What's happening in our learning spaces?
STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
| FAM | Alfie For the effort you’re putting into improving your writing. You listen to feedback, and your spelling and vocabulary are getting stronger! Awesome work, Alfie!
Audrey For always having such a positive, can-do attitude and mindset. You engage in all your learning with enthusiasm and a smile that lights up the room! Amazing Audrey! |
| FOS | Leo For your clever thinking and determination when solving tricky maths problems. You always give everything a go and shine like a true maths whiz! Keep up the amazing work Leo!
Phoebe For always writing with creativity, care, and detail. You take great pride in your learning and your handwriting is simply amazing! Phenomenal Phoebe! |
| FLW | Max For the amazing illustrations you have been including to add extra detail to your written learning. Magnificent Max! |
| 1/2VS | Thomas For being a wonderful friend to your peers. You always show kindness and offer a helping hand to others. We are super lucky to have you! You are a superstar. |
| 1/2OB | Sofia For being a compassionate and dedicated learner. You always give every task your best effort and use your initiative to support your classmates with their work. |
| 1/2NA | Archie S For taking risks with your writing and doing a fantastic job when experimenting with persuasive writing. I love reading your opinions about different topics. Well done! |
| 1/2CW | Eli S For your outstanding effort in persuasive writing, using convincing arguments and thoughtful ideas to express your opinion clearly. |
| 3/4BP | Giorgio I For being a kind and courageous upstander who always stands up for what's right and supports his friends with empathy. Super Giorgio! |
| 3/4SH | Rafael For your calm, clear, thinking, and wise choices. You show maturity beyond your years and make our classroom a better place. Responsible, Rafael!
Isaac For your fantastic fractions and your excellent focus in class. You always listen carefully, follow instructions, and give 100%. Incredible, Isaac! |
| 5/6MC | Alfie For being a pro-ficient surfer at our excursion to Urban Surf! You tackled the waves with confidence, showed great determination, and encouraged your peers with a positive attitude. Your enthusiasm and fearless spirit made you a standout on the surfboard, with only a few faceplants! Well done Alfie! |
| 5/6NT | Maria For showing outstanding focus and enthusiasm while reading Nevermoor! You are asking insightful questions, responding thoughtfully, and making connections to the text. Your English is improving every day! Marvellous work, Maria! |
| 5/6ZK | Jacob for showing kindness and initiative at our URBNSURF fun day! He encouraged others, offered help to teachers and staff, and made sure everyone felt included. Well done, Jacob!
Olivia S for showing incredible courage and resilience at our URBNSURF fun day! We are so proud of your bravery and willingness to try something new. Well done, Olivia! |
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FOUNDATION NEWS
The days are going by very quickly in Foundation as we continue to explore and learn about many new and exciting things!
This coming week includes a couple of firsts for us! We will be participating in the Fire Education program run by the Brunswick Fire Station on Tuesday, our skills and maths knowledge will be put to the test on Wednesday as we participate in the Foundation Maths Games Day and we are very excited to join the whole school in the Athletics Carnival on Friday. Go Red, Blue, Green and Yellow Teams!
As writers, we have been learning about the features of Narratives. In particular, we have been learning that adjectives in our writing add further detail and make our writing more interesting. As a class, we have been reading the fairy tale stories ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and ‘The Three Little Pigs’. We then focused on the characters from these stories, such as the Big Bad Wolf, the Pigs, the Woodcutter, Grandma and Little Red Riding Hood, and used adjectives to describe what they looked like, what they were wearing, and their personality. We are very proud of the efforts we are putting into our writing when trying to use adjectives.
The Foundation learning spaces were buzzing with excitement last Wednesday when we participated in an incursion run by ‘Buzzing Minds’. Sylvaine came to our school to share her amazing knowledge about bees with us. She brought in one of her bee hives filled with bees and then proceeded to inform us about the Bee life-cycle, how honey is made and extracted from the hives, how bees find and store nectar from the garden as well as many interesting facts about bees. She also showed us the protective suit she wears when working closely with her hives. Many questions were asked by all of us in order to deepen our understanding of bees!
After listening to Sylvaine, we had time and opportunity to create our very own candle made from beeswax. Our incursion was definitely a wonderful way to explore the importance of bees and their role in keeping our gardens vibrant and colourful spaces.
This week, we will be learning about…
- Numeracy: Division- sharing equally, and participating in the Foundation Maths Games Day
- Reading: Characters, settings, problems and solutions within Narrative Texts
- InitiaLit: Using learnt sounds and digraphs to build, read, and spell words and sentences, reading decodable story books (Learnt sounds: m, s, t, a, p, i, f, r, c, o, d, h, e, n, g, l, k, u, b, j, w, ck, ll, ff, ss, sh, qu, ee, z, zz, ch, v, x, th, wh, y)
- Writing: Narrative Writing, writing on the dotted thirds
- Inquiry: Special places
- Religion: Creation
Here’s a reminder of some important upcoming dates to mark on your calendar for Term 4
- Fire Ed Incursion 1- Tuesday 28th October (Week 4)
- Crazy Sock Day - Tuesday 28th October (Week 4) Gold coin donation
- Foundation Maths Games Day- Wednesday 29th October (Week 4)
- Lunch Order Day- Thursday 30th October (Week 4)
- School Athletics Day- Friday 31st October (Week 4)
- School Closure Day- Monday 3rd November (Week 5)
- Melbourne Cup Public Holiday- Tuesday 4th November (Week 5)
- Fire Ed Incursion 2- Wednesday 5th November (Week 5)
- Remembrance Day Assembly- Tuesday 11th October (Week 6)
- GEM Day- Friday 14th November (Week 6)
- Celebration of Learning- Thursday 20th November (Week 7)
- Colour Fun Run- Thursday 27th November (Week 8)
- Whole School Transition- Monday 8th December (Week 10)
- Carols Night- Thursday 11th December (Week 10)
- School Finishes- Tuesday 16th December (Week 11)
We look forward to a wonderful week!
