Specialists Updates and Celebrations

P.E.

District Tennis: 

Param Shah (Grade 6) and Ryan Mathew (Grade 5) took part in the Southport District Tennis competition two weeks ago. The boys were the first ever students to represent SMPS at a district level tennis competition and should be proud of their efforts. It was a fantastic learning experience for both students and Param even reached the semi-finals! A huge thank you to Ryan's parents who were terrific examples of community members and offered to take both the boys to the competition.

District Swimming: 

Aaron (Grade 34D) entered the Southport District Swimming competition on Wednesday and represented our school magnificently. 

Ride2School Day:

Ride2School is a nationwide program that enables students to get physically active on their journey to school.

We will be promoting Ride2School throughout the year and have a special celebration towards the end of each term. National Ride2School day is on Friday March 19th (Week 8) and we will be celebrating in the form of an aerobics session out the front of the school at 8:30am. 

We will also be handing out a trophy to the classes in Prep – 2 and 3 – 6 that have the best Ride2School data each term. 

Term 1 Overview

All SMPS students will be focusing on:

• Following the rules of a game / instructions from their teacher.
• Cooperating in any team they are in whilst playing games.
• Having fun and staying active!

Preps:

• The Perceptual Motor Program and fundamental motor skills such as running.
• Zones of regulation.

Grade 1/2:

• Fundamental motor skills such as running and dodging.
• Creating games and sharing games.

Grade 3/4:

• Pro-actively including all classmates and coaching in a supportive manner.
• Developing strategies.
• Demonstrating sportsperson-like behaviour when winning or losing.
• Tee-ball.

Grade 5/6:

• Pro-actively including all classmates and coaching in a supportive manner.
• Developing strategies and negotiating roles on a team.
• Exemplifying leadership qualities.
• Demonstrating sportsperson-like behaviour when winning or losing.
• Soccer.

STEAM

Term 1 Overview

Prep

• Expectations in the STEAM classroom
• 2D shapes
• Fine-motor skills (cutting/pasting techniques)

Grade 1 & 2

• Expectations in the STEAM classroom
• 3D shapes
• iPad use
• design process

Grade 3 & 4

• expectations in the STEAM classroom
• the design process
• safe use of equipment

Grade 5 & 6

• expectations in the STEAM classroom
• collaboration
• critical thinking via feedback protocols

Music

Term 1 Overview

Grade Prep 

• Following the big 10 essential habits in the music room.
• Developing a sense of beat and rhythm with body percussion and rhythm sticks.
• Learning to memorise lyrics in songs we sing,
• Dancing with steps in a sequence.

Grade 1/2

• Following the big 10 essential habits in the music room.
• Identifying rhythms in music.
• Playing whole class songs/pieces on the bucket drums.
• Singing with pitch and expression.

Grade 3/4

• Following the big 10 essential habits in the music room.
• Developing 3 string guitar playing technique and skills.
• Playing guitar pieces in time with others in a group setting.
• Learning bucket drum rhythms with an increasing level of detail.

Grade 5/6

• Following the big 10 essential habits in the music room.
• Playing a variety of chords on the guitar with correct technique.
• Learning class songs on the guitar, as well as creating original guitar pieces in small groups.
• Developing rhythmic skills with Bucket Drumming and a deeper sense of timing when playing along to a backing track.

Mandarin

Term 1 Overview

Prep:

• Learning expectations and Our school Big 10 Essential Habits
• Understanding Pinyin and Tones
• Greeting in Chinese

Grade 1/2 

• Learning expectations and Our school Big 10 Essential Habits
• My Home and My School
• Directions

Grade 3/4 

• Learning expectations and Our school Big 10 Essential Habits
• Exploring the Chinese Culture
• Ancient China Inventions

Grade 5/6 

• Learning expectations and Our school Big 10 Essential Habits
• Countries and their Currencies
• Map of China