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Visual Arts
In Visual Arts this week, all students continued to learn about threads and textiles.
Students were able to complete their paper weaving mats. Foundation and year 1/2 students learnt how to make a twisty out of two pieces of yarn which was then turned into a bracelet. They also practised on how to tie a knot; this will help students when they start to make their own hessian wall hanging. Year 3/4 students were able to start to weave their radial loom. Year 5/6 students were able to paint their air-dried clay lantern that they made last week. Students also had the option to add extra features to their lanterns.
Year 5/6 students were able to choose between doing music or art every week for a double session on a Monday. The students that have chosen art will be a group named ‘Art Stars’, this week they were able to make anything of their choice out of air-dried clay, which they loved.
At the beginning of this Term our wonderful Year 6 students have started to work and will continue to work on a ‘Leaving Your Mark’ art project piece.
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Culture Studies
Last week in Culture Studies, students continued to learn about the Polynesian culture and their food, where the ocean provides a lot of their food such as crayfish, snapper and shellfish. There are plantations of bananas, tropical fruits, coconuts, nuts, coffee and vegetables. Students also learnt about the traditional way of cooking food, which was by an earth oven with hot stones, banana leaves are used to line the oven and to wrap around food to be cooked. This is called a ‘Umu’ in Samoan language. Foundation and year 1/2 students also learnt how the pineapple is grown and the 3 to 6 students learnt how to open and get coconut milk out of a coconut. Foundation students were given an outline of a pineapple and a banana, where they did some fingerprint painting inside it. The year 1/2 students created a paper mosaic or a paper roll of a pineapple. The Year 3 to 6 students created an inspired Kakamora, which is a coconut creature from the mythology of Solomon Islands, that was represented in the ‘Moana’ movie. Year 1/2 and 5/6 students were also able to learn about the Polynesian Tiki, which represents the connection between man and nature, between heaven and earth, and symbolises creation, life itself and good luck. Year 1/2 students were able to follow step-by-step instructions on how to draw a tiki mask. Whereas the year 5/6 students were able to draw their own tiki mask.
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PE
Over the past two weeks in PE, all students have continued to develop their skills and game play of badminton with a transition into playing tennis.
Badminton is a good start for students as the ‘Birdie’ floats in the air longer than a tennis ball, therefore giving students more time to develop their racquet skills and footwork. As they develop their skills during badminton, it gives them more opportunity to succeed as they transition into the game of tennis.
In tennis we have been learning to control the ball, so that they can have a rally with their partner, and not hit the ball too far away so their partner has to chase the ball.
Health
During Health, students have continued to work through the Respectful relationships program, but we have now started looking at how the body works.
Some classes have already explored healthy food choices and the digestive system. We have watched a very well explained ‘Magic School Bus’ episode of the digestive system which shows the process of eating the food and what happens as this travels through the body.
Over the next few weeks we will explore the different body systems including cardiovascular, respiratory, muscular, skeletal and more.
The students love finding out about how the body works and by understanding how the body works, students will look after themselves better and be more active and healthy.
Bike Education
Over the past two weeks, students in years 3-6 have started their Bike Education program. All students participated in an in class lesson about what Bike Education is and safety when riding a bike in the community. The second session was a bike maintenance/check to ensure that all the bikes were safe and appropriate to ride both during our lessons and also at school.
The students are very excited about the bike program and we look forward to developing their skills, knowledge and safety when riding their bikes.
The years 5-6 students will finish their program with a Big Ride Out to Mordialloc beach at the end of the year.
Jarrod Bradley
PE/Health/Sports Coordinator
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Library Newsletter
It is Week 4 already; the term is flying by!
First off, we got some amazing news regarding the Fishy Writing Competition: Maddie from 34B entered her story “What We Can And Cannot See” back in September and got chosen by the committee to come see her story performed live and have it published in an eBook. More than 750 stories got entered and Maddie is one of 20 children who got chosen.
We are so proud of you!
If you would like to go to the Fishy Stories Festival, follow this link for more information on the program and tickets.
The library is chugging along and being much used which is lovely to see. Please keep it tidy!
Have a great weekend and keep on reading!