Learning and Teaching
Learning Space 3 Juniors
Clinic 1 in Learning Space 3 have been exploring ‘Locational Language’. The students have been using ‘Locational Language’ to give directions. Here we can see the students have created a tower and are giving and following the language to move their teddy under, next to, in front, beside, on top and underneath of the tower. Students have also been exploring 2D shapes. We have been creating shapes and identifying their features.
LAMONT BOOK FAIR IS BACK !
Wednesday, 31st March
Community Room 2 pm - 8 pm
The Book Fair has always been a big success at SFS, with a percentage of each book purchased given back to the school to redeem in new books for our School Library.
The generosity of families has always been greatly appreciated and I know that children love going home with a new book to read! Children will have the opportunity to view books on the Monday and Tuesday before books are available for purchase on Wednesday 31st March. The Book Fair will be held in the school Community Room and will run from 2pm - 8pm.
Parents, carers and children will be able to pop in BEFORE or AFTER their parent teacher interviews to purchase a book.
We will have a great selection books available this year as well as some great specials on our $5 bargain trolley. So head down to the Community Room on Wednesday 31st, have a browse and buy a book to enjoy. We hope to see you there.
Joanna
Learning and Teaching Leader
PE NEWS
REGIONAL SWIMMING
On Monday 29th March, Chloe and Maia will be representing SFS at Regional Swimming.
Chloe will be participating in breaststroke and Maia in backstroke. We can’t wait to hear how you go girls!! But the outcome doesn’t matter. We are just so proud that you have made it to Regionals! Good luck girls!! We will be thinking of you!!
FRIDAY SENIOR SPORTS
Our Grade 5/6 have been participating in Interschool Sports. Last Friday they had a home game against Coral Park Primary School and today they played an away game at Cranbourne Carlisle. Well done to all the Grade 5/6 for their great sportsmanship and their teamwork!!
LUNCHTIME SOCCER CLINICS
We are very grateful to St John’s Regional College, who have provided us with the opportunity to have lunchtime soccer clinics, by nominating our school.
Olympiacos Melbourne will be attending our school at 2nd lunch break on Mondays starting from Monday 29th March through until November. They were due to start this week however the coach who was attending was unwell so we look forward to starting next week. They will take 14 students each week and rotate through the grade levels.
Junior students will be first for the first four weeks and then they’ll move onto the seniors. They will be focusing on soccer skills and working collaboratively with others. There will be no cost involved with this program.
JUNIOR BASKETBALL CLINICS
We hope the Juniors have enjoyed their basketball clinics and we are very appreciative of the Sporting School Program that has provided us with the funding to make this possible. Hopefully we will receive additional funding next term and we will have good news shortly being able to announce sport clinics for next term.
Giuliana & Lulli
SFS CROSS COUNTRY & COLOUR RUN
Thursday April 1st, 2021
The SFS Cross Country is on the last day of this term, Thursday April 1st, 2021 and it will be held at school.
Seniors will participate from 9.00am -10.00am
and
Juniors will participate from 10.00am -11.00am.
The track will start behind LS2 and go along the side of the basketball courts, out the gate near the blue playground, along the footpath, back in the gate near the rainbow playground, along the front of the school and then back through to the oval.
Gates to the car park will be closed and there will be staff supervising along the track.
If parents need to enter the school the pedestrian gate along Paterson Drive, across from the station will be open. Please use this gate only.
Foundation: One lap around the track
Grade 1: One lap around the track
Grade 2: One lap around the track
8 year olds: Two laps around the track
(New race and will be mixed both boys and girls)
9/10 year olds: Two laps around the track
11 year olds: Three laps around the track
12/13 year olds: Three laps around the track
There will be separate races for boys and girls in each age or grade level except the new 8 year old race where girls and boys will run together.
Students placing in the first ten will be awarded a ribbon and points for their House and those who are first in each race will have their names engraved on the school trophies that are kept in our trophy cabinet.
Students will be required to wear their sports uniform as they will be running, but we hope that they will wear a t-shirt that is in their house colour and wear other accessories such as hats, scarves… in their house colour. They will also need to bring their drink bottle and hat.
Please also remember to update your child’s profile on Operoo acknowledging you have done so on the Cross Country notification. Students will then also participate in the Colour Run. Please ensure your child is wearing a t-shirt you don’t mind getting colour on, though we have been told the colour washes off.
Please remember to register your child online for the Colour Run and donate to Parents & Friends fundraising.
Teresa House - Blue
MacKillop House – Yellow
Bosco House – Red
Patrick House – Green
We will then have assembly after 2nd lunch around 12.30 pm to announce the winning house and the winners for each race.
PLEASE NOTE:
We have been given permission to run our Cross Country with parent attendance!!!
We are so excited!!!
Remember seniors will participate from approximately 9am – 10am and juniors from approximately 10am – 11am. If you are attending, we will need to ask you to follow certain guidelines, so that this is a successful covid safe event and we will then be able to run future events that parents can attend. As a result, we ask all parents attending the Cross Country on Thursday April 1st to follow the following guidelines:
GUIDELINES FOR ATTENDING A COVID SAFE CROSS COUNTRY
- If feeling unwell please do not attend.
- Please enter via the pedestrian gate along Paterson Drive, across from the railway station only. The gate to the car park will be closed at 8.55 in preparation for the starting of cross country. Parents are not to enter the gates near the playgrounds as these will be used for cross country.
- Sign in providing your details on the sheets provided at the tables in front of the Music portable. Please use the hand sanitiser provided.
- Please keep 1.5 metre distance at all times from people who are not part of your family.
- If social distancing is not possible please wear a mask.
- Parents can then proceed to two areas where they can watch the cross country from. Please feel free to bring chairs, blankets… to sit on.
- The area in front of the community room near the rainbow playground
- The area under the blue playground
- If there are too many people in one of the above areas to allow for social distancing, please proceed to the other area.
- Following the cross country please exit via the pedestrian gate on Paterson Drive where you entered.
SCHOOL SPORTS VICTORIA
It’s fantastic that this year the first 5 students in each race from 9/10 year olds, 11 year olds and 12/13 year olds will have the opportunity to proceed to District Cross Country in Term 2. Parents of students who come in 1st – 5th will be notified in Term 2.
Lulli and Giuliana