Student Reports
Prep 2018 Transition Day 1
On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, the new Preps came in for their first transition day with Miss Evans and Miss Fahy. We read Caps For Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina. The children then decorated their own cap to bring home and share with their families. We enjoyed meeting the new cohort this week and we look forward to working with the children again next term.
Miss Evans and Miss Fahy
Year Fours are Out of this World
Thank you to everyone who took some time to come stare into our galaxy. We thoroughly enjoyed researching and learning about the relationship between the Sun, Earth and Moon, in Term Two.
Term 3
Year Fours Writing Frenzy
“Will we be doing Writing today?”… A question asked almost every day, by our Year 4 students as we head to our classrooms. A “Not today!” reply leaves the students with a look of disappointment; a “Maybe!” leads them in hope; and a “Yep!” receives a restrained gesture of excitement (as they clench their fists and push their elbows down)… … “YESssssss!”
Year 4G and 4GR have been working diligently over the past weeks to publish their version of the 2017 Short Listed Picture Story Book: GO HOME, CHEEKY ANIMALS! By Johanna Bell and Dion Beasley.
As authors, we firstly planned our characters, and setting before using the actual text to make the necessary changes to our story. As illustrators, we had to perfect our drawings so we searched for images of our characters using chrome books
and copied them by hand. We are in the process of putting together our own picture story books. We can’t wait to read them to the Preps and share them with our peers and families.
We also read the story: Good Knight Sleep Tight, by David Melling. We studied the setting, characters, plot, problem and solution to map out the story.
Here are some of the story maps we designed to help ourselves
and our audience visualise the storyline.
Dendy Athletics
On the 11th of August, we left school at 8:40 for Dendy Athletics. We walked down to Lakeside Stadium and my heart was pounding. The schools that were competing were Galilee, St Joan of Arc, St Mary's Hampton, Sacred Heart, St Finbars, St Patrick’s, De La Salle, Sholem Aleichem, St Joseph’s and St Mary’s East Malvern. When we arrived at the stadium we found our seats and at 9:00 on the dot they started calling out races. I had nerves as big as the world!
By Siena
9-10 Girls Shot Put
At 11:15, Abby and I headed to shot put. When we got there my mum was there, Abby had to go first because at the same time she had to go to long jump. After a couple of schools it was finally GALILEE'S turn, so I was up. I was a little nervous but then I threw the shot put. I didn’t throw it very far- about 4.88 metres. Then it was my last go and they still didn’t measure it but I think I did good and I’m not giving up yet! It was a great day I hope I make it in next year.
Keira 4R
200m
As they called 9-10 girls for the 200m race, my heart raced just thinking about the pressure as I walked over to the starting line. I stretched with Matilda in front of me ready to start her race. As the gun went I was even more nervous, with a groan in my stomach. I stepped up, my heart was racing at a million miles an hour, I was ready. On your marks, get set, go and I was off, racing my heart out on Lakeside Stadium. I was very proud of my efforts, in the end I came 5th out of 10 people.
Sofia 4R
800 Metres
Once they called up the 9/10 girls 800 metres, Bridget and Olivia’s hearts were racing. On your marks, get set, GO! As soon as they got down to the track they were off. On the first lap Bridget fell over, but she got back up and kept running. Galilee was cheering so loud, Bridget and Olivia told us they could hear from the other side of the stadium. Even if they didn’t win we are still very proud of them.
By Amelia
9-10 Boys 1500m race
At 12:45 I went down to the other side of Lakeside Stadium with all the other Galilee kids from the different age groups that were competing in the 1500m. My race was the first one for 1500. I headed to the starting line with the kids from other schools that were in the 1500m. 3! 2! 1! And the starting pistol fired. WE WERE OFF!! I got off to a good start as the kids from St. Mary’s lead the pack for the first lap. I ran past the line to start my second lap as I heard the other Galilee kids cheering. With all that extra confidence I boosted up into 3rd place but soon I got overtaken. As we ran onto our 3rd and final lap the St. Mary’s kids were almost finished. They were speedy! As they took out 1st and 3rd place. Finally I finished and a cheer went up from Galilee. I crossed the line and took out 10th place. I was puffed out as I went into the stands. I was very proud of my efforts.
By Angus
High Jump
On Friday 11th August, all the Dendy schools went to athletics. I was very nervous as I sat down in my seat.
At 12: 30, all the high jump people went down to warm up, my heart started to pound. We were all warmed up so we went to high jump. We got ready to go, suddenly I heard my name.
So I ran up to the mat, I made it over and I was happy. All my friends gave me a high five. I wanted my friend Peter to make it over and he did as well. They moved it up 5 centimetres every jump it got harder and harder.
The next student was Lily. Peter and I unfortunately got out but we still cheered all the others. By Chase
Congratulations to all Galilee students for your efforts on the day, you make me proud. I would like to thank these parents again for volunteering their time to help on the day- Claire Daffey, Lisa Hill, Rachael Wilson, Georgia McNamara and Jackie Biddick. Thank you also to the parents who came along to cheer on children during their events or races and of course to the staff who attended, Mrs Reilly, Miss Otte, Miss Romios and Tegan.
Shaun Tobin
Year 3-6 Parents needed. Click on image below:
Captains Reports
Hi it's Charlotte and Ethan here! Can you believe that we are already at Week Six of Term Three. It's over halfway through the term already. We have had some highlights in the last two weeks such as Elearning day, the Athletic carnival and Italian day. It has been a great term so far and we’re looking forward to what’s to come.
By Charlotte and Ethan
Hey it's your House Captains here and we're just giving you a quick update about how we're going. First we would like to remind you about the rules that we read at assembly saying to use the correct balls and equipment at playtime. We would also like to remind everyone that next Friday there is Hoop Time for the Year Five and Sixes. That's all for this week!
We have been working on the radio show for Galilee where Luke, Luc and Ben say what is happening at Galilee in 60 seconds. It is played on Soundcloud. We speak about the highlights at Galilee such as the athletics carnival and information about important days at Galilee. Be sure to listen!
By Ben
Art Write Up
As you know, the Art Show is coming up, and the Year Fives and Sixes are sketching and painting our Orrchibalds. We had to write a short story about who we chose and we had to convince Mrs Orr that that person is inspirational. Then we had to choose a photo of our choice to work from. Once we sketched our person we had to transfer our sketch onto a blank piece of A3 paper. We used watercolour paints to paint our person and there will be a vote at the art show for the best Orrchibald. There is a Teacher’s Choice and a People's Choice for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
The Year Three’s and Four’s created First Fleet Ships, which is a Drawing and Collage. They had to design a ship from brown paper and that ship was to be stuck on top of a collaged background made from a variety of colourful paper.
( Max M 3R, Summer 4R, Alex C 4G, Jacob 3C)
The Year One’s and Two’s created Lions, which is also a Drawing and a Collage. They had to start by drawing a lion’s face and colour it in with oil pastels. Then they had to create the lion’s mane using strips of paper cut from magazines.
(Millie 2R, Orlando 2R)
Lastly, the Preps created Vases of Flowers, it was a stamping activity with corks. They used red paints for the petals and black paper for the center of the flowers.
(Mia PF, Aston PE)