Kinross Wolaroi Family Bulletin

Around the Junior School

Harmony Day

On Thursday 21 March, students in the Junior School engaged in a range of activities to recognise and celebrate Harmony Day. 

 

The Junior School SRC leaders as well as the Senior School leadership team combined forces to create some fun lunch time games and a whole school activity. Every student in the school wrote a message, fact or drew a picture that identified the vast differences of cultures even amongst the Kinross Wolaroi School community. 

 

Allan used his drone to take some wonderful photos and videos of the hands, students and staff. 

 

Students wore a touch of orange to recognise Harmony Day and participated in some classroom activities with their teachers. To top off a fabulous Harmony Day, students all received a delicious orange icy pole! 

 

It was warming to see the leadership team from the Senior School engage with students from the Junior School. 

 

The SRC students did a fabulous job in educating and organising such an engaging Harmony Day for students. 

Pre-K's Lake Excursion

Monday 25 March was Pre-Kinder’s excursion to Lake Canobolas. The children had such a lovely time filling their collecting bags, playing on the equipment and even walking the whole way around the lake. The weather was perfect for a great day out. 

Year 5 Geography

This term in Geography, Year 5 have been looking at environments. Within this unit, students have explored how humans have impacted environments in both positive and negative ways. They have also looked at natural disasters and how they can have social, economic and environmental effects. 

 

Year 5 were so fortunate to hear from Mrs Kate Strahorn, who presented to the grade on the 2022 Molong flood disaster. Students asked many insightful questions and learned how the catastrophic event damaged the Molong environment, including infrastructure such as sporting facilities, buildings and shop fronts. 

 

Mrs Seedsman and Miss Hazelton are excited to see the newspaper article that each student will develop over the next week as their final assessment task. 

Merit Awards - Term 1 Week 8 2023

K Nemo

  • Rocco Taylor: Demonstrating perseverance with difficult tasks and improving his concentration.
  • Ollie Byrnes: Fast recall of number facts in mathematics and working hard on correct letter formation.

1 Eco-Octonauts

  • Suvi Vohra: Fast Facts-Mathematics
  • Leila Madden: Fabulous work in Reading Group rotations

2 Lorax

  • Tilly Byrnes: Continually working hard to build automaticity in backward counting and recalling subtraction questions in Mathematics.
  • Samuel Milliken: Excellent contributions in small group reading and being an inclusive and empathetic friend to all.

2 Yindyamarra

  • Anvi Bohra: Excellent work during mathematical forming groups investigations.
  • Abigail Westcott: Consistently being a kind and caring classmate.

3 Uno

  • Lachlan Elder: His fantastic mathematical work when learning about addition and subtraction.
  • Frankie Rohr: Her effort and focus when producing an amazing sequel to Fantastic Mr Fox

4 Goodall

  • Alec Stewart: Putting in 100% effort when researching and designing his poster in our history lessons this week. Well done, Alec.
  • Lulu Widauer: Her commitment and engagement in our English lessons this week. She has worked hard at mastering the skill of notetaking and mind-mapping. Well Done, Lulu!

5 Seed

  • Tom Gibson: Consistently demonstrating an unwavering commitment to improvement.
  • Digby Volkofsky: Consistently demonstrating the spirit of generosity and diligence.

5 Bear Grylls

  • Kimberley Williams: Taking courageous risks in her learning which has resulted in a greater writing output and more engagement in Maths lessons.
  • James Proudford-Nalder: Confidently sharing his mathematical thinking when answering challenging questions in Maths lessons.

6 Rober

  • Joshua Leung: For his enthusiasm and love of learning and his wonderful insights he shares with the class.
  • Ellie Johnstone: For her wonderful attitude towards her learning and continued positive efforts in class.

6 Dalziel

  • Sam Dunlop: His thoughtful and witty contributions to class discussions as well as his consistent application to learning. Keep it up Sam!
  • Amara Tomlinson: Her positive approach to all areas of learning and her thoughtful contributions to English discussions about the Wave Hill Walk Off.