Classroom News
Foundation Miss Bennett
Grade 1-2 Miss Hart
Wow! What a year it has been. As the school year comes to a close I want to take a moment to acknowledge the students exceptional efforts and achievements. Throughout the year, they have consistently demonstrated the school values of Learning, Respect and Kindness and it has not gone unnoticed. I have been especially impressed with their active participation in class discussions, their positive passion for learning and the young leaders they are becoming. Here are just a few things we have been doing to wrap up the 2023 school year:
In Writing, we have been learning about creating reasons using conjunctions and modal verbs to persuade someone of a certain topic. We wrote letters to Mrs Stockdale about something we believe would be a great addition to our school; here are some of our reasons:
‘St Patricks should have a slide park because everybody would have fun.’
‘St Patrick’s should have a pet turtle so that we can learn how to look after and feed animals.’
‘St Patrick’s should have a snow cone machine so that the students can have fun with the delicious flavours.’
‘St Patrick’s should have a mini farm because it would be something different from other schools.’
In Numeracy, we have been learning about Money. Students had the opportunity to create ‘Food Trucks’ where they were asked to sell one item to their peers. During this process, students used play money to replicate transactions and change-giving. The students have also thoroughly enjoyed a board game called ‘Pocket Money’, where they go around the game board doing chores to save their money to buy items from the store.
It is now the season of Advent, a time where we prepare ourselves for the Birth of Jesus and the coming of Christmas. Students created an Advent wreath and learnt about the multiple candles and their significance during this time.
Grade 1-2 Ms Hayes
Grade 3-4 Stock
The past few weeks, the 3/4 students have enjoyed reading Charlotte's Web, in our upstairs area. Some of our favourite parts of the book are:
Ella- I thought it was interesting at the end when Charlotte was dying.
Scotty- When Templeton got gigantic from eating all the food.
James- I liked it when Charlotte weaved words in her web.
Charlotte- It was interesting when Charlotte died and I liked the bit when Wilbur met Charlotte.
Jim- When Wilbur escapes through the loose board and runs through the forest and doesn't listen to the goose.
Zeb- I liked it when Wilbur tried to lay a web.
Max- When the dad was going to kill Wilbur.
Denzil- When the brother came down stairs with his shotgun.
Jack- When WIlbur thinks he is going to die and Charlotte comes up with a plan.
Xavier- When Wilbur faints.
Colt- I liked the part when Wilbur finds Charlotte.
Hugh- When Charlotte has the babies and three of them stay. I like how they become friends with Wilbur and they stay in the same spot as Charlotte.
Yohan- I liked the pig.
Archer- I liked it when Charlotte died and her eggs hatched. I liked how 3 of the spiders stayed with Wilbur.
We have really enjoyed the opportunity to have cricket lessons with Peter from Renegades the past 4 weeks. Here are some of our highlights:
Zeb- I liked playing the cricket game, when Peter was bowling to us.
Max- I enjoyed playing cricket games and 'over and under'.
Jim- I enjoyed the sessions and playing all the different games.
Xavier- I enjoyed the last session, where we got to bat, bowl, wicket keeper and field.
Jack- I enjoyed playing continuous cricket and the game we played on the tennis court, where you had to drop the bat.
Denzil- Hitting the balls with the bat.
Ella- I liked playing the mini cricket game.
Charlotte- I liked playing Rapid Fire.
Scotty- Rapid Fire.
James- I liked that Peter was funny, fun and fair with games.
Yohan- I liked playing the games.
Colt- I liked that we played cricket and the baseball cricket game.
Hugh- I liked how we didn't didn't get straight into it and that he asked us about our weekend. I liked how he gave us homework and taught us new tricks.
Archer- I liked it when Peter bowled and we had to run to the back of the line.
Grade 3-4 Crosbie
As part of our Resilience Project sessions the past two weeks students were asked to bring in a photo of a person in their life who they are grateful for. Each student shared their person and why they are so grateful to have them in their lives. They then came up with 10 describing words to support the reasons why they are grateful for their special person. Students then wrote a piece of text using their descriptive words to explain further the reasons why they are so grateful for their special person. The students' responses were heartfelt and written beautifully. It was easy to see why these special people played an important role in the students' lives.
Grade 5-6 Miss Rasmussen
FIRE Carrier Excursion
Written by the FIRE Carriers
On Tuesday the 28th of November the FIRE Carriers went to the Bangarang Cultural Centre in Shepparton. We walked around the museum and we learnt a lot about aboriginal people. We also went to Kaiela Arts and made a long neck turtle out of clay.
Here are some of the things we learnt:
Georgia: I learnt that you need 40 possum skins to make a possum skin cloak.
Caleb: They made canoes out of tree bark.
Tamara: They have to take bark off the tree at the right time, to make things out of bark.
Hayley: They have something that’s like a cradle and it's called a coolamon and they use it to put the baby and food in.
Hannah: With a possum cloak in the winter you would wear the fur inside then when it's hot you would wear the fur on the outside.
Jack: Aboriginal people ate Bogong moths in little balls.
Isla: In aboriginal paintings you can see if it’s a female or male because the males paint their tools and the girls paint the sitting area and maybe their digging sticks.
Mia: At the age of 3 Aboriginal kids learn about where to get water, where to get food and where their sacred places are.
Shila: When the Aboriginal men have scars on their back that shows that they are braver which makes them more desirable to the ladies.
Zac: Uncle Sandy went all around Australia and collected things from all Indigenous communities to display in the Bangerang Cultural Centre.
It is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas in our classroom. We put up our Christmas tree, listened to carols and organise our KKs.
The Grade 5/6 class learnt about childhood diseases that were common in the Victorian era. They learnt that thanks to vaccines, we do not have these diseases in Australia any more. This learning helped them build their ability to understand and make predictions about their text-based unit - ‘The Velveteen Rabbit’.
