Learning and Teaching
Physical Education News - Jump Rope for Heart
Jump Rope for Heart kicks off this term at St John’s!
Jump Rope for Heart is the Heart Foundation’s primary school skipping challenge that helps kids move more, have fun, and raise funds for life-saving research and programs.
This year we’ve got an audacious goal to see our student Heart Heroes at St John’s to log 20 hours of skipping throughout the program!
Register your child online, so they can receive the full benefits of the program and participate in online fundraising, simply follow the link below to get started. We have 4 students signed up online already, but would love to have more! To register, go to www.jumprope.org.au/parents
Students will be skipping throughout the term in PE lessons and ropes are available during lunch break, during this time you can share their online fundraising page with family and friends to help raise money for this great cause.
We will hold our school Jump Off Day in the students final PE lesson of the term. This will mark the end of the program and is a chance for everyone to show off their newly learned skills.
Thank you for supporting the Jump Rope for Heart program!
Mr Van Rooy
(PE teacher)
Performing Arts News
National Song Writing Competition
In Performing Arts this term, the students in Years 3-6 have been learning about the different aspects involved in the songwriting process. They have been working on their own songs to submit in a National Song Writing Competition run by the Australian Children’s Music Foundation. Most students have completed writing the lyrics for their songs and this week they will move on to adding a musical element, using instruments and technologies such as Chrome Music Lab. Throughout the process, students are encouraged to record and listen to their song, making adjustments accordingly.
Students are welcome to bring instruments from home to use during these next stages, it is their responsibility to look after and use these safely while at school.
It has been amazing to see the talent in our students as they come up with unique songs in a range of genres, from heartbreak to fantasy, personal experiences and comedic, all eager to go in the running for one of the many cash prizes to be used towards musical equipment and tuition for the winner!
Students are welcome to submit additional entries in their own time also. For more information please see: https://acmf.com.au/national-songwriting-competition/
Choir News
Our St John’s Choir is very excited to be taking part in the Whitehorse One Voice Intergenerational Singing Project this year. This experience allows our choir to unite with singers of all ages, cultures and backgrounds to ‘celebrate the joy of music and community singing’! We have been rehearsing the chosen song, John Farnham’s You’re the Voice, which we will eventually record and send in to be part of a joint video with all of the participating choirs. We will also attend the One Voice - Intergenerational Choir Workshop & Sing Together Performance Grand Finale at Box Hill Town Hall on Wednesday 29 October, where we will have the opportunity to learn and sing alongside choirs from the wider community.
We are also very excited to announce that we have begun a Junior Choir for students in Year 1/2. It has been wonderful seeing the great number of young students attending and hearing their beautiful voices as they learn songs from their favourite movies and other genres. Catch their debut performance at our Father’s Day Breakfast as they sing a tribute to the Dads and special people in our lives!
Warm Regards,
Amanda Hill