Art / Cultural / Music / PE & Health / Library / Auslan

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Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting Melbourne Taekwondo Centre Bayside for a thrilling Taekwondo experience during PE classes. 

We're thrilled to announce that they're relocating to a new location at 309 Warrigal Road, just 600 meters away from us! To celebrate their move, Melbourne Taekwondo Centre Bayside is offering all Le Page students up to 10 weeks free in Term 3! This is a fantastic opportunity to delve into the world of martial arts without the rough edges. 

 For more details and to sign up for this incredible offer, please contact them directly. Don't miss out on this chance to experience Taekwondo first hand! 🥋✨

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Culture Studies

In culture studies last week, Foundation and 1/2 students learnt why African beadwork have a cultural significance within the African community. The beads are often worn as a from of expression and identity as well as for protection and healing purposes. Foundation students made a craft necklace out of a paper plate where they used oil pastels to decorate, colour and create patterns. The Year 1/2 students made an African inspired beaded bracelet. Students were able to choose their beads, looking at colour, shape, and pattern combinations, they then threaded the beads onto some florist wire to create the bracelet. Students also learnt about different styles of African dancing, focusing on a South African dance that is performed wearing gumboots, the ‘Gumboot’ dance. Where students learnt how to stomp, slap and clap their legs and feet as if they were wearing gumboots. 

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Visual Arts

This week in Visual Arts, Foundation students have started to focus on Australian animals, where they made a kookaburra out of a paper plate and added coloured paper to create a paper collage. Year 1/2 students began a new art piece, ‘Coral Reef’ collage. They painted a sea background piece, using water colour paints. They then continued to paint sheets of paper, using different of colours to help create their coral reef. Students were able to then cut their painted paper into coral reef plant shapes, overlapping their pieces to create a coral reef scene. Year 3/4 students began to create a ‘Rainforest Camouflage’ art piece. They used various shades of green and brown paper in shapes of leaves, tall grass, and rocks. Students were able to arrange and overlap their cut-out pieces to create a rainforest scene. Year 5/6 students began to create a ‘Cardboard Animal Portrait’ focusing on African animals. Students were able to choose an African animal portrait template, tracing the animal face onto cardboard then cut all the different facial features and glued them onto a cardboard base. Students were able make layers of the different facial features, which gave their art piece a 3D look. Students were also able to make a special craft piece for Mother’s / Special Person’s Day. 

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Our Scholastic Book Fair starts on the 20th of May. Come along, buy items, and support our beautiful school! 

Where: BER library

When: 20th - 24th of May 2024, 8.30-9am and 3.30-4pm

What: books, stationary and posters 

The more you buy, the more money goes straight back to Le Page.

Our Focus Shelf has also had multiple themes already this month; May the Fourth Be With You (thank you to Hamish, Noah H and Riley N) last week, and a beautiful Reconciliation Week display (thank you Zara, Logan and Maddie F) for the rest of the month. 

Simultaneous Storytime is coming up on the 22nd of May. At 12pm that day, the same picture story book (Bowerbird Blues) will be read around the country. We will be hosting a read along with mindful activities at lunchtime that day.