EVERY SCHOOL DAY COUNTS December 2nd 2022
MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Everyone has the right to be SAFE
Everyone has the right to be RESPECTED
Everyone has the right to LEARN
PREP TRANSITION: It was great to meet our new preps for 2023. This is the second opportunity they have had to come to school, to see the classrooms, meet the staff and other students. We were able to have an interpreter on site to translate the information to parents where needed. At our next transition meeting the students will meet their teacher for 2023, their new classmates and know the classroom they will be in.
CAMPS: We have had three camps this week. Both the grade 3 /4 and the Grade 2 camp were very successful with the students thoroughly enjoying the activities, accommodation etc. The grade 1 camp is still underway with staff reporting the children are thoroughly enjoying the experience. They will return this afternoon at approximately 2:30pm. A big thank you to all the staff who voluntarily attended the camp. A thank you also to Ms White, Ms Couley and Ms Morris who organised all the medications for the three camps.
GRADUATION: We are all looking forward to the Grade 6 Graduation being held next Monday. Just a reminder it is strictly 2 people only attending with each graduate due to the extremely high number of students we have in grade 6 this year. We have to stay within the limits of the venue’s capacity.
WHOLE SCHOOL CELEBRATION: We will be having our traditional whole school breakfast to celebrate the end of the 2022 school year. The difference this year is that it will be between 9am and 10am. It will be for students and staff only. This will take the place of individual grade parties. Notes will be sent home next week outlining the date, cost etc.
MEET THE TEACHER: In the last week of school students will have the opportunity to meet their new teacher for 2023, their new classmates and the room they will be in next year.
VIRTUAL TOUR: We have our first copy of our school’s virtual tour. It allows students and parents to see a 360 degree view of the front entrance, classrooms, library, gym, French, STEAM, Art spaces, playgrounds, garden areas, sandpits and chook shed. As soon as we have edited it we will put it on our website.
STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS
| GRP-2 | NAME | REASON FOR AWARD | GR3-6 | NAME | REASON FOR AWARD |
| PA | William | Taking the time to form his letters correctly in Writing. | 3B | Rachel Ameeah | Her quiet determination to complete learning tasks. Her enthusiastic efforts to read at home this year. |
| PB | Logan | Fantastic improvement in his writing. | 3D | Rosalie Artemis | Being a caring and supportive ‘spotter’ at camp during the low ropes activity. Showing our school value of ‘Respect’ by interacting with others in a positive manner at camp. |
| 1B | Savannah | For writing a great information report on snakes. | 4A | Junaid Saron | For his enthusiastic participation in all camp activities. For working cooperatively with her team to conquer the low ropes course at camp. |
| 1C | Connor | For presenting a wonderful Habitat project to the class. | 4B | Mckayla | For being a positive, friendly and enthusiastic student. |
| 1D | Levi Joy | For writing a blue colour poem all by himself! For a big improvement in her reading skills. | 4C | Jennifer Indie | For doing some amazing Parabolic Drawings. For writing an amazing Acrostic Poem about CAMP independently. |
| 1F | Ben Danielle | For his effort in writing about colour poems. For the excellent number and place value knowledge she has displayed. | 4F | Peyton | Fantastic teamwork skills at camp – helping others during challenges and being a great team player. |
| 2B | Ainsley | For her awesome efforts to improve her Reading this year. | 5A | Willoh | Teaching her class how to set up their Investigations books for the animal food source and adaptations activity. |
| 2D | Nanta | For always being kind and caring towards others within the class. | 5B | Va Ngia | Reading aloud beautifully to the whole class. |
| PE | Kayla Vella 2E | For showing enthusiasm during our AFL incursion. | 5C | Rylan | For working hard on improving his reading. |
| ART | Cooper PD | For his outstanding effort while making his pom pom. | 5E | Shehbaaz Sydney | Always trying his best at everything he does. Constantly showing respect to his peers. |
| LOTE | Samantha 5F | For her amazing work, as well as excelling in all areas. | 6B | Maddison | working consistently on her ballad draft titled ‘Friends’ |
| STEAM | Ariel | 4A – For displaying creative thinking and problem-solving skills when building her bridge. | 6C | Athena | For using a range of problem-solving skills during our ‘Murder Mystery’ math task. |
| 6E | Lilli, Madi, Jayden, Cruz | For their outstanding extra-curricular efforts in creating a special Christmas activity. |
The STEAM room is spilling over with our students’ enthusiastic, engineering efforts this term. Over the last few weeks Grade 3’s and 4’s, have been busy planning, creating, and testing their bridge and chariot models while utilising recycled materials. Each model incorporates programming a Sphero robot to enact a task. The chariot models will be pulled by a Sphero whereas the Grade 4 students will try to make their robot go across their bridges without falling off.
In other areas, the Grade 2’s, are learning about block coding and creating their own “Dance Party”. If parents would like to access this for their children to play on, they can Google “Hour of Code, Dance Party”, then click on the video icon at the top of the screen.
Grade 5’s and 6’s, are both coding a route in which an Osobot robot can be programmed to follow. The 5’s have created a map of their local area while the 6’s are creating a world map of places they would like to travel to. We have a very talented bunch of students.
The STEAM Team.