News from around the school
Laptops For Sale
We have a number of lap tops for Sale - $500, if you are interested in purchasing one please contact the school office.
Specifications listed below -
MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015)
Storage 128 GB
Processor 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 4GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 6000 1536 MB
Notre Dame Open Day
Notre Dame College open day to be held on Friday 3rd May. Our grade 6 students will attend a tour on this day and have an opportunity to see the facilities and education programs offered.
If your student is not available to attend on this day, parents can contact the Notre Dame office on 5822 8400 to arrange an alternative tour date.
Enrolments for Notre Dame will close on Monday 3rd June.
New - St Annes Kialla Open Day
St Anne's College Kialla will be holding their open day on Friday May 24th. Session times 9.30am, 12.30pm, 4.30pm & 7.30pm.
Please contact the office for further information on 48122993 or view the website www.sackialla.catholic.edu.au
NEW - Term 2 After School Program
After school program is Government funded Program run by St. Mary’s School through Sporting Schools Program. The program runs for 1 hour after school. The children are provided with a drink and fruit. The program will be offered for 7 weeks. Each session starts at 3.45 and finishes at 4.45 p.m. The program is supervised by Maree Williams at all times and an outside person runs the program. Each session can only take 25 children.
This term we are offering the following:
Thank You
Maree Williams Co-ordinator
Fitness & Fun
Wednesdays - starting 15th May for 7 weeks (till end of Term 2)
Thursday - starting 16th of May for 7 weeks (till end of Term 2)
Both nights will be run by Brodie Humphries from Active at school and the programs will be run with fitness, fun and enjoyment in mind. Both will be held in the Marian Centre or the school oval, depending on the weather.
Programs start with Fruit and a drink after school, with program finishing at 4.45 each day.
Please fill in the expression of interest form attached and return to the school office by Friday 10/5/19.
New - Chatter Matters
Vocabulary/Morphology activities:
An Activity to build vocabulary: Find the synonym or antonym -
1. If your child has a set of spelling or tricky reading words she’s working on this week, you can play games to build the words’ meaning. Decide whether the object of the game is to name antonyms or synonyms for the words. Once that is established, one player selects a word. See if you can name at least 2 different words that have the same or different meaning. For example: humid – muggy. Close, steamy, oppressive, stuffy. Discuss tricky word meanings and try to put them into meaningful sentences. You could use pen and paper, and ask each player to write their words down.
An activity to build vocabulary. Word Gradients:
2. Word meaning gradients are a way to broaden and deepen students' understanding of related words. The idea is to consider a continuum of words by order of degree. Start by selecting a pair of polar opposite words and generate at least five synonyms for each of the opposite words. For example, hot and cold which may include boiling, scorching, blistering, tepid, lukewarm, cool, chilly, freezing. Ask your child to arrange the words in a way that makes a bridge from one opposite word to the other. Continuums can be done horizontal or vertical, in a ladder-like fashion. Discuss the reasons why they placed certain words in certain locations. Encourage a conversation about the subtle differences among the words.
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