A new sport has been added to the school’s PE curriculum this year. Year 5 and 6 students recently got to show off their newly acquired Field Hockey skills in a round robin tournament held for parents at the Graceway Sports Centre. Led by Mr. Jason and Miss Cara, the four creatively named teams battled for goals that proved very hard to come by due to strong defence and strict refereeing – sticks had to remain below the waist, only the flat side could be used to move the ball and shots on goal had to be made behind a certain line. Utilising every player and passing the ball were keys to victory, important concepts that are carried over to and from other team activities the students engage in, both in the gym and the classroom.
As flashbulbs and cheers erupted from the bleachers during some exciting plays, it was clear the parents had almost as good a time watching the Field Hockey tournament as the children did playing in it.
Year Six recently created photo stories based upon the theme of bullying. Students worked in small groups and storyboarded short sketches that highlighted a typical bullying scenario. The students came up with sound ideas that focused on potential bullying during unstructured times at school, within their local community and through modern technology (cyber bullying).
Dr Craig Zavitz joined us in Flamingo Class today to help us understand our topic on the human skeleton in more detail. His expertise in the spine, neck and nervous system was tested to breaking point by our inquisitive Year 4 students!
Give and Take
To celebrate Chinese New Year, our Year 2 Osprey’s have been learning through all things Chinese. In our ICT lesson we researched Chinese crafts and made a collage of the Chinese flag. In numeracy we played Chinese number games and in literacy we made story maps and retold the story of Chinese New Year. On ‘New Years Eve’ we followed tradition and swept all the bad luck out of the Osprey classroom ready to receive good luck that the New Year would bring in. On New Years Day we all wore red (a symbol of good luck for the future) and had a surprise traditional meal of noodles which we ate with chopsticks! Each child also received a red envelope with a good luck token for a prosperous year. Osprey’s have really enjoyed learning about and experiencing another culture, pay us a visit to find out more!
The Year 3 Dolphins have had lots of fun discovering how to find the fraction of shapes. They began by splitting the circular shape of their air balloon designs into equal parts. They then shaded the equal parts into different colours. Their objective was then to calculate the fraction of each colour used within their air balloon. This idea then escalated into designing kites and hats that could also be split into equal parts and fractionalized!