Whytalla

Primary 

Primary Assembly

The first primary assembly of 2020 was held on Tuesday March 10. 

 

Reading Awards were presented to the following students;

 

Madhav Santhosh Nair, Harry Smith and Tayler Hartas from the Foundation Class for 25 nights of reading.

 

Bridie Hartas, Adelle Joubert, Chloe Velasco, Baylen Domaschenz, Alex White from the 1/2 Class 

Jack Smith, Bailey Hartas and Ayla Domaschenz from the Year 3 /4 class also received 25 nights of reading awards.

 

Class teachers also presented Merit Awards to their students. In Foundation, Ms Thornton presented awards to;

  • Humd Castignani for improved focus on the carpet and sharing his ideas and opinions with his peers
  • Zoey Fisher for improved focus on the carpet and sharing her ideas and opinions with her peers
  • Suzen Musa for showing initiative and always being willing to do jobs around the classroom

 

Mrs Close presented the following Year 1/2 students with Awards

  • Poppy Caldow - for taking time and care to improve her neat handwriting
  • Layton Steiner - for improved listening on the carpet in focus sessions
  • Jayce Schapel - for improved listening on the carpet in focus sessions

 

Ms Pearson (Year 3/4) presented awards to  

  • Christa Jain for her improvement in her reading and her commitment to her learning
  • Sean Neall for always trying his best in every class activity

 

Finally Mr Irvin gave the following 5/6 students awards;

  • Oscar Dunstan - for a tremendous start and effort in all areas this year
  • Johnny Neall - for entertaining story writing and presentations and having a go at all tasks
  • Jasmine McIntyre  - for wonderful focus in all activities and for being willing to assist Foundation students
  • Lilly Schapel - for amazing effort during writing activities
  • Lolah Joubert - for wonderful focus and determination in all areas

 

 

Art Awards were also presented on behalf of Ms Brennan to; 

  • Maaz Castignani - for his amazing oil pastel drawings
  • Adelle Joubert - for her persistence and creativity with drawing
  • Sandra Jain for her fantastic drawings and thoughtful contributions to discussions
  • Layton Steiner - for working consistently on all tasks and his fantastic drawings
  • Crystel Rhys-Davies - for working consistently on all tasks with care, creativity and determination
  • Layla Linto - for showing great leadership skills
  • Lolah Joubert for completing all tasks with great care and thoughtfulness

 

Performing Arts Awards were presented to 

  • Madhav Santosh Nair for fantastic role playing and following instructions
  • Suzen  Musa for fantastic role playing and enthusiasm for all class tasks
  • Bailey Hartas for showing fantastic leadership skills
  • Sean Neall for his wonderful contribution to group work
  • Matilda Steiner for her excellent work on the Twisted Fairy Tales

 

Congratulations to Layla Linto the first Giraffe Award recipient for 2020. She was chosen for sticking her neck out and displaying the College values by supporting younger students to become familiar with College routines and for being a great help at the Splash Carnival.

Year 1/2 Science - Lifecycle of a Plant

 

In Science we have been learning about the lifecycle of plants. Over the last few weeks we have watched our seeds germinate and grow into baby plants in our classroom. This week during Agriculture we weeded and turned the garden bed to get it ready for planting. We had lots of fun planting and watering our baby plants and we’re looking forward to watching them grow and flower.

 

Year 1/2 Reading

Our Reading focus this term is ‘read to self’ in which students have the opportunity to sit quietly and immerse themselves in a book, using the strategies they have learned to make sense of the story.

 

3 /4 Class

 

During their Agriculture class, the 3 /4 students have planted out the herbs and vegetables that they have grown from seed in the lower primary veggies patch. 

5 /6 Class

The last two weeks in Year 5/6 have been very busy with Swimming Carnival, writing challenges, Steam and Geography activities.

 

In Geography the students have been busy researching Asian countries and  exploring and discussing the world issues from Behind The News (BTN). We have also been completing a variety of writing challenges using the website Pobble365, which has a different image every day to inspire creative writing. 

 

 

In Steam we are continuing some very creative designs and constructions with Mr Iqbal, the latest being a revolving spinner!

 

Our Novel Study with Mrs Hausler is very entertaining as once a week we are transported to an 1850s classroom and call the teachers Maam and Sir and stand up when a gentleman enters the room.