Reconciliation Week 2025: Bridging now to next. 

Can you help?

Reconciliation Walk: event planning, organisation of volunteers and equipment: contact Bernadette. We are meeting in the last week of this term: Monday 31st March 9:30am

Hands on Learning: Can you help one or two Thursdays a month from 12-3:30? Margot would love some assistance.

Library: Returning and reshelving books. 

School Council

School Council AGM Thursday 27th March 6pm

We would like to show our appreciation and thanks to Rory McDougall for his time on school council.  

We welcome Dave Camilleri to school council along with Maz Reid who is returning for another term

What's happening in P-1?

What’s New in Prep/1! Weeks 6-8

It’s been an exciting few weeks in the Prep/1 classroom! Here’s a little recap of what we've been up to:

First, we are very excited to welcome Luke as our new Education support person! Luke will be working with us every Monday to Friday until lunchtime, and the students have enjoyed getting to know him. We all agree that Luke is a wonderful addition to our classroom!

In Literacy, the Preps have been busy learning new sounds and meeting Milo’s friends from Stage 1 of the Little Learners program. They’ve been focusing on the letters and sounds: M, S, F, A, P, T, C, and I. With these sounds, they’ve been learning how to blend them together to read and write words like cat, sit, Sam, and pat. The Preps were so excited to bring home their first decodable reader book!

The Grade 1s have been revisiting some of the digraphs they learned last year, including ai/ay and long /e/ sounds like ee/ea/-y. They’ve looked at different spelling rules and patterns to help them figure out when to use each digraph. They’ve been practicing spelling rules by writing some impressive sentences, such as: “The snail was happy to eat a treat and play under the tree!” The grade 1s were also happy to begin taking home their decodable reader books and start filling in their reading journals.

In Maths, we completed a mini unit on measurement. The students explored Mass, Volume, and Length/Height by using everyday classroom objects. They practiced weighing things using hefting, measured how far a toy car could travel down a ramp using their feet and icy pole sticks, and compared the volume of different containers. The students also had a fun STEM challenge where they had to build a boat using 1 piece of tin foil, 6 icy pole sticks, 2 sheets of paper, and tape to carry wooden blocks. It was amazing to see how many blocks some of the boats could carry!

Now, we are learning about Data. The students have become ‘Data Detectives’, collecting data from yes/no questions and representing their findings with tally marks, pictographs, and bar graphs. Our Data Detectives have even learned some fun facts about our class in the process, like that pizza is more popular than hamburgers, and more students like cats than dogs!

In Specialist Classes, we’ve had a blast! In Sustainability, we made pasta with fresh tomato sauce and went on a bird scavenger hunt with Serena. In First Nations Ways: Country and place, we listened to a koala story and received our very own koala friend with Kath. In Art, we’ve continued working on our beautiful mushrooms with Kate. We’ve also enjoyed borrowing books in MARC, learning new AUSLAN signs and dancing to the beat in music!

Finally, we celebrated earning 100 values cards with a special class reward. The students had a great time coming to school in their pyjamas, introducing their soft toys, and enjoying popcorn while watching Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. We all agreed it’s a good thing food doesn’t rain down in real life!

It’s been a wonderful few weeks, and we’re looking forward to more fun ahead!

What's happening in 2-3-4?

Kath gave the 2-3-4 children a little koala when we were learning the Koala teaching in First Nations Ways: Country and Place. Lots of people made Koalaville, with beautiful habitats for their koalas. There is a village with many amenities for the koalas to enjoy and a whole system of government has been formulated!

We welcome Meg to our classroom on Thursdays and Fridays. If you haven't met her yet, pop in to say hello!

What's happening in 5-6?

In the 5/6 room during maths, we have been looking at the order or operations and the features of prime, square and triangular numbers.

In writing we have been planning our short story, illustrating idioms and today we welcome celebrated children’s author Martine Murray to our classroom.  For Bushfire Education we have been investigating the geography of fire including wind, hydrology, topography, soil moisture and weather patterns including dry lightning strikes.

What's happening in Sustainability

Thanks to Hilary and Laura for coming in to help Serena and the students make a beautiful tomato pasta!

Hilary is coming in every fortnight to volunteer in the Sustainability program.

 First Peoples connections and information

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