Foundation

Last week we were fortunate enough to be the very first school group to attend swimming classes at the new Northcote Aquatic and Recreation Centre!

'We played in the swimming pool and I love the slinkies' - Alena

'The pool was fun. I liked playing in the pool because we got to sit under the water' - Abigail

'I liked the deep end and the water slide' - Luca

'I liked going to the pool everyday' - Savannah

'I like it' - Elissa

'I reached the bottom and I liked the lifejackets' - Audrey

'I liked on Friday when we got to go to the deep end and went on the water playground' - Ezra

'I got surprised when the giant water fountain tipped on me!' - Valentino

'We got to play on the water playground. I liked the deep water and the slide' - Liam

'I liked the waterpark and the deep end. I was floating. Then we went back to school ' - Aiden

'I love swimming' - Patricia

Foundation

The Foundation students were very excited when they were visited by a very special guest this week, La Befana. The children discovered the magical tale of La Befana, a kind and benevolent old woman who travels on her broomstick, leaving small gifts and sweets in the stockings of well-behaved children on the eve of the Epiphany (January 6th) or coal to the not so well-behaved children. The children were fascinated by this Italian tradition. As part of this celebration on the 6th January, Italian families come together to share stories, sing festive songs, and enjoy delicious sweets.

Year 1/2

Over the past few weeks, the Year 1/2s have been busy estimating, measuring and comparing the area, volume and capacity, and mass of various objects in our classroom.

Look at them go!

Measuring Area!

Measuring Volume and Capacity!

Measuring Mass!

Year 2/3 Our Art Teacher, Giulia!

Dearest Giulia. We love your personality and your ideas. You are so good at teaching us Art and we love you! We hope you come back for a visit next year. Kushi and Georgia

Dear Giulia. me and Ben liked doing Art and cooking together with you. We liked helping you and cleaning up for you too. Amy and Benjermen

Art was fun with Giulia. We did lots of fun and different Art things. Eva and Chloe D.

Giulia is very talented at Art. She made our Art lessons very good. Giulia instructed us on what to do and she also encouraged us to do our best. Giulia is a very good teacher.

Viraj and Shamus

Giulia is our Art teacher and we have done so many amazing Art pieces with her. She's so artist and she is really lovely. Thank you for teaching us Giulia. We love you!

Laura and Raffaele

Giulia is so kind and she makes us happy. She is the best teacher ever for Art. Giulia makes us calm when we do Art. Olivia and Chloe B.

Giulia was an inspiring and artistic Art teacher. She was a very fun person and we will miss her so much. Also, she was always ready to teach us interesting Art work.

Katalina and Cody

When we did Art with Giulia, she was always a very funny person and very artistic. She always made art fun and easy. Tristan and Arvin

Thanks Giulia for the Art classes. You are a caring, nice and talented teacher and we are going to miss you! We hope we get to see you again next year. Emma and Christopher

Year 3/4

Nino's Visit

Today was the last visit with the Nino's children for this year. We started with lots of fun outside, kicking and throwing balls, running and exploring the fairy tree. Then we headed inside to have a quick snack of watermelon before making Xmas masks.

Slam Poetry

ITALY By Roman, Massie and Sai

Italy is the best,

So don’t put it to the test.

They have spaghetti,

and have those delicious amaretti.

They have all the types of pizza,

that makes everybody felicia. (happy 😁)

4 World cups Italy have,

because they have very strong calves.

The coliseum, the gondolas and the ruins in Pompeii are truly a beautiful sight,

at night.

Fiat, Lamborghini and Ferrari are all Italian cars,

And they're as expensive as golden bars.

They love playing with scopa cards,

In the country yards.

The roman empire was ruled by Julius Caesar,

Who truly was a great leader.

Italy is a great place to visit,

And you will enjoy every minute!

Darkness By Katelin, Tiffany & Brenton

My head is spinning as the darkness now grinning.

