School Life @ ASPS
Book of the Week
Puzzles
Written and Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith
This week we have chosen a retro picture book.
First published in 1971, Puzzles is a brightly illustrated book that presents simple questions and brain teasers with answers to be found in the accompanying illustrations
It allows children to practice colours, counting, patterns, learning how to read a picture and pay attention to details. It helps with recognition of differences and similarities.
Brian Wildsmith has said: "I believe that beautiful picture books are vitally important in subconsciously forming a child's visual appreciation, which will bear fruit in later life."
EMR Softball Finals
The 2022 boys competitive softball team went to regionals on the 7th of November. It was located in Jells Park at the Waverley Softball Association.
How we performed.
There were eight teams in the competition, We lost the first two games but went on to win the next 3 in a row. At the end we managed to come back and finished third place overall. Unfortunately it wasn’t enough to move on.
Learning Experiences (challenges and things we learnt)
At first we thought we had a good chance of winning, but for the first two games we lost, our spirits were down and we wanted to go home, but after an inspiring speech from Mr Parhar we learnt that we can still come back and managed to finish in third place.
Written by Michael Suzor
Softball Team Captain.
Junior School Sports Day (P-2 students) 24th November 2022
Dear Parents,
The Auburn South Primary Junior School Sports Day will be held on Thursday 24th November 2022 for students in Prep to Grade 2. The carnival will follow a tabloid sport format designed to be flexible, active, creative and fun. Students will participate in sports programs that move through a series of novel activity stations. Each station will run for approximately 10 minutes. Students are divided into class groupings and the emphasis is placed on everyone being actively involved. The programs at this year’s carnival will include high jump, long jump, hurdles, tug of war, vortex throw, hockey dribble, Gaga, relays, mini marathon, ball skills, obstacle course and dance.
The tabloid sports format will take place from 9:00am – 11:50am
Following the tabloid sports format, the 50m sprints will commence at approximately 11:55am.
Parents are permitted to attend the Junior School Sports Carnival this year! So please feel free to come and watch.
Could parents please ensure their child dresses in appropriate sports gear, are wearing their House Colours, bring a drink bottle and please apply sunscreen before your child leaves the house.
From Ravi Parhar
ASPS PE COORDINATOR
Boroondara Youth Leadership Event
Walking to the Hawthorn Town Hall was quite an effort. Year 5 and 6 ASPS students participated in the event combined with other schools in Boroondara. The groups were made from two different schools combined. All the groups participated in three activities. The Space Dance choreography with Joel and Phoebe, this taught us many new dance moves, everyone seemed to really enjoy it, Our second session was the Boroondara youth Civics & Governance and young leaders, with Rachel and Tomas. The last session was the Mini boss Discover leadership session. There we explored different leadership qualities and found out if we were dolphins, urchins, sharks or whales and played flip a coin with the instructor Betsy. At around two o'clock all the groups performed their dances to the other groups. At around 2:15 we had a farewell and thank you from the workers and left by 2:20, for the long tiring walk back to school, even though it felt shorter it was actually longer. We all really enjoyed this excursion, and we hope we can go back soon!
By Holly Jones & Aliya Hudaja (5C)
Welcome back onsite
