Chatham Happenings

An update from the students of Chatham Primary School

STEAM Fair

On Tuesday 15th November, a great number of Year 3 to 6 students offered to set up a stall at our 2022 STEAM Fair. The presenters did an incredible job in creating displays for their projects/experiments, as well as presenting their work to their Prep to Year 6 peers. I would like to thank the Science and ICT Captains, Mary, Sally, Siena, Gabriel, Oscar and Will, for showing leadership in organising this event for the school.

Rafael Fernandez

Year 6 Teacher

Mini Boss Incursion

The Preparatory and Year 1 students thoroughly enjoyed their Mini Boss Incursion last week. Students used their imagination to create human machines and were provided with a challenge to design a marble run and robot with their team members. This gave students the opportunity to think critically about their designs, ensuring all members of their team gave input. Here are a few photos of this wonderful learning experience!

Ms Sarah Medland

Year P/1 Teacher

Preparatory and Year 1 Excursion to Chesterfield Farm

Despite the rain and muddy weather, it was a perfect day to explore Chesterfield Farm!

On Friday the 28th of October, the Prep and Year 1 students were able to join each other on a special day out to Chesterfield Farm.

Here the students were able to learn about animal survival, how to milk a cow, along with the history of Chesterfield Farm. The exciting part was that the students were able to explore, feed and pat the animals with their raincoats and gumboots on, followed by enjoying an awesome tractor ride.

Thank you to our Parent Helpers for their assistance and joining us on this wonderful day!

Ms Anita Buccieri, Ms Sarah Medland and Ms Corinne Slade

Mont Albert and Surrey Hills Rotary Primary School Speech Competition

The MASH (Mont Albert and Surrey Hills) Rotary Primary School Speech Competition is now in its 17th year and this year Fran and myself were chosen to represent Chatham. Eight other schools in the local area represented by two students were all competing to win with Toastmaster judges adjudicating the night. We had all written a speech based on our chosen subject from a list of twelve topics. My topic was titled ‘What’s better imagination or knowledge.’ Fran had chosen the topic ‘If you could have one superpower, what would it be.’

We both spoke for the evening and to our excitement I won 1st place and Fran 2nd place. It was such a thrill, and we were both super happy.

Since we had won our area, we were invited to speak at the Rotary Clubs of District 9810 Grand Final 2022 Primary Schools Speech Contest which was made up of twelve students who had won 1st and 2nd in their area. Unfortunately, Fran could not come on the evening however I competed for Chatham on the night. It was a very close contest with everyone speaking exceptionally well. This time we were judged by Toastmaster international judges, and it was a nervous wait for the judgement. It took extra time as they had a very hard challenge with all the speeches being amazing. After a lot of hard work from the judges’ the results were in and they said it was a very hard choice. I was overjoyed to achieve second place. It was an amazing experience, and I am sad it has come to an end.

Kieran Talbot

Year 6

2022 University of New South Wales ICAS Assessment - Mathematics

Last term 64 students participated in the University of New South Wales ICAS Assessment for Mathematics. This is an optional activity that is offered to Chatham students each Year. These assessments were sat online and are designed to test the students' higher order thinking and problem-solving skills. Our school was awarded 6 distinctions, 12 Credits and 6 Merits. Below is a list of student names who received one of these awards. Our students performed extremely well in this and should be very proud of their efforts. Every student who completed the assessment will receive an award. The students listed below will receive their certificates at assembly on Monday.

Congratulations to all participants.

Mr Zac Barry

Learning Specialist - Numeracy

Distinction – Inside the Next 10% of students for their year level
Oliver M – Year 6	Alexander M – Year 6	Ashton F – Year 6
Lucy F – Year 5	Gregory K – Year 4	John N – Year 2

Credit - Inside the next 25% of students for their year level
Tom Y – Year 5	Hunter C – Year 5	Oliver R – Year 5
Laura F – Year 5	Elizabeth M – Year 4	Jacqueline T – Year 4
Stella N-K – Year 4	Fraser C – Year 4	Lily S – Year 3
Jake T – Year 2	Sebastian A – Year 2	Harriet B – Year 2

Merit – Inside the next 10% of students for their year level
Chaitanya J – Year 6	Zoe S – Year 4	Jess S – Year 3
Gracie N-K – Year 2	Kevin L – Year 2	Alice Y – Year 2

University of New South Wales ICAS Assessment - Writing

Last term 32 students participated in the University of New South Wales ICAS Assessment for Writing. This is an optional activity that is offered to Chatham students each year. These assessments were completed online and assess students’ skills in relation to Writing, including genre, textual grammar, syntax and punctuation. Our school was awarded 3 Distinctions, 9 Credits and 5 Merits. Below is a list of student names who received one of these awards. Our students performed extremely well in this and should be very proud of their efforts. Every student who completed the assessment will receive an award for their efforts. The students listed below will receive their certificate at Assembly on Monday.

Congratulations to all participants.

Ms Kirstie Briggs

Literacy Leader

Distinction – Inside the next 10% of students for their year level
Arya P – Year 5	Lucy F-P – Year 5	Laura F – Year 5

Credit - Inside the next 25% of students for their year level
Sophia Z – Year 6	Oliver M – Year 6	Zoe S – Year 4
Stella N-K – Year 4	Elizabeth M – Year 4	Gregory K – Year 4
Skye G – Year 4	Lily S – Year 3	Elliott L – Year 3

Merit – Inside the next 10% of students for their year level
Alexander M – Year 6	Harvey M – Year 6	Evie S – Year 5
Freddie P – Year 5	Stella Z – Year 4