Issue 3 - 14 March 2022
From The Head Of Teaching & Learning
Family Book Club
Family Book Club will begin again this week. We will be reading Mr Popper's Penguins. You may borrow this book from the GLAD Centre as a special, month-long loan to read with your family. On Thursday the 2 June, we will come together with students and their families in the GLAD Centre from 3.15pm-5.00pm to watch the movie. Please bring a comfy pillow and blanket to snuggle in with while you watch the movie.
NAPLAN
In May, students in Years 3 and 5 will sit their NAPLAN test in Writing, Reading, Conventions of Language and Mathematics. On 21 March we have a practice test scheduled for students to use the testing platform and get a feel for the routines around NAPLAN.
Mrs Valencia will send out more information for parents soon. In the meantime, please feel free to visit the NAP website to look at example test questions on the NAPLAN tests.
- Year 3 : https://pages.assessform.edu.au/pages/year-3-demos
- Year 5 : https://pages.assessform.edu.au/pages/year-5-demos
On 28 March, Brainstorm Productions will be presenting their student wellbeing performance 'The H Team'. ‘The H Team' is a live educational theatre performance that follows the story of Cal and Mindi, who are accidentally transported from the safety of the 'H Zone' and left without their positive mindsets. Peer pressure and social media make Mindi anxious, competitive and impulsive. Cal is being bullied and excluded at school. He becomes isolated and obsessed with junk food and video games. Cal and Mindi must learn to resist the lure of advertising and excessive screen time, stand up to bullying and make healthy decisions.
This exciting live theatre experience gives students knowledge and confidence to cope with difficult emotions and critically evaluate negative messages from advertising and the media. They will learn practical strategies that can be used to build positive relationships, stay safe online and take care of their minds and bodies.
Sports
Cross Country – We are well into our training schedule for the upcoming Cross Country Carnival (Monday 21 March). Students have been practicing and getting familiar with our new course that will take in both sides of the magnificent campus grounds. I encourage all families to complete a little (or a lot…) of training together, as often as practical for your circumstances. A reminder that with the relaxation of COVID restrictions, spectators are welcome and encouraged, however some restrictions and obligations still apply. A formal invitation with all stipulations and scheduling will be forthcoming early this week. Gala Days – As has been disseminated, Term 1 Gala Days will now take place in Term 2 (May 6 and 13). Year 4 to 6 children will participate in netball (4 teams), Rugby League (2 teams) and Soccer (2 teams), under the very influential gaze of teachers and support staff. With the relaxation of some COVID restrictions, spectators are welcome and encouraged - sport-specific information, a formal invitation and a request for support will be forthcoming in the next week or 2. May the God of all grace and mercy bless your cotton bobby sports socks off!
Prep Inside Story
In Prep, we are learning to use oral language skills to communicate our needs, interact with others, share ideas/knowledge, respond to stories and practice sounds in Read, Write Inc. We have been focusing on one picture book each week. We talk about characters, rhyming words and general vocabulary. Last week, our book was “The Wonky Donkey” by Craig Smith. This book is full of lots of discussion points and quite entertaining- we recommend it, if you haven’t heard it before!
In one of our activities, we divided into small groups and selected a small object to place somewhere on a big donkey. We needed to tell our group, in a sentence, what our object was and where we placed it on the donkey. We have recorded our ideas and are making a class book so we can read them over and over again.
Shave the World
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Every day over 50 Australians are diagnosed with a blood cancer. We’re on a mission to change that.
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