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We’ve had a wonderful two weeks packed full of activities!
We celebrated Education Week, had selected students participate in District Cross Country, and recognised the importance of National Sorry Day. In addition, there was a real buzz in the air when AFL players from the Hawthorn Football Club visited our school for a Question and Answer session, followed by autographs and photos.
As part of Education Week, we invited visitors to see our literacy programs in action. This included learning Write to Read codes and rules, reading with special guests, and brainstorming ideas for writing. We followed this with a fantastic morning for Grandparents and Special Friends, starting with a delicious Breakfast Club and ending with a picnic lunch in the glorious sunshine. We even managed to fit in some fun and engaging learning in between! To top off the celebrations, we held our Open Night, where students explored different countries and cultures, getting their school passports stamped along the way. It was lovely to have so many special visitors come to our school and share in our learning.
Last Friday, the students who qualified for District Cross Country travelled to Bayswater Secondary College to compete. It was amazing to see all the runners demonstrate their Scoresby HEART values and do their very best. Well done to everyone who ran!
Today, during Scoresby Superstars, we recognised the importance of National Sorry Day. Students learnt why we commemorate this day and reflected on the mistreatment of First Nations people in Australia. It was a meaningful opportunity for our school community to come together, show respect, and continue building a culture of understanding, empathy, and reconciliation.
Also, please read below to hear how the 5/6 ACES Literacy Group have been working on a project to create a Scoresby Primary School Acknowledgement of Country.
- Caroline Foenander, Larissa Holdsworth, Karen Coster and Samantha Edwards
What We Are Learning
Reminders
As part of our Design unit, students are constructing obstacle courses using recycled materials. Please help your child collect any unwanted items from home, such as cardboard boxes, bottle tops and pipe cleaners, to bring to school.
Reading Logs: These are due back at school each Friday. Daily reading is essential for your child’s development. Please help by reminding them regularly.
Homework: Homework is due every second Friday. This term, we ask for your support in encouraging your child to complete and return their homework by the due date. The tasks are designed to reinforce skills taught in class and help students retain new knowledge.
Try This...
I am a 2-digit number.
Both of my digits are even.
The sum of my digits is 10.
If you reverse my digits, the new number is 18 more than the original.
What number am I?
Literacy Morning
Grandparents and Special Friends' Morning And Picnic
Open Night
District Cross Country
Our New SPS Acknowledgement of Country - An ACES Literacy Group Project
On the 2nd of May, the Year 5/6 Accelerate, Challenge and Extend (ACES) Literacy Group presented their new Acknowledgement of Country. This presentation included a slideshow with why we have an Acknowledgement of Country, how it is different from a Welcome to Country, how we did our research, the history of an Acknowledgement of Country, and our final product of the Acknowledgement of Country.
We did our research by searching up other Acknowledgements of Countries and recording interesting facts and ideas. When Australia was divided into nations, before the European settlement, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait peoples would travel the country. Whenever they travelled into a new nation, they would do an Acknowledgement of Country, and in return the owners of the land would do a Welcome to Country.
An Acknowledgement of Country says that you are meeting on land of the First Nations peoples. This gives us an opportunity to show respect for traditional owners and the connection to our land. The Aboriginals pay respect to our country, we pay respect to them.
An Acknowledgement of Country is different from a Welcome to Country because an acknowledgement is saying thank you and we will respect the land and recognise elders. A Welcome to Country can only be done by a First Nations person and it is to welcome people to their land.
We did research individually and wrote our own Acknowledgement of Country before writing an Acknowledgement of Country together. We have included two lands because we are in the middle of two lands, Wurundjeri and Bunurong.
The group created the new Acknowledgement of Country and we wrote, revised and edited it, then sent it to Mrs Hartley, Mrs Rheumer and Mrs Sheaf for some feedback.
