Specialist Team News

Performing Arts

The Curriculum Focus in Performing Arts

Prep: Students have continued playing drama games and trying out activities based around feelings and emotions. They have also used their voices in a number of different ways.

Year 1: Students have been able to identify what different emotions look and sound like. They have enjoyed playing the games Hot Seat where they had to react to a given scenario and Greetings Your Majesty where they had to disguise their voice. 

Year 2: Students have been able to identify what different emotions look and sound like. They have enjoyed playing the games Hot Seat where they had to react to a given scenario and Greetings Your Majesty where they had to disguise their voice.

Grade 3/4: Students have been working on non verbal communication using facial expression, gesture and movement. They have also considered the skills involved in portraying a character.

Grade 5/6: Students have started a Drama unit. They have considered the skills an actor needs including reacting, facial expression, and the use of gestures.

Music Clubs             

Each group is now learning and preparing some new songs to perform later in the year. We look forward to hearing from them again at the Art Show in October. (Day and times to be advised)

Choir – Wednesday 1.40pm

Rock Band – Thursday 1.40pm

Marimba Band – Friday 1.40pm

Warm Regards,

Faye Ferry & Lynne Georgiadis (Performing Arts)

LOTE (French)

La Célébration Des Jeux Olympiques De Paris 2024

Dans La Classe De Francais

It has been a joy to share in the buzz of the vibrant Paris 2024 games with our Willy students. So many cultural and historical conversations have been had around them and we have naturally kept up-to-speed with some of the highlights and behind the scenes organisation. From the Versailles palace gardens incredibly set up for the equestrian competitions to ‘La Place De La Concorde’ (which formerly held the space for the French Revolution guillotine) now hosting the skateboarding events – and many more places in between - Paris has really come out strong in very unique and unrecognisable ways.

Now at the half way mark, the Paris Olympics so far have seen two historical records for the French delegation:

1. Three French BMX medallists standing on the same podium (Men’s Final winners: Joris Daudet, Sylvain Andre, Romain Mahieu)
2.  Leon Marchand (from my hometown of Toulouse!!) winning two swimming Olympic golds on the same night 

As there is no nation on earth quite as widely sporty as Australia (even though it now looks like France has made a major turn around 😊), the topic has naturally generated many excited conversations in the French room which have lent themselves perfectly to some Olympian linguistic work with all year levels:

Preps -  Discovery of French shapes vocabulary through songs and floor activities leading to the five Olympic rings 

‘les cinq cercles sont bleu, noir, rouge, jaune et vert’

Year 1s -  Writing in French about two of the Olympic symbols – the five rings with their colours and the Olympic spirit of Peace 

‘les symboles des Jeux Olympiques sont…

Les cinq anneaux Olympiques

L’ange Olympique de la Paix’

Year 2s - Full French role-play discussing about what the Olympic symbol looks like

‘Coucou …. . Quel est le symbole des Jeux Olympiques?

Ah …. , le symbole des Jeux Olympique est les cinq anneaux Olympiques.

Ah oui? De quelles couleurs sont les anneaux?

Les anneaux Olympiques sont bleu, noir, rouge, jaune et vert’

Year 5/6s - Recreating the French presidential speech for the official opening ceremony to declare the 2024 games open to their classmates:

‘Le Discours Du Président Pour La Cérémonie Des Jeux Olympiques:

Bonjour, je m’appelle … et je suis le Président (la Présidente) de la République Française. Je déclare les Jeux Olympiques de Paris deux mille vingt-quatre (2024) ouverts!!!!!’

We can be proud of our Willy students! They have been doing an awesome job with these tasks which will keep going until next week. And what better way to excel than adding fun props to perform!!

Madame CRICRI 😊

Visual Arts

The art room has been a hive of activity as we continue to prepare art pieces for our upcoming art show. We have been working on a variety of pieces using lots of different materials and techniques. We can’t wait to display them for everyone to see.

The Grade Preps are working on some paper bag houses which will become part of our city scape art installation. Each house is unique containing lots of details including window flower boxes, bricks and weatherboards.

The Grade 1’s are working on their botanic portraits. We will be cutting out the watercolour flowers we made last week and adding them to our detailed headdress crowns for our portraits. 

The Grades 2’s are exploring the world of Matisse and recreating simple styled flowers which will form part of our Botanic Garden art installation. We are looking at upsizing our art pieces and using black pen to add fine details.

The Grade 3’s are also studying Matisse and are looking at his use of bright and pure colours to create some floral pieces. These will be added to our art show Botanic Garden display.

The Grade 4’s are sketching and drawing their favourite places in Williamstown onto super large jigsaw pieces. We will arrange them in a fun interesting way to create a tribute to the suburb we live in for our art show.

The Grade 5/6’s are working hard to put the finishing touches on their 3D papier mâché creations. The children are finishing the main structure of their piece and building up layers of newspaper and PVA glue then finishing them off with paint.

Warm Regards,

Marcia Evans 

Physical Education

Biweekly Physical Education Curriculum Highlights – Term 3 Week 4

Prep: Students are focusing on kicking and rolling, developing their basic motor skills.

Year 1 & 2: Pupils are advancing to more complex activities, focusing on kicking for accuracy and dribbling with agility to enhance their coordination and precision.

Grade 3 & 4: The curriculum now includes soccer and invasion games, teaching students strategic thinking and teamwork.

Grade 5/6: Emphasis is on health, fitness, and core stability, helping students understand the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle through physical activity and building a strong core.

Athletics Update

Yesterday, on August 6th, the Willy Primary athletics team competed at the District athletics competition at Newport Athletics Track. Over 60 representatives participated in their respective events. We are proud to announce that Willy Primary finished 4th overall in a tightly fought competition. This is a fantastic achievement, and we congratulate every student who competed on the day. You have made the entire Willy Primary community extremely proud! Those who finished in the top two in their events will now compete at the Hobsons Bay Division finals on Tuesday, September 10. Good luck to all our advancing athletes!

AFL Auskick is Coming to Willy Primary!

Details:

• Starts: Thursday, August 15th
• Time: 3:30pm – 4:30pm
• Duration: 5 weeks
• Cost: $50 ($10 per week)
• Bonus: Participants receive a footy and pump when they register

Registration Link:AFL Auskick Registration

Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to get involved in AFL Auskick and improve your footy skills! Please see the flyer attached for more details!

Warm Regards,

Paddy Gallivan (Physical Education)