Junior School

NAPLAN Results!

Recently Huntingtower was featured in the news, with the Junior School being mentioned specifically, having been listed as one of the top performing schools in the state! 

The JS was ranked 4th in Victoria and 11th in Australia - an outstanding achievement!

We are truly grateful to have such dedicated teachers and students here at Huntingtower. It is amazing to see the hard work and success of our community year after year, and especially recently with so much time spent in online learning. 

ELC 3

The children in ELC3 have been enjoying the Learning program on Firefly. 

Here are some photos of the children working on some of the posted activities:

“Where is the Green Sheep” by Mem Fox.   (Alex)

Science Experiment with Celery and coloured water.  (Mirei)

Numeracy game, making groups of numbers from 1 to 10   (Raia)

Painting Dots after Jackie Knight’s library session of “The Dot” By Peter Reynolds (Raia)

Christine Flood

ELC 3 Teacher

Junior School Art

Over the last few weeks the students were asked to create artworks responding to different artists and themes. Students were asked to create their own ‘Great Waves’ inspired by Japanese artist Hokusai - using the materials which they have at home. 

We later learned about French Impressionists, and specifically, Claude Monet. Students were asked to respond to Monet’s painting of his Japanese bridge in his garden, and create an artwork using a range of marks to represent different textures. This week we have learned about the Native American people of the Northwest Coast of American and used symbols to create totem poles – both sculptures and drawings. 

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Year 4:

Year 5:

Year 6:

Mrs Nix and the Year 4s on an art zoom call!

Well done Junior students – you have been so dedicated and focused with your Art making this term and you should feel incredibly proud of all you have achieved in your art making! 

Gillian Nix

Junior School Art Teacher

Bike Ed

Before restrictions, the Year 4s started learning basic Bike Ed skills of mounting and dismounting their bike, braking, stopping, bell ringing, power position, scooting and scanning around to ensure their safety.

Sheryl Ecker - Year 4 Teacher 

Joanna Clapp - Sports/PE Teacher

Year 3 AFL Incursion

Max Pinchbeck and Kevin Monaghan were the two AFL representatives that took the Year 3’s through their paces in the online clinic this week. It was very popular with all the students. 

"I loved the AFL Clinic because it was so much fun. My favourite part was the marking, but I enjoyed the handballing games as well. I would rate this experience a 10/10. Our coaches, Kevin and Max made the sessions enjoyable and when I made mistakes, they kept encouraging me to keep going. It was an amazing experience and I hope it happens again." - Peter G

"These were my favourite activities in order: I really liked the teddy marking the best, then the throwing and clapping marking, then the handballing into the box and then the other handballing." - Jaxson B

Cathy Bateman

Year 3 Teacher