PE and Sports News!

PE and Sport News

What a term 3 has been!

Walk/Run around Australia

We finished our journey with 3,330km walked/ran around Australia together which took us just short of Darwin. What a fantastic result, well done. While the RHSport competition may have closed, I say we continue to finish off the term, so feel free to keep logging in your journeys, whether it be a walk, run, ride, scooter and see if we can return back to Melbourne before we finish the term.

Health and PE week

Thank you to everyone that joined us last week and enjoyed scavenger hunting, sharing their food selfies and joining in the staff challenges! It was so lovely to see all of you enjoying yourselves in the sunshine while staying active and making healthy choices. Congratulations to the RED team that also picked up the bonus points that will go towards the House Sports Carnival next term.

Year 3 & 4 Learning

We have continued to learn about healthy eating throughout the school. This week I wanted to share some of the creative work our year 3's and 4's have been engaging in. The past few weeks we have discussed why we should be healthy, what does healthy eating look like and observing our own eating patterns and comparing them to the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating. The students were asked to create a poster to convince their peers to make healthy choices and I thought I would share some with you. Well done to everyone, you have all done so well during this unit.

We have also continued our target unit throughout remote learning, we have done some bowling, learnt some hockey skills (the things we used as hockey sticks were so creative) and finished off with creating our own golf putt holes. Amazing what you can create even during these crazy times! The students were so engaged with this task I wanted to share what they came up with here. Well done year 3 & 4!

Sport News

So much is still up in the air depending on what happens next term, I will update you once I know more.

Thank you

Well done to everyone that has come to the PE classes and completed the tasks that were set! Sport and PE isn't the same online but you have continued to show up and connect, we have danced (the nut bush, sid shuffle, cha cha slide) done fitness bingo, basketball, Pilates, many HIIT and fitness classes, bowling, hockey, ultimate frisbee, and golf. Year 5 & 6 have had the opportunity to deliver their own fitness classes which was so fabulous. They have taught Karate, Contortion/flexibility training, basketball, cricket, netball and footy. A massive clap for those that went out of their comfort zones and taught these classes. In between all of that we have been learning lots about making healthy eating choices. Through it all you have brought your smiles and enthusiasm to classes and continued to stay engaged, so thank you!

Have a happy and safe break.

Stay well, Stay active

Catherine Wall

PE Teacher and Sport Coordinator

AUSLAN Update

Our Auslan Olympics:

Several levels across the school have been engaged in the Auslan Olympics as part of their Remote Learning. One particular activity 'The Cookie Challenge' has created some amusement for students trialing the challenge and for staff who have enjoyed viewing videos of some of the hilarious attempts!

The challenge required students to move a cookie from their forehead to their mouth, using only the muscles in their face. These are the same muscles that are regularly used in facial expressions to change the meaning of Auslan signs! Many children contacted me to share their funny photos, videos and stories. The success rate was very varied, ranging from biscuits falling to the floor, to crumbs in hairlines, to a hole-in-one. Whatever the case, I hope fun was had by all and that the biscuits were delicious - even if the 2 second rule applied! It was also fabulous to hear that some families turned 'The Cookie Challenge' into a family game. If you haven't yet, join in the fun!

NCCD Information

Please find attached parent information sheet for NCCD

Students of the Week

Congratulations to these Students for receiving their awards!

