Junior School, Brooklyn Park
On this page: ELC-2 Sports Day / Things to remember…. / Releasing our Monarch Butterflies
Upcoming Events
For all calendar dates, please see the School Calendar.
| Wed 30 Oct - 31 Oct | Year 3/4 Camp |
| Mon 4 Nov | Year 5/6 Bebras Competition |
| Fri 8 Nov - Sat 9 Nov | Year 2 Sleepover |
| Mon 11 Nov | Parent Coffee Connect |
| Tues 12 Nov | Foundation 2025 Orientation Visit 1 |
| Fri 15 Nov | Sports Day ELC - Year 2 (new date) |
| Tues 19 Nov | Foundation 2025 Orientation Visit 2 |
| Sat 23 Nov | Family Movie Screening - 'Journey to Bethlehem' @ South Plympton Campus |
| Tues 26 Nov | Foundation 2025 Orientation Visit 3 Year 1-6 Orientation Day |
| Mon 2 Dec | Awards Assembly Year 6 Graduation (evening) |
| Wed 4 Dec | Last Day of Term |
Year 6 Parents: You're invited to the Year 7 Orientation Family Dinner
We warmly welcome all incoming Year 7 2025 students and families to the Welcome Dinner after the Year 7 Orientation Day.
This is a casual dinner providing an opportunity to meet and mingle.
Friday 8 November, 5pm - 6.30pm
South Plympton Campus Oval
ELC -Year 2 Sports Day
Friday 15 November, 9.30am - 12pm
Western Youth Oval
Things to remember….
Our Foundation class Bible lessons this term are being guided by our Assembly theme, “Things to remember….”.
Over the last two weeks, we have been learning that we are loved by God and that we are all children of God. Foundation students were invited to reflect on how much their own parents love them. Following this, they imagined how much more their Heavenly Father loves them. Using the Bible Verse, “See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are!” 1 John 3:1 (NLT)
Using their imagination, students drew a picture of God as their Father and took their work home to share what they had learnt with their families.
Eunice Sweet & Gillie Giles
Foundation Teachers
Releasing our Monarch Butterflies
The Year 1 and 2 classes at Brooklyn Park are learning about what plants and animals need to survive. In Week 1 and 2 we patiently waited for each class to observe the exciting arrival of our very own Monarch butterflies. We were pleased to see that the chrysalis was not only green but also had some gold markings around it which was quite beautiful.
Once the chrysalis had turned dark brown our majestic butterflies emerged. Class 1/2 Grosvenor named their girl butterfly ‘Flame’ and class 1 Brockbank named theirs ‘Harry’ which turned out to be a boy. Year 2 Keating is eagerly waiting for ours to appear and have named him or her ‘Thunder’.
We now know that the best place for most living things is in their own environment where they will have access to air, water, food and appropriate shelter, not in a glass. Flame and Harry are now happily feeding on the neighbourhood nectar before they make the long journey home to One Tree Hill.
Sharyn Keating
Year 2 Teacher
