CLASS NEWS
The Balanced Reader Week 2
How can we best help our children to read at home?
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Students Of The Week ~Week 5
for Attitude, Values and Study Habits
Transition - Tyler Stevens
for always using his manners in class.
K-1-2 - Rex Plevey (Kindergarten)
for excellent tricky word knowledge and reading.
Yr 3-4 - Xanthia Watson (Year 4)
for her consistent effort towards singing.
Yr 5-6 - Karter Grover (Year 6)
for her exciting design of her game in Science.
READING AWARDS
25 Nights ~ Rex Plevey, Matilda Rowland
50 Nights ~ Ellie Rodstrom
75 Nights ~ Emily Valks, Grace Groves
Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Workshop
It’s that time of the year again, when children from all over Australia are writing poetry in preparation for the Annual Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards. Last year, over 7 000 entries were submitted from school students all over Australia. The theme this year is “Rich and Rare” and Sacred Heart students were fortunate enough to have Miss Brittany Riley from the Dorothea MacKellar Society visit the school last week to deliver two poetry workshops. Both groups Year 3-6 and infants, K-2 wrote joint poems by brainstorming ideas and phrases. Primary wrote about Australia and the K-2 students enjoyed creating poetry about the Seasons. Thank you Brittany for giving your time to share your knowledge with us all.
Australia - By Years 3-6
It’s a hot Summer’s day
the ocean is raging.
I’m tending to the BBQ
the snags are spitting on my thongs.
When the sun sets,
We light the campfire.
We toast our marshmallows,
while we wait for our damper.
Our Aussie wildlife friends scramble to their burrows
as we sing Waltzing Matilda.
Over the hissing of mozzie spray
and crabs scuttle to our bare feet.
As the sun rises at dawn,
the magpies start squawking.
The smell of vegemite wafts to our noses.
Australia is definitely the lucky country!