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SAVE THE DATE!

FREE ACTIVITY DAY (F.A.D.) for Grades 5/6 on Thursday, 27th of October, 2022

We are looking forward to holding a Free Activity Day (F.A.D.) for our grade 5/6 students this year. This is one of our favourite days of the school year – a day where our older students select from a range of great activities and create themselves a timetable for a fantastic day of learning and fun. It’s been a long time since we could hold one!

F.A.D. requires students to develop skills in timetabling, making choices, trying new experiences and becoming independent learners. Sometimes students challenge themselves to take on a leadership role by running a task themselves. 

Grade 5/6 students, teachers, parents, uncles, aunties, grandparents and friends of M.P.W. are invited to plan and run an interactive activity for small groups of students, who get to choose what they do on the day, creating their own timetable. All that’s required is some enthusiasm and a willingness to have a go (as well as a current Working with Children certificate, if you are an adult)!

What needs to happen for F.A.D. to work?

We need volunteers to come in and run something fun for the kids! Here are just some ideas for activities from previous successful F.A.D.s: sporting clinics (footy, hockey, netball etc.), cooking, tie-dyeing, drama games, trivia, drawing, karaoke, dance, organ dissection, soccer match/skills games, table tennis tournament, calligraphy, woodwork, crafts, card making, sushi/ pizza/ pasta making, construction, knitting or crotchet, basketball match/drills, puppetry, science experiments, aerobics, cartooning, jewellery making, hip hop, cartooning, learning a new board or card game, stop motion, sewing, making bookmarks…. you get the idea!

How do I get involved?

If you’re interested in running an activity on the day, please ask your child for a form and return it to Fiona in Room 8 by Friday 7th October.