Specialist News
Art Room News
Portraits and Printmaking
Students in Years 5 & 6 have been working on self-portraits in Art class. They explored printmaking with a gel printing plate and experimented with different paints and textures to create a beautifully printed background.
Students in Foundation have been learning to draw people with simple shapes and created these wonderful family portraits for Father’s Day. They experimented with tin foil marker printing to create a tie-dye effect on their portraits.
Sports News
Hello families,
The last few weeks have been busy in the PE program. Selected students from Years 3,4,5 and 6 participated in the District Athletics. Our students worked hard and did their best in competing with eight other schools in the district. Some of our stars have shared their experience below.
Hi, my name is Rawan. I participated in the district athletics competing in shotput, high jump and long jump. My highlight of the day was getting first place in shotput, all other competitors did an amazing job as well. I also met some old friends from other schools, it was a spectacular day.
Hello, I’m Nandya, I want to share my experience at District Athletics. I competed in the short distance running, 200 metres and was third in the race. It was a fun day, and I will never forget this special experience.
Hi, my name is Arya. I was a participant in the district athletics. I won first place for long jump, I jumped for 3.9 metres. I came fourth place for 100m and 200m races. There were so many fast sprinters there. I tried my best and I’m very proud of myself.
Hi, my name is Derek, I also participated in District Athletics. I won first place in the discus; I threw the discus 4.9 metres and I’m very proud of myself. I really enjoyed the day.
Hi, I am Elias. I participated in the 100m and the 800m race at the district athletics. I was excited and a little bit nervous but did my best in the competition. I got first place in the 800m meters race and was very happy. It was a fun day, I cheered for my friends also met some friends from my soccer club.
Japanese Room News
こんにちわ、かぞく
Hello Families,
In Japanese classes over the last four weeks of term, students from Foundation to Year 6 have been focusing on writing in Hiragana as much as possible. This has been demonstrated by labelling pictures of ourselves (Foundation) to writing descriptions about animals (Year 1/2), anime characters (Year 5/6) and ourselves (Year 3/4).
In Foundation, students have been learning about the parts of the body through singing and dancing to ‘Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’ and playing Josie Sensei Says (Simon Says game). We have demonstrated our learning by labelling a self-portrait with as many body parts as we can – and by using as much Hiragana writing as possible. (Work by: Nevin)
Year 1/2s have been writing a description of a favourite animal. They included learning to write its name, what colours it was and whether it was a big or small animal. Again, students were encouraged to write as much of their text in Hiragana as possible to foster familiarity and recognition of the script (Zoey's work is attached).
Year 3/4s have spent time building up their knowledge of the simple sentences used in a
Jikoshoukai – self-introduction. They introduce themselves, tell their age, how many people are in their family and who those people are. We have begun recording ourselves to reflect on our accent and pronunciation when speaking in Japanese as well as our written work (Gio's work is attached).
Year 5/6 have put the finishing touches on their descriptions of their favourite Anime and Pokemon characters. They have focused on writing in the Japanese style of right to left and top to bottom. They have paid attention to detail when writing with a combination of the three Japanese scripts.
It has been wonderful to see and hear students using more Japanese vocabulary and writing in the script more freely!
Students who have passed their Yellow Belt in Hiragana and would like to see if they qualify for the Level 1 Japanese badge – please come and check the criteria on the window of the Japanese room or come and see me at the Japanese Club – 1.45 to 2.15pm on Monday during lunchtime 😊
みんなさん, よくできました。
Minnasan, yokudekimashita. Well Done Everyone!