few weeks of level 6 and takes part in several competitions throughout the year. In October, he took part in the National Clubs Carnival held on the Gold Coast. There, he competed against gymnasts from other clubs in NSW, Victoria and Queensland. Jake and his team mates won 5th place on pommel horse and 6th place on rings. 

Recently Jake was invited to attend the MAG Team Future Advanced Camp in early December, which consists of 3 days of intensive training with a national coach at the Australian Institute for Sport. Participants include top gymnasts from level 6 to 8 from NSW, Queensland and Victoria. It is quite an achievement to be invited to this camp because gymnasts are not automatically selected. The invitation depends on how well the athlete has performed throughout the year and on his scores during competitions. Jake is the only gymnast in the ACT from level 6 to be invited to this special camp. He is looking forward to it. 

If you think gymnastics is something that you might like to try, then be ready to bring your determination, dedication and perseverance. Each year as you move onto the next level the hours of training will increase, so the higher the level of gymnastics, the more hours you will train. Not only that, but you will also continue training throughout the school holidays. In level 6, there are 18 hours of training per week, 3 days of a 4-hour block in the afternoons (including Saturday afternoon) and 3 days of 2-hour training from 6 am (before school). 

Below is a story about Arabella in 3-4W who is a member of our student newspaper and clearly well appointed to the task.

Congratulations to Arabella who was excitedly chosen as just one of 24 Junior Journalists selected from a pool of over 930 entries Australia wide to join the media team at Just Kidding Magazine. 

Arabella will be doing celebrity and author interviews for the publications - rumour has it, she will soon be meeting comedian, artist and author, Anh Do!  So she is excited to share this journey with her school mates who can read her work in the magazine when it comes out.  The magazine gets distributed to any interested school across Australia. Campbell Primary students can look forward to each receiving a free copy next year.