Whole School Activities

Assembly

Thank you to everyone who came to share in and enjoy our students learning achievements and presentations last Friday. Congratulations to all of our award winners.

Premier's Spelling Bee

Rocky River held a school-wide Spelling Bee last Thursday. Congratulations to all students who participated!

Mud Kitchen Play

The mud kitchen has been a popular area at lunch over the past fortnight.

Lower Division

Lower Divsion have been working hard all the way up to the end of term. In English, we have been working on similes and students from Kindergarten to Year Two have enjoyed sharing their examples - please see some of them below.

As soft as a fluffy blanket - Lucy

As hot as fire - Genevieve

As cold as ice - Mekenzie-May

As hot as the sun - Leithan

Fast like a cheetah - Joah

As big as the sea- Leo

Lower Division have also enjoyed their independent reading in class with a range of books from our library, and we encourage students to continue to practice their reading during the holidays.

Upper Division

In History, the Upper Division looked at how our space has changed over time, drawing a mud map of the school before and after the demountables were brought in.

Stage 3 Writing

Stage 3 students have finished their major writing piece on Macquarie Island. We studied the text 'One Small Island' by Alison Lester and Coral Tulloch which depicts the many issues threatening the island. Stage 3 conducted further research through viewing interviews and reading credible articles online. Students collated their ideas to plan, draft, edit and publish a hybrid (combined) informative and persuasive text about conservation at Macquarie Island. It was impressive to see students use techniques such as high modality and objective language, Tier 3 vocabulary (subject specific terminology) and appropriate structure to increase the authority in their writing. Well done Stage 3!