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From The Team

Welcome back to Term 3! The students appeared well-rested after the holidays, and were happy to see their school friends and teachers again.

The Foundation students have been learning all about the Olympics and are looking forward to our green-and-gold day Mini Olympics coming up.

On the holidays:

Zeke went to his cousin Eleanor’s birthday party

Sam went to the movies to see Despicable Me 4

Alayah played with her little sister

Sienna looked in the sand for plastic dinosaur bones

Jake played a ‘spy’ game with his brother

Tracey is currently having a well-deserved holiday in Bali. She has sent us lots of pictures and is enjoying relaxing in the beautiful sunshine.

From Merran Maguire

What We Are Learning

Reminders

Take home book to be taken home and read each night.
Reading log to be signed every night.
Water bottle to come to school every day.
100 Days of Learning outfit.

Try This...

Riddles:

What comes down but never goes up?
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
What has words, but never speaks?

Answers at the bottom of the page!

What We Are Learning In Specialist Classes In Term 3

Visual Arts

This term, Visual Arts will be taught by Mr Lachlan Byass, as Karen Coster will be on Long Service Leave for most of the term. Students will start the term learning to weave paper and tie threads. They will create art inspired by the Olympic Games. Later in the term, students will view and create art inspired by one of the books short-listed for the Children’s Book Council of Australia ‘Book of the Year’.

Mandarin

To be advised when Ms Hou returns from Long Service Leave.

Science

During Term 3, students in Foundation will be exploring the different materials that objects are made of, and describing their observable properties such as colour, texture and flexibility. They will be investigating why objects are made from certain materials, and will be looking at what physical changes can be made.

Performing Arts

In Performing Arts this term, students will be performing melodic patterns on the xylophone, singing familiar melodies, creating and responding to rhythmic patterns using hand drums, and learning about rhythmic notation using quarter notes and rests. They will also be expressing themselves with dancing and participating in musical games that teach the concepts of pitch and rhythm.

Physical Education

The program this term focuses on basic movement, balance and the following fundamental motor skills: leap, dodge, jump, run and underarm throw. Students will be working to improve their eye/hand and eye/foot coordination, fitness, balance, locomotion and eye-tracking skills.