Specialists

Performing Arts

Here Comes the Sun - Grade P-3 Song

Keep Your Head Up - Grade 4-6 Song

Zoo - Whole School Dance

We Are One - Whole School Dance

Physical Education

Our Prep students have been enthusiastically learning the expectations of P.E. through a variety of fun and engaging collaborative games. As they participate in team-based activities, students are developing their understanding of important routines such as listening carefully to instructions, responding to start and stop signals, using equipment safely, and moving respectfully within shared spaces.

Grade 1–6 students have been developing their skills and understanding through our Hockey unit. Now they move to gameplay scenarios and how to use their skills and teammates to score goals.

🏉 Term 2 AFL Auskick & Superkick at Sunshine Heights PS — Registrations Open!

We’re excited to bring the fun of footy back to Sunshine Heights Primary School for Term 2 with our Auskick & Superkick Centre!

These programs are a fantastic way for kids to get active, learn new skills and build confidence through fun, game-based footy sessions held right at school.

Auskick (Ages 4–7)

A fun introduction to footy focused on play, movement and basic skills.

👉 Register here: https://www.playhq.com/afl/register/78d950

Superkick (Ages 7–12)

Perfect for kids who want to build skills and play more game-style footy with friends.

👉 Register here: https://www.playhq.com/afl/register/860651

🎁 All participants receive an official Auskick or Superkick pack full of great AFL footy goodies.

All skill levels welcome — come along, have fun and give footy a go! 🏉

Contact the office if you have any questions.

Spanish

Students in Prep have continued to learn colours and practise choral counting 0-10 in Spanish. Students have practised singing the class greeting song "rapido" (fast) and "lento" (slow). They have also learnt 3 ways to respond to the question, “¿Cómo estás?" using actions to help recall the language. Preps have continued to use their cuaderno de español and used new vocabulary to follow instructions to complete their book work. 

We have been practising taking turns when speaking and showing kindness when sharing resources. We have also been practising stopping for instructions so we can listen to the whole instruction carefully. Students have also enjoyed watching Spanish song-videos including vocabulary they have acquired throughout the term.

Students in Years 1 and 2 have learnt 3 new ways to respond to the question, “¿Cómo estás?" using actions to help recall the language.

Students have extended their weather vocabulary throughout the unit “¿Cómo está el día hoy?” (How is the weather today?) adding to the class weather song using actions. 

Students have continued to use their cuaderno de español and followed instructions to record new vocabulary using modelled drawings on a “doble pagina” (double page). 

Students also created craft clouds to consolidate new vocabulary and are excited to display them in the school.

Students in years 3 - 6 have been working on using verbs to create sentences about their personal likes including activities, places, food and drinks. 

Students have used prior knowledge from weeks 4 - 5 and visual aids to use verbs "comer" (to eat) and "tomar (to drink) in full sentences and practise using these in conversations. Students have continued to follow classroom directions in Spanish, following actions to make meaning of new vocabulary to complete work in their workbook transferring literacy skills from English to Spanish. 

STEM

This week in STEM we've continued our Physics science block across all year levels. 

The Preps and Grade 1s have been continuing their learning about physical forces. This week we conducted some experiments using big and small forces. We made predictions and then observed how different force strengths affected the distance objects travelled, testing with soccer balls!

The Grade 2s continued learning about sound energy. We learnt about volume and pitch, testing and exploring how sound travels through different materials with objects in the yard. This week we observed how sound is produced at different pitches when glasses are filled at different levels with water, and made predictions about the pitch of sounds in cups of different materials.

In Grade 3, we kept exploring heat energy! We learnt about the different types of heat energy like combustion and geothermal energy, and this week learnt about measuring temperature. We observed how heat is transferred differently in different materials and used a digital thermometer to measure the temperature of sand, clay and water. 

The Grade 4s continued learning about forces! We were introduced to non-contact forces like magnetism and gravity. This week we observed and measured the distance objects travelled when different strengths of contact forces are applied and recorded our observations using force arrows. 

In Grade 5, we continued learning about light energy! We tested a range of materials, observing how light passes through in different ways. We classified the materials and objects as either transparent, translucent or opaque. This week we learnt about transmission, refraction and dispersion of light. We conducted experiments using glasses of water and observed how objects inside or behind the glass look different compared to how they looked outside of the glass. We also observed how laser lights bend (refract) when they pass through glass at an angle!

The Grade 6s this week continued to look at electrical energy! We built and experimented with some circuit kits, building our very own functioning circuit car! We connected batteries to switches and into motors with wires and troubleshooted our circuits when they didn’t work or didn’t work exactly as we intended! 

Visual Arts

Preps:

The prep have begun their journey of learning about different colours of the rainbow and the difference between cool and warm colours. They have made stunning rainbows where they had it explore line and colour and using paint developing an understanding of the order of colours in the rainbow. They then got to play with different materials that have different textures to add to their rainbows. They are just stunning. Very proud of their efforts. 

Grade 1/2: 

Grade 1 and 2s have been exploring line and pattern with the idea of mind of the art show of “travelling around the continents” they have started to develop their work to show the audience that we are going to embark on a journey around the globe creating planes travelling over the land from a birds eye view. They had to think about heir use of colour and pattern in order for the audience to see and notice different types of land you may see from above. Wait to you see them! Outstanding work! 

Grade 3/4: 

Again focussing on the idea of travel students were focussing on the globe, learning about it and the continents within it. We discussed the importance of how we can look after our globe and what causes some issues. With this strong concept and idea for their task students then created a collage piece that shows dimension and different techniques in one piece of work.

Grade 5/6:

The Grade 6 Library Mural

Our beautiful new library mural began with a simple idea—drawing inspiration from the natural world around us. With the addition of the new tree at the centre of the space, we wanted to create something that reflected nature, greenery, and the environment our students know and love.

Working together, Lauren and Tam developed a vision for the mural, focusing on local wildlife and our nearby creek. From there, a plan was created to involve our Grade 6 students in the creative process.

The students began by exploring these ideas in the classroom. They sketched, painted, and experimented with different ways to represent nature, using their creativity to develop unique designs. Their work became the foundation of the mural.

Tam then drew inspiration from the students’ ideas, combining them with her own artistic style to design the final concept. Once the design was ready, she carefully sketched it onto the wall.

In small groups, the Grade 6 students had the exciting opportunity to bring the mural to life with paint. They showed incredible enthusiasm, creativity, and pride in their work throughout the process.

After weeks of dedication, including adding the final details, the result is a stunning, vibrant mural that has transformed our library into a welcoming and inspiring space for all.

We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to Tam for her extraordinary commitment to this project. She generously gave her time, energy, and talent over three weeks to make this vision a reality for our school and our students.

We are so grateful! 

Thank you, Tam!

Lauren Jamieson

Visual Arts Teacher