Learning & Teaching
ACU Teaching Placement
We welcome one of our current Learning Support Officers, Liz Cameron, in a different role over the next few weeks at Sacred Heart Kew. Liz is currently undertaking a Bachelor of Education at Australian Catholic University (ACU) and will complete her final teaching placement (35 days, commencing Monday 20 March) in Prep CB. Thank you to Chelsea Bilney for working with Liz and for guiding her throughout this important final stage of her undergraduate education.
Mandarin News
The Year 3/4 students have been learning to name different sports in Mandarin.
In Week 7, the students conducted a survey to find out what their classmates’ favourite sport is, to practise their vocabulary and the sentence patterns they have learnt. The students needed to ask the question, “What sport do you like?” and tell their classmates the sport they like in Mandarin. The students presented their results using the bar graph.
Students conducted a “Our favourite sport” survey
Students using the data they collected to make a bar graph
In Week 8 , the students practised tracing and writing some Chinese characters related to soccer and tennis. They explored the process of character construction, including counting the number of strokes and following general rules of stroke order.
Students practised writing the characters
Last week the students at Sacred Heart Kew celebrated and embraced Chinese culture by participating in a number of different activities on Mandarin Day. Thank you to our wonderful PA parents for organising the special treats for our students. Thank you to our Senior students for hosting the outdoor activities. They did a fantastic job.
Chinese Dance Incursion
Chinese Traditional Activities
Year 5/6 News
Boorondara Graffiti Prevention Incursion
On 29 March, the Year 5 and 6 students will participate in an incursion facilitated by the Boroondara Council that teaches students about the consequences of graffiti, particularly tagging and the difference between street art and graffiti. The presentation also introduces the topic through more holistic themes, such as respect, choices and consequences, building resilience and self-esteem.
The program also introduces students to real world experiences, like peer pressure, and offers real life self help strategies that work.It is also an opportunity for students to consider community, particularly relevant, as they navigate and make sense of their current circumstances and social-emotional reality.
GRIP Student Leadership Conference
On Tuesday 28 March, Year 5 and 6 students will attend the GRIP Student Leadership Conference at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The GRIP Student Leadership Conference is unique in that it concentrates specifically on training student leaders for their role as school leaders. The style, topics, and content of this conference all focus on what the students can do right now.
The students will be involved in different workshops throughout the day with the topics of:
- How to Be an ‘Others First’ Leader.
- The People a Leader Can Impact the Most
- Ideas that Impact Everybody
- How to Get Everybody on Board With a New Idea
- Q&A With GRIP Leadership Team