News from around the school

UPDATED - Laptops For Sale 

We still have a number of Secondhand lap tops are available to purchase 

Reduced price of $400,

If you are interested please contact the school office.

Specifications listed below -

MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015)

Storage 128 GB

Processor 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5

Memory 4GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Graphics Intel HD Graphics 6000 1536 MB

NEW - McKillop Arts on Show

Congratulations to Riley Moreno, Tyler Nolen, Matilda Chadwick and Katie Kenttala who had their artwork selected for the MacKillop Art Exhibition in Bendigo.  This is a great honour for our students.

Congratulations to Caden Ratcliffe who had his work ‘WIRED’ recognised with an award.

Well done Caden.

NEW - Art Room News

The 1/2 Area have been working hard on their 'Scarecrows in Garden' art pieces over the past few weeks. As you can see their hard work has paid off, they look fabulous.  Well done everyone, we are so lucky to have Mrs Wilson share her ideas and skills with us.

NEW - 1/2 Safeway Visit

Grade 1/2 recently went on an Excursion to Woolworths Supermarket in Mooroopna. On our return the students were able to recount things they learnt. The work sample  is by Lucas Tripoli 1/2MW.

UPDATED - Chatter Matters

Language genre/longer and more complex sentences

These activities will help the students to make the necessary adjustments to their language so they can communicate for a variety of purposes eg; to tell stories, recount events, persuade, give instructions and report information. Learning about the language and types of words we use in each of these different contexts supports not only the child’s oral language but written language development also.

Focus: Using a variety of language genres

9.Tell Me How

As much as it is important for your child to understand instructions and follow directions, your child will also need to use and understand how to give advice. Give your child a chance to share about something they are good at and give advice to others who might be trying that activity for the first time.

Give your child five minutes to explain how to do something that they know how to do. It may be something recreational like skateboarding or something professional like examining a specimen under a microscope or even something silly like how to become a superhero. Have a go at the activity they are explaining and then encourage your child to give you advice. What should you do? What should he not do?

Focus: Understanding and Using longer and more complex sentences

10. Questioning the text.

Here is a list of the best books for language and literacy development from the Speech Pathology Australia 2018 book of the year awards.

• Rodney Loses It - by Michael Gerard Bauer
• Danny Blue’s Really Excellent Dream - by Max Landrak
• The Grand Genius Summer of Henry Hoobler - by Lisa Shanahan
• Sorry Day - by Coral Vass

When asking your child questions encourage them to repeat part of the question to extend their responses

For example; What was your favourite part of the story? My favourite part of the story was when………

Why did you like that part? I liked that part because….

What would you do if you were that character? If I was that character I would…..