Art / Cultural / Music / PE & Health / Library / Auslan

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Visual Arts

This week in Visual Arts, all students started to focus on their animal category of this term, where they will create various art pieces to be displayed for the art show this year. Foundation students began to look at minibeasts, where they were able to learn about the symmetry of a butterfly. Students painted on one side of a page then folded it over to make a print to make a symmetrical butterfly art piece. Year 1/2 students have been exploring marine animals and were able to choose a ‘how to draw’ image of a marine animal. This allowed students to gain confidence with their drawing skills, understanding the step-by-step process, use of space on the page, shape, and line elements of art. Year 3/4 students used the same drawing process as year 1/2 students outlined above, but instead are looking at rainforest animals. Once students finished drawing and outlining their animal drawing, they then were able to choose which medium; oil or dry pastels, watercolour, or acrylic paint they would use to draw their animal. Year 5/6 students also used the same drawing process but looking at African animals, they too were able to choose which medium to help complete their animal art piece. 

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Culture Studies

In culture studies last week, students were introduced to the culture of South Africa. We looked at where South Africa is located on the world map, the population, their currency they use and the meaning of their flag, which they coloured in and pasted it into their culture book along with a small fact sheet. Students also learnt about African animals, the national animal which is the springbok. The ‘big five’ which are known to be the lion, leopard, rhino, elephant, and African buffalo. Students were then able to colour and create an African animal mask. 

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PE 

Over the past two weeks in PE, students in years 1-6 have been learning the skills of cricket. Each class starts with individual skill development of throwing the ball to themselves and then catching. Then working with a partner. From this warm up students are ready to start the lesson. The focus in these sessions has been on ‘tracking the speaker’ and tracking the ball – from a partners hand into their own hand when catching. 

We had also had a focus on throwing accurately, both underarm and overarm to a partner and being able to catch using soft hands. 

Students have also had a chance to develop both their batting and bowling skills. Students have done a great job listening to the key steps involved when batting and when bowling and had shown great progress.

Our foundation students have been working on developing their team work and collaborative skills as they play minor games including tunnel ball and passing and catching a ball with a partner. They have also been introduced to the key skills of running including; eyes forward, high knees and pumping their arms.

Interschool Sports

Students in years 5 and 6 with some help from year 4 students continue to play interschool sports on Friday mornings. These days have provided the students a wonderful opportunity to play with their friends, develop social skills and learn to play a team sport and the skills that go into playing in a team.

As each student continues to develop their skills and understanding of their chosen sport, we are seeing them improve dramatically. We have now played Stella Maris and Kingston Heath with some great results.

The girls teeball team and the boys tennis team is still undefeated. Both volleyball teams, the cricket team and the girls tennis team have all had some wins. The boys teeball team had a narrow loss in one game and are working hard to improve.

This weeks game against OLA.

Jarrod Bradley

PE/Sports Coordinator

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Library 

Our Library is in full swing again for the year! Over 1300 books have been borrowed this term already, and new resources and books are being added to the library weekly.

Library Club runs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at recess. Thank you so much for all the help so far, beautiful library leaders!

We have lots of fun activities and events planned for the year, so keep an eye and ear out!

Please keep the library nice and tidy after use, and keep on reading!

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Hello,

 my name is Karen Dragatsikas and I am the new Auslan teacher at Le Page Primary School. The students have all been calling me Mrs D and I have had a wonderful start to term 1 with the staff and students welcoming me so warmly into the school community. I have spent the first few weeks getting to know the students across years 1 to 6 and look forward to meeting the preps when they start Auslan on Wednesday’s next week. 

Whilst preps are just starting their Auslan journey, all other students will be continuing with the Auslan Education Services (AES) program which was introduced last year. AES’s dedicated team of deaf interpreters and members of the deaf community provide students with not only the signs we will be learning but also an important perspective into deaf culture. We will then be playing lots of games and building conversation skills through the year to consolidate and build their signing. 

This term we have been revising our fingerspelling of the Alphabet and greeting signs so we can sign our names and greet each other in Auslan during class. This week we have started to learn signs for things we might find outside or in the backyard. Some of the signs we have learnt are garden, tree, flower, grass and fence. Maybe when next outside in the yard, at the park or walking home students can find and share some of the outside signs they learnt. 

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