Classroom News

Foundation Miss Bennett

So many amazing things have been happening over the last couple of weeks in Foundation. They have been blowing Miss Bennett away with all of their excellent learning.

To start off the week with a bang we had SCIENCE WEEK rotations. The Foundies' favourite part of the rotations was getting to be in a group with their buddies, as well doing all the fun learning experiences about science. Some of the rotations included: Building bridges, balloon powered rockets, designing a smart farm, balloon-fueled pumps, and building the best paper plane. 

In literacy, the students have finished meeting all of their 'Milo's Birthday Surprise' friends with single alphabet sounds. This week they have learnt the 'Suffix S', and have tested their knowledge by adding an s on the end of a CVC word and drawing a picture to match. They will be able to tell you that when you add a suffix s on the end of the word it means 'more than one of something'. 

In maths, the Foundies have begun learning about 'groups of'. They loved using the mini whiteboards and counters to help with their knowledge and do a 'whisper and shout' when they had their answer. 

Grade 1-2 Miss Hayes

Drama Productions 

This week we were lucky enough to attend two productions - ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Aladdin’. Below we have shared our favourite parts/characters:  

‘Possum Magic’ - Text Based Unit 

This week we finished our text based unit on ‘Possum Magic’. During this unit the students did some background knowledge building and looked at Australian states and capitals. They brainstormed different kinds of Australian foods. The students learnt about proper nouns and they focused on building simple sentences. We also brought our text to life and enjoyed tasting some minties, mini pavlova, ANZAC biscuits and Vegemite!

 Grade 1-2 Miss Hart

Wow! What a week we have had. This week it is Science Week - the students got to participate in a range of science experiments on Monday that centred around the theme ‘Innovation: Powering Future Industries. Students rotated through activities in multi-age groups involving themselves in activities and experiments like:

Science Week

Bridge Builders Bonanza - where we learnt to design, hypothesise and test our materials and bridge creations.Design a Smart Farm - where students learnt to use design and materials for purpose.Make a Water Pump - where students learnt to understand that the water pump works because gases move from high-pressure areas to low-pressure areas, energy is transferred within the system, and forces are unbalanced. Make a BETTER Paper Plane - where students gained confidence in designing, building, testing and improving designs.Balloon Powered Rockets - where students tested out and learnt that potential energy is stored in the balloon, and this is released to create kinetic energy.

Here are some of Grade 1-2 Hart’s favourite experiments:

Madeline - Make a Better Paper Plane.

Edith - Balloon Powered Rockets.

Sophie - Make a Water Pump.

Addie - Bridge Builder's Bonanza and Make a Better Paper Plane.

Oonagh - Make a Water Pump.Marla - Bridge Builder's Bonanza.

Liam - Balloon Powered Rockets. 

Zara - Balloon Powered Rockets.

Stevie - Balloon Powered Rockets.

Ben - Make a Water Pump and Bridge Builder's Bonanza.

Jaxon - Bridge Builder's Bonanza.

Will - Bridge Builder's Bonanza.

Charlie - Make a Water Pump.

‘Possum Magic’ - Text Based Unit

This week we finished our text based unit on ‘Possum Magic’. During this unit the students did some background knowledge building and looked at Australian states and capitals. They brainstormed different kinds of Australian foods. The students learnt about proper nouns and they focused on building simple sentences. We also brought our text to life and enjoyed tasting some minties, mini pavlova, ANZAC biscuits and Vegemite.

Grade 3-4 Mrs Stock

On Thursday this week we attended the Beauty and the Beast Alpha show at Tongala Primary School. The students had a wonderful day, with them also attending the St Augustine's Aladdin Production in the afternoon. This has been great timing for our students as we have been preparing for our whole school production for the end of this term.

Here is what our class thought of the Alpha Production:

Denzil: I liked the fighting.

Xavier: I liked the beast mask, the moving of the scenes and the sound effects.

Max: My favourite part was the kissing part and my favourite actor was Higgins. 

Ella: I liked the singing bits and the fighting.

Archer: I liked the fighting

Zeb: I liked it when they were dancing together

Jack: I like the kissing, the fire and the music.

Colt: My favourite actor was Higgins and my favourite part was when the wolves attacked. 

Charlotte: I like Bell, the music and when they were dancing. 

James: I like the bit when the beast was angry.

Hugh: I liked the fighting, the kiss, the music, Gaston the best and Higgins and all the moving lights. 

Scarlett: I liked the fire at the start and Gaston was my favourite actor. My favourite part was the fight. 

Jim: I liked the bit where Gaston and the beast had a fight with their fists and a dagger.

Scott: I liked Flynn who acted as the candle and all the fighting. 

Grade 3-4 Mrs Crosbie

3/4 Crosbie have been busily beginning preparations for the upcoming school production. This week we finalised our script and ran auditions for the major speaking parts. Every member of our class has a speaking line and it's so wonderful that every person in our class wanted a part in our play.  The scripts have been handed out and we are beginning to practice our lines. 

We have also begun rehearsing our dances. We have some exciting songs and some tricky dance moves to learn but everyone is extremely excited.

We are looking forward to the next few weeks of practicing and we can't wait to perform for all our family and friends. 

Grade 5-6 Miss Rasmussen

The Grade 5/6s LOVE attending the Waranga Athletic Sports. Here are some of their highlights:

• I liked triple jump because it was really competitive – Zac
• I liked hurdles because I was really scared to do it and I actually did it! – Riann
• High jump was my favourite because I got to compete against people I knew and see what they are capable of and I am proud that I got second. – Isla
• My highlight was high jump because I got third and I didn’t believe I could do that good – Caleb
• I beat my highest score in triple jump – Amelie
• I loved being with my friends – Tamara
• I liked doing shotput - Hayley
• High jump was my favourite because it's fun - Georgia
• I got 2.77m in long jump and I was proud of that - Shila
• I loved cheering on my friends in the relays - Hannah

Congratulations to Zac Wakenshaw who was awarded age champion for the 11 year old boys at the Waranga Athletic sports. An amazing effort!!