From the comunities

Diamond

The teachers and children in Diamond Community have had an amazing year together! It is very sad that it has come to an end but exciting for the adventures ahead! We wish all the children and families all the very best for next year. Have a fun and fabulous summer!

Onyx

It’s been a busy term in the Onyx Community. There has been lots of learning taking place around writing Expositions and how we can persuade a person to see our point of view. In Numeracy one of our focuses has been how we can group a series of items to make an array and find the total. We had fun doing this with lots of concrete materials in the classroom, but particular fun was had making arrays with cookies. During our Inquiry lessons, we have continued to be innovative and thought of different inventions we can make to solve problems, like how can we stop meteorites from crashing into the Earth!

The last two weeks we have been busy with swimming. The students in Onyx have done a great job with getting themselves organised for swimming at the beginning of the day and breaking off into their different swimming groups when they get to the pool. All of the students that attended the swimming program have appeared to really enjoy themselves and hopefully it has prepared them for the summer swimming. It has also helped developed their independence by getting themselves dressed on their own and ready to go back to school. We also have been doing lots of concert practice in preparation for the TSPS concert on the 12th of December.

Elysia, Tim & Jane have thoroughly enjoyed teaching your children this semester and watching them all grow socially and academically. We wish all families a very Merry Christmas and hope that everyone has a fun and safe holiday.

Opal

2018 is nearing the end, and what a wild year it's been. We've had so much fun in our learning and the Opal teachers will be sad to say farewell to our wonderful students. We thank the students and parents for being so flexible and welcoming to all the changes we've had this year in terms of teaching staff. Our students have been absolute champions with their learning and we wish them nothing but success and happiness for the rest of their schooling. Have a happy, relaxing and safe holidays!

Coral

What an exciting year 2018 has been in Coral! We have participated in many school activities and undertaken countless learning experiences. All the students have grown so much academically, socially and personally and the teachers are so proud of all of the work they have completed.

One of the main focuses this year has been the work we are doing in Inquiry. Coral started the year with a strong focus on investigating our identities and culture, finding out amazing facts and information about who our classmates are and what makes each one of us unique and special.

We then moved onto our Innovation Inquiry, with the culmination of all the students’ hard work being the business expo. Below is a recount of the event written by Grade 6 student Etienne Green.

On Thursday the 29th of November, Coral Community held a 5/6 inquiry business expo, to show off the small businesses we had been working on all year. At the start of the year, we began to explore our overall inquiry topic, Innovation. We did several activities to inspire and teach us more about business. We went to the Werribee Plaza to conduct surveys and compare prices with different stores. We were also visited by the owner of Tender Designs, Emma. TO practice sales techniques, Mini Boss visited and we each got into groups and created our own smoothie businesses.

On the day of the expo we explored what it is like to run a business and work with people collaboratively in a group. The kids of businesses we ran were face painting, bath bombs, virtual reality experience, beauty salon, comedy shows, slime, artwork, fortune telling, home décor, ring toss, therapy, tutoring, cleaning and organising services and dog biscuits. As a community we raised a total of $1237.90 which will go towards an end of year celebration and also some will be donated to charity.

“It really showed everyone’s creativity, and it was just amazing to see how happy it made all the kids.” – Ava (Paint That!)

“It was really fun!” – Emma (E&M Futures)

“Your business will only grow!” – Zayin (Spiffy Photography)

“It nurtured our entrepreneurial skills and it was a blast!” – Jayme (eVRy Reality)

Coral would like to wish everyone a happy holidays and for those celebrating a Merry Christmas and a happy and safe New Year.

Hamish Dahl, Demi Isles, Courtney Merryfull and Vicki Haynes