Teaching & Learning

Lions Club Public Speaking Competition

During the last 2 weeks of Term 3, the Buninyong PS Public Speaking Competition was held. We had good representation from students in grades 3-6 at both campuses. The competition involved students preparing a speech about a set topic and delivering it to an audience. The topics were:

• Year 3/4: Pesent a case that homework is good/ bad for students.
• Year 5/6: If I were Prime Minister for a day.

Four students have been selected to represent the school at the next stage next Monday evening at the Buninyong Bowls Club against students from schools across the region.

Congratulations and good luck to:

• Year 3/4: Quinn M and Missy D
• Year 5/6: Zoe K and Scarlett M

Book Fair

Next week the Library will be set up as the Book Fair. There will be no student borrowing from the Library during the week while the Book Fair is set up, however students will be given the opportunity to browse all the books on display. The Book Fair will be open before school from 8.15am and after school until 4pm should parents wish to come along and purchase a book.

Please note that all purchases will earn points for the school that helps ensure our library is well maintained and stocked with new and interesting books for the students to read.

Gaining a Greater Understanding of an Intercultural Capability

During the last few weeks of Term 3, our Japanese language coordinator, Narelle Sullivan, was lucky enough to be selected as part of a contingency of teachers and Principals from across Victoria to participate in a study tour of China. The tour is part of a Bastow learning opportunity that was focussing on how schools in Victoria can build the way in which Intercultural Capabilities are planned and taught in school.

Whilst on tour Mrs Sullivan was involved in:

• a workshop at East China Normal University (ECNU) examining China’s education system and reform.
• a placement briefing at Ganquan Foreign Languages School.
• a visit to multi national R&D department of Huawei, examining technology and communication that is the “future of work”.
• a 3 day in school shadowing program at a high performing school in Shanghai, Guan Long Primary School.
• a trip to the cross border trade town in Hangzhou to explored an emerging “tiger” economy.
• a design thinking workshop around Designing Schools of the Future.
• a visit to multinational company Alibaba (the Amazon of China!) before participating in a Country briefing and panel discussion hosted by Austrade.

Over the coming weeks Mrs Sullivan will be working with the Curriculum Team to identify ways in which we can use this new knowledge to build on the way we provide opportunities to have a greater understanding of Intercultural capabilities.

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