Year Level News

Including Specialist Subjects

Upcoming Excursions and Incursions

Please ensure you have processed all consents and payments on your Compass portal to guarantee your child's participation in all upcoming incursions and excursions.

If your child is unable to attend any of the events, please notify the office via email - here.

Library News

All school library books are due back by Friday 22nd November.

For those that have not been able to locate missing books, letters will be sent out in December with instructions on how to pay for the replacement of the book/s.

Scholastic Book Club

Orders for Issue 8, the last book club for the year, close on Friday 22nd of November 2024. Thank you for your support in purchasing from the Book Club this year. We hope you have enjoyed your selections.

View Issue 8 - HERE

Foundation News

Toy Science Incursion

The Foundation students recently enjoyed an exciting Toy Science incursion, thanks to Emma from Supreme Incursions. Emma arrived with a variety of colourful and intriguing toys, sparking curiosity as the children eagerly gathered to see what was in store. It was a hands-on experience from the start, with the students putting on their "investigation hats" and getting ready to discover the wonders of how different toys work.

Throughout the session, Emma guided the students in exploring the ways toys move. They learned that toys can move by pushing, pulling, and using forces. By observing and experimenting, the students discovered how these forces make toys go faster, slower, or even change direction. Emma made learning engaging and interactive, allowing the students to ask questions and share their own ideas about how the toys might work.

Beyond just movement, Emma introduced the students to the materials that make up toys, such as plastic, wood, and metal. The children enjoyed feeling and observing the differences between each material, deepening their understanding of the toys' construction. Overall, the Toy Science incursion was an unforgettable experience that sparked curiosity, inspired hands-on learning, and brought lots of joy to the students as they discovered the science behind their favourite toys.

BQT in the Classroom

Last week in our classrooms, we had an exciting challenge: building boxes using only icy-pole sticks and masking tape! At first, it seemed easy, but we quickly realised we’d have to think hard about how to make our boxes strong and balanced. Some of us tried building square corners, while others experimented with different shapes to make our boxes stand up without falling over. The masking tape helped hold everything together, and we discovered new ways to make our boxes even sturdier. It was amazing to see how different everyone’s box looked, showing off all our creative ideas! This activity helped us explore our Big Question, What is it made of and how does it move?

This week, our Foundation students explored basic engineering concepts through a fun and creative challenge: building a paper bridge strong enough to hold a small clay goat.

The activity introduced them to ideas like structure, balance, and weight distribution. It was wonderful to see their curiosity and problem-solving skills at work as they experimented with different designs and shared ideas with their classmates.

This hands-on experience encouraged teamwork, resilience, and a love of learning—key building blocks for young engineers in the making!

Year 4 News

Remembrance Day

On 11 November 2024, some students from year four presented in the Remembrance Day ceremony in front of the Foundation to Year four students. Normally the Year 5 and 6 students run the day, but they were at camp at Phillip Island. The Year 4 students who stepped up were Harry, Ollie, and Helena. They talked about World War One and the poems “In Flanders Fields” and “Ode of Remembrance”. They spoke about the histories of the poems and the inspiration behind them. Remembrance day is important to acknowledge the soldiers that gave their lives for their country.

Henry L also stepped in at the last minute to perform the very difficult Last Post for the occasion and did an outstanding job with very little rehearsal.

By Harry

Tabloid Sports Day

Last week, twelve Year 4 students from different classes helped with the Foundation classes for their Tabloid sports day.

The day started off with six groups of foundations students rotating through different activities, the groups had two Year 4 leaders per group to help with the fun games, the activities included: chicken throw, tug of war, the mouse and the cat, treasure hunt, captains coming, pizza boxes and soccer.

The Year 4 helped to guide the Foundation students to assist keep them active and moving, then they ended the day by playing a fun game of poison ball.

By Edie and Panashe

Music News

This term our Year 3 Instrumental Music students have been attending ‘mini band’ rehearsals. This is an opportunity for the students to refine their playing and experience playing with other students who play a different instrument. The students have quickly grasped playing in an ensemble and are working towards performing on assembly later this term. Here are some comments from some of our budding prodigies.

“I really like Year 3 band. It is super fun learning the trumpet. I really want to go in band next year” - Raf

“Learning the flute was hard at first, but then it becomes easier. You get to learn lots of fun songs. And you get to be in the Year 3 band and play different songs, and play with the other people in Year 3 playing songs together in a mini band.” - Edie