Week 8 Student of the Week
Class	Name
Prep K	Spencer for being a Reading ‘Superstar” Ashton for the effort he puts into his recount and illustrations every week!
Prep O	Elise for her brilliant efforts in all her work, especially her wonderful recounts! Harry for his amazing efforts in his reading, using lots of strategies to sound out words and beautiful expression!
1C	Abigail for her amazing efforts into making the ‘Courtney Shelter’ for her favourite toy. Well done! Isaac for his detailed video demonstration of his ‘egg roller’ inquiry design. Keep up the great work!
1P	Ethan for his fantastic efforts in maths, using different objects to solve division/sharing problems. Robert for using wonderful expression when reading aloud during his 1:1 Google Hangout.
2D	Tahlia for her keen involvement and contributions during small focus group learning. Kaia for completing all tasks diligently and with great detail.
2S	Tyson for his detailed and well argued persuasive text on why “Cats are the best animal” Andrew for his thoughtful and enthusiastic participation in all Remote Learning activities.
3F	Ben Connell for writing a detailed and interesting review on the Pixar short film Piper. You should be so proud of your efforts!
3J	Archer for going above and beyond when completing all tasks. I love that you take the screen free option to practise your writing and type it as well!! Well done, Archer! You are such a hard worker!
4D	Poppy for always putting 100% effort into her learning tasks and asking questions when she is unsure Tom for being an active participate in our Google Meets and writing a descriptive tension scene
4F	Heidi for writing a fantastic descriptive narrative about Goldilocks and the Three Bears Grace for making a great start to your learning at your new school.
5E	Niko for his engaging and informative TEEL paragraph
5H	James for always trying his best to complete his tasks and using a growth mindset! Well done James!
6B	Sabine for wiring an engaging, descriptive and sophisticated quest narrative
6C	Mackenzie for an outstanding, well written quest narrative. The descriptions were amazing.
Specialist Awards	Visual Arts. Alexander 1P. for your effort and creativity in completing all of your Art activities during Remote Learning. Performing Arts Ruby for her creative and well delivered Limerick written about COVID Lockdown. STEMMS Thomas for an impressive presentation on your chase game Scratch project. Auslan Eva for great effort and consistently accurate responses during Remote Learning.

Week 9 Student of the Week
Class	Name
Prep K	Sophia for a wonderful effort with her recount this week! Charlotte for always showing her positive attitude and resilience!
Prep O	Samuel for maintaining a positive attitude and continuing to work hard during Remote Learning Emily for her continued hard work in all writing tasks, using amazing sounding out strategies, and for her initiative in writing her own story and typing it up, too!
1C	Soraya for maintaining a positive attitude throughout all of Remote Learning. Keep up the great work! Stefan for his excellent contribution during his writing google hangout this week!
1P	Neve for doing a fantastic job at her reading during our hangout Rosie for her great reading with Mrs Carty during her Thursday hangout
2D	Jack for using great decoding skills and fabulous expression when reading. Amelia for her extremely persuasive and well written letter to her Mum and Dad.
2S	Rose for her consistently positive attitude and ability to bring a smile to her peers and teacher in each Google Meet. Zac for enthusiastic participation in all learning activities and excellent effort throughout the learning day.
3F	Harry for reading aloud with amazing expression which really brought the story to life
3J	Lily for always completing her work beautifully and emailing to ask questions when she is unsure! Keep up the great work, Lily!
4D	Brendan for always being an active participant in Google Meets and trying his best. Keep it up! Isaac for completing all set tasks, demonstrating his organisation skills and adding lots of descriptive language to his narrative. Well done Isaac!
4F	Charlotte for doing her best and writing a great narrative with lots of descriptive language Alfred for the fantastic effort he has regularly been putting into his Remote Learning tasks!
5E	Anique for the awesome effort she has regularly been putting into her Remote Learning tasks! Well done, Anique!
5H	Cooper for the wonderful effort with his location task in our maths focus group! Keep up the great work, Cooper!
6B	Amelia for her descriptive and entertaining 4795 word quest narrative
6C	Leroy for taking on feedback during Remote Learning.
Specialist Awards	STEMMS Lily for showing great persistence in her STEMMS work and always with a smile on her face. Reading Mrs Booth Ivy for her enthusiastic attitude to learning and helping me learn to use jamboard. Reading (Miss Matthews) Chloe for attending every group Meet and working hard to improve her reading. Auslan Grace (Jaiyun) for fabulous effort and attitude approaching Auslan for the first time!

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