Everything black then I hear a big whack, I then wonder,

What was it, maybe thunder? Then my mind goes back to the beginning.

Darkness.

This time, I see shadows surrounding me as I begin to fade in a mental way. Suddenly, arrows started shooting skeletons in the Darkness.

Haunted spiders try to taunt me, I know I might be losing it but I suddenly feel like I’m choosing it. I feel lost in the darkness as my bed starts swallowing me in and I quickly jump off then regretting my decision as I feel sharp nails grabbing me from underneath.

The darkness brought monsters. I knew it.

Darkness.

I sprinted to the door as the darkness came close behind.

I open the door and a crack appears. The light finally, I then look behind to make sure they’re not there but then realize it was all in my mind.

Darkness.

Then all of a sudden, the light starts flickering. “Flick, Flick!” I quickly pinch myself to make sure it wasn’t a dream, ”Ouch!” I wake up and notice unhappily that an orb was staring at me face to face and spoke,

“Darkness is coming. Darkness is here!”

🎶Musical ARTS🎶 By Natalie and Kaitlyn

1,2,3,4 oh my gosh my brain is so sore

5,6,7,8 why can’t I just think straight

9,10,11,12 oh great I have made a mistake!

13,14,15,16 now what am I going to do

17,18,19,20 Plenty of stuff to do!!

Lots of musical notes are coming together,

Oh my gosh so many feathers flying through my head!

I feel like I need to go to bed

Now Cristiano Ronaldo is playing the piano? (geez).

Keyboard, trumpet, drums, triangle, guitar, ukulele, what’s the difference?

Because they’re all good!!

CAKE By Veer and Nirav

Cake is easy to bake,

doesn't matter if you make a mistake.

It's very delicious indeed,

you will like it, guaranteed!

It has lots of sugar in it,

I'm sure you will eat every bit.

You will savour every flavour,

and some cakes even have layers!

If you eat too much cake you will become unfit,

so try not to eat too much of it.

Cakes are usually for birthdays,

but sometimes you can eat it on normal workdays.

Cake has lots of ingredients,

even making it is a good experience.

Cake sometimes has cream,

that's the supreme dream!

Simulators By Callix and Maxie

Simulators is a place to discover

You are able to trade with each other

It's good you will never look away

In fact you will be there for the whole entire day!

You will never play another game

Because all the others are so lame!

You’ll be playing until night

And when a update comes you’ll be so hyped

It's so good you might pay to win

A thing you will never throw in the bin.

If you make a simulator you won’t be that lame

Actually, after you will be walking in a hall of fame,

And a mansion will be your domain

ROBLOX By Isabella and Stephanie

The first second I downloaded Roblox,

I was addicted.

Ever since then, I didn’t care about stuff like roadblocks

Oh, how can I stop this addiction?

I wish to be rich with robux,

so that I can buy an avatar of ducks!

I want to upgrade my avatar,

So I'll look rich enough to own lots of in-game cars!

If you would like play all the games that people talk about,

First make an account!

The games doesn’t cost any amount,

Which is good, cuz I don’t like to count

Now I’m sure EVERYONE misses da OOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!

And I definitely have proof,

But I’m not gonna tell you,

And definitely NOT your friend too!

So many games,

From BedWars to Adopt me,

I’m sure the games won’t disappoint

And it obviously won’t crack your joints…

Roblox is good for communication,

Which is why I don’t want it to leave in the next generation!

You can play with all of your friends,

And you still don’t need to spend any cents!

You can play on any device,

And again, there's no price!

I would skip dinner,

Even if it’s chicken with rice!

Now that you’ve got all the info in your head,

You know now what we’ve read,

Thank you for listening,

Now DON’T ASK US TO SING!!!

Year 5/6 Art

Thanks to Giulia our resident foodie and artist, the Year 5 and 6 students were led through a process of recreating an Andy Worhol inspired piece of artwork. The results were spectacular! Here's just a few.

Deputy Principal