On Thursday 21st March we celebrated Harmony Day. We discussed the importance of getting along with each other,being kind and caring toward each other and appreciating difference. During the school assembly the students in grades K-2 sang the song 'Come Join Our Circle of Friends'. In class we made orange decorations to wear to the assembly, as orange symbolises unity and harmony. We also made some delicious face biscuits to celebrate that each one of us is unique and special in our own way.
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We had some very hungry monkeys visit the Kindergarten classrooms. Students were asked to identify the number of bananas their monkey needed and add the number of bananas their partners monkey required in order to work out how many bananas they would need altogether to feed their monkeys.
We also had some fun at the end of the session playing 'Pop and Add' games using numbers to 10, 20 and 30. Dear Parents,
Please click on your child's class link below to make a Student-Parent-teacher Conference appointment. KE - Click here KW - Click here KD - Click here This week, we introduced the concept of area - the space inside a shape. We explored open and closed shapes and discussed how paint would pour straight out of an open shape! We made a large, enclosed shape by joining pieces of wool together and we all managed to fit inside it! We compared the area of a range of pieces of fabric and ordered them from those with the largest area to the smallest. Take notice of the surface area of your dinner table at home - I wonder how many books could fit in it... This week's STEM Challenge involved students creating a way for their Upstanders characters to stand up. As part of our PDH studies, students have been learning about how people who are bullying others can be stopped, by someone being an 'Upstander'. For the challenge, students needed to use recycled materials to devise a way to allow their characters to stand up independently, over and over again and so that the characters can be taken home and the concept of being an 'Upstander' can be shared with our families. Check out our photos and click here if you would like to know more about being an Upstander and the message that we are trying to teach the students.
Thank you to everyone who came along to our Kindy pizza afternoon. We enjoyed the rain and lovely to see so many families. We cooked 100 pizzas and judging by the children's faces they tasted pretty good. A huge thank you to our SLSO Tim McDonald for making batches of dough, getting the pizza oven fired up and cooking our delicious pizzas. Thank you also to Marcella Levey from the Live Life Well @ School program for joining us to share her knowledge about healthy eating for children. Please enjoy the photos below. The students enjoyed making some dough during class and creating some interesting combinations of toppings after school.
It's not about coming first, it's not about being the fastest... it's about running without stopping! The children have been doing a wonderful job building up their stamina each week, running longer distances and for longer times. Go for a run together and see how many minutes you can run without stopping - you may be surprised at how long your child can hang in there! The school cross country will be held on the Wednesday of the last week of term. Kindergarten and Year One students will run around the soccer field on Captain Oldrey Park and cheer on their older peers who will be running longer distances. This week in Personal Development and Health lessons, Kindergarten students were read the book 'Have you filled a bucket today?' by Carol McCloud. This book explains how being kind to others, fills their 'invisible' bucket with love, kindness and care which makes them feel good. We talked about the actions that we can take to fill other peoples' buckets, we call these people 'Bucket Fillers'. If you would like to learn more about this concept you can watch a video of the story being read by the author by copying the web address below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEg38zCOMgk The STEM challenge this week, asked students to create their invisible bucket. They needed to ensure their bucket had deep sides, a handle and a flat base. How did they go? |
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