Open Day and Book Week
01 Sep 2025
Mortlake’s celebration of the arts highlighted student achievement and creativity, supported by the dedication of teachers behind the scenes.
On Thursday 21 August our school invited family and friends to enjoy our "Shine on Mortlake" open day.
What a wonderful celebration of student achievement across all creative domains (that we all braved the elements for) in order to celebrate this successful day!
Mrs Di Donato worked tirelessly to showcase individual as well as whole class artworks to help brighten the school. And how amazing did the library look with the wonderful display!
Mrs Krestovsky put all her passion into planning the stage performances for us to enjoy. They were all captivating!
Thank you to all the other teachers that worked behind the scenes to make this day so much fun for us.
This is what students had to say about the day
“My favourite thing about Open Day was when my dad came to watch me sing ‘Bim Bum Biddy’ and he also saw my artwork” - Avanthika- S2 Wadanggari
“My favourite part was the food. Definitely the food. I bought an ice-cream, hot dog and tasted a donut” - Charisse- S2 Midjuburi
“My favourite part of Open Day was performing on stage with my class. I also really liked all the beautiful artworks". - Ashton- 2/3 Buran
“My favourite part of Open Day was the face painting and the food. I liked seeing my sisters butterfly class art” - Archer- K Yurangai
"The best bit was all the smiles, performances, and beautiful artworks” - Francesca- S3 Guma
“The donuts were my favourite part of the day because I love plain Krispy Kreme ones” - Henry- S1 Guruwin
“My favourite part of Open Day was seeing the artworks we created displayed” - Alexander- S3 Djindaala
“I enjoyed the Open Day. The best part was donuts” - Charlotte- S1 Bimbala
“My favourite part was the hotdogs” - Zac- S3 Bulada
“My favourite part was the Book Fair because I got a Dog Man book” - Chase- S1 Warin
“On Open Day, I enjoyed drinking delicious slushies!” - Beili- S1 Kwilena
“On 22nd August 2025, my dad came to my school for Open Day. First, daddy visited my classroom. He saw my artwork. Next, he saw my performance in the hall. Last we bought my donut and daddy said it was an outstanding Open Day!” - Elijah- S1 Junga
“My favourite part of Open Day was when I was looking at my artwork. I liked how there were so many colours together, and it was cool.” - Adoni- K/1 Garraway
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