Primary School
As we look towards Easter and the coming holiday break, may it be a time for each member of our school community to reflect and celebrate God’s abundant love and grace.
Prep-Year 2 Swimming
The students will participate in daily swimming lessons in Week 2 of Term 2. (Monday 1 May to Friday 5 May). Mr Klan is organising these lessons at PARC in Frankston. Parents are welcome to meet the students at PARC to watch the lessons if they would like to.
Year 3/4 Excursion
On Friday 5 May, the Year 3/4 students will be going into Melbourne for an excursion which will include visits to The Shrine of Remembrance and Cooks’ Cottage.
Year 5/6 Winter Sport
In Term 2, the Year 5/6 students will be involved in the Winter Sports Competition against other independent schools. The first one will be held on Friday 28 April. Parents are also welcome to cheer along the teams. Please refer to the communication from Mr Klan about venues.
Upcoming Dates
- Monday 24 April: Staff Work Day
- Tuesday 25 April: ANZAC Day
- Wednesday 26 April: First day of Term 2
- Friday 28 April: Year 5/6 Winter Sport
- Monday 1 May: First day of Canteen Lunch Orders for Primary Students
- Monday 1 - Friday 5 May: P-2 Swimming
- Wednesday 3 May: Primary District Field Events for selected students.
- Friday 5 May: Year 5/6 Winter Sport
- Saturday 6 May: College Open Day
- Tuesday 9 May: Whole School Cross Country
GRIP Leaders Conference
The Year 6 Primary Leaders got up early to travel on the train to get to the GRIP leadership conference. A great day full of learning, loud noises, sharing ideas and meeting students from other schools. The main point of the day was leadership being others focused rather than self focused. An awesome day had by all!
"This is the first time I have been on a train!" Grace N
"I really enjoyed the day!" Summer B
"I loved being in the city, there is always so much happening!" Taya T
"My next door neighbour was there!" Evan S
"Can I say hello to the students from my old school?!" Mikaylah R
"Instead of going to Sugar Station, can we go to Woolworths instead. We will get more value for money!" Toby D
"That was the best day I have had at school!" Amy J
"I liked all the active things" Grace A
"The loud noises were awesome!" Malachi W
"The elephant dance was the best! Nik W
"The presenters were entertaining!" Tamsyn M
"I learned a lot about leadership that I didn't know" Quinn S
"I enjoyed hearing other people's opinions about leadership" Brielle H
"It was a great way to learn about leadership" Indi D
Class Buddies Program
5/6 W and Prep-1M doing the three little pigs play during buddy time! A fun activity for a Friday afternoon.
Easter Colouring-In Competition
Our Primary Arts Captain Summer Black ran an Easter Colouring Competition for the Prep to Year 2 students. We had three overall winners.
Joshua (Prep), Lucy (Year 1) and Alexis (Year 2). Their artwork is currently displayed in G-Block.
Prep B Art Class
Prep B enjoyed building creations from recycled materials this week. They produced some wonderful creations such as houses, robots, airplanes, jewellery boxes, flower pots and much much more.
1/2 Art Class
1/2J Finished off their stained glass crosses today. After this we discussed the work of Dale Chihuli, an American glass artist. They used coffee filters and food dye to create a piece of work that will be a collaboration between the year level. We discussed colour mixing and watched the primary colour food dyes mix together to create secondary colours.
3/4C Easter Activities
3/4T Sustainability
This term our 3/4 students have been learning about biomes. Some of our chosen biomes are: ocean, arctic, savanna, tropical rainforest, desert, grasslands and tundra. After choosing their biome, each student had to think about what their biome looked like when God first created the world. Then they researched to find information to answer questions. Finally, each student designed and created a model to represent their biome.
Each student made their chosen biome using the cardboard pizza box that they recycled from their solar ovens. Next they made animals that live in their biomes. Year 1/2T and 1/2J students came to our class room and they were very amazed by our projects! - Liora and Ava
5/6 Leadership Lessons
Year 5/6 have been learning all about leadership. They explored some Aboriginal Leaders and how some used images to spread the stories from the Bible. 5/6 students had the opportunity to tell a bible story using the same symbols and images. They are displayed in G-block.
Indonesian Class
We have had a very busy term in the Indonesian class. Here are some of the highlights from each year level.
The Prep students are feeling more settled in as they use Indonesian to greet each other, mark the roll, and play games such as Duck, duck, goose and Doggie, doggie, where's your bone?
Years 1/2 students have learned the Indonesian version of the song “Alive, Alive, Alive, Forevermore”. They have also brought home a colouring project they completed in class with the song lyrics printed at the back.
Years 3/4 students have completed a project and presentation on their family. They also used their skills and knowledge to solve an Easter egg hunt challenge by working in teams and using dictionaries.
Each student in Years 5/6 received a letter from their penpal as part of our sister school partnership with Sekolah Kalam Kudus in Bali. The students spent a couple of weeks composing a response letter. During this activity students discovered that the Indonesian language borrowed many words from English, and these loanwords make it easier to decipher the content of a written text.
If you have an opportunity to go to Bali for a holiday, you might want to include visiting or driving past our sister school in Bali as part of your itinerary. If you want to know more about our sister school program, please contact Ibu Newton (Mrs. Newton).
Selamat Paskah dan Tuhan Memberkati (Happy Easter and God Bless)
Ibu Newton, Indonesian Teacher
Primary District Athletics
Our yr 3 to 6 students participated in District Athletics (Track events) on Friday 31 March.
With rain predicted, it wasn't looking good! Thankfully the sun shone through the clouds and the day turned out to be an absolute cracker.
Kids cheering, other kids panting as they put their all into running for Bayside. We came second overall which was a great result for our little school and everyone enjoyed the day. Even Miss Wright who got to show her skills at driving the mini bus to and from Ballam Park. Well done all!
Mr Zacc Klan, Primary PE Teacher
