Specialists News
Auslan News
Over the past 2 weeks in Auslan, we have continued practising our signs for common fruits, revised colours and started learning new signs for FEELINGS, including:
happy, excited, sad, tired, bored, sick, safe, nervous, calm, love, shy, surprised, scared, angry, silly, proud, and brave! Students have been learning how important it is to used facial expressions when communicating in Auslan and expressing feelings.
As we move into the new topic of Feelings, students in each year level have also been finishing off some tasks for the week…
Grade Prep students have continued using “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” to sign fruits and colours, and have been learning to sign the “Fruit Salad Song!” Your prep child might like to teach you their signs using the following link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuSmDjs1BMU
Grade 1-2s have been practising their mini-performances in small groups to be able to perform for their classmates over the next 2 weeks!!
Grade 3-4s completed their Auslan Fruit Baskets and have been signing the fruits they like and don’t like from their fruit baskets.
Grade 5-6s have finished sharing their Jamie Oliver Ultimate Fruit Salad Recipes. All students that chose to sign their recipes in front of the class did an amazing job and should feel very proud of themselves! It is not easy getting up in front of the class to share, let alone sharing in a new language you are learning!! Fantastic effort Grade 5-6s!!
This week also, all of our students from Grades 1-6 have been learning a song which will form part of our Harmony Day Assembly celebrations this Friday morning. We hope you can come along for the Harmony Day Assembly!!
Mrs Riordan
Sport/Phys Ed News
CROSS COUNTRY - MONDAY 3rd April 2023
Our School Cross Country will be held on MONDAY 3rd of April, at the Spring Gully Recreational Reserve (based at the Soccer Fields). The following is a timetable of events. Please note that these are APPROXIMATE times only. We will try to stick as closely to these times as we can, however, the program may run behind/ahead of time depending on the circumstances.
- 10:45 – 11.30 – Lunchtime
- 10:30am– Students assembly and walk down to their starting positions. Grades 2 to 6 walk down to soccer fields. Assembly under Soccer Clubrooms veranda.
- 11:50am – Preps race starts (tennis courts to soccer fields). Approx. 500m
- 12.00pm - Grade 1 starts at Foley Crossing & run to the soccer oval – dirt track tennis court side Approx. 750m.
- 12.15pm – 11/12 years start at soccer oval - run to cricket oval and back to soccer fields (one big lap of the creek) Approx. 3km
- 12.20pm – Grade 2 start at the soccer fields. One lap – cut through, down to Stanley Ave via Retreat Rd side of the track. Approx. 1km
- 12:45pm – 9/10 years (grade 3&4) start at soccer fields and complete a lap of the creek turning at Foley Crossing and finish at soccer oval. Approx. 2km
- All runners finished by 1.15 to 1.30pm. Walk back to school.
All students from Prep to Grade 6 will be competing. Prep to Grade 2 students will compete in their grade level, whilst students from grade 3 to 6 will compete in their age level. Ribbons and House points will be awarded to all students who complete the course. I encourage the children to wear comfortable clothing and appropriate footwear. Prep – 2 can run in House colours.
Students in 3-6 will be given a coloured vest for their AGE GROUP.
A spectator area near the finish line will be made available for those who wish to attend.
*Please note that permission for this event needs to be done online, via the Compass Parent Portal if you have not done so already.
National Ride to School Day – FRIDAY 24th of March.
This Friday (24th) is National Ride2School.
National Ride2School Day is Australia’s biggest celebration of active travel and one of the best days on the school calendar. It is a day where students, teachers and parents discover the joy of riding and kick-start healthy habits for the future.
Join more than 350,000 students across the nation who will ride, walk, scoot and skate to school.
Part Way is OK.
For those who live a long way from school – riding, walking or scooting part of the way is also ok. We have a number of excellent walking/riding tracks around the school that you can use that lead to our School crossing.
All students who ride/walk/scoot or skate will receive a sticker and there will be prizes for the class with the highest percentage of active travellers.
Due to the number of students riding to school on this day, there will be a space on the BOTTOM OVAL to place all bikes and scooters.
State Cricket – Emma Mc
Well done to Emma Mc who has made it through to the final stage for selection in the School Sport Victoria State Girls U12 Cricket Team. If selected, Emma will represent Victoria in the National Championships in Darwin. Congratulations on your achievement so far Emma, and good luck in the final trials!
State Athletics – Charlie F
Well done to Charlie F for his recent athletics achievements. After achieving 5 Gold Medals for High Jump, 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m at the Regional Championships in Bendigo in February, Charlie attended the State Athletic Championships at Albert Park Lakeside Stadium Melbourne on the 11 and 12 March. Charlie came 3rd in the High Jump, 5th place and a PB in the 400m and a PB in the 200m. Fantastic effort Charlie!
State Kyaking - Daphne B
A big congratulations to Daphne B from 3/4 Mitchell on her recent kayaking performances. Daphne recently represented our school at the Victorian School Marathon
& Sprint Championships in Bendigo and took home three gold and one silver medal for the under 10's events in both singles and doubles. Daphne also competed at the Victorian Canoe Marathon Championships in Geelong over the Labour Day long weekend where she claimed a gold medal for both her singles and doubles events. Daphne has been selected for the 2023 Victorian Sprint Team and is heading to Perth this weekend to compete in the National Sprint Championships where she will be competing against people from all over Australia. We wish Daphne all the best!
