Classroom News

Foundation

J, J, Jelly

As the Foundation students continue to develop their letter-sound knowledge, it was only fitting that they made jelly when learning about the letter 'j'. It is great when we can enjoy the delicious results of our learning!

Family Week in Foundation

Steve: I love my family because they make me chocolate milk.

Joseph: I love my family because they make me happy and take care of me.

Yichen: I love my family because they give me big hugs.

Jamie: I love my family because they have lots of love for me.

Ava: I love my family because they love me so much.

Pablo: I love my family because they cuddle me.

Ada C: I love my family because they give me big hugs.

Ada H: I love my family because they take care of me.

Coleen: I love my family because they make me food.

Sidesh: I love my family because they hug me.

Ben: I love my family because they make me happy and give me big hugs.

Max: I love my family because they look after me, they also make me happy and love me.

Finbar: I love my family because they give me big hugs.

Joshua: I love my family because they make me food.

Scarlett: I love my family because they take care of me.

Ethan: I love my family because they give me big hugs.

Lucas: I love my family because they love me a lot.

Emmet: I love my family because they cook me dinner.

Layla: I love my family because they give me big hugs.

Zach: I love my family because they watch movies with me.

Avatea: I love my family because they make me food.

Sebastian: I love my family because they give me hugs.

Elena: I love my family because they take me to the playground.

Thank you to all the students and parents who shared their special family treasure with us and all those who joined us for assembly.

"It was the best day ever!" Foundation

Year 1

This week, we have celebrated Family Week. We each brought in an item that is special to our family.

I have a golden cross with a diamond crystal in the middle. The cross stays in my bedroom. My grandma gave me the cross. The cross is important to me because it makes me feel safe. Depending on where you look, the diamond crystal shows different colours.

- Ezra

I have a photo from when I was in Adelaide with my sister, my mum and my dad. It means a lot to me because it's a special photo that makes me feel happy when I look at it. I keep the photo in a frame where my sister sleeps in the same bedroom as me.

- Abigail

I have a photo of my dad, my mum and my dog. My dog's name is Cello. I was a baby when my dad took this photo. This photo makes me feel safe. I keep this picture in my bedroom on the bench across from my bed. I love my family and my dog.

- Stella

I brought in a frame that has a photo of my sister and I. It also has our handprints. I was three years old and Aleisha was six years old. We keep this frame next to a statue of Jesus in our house. This is special to our family because it celebrates my sister and I.

- Aiden

My special item is a photo of my mum, my dad and I. We were in Malaysia. We always go on family holidays to Malaysia so it is a special place for us. My aunty and my grandma was also there.

- Audrey

I love my mum and my dad. I have four photos of my family. We were at the beach together. - Bruno

I brought in a photo of my mum, my dad, my brother and I. We were at the beach together. I also brought in a pasta cutter wheel. My mum used to use this when cooking with her mum (my nonna) when she was little. It is special to our family.

- Valentino

I have photos from Dashain Celebration. Dashain is the main festival of Nepalese people from Hindu culture.

- Ruan

Year 2/3

Hi Families,

What a wonderful family week we have all had. Thank you for helping the children to bring in such thoughtful and treasured items to talk about. Please enjoy the photos below of the celebrations today at the assembly. Have a safe and GREAT weekend!

Year 3/4 - Family

In Religion, this week, the students have written prayers about their family.

Dear God

Thank you for helping me when I need help.

Thank you for my family and giving us peace.

Please help my family to be happy, healthy and strong.

Thank you for making a wonderful world and wonderful friends and family.

Thank you for all you’ve done for us. Amen.

Chloe and Laura

Dear God

Thank you for helping me make the right decisions.

Please God protect the people and help them to have shelter.

Help my family when they are sick.

Thank you God for giving me a good life with good friends and parents.

Dear God, thank you for giving us this wonderful world to live in. Amen.

Benjerman, Lawrence and Viraj

Dear God

Thanks for caring for me and my family.

Help my family have a great life.

Thank you God for making my 4 month old baby sister get better from the sickness I gave her.

Thank you for sending your son Jesus into our world. Amen.

Olivia and Katalina

Dear God

Thank you for the food we have and for my mum.

Thank you for the new life for my family and I and our friends.

Thank you for our bunny, cat and dog.

I love God. Amen

Aisha and Raffaela

Dear God

Help me gain the strength to help my family and I.

Thank you for sending your son, so that my family and I can live happily.

Please help my family and I when we are sick. Amen.

Sai and Mason

Dear God

Thank you for helping me when I need it and for giving me a healthy life.

Please take care of my family and make them happy.

Please take care of everyone who is sick and those who have no roof over their head, no food or water. Amen.

Eva and Mia

As part of family week Mia shared with us a special meal that reminds her of her grandmother in Venezuela.

Lawrence told us about a special coin that came from his grandfather to his father and then will come to him when he is older. He also show us a picture of his family in China in front of a heart shape tree.

Chloe shared with us a sweet dish from Singapore, that her grandmother makes.

