Learning & Teaching
Year One Camp
Year One students enjoyed an action packed Bluey themed camp right here at school! The excitement began with cupcake making and icing. Then it was time to get active with sports, where students participated in bean bag toss and Finska. After a tasty afternoon tea of cupcakes, then began the silent disco, with students dancing to their own beat in glowing headphones and dress ups. The adventure continued with an incursion featuring billy carts, easy rollers, cart construction and gravity rollers. The fun filled day wrapped up with delicious pizza!
Our Favourite Activity
Aston - I loved the silent disco, pizza and everything!
Rachel - My favourite was the silent disco.
Clementine - The silent disco was the best, especially when we were walking around the school!
Alex - The best part was the go carts!
Roman - I liked walking around the school for the disco and eating the cupcakes.
Audrey - The cupcakes and the go carts were the best.
Isabelle - The silent disco, easy rollers and go carts were my favourite.
Finn - I really liked the silent disco because it played our favourite songs and making the cupcakes.
Leon - The silent disco was cool because we got to walk around the school.
Jude - The silent disco was my favourite because I am really good at dancing and it played my favourite songs.
Nathan - My favourite part was when we were walking around the school listening to songs for the silent disco.
Clea - My favourite bit was walking around the schools with dress ups on.
Nicholas - My favourite part was the silent disco because my two favourite songs came on.
Claudia - The best part was the go carts because I moved around fast.
Zena - My favourite part was crashing into the fence in the easy roller! It was funny and made me laugh.
Thu - The silent disco was my favourite because my favourite three songs came on.
Stella - My favourite part was listening to music.
Daria - The best part was listening to music and eating pizza.
Julian - Walking around the school for the silent disco and eating pizza.
Christian - I loved the billy carts. It was fun to push, ride and drift them!
Alice B - My favourite was the making, decorating and eating the cupcakes and the pizza! I liked making the gravity rollers and riding on the billy carts.
Daisy - The best thing was the silent disco. I’ve never done one and it was really fun going around the school.
News from the Classrooms
Prep
The Prep children will be starting their special day with breakfast at school on Thursday 4 December. The children will come to school in their pyjamas, eat breakfast and get ready for the school day together. The morning will include an exciting Christmas themed incursion.
Year 1
Today, the Year 1 students visited Legoland in Chadstone to support their learning in Mathematics. The students have been learning about Location and participated in the 'Dog Obstacle Course.' They had to use thier imagination to build an obstacle course out of Lego and use directional language to give/follow instructions to move people and animals to different locations. The students also participated in a facilitated workshop and were given time to explore the exhibits, rides, 4D cinema and build and play zones.
Year 3
Earlier this week, the Year 3 students participated in a Zoo Snooze sleepover at Melbourne Zoo as part of the Camp program. They all worked together to set up their tents and sleeping arrangements and enjoyed a night tour of the Zoo when they arrived. The children spent the next day exploring the many animal enclosures, learning about animal habitats. Thank you to Mrs Richardson, Miss Bilney, Mr O'Shea and Mrs Drough for attending.
Year 4
On Monday 17 November, the Year 4 students went on an excursion to Polly Woodside and the Immigration Museum. The excursion supports the Learning and Teaching of their Inquiry Unit, 'Great Explorations.' The students have been learning about the colonial beginnings of Australia and the First Nations People.
Year 6
What a wonderful time our Year 6 students have had this year! It has been super busy in and outside the classroom, filled with rich experiences to enhance student learning. On Monday 1 December, the students will enjoy their final excursion together as a cohort at Treetops Adventure in Belgrave. They will move through treetop branches on an array of ziplines, tight ropes and tunnels!
Debating
This term the Senior students have been working in groups to plan and prepare a debate on a particular topic. The topics included:
- E-scooters should be banned in the city
- Australia should become a republic
- Australia should close all zoos
- Space exploration is a waste of money
- We should ban sports involving animals
Well done to all the students for the confidence they displayed when presenting their speeches over the past few days. All students showed growth and development in their speaking, listening and critical thinking skills. Thank you to the parents who were able to come along and listen.
