Remote Learning Heroes
Each week our School Captains will be announcing Remote Learning Heroes - as nominated by class and specialist teachers. We will publish a fortnightly list here but you can look forward to the special 'hot off the press' video recordings each week on a Tuesday from our Captains via Compass and Facebook.
Remember to scroll down for Week 7.
Remote Learning Heroes of the Week
Week 6
Foundation
FS | Lucy A - For her great contributions during Reading Group sessions. Maeve R - For her enthusiasm during our whole class Webex sessions. Sarah G - For her recount of the Giant Jam Sandwich. Shaarav G - For always trying his best with the work he is submitting each week. |
FD | Ryder G - For the contributions you make to our Reading Group sessions. Poppy H- For always trying her hardest no matter what she does. Great job! Sarah W - For her excellent contributions to our small group reading session. Parker R - For creating such fabulous patterns in maths. |
FR | Malakai W- for trying hard to listen carefully during reading groups on Webex Violet - for putting in effort to make her learning tasks neat and colourful! Arnav B - for contributing ideas to discussions during reading groups on Webex Christian E and Stefan D - Mrs Ruggeri can’t wait to see you on Tuesday!
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FW | Tom A - for writing a truly disgusting sentence about his World’s Most Disgusting Sandwich. Maddie M - for always having something interesting to say in our Webex reading groups. Eddie P - for working hard to learn his Hot Words. Well done! Kai M - for consistently working hard throughout our period of Remote Learning. |
Year 1
1K
| Sophia - for writing a detailed procedural text on how to play Beetle which included diagrams to help the reader. Sam - for demonstrating his knowledge of skip counting patterns. Lachlan - for always being eager to show his ideas and experiences during our Webex class meetings. |
1L | Charlie - for the fun video you created demonstrating how to give your soft toy a bath. Flynn R - for the amazing effort you put into your 3D shape models. Zac - for being brave, sharing your ideas and speaking to your classmates during our Webex meetings this term. We are very proud of you! Hudson - Well done Hudson on creating your fun video showing how to give your soft toy a bath. |
1T | Lexi J - For being resilient in having to complete Remote Learning between home and school. Bonnie KH - for persisting with her procedural writing even when she found it tricky to complete. Asthon H - For keeping a positive mindset during Remote Learning. Charlie D - For being brave sharing his writing during Author’s Chair time in our class meetings online. |
1RD
| Nicholas - For showing such enthusiasm during our class WebEx Maths games! Milla - For the fabulous box constructions she has made while learning about 3D shapes. Jacob - For the wonderful work he has been completing while remote learning Willow - For showing us such a fun way of doing skip counting while remote learnin |
Year 2
2R
| Mila S - For working enthusiastically and consistently during Remote Learning. Indi W - For her great effort of regularly working through all the tasks in her Remote Learning. I love your presentation on Transport. Kailyn V - For doing her personal best in all areas of Remote Learning. Jack K - For the consistent effort he puts into his Remote Learning. Archie J - For the quality work he produced during our Remote Learning |
2G
| Emersyn S - For her enthusiastic approach to Remote Learning and doing every task to her personal best. Lachlan W - For being persistent and mindful during Remote Learning. Manudi H - For the outstanding effort you put into all your work. Harry N - For always being respectful and courteous during our WebEx meetings. |
2K | Grace H - For always participating in our 2K Webex chats. Angelina C - For doing your personal best at all your remote learning. Caden G - For doing amazing maths and setting it out beautifully. Jack J - For sharing your shark toy during our class Webex chat. |
2D | Jacob P - For completing an excellent fact file on Manatees and for sharing it with our class. Maiya P - For always striving to complete her work to a high standard. Charlotte G - For her resilience and determination to do her best while learning remotely. Sima H - For her enthusiasm and positivity towards her learning. |
Year 3
3KB | Owen T - For the outstanding effort you are putting into your homeschooling work. Sam M - For always showing respect during the class Webex Chats. Alina I - For the beautiful presentation of your google slide. Jordan S - For being brave and sharing your beautifully written narrative. |
3AT | Gabe - for the awesome video he made with Sam H about an invention. Darcy - for a huge improvement in the presentation of his work. Keep it up! Poppy - for continuing to work really hard at her writing. Conor - for his mature and well thought through piece of writing on animal cruelty |
3SB | Isaac B - For his outstanding work in maths this week. Liam G - For the confidence to share his work. Jose L - For extending himself with his writing this week. Kayla M - For her excellent attention during group chats. |
Year 4
4S | Oscar P - Sensational story written and illustrated on the Adventures of Jimmy and the diamonds. Truly amazing work. Amelia Mc - Great design and presentation of her Time machine last week. Lily C - For her consistent work and effort shown in her maths last week, creating an awesome time machine and theme park schedule using time. Oliver B- For joining in on our class Webex meetings and participating with a smile :) |
