Specialist Happenings

 Visual Arts

Here are some delightful "Harmony Trees' that 1A and 1B have created, with a focus on learning about 'harmonious colours'. These are colours that go well together and can be found close to each other on the colour wheel. They are just in time for Harmony Day on March 21st. 

1C are making 'Contrast Trees' with a special surprise element to come next week. You will see them all in our Student Art Show as part of the Community Arts Fair on Friday 27th March, from 4 - 8 pm, gates close 8:30 pm. It's going to be HUGE! Please spread the word far and wide, friends, family, anywhere you go! Everyone is welcome. 

Love Art!

Ms Van Etten and Ms Hemmings

Mandarin

Prep students have been practising writing 你好 ni hao - hello and 再见 zai jian- Good bye in Chinese characters. They have been doing a fantastic job learning how to greet each other in Mandarin, and it has been wonderful to see their excitement and enthusiasm for learning Chinese.

Grade 1 students have been learning how to recognise, write and count Chinese numbers. They practised identifying Chinese number characters in a worksheet and coloured them according to the number key. Everyone did a fantastic job spotting the characters and colouring carefully.

Grade 5 students have been learning how to ask, answer, and write simple sentences in Mandarin. They practised questions such as “What is your name?”, “What grade are you in?”, and “When is your birthday?”. Students were able to confidently ask the questions, respond with their own answers, and write the sentences in Chinese.

Grade 6 students have been learning about transportation in Mandarin. They have been practising how to ask, answer, and write questions such as “How do you get to school?” and “How does your dad get to work?”. Students are learning to use different transport vocabulary to form their own questions and responses.

你们真棒！You are all amazing!

Miss. Cheung 

Physical Education 

Level F- 2 

In PE this week, our F–2 students have been participating in an exciting gymnastics program! We are very fortunate to have Luke from Melbourne Tumbling Academy working with our students and teaching them fundamental gymnastics skills.

Students have been loving his engaging and energetic teaching style, and are already learning fantastic new skills such as forward rolls, handstands and rocket jumps. It has been wonderful to see their confidence and enthusiasm growing each session!

Level 3 & 4 

In Levels 3 and 4, students have continued developing their skills in net/wall sports. They have been learning and playing new and engaging games such as Newcombe Ball and Nitro Ball.

Throughout these activities, students have been introduced to the 4R’s — Read, React, Respond and Recover. 

It has been fantastic to see students building their confidence, teamwork, and game awareness each week.

 Level 5 and 6

In Levels 5 and 6, students have continued developing their skills in net/wall sports. They have been learning and playing net/ wall sports such as Volleyball and Tennis. 

Throughout these activities, students have been introduced to the 4R’s — Read, React, Respond and Recover. These strategies help students understand the game by encouraging them to read the play, react quickly, respond effectively with the appropriate skill, and recover ready for the next action.

It has been fantastic to see students building their confidence, teamwork, and game awareness each week.

Mr Restaino

Science

Foundation

Our little Scientists have continued to learn with their friend Albert, studying the the needs of living things.

Level 1 & 2

In Level 1 & 2 we are learning to identify when an action involves a push and when it involves a push. We represented these actions with arrows and learnt that when we use more force we represent this with a thicker arrow. We practiced pull with a fun game of tug of war.

Level 3 & 4

Level 3 & 4s have commenced the unit of fair testing. We experimented with dropping water on a 5 cent piece and we learnt that water is sticky.

Level 5 & 6

Our senior scientists have drawn on their prior learning to share what they know about the solar system. Throughout the remainder of the term we will dive deeper into space, learning about gravity, orbits and the rotation of planets.

Wilko, Safety Sue and Ms Cullen