Katalina showed us the boxing gloves of her uncle's, who was a boxer. Her family have kept memorabilia from his career.

Year 4/5 Viva Italian Day!

What a fantastic 'Italian Day' it was! We did so many fun activities such as making bruschetta. We even had an amazing Italian 'Day' performance! It was just gets better every year. By Nirav

'Italian Day' was awesome! We got to show our dress ups and got to do exciting activities! Even the teachers wore costumes! We also watched a crazy but amazing performance about visiting Rome - or Roma in Italian. My favorite part was when all the classes ate pizza and cream or gelato in Italian. By Brenton

'Italian Day' was a fantastic and wonderful day! I really love and look forwards to this day every year. There were lots of activities such as the Mona Lisa coloring sheet. My favorite was the Leaning Tower of Pisa coloring in. I felt really happy and entertained on this day. By Stephanie

What a great day 'Italian Day' was! 'Italian Day' is always fun. The margarita pizza tastes good. I really look forwards to this day every year. By Shamua

'Italian Day' was the best day ever! Everyone was in amazing costumes and we did many fun activities. My favorite activity was definitely the Mona Lisa activity. I got to see everyone's face on the Mona Lisa including mine. We also got a slice of margarita pizza and gelato! I love Italian Day. Hopefully, we can do it all again next year. By Aleisha

'Italian Day' was such a fun day! It is one of my favorite event of the year! We did activities such as cooking, Mona Lisa, coloring in and more! Everyone was dressed in colorful clothes! Some even dressed in traditional Italian clothes. 'Italian Day' was so much fun! By Kaitlyn

On 'Italian Day', we all had an amazing time at school, doing activities and dressing up as the Italian flag or Italian characters! We all love 'Italian Day' and look forward to a fantastic day! By Allie

'Italian Day' was such a great day! It was so much fun to see everyone's outfits and the activities were so much fun to do. The pizza and gelato were very yummy. My favorite part was the soccer at the end of the day. I hope we have this every year! By Tristan

'Italian Day' was an amazing day. It was also nice to see people in Italian costumes. The activities were the best! And especially the best were the activities and the food. 'Italian Day' was a bright and wonderful day and I would want to have it next year too. I love Italy! By Callix

'Italian Day' was really fun. There were all different kinds of activities like putting your head in the Mona Lisa cardboard. Also, the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It was the best day ever.

By Cody

On 'Italian Day' we had so much fun. We did fun activities , we ate delicious ice cream and pizza. My favorite activity was the Mona Lisa one. Someone also came to our school to perform for us. At the end of the day, we had Sport. It was a great day. By Raffaele

'Italian Day' was super fun! One of the things that I really liked was that we got to make Italian Bruschetta. It is a food with tomatoes, basil and olives on bread. It was a delicious food that I really liked! I would LOVE to make it again!! By Natalie

'Italian Day' was a really great experience. We got a photo taken as a face of the Mona Lisa. I hope we celebrate it again next year. By Lauren

On Wednesday the 9th of May, it was 'Italian Day' at school. It was an incredible day. I loved how people dressed up in Italian costumes or in the colors of the Italian flag. My favorite part was the Italian activities that Signora Maria had prepared for the whole school. My favorite activity was the one of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. By Jasmine

On the great 'Italian Day', the whole went to the Multi Purpose Room and walked around with our classes to show off all our costumes. I think we all enjoyed showing off our costumes. There were Italian chefs, a big pizza and people dressed in traditional Italian costumes. I thought they all looked really cool. By Tiffany

Year 5/6

Well Being

As part of our Wellbeing sessions, we completed work on Character Strengths, discussing what strengths we have as individuals as well as our classmates and their strengths. In pairs, we created posters around these strengths to highlight their definition and to demonstrate our understanding.

Writing

The Water Cycle by Roery Villegas

Water from the sea (or a similar body) is warmed by the sun. Evaporation comes next, the water vapour turns into clouds, which are full of water droplets. When the clouds get heavy and can’t hold the water droplets anymore, it starts to rain. This is called precipitation. The clouds are full of water droplets which fall down to the ground. Surface runoff happens and empties into lakes and rivers. Trees take some of the groundwater to feed the leaves. Water is also used to grow crops. The rest of the water runs underneath the surface where it is stored in the ground. The Water Cycle is named because this process happens all the time.

Alex Mateski

Did you know water from the sea is warmed by the sun? Warm air then rises but it turns the water into gas. This process is called evaporation, The water vapour rises up to form clouds, this causes condensation. When there is too much condensation the clouds become really heavy and water droplets fall from the clouds. This is called precipitation, or rain. Rain goes down the surface run off that infiltrates the soil and the ground. It is also absorbed into trees and plants and some of it heads back into the sea or in water sources. Then it all starts again, that is the Water Cycle!

Family Week

A massive shout out the all parents and guardians who attended yesterday to help us celebrate Family Week. There was SOOO much energy in the school, due to the fact that all students shared their wonderful momentos and accompanied stories with their classmates. It was truly a wonderful day. Thankyou.