4B | Lachlan B - For continuing to maintain good learning habits whilst at home. Liliana V - For her detailed information text on the Macaroni Penguin Hannah J - For her highly descriptive narrative “The Forest”. Edmond Z - For his brilliant Zoo map using perimeter and area. |
4C | Daniel D - For a creative design and time machine model presented in a Minecraft movie. Beautifully shared during Webex as well. Super work! Alyssia O - For a collection of very cool fun facts all about cats. Charli J - For always sharing ideas and opinions during Webex Meetings in such a positive way. Your smile brightens our day! Sam W - For creating a lovely nature collage for your Writer’s Notebook. Very creative! |
4T (Mrs Doyle) | Daniel D - For a creative design and time machine model presented in a Minecraft movie. Beautifully shared during Webex as well. Super work! Alyssia O - For a collection of very cool fun facts all about cats. Charli J - For always sharing ideas and opinions during Webex Meetings in such a positive way. Your smile brightens our day! Sam W - For creating a lovely nature collage for your Writer’s Notebook. Very creative! |
Year 5
5DW | Hugo V - For putting in a huge effort with all his remote learning tasks. Lanna & Ava - For using their initiative and coming up with our class Webex theme and communicating this with everyone. Utkarsh C - For being such an active member of our Google Classroom communication stream |
5H
| Ethan W - for his proactive work ethic during Numeracy! Isla C - for striving to your personal best in all areas of your learning! Reece T - for working hard to achieve your goals with Hilary! Alyssa S - for striving to your personal best in all areas of your learning! |
5L | Riley A - for her wonderful effort during Numeracy this week. Great job on your ‘Iso Freedom Party’ shopping list. Natasha R - for continually producing her best work. Well done, all your hard work will pay off! Gemma S - for putting in a wonderful effort. Even when things seem a bit tough, you always keep a smile on your face, giving it your all. Gloria X - for showing great persistence and resilience during remote learning, pushing through challenges with technology! |
Year 6
6A | Tayla W - for her excellent efforts in seeking and using feedback to help with online tasks. Fred J - for his wonderful ‘good morning’ messages that help kick off 6A’s working day. Callum S - for his outstanding narrative ‘Big Red Button’. You are clearly an inspired young writer! Savannah K - for working incredibly hard to improve her knowledge of subtraction strategies. All your hard work has paid off! |
6T | Lachie Mc - for applying himself during our live Maths Workshop to practise new skills and approaching challenges head-on. Ruby H - for engaging in good discussions during our live Maths Workshops to help hone new skills. Kai F - for responding to feedback and improving the overall quality of his work so that it is a true reflection of his understanding. Mia D - for her incredible dedication to her daily learning activities, particularly her outstanding work in CBL that demonstrated her passion |
6B | Logan E - For smashing out his work, handing it in on time every time to a good standard. Great work! Maddy G - for producing some excellent maths work and handing her work in on time, responding to all teacher feedback. Nicholas L - Being a solid worker, always turning in his work and hopping onto webex meetings promptly and participating in our daggy games. Jemma W - For producing some great work and asking good questions to understand what is required for her work for the week |
Specialists
Visual Arts | Xavier M 3AT - for persevering with a challenging drawing activity. |
Performing Arts | Josh T - 6T for the amazing music that he has been composing using digital technology. |
Physical Education | Katherine K 2R- for demonstrating great enthusiasm and skill in the set Gymnastics activities. |
Japanese | Madeleine M FW- for your perfect kanji number on the onigiri rice ball captured with a smile for our sister school. |
Remote Learning Heroes of the Week
Week 7
Foundation
FS | Ellise B - For ‘treating others as you would like them to treat you,’ through doing 5 star listening. Odette H - For ‘treating others as you would like them to treat you,’ by using manners and caring for others. |
FD | Kent W - For ‘treating others as you would like them to treat you,’ by using manners and caring for others. Blake S - for pursuing his personal best in all he does. What a brilliant return to school. Billi E - For being so brave and enthusiastic about returning to school. |
FR | Leni S- for bouncing back and doing her best to settle into school routines again. Violet H - for her amazing effort during Writer’ Workshop |
FW | Ayathi M - for pursuing her personal best in all she does. What a brilliant return to school. Sepanta H - for wonderful reading in our reading groups. |
Year 1
1L
| Flynn R - for her helpful, mature and caring attitude towards her class members, her own learning and classroom operations. Milla C - THRASS legend and growing in her understanding and knowledge of her THRASS chart, phonemes and graphemes. Brooke - for her excellent writer’s workshop attitude, working hard to display and publish her writing piece. Celeste - for her focus and commitment to doing her personal best since being back to school. |
1T | Mason G - For settling back into school with a positive attitude to learning. Yeona K - for getting very creative and making an olden days outfit with lots of accurate detail. |
1RD | Josh A - For returning to school with a positive attitude to learning and giving all tasks a go. Rory J - For amazing reading and giving all activities a go when returning to school. |
Year 2
2R
| Hamish S - For always being a warm and caring member of the class. You are always positive and kind. Ty O - For your positive attitude and great suggestions during our modelled writing sessions. |
