Specialist News
Sports News
Moorabin District Cross Country Carnival - Karkarook Park
Ormond P.S. Cross Country Team has had a great result at the recent District Cross Country Carnival. Overall we came 5th, just missing out on fourth by a few points.
We had some terrific individual results on the day.
Sophie (Girls 12 yo) and Youzhen (Girls 11yo) both ran magnificently and won their division! They will go on to represent the District at the Regional Carnival.
Eden had a great run and came in fourth in the Girls 11 yo event and will also go on to represent the District.
Mitchell (12 yo Boys) came 9th, Eva (11yo Girls) came 10th and Amrutha (11 yo Girls) came 12th all had great runs just missing out on representative spots.
Well done team on a fantastic result. Your hard training work paid off.
Michael Pannan
PE Teacher
STEAM News
Foundation students have been learning about rainbows. We spoke about how you need the sun and water droplets to form rainbows. Student also learnt the words ‘indigo’ and ‘violet’. We then had fun taking part in a Skittles colour run experiment.
Year 1 students finally finished their ‘magnificent creations’ where they used recycled materials to make an item that they selected. We had lots of robots, computers and a boat with a crane!
Year 4 students had fun coding the Blue Bots via Bluetooth on the iPads. They coded the Blue Bots to move around different mats, like the map of Australia and an underwater scene.
After researching the three main design elements which go into designing earthquake resistant buildings, Year 6 students took part in a challenge to create an earthquake resistant structure. Their structures made from toothpicks and mini marshmallows were then tested for their strength on a shake table.
Korean News
This week Year Six students had a great opportunity to involve in the Linking Youth through Net Communications program (LYNC). They were introduced to vocabularies reflecting Korean and Australian culture and shared their learnings with Korean students in Daegu, South Korea through the video conferencing.
Premiers Reading Challenge
The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and Ormond Primary School is excited to be participating. The PRC application offers a range of exciting features including:
- access to a library catalogue (including book images and blurbs)
- a modern user-friendly interface
- rewarding students with badges as challenge milestones are achieved
- the option for students to mark books as a favourite, give them a star rating or complete a book review
The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 8 September 2023. Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 15 books. All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and former Premiers. To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklist and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: https://www.vic.gov.au/premiers-reading-challenge We would like as many children as possible to participate in the Challenge. If your child would like to take part, please ask them talk to their class teacher to receive their username and password. You will then be able to access the website and begin logging books. This is the website to login: Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge (eduweb.vic.gov.au) You or your child will need to click on VPRC login and then add the username and password. Have fun reading!
Library News
Scholastic Book Club Issue 4 is out now. You can order online and your order will be delivered to the school.
Book Club is the only fund raising we use for the purchase of new books in our Library, so all orders are greatly appreciated.
We can also put special orders away and notify you when they have arrived for those special occasions.
