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Senior School Athletics Sports

The Senior School Athletic Sports (Grades 3-6) will take place on MONDAY, March 24th at the Flora Hill Athletics Track on Retreat Road. It will be an action-packed day, full of sporting fun. Students will participate in their age groups and complete in eight events with an optional 800m at the end of the day. The events are; 100m, 200m, shot put, discus, high jump, long jump, triple jump, hurdles and 800m (optional). 

Students will walk to the track from school with their teachers and the first event will begin at 9.30am. They need to wear appropriate clothing and footwear. Students are to come in their uniform as normal and they will receive a coloured vest to participate in that will represent their House Colours. The students must also bring a cut lunch, snacks and plenty to drink. There will be no canteen facilities. 

Consent for this event needs to be done online via the Compass Parent Portal. There is no cost. Parents and spectators are most welcome to attend. 

CROSS COUNTRY - MONDAY 31st March

Our School Cross Country will be held on MONDAY 31st of March, at the Spring Gully Recreational Reserve (based at the Soccer Fields).

The following is a timetable of events. Please note that these are APPROXIMATE times only. We will try to stick as closely to these times as we can, however, the program may run behind/ahead of time depending on the circumstances.

• 10:45 – 11.30 – Lunchtime          
• 11:30am– Students assembly and walk down to their starting positions. Grades 2 to 6 walk down to soccer fields. Assembly under Soccer Clubrooms veranda.
• 11:50am – Preps race starts (tennis courts to soccer fields). Approx. 500m
• 12.00pm - Grade 1 starts at Foley Crossing & run to the soccer oval – dirt track tennis court side Approx. 750m.
• 12.15pm – 11/12 years start at soccer oval - run to cricket oval and back to soccer fields (one big lap of the creek) Approx. 3km
• 12.20pm – Grade 2 start at the soccer fields. One lap – cut through, down to Stanley Ave via Retreat Rd side of the track. Approx. 1km
• 12:45pm – 9/10 years (grade 3&4) start at soccer fields and complete a lap of the creek turning at Foley Crossing and finish at soccer oval. Approx. 2km
• All runners finished by 1.15 to 1.30pm. Walk back to school.

All students from Prep to Grade 6 will be competing. Prep to Grade 2 students will compete in their grade level, whilst students from Grade 3 to 6 will compete in their age level. Ribbons and House points will be awarded to all students who complete the course. I encourage the children to wear comfortable clothing and appropriate footwear. Prep – 2 can run in House Colours. 

Students in 3-6 will be given a coloured vest to identify their AGE GROUP.

A spectator area near the finish line will be made available for those who wish to attend.

*Please note that permission for this event needs to be done online, via the Compass Parent Portal.

Auslan News

Prep students have continued practising their Auslan colour signs: Red – Yellow – Pink – Green – Purple – Orange – Blue – Black – Brown – Grey – White – Gold – Silver – Light and Dark (eg: light blue, dark blue.)

Prep students enjoyed interpreting signs that Mrs R was signing to colour in a house picture, using the PAINT program on Mrs Rs computer. We read the storybook Red House, Blue House, Green House, Tree House and signed the colours in the story. Then students designed their dream treehouse, to sign colours for the class to practise interpreting.

Grades 1-6 have been revising fruit signs, including: apple – avocado – banana – strawberries – blueberries – grapes – lemon – orange – pear – pineapple – watermelon – tomato – apricot – mango – coconut – cherries – peach – plum, and fruit salad.

Grades 1-6 have also learned new signs for vegetables: broccoli – carrot – corn – cucumber – garlic – lettuce – mushroom – onion – pear – potato – pumpkin.

Grade 1-2s enjoyed some Peter Rabbit activities, signing vegetables and fruits from Mr McGreggor’s Garden. They have continued practising simple sentences using the signs for love/like/dislike with fruits and vegetables.

Grade 3-4s have finished their topic on simple Greetings and Everyday signs. Many students were very keen to share sentences they had made up to sign in Auslan using our Everyday signs. I was impressed with the signing and interpreting skills in the Grade 3-4 classrooms!! G3-4s are now making paper-weave baskets with fruits and vegetables to sign to their peers.

Students are practising sentences using: I went shopping and I bought… I love/like/don’t like… I want/don’t want… Can I please have…? 

G5-6s have been learning new signs for money and shopping, in connection with the Fruit and Vegetable signs. The G5-6 students are writing Grocery Lists or Fruit Salad Recipes to sign to their peers to practise simple sentences using money and shopping signs, colours and quantities.

G5-6s are practising signing sentences using: I love/like/don’t like…, I want/have/need… Can I please have…? I went shopping and I bought… 

Mrs Riordan