Year 7 and 8 

Year 7 Nihongo no hi (Japanese Day) 🏯

This year's Nihongo no hi (Japanese Day) was a bit different as instead of one day, it was broken up into two parts due to sickness. on Friday 26th May, the students experienced the amazing drumming of Wadaiko Rindo (who you may have seen at Richmond AFL games) and got to sample some sushi.

On the 13th June, we had all our classes participate in Japanese skipping and karaoke competitions and prizes were awarded for the competitions including a hiragana writing competition. The winners of this prize had to get 45 or 46 out of 46 in a writing competition in class.

Those students who attained top hiragana status were:

Esther ANG                          7B

Emily DICKER                    7D

Lachlan FLEMING            7D

Makayla HUGHES             7D

Claire HUTCHINSON      7D

Laneah MACASADDU     7D

Sienna PONGRAC             7D

Tenuun SUKHBAT            7D

Jamie SUSNJARA              7D

Lachlan YARDLEY            7D

Isobel HENRY                     7F

Keira JAMES                       7F

Sophie JOHNSON             7C

Mason CONSIDINE         7C

Emma SHELDRICK         7C

Cara PAMINTUAN           7C

It was a great day with judges including Craig O'Bree, John Lane and Melissa Casha judging the Karaoke which was won by 7F. There were many year 7 teachers participating in the skipping to help raise their class tally and the students really made an effort and had a great time exploring Japanese culture. Thank you to everyone for your participation.

Winners of the class competitions

Japanese Skipping: 1st -7F, 2nd 7A

Karaoke:                   7F

Behaviour stickers: 7C & 7D

ありがとう。

Year 7 and 8 Lego League classes👷🏻‍♂️

Lego League classes haveofficially started this term.

It has been an exciting few weeks. Two teachers (Sharon Franks and Joseph Williams), supported by an assistant principal (John Lane) have managed to find like-minded students who are interested in coding and robotics for our first-ever dedicated timetabled class. 

We started on Tuesday 13th June and had a year 8 team registered for Lego League competitions. The class is scheduled for once a week on Tuesdays, and it will be rotated throughout the day to not impact the same classes. Thank you to those students who have participated and enrolled so far. We are on the search for year 7 students to get a team going at this year level as well. 

What is FLL? It is coding and robotics with Lego Spike Prime products. This aligns with Victorian Curriculum standards and has specific competition missions that need to be practised and completed. As we progress and build our knowledge together, it is important to realise that there is a competition in November for our registered team to compete against other local school teams. I am imagining this to be a very exciting day. If we win, we go on to a regional competition, then a state competition, then a country competition and finally an international competition. I am keeping my hopes high here. We do have very talented students already on the journey in year 8. We are ready for the year 7 students to come along on this journey too.

Here are two videos that help explain the focus of the Lego class and the competition. 

• What is FLL (Challenge League only): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1MCpk4ucCQ&t=1s 
• Competition Mission specifications: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILTjo0LHZQA 

The team focus is on Gracious Professionalism. This includes promoting and encouraging students to focus on:

• Discovery,
• Innovation, 
• Impact, 
• Inclusion,
• Teamwork and 
• Fun.

Here are some photos of the first lesson to let you know what it looks like.

Any interested students who are not already participating need to email or speak to Mrs. Franks (W Block Office – opposite the kitchens). I will set aside time to discuss the Lego class and competitions with you. 

Email: sharon.franks2@education.vic.gov.au 

For more information, please contact Ms Franks.

Year 8B Maths at Sunbury College 📖

It has been an exciting year in Year 8B Maths. Initially, it was the getting to you (the students) time and then what levels the students were working at and then it’s putting all of that together and making it work in the classroom. This is a great group of students. Here’s a sneak peek into our classroom from semester 1 2023. 

Measuring ourselves with tape measures 📏

Our classroom looks like this – sneak peek 👀

Brain Breaks – Left (students tallest to shortest), Right (students oldest to youngest)👩🏻‍🎓

Problem-Solving Time and Rich Tasks

This is a snapshot of one of our tasks. 👇🏻

Reflection:

I am looking forward to getting back in the class after term break to hear about all the adventures these students have been on. Have a great term break 8B. Stay safe and I look forward to doing it all again in semester 2 2023. 

-Mrs. Sharon Franks.

• Learning Specialist – Numeracy.
• Teacher – 8B Maths.