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Visual Arts

In Visual Arts, students have been busy adding the finishing touches to their clay creations by painting their air-dry clay sculptures. After learning important clay-building skills—such as attaching pieces, scoring, using slip, and smoothing joins—students are now bringing their creations to life with colour, texture, and creativity.

This term, students have also begun exploring threads and textiles, learning a range of skills such as weaving with paper or materials and sewing with a needle and thread. These hands-on activities help develop fine motor skills, patience, and design thinking.

• Foundation students painted their fish sculptures using bright colours to highlight the textures, scales, and other features.

• Year 1/2 students decorated their treasure pots and lids with thoughtful designs and patterns, experimenting with colour blending and brushwork to enhance their details. They also practised their weaving techniques by making colourful paper plate weaving baskets.

• Year 3/4 students added bold colours and expressive patterns to their pinch pot monsters, giving each creature a unique personality. They also began weaving, creating 3D woven paper baskets or pencil holders to explore pattern and texture.

• Year 5/6 students painted their clay hamburgers with realistic tones and textures—bringing each layer, from the bun to the lettuce, to life in delicious detail! They then moved on to working with thread, learning running stitch and simple embroidery to create expressive lines and shapes that enhance their stitched self-portraits.

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Culture Studies

In Culture Studies, students have been celebrating Diwali – the Festival of Lights, a special celebration that symbolises the victory of light over darkness and good over evil. Students learned about how families in India and around the world celebrate Diwali with colourful decorations, lights, and rangoli patterns. To mark the occasion, they created their own paper plate rocking Diwali lamps (diyas), decorating them with bright colours, patterns, and sparkle to represent light and happiness. Each lamp reflected the students’ creativity and joyful spirit as they learned about this beautiful cultural tradition.

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In week 3, all students continued to develop their skills and understanding of cricket with a focus on batting and fielding. This involved students hitting off a small batting tee and using the right technique with their feet and the trajectory of the bat to hit the ball hard and straight to their partner. The partner's goal was to field the ball without it hitting the rock wall behind them. Students then moved to hitting a moving ball delivered by their partner, initially with a slow underarm bowl and then onto a correct bowling technique.

In week 4, due to the weather, students in years Prep to 4 did a tabloid sport rotation with a focus on catching and throwing, with some other activities including kicking and bouncing a basketball.

The year 5/6 students had a session on softball, which is another striking and fielding game. The focus was on pitching the ball and batters hitting a pitched ball.

Students across the school thoroughly enjoyed batting and trying to hit a moving ball.

Jarrod Bradley

PE/Sports Coordinator

Bayside Division Girls Softball

On Friday 17th October our softball girls travelled to Kingston Heath Reserve to play the Division softball competition.

The girls were in one pool of 4 schools and there was a second. Each school plays 3 games each and the winning school from each pool, plays off in the Grand Final.

The girls won two of the first 3 games comfortably and had a very close win in the 3rd game to get them into the grand final. They had a very good final and won this comfortably. As a result they now progress through to the regional final on Tuesday 12th Nov. Well done to these girls.

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We are rushing through the term at incredible speed, and a lot has been going on.

Writing Comps:

First of all, we want to extend our congratulations to Kaira A whose story was chosen as one of the winners of the Fishy Writing Competition and will be performed at their Literature festival in November. Kaira's story also got shortlisted for Kingston Story Lines, along with Kira B's amazing entry.

Congratulations to these two young writers, and everyone who participated. We are very lucky to have such strong Literacy students at Le Page!

https://www.fishystories.org/

https://library.kingston.vic.gov.au/news/winners-announced-story-lines-writing-competition-2025

Spelling Bee:

The Spelling Bee is also full steam ahead and we have had so many students participate which has been amazing to see. We are now in our knock out rounds, and will hopefully have some finalists in the next couple of weeks.

Author Visits:

Two author visits are coming up for the 3-6 cohort: next Friday, Catriona Hoy, author of My Grandad Marches on ANZAC Day, will present her book and talk about the importance of remembering the ANZACs. On the 27th of November, graphic novel author Dean Rankine will run a session with the 34s and one with the 56s on how to design characters and create your own comic.

Book Fair:

Last but not least, our second Scholastic Book Fair of the year is on soon.

When: 24th - 28th of November, 8.30-9am and 3.30-4pm

Where: BER Library

What: Books, posters, stationary and more

As has become tradition, a teacher has put her hand up again to make the last fair of the year just that little bit more interesting…

We had Mr B’s horrible haircut and covered in beans, and Tom vs the kids dodgeball - now get ready for Ms Diggins’ Incredible Spice Challenge!

Ms Diggins HATES spicy food but has kindly volunteered to face her fears if it means helping out the book fair.

So come along, get your Christmas gifts sorted, and support our lovely school!

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Newsletter 30.10.25

It’s another busy term with these important events that are coming up on the music calendar.

Kingston Green/Aveo Concert for the Band and Choir – 13th of November 12.30-3pm
Weekly Instrumental Music Program for Grade 56C at Cheltenham Secondary College
Prep Mini Concert – 1st and 4th of December – more details below
Picnic Concert for the whole school – Thursday the 11th of Dec 6-8pm
Grade 6 Graduation – Monday 15th of Dec in the evening

Peter Combe Concert

Last week, we were treated to a fabulous concert by the amazing Peter Combe, children’s entertainer extraordinaire. Leading up to the concert, we all learnt ’10,000 Stars’ and ‘There’s a frog in my cheese sandwich’. The favourite song was ‘Mr Clickety Cane’. Peter said the best concert was at Le Page as the kids were respectful and sang along with many of the songs.

Prep Term 4 Mini Concert Information

In case you missed it on Compass, here are the details for the prep concert

Week 7 – Thurs 20.11 Prep rehearsal in Hall period 4

Week 8 – Thurs 27.11 Prep DRESS REHEARSAL in Hall period 4

Week 9 - Mon 1.12 Prep CONCERT for grade 1&2's and 2026 preps in hall at 10am

Week 9 - Thurs 4.12 Prep CONCERT in hall period 6 for 3-6 & families

We have called the mini concert – ‘The Dinosaur Adventure’ which features 4 songs and activities. All of the info plus costume suggestions is in the ‘Prep Mini Concert Pack’ attached.

In this pack you will find the following: