Specialist News
It has been a busy start to the term for all P.E lessons. Some excellent weather mixed in with some crazy winds. The students have been very adaptable when we have had to move indoors.
This term sees the Junior School continuing to master their throwing, catching and striking skills through variety of individual and partner activities.
Middle School & Senior school are honing their striking skills through the sports of cricket, pickleball, tennis and table tennis.
Cricket Victoria Clinics
Over two days classes were put through their paces bu Cricket Victoria coaches Peter and Heidi. This tied in with our striking focus. Students also completed activities involving throwing, catching, team work and reaction drills.
Division & Regional Athletics
Earlier this term we had 15 students represent the school at the Casey South Division athletics carnival. Every student tried their best with lots achieving PBS in their respective events.
Congratulations to Maddix (800m & 1500m) and Kobe (800m) who progressed to the Regional carnival. They both ran their best against quality opposition. An exceptional achievement which showcases our distance running ability at C.S.P.S.
Regional Hoop Time
Over the past three weeks we have had three of our hoop time teams compete their respective Regional days.
Senior Future Stars - came up against some tough competition and were unlucky to miss out on a place in the semis finishing third in their pool.
Junior Future Stars - finished the round robins with 3 wins and 1 loss placing them 2nd in the pool. We started slow in the semi final but came back in the second half to get within 4 points of the eventual winners St Marys.
Senior All Stars - faced some very well drilled teams full of representative players. Tried their best all day and only lost by 3 to the team who progressed to the State carnival.
A massive thanks to our parents who coached, scored, transported and acted as cheerleaders. Days like this are not possible without the support of the families.
Student in the Spotlight
Congratulations to John C on his recent selection to the Basketball Victoria Program. John attended the Metro Jamboree which welcomes the top 60 boys within Victoria to play a round robin tournament in September, offering them their first taste of the Basketball Victoria high performance pathway with highly skilled coaches.
The same 60 boys also participate in the
The Future Development Program.
Run once a week before school by Basketball Victoria, the program endeavours to further develop Technical, Tactical, Physical and Mental abilities - The four pillars of high performance.
What a great achievement John - we cant wait to continue to watch you follow your basketball dreams.
School Sport Victoria - Softball representative
Congratulations to Elliot who after weeks of trials was named in the SSV Softball team to compete at the National Championships in Sydney in November. This is an outstanding achievement and one that the whole school is very proud of.
Thankyou to the school community for supporting Elliot with the recent free dress day.
We know that he will represent the school and state with pride.
Go get 'em Elliot! Go Team VIC!
FIESTA
Thankyou to all the wonderful families who attended the Fiesta celebrations. The STOMP dances were incredible and the artwork was absolutely amazing to see.
The Under The Sea glow room was a popular highlight!
Congratulations to the winners of the best overall artwork for their year level:
Foundation- Rachel S
Year 1- Laura J
Year 2- Laurel H
Year 3 - Lera K
Year 4- Isla A
Year 5- Brooklyn B
Year 6- Elliot F
Congratulations to all other students who received certificates or ribbons or had their work displayed. It really made our school look amazing!
Well done to the winners of the Critter Clue Challenge, we hope your critter is enjoying their new home.
Thankyou to the wonderful PFA who sourced some great silent auction prizes as well as assisting with set up. Thankyou to the businesses who donated items to support our school:
Tullys, The Settlement Hotel, Deb McNaughton-artist and Miss Cookielicious for her fiesta themed cookies!
We raised $300 which will go towards new sports equipment.
After the Fiesta......
Foundation
Students have explored Digital Art through using Sketchpad and learning basic photography. Students practised using their finger on the screen as a drawing tool and getting their partner to guess their drawing. They took a selfie and learnt how to crop and markup their photo with fun colours and silly annotations. Students extended thier knowledge of technology through driving our Sphero robots through paint to create some colourful abstract art.
They also created some Goofy Pumpkins for Halloween testing their creativity and cutting skills.
Junior School
Students have learn how to take a photo, crop and use a filter to improve their photo. They experimented with the markup tools to colour their background and add funny designs to their faces.
Year 2 students were lucky to work with artist Deb McNaughton during our two week incursion where they learnt to apply her techniques and processes to their own canvasses.
They have learned about the Day Of The Dead celebrations in Mexico and created their own sugar skull, testing their cutting and creative skills.
Middle School
Year 3 students were involved in an incursion where they got to meet local artist Deb McNaughton and create a canvas of their own inspired by her techniques, colours and ideas.
All middle school students have been working on digital art through the creation of their landscape artwork using Google Draw. They have learnt to use the polyline tool, fill with solid and gradient colour, insert shapes and pictures as well as create layers by moving objects to the front/back.
Students also learned how to blend oil pastels to create a fun "mummy" themed halloween themed craft.
Senior School
Year 5 Students have creating a digital landscape using Google Draw. They have learnt to use the polyline tool, fill with solid and gradient colour , insert shapes and pictures as well as create layers by moving objects to the front/back. They also used chalk pastels and fine details to create very realsitic eyes as part of our fun 'mummy' Halloween craft.
Year 6 students have been working on their legacy project. They are painting a fence paling to be displayed between the senior school portables. Students are using colours and symbols that represent their personality and interests as well as inserting their name in a creative font. They have been challenged by the necessity for paint to be applied in layers and waiting for each layer to dry before adding the next takes patience and planning!
Social Wellbeing
To start the Term off, classes have been covering topics that linked to their visits with Healthy Harold and the Life Ed Program. The Foundations have been talking about the eat often foods, the Junior School have been talking about what it means to be a friend. The Year 3's have been learning all about our body systems and how they work together, while Year 4 have been discussing Resilience, Problem Solving respectfully and the importance of a good apology. Year 5 and 6 have been talking about Peer Pressure around drugs and alcohol and what qualifies as a drug.
This exciting week of visiting with Harold culminated in our Healthy Harold assembly, where select students shared their Health goals going forward, and all the students played a game of opposites with Harold.