2G
| Leo B - For his exceptional reading over the last few weeks. Great job! Teagan O - For always being kind and caring to everyone in the class. Eziah J - For returning to school with a positive attitude and being inclusive at recess and lunch times. |
2K | Willow - For returning to school with a positive attitude and smile on your face. Genevieve - For including others at lunchtime. It is wonderful to see you put a smile on someone else’s face. Scarlett - For including others at lunchtime. It is wonderful to see you put a smile on someone else’s face. |
2D
| Landon B - For finishing a piece of writing and sharing it in Author’s Seat, reading with great expression. You should be very proud! Liam P - For his clear and composed reading in Author’s Seat! |
Year 3
3KB | Gemma D - For your amazing work on your alliteration poem. Ashton B - For your detailed non-fiction report on Possums. Keep it up! Adeline - For your amazing behaviour during class webex chats. |
3AT | Marli - for always trying her best with her work and joining in with our class Webex in a positive way! Riley - For continuing to work hard during our Remote Learning Shaurya- For being brave enough to share his writing during a class Webex Ashly - for always being such a friendly and positive classmate, even during Remote Learning! |
3SB | Ella M - For her excellent work with fiction vs non-fiction texts. Asher M - For his commitment to his learning while onsite. Harrison R - - For his excellent narrative piece. Josh T - For his excellent information report on his Karariki Parrot. |
Year 4
4S | Archie TS - For his enthusiasm in our weekly reading groups and whole class Webex chats. Lucy B - For always doing that little bit extra in her work in maths. You are very creative. Bailey H - For joining in our class Webex meetings and participating with a smile. Belle W - For joining in all our class Webex meetings and participating with a smile. |
4B | Emily L - For her amazing advertisements! Laura F - For her continual commitment to submitting quality work into Google Classroom. Hudson R - For his amazing advertisements! Mitch T - Improving in his handwriting and use of punctuation in his written pieces. |
4C | Charlotte G - For working so hard during remote learning, you have shown great persistence tackling challenges. Billie - For always contributing so positively in Webex meetings, you read so beautifully this week. Zac - For great participation and enthusiasm in our small group meetings. Willow - For great maths work designing a menu and calculating money problems. |
4T (Mrs Doyle) | Jordan C - For solving the Coin Challenge and sharing your strategy with the class via video. AJ - For having a successful and productive week of learning at Kalinda. Zac M - for enthusiastically sharing all required learning tasks with me this week. Your print ad was my favourite as it was highly persuasive! Sophie P - for consistently uploading all required tasks onto Google Classroom each week. I especially liked reading your information report, Birds. |
Year 5
5DW | Alex - Her limerick, did just the trick! Her writing is so electric. Harry - For always being at all web ex meetings ready to learn. Grace - For her massive improvement in writing a narrative! Having a clear beginning and intrigue made for a great story. Jonty - For his excellent work in finding angles within his home and labelling them with such attention and great presentation. |
5H
| Samantha C - for always displaying work of neat and high standard. Madison G - for always working to your personal best! Alyssa S - for your wonderful writing pieces! Mitchell McE - for always entertaining us with your jokes and trivia questions via WebEx! |
5L | Len C - for contributing to the Foundation buddy video. Great work! Garv N - for proactively searching out extension work. Well done! Lily P - for her wonderful effort finding angles within her home. Jasca D - for participating in our small group and class webex meetings. |
Year 6
6A | Reed D - For all his hard work during remote learning. You have really improved your independent learning skill! James B - For his clever responses to our question of the day. Your responses are always entertaining! Hamish L - For showing incredible resilience during remote learning and working hard, even with a broken arm! Eleanor W - For not letting the online world stop her from engaging with her peers and teacher, and always using Google Classroom appropriately. |
6T | Harry C - For persevering with a challenging Maths task, applying logical thinking and various strategies to solve it. Lucy B - For bringing a new energy to remote learning this week and using it as an opportunity to bring her family together. Free G - For digging deeper into the way characters are portrayed in stories. Ben E - For his well thought out and humorous response to the “Back to the Superlative Future” activity. |
6B | Bailey B - for noticeably putting more effort into her work. Alex S - Consistently producing outstanding work and clear communication. Seth LB - For outstanding communication with his teacher. Clarifying what expectations are for his tasks. Millie GJ - For outstanding effort shown in her Maths work. |
Specialists
Visual Arts | Rory G (5DW) - For his creative Compost Creature |
Physical Education | Logan E (6B) - For consistently completing the online Physical Education lessons, demonstrating excellent skills and great effort. |
Japanese
| Flynn T (2G) - For your inspiring kanji work after school at home! |
Performing Arts
| Gabe (3AT) for using his prior knowledge of dynamics, rhythms and chords, and including these elements in his pentatonic composition. |