Extra Curricular Activities

This year we are again offering lunchtime clubs and before school activities for our students. These will include:

Maths Club
Chess Club
Code Club
Art Club
Lego Club
Marathon Club
Friday morning Choir.

Students are also able opt for private music tuition with either of the providers listed below.

Music lessons

In addition to our school music and performing arts program students are able to participate in private music tuition during school hours.

Guitar, Singing, Keyboard and Drums are just a few of the instruments available.

It is a flexible way of providing your child with the opportunity to learn a musical instrument. You have the choice of either provider listed below.

ANTHONY MERCHANT

For enquiries call Anthony on 0425 738 420 and check out the link below

GROOVE FOUNDATIONS

For all inquiries please contact JordanScotney at groovefoundations@gmail.com or check them out on Facebook

Marathon Club

There will be NO Marathon Club on tomorrow morning Tuesday 8 March, following the Twilight Sports carnival. It will continue on Thursday 10 March.

Students from Years 3 – 6 are welcome to join us at 7.45am each Tuesday and Thursday, at the front of the school. From there we will make our way, either running or walking to Halliday Park. We are then able to complete as many laps as we are able, before returning to school for breakfast! Members are encouraged to wear their Marathon Club T-shirt whilst participating and then change into school uniform prior to meditation.

Cost: Breakfast is $10.00 per term

Breakfast will be served in the Passive Play area.

Marathon Club t-shirts are available to purchase for an additional $10.00.

Please bring money for breakfast and/or T-shirt to the first breakfast.

**Parents, please download the School Bag app (below) to check for cancellations on the morning of Marathon Club.**

Year 1/2 Learning with Mr Brown and Mrs Reid

Over the past 2 assemblies the Year 1/2 students have presented their learning.

In Writing they have been learning to write a convincing persuasive text.

Angus: In writing we have been learning to persuade the reader. It means we are convincing the reader.

Cain: We have been writing about opinions like dragons are dangerous, or pirates are mean. We have been learning about including reasons and evidence.

Erika: I think that Dragons are really dangerous because they are really big, they breathe fire and they can fly. They are also really loud.

Charlotte: In Maths they have been learning about Money. I added $10 and $20 notes together. The total was $100.

Jasmine: I used skip counting to count by 20s and 50s.

Sienna: We used a number line to show our skip counting.

Lloyd and Mark Isaiah: In Maths we are also learning about Place Value and we are trying to make the biggest 3 digit number.

Abbie: In RE we have been learning about different types of prayers. We can pray for others, ourselves, to say sorry and to listen to God.

Abriel: We used what we learned in Religion to write a class prayer.

Dear Lord,

Thank you for creating and protecting us.

Thank you for your mercy, food and our families.

Please help those who are sick and keep everyone healthy.

Please help to end COVID 19.

Lord help us to have a happy, safe and fun year at school.

You are the Lord in our heart.

Amen

Australia Computational Thinking Challenge 2022

This year students in Years 3-6 will once again participate in Bebras Australia 2022. Bebras is an international initiative aiming to promote informatics and engage students' computational thinking and problem solving skills in a fun, interactive environment. The Bebras international community has now grown to include 60 countries with over 2.9 million students participating worldwide! Bebras Australia began in 2014 and is now administered through CSIRO Digital Careers. St John’s began participating in Bebras in 2015.

The goal is to promote computational thinking in students in a way that challenges them beyond science or mathematical skills. It uses a number of skills such as pattern recognition, algorithms and logic. Bebras Australia is designed to be accessible and easy to use and is linked to the Victorian Digital Technologies Curriculum.

We use problem-solving in everything that we do – and future jobs will require this even more. Teaching Computational Thinking is not about how to use technology to solve the problem but rather how to understand the problems and identify the tools needed to solve them. Bebras is a challenge, not a competition. The aim is for students to develop a positive impression about Digital Technologies.

In Australia, the Bebras Challenge takes place in March and August-September each year. The students will participate in this online challenge in a 45 minute (Years 5 & 6) or a 60 minute (Years 3 & 4) session at school. Students will need to return a signed consent form to participate in the challenge.

For more information go to https://digitalcareers.csiro.au/en/Bebras

Consent forms must be returned to your classroom teacher by: Thursday 3 March 2022

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