Learning and Teaching
Marathon Club
Tuesday and Thursday morning before school (weather permitting!)
Students from Years 3 – 6 are welcome to join us at 7.45am at the front of the school. From there we will make our way, either running or walking to Halliday Park. We are then able to complete as many laps as we are able, before returning to school for breakfast! Members are encouraged to wear their Marathon Club T-shirt whilst participating and then change into school uniform prior to meditation.
2022 Marathon Club will begin next week, Tuesday 1 March.
Cost: Breakfast is $10.00 per term
Breakfast will be served in the Passive Play area.
Marathon Club t-shirts are available to purchase for an additional $10.00.
Please bring money for breakfast and/or T-shirt to the first breakfast.
**Parents, please download the School Bag app (below) to check for cancellations on the morning of Marathon Club.**
Australia Computational Thinking Challenge 2022
This year students in Years 3-6 will once again participate in Bebras Australia 2022. Bebras is an international initiative aiming to promote informatics and engage students' computational thinking and problem solving skills in a fun, interactive environment. The Bebras international community has now grown to include 60 countries with over 2.9 million students participating worldwide! Bebras Australia began in 2014 and is now administered through CSIRO Digital Careers. St John’s began participating in Bebras in 2015.
The goal is to promote computational thinking in students in a way that challenges them beyond science or mathematical skills. It uses a number of skills such as pattern recognition, algorithms and logic. Bebras Australia is designed to be accessible and easy to use and is linked to the Victorian Digital Technologies Curriculum.
We use problem-solving in everything that we do – and future jobs will require this even more. Teaching Computational Thinking is not about how to use technology to solve the problem but rather how to understand the problems and identify the tools needed to solve them. Bebras is a challenge, not a competition. The aim is for students to develop a positive impression about Digital Technologies.
In Australia, the Bebras Challenge takes place in March and August-September each year. The students will participate in this online challenge in a 45 minute (Years 5 & 6) or a 60 minute (Years 3 & 4) session at school. Students will need to return a signed consent form to participate in the challenge.
For more information go to https://digitalcareers.csiro.au/en/Bebras
Consent forms must be returned to your classroom teacher by: Thursday 3 March 2022