Junior School

Year 1

Year 1 students continue to enjoy their weekly visits to the Library and listen to stories read by Mrs Nield and Mrs Storey! Each visit brings the excitement of exploring new stories and choosing a book to take home and enjoy with family. 

Many children are also selecting chapter books to add to their classroom book boxes, which has sparked a growing interest in longer stories and independent reading. It's wonderful to see their enthusiasm for books and the joy they find in discovering new favourites.

Last Friday morning, our Prep to Year 3 students had a great time coming together for a sing-along. The music and singing brought lots of smiles and helped everyone warm up a little! It was a fun way to start the day and enjoy a fun time together.

Kerry Snook

Year 1 Teacher

Year 2

In Year 2, we've been wrapping up our Humanities inquiry on Our Wonderful World by using atlases and computers to research other countries! The Year 2s know all about the hemispheres and continents (and might even have a fact or two to share about a country that they've researched!).

I have been very impressed with the enthusiasm that the Year 2s have been showing towards their writing. As we've been learning about narratives and story writing, students have planned, drafted, edited and finalised their own short stories! 

This week we have also been revising previous writing activities such as expanding sentences. Students have demonstrated superb work and knowledge of sentence structure and punctuation! Well done Year 2!

Alissa Griffin

Year 2 Teacher

Year 3

In Year 3, we often pair up to play games in Numeracy and we find that learning from our peers is a very effective way of understanding new concepts in maths. We really enjoy working with all different people and learning new strategies from different people. We are a very supportive class when it comes to learning new things and celebrating the differences between us all in how we learn.

Mrs Newton took our funny photo on school photo day. We think we did a pretty good job and deserve the prize for funniest class photo! What do you think?

Ang Hales

Year 3 Teacher

Year 6

Science

In Year 6 Science at the moment we are learning about Natural Disasters. So far we have learnt about the layers of the Earth and its tectonic plates, and the different types of Natural Disasters. 

Did you know that there are three different categories that Natural Disasters are classified as? They are geological, which are natural events occurring within the earth's crust like earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and avalanches. Meteorological, which are caused by extreme weather conditions like cyclones and typhoons, and Hydrological which is caused by the amount of water on the Earth's surface like floods or droughts.

This week we studied more about Earthquakes and how they are caused by the movement of the tectonic plates. Then, in small groups, we made an Earthquake table out  of two books, two elastic bands and four marbles. Then we had to design and build three different types of buildings out of Lego to test on our Earthquake tables and see how they stood up against an Earthquake. We had 30 minutes to design our buildings then we rocked their world. The photos below show some of our designs. Exploring and learning about Natural Disasters has been lots of fun.

Coral Robertson

Year 6 Teacher

Food Tech

This week, our talented Year 6 students put their culinary skills to the test by whipping up a delightful batch of muffins. The kitchen was filled with the sweet aroma of freshly baked treats as they created a tempting variety of flavours - including banana and choc chip, mixed berries and chocolate, and the always-popular classic choc chip. It was a delicious way to combine creativity and teamwork, and the results were thoroughly enjoyed by all!

Ally Robinson

Teacher

Gideon Program

The Junior Gideon literacy class have been busy learning a new text called The Gumleaf Thief. A story about a crow, wombat, possum and a precious, shiny, musical gumleaf. Students have engaged initially with an experience at the King's College Bush Camp where they climbed trees, created forts, cubbies, moats and shelters as well as spotting an eagle nest high in the top of a tree.

Students then co-created a picture story map and have been rehearsing it and adding actions and theatrics, much to the amusement of all! We then explored the musical talent of the gumleaf playing Uncle Herb Patten! A Gunaikurnai man who went from busking on the streets of Melbourne, to taking centre stage at the Sydney Opera House - a remarkable musical career!

This week the class went for a quick walk down to the bush camp area trialling various leaves for their musical suitability and attempting to play a note using techniques taught by Uncle Herb. It is harder than it looks!

Students will now be focusing on the structure of a narrative and working towards innovating and inventing their own stories. 

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. - Isaiah 40:28 – 31

Stephanie Kosh

Junior Gideon Teacher