From the classroom
News from 5/6 Unit
We are very proud of our 56 students while at Camp Marysville. They demonstrated resilience, courage, bravery and empathy during their time away. Students enjoyed the opportunity to experience new tasks and foods that they had never tried before. They showed maturity in living with their bunk mates, showed respect to their cabin and other students' belongings, as well as looking after their friends when homesickness set in.
We trust they had a great night sleep and you heard many exciting stories about their camp life.
This fortnight in Literacy, students will research information on a country of their choice and create a formal report with relevant and interesting facts. They will continue to read City Spies, make connections between characters, delve deeper into the plot and look at how the setting affects the storyline.
This fortnight in Numeracy, students will be comparing, measuring and classifying angles using a protractor. They will also begin their unit on measurement, where they will complete hands on activities that relate to real world problems.
As we continue to brace ourselves during this Winter weather and 'cold and flu' season, tissue box donations would be greatly appreciated!
Below is a reflection about camp from some of our 56 students.
Have a great week,
Pippa and Sheena.
We had a great time at Camp Marysville! The activities were really fun. The abseiling was scary at first but then it was thrilling. We went through a challenge puddle while cycling and got really muddy, that was an enjoyable activity! The breakfast was the best meal overall. It was like a buffet and there were plenty of options to choose from. We went to Lake Mountain on the second day (for some of us, it was our first time seeing snow) and got to toboggan and also had a snowball fight. We are all very tired, which means we had a good time! A huge THANK YOU! to our parent helpers, Aly and Nathan, for supporting us during camp. Thanks to the MPS staff who organised and came to camp as well. We had a blast!
By Ava, Isaac, Joel, Lenny, Liam, Nataylia, Nick, Reina, Riley, Roman, Summer and Willow.
What’s Happening in 3/4 unit
We are sure there were many tired eyes on Wednesday afternoon after our amazing camp. All of the staff were extremely impressed by the resilience and respect shown by all students during their adventure. We are certain that there have been endless stories of happy memories that have been made! A huge highlight was our trip to Lake Mountain - you should have heard the excited squeals as they first spotted snow on the side of the road! See some of the photos from camp below - more will come in later issues!
In the weeks ahead, we are starting to learn about Statistics and Probability - with students determining the likelihood of an event happening - and representing this as a fraction/decimal/percentage - how exciting!?
Our literacy shifts to align with our inquiry unit, with students reading and responding to texts relating to the European settlement in Australia and looking at this from the perspectives from convicts and/or Indigenous Australians.
We hope you all have a fantastic week!
Alec, Anna, Lisa, Pete and Chelsea (Our fantastic Student Teacher)
The Adventures of the 1/2's
Hello Families, This week it has been wonderful to see the Grade 1/2 students trying their best and working hard across all subjects. They have been learning new skills in Literacy and Numeracy, and we are proud to see their enthusiasm and curiosity to learn. The students continue to attend our Lunchtime Clubs program, with children eager to participate and spend time in activities they are passionate about. The lunchtime club sessions are a wonderful time for children to connect with other students, broaden their social circles, and learn something enjoyable and fun. In Literacy the Year 1 and 2 students have been learning all about information reports. We have been able to identify fact from fiction, how to navigate contents and glossary pages in information texts, and how to present information in the correct format. Moving forward, students will be learning all about poetry, and we cannot wait to hear some of the poems that our students will be composing! During our Numeracy sessions, we continued to consolidate our skills in recognising and counting money. The students really enjoyed learning about money from other countries, different ways to make dollar amounts, and how to count collections of coins. This week we have continued to learn all about place value, patterns, and skip counting. Next week we continue to develop our confidence in skip counting and multiplication. It has been an interesting time this week, as our Grade 3-4 and Grade 5-6 students were away on camp. The school has felt very quiet without them here. The 1/2 students have enjoyed having the playground to themselves and we are looking forward to welcoming everyone back, and hope they had a wonderful time! As always, we encourage you to support your child in bringing their reader packs everyday. The preferred day for students to change readers is on a Monday morning, ready for the week ahead. Kind Regards, Helen Edwards, Adam Jarvis and Lisa Rosthorn, The 1-2 teaching team. |
From the Sports field
All students completed the famous Beep Test in their PE lessons .The students run 20 metres keeping up with a beep. It is a measure of cardiovascular fitness . The length is modified for the Foundation and 1 / 2 classes. The test was a Pre Test and students will repeat The Beep Test again at the end of the Term. We had the assistance of Tom Elford working in our PE classes doing work experience. The students completed fun warm ups with Tom in charge. Tom was invaluable and a great help. An active time for students Fitness Levels.
Our all school athletics carnival will be held on Friday 12th Aug at Proclamation Park.
This will be an all day event and students will be transported by bus.
If you are able to volunteer and help on the day for any amount of time that would be greatly appreciated. Please email Bronwyn.Chisholm@education.vic.gov.au if you are able to help. You will need to show your current Working With Children's Check at the office before you attend. It is also recommended that you participate in the next Parent/Volunteer Induction session.
Bonny Chisholm
PE Specialist
Amazing Art Room
This term in Visual Arts, to coincide with the National Gallery of Victoria's current exhibition, all year levels will be investigating the art techniques and works of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. You can find more information about his works and visiting the exhibition on the NGV website here.
Before investigating Picasso, our Grade 1&2 students were continuing to develop their line drawing skills to draw some Pirate Portraits. What amazing arrrrrrrrtists they are!
Indonesian
Indonesian State Finals
On Saturday 23rd of July, 8 Marlborough students attended the state finals of “Sayembara Lisan”, an Indonesian Speaking Competition, run in conjunction with VILTA (Victorian Indonesian Language Teachers’ Association) and the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.
It was held at Melbourne High School, with students from all over Victoria.
Congratulations to the following students:
Grade 1/2: Mabel C, Camden E, Cooper H
Grade 3/4: Hannah D, Matisse M
Grade 5/6: Willow J-B, Tahlia R, Michael D
Congratulations also to Matthew R and Summer W who were unable to attend on the day.
It is an amazing effort to make the state finals and I am very proud of them for the effort and dedication they demonstrated. A special “terima kasih’ to the parents for driving them to South Yarra.
Results should be in by the end of the week.
Super Science
Year 1 and 2
This term's unit "The Living World" involves the study of Biological Science.
Students in Year 1 and 2 have been learning about the definition of a living thing and it's needs for survival. To deepen this understanding, this week they planted their own wheatgrass which they will now care for daily in their classrooms as they observe it grow.
