Teaching and Learning
Room 7
In Room 15 we have been learning about Reconciliation week. We also have looked at some dreaming stories, in particular Thukeri. Thukeri is a dreaming story from the Ngarrindjeri Clan that teaches about sharing and greed. The story is about two fishermen who catch an abundance of fish but refuse to share it with a hungry stranger. The stranger turns out to be the great spirit Ngurunderi who turns the fish bony and inedible, so the fishermen are unable to feast on their fish. The students worked in partners and small groups, sharing tasks and creating beautiful Thukeri using bright colours and weaving techniques. They also used colourful toothpicks to represent the bones.
Nihongo News
こんにちは,
Konnichiwa
Our Junior Primary students have been very busy in their Japanese lessons this term. The Foundation/1 students have been learning to recognise their Kanji numbers.We began by learning funny stories to help us make sense of the characters and now we are doing lots of games and hands on activities to help us get really fast at reading them! One of our favourites is the 'Fly Swat' game 🙂
Meanwhile Rm 4 & 5 have been learning to ask for items and use giving and receiving manners. We had lots of fun playing a 'Jan Ken Pon' (rock, paper, scissors) game where students needed to beat their opponent to win the chance to ask for one of their cards. All in Japanese of course! While not happy about it, their partner needed to then hand the specific card over using the appropriate language. The aim being to have the most cards at the end of the game. It was lots of fun 🙂
さようなら、
Sayonara
せんせい
PE NEWS
During Reconciliation Week in PE, we have been learning about Traditional Aboriginal and cultural games. We have been playing modified versions of games that Aboriginal boys and girls would play. Physical Education might have looked a little different thousands of years ago but we came to the conclusion that the reasoning behind why we do PE is exactly the same. We learn about moving our bodies, it’s fun and gives us entertainment as well as developing specific skills that we need in our life time.This week we played traditional games such as Emu, Koolchee (rolling and striking game), Diyarikoolchee (rolling and striking game), Kalq (team work and object control game), Wana (striking and fielding game) Kolap (target game), Keentan (team work/throwing and catching), Wulijini (a modified game of volleyball which students in 3-7 have been participating in) and Kutturi (striking game).
Kind regards,
Marley Reid
PE Teacher/Coordinator