Foundation Team,
Alycia Marsico, Olivia Sargent and Leanne Wenckowski.
YEAR 1/2 NEWS
We have had a wonderful and eventful week in the Year 1/2 community! We had a busy week full of many exciting maths experiences!
The Year 1/2 students celebrated their final year-level Mass together last Tuesday. They responded beautifully to the prayers, and those who read or took part in the offertory did an excellent job.
We want to say a big thank you to Mrs Monaghan for organising such an engaging and exciting day full of maths games and activities! We took part in lots of different challenges, competing for the most points with our teams. It was both fun and challenging. Congratulations to the teams who won each session, and to the overall winning team!
As mathematical thinkers, we have been learning how to tell the time using clocks and calendars. We practised reading o’clock and half-past times, and enjoyed a hands-on activity where we made our own analogue clocks. We also learned about the seasons, the months of the year, and how many days are in each month. We first made our own calendars and then used them to work out how many days are between different dates, helping us understand calendars even better!
A big congratulations to 1/2CW for their awesome effort in Friday’s assembly! They spoke confidently and read beautifully in front of the school community.
This week, we will be learning about…
- Numeracy: Time
- Reading: Persuasive Text Structure
- Writing: Persuasive Text - Language Features
- Spelling: The digraph /oa/ making the sound “o” as in boat.
- Inquiry: What is a designer?
- Religion: Month of Mary/The Rosary
Upcoming dates:
- Crazy Sock Day - Tuesday 28th October
- Memorial for Valentino Lunardi and George Fernandes - Thursday 30th October
- Lunch order day - Thursday 30th October
- School Athletics Day - Friday 31st October
- Celebration of Learning - Monday 20th November
Vania Sparano, Nadia Ascenzo, Chloe Wang & Olivia Bovolato
1/2 Team
YEAR 3/4 NEWS
As resilient learners, we engaged in an online zoom session with our facilitator Sian from Kids Helpline. Our session addressed understanding the difference between healthy and unhealthy friendships, using positive communication between friends and creating a safe place for our friends at school.
As inquiries, we have continued to explore our big question “Design: How can we make a difference?”. This week, we have come together to generate 100 ideas for ways we can use the design process to make a difference to the world. We’ve shown amazing creativity in coming up with a range of ideas that could help a specific ecosystem (eg. the ocean or the desert), groups of people (eg. those with disabilities or allergies), innovating on existing technology (eg. alternative energy sources, hydro cars) or wider environmental issues (eg. littering, ozone layer).
This week, we will be learning about…
- Numeracy: Data Investigation (Year 3) & Decimals (Year 4)
- Literacy: Novel Study - The One & Only Ivan
- Spelling: Review of Term 4 Spelling Patterns
- Inquiry: Design: How can we make a difference?
- Religion: The Month of Mary (October)
Upcoming events in Week 4…
- Tuesday 28/10 - Mass at 9:15am for grade 3/4 and 5/6MC students
- Tuesday 28/10 - Crazy Sock Day (gold coin donation required)
- Thursday 30/10 - Lunch order day
- Friday 31/10 - Athletics Day (sunscreen required)
Year 3/4 Teachers
Belinda Panzarino & Sarah Hogan
YEAR 5/6 NEWS
Literacy
As writers, we are continuing to explore narratives, delving into different story arcs and how authors build tension and resolve conflict. Students are experimenting with their own creative ideas and showing great imagination in their writing!
Mathematics
As mathematicians, we have begun our data investigation projects. Students are collecting, representing, and analysing data to answer real-world questions. It’s been fantastic to see them take ownership of their projects and apply their mathematical thinking in meaningful ways.
The Resilience Project
As part of our The Resilience Project (TRP) Inquiry unit with The Embrace Collective, students are learning about positive body image, self-acceptance and empathy. This week, students explored gender stereotypes, examined how stereotypes can shape how we see ourselves and others, and discussed ways to challenge these ideas to embrace individuality and kindness. Over the coming weeks, students will continue engaging with lessons that promote compassion, confidence and appreciation for their bodies and minds.
Inquiry
As inquirers, each class has selected a natural disaster to research in depth. Students are exploring preventative measures and considering how communities can prepare and respond effectively. We are looking forward to sharing this learning with you at our Celebration of Learning. Keep an eye out for the date!
Year 6 Excursion – URBNSURF
Last week, our Year 6 students had an incredible day at URBNSURF! It was wonderful to see them challenge themselves, build confidence, and have fun together as they learned new surfing skills. A big thank you to all staff and families for their support in making the day a success.
Reminders
- It’s Term 4. Please ensure students bring their hats every day.
- Continue encouraging regular reading at home to support our literacy learning. Students are to bring their Home learning books on Friday and keep them at School until Monday, when they receive the following week's homework.
The Year 5/6 Team
Bianka Zorzut, Vicky Karalis, Maddie Comrie and Nick Tresize