Senior School

Term 1 Recap ⭐️

Term 1 has been an incredibly busy and rewarding start to the year! We've packed in a multitude of experiences, from the energetic Swimming Carnival and spirited Inter-school Sports, to the heartwarming Family Afternoon and Bake a Wish fundraiser. The students embraced the excitement of the Circus Incursion and the colourful chaos of Thrive Day's colour run. We also navigated important milestones such as NAPLAN, sex education, and school photos, alongside productive Parent-Teacher Interviews. The Warrandyte High School visit provided valuable insight, and the delicious Hot Cross Bun Day was a delightful treat. It's been a whirlwind of learning, community, and fun, and I'm immensely proud of how everyone has participated and grown.

Miss Black, Mr Smith and Mrs Sharland are all excited to see what is to come in Term 2 and we all hope our Year 5 and 6 family have a beautiful well deserved Holiday Break and Easter celebrations.

TRP in Grade 5/6 🧘🏼

This term students are actively engaging in The Resilience Project, a wellbeing program designed to foster positive mental health. Through interactive lessons and activities, they're learning practical strategies centered on Gratitude, Empathy, and Mindfulness (GEM). On Wednesday, we completed a group meditation with the Grade 2, 3 and 4 students, guided by Mrs Hansen. Students were guided through a 15 min meditation taking them to a new world in their minds. The students loved this session, after which they completing some mindfulness colour in the sunshine. ☀️

Student Reflections 🌴

My favourite part of the term was?

- Interschool sports, i love going to other schools and playing rounders - Violet (6B)

- I enjoyed maths this term, multipling fractions and decimals was tricky but once i got it, i loved it - Fred (6B)

- My favourite piece of work I did this term was Writing. We did persuasives and we learnt how to write strong arugments - Seth (5S)

- I enjoyed the co-curriculuar activities on Fridays - Olive (5S)

What I found the most challenging?

- To use my new learning on GEM (Graditude, Empathy and Mindfullness) at home and in the school yard. - Lolli (6B)

- I found maths challenging when I was multipling whole numbers by fractions - Baxter (6B)

- My Persusive writing and being able to change my words to tier 3 words - Aria (6S)

My goals for next term?

- To focus on my spelling and learning my tricky Spell Ex words - Aria (6S)

- My Goals for next term are learning my timetables and for writing stronger narratives - Atanaz (5S)

- One of my goals for next term is to focus on Multiplying and dividing fractions - Emily G (6B)

- To focus on my timetables and to remember them of by heart - Xavier (6B)

Reminders for Next Term ✏️

Anzac Day (Public Hoilday) - 25th of April
Cross Country - 29th of April
Dance Curriculum Workshop - 6th of May
Mother Day Stall - 9th of May
Life Education - 2nd of June