The Anchor

Primary School 

From the Head of Primary 

Acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land we now call home has been the focus for this week. Reconciliation Week activities and learning opportunities have been explored by all classes across a variety of mediums. We have all listened to Dal Jones’ song ‘Kaya’ and have learnt the importance of the dates surrounding the choice of placement for Reconciliation Week. Classes have created door displays to show how each member can be ‘a voice for generations’ and tomorrow we will come together in Houses to complete a rock painting activity. These rocks will form the word ‘Kaya’, acknowledging that showing respect can be as simple as saying hello to our fellow community members. Eventually, these rocks will be on display in a Primary School Yarning Circle.   

School Values  

Compassion – being concerned for others is our school’s value focus for the following fortnight. Well done to our award winners for the first week of 'Compassion': 

Emily Leov and Annie Christidis (Respect from previous week), Zyana Prasad, Molly Stan-Bishop, Leah Watkins, Jessie Rotoff, Harriet Stan-Bishop, Saakhi Man and Jaxon Theodorou.  

 

ECC Stars of the Week: Olivia Turrill, Sebastian Jacobs, Zayne Prasad and Aila Michael.  

Reminders 

Friday – Reconciliation Week House Activities  

Please can students wear their House shirts and PE uniform. We will be using acrylic paints. Smocks will be provided but it is recommended to wear some of your older PE uniform in case of a mishap.  

 

Monday – WA Day Holiday  

Pupil Free Day. 

 

Foundation Day Assembly 

Begins at 1.00pm in the Multi-Purpose Sport Complex. Our Primary Voices and Tiny Trebles will be performing midway through with a special walk-in by our Pre-Primary and Year One students before the cutting of the cake and badge ceremonies. Please can Year Threes to Six students wear their presentation uniform (covered legs).  

 

OSHC 

Please contact Preity Dhaliwal if you would like to sign up your child/ren on a casual or committed basis. OSHC is based in our Kindergarten classroom and offers care for students from Kindergarten to Year Six, after school, from 3.00pm to 6.00pm. The Village OSHC is also offering vacation care in the school holidays and seeking interest from GSG families. For booking and enrolment enquiries, please contact Preity on 0466 080 593 or preitydhaliwal@gmail.com. 

 

Wishing you a restful long weekend and I look forward to welcoming families and students back on Tuesday.  

 

Mrs Leah Field | Head of Primary

Year Four Camp reviews 

Class thoughts: 

  • Camp was so much fun. We got to do so many things that we wouldn't normally do at school, and it was awesome to sleep in dorms. We didn't enjoy walking up and down the Sandpatch stairs, but the waves were awesome.  
  • We liked being able to explore at Point Possession. It was so disappointing to miss out on canoeing and raft building because of the weather, but archery and shelter building was fun.  
  • We never want to have to work together as a group blindfolded again.  
  • Movie night was awesome, even if you have to work together to make the sound and video match up because of technical difficulties.  
  • Thank you so much everyone who helped us go on camp. Thanks Miss Nichols, Mr Hardey and Mrs Field for taking us. Thanks to Paul and Bec for leading our Quaranup activities. Thanks Marie and Kat for serving us yummy food.  

Individual recounts: 

By Amour Hardey  

Last week the Year Four class went on a camp to Camp Quaranup. Quaranup means place of small wallabies. It is the first camp away from school for the class and it is a chance to learn more about rocks and have a whole lot of fun.   

 

On the first day, we packed and left for the Wind Farm and Sandpatch. When we got there, we took a long hike to the Sandpatch stairs. It was a long walk down the stairs too. We tried to make a Year Four symbol in the sand and headed to the Gap. When we got there, we had cupcakes for Finn’s birthday. We had a look at the Gap and Natural Bridge, then we headed for camp. We put our things down and chose our beds: I got top bunk. Then we went to the big grassy area to play team games. After it was dinner time and then we went outside with our torches and played night-time games like stalk the lantern. It was bedtime and we all had showers and brushed our teeth and fell asleep. 

 

The next day we had breakfast and went on a hike to Point Possession and had a sandcastle building competition. After lunch, it was archery because it was too windy to do canoeing or even raft building. But that day someone also hit bull’s eye! We did shelter building and we had afternoon tea. We had showers before dinner and got into our pyjamas and then had free time. After dinner we had a great movie night with Milo, marshmallows and Freddo Frogs. The only bad thing was that the movie's [we were watching Finding Nemo] sound was faster than the pictures. Then we went to bed to sleep soundly.  

 

On the last day, we went to the dining hall and had breakfast then had a long talk with a person called Larry, who talked about rocks. We did a walk with goggles that made our vision disappear. Then we had lunch and cleaned our dorms by sweeping the floors and pulling off bed sheets. At 2.00pm the bus arrived to take us back to school. When we got there, we watched a movie and at the end of the day we were picked up and we were all very tired and happy to be back.  

 

By Samuel Forgus

Last week the wonderful Year Four class went on camp to Camp Quaranup. It's called Camp Quaranup because it is the place of small wallabies (Quora). It was the first camp away from school for the class and was a chance to learn more about rocks and have some amazing excitement and fun!  

 

First we went to the Sandpatch and we did the walk at the Wind Farm and then we arrived at the threatening stairs but sadly we had to go down them! But the fun thing was that we got to make a giant Year Four sign on the beach and I also found some fossils on a rock that had been sunken into the rock. It was so cool but I did not get to keep them. Well at least we got a photo of them. 

 

Then we went to the Gap and ate cupcakes and we looked down, we were very high up. I was a bit scared. Then we walked to the Natural Bridge, it was an amazing sight.   

Then we were off to Camp Quaranup and did a screaming run and did some physical education.         

 

Day Two, we woke up and had breakfast and prepared for a 5km hike to Point Possession and there was a rock tower. Then we had lunch and we did our shelter building competition. After that we had about one hour of free time and then we had dinner. We watched a movie with popcorn and Milo and then we had to go to bed.  

 

Day Three (last day), we woke up and had breakfast. A man named Larry came and told us about fossils and lichen. Apparently lichen takes one hundred years to grow one centimetre! And we got to take some small fossils home! I chose a mako tooth to take home. We packed the bus and went back to school. 

Japanese News

Year Five has been looking at rooms of a Japanese home. We have been learning about the function of and etiquette in a washitsu (Japanese-style room). Year Six has started looking at traditional Japanese sports and arts. To consolidate our learning, we looked at the art of sado (Tea ceremony). We discussed the etiquette of sado and students had the opportunity to eat Japanese mochi (a Japanese sweet), then make and drink maccha (tea).

Ms Kristy Jaeckel | Japanese Teacher