Specialist News

Performing Arts

Now that our 2024 school concert "Wildlife Adventure" is finished, students have started to reflect and discuss our roles in the concert.

Some of the questions that we are asking are; "What was the best moment of my performance?", "How did I encourage others during my performance?", "How did the audience react to my performance?"

Being able to reflect on and discuss big events that have occurred is a great way to understand our emotions, understand our actions and identify how we and others are feeling.

Congratulations to everyone that was involved in the concert. You did a fantastic job!

We would also like to celebrate, our grade 5 and 6 dance group students had the privilege of participating in the Pakenham Secondary College production of *The Wizard of Oz*. The students worked hard rehearsing their dance and singing parts, and they were absolutely incredible on stage as the Munchkins!

Auslan

This week in Auslan students across all year levels are revising family name signs. With most students across the school now very fluent in fingerspelling; children will sign to a partner "My mum/dad (for eg.) name what?" Then spell out the name using their fingerspelling. Their partner will translate by writing the letters on a mini white board as they are watching their partner sign. 

FUN FACT: Auslan grammar is very different to the English language. When we ask a question, we put the question word at the end. For example: You go where? Your brother how old? Your name what? 

Physical Education

On Thurday, 29th of August, a large group of our students had the opportunity to participate in the District Athletics Carnival at Casey Fields. It was an incredibly successful day, with many students placing first and second in events such as hurdles, long jump, discus, etc. Some of these students will be advancing to the next stage of the competition. Our athletes represented the school with pride, showing not only their outstanding athletic abilities, but also great sportsmanship and team spirit. Our school placed 4th overall from 10 schools that competed on the day. Congratulations to all our atheltes, who made us proud with their impressive achievements and also their excellent behaviour! 

Special congratulations to the following students for placing first, second and third!

• Lorenzo Modaffari - 1st in high jump
• Patrick Baxter - 1st in hurdles, 1st in the 200m sprint, 2nd in the 100m sprint and 3rd in the relay
• Jorge Fehr - 1st in the 200m sprint, 1st in the 100m sprint and 3rd in the relay
• Kody Varga - 1st in Discus
• Aiva Ikupu - 1st in High Jump and 3rd in Hurdles
• Taylah Eenhuizen - 1st in Triple Jump
• Jy Hyndman - 1st in High Jump and 3rd in Shot Put
• Ruby Smith - 1st in High Jump
• Abrianna Thomas - 2nd in Hurdles
• Cooper Mason - 2nd in Hurdles
• Ella Ashton - 2nd in Discus
• Senuka Sandarage - 2nd in Shot Put
• Isabel Felix - 3rd in the Relay
• Hunter Tulloch - 3rd in the Relay
• Chizzy Abosi - 3rd in the Relay
• Akur Alier - 3rd in Triple Jump
• Eknoor Aneja - 3rd in the 200m Sprint
• Lucas Kovac - 3rd in Triple Jump

***Please Note: Some placings were for heats only, not overall results. Those students who will be going through to the next round on Wednesday, September 18, recieved notices with the details of the next round after they were given their ribbons. These successful students will need to make their own way to this event, as there will be no Pakenham Hills Staff in attendance there.***

Visual Arts

In Art we have completed a number of spectacular projects.

The grade 5-6s have made strikingly beautiful dragon eyes. They practised the drawing on mini whiteboards first, then transferred the design to paper, tracing the lines with black markers and then coloured in the drawing with oil pastels. The students are fine tuning how to blend colours, as you can see in this stunning example by Grace Goodrum from 45B:

Another brightly coloured art project is by the grade 3&4s: Based on an indigenous art work, called Yarrkalpa Hunting Grounds, we looked at an arial photograph of the area of our school and used it as inspiration to make our own arial art work.

We drew lines with glue to represent the roads, then filled in the spaces with shapes representing houses and trees in oilpastel. The whole piece came together, much to the students' delight, by filling in the background with chalk pastels.