Classroom News

Foundation-Grade 1 Miss Bennett

The last two weeks in the F/1 beehive have been a very busy blur with so much wonderful learning to celebrate. Some of our highlights over the last two weeks have been: 

Grade 1 phonics:

The Grade 1 students have been so engaged in phonics this term, they have been learning all about the final y in words making a long e sound, like in the word 'happy'. To help with their learning Grade 1 students had to practice writing words with a final --y sound and then write the sentence "The Pony is happy."

Foundation phonics:

The Foundation students have now learned 3 letters, sounds and friends that will be going to 'Milo's birthday surprise'. This week they were introduced to 'Felix the Frog'. They have been loving practicing writing these on their mini whiteboards. I wonder which friend we will learn from next. 

Our very first swimming carnival: 

The most popular event over the past two weeks is our very first St Patrick's Swimming Carnival. Miss Bennett was so impressed with how everyone behaved at the swimming carnival and gave every event a 'Red hot Go'. If our very first one was like this we can't wait until we do swimming week later on in the year.  

Clean up Australia Day: On Friday, the whole-school went out and did a really big clean up of our school yard and community for Clean Up Australia Day. The F/1 students were really engaged in their pre-learning about Clean Up Aus Day. They enjoyed learning about which rubbish goes into which coloured bin. 

Maths magicians: All of our maths learning has been so excellent and each student has improved so much over the course of the year and we're only at week 6!! The maths we have been learning is how to represent numbers in different ways in Foundation, like using tens frames, writing numerals, and tally marks. In Grade 1 the students have been developing their tens and ones skills with numbers 0-100, they have been using the Base 10 blocks to help make the number and write the number. 

Mrs Stockdale taking us to the library: How fantastic is it when our wonderful principal Mrs Stockdale takes us to the library for a visit to borrow our weekly books and then reads us a picture story book. This has been one of the F/1's favourite things this week. 

 Grade 1-2 Miss Hart

In Grade 1 and 2 we have been learning about Gratitude, Empathy, Mindfulness and Emotional Literacy as part of our Resilience Project lessons.

Gratitude is paying attention to what we have. Empathy is understanding how other people feel. Mindfulness is about being calm and present in any given moment. Emotional Literacy is about labelling our emotions.

At the end of every day, students in Grade 1 and 2 have the opportunity to share something they are grateful for or something that went well for them that day. Here is what the students said today!!

‘I am grateful for playing with my friends at snack and lunch.’

‘I am grateful for my family that loves me.’

‘I am grateful for Miss Hart.’

‘I am grateful for my classmates.’

‘I am grateful for this Earth.’

‘I am grateful for my dog.’

‘I am grateful for yummy food.’

Grade 3 Mrs Stock

Last week's Swimming Carnival was a big hit!! Here is what the we loved about the day:

Carter: I liked that we could swim and we could get ribbons. I got a ribbon for third place in freestyle and breaststroke. 

Ryder: I liked how the parents came to watch and that we were able to get ribbons. I enjoyed the free swim and the fun races. 

Liam: I like the swimming carnival because I liked the racing, breaststroke and getting ribbons. 

James: My favourite part of swimming was when I got a ribbon for the across the pool race.

Daphne: I enjoyed the races and getting ribbons.

Sydnee: I liked the free swim, the race that I did with Miss Hart and when I got a ribbon. 

Ben: My favourite thing at the swimming carnival was getting ribbons and having a free swim.

Maddy: My favourite part of swimming was that we could compete against others. 

Hudson: The swimming carnival was very good because there were so many races and it was very fun!

Stevie: I liked the swimming carnival because you could get ribbons and compete against your friends.

Lani: I enjoyed the races the most and I liked that it was a fun day! 

Zara: I enjoyed the free swim because you were able to do what you wanted.

Grade 4 Mrs Loughran

The Grade 4 students had their class Liturgy on Tuesday.  

The focus for this Liturgy was Project Compassion which is Caritas Australia's main annual fundraising campaign. It asks Australians to raise much-needed funds to help alleviate poverty, promote justice and uphold dignity in the most vulnerable and marginalised communities in the world.

Jesus showed his compassion always, especially those who were suffering.   His love is the greatest. 

Jesus showed us God’s love by the way he lived his life, and in his care of the lonely, the sick and the poor.

Through his example, Jesus taught us how to love and care for others in our community.

The student practiced two songs: No Greater Love by Father Ron and Give you Love by Jessica Mouboy and Jason Derulo.  The singing was exceptional!! Thanks to all the parents who came to support and join in with the singing.

Grade 5-6 Miss Rasmussen

Grade 5/6 Wrap Up…

Students were asked what some of their highlights in the past 2 weeks have been. This is what they said…

Swimming Sports

• At our first swimming carnival, everyone was cheering on each other and it was a positive day. I had lots of fun - Zac.
• It was a good challenge and it was really fun - Jack.
• It was a fun and challenging day in the pool - Caleb.
• Everyone got to enjoy the day and join in - Hannah.
• I loved being able to go in the water and race against my friends - Zeb.
• I loved swimming because it was our first time! - Colt

Lawn Bowls

• There were a lot of people who put a lot of effort into the day. It was really hot, but we still had lots of fun - Tamara.
• It was fun competing against other schools and it was fun challenge - Colman.
• We tried our best at bowling and were good sports - Xavier.
• It was fun to try a different sport that I had never tried before - Cyril.

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

• I enjoyed reading a book whilst learning about new English methods - James.
• I enjoyed learning about foreshadowing which tells me that something is going to happen later in the story - Dusty.
• I like how they keep having adventures when they go into the wardrobe.

Buddies

• I think it’s nice that we get to make the junior students feel welcome when they come to school - Amelie.
• I enjoy buddy time so much! I loved helping my buddy draw a portrait - Andrea.
• Being with my buddy is good fun - Amelia.

Math Mentals

• It helps me to learn new ways of working out things - Toby.